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An anime that anyone who has a love for fantasy stories or realms will love. It will also make you revive or develop that love if you don't already have it.
If you like fantasy anime where there's action, adventure, and emotional scenes, this anime might be worth watching

The story is interesting and has well-made characters that you can care about. The animation is also very nice, with well-drawn backgrounds and beautiful fight scenes. Overall, Frieren is a well-made anime that is entertaining and enjoyable to watch and is among the best works of Madhouse in the last few years.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain spoilers)

The world of Dorohedoro is one of the rarest and most original I have ever seen, it's violent, dark, confusing, with many strange things in it, without falling into the typical. All accompanied by a surreal and unpolished artistic style that gives you the feeling of being dirty and visceral, using elements such as magic, demons, curses, accompanied by comedy and dark humor, all with a steampunk aesthetic and that some might define like gothic-cyberpunk.

The concern of many fans to know that the manga would receive an adaptation, ... was if the studio in charge could do a good job trying to adapt Dorohedoro's style, setting of the manga, possible censorship and in general to catch the atmosphere of the manga.

Luckily for everyone, MAPPA has managed to bring the atmosphere of the manga, with a very good direction that is perfect, achieving an authentic madness along with a rhythm that feels fast and being faithful almost completely with the story and a scenario very well accomplished. Clearly it's not the same, since adapting the previously mentioned artistic style of Dorohedoro is a very difficult task, in addition the 3D animation or CGI is deficient in many moments, sometimes it manages to integrate very well into the scene and others not so much, but in general this happens unnoticed and it turns out to be a very decent CGI, which manages to look good in most of the moments.

Background art is one of the first things you can highlight, it captures that surreal atmosphere very well. On the sound/OST side the opening and the endings are incredible (moved, fun and colorful) The series has many Eds that change every 2-3 episodes, which seems incredible to me, each one of them turned out to be fun and very good.

The characters are the best thing of the show, each with their own goals or motives that move them: tough, strong, each different and all have an incredible charisma. The best thing about Dorohedoro is that there are no good or bad, there are no villains or heroes, rather they are groups with different objectives that end up crossing each other, it's not a black or white world, everything is gray. It's a gray world full of chaos and strange things everywhere, the two groups of protagonists (group of En and Kaiman) are interesting and with excellent chemistry, in the end you do not know who to support.

In conclusion, Dorohedoro is a bizarre and fun, super nice from start to finish with a plot of mystery and madness that makes you ask at all times "What the hell is going on?" along with a cast of wonderful and super nice characters that drive the story at all times.

Art and history manage to stay as faithful as possible to the original material. The series cut a few non-relevant things, but overall it did an acceptable job animating each page, the animation probably would have been much better if they had kept a full 2D animation, although the CGI fails at times, the emotion is similar to the manga created by Q Hayashida, so I think there is a lot of merit in this adaptation that, despite not being perfect, there is no denying the amount of effort and respect for the source material.

I hope MAPPA confirms a new season and can manage adapt the whole story, they done a great job bringing this world to anime.

History: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Characters: 9/10
Art: 8/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Overall: 8.5 / 10

Dorohedoro may not be for everyone as it's a somewhat simple, grotesque, confusing and violent story, but it's a fun story that I could easily recommend to anyone who enjoys the anime world.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain spoilers)

This was one of the most anticipated releases this year, the love I have for Madoka is enormous, so my expectation for this spin-off was perhaps too exaggerated for something that ultimately turned out to be nothing more than a long commercial or advertising for the game with the same name.

I'll start with the good things of Magia Record. As always, SHAFT studio work is just from another planet, beautiful shots and scenes, continuously well-kept visual work, along with beautiful OST at all times, characters have nice design, ... series felt really refreshing at first, as a way to expand the world of magical girls and present a different story.

However, that's the best I can say about the show, I'm not going to lie the first episode catches you completely, SHAFT knew how to sell quickly with its first episode, but the series was declining rapidly until presenting a very badly developed plot, presenting a lot of drama, but without any suspense. The narrative is very slow to the point of quickly becoming tedious, the series abuses to present characters at all times, which turn out to be mostly generic characters and with which you don't end up sympathizing or when you start to know them, they are left aside to present another new character while you still try to process who these people are. That's right, the series did not end its presentation, the plot did not feel like it was moving forward in any moment and never did it feel like something important happened, new mysteries appeared chapter after chapter, apart from references or easter eggs that would only capture the attention of people who know the game.

