Audience reviews
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jlzap
It was pretty good but unfortunately got cut short, that doesn't mean it's not worth the watch though. The series is episodic, but also has a larger overall plot that is built on in each episode. Due to the series being cut short, we don't get an ending to that; but each episode wraps up its own shorter story. I personally enjoyed those shorter stories enough to still give this a 7, and I do think the series would've been even higher if we weren't left with a cliff hanger. Typically, the unfinished nature would bother me, but the larger plot was really just the beginning, and because it was so fresh it was pretty easy to ignore and to just enjoy the series as an episodic comedy.
For the ecchi part, our main character is a bit of a pedo. He clearly likes his minor relative and wants to cat…
Read at the sourceSalvatierra21
Twelve minutes are enough to tell an original story that does not disappoint. From the very first episode that introduces the plot, you can see the research done by the scriptwriter to make the different jobs and adventures of our protagonist, Shirase. Akira, the hacker behind BPS, is exciting but not too far removed from reality, using references to existing technologies, projects currently in development, and theories that had already been proposed.
These elements are combined with comedy that appears at the right moments without wasting the twelve minutes of each episode. In terms of animation quality, we could say that it is standard or even below average compared to the many high-quality anime that premiered during the Fall 2003 season. However, both the scenes and backgrounds show c…
Read at the source3meooh
I started Battle Programmer Shirase expecting goofy early-2000s hacker antics. I did not expect a show that treats sexual jokes about an elementary schooler as half its runtime.
Yes, the “hacking” is peak nonsense— six keyboards, dramatic knuckle cracks, random code rain,— but that’s harmless fun compared to the main problem. From episode one all the way to the end, adult characters constantly make innuendos toward Amano Misao, who I now know is canonically in elementary school. The series plays it for laughs but watching that in 2025 isn’t just awkward— it’s flat-out disturbing.
Even as a historical artifact from 2004, this isn’t something you can hand-wave as “a product of its time.” It’s exploitative and unpleasant, and whatever charm the retro hacker aesthetic might have had is burie…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Battle Programmer Shirase is an anime about a whiny, incestuous, pedophile loser who's good at coding but bad at everything else. It's hard to say if he's supposed to be the most vicious caricature of an otaku your average suit could come up with, or if he's the end product of some bizarre, unflattering power fantasy. beginning with the story, it should, theoretically, be a fun show- a programmer who's so good at countering hackers that he's regularly recruited by government agencies and secret organizations. However, the execution just falls flat on its face. Shirase is fundamentally unlikable, and the characters surrounding him are so dry and one-note that it becomes a real chore to watch. Its worst sin is how hard it tries to be funny, failing miserably in the process. Furthermore, thei…
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Bad, simply bad AND borderline criminal.
First let me start out with the good-
1. King of America is a hilarious name for a character.
2. Akizuki's many variants having their conflicting inner monologues after seeing Shirase do, well... "Things" with Misao, his niece/sister is actually hilarious and made me laugh once or twice.
Now, the bad- Straight up pedophilia. They don't even try to hide or sugarcoat it like other BAD anime. I've never been this uncomfortable watching something that isn't hentai. Only the first few episodes feature somewhat cool computer stuff all latter episodes are filled with early 2000s anime bs.
It's not a good anime, it's straight up not worth watching for any reason.
Read at the sourceJastereich
Battle Programmer Shirase is a funny show with jokes all through it. The show has only 15 episodes and features Akira Shirase, or BPS. He uses his computer-hacking abilities to help people in need. However, he is quite lazy. Shirase doesn't charge for his help; instead, he likes getting hard-to-find computer stuff. His great-niece, Misao Amano, helps him with making food and tidying up. The program has some jokes about Shirase and Amano accidentally getting into sexual situations, which is a joke that continues all through the show. The story has parts, but the same bad guy makes most of the trouble. In every round, BPS gets into the enemy computer. This is usually simple to do. Later in the series, jobs get harder and characters from earlier stories help or change what happens. But, the s…
Read at the sourcegotgoodtaste
It was interesting to see how he fares in his daily life with his unique and dramatic way of programming. You won't expect him to hack using normal conventions rather he does stuff which you won't see it coming. And it was also funny.
The art work for this isn't anything special. Sth you'd expect from an anime released at 2003.
The music is moderately fair.
For someone his age, puberty isn't in his dictionary.
It was sad to see some dialogues and scenes used repeatedly which wasn't fun.
The experience wasn't entirely bad but as someone who consumes lots of animes I wished they had done sth about their repetitions.
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No spoilers. Short review.
Battle Programmer Shirase is underrated.
The story is simple yet it doesn't lack much as it's a sci-fi comedy. Some jokes are repetitive, but every time they are presented in different ways which make them work.
