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READ THE REVIEW ONLY IF YOU HAVE SEEN ALL 25 EPISODES
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kuroko no basket season had something which real nba players do in a real game leaving behind some flashy stuff, which i even agree is needed to spice up a sports anime else its better to see NBA games on TV...but kuroko no basket season 2 is something which even aliens will resent to even think about, forget nba hall of fame players...
... kuroko no basket s01 had gr8 crossovers, behind the board basket, nutmeg passes,knee breaking movements, pitch perfect 3 pointers, superb passes ; but i dont know wat thought lead to the mangaka to do dis level of insanity wid knb s02, was he serious? or was he on joints? even gr8 magician HOODINI cant even escape from the closed sealed iron boxes thrown into deep sea like kuroko does against shutoku and touou clubs.

NOW lets dive into the summary of this magical basketball which even aliens will afraid to attempt or dream of even...

After the defeat in the inter high, seirin high team members pledge to get sronger and to be a formidable force to show that they will not face the similar consequences in the winter cup. here we will see the return of the uncrowned king member kiyoshi teppe who formed the seirin high basketball team. s02 also foccuses on the odds kiyoshi went through to build the basketball team and how the team fares in different competitions. kuroko and kagami meanwhile try harder to support their senpais who are looking forward for a revenge.

NOW lets discuss the good aspects and bad aspects of the ANIME...


GOOD ASPECTS
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1> gr8 op and ed soundtracks. [ u will love all the tracks]
2> spine chilling ost to support the epic moments and events.
3> kagami taiga vs aomine daiki [ dis saves the anime to some extent]
4> new generation of prodigy memebers akashi seijuro and murasakibara..murasakibara will entertain u for sure with his gr8 blocks.


BAD ASPECTS
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1> Misdirection overflow, this concept just blows out reality from the world...means even god will be shocked to see WTF i is...
2> though murasakibara had gud aspects and blocks were tr8 to watch, the ending of the match was dissapointment...why would mangaka make a lazy fellow who has no interest in basketball and make the ending look so boring?
3>all seirin players were disapearing as if dey r gaseous state of matter, was dis anime kuroko's basketball or kuroko's magicball i couldnt understand at all...
4> started with yelling and screeching and ended wid dat dat only... too much frustrating as dose dint allow me to see wat the players were doing on the court even..

This anime was a serious let down after seeing S01 to which i gave 8 points ... this anime isnt even a 5 star one, just bcz of aomine daiki's badass character and aomine vs kagami and some skills from murasakibara i gave the anime a 5 star rating... COMPLETE LET DOWN AND DISGUSTING ANIME!!!
i just had to pinch myself throughout to make me sure i exist on earth and not on saturn or jupiter where gravity ceases to exist. Guys if possible just fast forward just to see kagami vs aomine and seirin vs yosen...

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well well well b4 u start reading the review of kuroko's basketball , let me give u an interesting insight about this anime... the character kuroko tetsuya has been based on the argentenian basketball legend Manu ginobili.. yes its true, the mangaka took inspiration from this legend who makes unbelivable and accurate passes and is just a shadow like kuroko... Manu ginobili also played for spurs basketball team...

LINK [COMPARISON BTN KUROKO AND GINOBILI] ->> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG3O5ZxDfNA

Now lets focus on what this anime excels at and in wat it doesnt...
Sports animes are always fun to watch and it even boosts up the ... moral and physical abilities of a person too... kuroko's basketball was aimed at 3 things->

1> to provide entertinment to audiences [ a sure thing]
2>to give boost to sports genre animes in japan and all over the world...
3> to popularize the basketball sports and seduce japanese youths towards this game ... yes baseball and football is popular in japan and basketball has a very less share of popularity compared to the lion share of other two..

