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Jan 13, 2019

Robot x Laserbeam (Manga) add

Mixed Feelings

If you ever read or watched any Ganbatte type of anime or manga, this fills all the tropes while bringing only a bit new on the table. I usually like this kind of anime, despite every sports anime is most of the time told in the same way they always have unexpected turns or work in general. Main characters can lose a battle and its always exciting to know more about a different type of sport. Robot x Laserbeam had certainly some flaws but it had a good premise to offer.

It stats off that the main character Robato is basically an autist who is constantly ... in dialogue not understanding what other people mean. This isnt really bad , but it had some potential with character building. In the end robato certainly becomes a little more down to earth and seem more "normal" but there isnt much done with the aspect that he is completely different from everyone. Yeah his skills in golf reflect his personality, but the main character doesnt really have any friends, is good at school and so on. It doesnt really make sense that he doesnt get bullied by other people and end up getting respected trough his gold. Everyone ridicules him yes but not in a very mean way per se.

There are other characters, but most of them arent really worth mentioning. There is a recurring enemy that serves like a obstacle to overcome to get to his true rival, a golf pro player he met. But the enemy itself seem rather to be too strong since he is a direct rival of the golf pro player. There arent really many matches inbetween. In the end since the manga got just dropped, there isnt any endfight with the pro player and the story just ends.

To the story itself, the premise, really starts off well. In itself i wont spoil too much because the beginning is really worth reading. Its a real good way to set up a rival that is just way too strong for the main character. They play a match and in the end both of them are not satisfied. Robato wants to play again against him, but the pro player says he only wants to play again but only in a pro tournament . Robato then joins basically the golf club. He trains a lot but the whole training arc is completely skipped and suddenly the tournament arc starts. That really hit me off and almost made me drop it. But what kept me going was how exciting it was to read the matches. They were pretty fun and unexpected most of the time.

In the end i recommend Robot x Laserbeam only to sports anime fans who are interested in the golf setting. Sadly that the story doesnt end into anything but the premise, character building and the matches were just enjoyable to read.

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Jun 22, 2015

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV) (Anime) add

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First of all, the anime has 2 parts of the manga series, the first one called" Phantom Blood" and the second one "Battle Tendency". Overall i will now summarize some of my toughts in different headlines. The Battle Tendency part starts at episode 9-10. Thats for me overall the better part.

Story: The story from the first part starts very slow to get well, into the action. From the whole series the first 1-3 episodes are completely different than the rest of the anime. It has not much Action in it and feels, well somewhat like a stereotypical "rival story". Its okay to watch but not ... that fun. The real story starts to begin in the 3 episode and continues with the mask and so on. Then the adventure starts and the main character an his friends go on a journey to beat the foes of the main antagonist. Somehow stereotypical, but still, enjoyable.The first part seems more like an intruduction to the whole Jojo universe, and many of the plot twists are build into the second part. Then the second part , Battle Tendency, starts. Thats a whole different thing. The story is way much better and has got very much mystery parts in it. I really enjoyed that story since it got many plot twists that got many connections with the first part so it is an anime that you should watch as fast as possible, otherwise you miss some. Oh and even importan characters can die, so you are never sure who survives a battle.

Art: The style of the Art is just gorgeous. The artstyle got many colours and is overall very bright. The male characters mostly look very muscular, but that depends on if its a trained person or not. The eyes look very beatiful and the animations are great. There are many special effects , with really good animation. Im not a real expert of this kind of stuff, but for 2012 its very good and over the top as far as i watched other animes from that year. But one thing thats very unique is that the anime itself watches like a manga, you often see sound effects also written on the screen. Or if something is happening it also describes the situation.

Sound: Very good overall, voice acting is very good, and the quality is nice. The openings are specially composed for this anime and specially the second one is very good, the first one is fine. The sound effects are awesome, explosions sound like they should and the music always fits to the theme. In case you cant hear, most of them are written on the screen so yeah , here ya go! The ending is kinda okay, some english song, not bad i liked that one.

Characters: This is very Jojo´s bizarre adventure shines the best. The characters. There are tons, of unique and reconizeable characters. Every character has a different personality that looks natural and not stereotypical anime stereotypes, specially that super unrealistic "dere" crap. The characters look first like some sterotypes, but there are not. The first protagonist, Jonathan Joestar (JoJo) is in someway a very proud and honourable character. He fights to be a gentleman, and for justice. But still is agressive at the right moments and acts like a human beeing. The second protagonist, Joseph Joestar(JoJo) is my favourite, hes the bold, funny,sympathetic "asshole" you can say. He is not very honourable and would and does everything to win a fight. He lies, provokes and jokes around to fool the enemy and think or execute a new plan. His fights are very strategic and funny. Also he got the abillity to say what the enemy thinks, of course thats also a scheme. There are plenty of good antagonists, foes, friend and even side charakters that each have an unique personality and the abillity to be easy remembered by the viewer.

Enjoyement: The fights are awesome. The overall enjoyemend was great, even if the first episodes seemed for me a little boring compared to the awesome rest. The anime uses hamon, a technique that uses breath rythm that create shock waves that can be used in many different ways, and is the best enemy against the vampires. But thats not a simple way, even with this abillity, the protagonists are still very weak and overcome their physical lack of power with strategical moves in the different battles. Every battle is unique and you never know if someone survives it, or finds in the last second a new way to beat his enemy. The anime is very brutal, and very funny with the Joseph as the main character. I laughed and cried very often and or at the same the same time. The battles never end like a stereotypical battle, like a friend gets hurt the main character gets more power etc. It never ends this way and you never know what happens next. Its quite enjoyable to see how our protagonists struggle between life and death. I loved that part.

Overall its quite enjoyable and you have to atleast watch 4-5 episodes to see what i mean. The beginning is very boring compared to the rest. So go ahead and watch it. I can highly recommend that anime and to everyone who loves battle, comedy, or drama animes.

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