The series stagnated and ended up drinking from nostalgia, being that its best moments were the participation and small cameos of the protagonists of the original series, but that the series does not take off and that presents a slow rhythm is enough to bore your audience. Having potential to explore with its characters, the series chose to continue presenting more and more magical girls as if it were a Battle Royal, decided to move away from the original mystery and continued to introduce new subplots and characters that ended up feeling like a mostly boring filler.

The plot ends up being unattractive, confusing and where nothing happens that makes it interesting.

Anyone reading this poorly written review at the moment would think that I'm only a fan of Madoka Magica who detest this spin-off for being different from the original, and it's that Madoka Magica and Magia Record are incredibly different despite being from the same universe, while Madoka played deeper themes and followed a main thread, Magia Record is a more peaceful anime, more of the day to day that tries to show the ties and friendship between the characters despite their past, but sadly ends up doing it in a dry way.
For start, the story is not written by Gen Urobuchi, even the composition of the music is composed by another group, with that and the show is based on a game it was obvious to expect something very different, I'm not surprised to find a fans who enjoyed this series despite all the mistakes, even if they do not know anything about the game, for my part I'll learn to no longer feel great expectations for any adaptation that comes from a game.

In conclusion, apart from the OST, the art and the characters with “pretty” designs, there is nothing that stands out from this series, hopefully with the 2nd Season confirmed, it can improve as a whole, for now it's just another show "magical girls that fight", while they play house.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain much spoilers)

. “A true warrior...Needs no sword”
. "Everyone is a slave to something"
. "No one is your enemy"

The story of Vinland Saga takes place during the golden age of the Vikings, particularly during the invasion of England (Beginning of the eleventh century), which covered an approximate 3 centuries between the years 789 and 1100, during which the Vikings, warriors and Scandinavian merchants, attacked and explored most of Europe, southwest Asia, Africa, etc.

Vinland Saga follows the story of Thorfinn's path of revenge and his obsessive goal of killing the ... man who murdered his father. All this presenting with an impressive storytelling and with good and interesting characters.
The plot occupies characters and some historical facts as a base, expanding a bit in Viking culture, With a careful construction of the world, the series makes an acceptable representation of the Vikings: showing exploration, culture, fights, violence and looting of villages in search of property and the way in which they do not hesitate to kill anyone to achieve their goals.

As for the characters, these are well built and each one feels unique with their own motivations and goals.
The series does not turn only on the protagonist, much attention is paid to the other main characters, especially Askeladd, which is developed with the different events that occur and characters that it finds, we can appreciate its cunning, malice, charisma, intelligence, a whole strategist, I consider it the best written anime antagonist that I found this year and one of the best characters in general (You can't even call him antagonist at all, his character has so many shades and it's based in the cruel timeline, just good writing.) We also have the great Viking Thorkell, a violent warrior who only fights for the love of battle, like an exemplary Viking, who, despite not being as intelligent or profound as Askeladd, is full of personality and great charisma, that make him one of the best characters in this story.

If there is a weak point in characters for me, it would be that of the same protagonist Thorfinn, although it is understood and I like how it shows the kind of growth that a person can have if it is put in such a hostile environment since childhood (thing that I like and a lot), however his character, was overshadowed by other characters without a doubt, going on to do in the majority of the series only an angry young boy “ahh so edgy” and that nothing matters to him, It's difficult to me empathizing with the character in this part of the story, which as a reader of the manga I know will soon receive its incredible development...

Turning to animation, this is not the best in the world, but it’s very good and combines perfectly with the medieval period scene, the animation was consistently good most of the time, although the use of CGI drives many away and I don't prefer it, it's clear that its use in the series by Wit Studios was very good.

Another thing that I liked a lot and the study did well was to add some extra or filling history, but the good filling, these scenes are not useless, helped to show us better the development of certain characters, especially Thorfinn.

