Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
darthbarth
As a huge soccer/football fan, and a first-time sports anime watcher I was extremely satisfied. My only complaint is I want more! I want to know more about how ETU is doing in their league, how the players are stacking up in goal scoring races, and stuff like that. Not to mention the end leaves you wondering how the club finishes that season. On the other hand, the pacing is good - nothing is rushed over, and nothing is stretched out. The characters were the main focus for me, a lot of different personalities with a lot to offer came together under Tatsumi. On top of this, they sprinkled in just the right amount lighthearted, funnier scenes.
As I mentioned this was my first sports anime and if there are others that capture the team atmosphere like this, please let me know!
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wow, what an amazing anime, as someone who has been to many many football games since before i can even remember, i can not begin to describe the amount of nostalgia i had while watching the anime, so much effort and detail has been put into expressing football as a whole, fans pov, hooligans pov, managers pov, player pov, all the little details that u wouldn't expect them to add to an anime like this, i honestly thought that this anime would be like every other sports anime out there but it is so much more then other sport anime and is simply a very amazing and nostalgic anime for me.
now the story line is very good but quite corny as you would expect with something like this, but the character development, and hooligan atmosphere truly makes up for it, i can 100% see why some people wou…
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As an action sports anime, Giant Killing failed miserably. There's simply not enough animated action for it to be super enjoyable and entertaining. They barely show the ball. The animations is subpar and the pacing is all over the place. Its without question a poor adaptation. Many dialogues should've been cut and replaced with on the pitch action but knowing the studio its not surprising at all they're incapable of doing something creative. The only things DEEN did right were the art style and music. Very uplifting and energetic OST & OP.
Despite all that Giant Killing wasn't all bad. It succeeded in portraying what club football is all about. This is due to the writer's excellent understanding of the sport. From the fans, hooligans, players, staffs, to the managing board they're all jus…
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It's really hard to give something with art this terrible anything above a 5, even if it's made up elsewhere.
Story: 6
run of the mill underdog story. Pretty much the exact same character setup as one outs and extremely similar to many other sports animes. I don't mind them though.
Art: 1
Worst art for any show I've ever seen
Animation: 5
Sometimes you see nice scenes with people messing around with the ball or running, but otherwise it's the worst CG bullshit I've ever seen or stills. Sound: idk, bad
Nothing standout. Whenever I stop and try to pay attention, it's still boring and dull.
Character: 2
Main dude is one of the light novel protags with a mysterious background and laidback attitude wtih some random OP superpower... don't hate that in a sports anime myself, but everybody els…
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REVIEW WITH NO SPOILERS
Do not think that I disliked this anime because I scored 4. I did it because technically the anime is lower than the average.
You will only enjoy this if you're a football fan, like I am. Then you will probably find fun here... like I did.
But I can't ignore the bad animation (this is an anim produced in 2010 man!) and the ugly and strange design of the characters (whats up with their noses?).
And there is nothing fun in the story besides the football (you have no good comedy or any healthy fan servisse here).
So if you are looking for an anime about professional football, and just that, Giant Killing will satisfy you.
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Being an avid follower of the sport, the concept of underdog triumphs never cease to interest me, Giant Killing is one such show that is all about stealing wins out of the opponent's pocket and making comebacks.
East Tokyo United also known as ETU, find themselves in a slump after numerous slip-ups and consecutive defeats. As a result frequent sacking of the manager is not a rarity for the club. However, desperate for a reversal in fortunes, the club appoints the eccentric Tatsumi Takeshi as their very recent manager. Giant Killing revolves around Tatsumi as the manager of ETU as they try and get out of their losing streak into the once basking glory that's been lost in recent times. Now ETU are a fairly successful club in Japan's Pro Football League with their own share of history. A dec…
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Giant Killing is to soccer as One Outs is to baseball. Both rely on a main character who's an underdog trickster, both heavily resort to psychological battles. But the comparison stops here and the soccer one ends up behind in every aspect so far.
Giant Killing is somehow a soft show, not intimate but close enough, in a way, and there's an overall nostalgic feeling about it. There isn't any spectacular ambition showing, nothing is really fancy and the viewer's emotions rely on the story in its unraveling, more than on an audiovisual ride. Be it the art, the animation or the score: we're miles away from recent blockbusters like Kuroko no Basket or Haikyū!! Fortunately, the story here is better than in many shōnen in the sport category.
