Audience reviews
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NightMongoose
Muteking is an odd one, and not just the plot.
After watching the first few episodes I was very ready to give this a 3 out of 10 max or drop the series entirely.
It's at its worst when it first has to introduce the characters, setting, and basic premise. I kind of get the impression that as Muteking is a pre-established property (see the 80s anime), that it didn't care so much for these establishing episodes. The pacing is awful at the start, and scenes either feel haphazardly put together or have characters dumping plot at you, interspersed with cheesy jokes. I can well see this failing many people's three episode test.
But when the series starts finding its way (probably either mid-episode 3 or 4) it's actually very good at what it does. I can see this being some people's favourite ani…
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I went into this show blind now knowing there's been a previous incarnation of Muteking and after watching 12 episodes of this... I can't say I'm dying to check out the series but maybe someday the curiosity in me might check it out.
One thing this show does well is it's presentation which gives a good mix of the era it's pining for and how current day nostalgia thinks of this kitschy aesthetic. It's bold use of Plastic Love in the very first scene may evoke the show's want to go retro but it's story is actually more of a jab towards modern pop scenery. This doesn't mean the show has anything particularly biting to say about the pop industry but at the very least it keeps each episode fun and keeps characters relatable. I actually found myself more interested in the side characters since…
Read at the sourceCluless98
This is an terrible anime with the only good quality that I can consider is the concept and the ending of this show. And another thing is that the protagonists songs are cringe as hell and repeat through out the show without changing at all. The story is shit and the characters are also equally as crumby as the story. The build up to the climax is non existent and the chemistry in this show is fake. There plot points that come out of no where and make the anime more uninteresting as a result. This seems more of a mindless kids show then anything. if you are expecting anything else this is not the anime for you.
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Banking on the modern revival of 1980s pop culture, we have a remake of a 1980 Tokusatsu inspired children's anime... by Ryosuke Takahashi of Armored Trooper VOTOMS fame? Well, I just had to check this one out and I am glad I did.
Story: 5,5/10
Muteking the Dancing Hero is an anime based on a simple concept, seen in anime and western animation alike hundreds of times before. An evil plot threatens the regular lives of people in Neo-San Francisco. Mixed in there is a subtle critique of modern day large scale capitalism, gentrification and consumerism from a most likely social democratic perspective. As for the main plot itself, it was decent, but I thought like the final few episodes needed a bit more time than they actually got to develop some of the plotlines, so it felt kinda rushed. Fo…
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If you want an unique but niche series to watch in the Fall 2021 season, look no further than Tatsunoko's Super Hero series of a long lost IP, starting with the 1980-81 show Muteking The Dashing Warror, rehashed as Muteking The Dancing Hero for a reboot/remake. And I feel that because of the recent success of Tsuburaya Productions with the reboot of the classic 1994-95 Gridman The Hyper Agent series done by Trigger (rehashed as the SSSS.Gridman universe), the big guns over at Tatsunoko wanted their own causal Renaissance period as well. And unless you're the type that really wanted to feel what's like of the long lost magic of Japanese shows in the early period of the 1980s, then the appeal will be just right for you.
Muteking The Dancing Hero is the epitomy of a wacky and goofy weekend m…
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I was the first to sing Muteking: The Dancing Hero praises at the beginning of this season, so it is fitting that I am also the first to denounce its demise. I'll try to describe the huge waste of potential that this show was as well as I can, as someone who is not very familiar with the original show, but who saw something in this reboot.
Before I watched the first episode of Muteking, I was honestly not expecting much. I just had too much time on my hands and not really many shows I was interested in. It is fair to say that the excellent introduction to the world of Muteking throughout this episode completely changed my mind - I was very close to leaving my chair and dancing myself when the famous song hit! Obviously, not every episode would be like this, but I thought that the show def…
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MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO is, in my eyes, a masterpiece of lightweight anime. Really the only bit of the show I don't feel is top-tier is the story, which tends to be on the cheesy and shallow side a lot of the time. The cheese is definitely intentional; it's a Tatsunoko remake, and the plot isn't nearly as important as the world it takes place in and the people Muteki meets. Neo San Francisco is filled to the brim with characters who, even without ever being introduced, are memorable and you come to care about as Muteki familiarizes himself with the city he protects. It's incredibly clear that the team working on it is overwhelmingly passionate about the show, even if they're tight on money/time/resources/etc. They've pumped so much genuine care into the series that even when it gets near…
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Honestly, I thought…I thought that after losing the potential half way in the series, it wouldn’t get worse. But now after completing the series, even Magical Girls are more mature than this.
First, with the interesting choice in the artstyle and music focus I thought a very unique series would happen. Then learned about it a reboot, and hoped that at least it would get any good.
Repetitive fights with barely any monster design, like, why not make up a design for each monster at least? Something to find differences? And the fight scene…Yes, fight scene. You can only find a different fight scene after you get over the half of the series, because it IS repeated a lot. Cheap cuts to avoid animating too much.
I enjoyed the setting before…Slowly, I realized how childish this reboot was, yes,…
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