I also highlight the voice actors, especially I cannot forget that incredible work that the voice actress Thorfinn did at the beginning when the character was a child. I remember episodes 3 and 5 that voice, the suffering of the character, the hate...everything could really feel it. In the same way the rest is good, the background sound has been at the point, consistent with the emotion and intensity of the scenes, along with both OP and ED that are great.

In addition to having an excellent narrative and animation, the art of the background in Vinland is gorgeous. The composition of them is beautiful, the combination of the color palette is excellent, it is worth highlighting several episodes where they gave us beautiful scenery and backgrounds.

Already finishing this short review that does not do any justice to this story I want to say that, personally, I consider that the best moments of the series are the quiet moments, where the characters dialogue and reflect on their actions and the different aspects of the world around them, the quiet moments of reflection is where the series really shines and highlights more, without belittle epic moments of action.

Finally I want to say that Vinland Saga is one of my favorite manga, an epic story, mature, historical and full of many intense emotions, with a large cast of complex characters very well taken, all this with an incredible art of the genius Makoto Yukimura and now I can be satisfied and happy that we received a good adaptation.

Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes.

At first I didn't expect much from this series, personally I had not heard about this manga before and firstly, unlike most, what caught my attention was that it would be done at CGI for nothing less than the Orange studio in charge to do Houseki no Kuni in 2017, so I expected something really good in this point and I am not disappointed.

The story takes place in a world dominated by anthropomorphic animals, both carnivorous, as herbivores, aquatic, terrestrial creatures and all the problems that this implies, with a main question What do ... they eat? What do carnivores eat in this world?

The world of Beastars is very interesting, it reminds us a lot of the movie Zootopia, but darker and without fear of playing scabrous and more complex themes, this touches many aspects that include sex, discrimination between species, predation, some repression that exists towards carnivores and the frustration they suffer from not being able to feed on what they owe and repress their natural instincts for the good of society, this leads to the existence of "Black Markets" where various groups of carnivores can quench their appetite clandestinely.

While carnivores have to suffer that, herbivores have to live with a constant fear of being eaten, since most of them are weaker by nature than carnivores and live with a constant fear, so it's very difficult for Both groups can relate well.

This is the society that is presented to us in Beastars, where carnivores and herbivores each suffer in their own way, in a restless society that is unable to solve these problems.

As for their main characters are really very well done, everyone has an important side in this story. We are in a boarding school or high school, where our main protagonist is Legoshi, a great gray wolf that is a bit clumsy and shy, which faces his low instincts and personal demons that eat him and seek out, I really loved the psychology used in Legoshi and how at various times he falls to his carnivorous instincts, the images/art they use in that moment are really to appreciate, these manage to get you in Legoshi skin to feel that doubt, anxiety, desire, self-esteem and in the situation or tension of the moment. We also have Louis, our beloved red deer // alpha //, a very popular and beloved deer who is a candidate to become the next "Beastars".

The personalities of these two characters have enchanted me a lot, while Legoshi is a shy wolf and hides an incredible alpha predator inside, Louis is someone with a lot of confidence, charismatic, incredible and arrogant, but who hides a past and cruel fears towards the carnivores that lead him to act like this and which leads him not to understand Legoshi's way of acting very well.

Finally in the main trio we have Haru, she is a little rabbit which serves as the main love interest and desire for predation of Legoshi… it's a funny bunny, which is presented to us at the beginning as someone who is discriminated against by their classmates. She is a victim of ugly sexual rumors, hmm that curiously end up being true.

The relationship between Legoshi and Haru is certainly fun, it has its chemistry, while the wolf is normally calm and has a lot of empathy, Haru is active, direct and somewhat sarcastic, which makes it certainly nice to see them together. The interesting thing about this love desire is that it has its origin in an attempt at predation, the first reason that Legoshi became attracted to Haru was because of his desire to eat her and quench his carnivorous instincts, ,which makes me think that this love that arises later is nothing more than a product or deception of its original desire to devour her, a point that is touched in an episode.

