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Akagi

Akagi

Alternative Titles

English: Mahjong Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness; The Legend of Mahjong: Akagi
Synonyms: Touhai Densetsu Akagi - Yami ni Maiorita Tensai
Japanese: 闘牌伝説アカギ 闇に舞い降りた天才

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 4, 2005 to Mar 28, 2006
Producers: Madhouse Studios, VAP
Genres: Game, Thriller, Seinen
Duration: 23 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.201 (scored by 4467 users)
Ranked: #2112
Popularity: #604
Members: 8,239
Favorites: 208
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

drama mahjong psychological sports

Synopsis

One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.

Related Anime

Adaptation: Akagi

Characters & Voice Actors

Shigeru, Akagi
Shigeru, Akagi
Main
Hagiwara, Masato
Japanese
Hagiwara, Masato
Washizu, Iwao
Washizu, Iwao
Main
Tsukayama, Masane
Japanese
Tsukayama, Masane
Narrator
Supporting
Furuya, Toru
Japanese
Furuya, Toru
Urabe
Urabe
Supporting
Kazama, Morio
Japanese
Kazama, Morio

Staff

Maruyama, Masao
Producer
Nakatani, Toshio
Producer
Sato, Yuzo
Director
Maximum the Hormone
Theme Song Performance


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Jan 12, 2008
bigjig
Akagi is based around its titular character gambling his way to the top of the underworld, his enigmatic prowess for mahjong often turning the tide of certain defeat into victory. Akagi is a cold, relentless character. He cares little for money or for his own life. In the heat of the gamble he stops at nothing less than completely crushing his opponent's will to win...

Akagi is the first Nobuyuki Fukumoto manga to get the anime treatment and the anime has been executed surprisingly well. It is with reason that I say, 'surprisingly'. When considering Fukumoto's original, while particulary famous in Japan and Korea, you can't read more
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Nov 27, 2008
Hr0n
Akagi. Once again, I'm strung into a series by merely the name and a brief introduction summary.Well yes, "Akagi" isn't all that of an awesome name in itself, but where I came upon it it was named "Touhai Densetsu Akagi - Yami ni Maiorita Tensai"; "Gambler Genius Akagi - The Legend who Descended into the Darkness". Well, with reservation for translation. In any case, I acquired an episode to have a gander at what an Anime mainly about Mahjong could be able to offer...and if I'd be able to learn anything in the process.

Story: 9/10
Akagi Shigeru, a thirteen year old daredevil with an unknown background, read more
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Recommendations

Both are gambling animes done by the same director and mangaka, both main character's are also voiced by the same seiyū, Hagiwara Masato.
reportRecommended by Nanne - Add to favorites
Akagi is another anime about gambling men although it involves the game of mahjongg while One Outs is about baseball. The character design of Tōa Tokuchi is similar to Akagi's character, but then again the Madhouse animation studio has assembled a team of veterans from Akagi for the series. I will make more recommendations as the show progresses.

Opening Theme

"Nantoka Nare" by Furuido

Ending Theme

#1: "Akagi" by MAXIMUM THE HORMONE (eps 1-13)
#2: "S.T.S." by Animals (eps 14-26)

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