Audience reviews
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JJMFREAP
Cute girls doing cute things? NAH NAH! This is BIG MEN DOING MAN SHIT! Come on over and put some hair on your chest. If you thirst for a return for the bygone era of manly battle anime, this is one series for you. Punchfighting, martial arts and ridiculous techniques galore, Kengan Ashura is a must see.
(P.S. This review is for the whole season, not just this half. I refuse to conform to Netflix' stupid release schedule)
Right, have you seen or read Baki? Well, if you have, this is basically the guy that copied his homework from there. The overlap is significant and if you enjoyed one, there's no reason not to experience the other too. Thankfully though, Kengan Ashura is more than different enough to stand on its own muscular legs. Because you never skip legday, ya pansies! Here, the rid…
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Have you read the manga? read it before reading this review. Have you read Berserk? do you know about Berserk (2016)? Search about it before reading this review.
I have created an account here on MyAnimeList just because of this abomination that is sorely called an "anime", imagine reading the most epic history in the world with artistic choices worthy of an award, getting hooked on it and then discovering there is an anime for you to watch, all those scenes come back to you as you imagine the thrill of seeing everything unfold with top-notch animation making justice to the beautifully drawn pages of the manga, then you see it is only available on Netflix, it is the most gut wrenching feeling you have ever had, you let that aside because you really like the manga, it couldn't possibly be d…
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This is a fighting anime so there isn't much to expect story wise, except the fights of course. As always there is a use of a lot of bs during the fights. For example, making up, in the middle of the match, a new technique that nobody knew about before, was ever hinted, so the chosen party can win. But this isn't uncommon in the shonen genre, but having to use this everytime isn't a good display of writing skills from the author.
But, if it was only that, this could have been a 6. The reason for this low score another: stupid nationalism shoved from the author. Caricature of african american people. Caricature of international nations, except Japan, which is perfect. Especially jarring how they ridcule everything of value of other nations while simple stuff of Japan gets spotlighted. Inca…
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Story: 5
Leaving aside what was the synopsis and the introduction of the same, the outline of the program is quite basic and does not basically concern itself with anything more than providing good fights.
The first and second chapters are quite consistent regarding what the general plot would do and it shows some letters from the anime, which is gratifying. However, from here the problems began with the later chapters until at least 8, which except for some scene that was truly preponderant for the story, otherwise was lackluster in the narration of the same. The high pace that the story provides and recreates moments not as entertaining as they had to be. Luckily entering the final stretch, things begin to focus on what seems to be the true main event of the Anime that was the "Kengan T…
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Kengan Ashura is an original netflix anime based off the manga of the same name by Yabako Sandrovich. It tells the story of Yamashita Kazuo an ordinary japanese corporate worker who one day meets Tokita Ohma a man that wants to prove that he's the world's strongest in a alleyway after a fight Ohma had with a random man. He is frightened and disturbed by him. The next day Kazuo is called in by his superiors and he meets Tokita Ohma in there as well, together the two will soon embark on a journey in the world of the Kengan Association where corrupt businessman pit their own respective fighters against each other in order to gain power. The primary reason that I started watching Kengan Ashura is because I was looking for another anime just like Baki, and this one is quite similar to it, they…
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many people dismiss this anime due to the CGI how the anime is very entertaining when you move past that and i don''t think the CGI is a good reason to drop the show.
the story is pretty simple but its done well. In season 2 we are introduced to many characters, so many that its almost hard to keep track however they are all developed well in a short amount of time. the soundtrack is also very good and adds alot of hype to the fights. the anime has fantastic world-building and the choreography of the fights is goods. in the tournament arc every single fight is genuinely hard to predict and this includes the fights of the protagonist.
initially the main characters didn't necessarily interest me but they grew more likeable as the show went on.
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If you expect me to make comparisons to the manga, you're wrong. You can skip this analysis.
Well, as I said, I will only talk about the anime itself.
Kengan Ashura is an anime done in CGI and as incredible as it seems, as much as I am used to good old 2D (traditional anime design), the CGI of this work seemed to me very fluid.
This anime does not waste time, it is simple and objective in its presentation. It does not roll like most animes and one of the things I liked is that the beating happens all the time without mercy or pity, with a lot of blood and violence. The rating is not +18 xD.
