Binbougami ga!

Ichiko Sakura lives life on easy mode. Blessed with good fortune, she has everything she has ever wanted, including beauty, intelligence, and wealth. Momiji Binboda is a goddess of poverty. In stark contrast to Ichiko, she is cursed with misfortune, such as a perpetual cast on her arm, a flat chest, and a box under a bridge for a home.

Their lives collide when Momiji lives up to her title and delivers some unfortunate news to Ichiko: her large amount of luck is due to her subconsciously draining the luck from those around her! Momiji has been tasked with stealing back Ichiko's fortune before she leaves everyone without enough luck to even survive. But Ichiko, with the help of the wandering monk Bobby Statice, manages to fight off the poverty goddess. This defeat forces the goddess to enlist reinforcements in the form of Kumagai, her teddy bear familiar, and the masochistic dog god, Momoo Inugami.

Insanity ensues as Ichiko's quiet life is replaced with daily battles for her fortune. To survive the chaos, Ichiko will need all the luck she can get in Binbougami ga!!

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Binboda, Momiji Main

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Sakura, Ichiko Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Rindou, Ranmaru Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Statice, Bobby Supporting

Kawahara, Yoshihisa Japanese

Inugami, Momoo Supporting

Shimono, Hiro Japanese

Tsuwabuki, Keita Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Adenokouji, Nadeshiko Supporting

Kanda, Sayaka Japanese

Kumagai Supporting

Tsuwabuki, Rika Supporting

Kawaragi, Shiho Japanese

Gorihara, Ryuji Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Saitou, Tomoyuki Producer

Fujita, Youichi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Aug 8, 2013

onlybyjan

Recommended

What is something you would spend your 23 minutes on per episode, that'll make you very tired of laughing? The answer is "Binbougami ga!"

Here's a review based on my opinions after completing the anime.


【Story】Rating: 8

Binbougami ga! is not only known for its humour, it also teaches the viewers a lesson in life about sharing, respecting and caring for others rather than being selfish; only thinking about ourselves. It also displays how anything is possible if we look beyond what's there. For example, Ichiko, the well known beauty queen of the class who's perfect at everything, totally self-centred, pretty much you can describe her as ... a "snob". Well let me say, even she can change into a more caring person with the help of Momiji, the goddess of misfortune and others.


【Art】Rating: 8

The art in Binbougami ga! is nice, although it's not the best I ever seen, however it can range from simple artwork to really nice ones. However I would want Momiji and Ranmaru to actually wear the school's uniform throughout the anime when they're at school. I mean wouldn't the school not allow students breaking the dress code rule? Having Ranmaru wear a blue outfit and sandals can quite make her stand out especially when she has bright pink hair and the binds wrapped around her chest. Although Momiji for the most of the time is wearing a uniform, but it's nothing close to the school's. Despite that, judging from the character designs, it's still nice and you can see everyone's characteristics.


【Sound】Rating: 9

The music and sound effects are pretty good but I would say sometimes, the voice acting may over-exaggerate a bit yet it still brings out the goods of this anime. I was really surprised when I heard Hanazawa Kana (voice of Ichiko) change her voice tone in this. Let's just say all of the Seiyū are amazing with the change of tone, expression, range and emotions of the voice. Great work guys!!


【Character】Rating: 8

The characters are just spectacular as viewers can see both the main character's two sided personality. For Ichiko, she may be called the beauty queen among the male classmates, but when you see the other side of her she can be a snob. On the other hand, Momiji can be really lazy but she gives out good advices to the viewers and of course, to our Ichiko. When you put these two together, they make the perfect pair and can create many memorable humorous acts. Although as I mentioned before that sometimes they tend to over-exaggerate, anyhow it brings out the joy of laughter to everyone.


【Enjoyment】Rating: 9

I really enjoyed watching Binbougami ga!. I laughed throughout every episode and I wondered to myself "how did they come up with that idea? that's awesome!". I just can't get enough of this with only 13 episodes, I hope for a second season to be on its way soon.


【Overall】Rating: 8

To be honest, at first I was reluctant to watch this however after completing the whole thing, I must say that Binbougami ga! has become one of my personal favourite anime. It is an excellent anime to watch when you want to relax especially having great big laughs in almost every episode.

So if you're looking for a worth to watch anime, Binbougami ga! is the right choice for you. It is just marvelous.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 14, 2016

ktulu007

Mixed Feelings

Binbougami Ga is a comedic shounen series written by Sukeno Yoshiaki. The manga ran from 2008 to 2013. At the tail end of the manga's run Sunrise, the studio behind Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Code Geass & Love Live to name a few, worked on a thirteen episode anime adaptation. How well does the anime version hold up? Let's check it out.

Story:

Sakura Ichiko is blessed with great fortune, far more than a regular human possesses. In fact, she unconsciously steals fortune from the people around her, ensuring her own good luck. In order to maintain the balance betwixt fortune & misfortune, the Gods of misfortune send ... Binboda Momiji to Earth. Her mission, drain Ichiko's fortune and prevent her stealing anyone else's. This quickly results in various schemes and shenanigans as Ichiko tries to protect her own interests and the battle between the lucky girl and the Goddess of misfortune is joined.

