Reviews

The story follows the exploits of former war photographer Tatsumi Saiga, who is on the trail a secret fetish club for the ultra-wealthy called the Roppongi Club where politicians, media moguls and industry CEOs meet to indulge in primal and deprived fantasies and everything from sexual fulfillment to torturing someone to death is possible. He tries to photograph the club's "goddess," a 15-year-old exploited girl named Kagura, but is discovered. But instead of killing him, she kisses him, and the photographer gains a strange new power from that kiss: everything he takes a photo of explodes…

My thoughts:
This is an interesting series that contains a lot of nudity and sexual references so I don’t recommend it for those under the age of 16. It depicts the greed in human nature; what people will do to get what they want. The action in the story is really just the encounters Saiga has with the ‘monster of the week’ that show up to stop him and grab the girl. Although sometimes the villain of the story is to be hated, I found that I liked Suitengu and his three loyal goons. What happened in his life is what shaped him and though you’re sure of what he’ll do; he surprises you when he does something totally out of character. If you like dark, gritty and the hardcore side of anime, then you’ll enjoy Speed Grapher.