Audience reviews
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Bensonas
I thoroughly enjoyed this 2 part show. Yes it's short and yes there isn't much to the show but despite this, its still really enjoyable. There isn't too much to say about the show if i'm going to be honest but i'll give it a go.
Animation wise it really rather strong. Despite not much happening, the animation assists the comedy well. I would go as far to say that without the strength in animation, it wouldn't be anywhere near as funny. The character design is pretty standard for the time and there aren't many characters to focus on. Then again, not sure this really is a valid negative considering there are only 2 episodes lasting no more than 21 mins each of actual show. That being said, I believe the animation deserves a 7/10
I normally touch on music in my reviews, but there isn't much…
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It's incredibly unfortunate that Norihiro Yagi's Angel Densetsu never got the praise and recognition that the author's next work, Claymore, got. I have a lot of love for the bloated, yet charming, manga that this is based off of, but the short length and low production values makes it hard to recommend the anime over just reading it. Some of the best material of this story is left completely unadapted in these 2 episodes, leaving a lot to be desired. While not terrible, the pacing leans on the slow side, further making it hard to recommend over the manga. I'd recommend it for anime watchers that don't like reading manga, but beyond that I think there isn't much to gain from this unless you're already a fan of the work and want to see what could have been. I hope this someday gets readapted…
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Recommendation: Skip it.
Angel Densetsu is an exercise in how long you can run the exact same joke into the ground before it becomes tiresome. As it turns out, 2 episodes seems to be the far upper limit.
That's not to say Angel Densetsu has no redeeming qualities. The comedy isn't awful and it looks nice, with pretty strong animation and character design for its era. But mostly, you are treated to one joke over and over again, that the protagonist has a scary face and all the tough guys are afraid of him even though he's actually very nice. Occasionally they find a fresh way to present it that might get a chuckle, but mostly this gets very boring, and episodes tend to drag even though there are only 2 of them. The protagonist is a blank slate aside from his gimmick, and Kuroda, the first…
Read at the sourceYusukeU
After seeing several insufficient reviews about the work, it aroused my interest to write one too, and I find it curious, that people only took the comic side of the work and not its subtext about a chilling criticism about the human look, judgment, fear and values of someone by their appearance.
The movie starts by showing Kitano, the comedy here revolves around Kitano being so ugly that everyone associates him with the devil, delinquents are scared to death of him, teachers and principal are terrified of him, ordinary people think he is a psychopath. The work takes place during Kitano's events and the comedy uses the misunderstandings of judging the person and thinking that he will harm someone.
I really like this theme mainly because it is simple to understand and direct, Kitano is th…
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Amazing anime concept. I wish they do a remake of this and add a hell of a lot more episodes. Nobody I talked to has watched this before, it's a hidden gem. I would happily donate to the production if it came to fruition. I hardly would bother writing a review for any anime as most of the good ones have too much coverage. Don't let this one slip past you. I love anime like this and would love to see more persue out of the box concepts.
Why does MAL want such a long review. They keep on telling me to write more as if this is supposed to be an essay
Read at the sourceHakaseMachine
I feel sad that people do not know this masterpiece, that is ... how can I describe it, amazing.
One of the manga that I've laughed the most, then I thought is there an animation about this masterpiece?
Guess I ran out of air, this is the kind of anime you would think the animation is horrible, it was done anyway, it would be a waste of time.
For the love of all, I hope people will read the recommendations before giving up on such a masterpiece.
Well the anime has an amazing premise, a young boy who has a rather creepy face in a world where all misunderstandings meet him, besides having a beautiful soul and an amazing personality.
The story is very funny, you will start to get more and more involved with the story and at the same time feel sorry for the protagonist and when you see you are…
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Don't judge people by their looks. Though they are scary that you can't look their eyes. For me, the subject of this anime is this. Kitano is just a guy that wanted to help everyone. But everyone was afraid of him.
Angel Densetsu has unbelievable story, Kitano didn't even do anything, and he took all of them down. That was just his face!
