Tenjou Tenge

For some people, high school represents the opportunity for a fresh start. You can take new classes and make new friends. For Souichiro Nagi and Bob Makihara, though, high school means something different: the chance to become the top fighters in the entire student body! Too bad Toudou Academy is the hardest possible place to realize their dreams. Their new high school is no ordinary academic institution. Rather than concentrating on classic subjects like math and science, Toudou Academy was created for the sole purpose of reviving the martial arts in Japan!

As a result, Souichiro's aspirations to become top dog are cut short when he runs afoul of Masataka Takayanagi and Maya Natsume. The two upperclassmen easily stop the freshmen duo's rampage across school, but rather than serving as a deterrent, it only stokes their competitive fire. What kind of monstrous fighters attend Toudou Academy? Are there any stronger than Masataka and Maya? And why in the world is Maya's younger sister stalking Souichiro? Learn the answers to these questions and more in Tenjou Tenge!

Natsume, Maya Main

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Takayanagi, Masataka Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Natsume, Aya Main

Chihara, Minori Japanese

Nagi, Souichirou Main

Hoshi, Souichirou Japanese

Makihara, Bob Main

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Tawara, Bunshichi Supporting

Yao, Kazuki Japanese

Natsume, Shin Supporting

Ikeda, Shuuichi Japanese

Takayanagi, Mitsuomi Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Isuzu, Emi Supporting

Nanao, Haruhi Japanese

Sugano, Kagesada Supporting

Kondou, Takashi Japanese

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Horikiri, Shinji Assistant Producer

Kawase, Toshifumi Director, Storyboard

Honda, Yasunori Sound Director

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Oct 24, 2007

Master10K

Recommended

Tenjou Tenge a typical shounen anime that takes all the concepts that worked well in other shounen anime and puts it into a High School setting. Tenjo Tenge is basically about two delinquent boys; Souichiro and Bob who enter a school hoping to take it over, like their previous schools but problems occur and then the story turns into a quest to become stronger. Even though this plot (to become stronger) is not the least bit original, the story does become very interesting when it reaches the extremely long flashback, revealing a lot about certain characters. However soon after this flashback arc the story finishes, ... leaving a lot of questions unanswered and half the story untold.

This isn't the only downfall of this anime. The animation quality is okay for the most part although for an anime with plenty of fighting, the quality of the fights is sub-standard. Instead of transforming the intense fights from the manga into fluid animation, all that's produced are static images of impact that just looked like a page straight out from the manga, which is definitely below the level of animation of it's time. If more effort was put into the numerous fight scenes then I would have given it a much better score.

The music ranges between really bad and sublime. There are times when the music is so great, with string instrumentals making the average fight seem more intense. Then there are moments when the music is just plain awful, like the deafening ending theme song "Ashite ne moto".

Overall this anime did a great job in adapting the superb manga story however it only told half the story, leaving major plot changes and character developments untold. The way it chose to end was poor, with an extremely stupid finale which followed a sad and exciting episode… bad idea. If only this anime does the same thing as others like Full Metal Panic, and make a sequel that looks 10x better than the original. Well at least with the story it has, it was able to portray Action, Drama and Comedy well. So if that's what you're looking for then this is the show for you.

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Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 20, 2009

stunt_crazy

Mixed Feelings

Alright i started this anime with extremely high hopes....i dont know maybe i was just expecting too much. From what i read on the synopsis and how the first couple episodes goes, if this anime progressed more fluently it would have easily gotten a 9 or 10 from me. It starts out wit a pretty dang good storyline but it then just about stops everything just to show past events. I mean don't get me wrong a background ep here or there is great but when they take more then half the season for flashback episodes it got really annoying. Then they never really show ... the main character progress. It just spurt from one point of power to the next. It had all the good makings for a superb anime but it fell way short of my expectations at the end

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 26, 2007

Chelle

Not Recommended

What a waste of time. I picked up this anime because I had read most of the manga, and was interested in seeing the characters of the manga brought to life. However, the anime did NOT bring the manga to life... it killed it.

This anime is best left on the shelf in the store, unless all you want to see is big boobs and panty shots, because, basically, that\'s what the anime comes down to. The story and plot are all over the place and does NOT follow the manga at all. There is no resolution, and you\'re left at ... the end of the series with just a \"WTF??!!!??\" type of feeling.

The only thing I did like about this anime was the opening song. Other than that, it\'s not worth it. I honestly wish I could have the time back I spent watching this rubble. Read the manga... avoid the anime. That is all I can say.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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