Lets see the merits and demerits of the anime....

coming on to the merit list first...
1> it will surely give u goosbumps and will force u to jump out of ur seats at many crucial moments,even it will force u to bite nails during the crucial deciding times
2> loved the 1st op and ed tracks of the anime..
op track -> "Can Do" by GRANRODEO
ed track->"Start it right away" by Hyadain
3>animation is a treat to the eye.. well defined and stylish colorful animated movemesnts for kuroko's passes and the color intensifying looks for the 5 prodigies and kagami taiga..
4> character detailing is awesome... kuroko is perfectly drawn depicting his mild, silent and low profile nature... others are drawn too depicting their behavioral and individual characteristics..
5>soundtrack is simple yet boosts up the anime during serious times as well as exciting times...
6>story build up is gud, depicting the the prodigies, their separation and them joining different clubs to achieve higher and higher in life.. kagami taiga is also well described...his entry is damn exciting one though..the basics of basketball and different shots and movements are well described and are well executed visually too

Now coming on to the demerit part ~~
1>start is lil slow and boring...the momentum gain is awesome and will never allow u to move away from it though.
2> i dont know why 1st op and ed are ditched and bought in high pitched and high bass op and ed ones ..thoseare really bad with bad pronounciation too :D
3>not a lot is described about the backdrop of the prodigies and kagami too...a brief description would have been better imo..
4> many guys even argue the moves in the anime are inhuman...yes to some exent...but many moves,passes and basket styles are real too... and lil inhuman part is added to it to make it take the audience experience to a next level... because if u want true moves and styles better tune into a sports channel to watch nba...but this anime surely gives more excitement than a nba match...bcz a little inhuman abilities not only adds style but excitement and astonishment too..

Demerits are not that much..anime is a cliffhanger one at times and u just cant wait till the next ones...and the stylish movements are well executed and is a tr8 to the visual experience of the individual...


Dis anime in my opinion is surely a tr8 for sports anime lovers and even a boost for excelling of sports based genre in japan...
Watch dis and get amazed by the dunks, passes, crossovers and 3 pointer ;)
HAVE A FUN RIDE PEEPS!!!!
Basketball Rocks!!!

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica is an anime which has a blend of two good concepts including magic , but its way too poorly executed. The 2 hit concepts wasnt even properly let to flourish with this anime.this anime had so much potential to be in the top 10 of myanimelist but it even doesnt deserve to be in top 200 now... rating given here to this anime is way too much!!!

Let me tell you the best things and worst things of this anime~

Best Things ->> 1>awesome ost soundtrack [ listen to decretum, you will love it]
... 2> has good concept of magic , its not usualpetty magic tricks but it has some serious magic stuffs in it, but too poorly executed... same goes with the time travel concept part too.

yes dis much...dese 2 points only found gud in dis anime....


Worst things ->> 1> Way too poorly executed action sequences, seems like its for infants ..
2> voice acting isnt interesting at all, and it sounds irritating at many places.

3>characterization is way too poor.

4>animation isnt lively but just looks like glossy powerpoint slides put in a sequence, way too much lighting in some parts even.

5> art could have been a little better, but most look like little dolls rather than human beings.


The story is mostly about 5 girls sayaka, madoka, kyouko,homura and mami and an incubator who gives them the power to be a magical girl at the cost of their lives which resides in a soul gem. the incubator also grants them wishes which are impossible to be fulfilled in the human world. The magical girls then resolve to fight against the witches,take their grief seed and purify their soul gem so that they wont become a witch because the tainting of soul gem would lead them to turn into a witch. each magical girl is asiigned a power based on their wishes and for whom they demand it. time travel concept in this anime was pretty much good but way too poorly executed, even the action sequences which mostly looked like origami arts just flickering but no real power pact action...

Story ~ a 6/10.. gave it because it had a good concept but way too half assed

Art ~ 4/10.. decent not that much good... characters mostly looked like dolls rather than human beings :P

Sound ~ 9/10 ... as i said dis is da best part of anime, listen to decretum ost..u will love it

Character ~ A 5/10 ...not too strong,describing charaters is poor too...characterization is on down side...

Enjoyment ~ i enjoyed the concepts and soundtrack but it couldnt be fully memorable one because of so many low points a 5/10 here too

Overall ~ this anime has emotions too,gud one you will feel it .But it just doesnt fully exploit the emotions, concept, actions in this anime... just as i said half assed... watch dis just to get an overview of it but their wont be any sheer enjoyment after watching it. has a pretty good ending and deserved one too . ending had some feels too...
5/10 for me on the whole..could have been more but the half assed explotation doesnt allow me to give it more...