I really enjoyed this anime. It's atmosphere is great and it has only two episodes, which is awesome for me. I recommend everyone to watch this anime. It is not only fun but also instructive.
So everyone over 18 should watch this anime.
It is actually a manga but i didn't read it. So i don't have any opinion about it.
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This is one of the anime that makes anime, anime. After watching this I realized there is no better way to describe this story other than anime.
The main character is a guy with very scary face but is very gentle at heart. Every encounter with him ends in something very weird because of his scary face and his actions and expressions being mistaken by others.
I was very disappointed that there weren't any other episodes of this anime except the two ova. But the two episodes was really worth it.
Also, I found Detroit Metal city (From MAL recommendation) very similar anime to this one. Both anime are just Hilarious.
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Beelzebub, Toradora and other delinquent-type anime have the trope of the scary looking but actually nice protagonist and in those anime that is simply a trope but in Angel Densetsu, that’s the main point of the story and what drives the story forward. Everything that happens is because people misunderstand the main protagonist and think he’s a delinquent. The older, unique artstyle also definitely adds to this as unlike in anime like Toradora or Beelzebub where the characters more or less look the same as everyone else, the main protagonist of Angel Densetsu, Kitano, actually looks scary with his slick-backed hair, lack of eyebrows and almost nosferatu-looking grayish face. And through the misunderstandings there are some good bits of interesting moments that are both funny and intense, l…
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Hilarious anime.
Even though the animation style is outdated, well it is 20 years old, it still works because of Kitano: the misunderstood protagonist. The situations he gets dragged into and the reaction of others is the true core of the show.
If you want to watch this, don't expect the to be wowed by the art style, the animation or the story, just be amazed by Kitano and how much could go wrong having the face of a devil; even though he is a really nice guy, just misunderstood that's all.
It is an anime I would recommend to anyone who would want to get a good laugh regardless of their taste in comedy.
Kitano's scream is to die for.
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Angel Densetsu is about a Kid named Kitano Seichirou that is very kind and caring of other people, however the problem lies with his face where he looks as some people in the show put it like a "Demon" or "Devil", and as you could probably guess this doesn't exactly make it easy for him when he tries to make friends, in where he has these hilarious situations occur when he makes new acquaintances.
There isn't much to go off of when it comes to this anime since there are literally two episodes, but I personally think that those two episodes were good, unfortunately for anyone that doesn't like cliffhangers this does end on one, where either this show was supposed to go on which would make more sense since this is personally the first anime i have come across with only two 20 min episodes,…
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Final Thoughts : A Must Watch.
Specially For : People looking for something short and incredibly enjoyable.
The story is mediocre. There's nothing special about the artwork either. The characters are quite bland too. And to be honest I wasn't expecting much from these two episodes. But I was thoroughly amazed by what it actually had to offer, pure comedy.
The protagonist is really likable. And this two episode ova revolves around the problems he has to face because of his demon like appearance and how he unknowingly becomes a 'legendary' school thug without him even knowing. I know it isn't much. But believe me you will laugh while watching this... a lot!
If you like this you will also love the manga.
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Angel densetsu is a very peculiar set of ovas of the old toei animation. the genere of this ovas is comedy of situation and his main protagonist kitano how is bouth creepy and hilarious is always the center and star of the show. he remenbere my very much to midousuji of yowamushi peda, that is a very good point in favor for kitano, his seiyuu tobita nobuo do a fantastic perfonmance giving to his character a very funny voice and a likeable personalitty. the other charascters are blank and the only who is worthy to save is takeisha because how kitano think that hi is a suicide.other think who deserve to be pointed is his director kaizawa yukio who is also the director of gonijo no gasbell(zatch bell) because in this ovas we start to see that he´s maneged of charasters and comedy shown on Ang…
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This is my first review, and also any feedback will be appreciated, but don't expect much from my review. Angel Densetsu is a funniest anime I ever watch. I always laughing because people reacted to Kitano's demon face. He have a scary face that make other people think he is very scary but inside his heart he is a kind-hearted angel who have devil face. It only have 2 episodes but it is worth your time. If you already watched this anime and want to know next, read the MANGA.