Despite being a story centered and focusing his episodes on pure fig…
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The anime that revolves around one big tournament arc. Now how can an anime with only one plot be this interesting? How is character development present? I can tell you that Kengan Asura hadled everything nicely. We have fighters who act as company representatives and engage in the kengan matches where different martial arts and styles are used. I recommend, reading the manga for the full experience because the anime excluded the subplot and other characters who were important in the story.
I was suprised when I saw Kengan Asura had 236 chapters and only talked about ONE TOURNAMENT ARC. I started with the anime first and was quite displeased with the CGI. But as I continued watching, the problem with the animation didn't bother me as much. I was engaged in the storyline. The way Kengan A…
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THE CGI IS CRAP. TERRIBLE. HORRIBLE. And if you're one of those people who can't enjoy an anime if it looks bad, then you're going to hate this. But, if you've watched enough anime to know that animation is secondary to story, and that some of the best anime is hidden behind mediocre animation, then welcome to yet another hidden jewel.
A certain anime taught me a long time ago, never judge an anime by it's animation style. Always give it a chance. That anime was Gankutsuou. Since then, I've learned that whether an anime looks like it's for children (Made in Abyss, Madoka Magica), made with substandard animation styles (Now and Then Here and There, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) made with cheap CGI (Knights of Sidonia), or just weird styles you're not used to (Gankutsuou, Sayonara Zetsubou Se…
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Now i must admit this type of anime is really not my type at all and i suppose that is why i had to review this as soon as i had just completed the first season.
The premise is simple and yet in true Netflix style, there is always more underneath the surface!
Corporation select a champion to do battle for rights to do business..yes very fight club like indeed!
However, underneath the blood gore and kick ass action there is, character humor heart ....a story behind each fighter that ranges from emotional to bizarre to humorous!
The Art work of this anime HAS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED THOUGH.
Its odd to see an anime which has amazing animation during combat and technique during a fight but FAIL SO BADLY in the fighting characters day to day movement and interaction. Do not get me wrong, they di…
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ONE OF THE BEST ANIME OF THE YEAR ! For real i loved it, alongside mob pyscho 2 and Vinland Saga, this is one of the 2019´s masterpieces, Kengan Ashura is the best martial arts focused anime i have ever seen, i am a HUGE fan of animes of that genre, and my favorite one is Baki, but Kengan is really astonishing. Kengan really bears a lot of inspiration from Baki, especially some designs and abilities(and no, they are not rip-offs), like in Baki there is a character that has a beastly grip power, in Kengan there also is, but the way they use their grip power is entirely different and extremely creative(and violent of couse!), for me what makes kengan so good it that it is really close written i could say, the plot goes really through a planned flow and i am looking for the conclusion of it,…
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Well this is my 2nd review ever sorry for the future mistakes of the reviews
In this story the main character is trying to become the best fighter in the world and trying to take revenge on a certain person with the help of an old man who actually sponsor him .... in a underground society of business class society where businessman hire fighter to fight for their reputed company in a kengan match .... various types of fighter clash with one another like ninja ,psycho killer , sumo , pro wrestler etc
the art quality is quite good enough & the actions are awesome ..... as for the character development i must say it's also good there are characters like weird fighters , funny old man some beautiful women ( not very ) , crazy women & men
the best part of this series is, it's not only foc…
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Bad CG’s reign of terror rages on.
Story:
When businesses have a deal to work out, they could just negotiate, but wouldn’t it be more exciting to have an underground fighting tournament? The series spends about half of it’s runtime setting up this simple premise before we move onto the fights. There’s really not much to say for the story other than it feels like an overjustification for creating a fighting tournament anime. To spoil the ending, it was “wait for season 2 or read the manga”.
Sound and Visuals:
The opening and ending were both good choices for trying to hype up the show. I have no complaints with the voice actors either. Mana Hirata as the announcer in particular was willing to sacrifice her vocal cords for the greater good of hyping up the fights. If you’ve seen any of thi…
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I noticed some reviews of this show have been biased from manga readers. I have also read the manga too, but I wanted to try and give a review from the point of view of someone that hasn't read the source material.
