History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi

[sevencreature]

Hmm, I have to admit I disappointed with latest eps - flashy colourful magic-like moves... *sigh* Well, it was probably inevitable, but still, I am a bit sad...

[Julianlivre]

The series is getting too damn good!!!!!!!! Finally Kenichi is in for some seriousness kick ass ;)

[Sakubato]

Originally Posted by sevencreature

Hmm, I have to admit I disappointed with latest eps - flashy colourful magic-like moves... *sigh* Well, it was probably inevitable, but still, I am a bit sad...

Seven, it is getting a bit flashier, but still, to me it hasen't cheesed out yet. As soon as they mentioned Ki, you know its going to get more fantastical, but I still love it.

[sevencreature]

Sakubato: Well, I still like it, but I was hoping it would be more real-looking (like in the beginning). I mean without flashy colorful stuff...

Hmm, another eps were nice though :-)

BUT! Only 50 episodes?????? I want another 50 (at least) There is so much stuff and so many opportunities left...

[ParaParaJMo]

This is an anime I recently got into and I'm surprised not many people talk about it. The only anime forum I've been to that has talked about this is the Dynamite Glove forums.

First of all, I'll talk about the bad points of this anime. For being an anime of the 2000s, the art is way too generic and basic. It's like any average Joe who can draw descent anime-style art did it. All the hair styles and the way the characters are drawn isn't like anything you haven't seen in anime from like the 1990s. The designs belong in a basic "how to draw anime" guide book. But at least the faces are more distinctive unlike Gundam SEED where the character's only have like two or three faces with four different hair styles and sometimes you can't tell who is a girl or guy until you hear the voice (ie, Nichole, Rei, Kira, Athuran, etc.).

But other than that, the animation style of how the fights are you can look past it. The fights from what I've seen so far are somewhat realistic except with Miu who moves super fast.

The anime is about Ken'ichi, the weakest boy in school. He befriends a new student named Miu who also happens to be a martial arts master. Ken'ichi in the mean time joins the karate club but is used as their punching bag and one of the members wants him out if he doesn't beat him in a week. Miu allows Ken'ichi to train at her grandfather's dojo which consist of masters of Muay Thai, Jujutsu (not Brazilian style), Karate, Kung Fu, and Ninjutsu. Ken'ichi manages to win his fight but now because of his victory many fighters want to target him and they get stronger and stronger. Unable to get out of this situation, Ken'ichi slowly embraces that he has to fight these challenges and become stronger.

The characters are likeable and has a good sense of balance of action and comedy. So far, I like how they have developed Sasaki the karate master who is cold hearted and isolated but now opens his heart to Ken'ichi and teaches him all these moves form karate that's meant for war and street fighting in comparison to his other opponents who only know karate as a sport. The seiyuu cast is a pretty credible cast like Tomokazu Seki plays Ken'ichi and Batou's and Jet Black's voice actor plays Sasaki. And Daisuke Gouri plays Ken'ichi's dad.

So far, the only people I know of that have watched and enjoyed this are my fellow Hajime no Ippo fans at Dynamite Glove who got me into this. This anime not be for everyone, but I do say give it a try.

[::NiteShado::]

I don't really know about the anime, but I've read a lot of the manga and I thought it was a pretty fun read.

[Cythraul]

I would have thought the five minutes of recap at the start of almost every episode is a "bad point" :) Oh well.

There was some discussion about Kenichi here earlier, somewhere. In fact, that's why I started watching it. It's not as realistic anymore but with only two eps left now, I'll see it to the end no matter what happens. There really should be more good fighting shows. Kenichi isn't bad but Hajime no Ippo is still the only one I could even consider rewatching.

[Tetra]

I have seen about 20 eps of Kenichi, and I rather like it. And I am not at all surprised that the people at the Ippo forums is excited about it considering that I find it a mix of Ippo and Ikkitousen...
The recaps are really annoying, but there is a fast forward for a reason, what is more irritationg is the voice of Kenichi. I hate it.

It is really fun that the girl is stronger than him, and I do not agree about the animation. I like it, it fits the rest of the anime, easy fun.

[ParaParaJMo]

what is more irritationg is the voice of Kenichi. I hate it.

Blasphemy! Tomokazu Seki is 2nd only to Midorikawa Hikaru!

[sevencreature]

ParaParaJMo: http://www.anime-planet.com/forum/sh...hlight=kenichi
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My top favorite anime this season (and probably the last season too).