Story : 6/10
Art : 5/10
Sound : 7/10
Character : 9/10
Enjoyment : 10/10
Overall : 9/10
I really recommend this if you looking for comedy and martial arts anime. And remember to read the MANGA!
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I'm really bad at reviews, I'm the type who types down what I had felt while watching, and I would look for similarities in the show that would make me say "damn, that happened to me too"
Here I go..
It's set in a world of massive judgmental, insensitive humans, yeah just like real life society today. Have you been in a situation when you look at someone , you don't even know a single thing about them and thought "he's such a creep, ew", "she's too pretty, that's why she's such a bitch", "just look at him he must be a crack head, he's following me! I should walk fast". Seiichirou Kitano is one of those people, who's been talked bad like all the time. With just his looks he could scared the crap out of you. Some would froze to their feet, some would choose to run the hell away from him.…
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Angel Densetsu is a hilarious anime. I was literally laughing my ass off every 2 minutes or so to the point where I was out of breath at the end of every episode. It is the funniest anime I have ever seen. It is only 2 episodes so I recommend you to just watch it because it’s short. I promise you it is worth your time. Not many people know about this anime so I want to share the greatness of it with as many people as possible. So please, just go and watch it, if you don’t laugh once, I honestly believe you should dislike this review. That is how sure I am that Angel Densetsu is the funniest anime ever.
Story- 7
Art- 6
Sound- 6
Characters- 8 The characters are very cool
Enjoyment – 10
Seriously, just watch it. Both episodes are on Youtube.
Read at the sourceBakagia
Since i watched some anime about delinquents such as Kyou Kara Ore Wa, Shonan Junai Gumi, and Cromartie High, only one thing i can think of : THAT WAS ALL AMAZING!!
I just couldn't get enough. i needed to find more of that. then i searched many sites in order to get me this kind of anime. i found this: Angel Densetsu. at the first time i wasn't really sure it would be great, Only 2 episodes of OVA?
I was totally wrong. now Angel Densetsu turn out to be my favorite OVA all the time!!
The Concept is really awesome. the story tells us about a kind-hearted, energetic, and honest boy who just wants to make as many friends as he could in his new school, but everything goes wrong due to his face (demonic face).
though the art is rather old, the sound is very good. the music and the voice act…
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When it comes to anime, I believe there to be one recurring style of joke that gets used, but is almost always never fun. That style of humour would be jokes based on misunderstanding. An example would be when a girl walks in on a MC after he had god tripped into another girl's lap and then proceeds to punch said MC. This OVA series however, is what I personally think is this kind of humour done right. There isn't much to talk about because it's just a 2 episode OVA series but I think it's worth talking about.
If you've not read the synopsis yet, the story is of a boy with the heart of an angel but the looks of a devil. He's constantly doing nice things, but everyone's afraid of him and he sometimes ends up doing something to make everyone fear him more. The way it's all done just makes m…
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It's really sad that they made only two episodes, i would have love to see more. Seiichirou Kitano
is a scary looking man with kind heart, even the badass kids are scared of him. If u do like school animes then you should watch this! Kitano have scary face, he is praised by Bullies cos he ''win all the bullies and badass with accident after another''. Kitano is kind man never hurt anyone and when he get punched he thinks hes the one to blame. Interesting story with only 2 episode :( so i did read the manga after the episodes cos i loved this!
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To summarize this series in 1 world would be HILARIOUS. When reading this manga/ watching the 2 episodes you will repeatedly LOL. Its a shame that there are only 2 OVA episodes to this series as I believe it should be granted more. The manga for this series is long finished and I recommend reading this to everyone. The 2 episodes in my opinion are better than the manga because the artwork on Kitano's face is much better in the anime rather than the manga. As the manga progresses the artwork gets a bit better however. That being said I would recommend watching the 2 episodes of anime before switching to reading the manga which leaves off around chapter 4.
Story: There isn't too much of a story for this series. It just covers the daily school life of Kitano. Later in the manga small arcs fo…
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