Audience reviews
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iKillex
If you are interested in Level E because you liked Hunter x Hunter or Yu Yu Hakusho by the same author I would not recommend it. While HxH and YYH provide you with loveable characters and great story telling this show does the exact opposite.
You will follow a more or less annoying main character in Prince Baka during small mini arcs in which he tries to annoy others in order to enjoy himself. The show tries to be funny but hardly ever is. Craft is the only character that brings a bit of fun into the series but the show is really like a bad version of Gintama. While some episodes touch interesting themes, the majority of the time you will feel bored by the lack of interesting characters and plots, which is why the 13 episodes of Level E felt longer than the 112 episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho.…
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Level E is a series comprised of short story arcs that traverse the themes of paranormal sci-fi. Secret coexistent of different cosmic entities shrouded with mystery, whether they are peace-loving or aggressive warlike species in our daily human lives. From the horrors of invasive species struggling to survive total extinction. Political issues of small scale planetary crimes and up to the massive intergalactic crisis. Prepare to be mind-blown to the sophisticated brain-numbing twist and turns for Level E has it all.
[Art & Sound 7/10]
Aesthetic and audiovisual defines Level E identity as paranormal scifi. By listening to the soundtrack you already have an idea what the show it's all about. The soundtrack serves a fitting design, for it gives off an eerie and unsettling atmosphere, it d…
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All of the bad parts of shounen in one 12 episode package. Baseball, former delinquents, an annoying MC, tokusatsu hijinks, aliens, boring mystery subplots, references to how much we LOVE! Shounen Jump, and jokes that fall all the way flat. Suffers from Shounen Jump shounen disease where none of the arcs and characters matter when the next arc starts. The main character is absolutely unbearably smug and unpleasant, and even hearing Takehito Koyasu's sexy voice as one of the like, three recurring characters was not worth it. A charmless version of the things that make Shounen Jump shows so accessible and beloved. The entire time I watched it, I kept thinking about much it reminded me of Gintama - an infinitely better version of all of the same elements presented in this trainwreck.
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The way this series approaches the topic of the possibility of aliens is interesting, and also unique insofar as not much else done about this subject is usually comedic.
It has episodes made up of arcs that range from three, two, or just individual narratives that are resolved within twenty minutes. The latter do not usually have characters that re-appear in later episodes, and even one of the couple episodes arc do not re-occur, but this is mostly satisfactory because the narrative is usually dealt with, and even if a 'deus ex machina' device seems to be used, it is at least seemingly logical, being devised by the mostly comedic prince 'Baka' (Japanese for 'stupid', not because he actually is; it is a nickname other characters usually use due to his annoyance, so it is a cathartic sort…
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Warning the review may contain spoilers.
First impressions, so we got a show where aliens are on earth and a Japanese baseball player has a close incounter with one of this aliens. Sounds interesting enough.
Quick side the one meme-man joke was made by an Skype frend that goes by name of skullzs.
Story, 7/10
So the story starts off with this high school student who encounters an alien who has crashed landed on earth and has amnesia.
So your most likely thinking that this is going to be a show about this friendship that this alien and human have while trying generally contact generally the alien home planet so they can pick him up and there going to be a tearful good bye and maybe a reunion. Well if you thought that then you are 100% wrong.
Because what this story is actually about is t…
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(I try to keep my reviews short and sweet and straight to the point without giving away spoilers with that said lets get this show on the road)
This anime is totally different from the cliche predictable ones. No heart stoppers or tears here just straight comedy
This anime has
1. Comedy (Comedy is probably the biggest focus in this anime)
2. No Blood (Nothing major a couple splats here there)
3. Action ( A little piece in each episode)
4. Romance (Nothing huge not the main focus of the anime)
Overall 12+ can watch this anime pretty good Good anime to watch to pass the time by. Or just to watch something different. Nothing huge or little its just in the middle.