As for its animation, the CGI is very good, the expressions, fluidity and movement are very well taken care of, Orange again does not disappoint with this type of work, we were already surprised with Houseki no Kuni and I dare to say that they even improve this in Beastars. The animation in the fight moments is simply amazing.

The soundtrack is really top tier, the sound is very well maintained, and I really love the opening, it’s very catchy and creative, the idea of using puppets and stop motion animation was great, it's the first time I see that in an anime and I was amazed when I saw it.

So, is it recommended to watch the anime of furry school?

Beastars is a show that is really worth watching, both the development of the world and that of the characters are incredible. If you are interested in seeing a social problem of carnivores and herbivores that touch many types of issues that are not very far from our reality and society, I recommend it and give a chance to animation that by far is very well worked.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain spoilers)

Dr. minecraf... to begin with it this entertaining, this had a unique style and it's very creative, the premise is interesting, and in several moments I loved how combined comedy and science (although it doesn't always turn out to be funny at all), of course, it's the perfect example in many moments of why science is great.
But there are several things that take me out of context, and although this it's not a "shonen battles" as such, I am quite shocked that they want to be so scientific ... and put a guy who busts bears, dodges arrows, it has superhuman strength, when they are supposed to represent a normal high school students and not only that, in the first episodes they want me to swallow that a boy is able to keep his mind awake and stable counting every damn second for more than 3,000 years in where him happened to be a stone, really? of course this boy is a super genius like Jimmy Neutron that like to act cool at all times.

This anime is so unrealistic or convenient when it is supposed to be related to scientific facts, so much so that it seems to me in many moments a bit ridiculous.

Let's talk about the main character Senku, this is a boy with an IQ of 300 or more, and the series tries to praise his super intelligence in each damn episode while he tries to look great and arrogant at all times and is not small thing, the guy has knowledge in all possible matters that can occur to you or that are necessary for the time of the plot: agriculture, biology, chemistry, architecture, medicine, technology and I'm just starting. Is there anything he don't know? He can literally do and solve everything. To hell with reviving people who have knowledge in different branches to survive, if Senku is enough to solve almost any problem.

Now the main antagonist, he is not super smart and cannot solve complicated problem with the head. What can we do to fix that? Ohhh I know, let's make the boy have superhuman strength, tame bears like Vladimir Putin, run as fast as a four-legged animal, knock down lions at once and look like a very muscular and imposing Tarzan and why not, let's make it a reference to "the pillar men" of the JOJOS (AWAKEN MY MASTERS!!!) and finally we have our super intelligent protagonist and his contrast, the super strong and gifted antagonist. Wow, what a high school boys we have here!!!

As for the rest of the characters, I could describe them as the workforce or workers of Senku, to make any invention that occurs to him, and to the cavemen who follow his beloved and evil Tarzan, literally many of the guys he revived seem than apes with legs and no head, and the occasional super strongs teenagers capable of knocking down 10 men alone, although not as strong as evil Tarzan of course.

The series tries very hard at the moment of wanting to be scientific and intelligent (which in a certain way it is), But they could not even pass the first episode without showing many pointless things. Even so, it is more interesting and enriching than most current series.

As for production is good, the animation and the sound are quite nice... my only complaint is the design of the girls, most of all the eyes become very large and they faces is a little deformed, is to get used to that. Boichi drawing is amazing, but the only thing that works well for women is the bodies.

It would be good if the series recognized its ridiculous nature, but still knows how to characterize its characters, generate conflicts with logical solutions, (almost always) and knows how to separate the comic moments from the tragic, but certainly the series is not as good as they says.

Doctor Stone has many ridiculous conveniences that take away the verisimilitude of the series. It can be seen as an educational program or attempted scientific dissemination or good entertainment for a Saturday afternoon, but for a shonen is mediocre. The premise, art, music are not so bad, but the story and characters leave to be desired.

“¡¡YEAH SCIENCE, BITCH!!” - Jesse Pinkman

Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes.
Try to make this review as short and simple as possible, so that it does not contain any spoilers, don't expect a very elaborate review.

