Emblem Take 2

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Japanese: 代紋(エンブレム) TAKE2

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 2

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 25, 1993 to Nov 21, 1995

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Drama

Themes: Organized Crime, Time Travel

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 51 min. per ep.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

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Score: 6.61¹ (scored by 684 users)

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Ranked: #6352²

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Popularity: #11075

Members: 2,118

Favorites: 1

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Shinjuku, 1983. A member of the Kaeda Yakuza gang, Akutsu Jouji, has lost in a brawl with a university cheering squad, and begs for forgiveness through bitter tears. Since then, nothing has gone well in Jouji's life, until 10 years later in 1993, his friend was ordered to kill him, and as he ran away he killed himself, ending his miserable life.

But when Jouji opened his eyes, he was in Shinjuku in 1983, at the fight with the university students that caused things to go wrong. Now with ten more years of memories and experience, Jouji repels the university students with spirit and wisdom. Now he swears to wear a gold emblem around town, and begins his life anew.

(Source: Hokuto no Gun)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Akutsu, Jouji

Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Fukunaga, Takashi

Supporting

Canna, Nobutoshi
Japanese

Takayama, Tadashi

Supporting

Yara, Yuusaku
Japanese

Sayama, Hisashi

Supporting

Kakegawa, Hirohiko
Japanese

Okita, Tsutomu

Supporting

Isobe, Hiroshi
Japanese

Oonishi, Yasuo

Supporting

Satou, Masaharu
Japanese

Nakanishi, Kenzo

Supporting

Matsuo, Ginzou
Japanese

Yano, Kinya

Supporting

Nakamura, Daiki
Japanese

Ebara, Shingo

Supporting

Hayami, Show
Japanese

Yamazaki, Tadayoshi

Supporting

Kobayashi, Kiyoshi
Japanese

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Imazawa, Tetsuo

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Shimizu, Junji

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Ishikawa, Toshihiro

Episode Director

Urahata, Tatsuhiko

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	1 "Koigokoro Climax (恋心クライマックス)" by Z-BACK (ep 1)
	2 "Yes, I Do" by Takashi Aonishi (ep 2)

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Dec 14, 2015

Maleel

Recommended

This is only anime I can find that actually tackle the Yakuza seriously (That has been translated), and boy is this a good one for that. It's unfortunate that this never really gets off its feet before it ends, but i'm grateful for what I got regardless.

Emblem Take 2 really doesn't aim to show the Yakuza in a positive light which is a good thing as far as i'm concerned, they're the Mafia, they shouldn't be glorified. It shows them as cheap, petty, conniving bastards. It shows some of the awful ways Yakuza go about their business, such as when our main character Jouji terrorizes ... a dirt poor family for their money. But it also shows how a lot of them are only in it because they need the money and have no other option because they fucked up, such as our main character or those university boys who were kicked out after getting drunk. And how they're constantly fighting in a business where only the fittest survive. The one downside to Emblem Take 2's story though is that it doesn't really end conclusively since it's only two OVAs which probably didn't do too well.

Visually Emblem Take 2 impresses me since it looks kind of good considering it's a 90's OVA that was bound to fail due to its target audience not existing or being very small in the anime world. It's nothing too spectacular mind you, it's no Cowboy Bebop or Macross that's for sure, but it looks good enough that I thought it might be worth a mention. The animation certainly can be a lot worse than it is. In terms of sound i'm not sure I can say much since i'm not Japanese nor do I know much Japanese, so I don't feel like I can judge Japanese voice actors. But even so, I feel like I can say that the voice actors did in noticeable well in certain scenes such as the opening one with Jouji's getting beat up. The music itself is actually better than I would have expected. Some of the tracks that come on sound very generic 90's, but overall the background music felt very "mafia" if that's a word and as a result fit the show.

I feel like there's not much to say about the characters other than the fact that they felt very believable, and very natural and the one that mattered most was well written and interesting (Jouji of course, and his lady friend). Most of the characters might not show a lot of depth (Maybe they do in the manga, but I don't think that's translated into English) but I feel like expecting that out of two 40 minute OVAs would be a little too much.

Ultimately, Emblem Take 2 is a nice anime and certainly the one i'd pick for most underwatched and underrated out of the anime i've watched. If you are reading this and haven't watched it already, I would 100% recommend it if you want to see an anime about Yakuza or even crime drama about organized crime in general.

Final Score: 9/10

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Aug 27, 2017

wolfwing

Recommended

This was a decent OVA, just two episodes and kinda makes you want to see more, but it was entertaining.

Story: I liked it, a deus ex machina at the start, but from there we get a interesting story about the Yakuza, following one guys journey for a few years through the world of the Yakuza where something always seems to be going wrong.

Art: I liked it, but it's a 90's so don't be quiet expecting the crispness of modern anime, but still very much enjoyable.

Characters: Quiet a few in here, took me a bit to get used to who was who ...

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