About the art, you will probably notice that the char…
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In the world of sports being the underdog can sometimes not be a bad thing. Because people do not expect that much of you, you can easily surprise them by putting in a very good performance. However this is not the case for many years for East Tokyo United football club. That is until the new young manager tatsumi takeshi begins his ETU managing career and they now look to regain their honor.
Giant killing is a sports anime. Sports anime have giants such as kuroko no basket, Haikyuu and diamond no ace. Even within the soccer sub genre giant killing is still rarely mentioned among fans. However I did find giant killing and started watching it due to my fondness of soccer in real life. However after finally finishing it I came to the conclusion that giant killing is an anime that I enjoyed…
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A sports anime that's fairly unique for the medium of anime, but viewers who've seen American sports films will recognize the tropes early on. Still, decent production values and execution of the premise make this series worth a watch (even if it won't be killing any giants in the ratings department).
STORY
It says something about the anime industry when not centering on high school or high school students is enough to make your show unique. Giant Killing takes a road less travelled and follows the fictional professional club East Tokyo United, going for a more realistic approach devoid of any over-the-top sports superpowers. The name 'Giant Killing' comes from what manager Tatsumi calls his tactics for defeating large, powerful clubs with a small, weak one. And considering that East Tok…
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I checked the recommendations for One Outs after I finished it and saw this show in the list. Never heard of it before, but it definitely surprised in a positive way.
ETU is a football (soccer) club that has gone through a number of different coaches, none of which produced any good results, in fact it was one disaster after another. ETU went from a storied team at its height, to a fringe club barely keeping up in the league play with its all around defensive play.
One of the new managers decides to hunt down one of ETU's last star players in England based on some rumors he had heard about his coaching prowess. It turned out that the former player, Tatsumi, was indeed a force in England. After an invitation to return to his old team, the story of the ETU Giant Killing begins.
From the t…
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Giant Killing is a adaptation of long running and popular manga series in Japan by the same name,so one would expect a proper adaptation to please current fans as well as bringing new ones.
Well for starters you look at the studio producing it and you see Studio DEEN,which in all fairness has produced some great series (such as Rurouni Kenshin,Higurashi ) but overall they usually lack the talent,resources and production values that other companies have and released a lot of mediocre/bad series.
Fortunately their work on Giant Killing is on the good side of the "balance spectrum".
The story revolves around a initially weak team by the name of East Tokyo United ,playing in Japans first football league with very little success.Everything changes however when one of their former star player…
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This anime is as genuine as it could get when it comes to animation modulation of football world.
It really provided a realistic image of the professional football and tackled every aspect in sports from players, coaching staff, management, and fans with absolute purity.
Tatsumi is a very interesting character with a unique personality and a strange sense of humor and work ethics. You will not get bored easily as every team ETU encounters add up many different yet very entertaining characters. The challenges rookie coach Tatsumi and ETU have to overcome just to survive in the top-flight Jleague just adds-up to the intensity of the show.
The pace of the series and the gap between every match is well-calculated, and
I really liked the idea of having the foreign head-coaches and players spe…
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The genre sport anime usually evolves around a genius of the trade, his/her circumstances, friends, rivals and sometimes love interest, who grows with every new challenge. Although very enjoyable, most of the times expecting any sense of realism would be a little naive. Think of Eyeshield 21, Prince of Tennis, Kuroko no Basket, One Outs or Ookiku Furikabutte; to name a few.
In my opinion, what makes Giant Killing great is the fact that the story, the pace, the characters are very realistic, almost real-life-like.
The plot/story is all about the soccer of the fictional team of East Tokyo United catalyzed by the former player and the newly appointed coach of ETU, Takeshi Tatsumi. It includes all aspects of the sport such as the management, the coaching team, the players, the fans even thei…
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Rather it's on field or off field, the sport of football is full of tension, suspense, and action. On the field, players duke it out in a battle of skill, wits, and determination. Off the field, fans struggle to stick with an underdog team, while management struggles to figure out how the team should be improving. In the center of all of this stands the one person who's supposed to keep things under control and that's the head coach.