The biggest issue with the series is that a good portion of the humour isn't just trite and predictable, but it's flimsy at the best of times. We get the stereotypical perverted monk/master/priest that's oh so generic and played out. We also get the masochistic gag character who just wants to be hit by pretty girls. The only twist to him is that he's a dog God in this. We also get the fan-service jokes, which basically operate under the assumption that shameless fan-service isn't shameless fan-service if it acknowledges that it's shameless fan-service. We also get references used as jokes. This series courageously acknowledges that such series as Dragonball, Doraemon & Lupin exist. Because those are just such obscure series that the audience might have forgotten them. All without making any kind of humorous statements about them that might elevate those references to parody.

That being said, the series does have its funny moments. A lot of the competitive stuff with Ichiko & Momiji works pretty nicely, when they leave out the monk and the dog God or hurriedly toss them to the refuse bin where they belong. The series is at its best when it blurs the boundaries of Ichiko & Momiji's relationship. Those moments where they seem more friendly and less like actual enemies. There are also some good comedic moments with Ranmaru. The more emotional scenes involving the three of them do work quite nicely at times. Aside from that, though, the more serious scenes tend to be just bland.

Characters:

The characters vary quite a bit. There are some like Ichiko, Momiji & Ranmaru who are decent enough for the sake of a comedy. Then there are characters like Bobby, Momoo & the trio of girls who really hate Sakura who exist solely for one repeated, unfunny joke or to add cheap, completely unnecessary drama. Which is also the primary reason that the scenes with the three main ladies are the best in the series.

Art:

The biggest problem with the art is that it's overly fond of fan-service. Or it would be, except that it magically doesn't count because the series acknowledges it. Does that line of non-reasoning actually work on anyone? On the positive side, there are some good visual gags here and there and some nice visuals for some of the altercations between Ichiko & Momiji. The negative and those few positives aside, the artwork is passable. Not good, but not bad either.

Sound:

The acting isn't badly done. The biggest problem with it is that there's a lot of exaggerated yelling. They got some skilled actresses for the leads: Uchiyama Yumi, Hanazawa Kana & Tomatsu Haruka have all given some strong performances before, but this isn't one of the better ones for any of them. Although, in all fairness, it isn't a bad one either. Their performances here are just kind of okay overall. There are times when they really work and there are times where they don't. The worst performances come from Shimono Hiro & Kawahara Yoshihisa. Not because they're bad actors but because their characters are incessantly obnoxious. The music is another aspect that greatly varies. Some of it is quite nice, I actually really liked the opening theme. Other parts of it are kind of annoying and not well done.

Ho-yay:

There are some points where Momiji and Ichiko not only seem friendly, but seem to be attracted to one another. Particularly towards the end of the series. Ranmaru also gets some female admirers, but they treat her like she's a boy so it barely counts.

Final Thoughts:

Binbougami Ga is one of those series that's highly mixed. Every positive aspect of it is balanced out by something negative. It's not a bad series, nor is it a good one. All in all, it's pretty mediocre. My final rating is going to be a 5/10. Next week I'll be looking at Kuuchuu Buranko. Until then, have a fabulous time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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May 28, 2017

GrayRealm

Not Recommended

This anime has nice visuals and surprisingly weak story that ruins it. It has plenty of references to other anime, plenty of attempts at fanservice, and plenty of attempts at humor. Unfortunately, most of those attempts fail.

Detailed breakdown below:

Story: 3/10.
While the primse isn't horrible, the story eventually forget about the premise completely (and heroine's powers), and large number of references to other anime do not improve it. The issue with references is that in this case they are not fun, feel out of place and the anime being referenced usually is very popular. Supposedly humorous attempts usually fall flat, and the story attempts to shift ... its mood all over the place. Basically, the events are never convincing or interesting to watch, and it looks like a collection of more or less randomly stitched together scenes. There are also too many screens with manga-style gags, like when a character explains some sort of new "gadget" in silly voice.

Art: 7/10
Surprisingly good. Characters look nice, and have style different from standard cookie cutter modern "triangular face" anime. Animation is good, when it happens (meaning when cahracters aren't busily explaining something.

Sound: 6/10:
Soundtrack and voice acting works well enough, and there isn't much to add.

Characters: 3/10:
Every single character is highly stereotypical and unbelievable. I think the only interesting ones were Ranmaru and certain cat, and that's it. Character's behavior is highly inconsistent for the duration the series, and they pretty much flip mood to something completely different to go along with the plot. Interactions are very often cringeworthy.

Enjoymenet: 4/10:
Didn't really like it and felt like I should've watched something else instead.

Overall: 4/10
While the visuals are nice, I can't recommend it. The anime could've been much better, but storywriting and attempts at inserting anime references ultimately ruined it.

The best idea is to skip it, although you may want to check out few first episodes and see if you can handles this anime's weak storywriting. Visuals are good, I'm just not sure if enduring the story is worth seeing them. Of course, there are worse out there, but still, this is not an incredibly good show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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