Now why did I just give an anecdote at the very opening of this review? Well this is an anime where you either think it's a masterpiece, that has transcended all anime and is now in a realm wherein the whole entertainment media as a whole must take on this godlike manuscript as it's bible of sorts, or it's just another over hyped anime which looks childish and overly ridiculous and as my anecdote implies i am part of the super fanboys group.
TTGL is an anime that defies the modern entertainment media wherein everything supposed to be hyper-realistic, about angsty teenage problems, humans when faced with death psychology, or whatever the fuck is supposed to be popular these days (i dunno twilight or whatever) and instead delivers on the good ol' willpower trumps all and a pissy crybaby gets so much character development that if it was given to a generic cardboard cutout anime MC they'd be 69 times more interesting in the end and would look like chuck norris and not a pussy.
The Characters
Now that being said the characters are a total joy to watch, I mean yes they are quite stereotypical and aren't characters that break from the mold, but they achieve that stereotypical role so dynamically that i never even cared how stereotypical they sounded like because it executed it so well that it didn't feel annoying or tedious and it felt refreshing in some way. The supporting cast were so fleshed out in a short amount of time that they felt so natural and human no matter how ridiculous and over the top they were. God this anime is amazing
The Animation
The animation was great but better watch out for the dreaded episode 4 that seems to be a problem but everything else looks super duper bad ass and awesome and oh my god This Is The Best Anime Ever! the art is my type of art where it seems sketchy, cartoony and cute but still realistic enough to looks bad ass when it wants to. So yeah great animation
The Sound
The voice acting was the best in both english and japanese which is a good thing because the english dub is really great for showing to newcomers to the anime family and the japanese dub was as equally great giving the hardcore sub watchers a treat of their own, but in my opinion I'd rather watch it dubbed because it's much harder to jam to your favourite anime when your understanding of the dialogue is largely based on the small words on the bottom part of the screen.
The music was very attuned with the atmosphere which is really nice but nothing really amazing to talk about except this "Row Row Fight the power"
The Story
Now this is the part where TTGL makes good with because the story is so epic that it made me do push ups but seriously it's story is so simple but awe inspiring, super motivational and will make you feel like you balls shrank three sizes that day just for not being in TTGL. So yeah super influential
My Feelings
Overall this anime is kinky, over the top, awesome and exaggerated and that's just how I like it. Everyone should watch it but if you don't like mindless fun watch it when your drunk but in my opinion everyone who likes anime would probably like it unless their some pompous prick who think their over all this childishness and would rather do more mature adulty things like watch a soap operas then please bugger off TTGL cause' you'd probably find more amusement in designing spreadsheets or filing taxes.
