Audience reviews
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ggol
Brief overview: It's an educational series that tells you how to work out efficiently in gyms
Story 10/10
This series doesn't really have an adequate story as it mostly explains how to work out in the gyms. It does incorporate a lot of comedy and educational elements to make the series worth watching. If you like to know how to work out then this series is worth watching.
Animation 8/10
Very good animation and hardly any flaws there's also a lot of fan services to add to the spice.
Characters 10/10
Each character portrayed on how much struggle it takes for the first time in gym. It shows an example that no one at the start is perfect. It takes time and patience to get towards that greatness and if you invest your time in it you definitely will be rewarded at the end.
TLDR
Overall, is…
Read at the sourceZeppeliGo
First of all this is a very particular anime to be honest, and I kinda enjoyed it, since the main story is focused on the gym and basically in each episode there is also the explanation of each excercise our girls are going to do.
To be fair the story is not that particular, but it's something new so I would recommend anyway to watch it.
I didn't like a lot how they drawn the muscle man.. it's kinda ugly XD. Machio who is the trainer is kinda out of proprortion which is prolly done on purpose.
I really love female character design.. Sakura is really dope.
If I have to be honest I love tanned girl in anime.. and Sakura is one of the best I've seen so far.
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Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru is an anime from last year. It's a Doga Kobo series based off of a Web Manga. You know, the studio behind New Game & Yuru Yuri. I have yet to review a bad anime from them. So, let's dive in with a little cautious optimism.
Story:
Sakura Hibiki is worried about her weight and her inability to attract a hunky boy. So, she decides to hit the gym. Little realising that her unattractiveness stems from being dumb as a brick and not her appearance. She tries the newly opened Silverman gym and winds up collaborating with a group of classmates on a light-hearted journey to physical fitness.
There are two fundamental flaws with this series. The first is that it spends a huge amount of time on fitness and nutrition tutorials. You know, the kind of stuff you can learn ab…
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Television that doesn't make demands of you.
That seems to be the niche that Barbells is aiming for, something you can watch without actually paying attention to where and if you missed part of it doesn't matter. What you have are school girls going to a gym, exercising, getting into contrived situations, with how to exercise tips thrown in a few times per episode. There's a little comedy but not much. There's scratch your head moments and there's a few WTF Japan moments but not funny ones.
Failures: There are no plot points, there's no character development, matter of fact I watched the series out of order and it wasn't noticeable. What's more for an anime focused on physical fitness, the characters don't even demonstrate physical change from getting into shape. The most you get of th…
Read at the sourceKaizoku-Otaku
There are so many distinct cute girls doing cute things anime, which are all fun and colourful, and gives you that wholesome and fluff you are looking for. Now we finally have yet another anime to add that ever-growing collection CGDCT list. It's an anime you didn't know how much you needed before you actually watched it first hand. Basically, Dumbbell is cute girls working out. So first off, we are introduced to our adorable fang gyrau Sakura Hibiki. Who seems to think she is getting a little cubby down the tummy area and decides to hit the gym. But if you ask me, she looks adorable and as ever and don't need to change one bit in any single way. Hibiki meets all kind of other charming and quirky girls in the gym. Among others, we have a lovely russian with an action-packed personality who…
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Story: -
It's a slice of life. (duh)
Visuals/Animation: 7
It's a polished animation other than some parts of it. Some parts of it sometimes looks rushed, but otherwise it's a pretty good animation. The character designs are pretty damn good.
Sound: 8
Really great voice actings! Props to the seiyuu.
Characters: 9 Amazing characters, Akemi and Tachibana-Sense are especially good.
Enjoyment: 8
Great show, pretty educational (?). Slight ecchi with an abundance of muscles (lul)
Overall: 8
One of the most enjoyful show this season, really liked it. Lots of enjoyment and a great way to spend my spare time. Kinda educational about muscle. Characters are pretty awesome. The story is nonexistent in most parts. But overall it's very enjoyable.
Read at the sourceCeko09
Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? was it worthy to watch this anime?
Story:lets start with the story.The story is about 5 girls (Sakura, Hibiki Souryuuin, Akemi Boyd, Gina Tachibana, Satomi Uehara, Ayaka)who are training in the Silver man gym to get slim bodies or bcs they are fitness maniac or they want to lost weight.Well that's about the story.I give it 6/10.
Art:The art is Great.I don't have much to say about the art other than it was very well animated.I give it 9/10.
