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!
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Chelle
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 atthe 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.
Master10K
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.
^_^
snivek101
Note: I saw all 24 episodes including the 2 episode (OAV). I feel I must redeem this anime from its horrible reviews. First off, I did not read the manga, so I can't comment on that, but for the most part this anime was really good. The story to me was relatively coherent and intriguing. The authors did a great job in intertwining all the main characters into the main plot giving each character a pretty good background story. The first episode in my opinion is just what I needed to really get me fired up. It was exciting and the fight scenes were well done.The art was exaggerated but who cares they weren’t to the point of being hentai and it brought some uniqueness to the series. And I don’t think the anime would have worked well without the exaggerated breasts and curvy waist lines it made the fight scenes that much more fun, not because I'm a guy, but because its not the types of character models you see everyday in this particular genre.
The intro song was a little corny at first but some how I got really into it after the first couple of episodes and it grew on me. I actually ended up downloading it, it was well worth it. The ending song was quite good also, while the BGM was just okay.
There is quite a bit of character development throughout the series while the storyline progresses. Each and every character comes to some sort of epiphany throughout the series whether it be simply finding a reason to fight or to find a way to maintain ones family ties, or accepting ones fate.
For this anime's respective length and genre it was very enjoyable. However, one major flaw was the ending it was to open ended while nothing was really resolved. Frustrating enough it had me believing there would be a 2nd season of course there wasn't.
Overall, I would rate this anime at least a B because for being an anime that I myself must admit was not to interested in at first, but I was pleasantly surprised. A similar anime series to this was Kenichi which received a higher score but seemed to long to grab my interest. If I ever get around to watching it I'll be sure to write another review.
Devonh117
Honestly i was kind of expecting a lot from this anime since the first 2 episodes had really epic fight scenes and what looked like room for character development. But the support characters became the main characters and the main characters became the support characters. 90% of this anime revolves around flash backs about Maya and Aya Natsumi's older brother Shin Natsumi. The fight scenes were epic i must say, story wise. No. There is no character development and for around 10+ episodes is straight flash backs which really bothered me because there was NOTHING on Souichirou Nagi and Bob, they kept getting their assesbeat, no character development. And they were barely even involved in this anime.
Hitoshura
The beginning of this series was good up to the point where it showed nothing but constant flash backs. This left no time to further advance the plot thoroughly. Instead after the flash backs they used the remaining 2 - 3 episodes to summarize the plot of the story. If this anime series was around 50 episodes it could have been good. I honestly would rather drink a bottle of iodine filled with glass shards than watch this crappy ass anime again. P.S.: For those who are interested you should check out the manga. i hear from several people that it was way better thanthis pile of crap!
Wolfghast
What can I say about Tenjou tenge? Positively, not a lot. Negatively, plenty. I had some high expectations from this anime when I started watching. I was out for a good fighting anime with some class to it.Tenjou unfortunately fell very short of the mark for numerous reasons. The story was very average as were the characters for the following reasons : The reason for revenge is completely biased and stupid and you EVEN find her working together with the person she wants revenge against. WTF right?The characters apart from Bob & Bunsichi were very plain,boring,egotistical
unrational & drop dead annoying.
Sisters fighting over the most trivial thing.
The main character was one of those ***hole types, not to mention egotistical & IMO not even interesting. Basically you would be pushing yourself to like him even as a villain.
The ending was awful & I was left with the choice of painstakingly watching another 2 ova eps.... I chose not to.
There was also one other thing that comes straight to mind & that was the fact that over half of the eps were infact what we all hate the most. Yes, you have it FLASHBACKS.
On a more positive note I liked the art to the show. It wasn't top quality but it seemed to suit the anime in general.
So my overall score goes like this.
Story : 2/10
Art : 7/10
Sound : 6/10
Character : 4
Enjoyment: 2
And so as a final score I will go with a big,whopping :
3
stunt_crazy
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 showthe 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
Aphiel1
Okay this is my review of Tenjou Tenge. Let me start off by saying that I came into this series with exceptionally low expectations, I mean I was expecting turd quality stuff based off of the reviews I read so I thought maybe I don’t need to review this…I WAS SO WRONG! This series can’t even be called turd quality this is the equivalent of a girl going to her high school prom and getting maiimed by a highschool mascot/lion. This series is the epitome of absolute failure in both execution and satisfaction. Story- If this series had stuck with something and went with itwould have been great, had it a logical ending it could’ve been good, and had it focused on the main characters of the story it would’ve been excellent but it didn’t and in place left a stinky pile of dissatisfaction, disappointment, and disarray; everything to make this series good was there the damn writers just couldn’t seem to overcome their handicap of lack of brains and put the damn thing together. For a good analogy lets say your dad buys you a knew car and tells you to get a drivers license so you can go for a ride in it...you get a license to drive a motorcycle rent a boat and row to a middle of a lake where you then proceed to make driving sounds with your mouth as you rock said boat back and forth before lighting it a flame and swimming back to shore. Damnit how did they mess this up
Art- The art was good a few minor mistakes here and there but other than that pretty well drawn. The animation was good the only things that really bothered me was 1 the way the legs were drawn and 2 the animation sequences for “special attack” moves.