We have already completed and finished the second season of Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These, originally we all expected to see this in 3-movie format, but in the end we can consider it as a regular second season of 12 episode anime, that unfortunately the serie did not have much attention as the deserved or at least I perceived that, although well this is not a surprising.

Why this ... is not popular? It does not have Lolis, It does not have Power Ups, It does not have Ecchi and more importantly: it's not a harem.

I feel that the animation and CGI was a little better worked compared to the first season, the CGI personally in this show does not bother me, it does well especially in space battles which are usually very static...there are things that this remake skips and some plot points are treated quite quickly, but they are not such vital things and the differences are minor, and the most important thing is that history does not lose its charm at any time.

Another thing to highlight is it's OST, it's very good and sticks very well, also with his characters designs it was just a matter of appreciating them well and they're really not bad. Almost every time I see criticism or negative comments about the series I find complaints about its design and jokes, it seems that beyond watching any video or images they have not really tried to watch the serie.

The characters look quite detailed and it seems that some efforts have been made in their designs for this second season, although there are some characters that really their design does not fit them at all and even makes them look younger than they are, the Empire side being more affected in this (I am seeing Oskar and Mittermeyer), there are others very successful as the case of Kircheis, Oberstein, with Kircheis, this design fit him more has as more nobility and class, the same with Oberstein and several characters whose design manages to reflect his personality.

This version is not yet finished and I hope that the study continues until the end, and so we can continue to see this story that focuses on the "global scenario", showing us that no type of government is right or wrong, that interstellar battle between democracy and the monarchy, together with That fascinating and harmonious mix between futuristic and classic styles.

With the end of this season we reach the first big shocking moment of the series. The story could be said that it really starts from here, let's just hope that Production I.G continues to do more LOGH and can finalize its full version. I personally liked it a lot, philosophy and political intrigue are here, the struggle and strategy are here, the losses are here, the deceptions and manipulations are here, the emotions are here.

LOGH always shines.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (This review does not contain spoilers)

After the enormous emptiness that excellent villain Makishima Shougo left us and that great first season of PP, we finally have an acceptable sequel that tries to bring new things, new characters and similar airs, but not the same. Although of course we will always miss our dear and handsome Kougami, right? Well, at least in my case if I love it too much.

I generally liked how it was carried out this season, without making the mistakes of the second, without using protagonists of the previous season for ... a long time and using new protagonists, it has allowed the story to develop acceptably, something that the second season failed to start with the villain that without offending was and felt like a cheap copy of the first villain or at least I felt that, and I think a good percentage too, without demeriting the good things that the second season has, that there are.

Also something to note is that each episode at the beginning has excellent fighting scenes and animated choreographies with incredible quality, and those scenes are in almost every episode. It's great and more considering that it lasts twice as much as the rest of the animes per week, 50 minutes per episode which was a surprise.

I can criticize things, such as the small participing of the old protagonists although I liked it, felt this somewhat forced, there are also many loose ends from the beginning, events that occurred off-screen that keep the viewer's doubt at all times, especially when dealing with Akane Tsunemori.

The series comes to feel somewhat episodic at certain times and very detective with various cases that do not stop feeling a bit like "Normal Cases" can be said that there are too many sub-plots developing in Psycho-Pass 3, remembering the anarchist Makishima in the entire first season of Psycho-Pass, this was touches more philosophical themes, not at all compared to the most detective theme the series has had since its second season.

Here we are presented to Bifrost a criminal and clandestine organization that operates through this indirect gambling game for elitists to gain and power in the shadow of Sybil and the change of social paradigms. Makishima instead wanted to demolish social foundations and "faced Sybil" head on. However, the plots of past characters converge with that of the new ones to reach a climax, I love these kinds of stories, they do not stagnate with only one protagonist throughout the story and they explore the rest of the characters in depth to create tangles and secluded frames that are focused at the end for one thing in common.

As a personal point, I want to write about Mika's character, I didn't like Mika much in Psycho-Pass 2 but she's quickly become such an amazing and funny character starting in the first Sinners of the System OVA & continuing strong throughout Psycho-Pass 3. Definitely one of more entertaining characters.

As for the animation and the OST are excellent, if there is something that stands out a lot in PP, it's this incredible soundtrack which is always at the top, and as I said before its animation and especially its fight scenes are very remarkable.