Sound:The sound was pretty good made the voice actors did pretty good job.The dub is good too so if u like to watch anime dubbed u will enjoy it too.I give it 9/10.
Character:This anime is full with diffrend personals.literally this anime has evrything it needs.
Sakura, Hibiki-The girl who goes to gym to get perfect bod…
Read at the sourceHitoribotchan
Doga Kobo (Studio that producing this anime) seems to says like this: "Hey my fans! I am so tired always producing cute girl anime. Now its time some bulks guys to teach you how to workout! you damn weebs!"
What a surprise for me that the queen of moe studio producing this anime. But since its from Doga Kobo i tried watching this anime. Aaand heeeeere we gooooo!
Story: 8/10
Is it just like my usual diet program TV in my weekend? NO!! You are wrong guys!
Each episode have different story and different setting. One is in Gym Hall, another one in beach, another one at mountain, Temple and the most silly one is in Idol Audition Show. How can you training your muscle in the middle Idol audition show? LOL. Just as expected from Doga Kobo, this edutainment always make me laugh in each episode…
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This anime was a must watch for me; being a personal trainer, I felt like I had to be more critical than I would be otherwise.
Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? (ダンベル何キロ持てる？) is an anime featuring a group of school girls (and a teacher) who discover an interest with strength training in the gym. The girls want to either lose fat, or just get in better shape. The Trainer, "Machio-san", guides them by teaching them the "do's" and "don'ts" of training.
In terms of the story, I felt it was a little less captivating than your average 'Slice of Life', as some episodes could have been a hit or miss. Although this was the case, I still enjoyed it due to the mix between the seriousness and comedic based scenes. E.g. Some scenes would build up the pressure to make the audience anxious, but then Barnold Sh…
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Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? is a gReAt anime that goes in depth about body building except it is more body than the building. You want it dem thighs? You got it the thighs! You want dem bOObies? You got it dem tiddies! You want it dem ass? You got dem juicy peaches! You want it dem abs? They got you, baby!
Story:
The story goes through the daily life of Sakura, who is a food addict but also wants to cut down weight. However, she has a hidden monstrous strength within her and she now aims to be the greatest hokage in the world!
Characters:
Characters were very well written but at the same time, they are also well DEVELOPED. The commercial break poses from the characters is plus-ultra worthy. You know what they say, never listen to your brain, only listen to your pp. The only real complain I…
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Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?
Hip raise! Side bend!
(Fukkin roku LDK kai!)
Push up! Bench press!
(Daikyoukin ga aruiteru!)
That was some very unique anime, quite frankly I'm just not amuse by such thing. So:
Story
Pros: It was informative, but then......................
Cons: Not all of it were of any use, in fact some of the fitness tips being shown doesn't have any basis in some area of activity, like that of working out the back leg muscles to gain speed and stamina when competing in track and field. Also, there were some info that as usual was typically not discussed like when it come to dieting, and when the one who was giving the tip was a typical stereotype of a bodybuilder like Machio, whose body was the kind where real life bodybuilder inject themselves with steroids.
Verdict…
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Come for the cute girls, stay for the lifting advice seems to be the premise of this anime.
If you're like me, you aren't someone who is a big fan of ecchi at all. It's cool if you are, but I am not. I don't come to an anime to view cute/sexy girls. I come for story substance or comedy or... Well a number of factors. For this anime, the humour felt like it really hit the mark for me, with a good deal being relatable for anyone who has ever lived a gym lifestyle or, like the MC, struggled with food portion control. I am very guilty of this myself in the past and even now.
The form on the exercise and the explanation of the purpose of each exercise was superb to the best of my knowledge (amateur level, 2 years of gym for weight loss primarily but also strength building.) The diet advice cl…
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Onegai muscle meccha motetaaaai
Onegai muscle meccha yasetaai yes!
Onegai muscle meccha motetaaai kara
Uuu! (Kireteruyo!) Haa! (Kireteruyo!)
Kin niku ni onegai
Ok, so another Josei theme anime has just ended, but unlike the usual josei genre anime which was always set in a school setting, this one was set in a gym where it involves a quartet of girls whom decide to become gym members in some gym called "Silvermans" which btw was a parody of "Golds Gym" in Japan which btw has 38 branches in Japan. So, lets get down to business:
Story-Very Good 8:
Because it was informative, thought the plot was more on the fitness and working out side, now , I don't about you guys out there when it come to your level of gym and workout IQ, but one thing I can tell you was that the information about the k…
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There are Anime that try to be the jack of all trades, and they very much succeed in doing so. Then there are the Anime that try to do the same, only to fail miserably and fall flat on their faces. This Anime is not exactly the latter, but it comes close to being so, and why is that you ask? Because it tries to do so many things, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark with what it does, and it becomes obvious to the audience that it is trying it’s hardest to stand out, rather than just be a silly ecchi disguised as a sports Anime. First of all, it tries to be an infomercial about sports, yet it doesn’t quite succeed in doing so since it’s busy trying to be a comedy as well. The comedy is not that funny or bone tickling anyways, since it is the same redundant gag repeated many times during each…
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"Please Muscle! I want to be popular!