Many rate dis anime a 1/10...i dont think this is such a bad anime...dont believe dose ratings... it maynt be the best executed anime but its a one time watch..has a gud concept..dats why i say give it a chance... and th anime becomes clear and little bit gripping after episode 9..so wait till epiosde 9, you will get answers to all your unanswered questions...

But again, this way too overrated here...maximum this anime deserves is 5..no more than that...dont go wid much expectations. its just a one time watch... and dont forget to listen to decretum ost, its superb!!!

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This anime tv series greatly justifies two things awesomely ->

1> Heroes do exist.

2> Yes People can FLY...

this series isnt like a common sports anime where you have overpowered characters or weak at begining and become strong and win at end, this sports anime greatly deals with human emotions and way of overcoming them in a heart touching manner...yes this anime will surely give you awesome feels ..this series may have weird art style and old class animation technique and look but it hits straight to heart with its valuable life hacks and strong story line which is very ... rare in anime industry now a days...

This anime series revolves around many sports personalities emotions and the struggle they face in their sporting career.. but it revolves mostly around two friends who always stand with each other no matter what ever happens... it revolves around the carefee peco and a guy whois like a robot but a ping pong ace tsukimoto.. tsukimoto is always bullied in the school and gets called by names like SMILE as he doesnt smile and ROBOT as he has no emotions, but then arrives peco who helps him and fights against the bullies to save tsukimoto...peco is a very good player and later he teaches tsukimoto ping pong and makes him smile by making him believe heroes will come to tsukimoto when he is in the pinch... tsukimoto then rises to name in ping pong circle for his masterpiece strokes and way he plays..

then arrives kong wenge a player from china who came to japan to regain his lost form..but he starts witha bang and fanboyism and then he faces defeats and then rises to glory later on...
Another gr8 player is kazama who devotes his whole life to ping pong and wants to prove him to his father , who won the ping pong championship and achieve so much in his life and later became a businessman and sports head at kaio academy where kazama use to practice...
Coaches like tamura san and koizumi san who also play awesome roles and help in building up two star buds peco and tsukimoto...

Story~ the story line is deep with emotions more deeply imbibed which makes it a powerful anime touching heart and giving u goosembumps when it comes to smashes and chops when matches are their....
9/10 for me in the story line

Art~ as i said its a weird anime with deep human emotion and great stroy line, the art isnt good and way way old school..
3/10 for me in this section...real weird designs

Sound~ with smooth and beautiful paced tracks this anime makes you feel so much awesome and lively...
8/10 for me in this section

Character~ character design and story backdrops of them are great and well described and explained..
8/10 for me in this section

Enjoyment and Overall~ i rally enjoyed it and it gave me a lot of feels and i really got attached to it emotionally and sportively...and hell yeahh super sugoyee smash and chops

ENDING TRACK YOU WILL SURELY LOVE ~ Bokura Ni Tsuite.. THIS track is a gem and it has the trance feels tooo... listen to it and you will surely download it i know :D

PEOPLE WHO DONT NEED OR SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THIS ~ TWO TYPES ->>

1> PEOPLE WHO LOVE ANIMATION AND NOT STORY LINE

2> PEOPLE WHO FANBOY SHOUNEN AND STUPID FLYING ACTION SEQUENCES WHICH ARE COMMON EVERYWHERE NOW A DAYS

PEOPLE WITH BETTER TASTE FOR STORY LINE AND FEELS WILL SURELY LOVE IT A LOT LIKE I DID ...

HAPPY WATCHING!!!!

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The movie greatly justifies the notion ~ "Time waits for no one".
The girl who lept through time is a time traveling concept based movie which revloves around 3 friends makoto, koushki and chiyaki, and what happens in their life.. makoto is a careless girl who once stumbles up in the lab after being given to keep question papers and thus starts her time leap, she couldnt know first how she could predict what will happen today by travelling the "today" part by time leaping and when she faces the "today" part she was shocked as she could predict everything and turn it ... to her advantage, then she meets her aunt witch where she knows about time leaping and thus she gets very overjoyed knowing she can undo all her mistakes, with passing of time, then she faces the harsh reality and then she steps unto undo that and to keep a promise about a precious thing to a friend who will get to cherish it in the future..

