Introduction
Fed up with society, youngsters all around Neo-Tokyo formed tribes to find their place in the world. However, group loyalty among them grew fierce and often led to violence. As a countermeasure, the government implemented the XB Law—stating that the tribe conflict is to be resolved through Extreme Baseball. From players using extendable bats to pitchers wearing special equipment, Extreme Baseball is a futuristic version of the sport with modified rules, less restrictions, and bizarre applications of technology.
When a group of youngsters bullies spineless Haru Shirokane, he is saved by an unexpected pair: Shun Kamiya and Taiga. As it turns out, Shun is a star player of Extreme Baseball who leads the Minato Tribe, the top-ranked team in Minato City. Meanwhile, Taiga aims to defeat Shun in hopes of becoming the strongest in the sport. In a string of spontaneous events that allow Shun to discover their potential, Taiga and Haru are roped into joining the Minato Tribe.
As the tribes across Minato City face a new threat led by the mysterious Oujirou Otori, the Minato Tribe might just need the power of their two new rookies to overcome the clutches of evil.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Audience reviews
13 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Comet_Official
I am not usually a fan of sports anime but I got to say I LOVED this futuristic take on baseball! Its like Oblivion Battery and Wind Breakers had a baby that is Tribe Nine! Sure I understand it is a promotion for the video game of the same name but by that logic all anime is bad because it promotes VNs, LNs & Manga! People need to stop hating on a show because its promotional material. This anime has a very unique and interesting premise that follows around gangs resolving violence with a futuristic form of baseball. Not to mention they fight hand to hand and can do whatever they want as long as it fits within the parameters of the rules! That is such a fun premise considering most sports anime can be pretty dull! The character design was also AWESOME! I mean Ojiro in general was just a re…
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As a standalone anime, this is simply bad. But luckily, the Tribe Nine game finally came out, so this isn't standalone anymore. Though.... if i discovered tribe nine through this anime, i'd have never given the game a chance. Luckily, this anime came, like, 5 years ago....??? so there was no chance to use this as marketing in the first place, lol.
This anime gives some context for the world and characters you find in the game, sorta like a very bad history lesson. It's pretty neat to visit as someone that s some ways into the game rn. Is it mandatory watching? No, and frankly, it has worse writing and character interactions than the game, which makes it painful to watch. If the premise intrigues you, just play the game. Don't go through this. (Or do, after u played thru the game?)
The ga…
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If inazuma eleven it's the to go super stupid sport anime with a lot of heart and charm, then this is like the total oposite, and i don't know how many times i've seen characters designed by Rui Komatsuzaki, and i still don't find them appealing, i don't know what it is, but they don't click with me, and add to that super corny and cringy dialogue and i'm gonna dislike them even more. And what it's the point of adding baseball if mid match it turns into a fuckin free for all, you can remove the baseball and i don't think anything would change, this literally could be a generic battle anime. The animation it's good most of the time, but the some characters look weird, aoyama it's the one that comes to mind, he looks off most of the time, i think his hair might be the problem, because komats…
Read at the sourceRegalFlare
I'm losing my mind here!
The show starred off extremely boring and confusing. Like what are the teams? Are they gangs who play this game instead of fighting? Who are half of these characters? Why should I care about them? Why is it even a sports anime to begin with? This makes no sense!!
Very little is explain. I feel like I'm getting punished for not playing the game the show is based off.
The only reason I watched the show was for Corpse Husband, but I don't even think he could saved this show.
I shouldn't have to play the original material just to understand the show! The anime should stand on its own.
To me, it just feels, lack of a better word, stupid.
Side note, the main character is extremely annoying! "I just love how he is perfect at the game while he has never played." Like wo…
Read at the sourceNo-Life-101
I didn’t know much about this anime when I first wanted to watch but I was not expecting it to be a sports one. It’s more of a combination of sports x action x futuristic tech, and I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it. I thought that the main storyline was mediocre at best and was annoyed how the most interesting character was only in 3 episodes, and there’s the overused trope of a “group of guys + 1 girl” which I find a little sad. Also, it can get unnecessarily violent at times which I didn’t expect and kind of put me off from watching any more episodes. On the other hand, the animation was nice, the VAs did a good job, and the character introductions and designs were interesting.
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It's a very cool anime with interesting characters and story but:
It is sad not to see a gradual progress of the 2 main characters ( Haru&Taiga ). For the rest I have nothing to talk about, because the narrator already introduces the other characters as being familiar with the action in the anime. It was nice to see the characters Haru and Taiga progress, just like how Naruto from the anime of the same name goes from being rejected by his peers to the most powerful Hokage. Besides this, the series excludes one of the most interesting characters.