Please Muscle! I want to be thin, Yes!
Please Muscle! Because I want to be popular!"
LA didn't think LA wanted an ecchi educational anime about hitting the gym with cute girls but DAMN did Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? pull it off!
Hibiki Sakura loves to eat, however when her best friend Ayaka Uehara tells her that she's gotten a bit of weight, Hibiki enrolls into Silverman Gym thinking she can breeze her way in exercising, until she finds out that it's a bodybuilding gym and she dislikes BUFF men, it cements when she encounters Akemi Souryin the student council president of Hibiki's school also enrolls with Hibiki at the same time and Akemi joins not only to be healthy and fit but uhhh...she has a muscle fetish. Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? follows Hibiki…
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SAIDO CHESTO! Well, this anime absolutely surprised me. I was on the fence about watching it this season, but, eventually took the plunge. I found myself not only enjoying the girls’ story, but also learning quiet a bit as well. They did a fantastic job of knowing their source material, and translating it into something informative, yet, entertaining.
Story: The story is basically, just the following of four highschool girls, and their journey into the realm of weight training. Their adventures generally didn’t carry over into the next episode, as they were normally on a different adventure or struggle with each episode.
Art: The art and animation was fantastic IMO. A lot of eye-candy here, and the characters were all well drawn and generally speaking fairly unique. Also not gonna gripe…
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Girl do you even lift!?
How Heavy Are The Dumbells You Lift or my preferred name up above is the recent edition to a new sub genre of anime that I like to call cute girls doing cool and educational things. This year we’ve had girls singing beautiful songs and girls surviving on a deserted island. This time we have girls working out and getting in shape for our viewing pleasure, and what a pleasure it is.
The concept for this anime/manga is genius. How do we get people to start taking care of themselves? How do we get people to hit the gym? The answer is simple, get some cute anime girls to hit the gym in your place thus inspiring you to do the same. I mean what could be a better motivator then you and your waifu working out side by side.
The anime even has a good starting off point f…
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Picture this: the date is July 4, 2019. One day after “Dumbell Nan Kilo Moteru?” is released. You work at a fairly inconspicuous gym, it’s a slow day and all you can think of is going back home to throw back a cold one and pass out. Suddenly, you hear a loud rumbling sound from outside the gym’s front door. You start to panic, New years is still half a year away and you were planning on quitting before the horde consumed you. As the rumblings get louder you hear a faint: “Nice Muscle!” in the distance and you realize what is happening. It’s too late. As hundreds of weebs fill the gym trampling you underfoot like Mufasa in The Lion King the last thought that goes through your head is “So this is the power of anime… not bad, not bad at all”.
Tl;dr I’m going to be 100% real with you guys,…
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"Do you wanna go get swole man? Do you wanna make some gains?"
As someone who's been going to the gym consistently for a couple of years now, I was hyped about this anime ever since I heard that it was being made. However, even though the concept is brilliant, the execution however, is somwhat dissapointing. This review is mostly going to be from my perspective as a gym bro, so bear with me.
It was oblivious from the first episode that this is an anime writen by someone who has never been to the gym and got most of the advice on it from people who don't really know what their talking about, your generic personal trainers that can be found in most gyms. The advice was sometimes good, but most of the times it was the same bro-science people have been repeting for decades without actually…
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Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru is probably the most fun anime I’ve watched this season. Its got a colorful cast of characters who each add their own flair to the show and showcases some really solid comedy. It also provides some actually useful knowledge about the human body and working out. But you know what sets it apart from practically all other anime I’ve watched?
It’s motivational
To me, this is a pretty monumental feat. You’ll be hard pressed to find a show that actually inspires you to do what’s being shown. When I watch sports anime for example, I don’t immediately think to go and become more athletic so I can look like the hot anime dudes playing the sports. Yet strangely enough, watching a ridiculously jacked almost nude dude giving me training lessons while girls drawn to look as…
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