There are recaps here. You can skip them, nothing wrong with it. BPS was airing at the beginning of the 21st century on TV once a week, that's why they are here. I admit that they're quite long though.
Characters are the strongest point of this anime. Main characters have unique and memorable personalities. Akira Shirase, even though he seems to be your typical perverted weeb at first, is a kind man who does his amazing job as a programmer and is not afraid to look strange, he is being himself. Misao Amano is a caring primary school girl, a relative o…
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I expected to like this show. An ecchi comedy about a programmer who doesn't work for money seems like just the kind of trash that I love. But now I can say with confidence that this is the worst anime I've ever watched. It's a masterclass on how not to make a good show.
Sexualisation of minors and incestuous relationships. Short episodes with long and unnecessary recaps at the start of half of them. Offensive treatment of a trans character. Lazy animation, with lots of scenes being obviously re-used. Characters being introduced, set up as if they are going to be significant, and then never seen again. A female character moaning orgasmically and uncontrollably from having her hip groped.
And then there's the "hacking", which requires a paragraph of its own. Many shows portray hacking wit…
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This anime is about a god tier hacker who is famous as BPS(battle programmer shirase).He lives alone in his apartment and is daily visited by her grand niece Misao who is more like a little sister to him.
BPS is hired by different agencies to for cyber security and the way BPS creatively makes use of his hacking abilities to achieve his goals is really entertaining.
also the relationship between him and Misao provides cute and charming moments.
It was aired in 2003 so the artstyle looks old but it doesn't make the experience bad but instead it gives it a certain kind of charm.
Overall a fun watch.
7/10
Read at the sourcemouthpiece
This is basically a minor production, done with minimal funds and with hope of a better sponsored sequel. This never happened and the whole project was scrapped. Back when I originally watched it I was still new to the medium and I was amazed with its bold humour and fast pace so I was really hoping they would one day pick it up again. After all these years though, I now don’t care much about it since it didn’t really have much of a context to work with and was even going in circles with the scraps it had laid out.
The story is about a super genius programmer, used by the government to prevent a criminal hacker from doing various major acts of terrorism. He is a slob so his underage female cousin comes to his house to help him in his life. So in every case, the exact thing happens. A gove…
Read at the sourceNoblesseOblige3
The story follows Shirase a super hacker known as BPS and its this name that is (in)famous for being able to use a phone or a computer to create defense barriers and the like and gets him hired by all sorts of government people.
The show tends to run on a certain formula, through out 15 episode arcs are split into three episodes each, and each arc we find Shirase being hired to solve a case using his computer skills, he also tends to end up in a compromising situation every time his employer comes to visit him in which said employer will ramble to himself about morale before deciding to ignore it accompanied by a laugh track, and many other recurring jokes.
The art is not great, it is very simple and uses rather dull colors and not a lot of detail is put into it such as character designs…
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First, saying this anime has 15 episodes isn't really correct. Even though there were 15 airings, it took 3 or 4 airings to complete an episode. So there are really only 4-5 episodes. So don't expect a fully developed plot line. In fact, the anime ends when you feel like it should begin.
With that said, it is extremely funny. The main character is hilariously apathetic to everything except antique computer parts and his hormones.
The situations he is put in are equally entertaining, and his superhuman feats of programming to solve them make the concept have a tremendous amount of potential which battle programmer Shirase doesn't quite reach.
Definitely worth watching though, because it's so short. The biggest shortcoming is not having more time to have a real plot.
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This series are entertaining, the most interesting part is making a story about a programmer and his works in a fun way.
The story is a little of suspense, a little of romance, a few of fanservice and a lot of comedy, the fun part is how he manipulates the computers be by PC or cell phone by its programming to help the people hiring him in turn but instead of asking for money for his services he asks for very rare gadgets or nerd items.
Not the best anime I've seen but more entertaining than most anime that had come out in last years mostly because the concept and idea of the story is a little more original and each episode you'll be expecting in what kind of situation he will be and how he'll overcome it.
By the way the lolicon factor comes by the character Misao whom the protagonist ha…
Read at the sourceedythemighty
Story: Unfortunately, the story was cut off after 15 episodes, and although the 15 episodes do tend to stick out on their own, the story quickly falls into a routine of Shirase being in his house, through some accident ends up in an uncomfortable position, and his next employer(always an Akizuki) walks in and sees him like this. The story quickly progresses through the various cybercrime cases Shirase takes, this routine repeating itself across each one.
Art: Standard anime artwork, nothing new or innovative
Sound: The voice actors for this anime are spot-on. No men with girly voices, rather, they all have the voices corresponding to their characters. The sounds of everyday life such as that of Shirase's fingers clicking on a keyboard add a small sense of realism.
The characters: If you…
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