Anarky
12-24-2005, 06:41 PM
Hello there, you animefans
I've watched all my episodes and movies and OVAs of "Fist of the North Star" and so something new needed to take its place until I get some of the missing episodes of FOTNS. Anyways, there was this manga lying around on the toilet called "Tenjou Tenge". I read a bit and then I was wondering if there was an anime to it, which I eventually found, so that's why the thread is here and not over at "Books, Comics, Literature".
So, basically it's about this guy, Souichiro Nagi, and his friend Bob Somethinghara, who get to a new school, since they've been kicked out of 99 schools before that, because they just beat everybody up for the sake of being the strongest. So, now they're at this new school, picking random fights until a kid appears, suddenly transforms into a young woman with a huge rack (you get to see that rather often in these series) and hits Souichiro out of the window. He then lands on top of the girl/woman's sister, who's called Maya. Maya follows an old tradition of her family which is something like "Those who see the flesh of the women of the Natsume family get to marry her" and decides that Souichiro is going to be her husband. And that's about it for comedy.
Some days later, Souichiro meets Takanayagi, a member of the Budo-club at his school which is led by the girl/woman called Aya. Takanayagi apparently has a crush on Maya who is going to marry Souichiro. So he beats the crap out of him, in a really nasty way. But this is the first time that Souichiro actually lost and somehow he then joins the Budo club himself. And he has no idea that he is in for so much more than just fighting... There's this mysterious group at school called "The enforcers" who have their own laws and enforce (duh) them. Then there's the story of Shin (now dead) and Mitsuomi, both really talented fighters and friends until one turned into a demon. Yeah, demon, there's demons in there and they become more as the series progress.
At first, it seems like the author/artists called "Oh! Great" (yeah, I know...) didn't really know where he wanted his series to go. There's Ranma-esque humour in the beginning, no nudity but a lot of skin, fights and very nice looking vehicles and breathtaking animation. But he seems to have settled for the fight part, which looks really cool the way it's animated.
The series has been completed in 24 episodes. And if you should ever watch the series, which I highly recommend, skip the intro. It once again proves that the japanese have no rapping-ability what so ever (Samurai Champloo being an exception).
There's also a Manga, which is still going and now at volume 12 over here. But the manga is recommended for people who've already had their 18th birthday, since they're quite gory and full of nudity, which totally spoils the fun, since the story would be very interesting.
If you've already seen it, or have questions, feel free to ask.
http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Fight/Fight/img/fight058.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/003.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/026.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/067.jpg http://www.cardiolit.lt/~mukaz/media/tenjoutenge3.jpg
I've watched all my episodes and movies and OVAs of "Fist of the North Star" and so something new needed to take its place until I get some of the missing episodes of FOTNS. Anyways, there was this manga lying around on the toilet called "Tenjou Tenge". I read a bit and then I was wondering if there was an anime to it, which I eventually found, so that's why the thread is here and not over at "Books, Comics, Literature".
So, basically it's about this guy, Souichiro Nagi, and his friend Bob Somethinghara, who get to a new school, since they've been kicked out of 99 schools before that, because they just beat everybody up for the sake of being the strongest. So, now they're at this new school, picking random fights until a kid appears, suddenly transforms into a young woman with a huge rack (you get to see that rather often in these series) and hits Souichiro out of the window. He then lands on top of the girl/woman's sister, who's called Maya. Maya follows an old tradition of her family which is something like "Those who see the flesh of the women of the Natsume family get to marry her" and decides that Souichiro is going to be her husband. And that's about it for comedy.
Some days later, Souichiro meets Takanayagi, a member of the Budo-club at his school which is led by the girl/woman called Aya. Takanayagi apparently has a crush on Maya who is going to marry Souichiro. So he beats the crap out of him, in a really nasty way. But this is the first time that Souichiro actually lost and somehow he then joins the Budo club himself. And he has no idea that he is in for so much more than just fighting... There's this mysterious group at school called "The enforcers" who have their own laws and enforce (duh) them. Then there's the story of Shin (now dead) and Mitsuomi, both really talented fighters and friends until one turned into a demon. Yeah, demon, there's demons in there and they become more as the series progress.
At first, it seems like the author/artists called "Oh! Great" (yeah, I know...) didn't really know where he wanted his series to go. There's Ranma-esque humour in the beginning, no nudity but a lot of skin, fights and very nice looking vehicles and breathtaking animation. But he seems to have settled for the fight part, which looks really cool the way it's animated.
The series has been completed in 24 episodes. And if you should ever watch the series, which I highly recommend, skip the intro. It once again proves that the japanese have no rapping-ability what so ever (Samurai Champloo being an exception).
There's also a Manga, which is still going and now at volume 12 over here. But the manga is recommended for people who've already had their 18th birthday, since they're quite gory and full of nudity, which totally spoils the fun, since the story would be very interesting.
If you've already seen it, or have questions, feel free to ask.
http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Fight/Fight/img/fight058.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/003.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/026.jpg http://bimba.altervista.org/gallery/Screen%20Shots/Episode%20002/img/067.jpg http://www.cardiolit.lt/~mukaz/media/tenjoutenge3.jpg