I recommend the anime with confidence, my opinion is not a bad one but just a disappointed one, I think it would have had much more potential if the story had been rewritten a little
Read at the sourceAtlasEarth
Really wish I could explain why it’s getting this score because on paper, this is a pretty solid show. By no means one to get the emotions rising but pretty solid in a lot of respects.
I watched the dub and do absolutely enjoy it. Great casting choices and the VAs gave very good performances despite a few lacking experience.
There is also occasionally some great animation in this show and I generally like the character design.
I guess the stuff I am less keen on is all the picture things. Characters are fine but many aren’t as fleshed out, I am not a huge fan of the plot or themes, humor and action doesn’t really excite me as much as it. It’s very middling in a lot of regards. I absolutely do think someone could come away loving this and I can see why they would, but this didn’t scratch…
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Tribe Nine Review (6.1)
Rip-off of the baseball game that has power.The story is boring.It's boring to watch because the animation and the effects are ugly but it was improved in the last episode.The character designs are not well done, not very detailed.The song is very nice which is my favorite song right now.
STORY:5/10
This is a rip-off of baseball games that make the game of baseball ugly because they made it ugly,Baseball Bat,Pitcher and catcher have power and those rules are confusing especially the field is so big because they are playing in the city.Boring and corny to watch it would have been better if the production and storytelling were good
ANIMATION:5/10
Episodes 1 to 3 are boring to watch because of the ugly animation because their work is not very detailed. But it got a…
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I have a hard time focusing on shows that I love, let alone ones that confuse or bore me. Tribe Nine never once lost my focus. I loved every moment of this show.
Script/Voice Acting - 9/10
I watched it in English, as I do most shows (as an appreciator of English voice actors), though I did watch a few scenes in Japanese to see differences in voices and dialogue. The Japanese voice actors did a great job, but I have to admit that I think watching it in English is partially what made Tribe Nine so captivating. The English script was so quirky and entertaining, and each character had their own mannerisms and interesting ways of speaking that brought me so much enjoyment. The English voice actors completely knocked it out the park (no pun intended) too. Taiga's Irish accent and colloquialis…
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I am a huge fan of Chiharu Sawashiro, who plays Taiga. I’m mentioning this because, when it comes to anime, I tend to have an “I’ll watch it if Chiharu Sawashiro is in it” mentality. While it may have led me to watching some absolute gems like Tsukipro, I really need to stop having that mentality, because it also led me to watching Tribe Nine, which might just be the worst anime I have ever watched in my entire life. The worldbuilding makes no sense, I hate most of the characters, and it genuinely confuses me that someone looked at this monstrosity of a show and thought it was okay to subject the public to it.
The main character, Haru, is… fine. He’s alright. Personally, I find him a bit annoying in his weird passiveness, but there’s nothing actively wrong with him, I guess. This can be…
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I was hyped for Tribe Nine since I heard about its release a few years ago now, and I can start by saying I am still excited for the game. I am writing this review fresh off the last episode, and I can say I am overall pretty satisfied with what we got. I wasn't expecting anything revolutionary, and they pretty much delivered where I wanted. Keeping out spoilers I can say this anime will leave you surprised at some of the plot developments which is somewhat expected of this team.
The story wasn't anything special somewhat generic at times, and downright boring other times. The plot can be summarized as bad guy does bad things for no real reason other than "power." With that being said the art, and sound are on par with expectations they did a good job in that department. The theme and sou…
Read at the sourceSmashedTomatoes
Ask me anything; I'll be the first one to tell you I love danganronpa, for a long time now too, I wanted to make a Fanganronpa by the time 2 came out. BUT, if there's something I find redundant is excusing mediocrity trough legacy.
Right of the bat, you can tell that everything here was created with a purpose: Promote a high budget game by a popular group. Because this anime is nothing more than a marketing campaign, to the point where they slap a QR code to their main site -front and center- in one of the first episodes. Anyone who has seen the promotional material of tribe nine can easily tell a lot of budget is going into the game, and it's mobile nature will easily lend itself to monetization. This anime is only here to boost the game, because it doesn't compare in Visual or Written…
Read at the sourcePyro81300
I’m a huge Danganronpa fan, and while I didn’t catch Akamatsu Drive I figured I’d check out Tribe Nine this season. Unfortunately, this promotional anime is as the kids these days say “mid”.
So what about the good stuff? Well the music is great at least, Masafumi never disappoints with his compositions. You still have the excellent bops you have in other games he’s worked on, but the OST is definitely closest to Danganronpa’s. The character designs by Rui are also still real unique and have that edgy, rebellious style that works great with this series. Also sometimes, the animation genuinely is good and there’s one big twist around ep 3 that I did not expect.
However past that, the writing for this show just does not quite know what it wants to be. It constantly switches from a sports sh…
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