Nov. 25th, 2011

shadowfireflame: (Vampire Knight)
I just finished Togainu no Chi, an enjoyable anime for those who like anime with hot guys angsting and fighting each other, so I wanted to share it!

In a dystopian future, the city of Toshima forms the setting of a bloody battle royale. Fighters are drawn by the prize money or just coerced into competing. You win by collecting a good poker hand of card dogtags each fighter wears, then fighting the ultimate boss. Meanwhile, there’s a massive conspiracy involving a mysterious street drug called Line.

The anime is pretty heavy on innuendo between the male characters (let’s be honest, there’s only one female character in the cast). I’d call this basically badass versions of the guys from Gakuen Heaven if they were plopped into the dark, corrupt world of Deadman Wonderland. So that’s right up my alley, and it really worked for me. The chemistry between some of the characters is just off the charts; for example, I liked Shiki/Akira—or really any of the other characters with Akira.

But there were also lots of problems with this anime, such as the lack of backstory or character depth (which does improve later on), the strange camera work during battle scenes, Nano’s stupid, falsely-dire opening voiceovers about color, and the fact that only the depraved antagonists seem to be actually out of the closet. Also, a warning to the squeamish, because there is a lot of blood in this one. Whenever any character gets so much as pricked by a needle, literally a rivulet of bright red blood spurts everywhere. And the “dog”/pet character is one of the most disturbing things ever. Still, those things didn’t hinder my overall enjoyment.

I owe so many thanks to [livejournal.com profile] appleling for pointing me to this anime! Thank you for the rec!

If you’re interested, my masterlist of anime reviews is here.

Also, I just got back from watching Hugo, which should definitely be a contender for Best Picture at the Oscars.

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