How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? - Reviews

Really funny show if you're either an experienced lifter or looking to get into the gym. I feel like more experienced lifters will be able to appreciate all of the references to different things in the bodybuilding community. The opening theme song alone will inspire you to want to work out!

I seemed like a good idea, trying to promote fitness with an anime but the characters and workouts themselves are overly sexualized and makes watching less entertaining. Plus there isnt much of a plot.

I think this is unique; the plot is very simple but the charters are well defined. The ecchi are fine and not in bad taste; overall the anime is super funny and the strong poit are the "lessons" about how to exercise, them are detailed and always funny, thanks to those the show gets to the next level and overtake what would had be a linear slice of life. I super enjoyed it and i reccomend it to everyone!

Other shows have attempted edu-tainment things like this, and they typically fall flat on both the education and the entertainment fronts, which can lead one to write this off without even checking it out. I'm glad I watched it, though, because not only did it come through in spades on both fronts, it's actually wormed its way into my heart as one of my favorite Anime of the last few years. I fully anticipate rewatching this.

Story: The story is pretty straightforward; MC thinks she's putting on some chub, hits the Gym at the request of a classmate, and then each episode covers their antics as they explore excercises and meet new friends. The storywriting here is succinct and punchy. No beating around the bush, no dawdling, and no deadspace just to fill time. Personally, I would have appreciated there being a bit more meat to the story, but honestly it doesn't really need it. It knows what it's setting out to achieve, and it does that with no frills attached.

Animation: Top-notch. Everything is done beautifully, smoothly, and with great artistry. The realism is on-point when necessary, and they go out of their way to change art styles and/or focus when they're doing something unrealistic for comedic effect.

Sound: Amazing, high-energy, and catchy. I've already been listening to the songs just casually while I work because they're so upbeat and happy. You're sure to smile listening to the OP and ED songs every time.

Characters: A beautifully diverse and hilarious cast of people with realistic goals and character motivations. There's depth to each of the main and side characters that make them feel like they all have a place besides just a joke or a cool pose. But even at that, they also nail the comedy aspects of the characters, so every episode will have you grinning ear to ear while you learn about excercise.

Overall: Probably the best edu-tainment Anime I've ever seen, and I'd rank it over most non-anime forms as well. 10/10 NICE BULK

I loved this anime it's a light-hearted slice of life with characters trying to lose weight, workout gain muscles, etc. It's your average anime humor its nothing special but I enjoyed it and reminded me of an anime I would watch in 6th grade so there is a biased seeing I would watch this in my pre-teens.

STORY: The story was basic it was also informative and also gave helpful tips that you will remember in the back of your head. There's not much as a whole but it's not shocking saying it's a slice of life.

ANIMATION: I loved the animation. The animation was pretty "basic" but as an artist, I loved how the animation team or whoever drew the muscles. The muscle was very detailed and it showed how it looks when bodybuilders are shredding. 

SOUND: The sound was basic nothing special still good :D

CHARACTERS: The characters are pretty basic but I'm a sucker for cliches and it wasn't crappy cliches and at times they would make jokes about their said cliche.

OVERALL: I have shitty taste so no I would never recommend this to anyone but I love this one <3