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Kampfer: The story of a boy who discovers he has gained the ability to transform into a fireball-throwing female warrior.

I didn't expect anything from the first episode to be honest. I was ready for a poor anime from the start. Thankfully, it managed to improve a little bit in my eyes before it wrapped up at episode 11 (12? Don't ask...).

Story-It has an interesting premise: random people with bizarre bracelets have the power to transform into either sword-flinging, gun-slinging or fireball-blasting amazons. These amazons, split up into the classic Red vs. Blue style team battle, are fighting for unknown reasons, only by the whim of ... mysterious figures known as "Moderators."

Unfortunately, it doesn't really fulfill that idea. Only a few action scenes, and they tend to be short-lived. There really isn't an epic fight that managed to grab my attention throughout the whole show. Also, it seemed that this story was only an excuse for the excessive ecchi elements of this show: nothing better than a bunch of large-chest women duking it out in school uniforms.

A bigger point of the story are the romantic elements, although these weren't exactly spectacular either. Without revealing anything in the show, there was very little development in whatever psuedo-relationship this show tried to pull, and most of these relationships again seemed to be excuses for more ecchi content by appealing to numerous interests.

This show also doesn't do a good job of wrapping up details. At least right now it appears unlikely that there will be a second season, and if so Kampfer failed to address many of the questions I had for it.

So, overall the story seemed original, but it wasn't very well executed.

Art & Sound-Visually pleasing. There is nothing outstanding or groundbreaking, but there's nothing to complain about. Soundwise, they did a decent job too, a little bit more than I expected.

Character-Some of the characters in this anime do have their good points. One warrior upon transformation completely flips, which I found amusing watching the contrast and wondering if it really was the same person. It was also good fun to watch the main star's issues as he tried to adjust to having a woman's body.

It doesn't get better than that for the humans, however. All the rest of them are actually quite shallow with very little personality. Sure, they all have their "role," but they go no further. They all have a very clear objective from start to finish, and nothing's changing anytime soon. There are a couple of personality shifts, but they are hardly interesting.

There's another set of characters that are probably the biggest reason I kept watching this: each of these warriors get an animal doll with some sort of physical obscenity; usually it's the intestines sticking out. These things are animated, however, and they do not take this whole Red vs. Blue thing seriously at all. They were tons of fun in my opinion, and they managed to make the show a lot better.

Enjoyment-Alright, with all the crud I said about this show, I admit I didn't hate every single minute of it. I was disappointed as I learned that it was not going uphill, but at the same time it wasn't all downhill either. I had fun watching this.

Overall-I doubt I'll be watching this again, and I don't think I'll be bothered by looking for the second season. I probably won't recommend this to anyone I know.

This show is good for the ecchi, and it does have its moments. But overall this is something I won't be remembering.

6/10-Fair