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Story – Imagine if aliens resided on Earth in disguise alongside us humans! There would be aggressive aliens, peaceful aliens, and aliens that are on the verge of extinction. Not noticing their presence, they would be right under our noses living with us in harmony. That’s until Prince Baka shows up in baseball star, Tsutsui’s apartment…
Characters – There’s a huge variety of different aliens in this series and it’s certainly interesting to watch them! From flesh-eating aliens to alien assassins, new species are always being introduced to the show. The little backstories created for each alien race were also all different and exciting.
Our main character, Prince Baka, is a prankster who lives for tricking people. He’s very playful, light-hearted, and not too very bright. He’s also quite…
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There's a lot of sci-fi anime out there, most with creatures that has supernatural powers, and some with aliens. But out of all that I've seen so far, this tops them all in terms of the combination of reality vs fiction and humor.
The short stories are all well-paced, with enough action and suspense. The characters are all very interesting. The best part for me though was the dry sense of humor of Baka-ouji, along with the typical teenage Japanese baseball guy, Yukitaka's reactions, and of course, helpless "pet", Craft. Some episodes I laughed so hard, I had to pause or rewind to continue watching. I guess I enjoy this so called "black humor" type comedies.
The only aspect that didn't strike me as much was the sound. It didn't get in the way of the anime, but it didn't make too much of…
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Level E is like a hidden gem for me because I love Yoshihiro Togashi. This show seems like everything he wanted it to be. After creating two smash, semi-predictable shounen hits (Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter), he just checked out and made something utterly crazy and wonderful.
If I had to sum of Level E in one word, it would be: Trollin'.
This show trolls you constantly from every angle, and that is quintessential Togashi who shines when creating puzzles and convoluted situations. The premiss and first episode--a beautiful alien prince shows up in a baseball player's new apartment--are the set up for a shounen ai story, but that's just more trolling (sorry, no boy's love here). From there, we get light hearted and silly, black comedy, real emotion, and some genuinely frightening sce…
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Aliens coming to Earth... Why are this aliens so attracted to our planet? What makes our planet so much better for their own alien planets? It's a question that's been bugging me for some time now and after watching Level E, I think I know why. It's based on a 3 volume manga by the creator of Yu-Yu Hakusho! and Hunter X Hunter and it's about aliens coming to our planet for different reasons. Some come for some relaxation, some to have new lives on our planet or everything in between. Later on, an alien named Baka Di El Dogra (that's his full name) comes to Earth and he is suffering from amnesia, and he is living with a young man who's a baseball player and they both don't get along well.
What follows it's a deep story of friendship that will shake the balance of the universe for eternity.…
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Well i just finished watching Level E the other day and after some reflections i have determined it was alright. The series feels episodic for the most part yet there about 2-3 Episode arcs in this short run anime more than once. There was a few episodes i did not enjoy all that much mostly at the very start of the series but the middle and end really had some quality to them. Even though the series uses some slapstick style comedy and pretty cheesy jokes it actually has some intelligence to the plots involved.
The characters of this show are really hard to kinda follow. At the start i assumed more people would be main characters but in truth this show is comprised of one main character and a dozen recurring support characters. The shows structure is rather unique this way and it kinda th…
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Yukitaka has just left Tokyo, eager to transfer to Kisaragi High where he's been recruited to play baseball. However, upon entering his new apartment, the boy is met by a man with long blonde hair who claims to be… an alien?! After initially scoffing at the notion, Yukitaka discovers that the alien – Ouji – is for real, has amnesia and, what's worse, now wants to live with him in his apartment. The fact that scientists and mysterious guys in black suits are after Ouji becomes the least of Yukitaka's problems as his new guest turns out to be more than a handful to handle!
Story (7/10)
The best thing about this screwy comedy is that we never know when it is lying. The direction is a massive exercise in sleight of hand, the script a riddle within a puzzle, and guessing what the hell is going…
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It's been a while since I watched this one, so I'll keep my review brief. Level E isn't the greatest anime ever, that's for sure, but I feel I have to give it a 9 because it just has such a unique charm to it. Its love of anticlimaxes is incredible, and I'd certainly recommend it to anyone who'd like to watch a short anime that's a little bit different.
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Somebody, write me an anime.
