Tiger & Bunny

In Stern Bild City, those with special abilities are called NEXT, and can use their powers for good or bad. A unique organized group of NEXT appear regularly on Hero TV, where they chase down evildoers to bring limelight to their sponsors and earn Hero Points in the hopes of becoming the next King of Heroes.

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, known as "Wild Tiger," is a veteran hero whose performance has been dwindling as of late, partially due to his inability to cooperate with other heroes. After a disappointing season in which most of the other heroes far outperformed Tiger, he is paired up with a brand new hero who identifies himself by his real name—Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Barnaby, nicknamed "Bunny" by his frivolous new partner, quickly makes it clear that the two could not be more different. Though they mix as well as oil and water, Tiger and Bunny must learn to work together, both for the sake of their careers and to face the looming threats within Stern Bild.

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Adaptation:	Tiger & Bunny, Tiger & Bunny, Tiger & Bunny The Comic, Tiger & Bunny Koushiki Anthology
Prequel:	Tiger & Bunny Pilot
Side story:	Tiger & Bunny Movie 1: The Beginning
Sequel:	Tiger & Bunny Movie 2: The Rising
Summary:	Tiger & Bunny Recaps
Other:	Tiger & Bunny: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth., Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kaburagi, Kotetsu T.

Main

Hirata, Hiroaki
Japanese

Brooks Jr., Barnaby

Main

Morita, Masakazu
Japanese

Petrov, Yuri

Supporting

Yusa, Kouji
Japanese

Karelin, Ivan

Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Goodman, Keith

Supporting

Inoue, Gou
Japanese

Seymour, Nathan

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Lyle, Karina

Supporting

Kotobuki, Minako
Japanese

Huang, Pao-Lin

Supporting

Ise, Mariya
Japanese

Lopez, Antonio

Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten
Japanese

Saito

Supporting

Iwasaki, Hiroshi
Japanese

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Maruyama, Hiroo

Producer

Simone, Jamie

Producer

Satou, Keiichi

Director, Storyboard, Assistant Animation Director

Kimura, Eriko

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

	1: "Orion wo nazoru (オリオンをなぞる)" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (eps 1-13)
	2: "Missing Link (ミッシングリンク)" by NOVELS (eps 14-25)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Hoshi no Sumika (星のすみか)" by Aobozu (eps 1-13)
	2: "Mind Game (マインドゲーム)" by Tamaki (eps 14-24)
	3: "Orion wo nazoru (オリオンをなぞる)" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (eps 25)

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Mar 17, 2012

Archaeon

Recommended

Superheroes have long been a staple of popular culture, especially in the West, and over the years characters like Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and even The Hulk have become household names. With their popularity at an all-time high thanks to video game tie-ins and movie adaptations, it's only natural that pretenders to the thrones that Marvel and DC sit upon should crawl out of the woodwork.

The most obvious attempts to capitalise on the success of these comic-book creations have come from television and cinema, but while shows like "Heroes", "Chronicle" and "Misfits" have found a degree of success, the majority of attempts to reinvent, reboot or ...

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Sep 17, 2011

ggultra2764

Mixed Feelings

I really hate it when a potentially fun premise finds itself eventually getting bogged down by the conventional elements it was seemingly trying to subvert. Tiger and Bunny's premise was unique in the fact you had superheroes on a reality show competing for points and being corporate-sponsored, which had me thinking this series would get its fun off exploiting the premise and poking fun of the absurdities commonplace with superhero formulas when I first heard about it. Instead, it creates plot development out of Kotetsu and Barnaby getting used to each other as a superhero duo when the former's company gets bought out and the ... two running into developments involving a vigilante hero and a crime organization. The series does decently flesh out both characters as the show prominently focuses on both of them and we get to learn what drove both men into becoming heroes. It also introduces some decent ideas explored such as said vigilante hero in the form of Lunatic and the idea of superheroes losing their powers, as what happens to a major character in the second half to Tiger and Bunny.

In terms of visuals, Tiger and Bunny is easily one of the better-looking titles to come out for the year thus far sporting plenty of detail and color to go along with the vast environments shown through the city landscapes of Sternbild City. This same high-quality also went into creating the character designs as the costumes of the heroes are slick to look at, especially the costumes worn by Kotetsu and Barnaby. Action scenes are fluid to look at and get fairly diverse as there are chase scenes by foot and motorcycle, aerial fights and hand-to-hand combat.

However, Tiger and Bunny finds itself getting bogged down quite a bit by its conventional elements which make it almost seem like a cookie-cutter shounen anime. A number of the characters are tacked on with an archetype that has been done to death in typical plot setups such as Kotetsu being the slow-witted and impulsive hero of the series, Fire Emblem your stereotypical gay man and Blue Rose a tsundere. The show also gets into the annoying habit of resorting to contrived plot developments or conveniently ditching certain points of the plot to help advance any major plot developments that the Heroes are caught up in, particularly with its major baddies in both halves of the show. I couldn't help but wonder the number of times the show resorted to deus ex machina just to force the plot into a certain direction without making sense of things, especially when the Heroes were put into situations where they were seemingly on the losing end of fights as they fought against villains who were either too powerful to be defeated easily or developed an elaborate plot that fell apart due to contrived developments. Both major plots had their potential yet the series fails to provide a solid resolution to both because things get too messy and/or cliched in their developments towards the final moments of both arcs.

Overall, Tiger and Bunny had its potential yet fell flat due to it not escaping the more conventional elements that get tossed into its path. While still having some decent ideas it explores and having its moments in developments with Barnaby and Kotetsu, it still made for a fairly mediocre watch for me and I imagine enough folks will be eating up the news of the series having a sequel planned in the works.

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Jan 16, 2019

ktulu007

Not Recommended

Tiger & Bunny is a hero series from 2011. It was brought to us by Sunrise. I've heard it mentioned a lot over the years, but never got around to watching it. But since it's hero month, it seems like a good time to check it out and form some opinions.

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Our narrative is set in the future where mutants... I mean "Next" have started popping up. Naturally, this has led to a group of heroes who wear product placements like they think they're Captain Amazing from Mystery Men and who fight criminals & rescue civilians alike to earn points for a television show. Enter newcomer, ...

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