Cannon Busters

Cannon Busters is not your typical anime, it combines elements from Western films, the fantasy genre, and a mix of futuristic and dystopic sci-fi elements into one. It's messy but for a setting that's so much fun, there really isn't much to question as you go along for the ride that is this whole first season of the show.

To get the bad out of the way, the story is pretty simple and nothing to write home about, it's the side characters and stories along the way that really prop it up. To be frank, the main story is kinda meh in comparison, but it serves ... as the driving force for our characters to be together, almost like watching a crazy D&D campaign play out as an anime.

The art direction and characters are very fun, although you'd have to excuse the occasional inconsistencies, it made for a very fun Cowboy Bebop-ish experience and the cast made their interactions kinda interesting and it's almost the only reason why you'd bother watching it.

Overall, it was a fun ride, looking forward to the next season just to see what other hijinks the crew will get up to. Of course, if you take it too seriously, the whole thing falls apart, but if you're just watching it for the crazy stories and great fight scenes, this is probably a really fun watch over the weekend!

Score: 8/10

I can only recommend this under one circumstance: if you specifically want to see something mediocre on a lazy day when you feel a bit too tired to watch something good.

Do you know the feeling? That you have these actually good shows lined up, but you also have a headache, not enough sleep for a few nights and you feel that it would be a waste to see something good on a day when you're not really primed to enjoy it?

That was kinda how I felt today, and it lead me to sit through this entire show.

And I really didn't hate my time spent, ... it was dumb and fun (though not *that* fun).

The characters are rather one-note and predictable, though Philly was honestly more difficult to like than I expected. Sam was a big nothing most of the time, but had some decent comedic moments. Casey is predictably adorable.

All in all, there's nothing much to say except that the show is a rather mediocre affair, and unless you are specifically looking for something like that I wouldn't give it the time of day.

I did like the opening song.

This show originally hooked me because of the dynamite into song, but man that is the only good thing about it


the show feels like a crappy nickelodeon cartoon that tried at some points to be edgy and dark but just misses the mark in every way

the characters are dull and annoying and seem extremely childish for the post apocalyptic world that they have been born into.

Everything in the show is extremely predictable! every plot twist character arc episode rescue all of it

I would avoid watching this anime at all costs because there are far better options out there