Story ~ its a 9/10 for me...everything is so beautifully explained, with a heart touching note. makoto was so beautifully and cutely exceuted with her confusing state and how she behaved when she did mistakes.

Art~ the art is really very cutely done, you will feel the sense of attachment seeing the characters and you will love it too...
9/10 in art section too

Sound~ with heart touching beats and the music will surely steal your heart. awesome soundtrack to keep up your attachment to such a great time leap based concept...
9/10 for me in Sound part

Character~ characters are well described with their schooling life, their struggles, their confuison, love story...every thing is well described vividly..
9/10 for character development stuff

Enjoyment~ i thoroghly enjoyed it, well driven time leap concept with touch of school drama , struggles. teenage crush and confusion.
9/10 for me in Enjoyment section

Overall~ i found it heart touching and i thoroughly loved it and ending was awww!!! [i did it for the first time though :D (the aww part )] loved every bit of this movie

NO SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! READ IT FULLY!!!

One Outs is a perfect combo of pshycological and sports anime...each has equal importance and nothing weighs more in quantity and quality over the other, in other words it genuinely gives importance to both the genres in an intelligent way which makes this anime stand out of other sports anime...

It is a story about a non proffesional baseball player who gets spotted by a lyacons team legend hiromichi who needed a pitcher for his team desperately and getsgreatly inspired by tokuchi toua ... to a extent that he urges the owner of the team to sign him and thus starts the Mindfucking One Outs...

ART~ everyone in this anime is really well drawn , starting from tokuchi toua whose inspiration is surely taken from hisoka from hunter x hunter but that look is perfect for tokuchi as that surely shows how dangerous he is as a gambler and his captivating personality ...then other players are also well drawn, the stadium,the crowd,the streets..every tit bit is given ample importance...u will like the ART for sure... a 8/10 for me..

SOUND~ the opening is awesome....i really liked it...and the ost track for tokuchi is my favorite... this anime has simple yet spine chilling soundtrack and a super awesome starting track... the soundtrack adds the more captivating and mind playing aura of this anime..it enhances it to a great level... 8/10 for me

Charcter~ every one is given ample time for character development...and variety of characters are also included which not only adds upto the variety in sports genre but also adds upto the increasing level of psychology too...mind games just increase potentially with entry of new characters so is the excitement with their sporting skills...and each character has his aura which will greatly affect u too in a positive manner... tokuchi toua being also my top 10 great admiring characters too...he is on another level , even i felt he surpassed light yagami of death note[just a comparison, even i liked light a lot]

ENJOYMENT~ there isnt a time in this anime where you will get bored, even if you hate baseball or dont know its basics, i am challenging you after seeing this anime you will see baseball in whole new light and you will start watching it..every concept is well explained , even a dummy like me who dint even knew the ABC of baseball understood and enjoyed it to the fullest... the mindgames of tokuchi toua will take ur sheer enjoyment level to a new level and i bet you just cant wait after finishing an episode and will want to know what happens next... every character, every games, every stadium has a different feel and different charisma to it... i am 100% sure you will enjoy it to the fullest.. 9/10 for me in this sector

OVERALL~ I dint expected a lot from this anime as it had baseball as its sports area, but i wanted to see it because it also had psychology genre too...but after watching it i was awestruck and not only became the fanboy of TOKUCHI TOUA but also loved baseball... MINDGAMES are on
a different level ..never expected a SPORTS anime to have so much mindgames and psychology control in it.... IN one word i will say its SUGOYEEEE!!!!

FOR PEOPLE WHO READ MANGA ~ as it has the anime already, just watch the one outs anime first , its 25 epsiodes will cover the 82 chapters of the anime in a beautiful way.. you all can start reading manga after seeing the anime from chapter- 83... the 2nd half of one outs is even more thrilling and more captivating with new contract than the first one... PLS I URGE YOU ALL TO READ THE MANGA FROM CH-83 AFTER SEEING THE ANIME...

I AM DESPERATELY WAITING FOR 2ND SEASON FROM MADHOUSE...I KNOW WAITING FOR 2ND SEASON FROM MADHOUSE IS LIKE WAITING FOR RAIN IN A DESERT WHERE IT HASNT RAINED FOR MANY YEARS :P

HAVE A FUN RIDE WATCHING THIS ANIME... ARIGATO MINNA