Finally, I think that Psycho-Pass 3 despite having twice as many minutes per episode, needed more chapters to be able to elaborate a story at 100% conditions.

The world of Dorohedoro is one of the rarest and most original that I have seen in a manga: it is violent, dark and visceral, without falling into the common topics of this kind of stories.

Personally I think that would be its main characteristic: Dorohedoro can use elements such as magic, satanism with demons or steam-punk aesthetics, but in such a way that when using them as material to build their history and lore, they end up Feeling fresh and differents.

In short, the author Q Hayashida has a gift for making the grotesque and bloody something fascinating, enjoyable and interesting. For that reason, Dorohedoro is ... a very good story, which I could easily recommend to anyone who enjoys this world.

PD: I want to eat Gyozas!!!

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes. (Review in English and Spanish)

Megalobox is the sports anime of 2018 surely, this presents us with a world located a couple of decades in the future, in which boxing probably suffers even more support than it receives in our world. In this reality boxing has been transformed into something called Megalo Box, thanks to the technology that Shirato has created, the box has evolved due to the incorporation of a kind of exoskeleton known as "Gear" which provides its user with greater resistance , strength and performance. Of course, this technology was not ... only created for the sport, but it seeks to use this as a kind of springboard to reach the governments and the military.

The first episode shows our protagonist that in principle he received the pseudonym of "Junk Dog" as a kind of boxer from the underworld and the bets of illegal fights, along with his coach Nanbu who was in charge of getting and fixing the fights. All this changes when Junk Dog, who later received the name of Joe (Obvious homage to Joe Yabuki of Ashita no Joe) meets Yuuri our rival of the series.

Later and after Joe decided to leave that betting life behind, he and Nambu (especially Nambu) are forced to enter the official Megalo Box, before of course they would have to receive their credentials as legal citizens, forget to mention that the series It also shows us a very large type of dystopia among the poor and rich, being that our protagonist and his coach were not even considered citizens.

The art or animation of the series personally captivated me from the first minutes of the first episode, it gives you an feeling of a 90's, with the combination of a current one at opportune moments, perhaps the worst slump is felt in chapter 3, since that the first two chapters were very well elaborated in their style, but it felt that low for its third episode, but personally I really enjoy this style of animation, although I must admit that it also had certain flaws in some moments of the fights. I lack more intensity in the blows or movements? although good, in general I enjoy it very much.

His OST is not perfect, but it's good, I'm not a person who likes the rap genre honestly, but the music in this series is too catchy and movidita, it's really an enjoy watching box scenes with this OST, maybe I should give it an opportunity to rap ...

As for his OP and ED, I have to say that it cost me the first 4 episodes to take full pleasure in its opening, I feel that it adapts very well to the series, and the representation of Joe as a stray dog ​​that finally meets with a white dog, clear representation of Yuuri is very good ..... and his Ending that more to say, it is super catchy, I think that each chapter I repeated it 3 times.

One of the things that the series needed to personal taste, were more chapters, this shows a bit in the development of certain characters, but more than anything in the development of the plot, at times it was felt that Joe "was advancing very fast" or was "invincible" except for the first encounter with Yuuri, you can notice how in a chapter it goes from being an unknown and in the next turning into a kind of idol, especially for the poorest. Do not misunderstand me the way was well considering that there were only 13 chapters, but with a little more episodes and would have been better and I think the series deserved it.

Also criticized a little the use of the "Gears" the series sold us at the beginning that the Gears empowered their users in many ways and this in boxing was clearly lethal, but then show us how Joe is able to deal with almost all the fights without using a Gear, while their opponents do And what about the supposed superiority or improvement when having a Gear? I can understand it against normal opponents, but with professional fighters that took away a bit of the anime's spectacularity, it seemed like Joe was on another level even without a Gear, I sincerely hoped that at the moment of entering Megalodonia we would see the Joe of the cover of the anime with his Gear ... I understand that that is not original in the quadrilletero, the same Joe mentions something like that, but in the end it's like they sold fight products a bit overrated and not to mention that with these exoskeletons that power in the blows should feel a little more.