Have it be a sci-fi that's totally hilarious, where the main character is a gorgeous guy who is a deadpan utter jerk. And he knows it. Oh, and ALIENS! Let there be aliens who wish to mate with the human race. Let there be aliens who try to protect earth at the cost of their lives, and who get strokes and ulcers in the process. And let it have cheesy homages to Super Sentai. Make it so I'll laugh and sometimes feel a little sad. The Twilight Zone on another level. Let it be delicious and utter chaos. Throw a curveball every 30 seconds. Make me befuddled. Strike me dumb.
And let the animation and music be decent.
Oh, wait, somebody already DID write one. And it's called "Level E."
This series is my crack-up. This is my ha-ha. The one that I realize I've bee…
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Ah, aliens. The never ending ability to instantly capture ones interest in the unknown. Level E does this, by providing an, pretty much, perfect entry arc. However, it leaves much more to be desired as you head farther into this series.
A comedy Level E completes this task well. The way they incorporate the jokes is flawless. There isn't any slapstick, many of the jokes are trash talking or Cile's...Baka's... clever tricks. The world is abundant with aliens in disguise and we watch as a numerous parties interact with them. There is a parties in this show:
Baka's underlings: They try and stop Baka's idiotic pranks in people, and usually get the short end of the stick for trying. They appear periodically whenever Baka is causing mischief, and also have their own two episode arc as they gre…
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at first i wasn't sure if this anime was worth waching, i mean baseball? not really my thing. but the more you see the more addicted you get, the crazzier and funnier the stories get and then you get to the last episode which is probably the best and by then you're begging for more.
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Anime Review #3 – Level E
When I heard of this anime, I read up about its storyline and was intrigued. At first glance, it resembled Gintama in the sense that it consisted of humans and aliens living together however, in this circumstance the humans don’t know that they are sharing the Earth with countless aliens.
“In the present day, hundreds of extraterrestrial species walk the Earth. Some are pacifistic, others violent. Some are here for research purposes, others are career criminals. However, humans don't know they are here.” – MAL
The quote is literally the introduction in each episode and is a constant reminder of the situation occurring in the anime.
So basically, the storyline revolves around an alien often called “Prince Baka” and follows his ‘adventures’. The plot in a way i…
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Why are aliens so attracted to Earth? It's a question that many fans of science fiction have pondered at one time or another, and there have been a number of different answers - vacations, natural resources, food and water, building a hyperspace by-pass, enslaving the population, experiments and general curiosity (to name a few). Of all the possible explanations though, boredom and baseball are two that probably wouldn't spring to mind.
Togashi Yoshihiro is a name that fans of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter will recognise, and as popular as those two franchises are, like every mangaka he has a few skeletons buried in his closet, one of which is Level E. The original manga was serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump from 1995 to 1997 for a total of sixteen chapters, and in a very weird irony…
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"This planet is full of liars"
"But it gets us a lot of cash"
Shounen anime has continued to experience an unabated spike in recent years, and shounen comedy, specifically, has had quite a few entries recently with more coming up every season. Many of these titles have not been all that great, so when Level E was first announced many people, myself including, were skeptical and expectations weren’t all that high. But after finishing the anime I must say it not only exceeded my expectations but it also turned out to be a pleasant surprise; I mean, the kind of pleasant surprise that makes you feel thoroughly trolled, leaving you either somewhat disappointed OR wanting for more, depending on your taste.
The anime adapts 7 of the 8 arcs from the 90s manga of the same name by Yoshihiro Togash…
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'Level E' is based on a short SF comedy manga by Togashi Yoshihiro, the author of 'Yuu Yuu Hakusho', and 'Hunter X Hunter' manga series. The first episode was a perfect introduction to the series. The story begins with sudden appearance of a self-proclaimed alien in the form of a flamboyant soft-spoken blond young man. Baka prince has a strange sense of humor, and everyone around him get dragged into troublesome situations because of his selfish and often reckless actions.
The story development in this series is characterized by its spontaneity. One event naturally leads to another as the premise and character personalities are subtly exposed. Great storytelling is capable of conveying messages without blatantly spelling them out, and this is exactly what happens throughout the series. Th…
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