It's into this fierce, competitive world Giant Killing throws its viewers. The story is relatively simple and easy to grasp. East Tokyo United (ETU) is an underdog football team that's been struggling to make its mark in the realm of Japanese Football (That's soccer to the Americans). After viewing a game where an underdog team comprised of non-professionals…
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Giant Killing. Not a complex anime, also not a simple anime. Basically, the story of a team that really needs some help to get back to action: ETU. Not only does it show the coach's point of view, the players', but also the reporters and even the fans'. The little intrigues that revolves around the traditional and the new fanbase of the team, although these don't get too much attention.
Story
The story is quite simple. They don't try to make a big thing out of it, which is good on certain cases. It's pretty much this: The story of a great manager driving a not-so-good team in direction to fame and success. There are small elements left unexplained through the series, although there's no big deal about that all. It leaves you with a doubt, expecting that it will eventually be answered on…
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When I was younger, I used to watch an anime series called Kickers which revolved around football (or soccer for some). It was one of my very first encounters with anime and it definitely left an impression on me as a child, especially with its inspiring message and characters. Of course, as I grew up I started realizing that the world isn’t as perfect as Kickers depicted it—you wouldn’t always end up coming out on the winning side from conflicts and battles. I also learned that there’s no “I” in team and that a single person can’t stand victorious without some kind of help. Kickers was an anime series that took football and depicted it in an idealized form, but it’s not Kickers that I’m going to talk about, but rather a much more recent anime that also deals with football, but in a very d…
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I'd previously ignored "Giant Killing" as the combination of the title and its lack of popularity made me think it's some kind of mediocre fantasy anime. Then I heard it's actually about football, and no, not the American variety, I'm talking about soccerl - you know, the kind of football where you actually use your foot more than your hands. Since I'm pretty into football, my interest in this anime suddenly shot up.
"Giant Killing" follows the fortunes of ETU (East Tokyo United), one of the weakest teams in the top division of Japanese football. A once proud club capable of challenging the very best teams in the Japanese league, they start off in the series as a team barely able to escape relegation. But all this is about to change with the appointment the new manager, a former player na…
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Prior to the premiere of Giant Killing, I had never watched a sports anime in my life. I couldn’t even remember the last time I had seriously sat down and watched a sport. I used to watch basketball a lot. I remember rooting for the Bulls, who were my home team mind you, and then after them the Lakers. At some point, I simply lost interest in sports altogether. I have certainly never watched a game of soccer. So, not only does this series serve as a gateway to an entire genre of anime for me, but also an introduction to soccer and a reintroduction to sports in general. I am far out of my element and easily the outsider in the viewer pool.
I’ve always liked the story of David and Goliath, from which the term Giant Killing derives its name. Really, it’s a concept we want to believe in. We w…
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Addicting, suspenseful, and fun, this is a story about what it takes for one dysfunctional soccer team with a poor record to regain its honor and make it in the national soccer league. This team is called ETU (East Tokyo United). The members of ETU start out with a lot of difficulty; they have poor communication, conflicting personalities, mixed low and high self-esteem, and an overreliance on one team member. But within every player, there is a talent that is waiting to be manifested. Their new coach, Tatsumi Takeshi, helps to bring out the ‘giant killing’ in all of them.
Story
Sports anime tend to have a few story elements in common, like a central main protagonist who is a young prodigy, stereotypical characters (there always has to be the cute, black-haired rival), and lots of filler…
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NOTE: THIS IS AN ANIME WITH A SOCCER SETTING!!!
AND NO, YOU DUN HAFTA KNOW SOCCER TO ENJOY THIS ANIME!!!
I guess I should warn you guys about this first, no it's not some massacre or some dark times living under Nazis or during Stalin's times. I say this cos I hesitated watching this cos I thought it was something like that.
Boy, was I wrong.
Synopsis/Traits:
An interesting concept, I saw a personality like GTO trying to reform a soccer club, like the guy in there with his class (That's all I know about GTO, hahaha...). Inspirational theme, belief and hope runs deep, it is able to capture the attention of the viewer.
1 interesting trait is that, unlike a few other 2x anime series I watched, this series takes it slowly at the front. Momentum is built up, some mysteries here and there, a…
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