Lets get started
- Brief synopsis
A middle aged salary man named Yamashita Kazuo on his way home runs into Fighter Tokita Ohma and see's him beat up a another huge fighter. The next day Kazuo is invited to talk to the owner of his company where he is dragged into the world of the Underground fighting circuit called "The Kengan fights".There he is re-acquianted with Tokita where their journey begins to compete and attempt to win the Kengan Tournament.
- Story
The plot is basic enough. Company CEO's have fighters represent them and fight for them in Kengan Matches. Fighters f…
Read at the sourceJezza_G
Haven't read the manga, so unbiased at time of reviewing.
Story:
The biggest companies in Japan are all members of the Kengan Association. Whenever these companies come into conflict, such as both wanting to build on a particular spot, or bid on the same contract etc, the matter is resolved in an underground street fight known as a Kengan match. The Kengan association president oversees these matches and makes sure that the agreed upon terms are enforced. So the better the fighter is, the more money the company makes.
A few episodes in it is decided that there will be a Kengan tournament. Each company in the Kengan Association can put forth a fighter to compete for the right to become, or to name the next Kengan Association president.
The majority of this series is based around the to…
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I'm sorry but if you're going to thrash out an entire anime for CGI, you should stop doing reviews for this anime. There's more than just graphic or double standard. (Kingdom S1 for instance...)
The story was able to capture the interest at episodes 2, which is quite a slow paced for a short series. However, the wait was worth so far. The story was quite straightforward by episodes 2, basically, our main fighter has some sort of vengeance plot while his rep. company has a twisted goal in mind. It's from that episode that you slowly learnt the protagonist story.
Sound details were also fine, the add of bone cracking sound and other miscellaneous did enhanced the fight.
Yes, animation isn't anywhere close to typical anime post 2015, but overall it was enjoyable and nowhere cringy as peopl…
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The Kengan Ashura anime is the most disappointing thing I've seen all year. I love the manga, it's one of the best martial arts stories and I wrote an entire review on how cool it is. I've been wary of the anime adaptation ever since I saw the first trailer and realized it was going to be in CGI. Being a Kengan Ashura, I felt obligated to watch it but I set my expectations extremely low. apparently, those expectations weren't low enough because I am still baffled at how awful this show is.
The most glaring problem with the anime is the CGI animation. While not the worst CGI that I've seen, it's far from what I'd call good. Character models are clunky and stiff, the attacks lack impact. The CGI does a poor job of emulating the beautiful art of the manga. The fight choreography is terrible,…
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I love the manga of Kengan Ashura and have finished the manga and when I saw it was getting an anime I was excited. It is CG anime but honestly it isn't as bad as people are making it out to be.
Story: 6 The anime dosn't have much of a story going on at the moment and has cut out some stuff from the manga but it never ruined my experience mainly because the fighting is more important to me then the story (at least for this anime not the manga.)
Art: 7 For a CG anime it is pretty good it feels more fluid then most do at least during the fights. It can feel a bit clunky and sometimes people will just look so weird and bad. Sometimes it seemed like they had normal non CG characters talking with CG characters so that looked very weird and off. But you get used to it unless you just hate all…
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This is my first review so I apologize in advance for poor formatting or it's not done well but I just thought I'd have a go at it.
First of all to all of those reading this please please please please try and look past the fact that it's 3D CGI as it's not as bad as you might think. It's not nearly as bad as Berserk was and in fact feels like it excels over traditional 2d when it comes to fighting scenes. The movement feels fluid as well as the choreography is very well done with no repeating actions and speaks well to the source material. The downside being that there is quite a few moments of exposition where a commentator or the peanut gallery may through in a few comments but overall wasn't too jarring.
The story felt true to the manga however it doesn't have as many interpersonal c…
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I loved the manga. It's the best thing I've read so far and it's honestly great. But this is just a mockery of what the manga was. I was disappointing when I saw the trailer for this ONA but actually watching it is another level of terrible.
Story-
7/10
The story is simple and interesting but it's not exactly what it was in the manga. I feel like the pacing was far better in the manga. Things were also explained far better in the manga too with a lot more detail and making the read a lot of fun but its numbed down in the anime.
Art-
3/10
The art style in the anime is truly terrible. I hate it so much. There are so many awesome moments in the original manga that just have no where near the same impact here. The main cast of characters looks so much better in the manga due to the amount of…
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