The two paragraphs above are the only thing that I end up missing in the series, but even so I do not end up ruining the show.

As for his characters, I loved Nanbu at the end, a character that showed us a hard facet and a carefree exterior, a little deceitful and that at first did not give you security, but deep down he was perhaps the person who most I was worried about Joe, charismatic, with a great friendship and in the end he made the biggest sacrifice of all, in which I consider him the best chapter of the series far.

Sachio does a great job as the piece that ends up joining the team "No Place" the most emotional piece in the group and the glue (with a remarkable rap in the last chapters by the way)

Yuuri a good opponent, with an unexpected turn or decision at the end, his appearance in the first chapter gave me epicity accompanied by his great theme, Fujimaki is the character that actually has the role of antagonist of the series, putting the protagonists in much risk of life even, a mafioso that fulfills very well as a character, although him lacked that him received his deserved, but neither does it happen in the real world

Yukiko a woman who that hides in a cold appearance and greatness, but as we were shown in several chapters that is far from true and finally Joe is the best protagonist of his season to personal taste, his personality can not be called more how cool, his perseverance and his ability not to give up, I emphasize his voice actor, it fits like a glove ... this character together with Yuuri invite you to climb into a ring and fight like men.

In conclusion Megalo Box is undoubtedly one of the best sports animes of recent years even with its failures and one of the best animes of this year without a doubt, it turned out to be a worthy tribute to the mythical series Ashita no Joe, a fan of the boxing or the sport can not be missed this anime, is it necessary perhaps more animes like that? would give the existence of two other series that I followed at the same time, so that this would have had 25 chapters, that's for sure.

Overall/Rating: 8/10

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Megalobox es el anime de deporte del año 2018 seguramente, este nos presenta un mundo ubicado un par de décadas en el futuro, en el cual el boxeo probablemente sufre aun de mas apoyo del que recibe en nuestro mundo. En esta realidad el boxeo se ha transformado en algo llamado Megalo Box, gracias a la tecnología que ha creado Shirato el box se ha evolucionado debido a la incorporación de una especie de exoesqueleto conocido como "Gear" el cual provee a su usuario de mayor resistencia, fuerza y rendimiento. Por supuesto, esta tecnología no solo fue creada para el deporte, si no que busca usar esto como una especie de trampolín para llegar hasta los gobiernos y lo militar.

El primer episodio nos muestra a nuestro protagonista que en principio recibía el seudónimo de "Junk Dog" como una especie de boxeador de los bajos mundos y de las apuestas de peleas ilegales, junto a su entrenador Nanbu el cual era el encargado de conseguir y arreglar las peleas. Todo esto cambia cuando Junk Dog, que posteriormente recibiría el nombre de Joe (Obvio homenaje a Joe Yabuki de Ashita no Joe) se encuentra con Yuuri nuestro rival de la serie.

Posteriormente y luego de que Joe decidiera dejar esa vida de apuestas atrás, el y Nambu (por sobre todo Nambu) se ven obligados a entrar al Megalo Box oficial, antes por supuesto tendrían que recibir sus credenciales de ciudadanos legales, olvide mencionar que la serie también nos muestra un tipo de distopia muy grande entre los pobres y ricos, siendo que nuestro protagonista y su entrenador, no eran ni considerados ciudadanos.

El arte o animación de la serie personalmente me encanto desde los primeros minutos del primer episodio, te da una sensación de anime un poco noventero, con la combinación de uno actual en momentos oportunos, quizás el peor bajón se siente en el capitulo 3, ya que los dos primeros capítulos fueron muy bien elaborados en su estilo, pero se sintió ese bajón para su tercer episodio, pero personalmente disfruto mucho de este estilo de animación, aunque he de admitir que también tuvo ciertas fallas en algunos momentos de las peleas ¿Quizás le falto mas intensidad en los golpes o movimientos? aunque bueno, en general lo disfrute mucho.

Su OST no es perfecta, pero es buena, no soy una persona que le guste el genero del rap sinceramente, pero la música de esta serie es demasiado pegadiza y movidita, realmente es un disfrute ver escenas de box con esta OST, quizás debería darle una oportunidad al rap....

