Golden Boy

Kintarou Ooe is a specialist in part-time work, riding all over the highways and byways of Japan on his trusty steed, the Mikazuki 5, and finding employment wherever he can. His adventures bring him knowledge and experience that can't be taught in a classroom, from political corruption to the delicacy of a young woman's heart. With nothing but the open road before him—not to mention the many beautiful women along the way—Kintarou pursues his spirit of education while attempting to hold down his various odd jobs, however undignified they may be. As he learns from each task he takes on, who knows what could happen? He might even be able to save the world one day. One thing is for sure—this will all be very educational!

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Ooe, Kintarou Main

Iwata, Mitsuo Japanese

Madame President Supporting

Tsuru, Hiromi Japanese

Hayami, Ayuko Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Terayama, Reiko Supporting

Tamagawa, Sakiko Japanese

Katsuda, Naoko Supporting

Minaguchi, Yuko Japanese

Chie Supporting

Kanai, Mika Japanese

Employee A Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Noriko's Father Supporting

Matsumura, Hikojiro Japanese

Employee E Supporting

Kanai, Mika Japanese

Animation Checker Supporting

Greenfield, Matt Producer, Script, ADR Director

Kitakubo, Hiroyuki Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics

Kikuchi, Yasuhito Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director

Abe, Masashi Episode Director

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Aug 14, 2024

whiteflame55

Recommended

This is the type of show that probably shouldn't work, especially not for me. I'm generally dismissive of ecchi, especially when it feels gratuitous, and this show kind of leans into that with all the breasts on display and scenes of sexual arousal. I also generally don't like harems, yet this show leans into that with Kintaro picking up women episode after episode only to leave them chasing after him. Couple that with a horned up lead who falls for every woman and toilet he finds but is somehow great at everything he tries and this should really be putting me off...

...so why isn't it? ... A lot of the reason is the comedy. This show really does play everything for laughs in the best way, making even the gratuitous nudity just part of the joke. Kintaro does become really good at a lot of odd jobs, but he starts from the bedrock and works his way up, which leads to some of the funniest scenes in the whole series, his first swim in particular being a stand-out. The situations he finds himself in, particularly with the women around him who expect him to behave a certain way because he's horny, also yield some comedic surprises and even a few heartfelt ones.

It's not so much that the show subverts these elements so much as that it leans into them at just the right angle, making the most out of elements other shows might lean on as a crutch. And yeah, sometimes it leads to Looney Tunes-esque road races where a dude on a bike rides on top of a power line and survives an impossible fall off a bridge. Sometimes it leads to ruining a business only to pull off a miracle of programming because he took copious notes. Sometimes it leads to giving a young girl a reason to value herself that she believed was lost to her.

Yes, they all end up chasing after him for sex, but that's kind of the beauty of it. This is a man who is incredibly adaptable, capable of picking up new skills in a span of time most wouldn't believe possible and performing physical feats the likes of which no one may ever see. He's often insightful and, though he comes off as naive, he does understand people better than he lets on. And he's dedicated... until he's not. When he leaves, he doesn't look back (except to ask the occasional favor) and has a big blind spot about how people see him. It means that this specimen of a man will probably always end up chasing the ladies until they start chasing him, only for him to be unable to recognize it and run away. It's kind of a male fantasy if said male never actually gets what he really wants, just picking up useful skills and being helpful wherever he is.

And so he rides off into the sunset, doomed to have a harem of women nipping at his heels as he goes to add more to the mix. It's kind of a brilliant way to handle it, and I definitely appreciated the work they put into this classic series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 13, 2024

toxicgreen777

Mixed Feelings

Golden Boy is a classic 1990s ecchi that has a lot of really funny moments, but also a lot of extremely uncomfortable ones. Each episode focuses on the main protagonist, Kintarou, getting a new part time job to fulfill his 2 desires in life: to study more about life and to lust over an attractive woman. Sometimes this culminates in hilarious scenes such as Kintarou's first swimming lap, while other times the show thinks it needs to point out his boner. Sometimes an episode can show how much Kintarou truly wants whats best for the woman of the episode, while other times ... we are forced to see his twisted sexual fantasies of them. This isn't even mentioning that Kintarou also has to meet each episodes quota of rubbing himself against the woman's toilet.

If Golden Boy was just a supercut of every joke the story has, this would easily be a 9. However, there are too many vulgar and unsettling scenes that make Golden Boy really difficult to watch as a whole. If you have the chance to just watch a joke compilation video of Golden Boy instead of the entire series, that would be for the best.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 1, 2019

otaku6910

Not Recommended

So it is 2019 and this is a review for an anime that is now 24 yerars old....mmmm..... why bother?
Me being relatively new to the wonderful wacky world of anime and manga, I somehow found this one via someone's list, and being a bit of an ecchi fan I decided to give it a go.
Story: the premise of the story is ok, it's just that the mc's behaviour and the way he leaves the various jobs is just not reasonable in most cases. Also, his obsession with hugging toilets really let the main character down a lot. The one redeeming feature was ... how it all tied together in the end.
Art: The art isn't bad, I was actually expecting a lot worse. The few ecchi scenes were actually not bad at all, boobs bounced nicely where required to, etc.
Sound was ...meh..... and his wacky laugh irritated the hell out of me, nevertheless I persevered.
Character: as mentioned above, the Mc's behaviour in awkward situations really annoyed me, his laugh annoyed me - for someone who has apparently done all the studying to get a degree, he often behaves like a damn perverted middle-schooler. some of the sexy female chars were lovely, and you can clearly see who are the unimportant chars to the main story. Some parts are totally cringe-worthy.
Enjoyment: I'm only giving it a 4 (Decent) because of some of the positive points mentioned above, otherwise it would be dreadful, and it's also the reason I just give it an overall score of 4. If I think too much about the cringe-worthy parts I might be tempted to just give it a 2, so this is it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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