En cuanto a su OP y ED, he de decir que me costo los primeros 4 caps tomarle el gusto completo a su opening, siento que se adapta muy bien a la serie, y la representación de Joe como un perro callejero que al final se topa con un perro blanco, clara representación de Yuuri es muy buena.....y su Ending que mas que decir, es super pegadizo, creo que cada capitulo lo repetia 3 veces.

Una de las cosas que le hicieron falta a la serie a gusto personal, fueron mas capitulos, esto se nota un poco en el desarrollo de ciertos personajes, pero mas que todo en el desarrollo de la trama, por momentos se sintio que Joe "avanzaba muy rapido" o que era "invencible" excepto por el primer encuentro con Yuuri, se puede notar como en un capitulo pasa de ser un desconocido y en el siguiente volverse en una especie de idolo, sobre todo para los mas pobres. No me malentiendan la manera estubo bien teniendo en cuenta que solo eran 13 capitulos, pero con un poco mas de episodios y hubiera quedado mejor y creo que la serie lo merecia.

Tambien critico un poco el uso de los "Gears" la serie nos vendio al principio que los Gears potenciaban de muchas maneras a sus usuarios y esto en el boxeo claramente era letal, pero luego nos muestran como Joe es capaz de enfrentarse en casi toda la serie sin usar un Gear, mientras que sus oponentes si ¿Y la supuesta superioridad o mejora al tener un Gear? puedo entenderlo contra adversarios normales, pero con boxeadores profesionales eso me quito un poco de la espectacularidad del anime, parecia como que Joe se encontraba en otro nivel incluso sin un Gear, sinceramente esperaba que en el momento de entrar en Megalodonia vieramos al Joe de la portada del anime con su Gear...entiendo que eso no es ser original en el cuadriletero, el mismo Joe menciona algo asi, pero al final es como que vendieron productos de pelea un poco sobrevalorados y ni hablar que con estos exoesqueletos esa potencia en los golpes deberia sentirse un poco mas.

Lo dos parrafos de arriba son lo unico que me termino faltando en la serie, pero aun asi no me termino arruinando el espectaculo.

En cuanto a sus personajes me encanto por sobre todos Nanbu al final, un personaje que nos mostraba una faceta dura y un exterior despreocupado, un poco embustero y que al principio no te daba seguridad, pero en el fondo era quizás la persona que mas se preocupaba por Joe, carismático, con una gran amistad y al final hizo el mayor sacrificio de todos, en el que lo considero el mejor capitulo de la serie lejos.

Sachio hace un gran trabajo como la pieza que termina de unir al equipo "Ningún Lugar" la pieza mas emocional y el pegamento (con un rap destacable en los últimos capítulos por cierto)

Yuuri un buen rival, con un giro o decision inesperada al final, su aparición en el primer capitulo me dio epicidad acompañado con su gran tema, Fujimaki es el personaje que en realidad tiene el papel de antagonista de la serie, poniendo a los protagonistas en mucho riesgo de vida incluso, un mafioso que cumple muy bien como personaje, aunque me falto que recibiera su merecido, pero así no es el mundo real tampoco.

Yukiko una mujer que se esconde en un cascaron frio y de grandeza, pero como se nos mostro en varios capítulos eso esta lejos de ser verdad y por ultimo Joe es el mejor protagonista de su temporada a gusto personal, su personalidad que no puede llamarse mas que cool, su perseverancia y su capacidad por no rendirse, destaco a su actor de voz, le queda como anillo al dedo...este personaje junto con Yuuri te invitan a subir a un cuadrilátero y pelear como hombres.

En conclusion Megalo Box es sin duda uno de los mejores animes de deporte de los últimos años aun con sus fallas y uno de los mejores animes de este presente año sin duda, resulto ser un digno homenaje a la mítica serie Ashita no Joe, un fan del box o el deporte no puede perdérselo, ¿hacen falta quizás mas animes así? daría la existencia de otras dos series que seguí junta a esta, para que tuviera 25 capítulos eso seguro.

Calificacion: 8/10