Sound- I can’t really get on them too much about sound I liked the voice acting although occasionally I have to call corny animation sound 3 and 4.
Character- OMG this is what pisses me off the most about this freaking series who in the hell develops the character and story for characters that are not the main characters how much of a freaking idiot do you have to be to mess this up. I knew more about characters that were dead or side characters than I ever did about the main characters and you have to admit that’s just sad on many different levels.
Enjoyment- The first three episodes got me excited I was expecting something good after it then all of a sudden in a tidal wave of useless waste it was all messed and it became number 2 on my list of most hated animes that I have ever forced myself to sit down and freaking watch to the end.
Overall- For the love of whatever you praise avoid this anime series, AVOID IT LIKE THE FREAKING PLAGUE. Read the manga I’ve heard good things about the manga but DON’T WATCH THIS SERIES this applies especially to those of you thinking of watching it after having read the manga JUST DON’T DO IT. Trust me I will have saved you somewhere around ten hours of dissatisfaction and disappointment. Honestly watching this killed any motivation I would’ve had to even pick up the manga or for that matter anything with the same title in it ever again.
locotewoo
Uff, the first chapters were some kind of fun, lot of panties and big tits, and of course the fight, two delincuents trying to kick everyone ass, but then it got suddenly boring....two many tits every girl had like porn tits, and then everygirl was showing their panties....WTF....the japanese people had the weirdest porn dreams about schoolgirls showing their white panties. The story is absoluty stupid, i dont get it why they fight, why they kill or why after several years keep fighting.....they dont have a reasoneable IDEA of why ! The just fight, because that is all they do. just fight. for what? to fight.to be stronger.
for what? to fight....
The character sometimes is cool, but after all the panties and tities you just start to loose interest...there is one but it is a poor imitation of Sephiroth of FF, and the black guy! WTF! with the black guy!.
So if you like tits, big ones...very big ones, and miniskirts, panties showing everytime (i got sick of watching) , stupids haircuts , loosy story THIS IS YOUR ANIME!.
AlwaysTrollin
Tenjou Tenge is yet another example of why you don't make anime based on a not-even-close-to-complete manga. The problems with series stem from the fact that it abruptly ends at the conclusion of the first arc of the manga, which is about the 8th volume. The manga is on it's 21st volume and is still going. This leads to issues such as half the series being a big flashback (there's a big flashback to explain everything that's going on in the the present, and the anime literally ends RIGHT after the story returns to the present), characters seeming to be bland and one dimensional becausethe anime ends before the story gets around to developing them(Bob and Masakata from what I've heard), and the series just ending with a crapton of unanswered questions because Oh! Great didn't right Tenjou Tenge in a way that you can just stop where the anime did.
Story: The story isn't super unique, and suffers from an abrupt ending long before the heart of the plot really gets a chance to get going.
Art: The fight scenes were entertaining and rather creative in that you couldn't just throw in two random characters and have the fight end up looking largely the same. Characters felt like they had unique skills and attributes that made combat interesting.
Character: There aren't any terribly locked in archetypes for any characters, and many do see growth and development. Sadly, this is again limited by the show ending at the first arc.
Enjoyment: The most entertainment comes from the fight scenes. Rather creative group of abilities amongst the cast, main characters can never just hammer their to victory, but need to outskill them. That, and the show can be a tad funny at times.
Overall: Don't get me, I'm not saying Tenjou Tenge is bad. I know that this isn't the first anime to be made of an incomplete manga, and it won't be the last. It's just that most anime either stop at a point where some sort of resolution has been reached for what is currently going on, or make some up of their own. Tenjou Tenge just stops one day, and... that's it. It starts interesting, got me all interested and stuff, then just up and leaves. It's a difficult anime to enjoy because of the lack of closure (or arguably even beginning).
DMDetonator
An utter disappointment. I decided to watch this because it was good enought to be english dubbed. This is so far the worst Anime TV Series I have watched. The only thing worse is its OVA. At the beginning this haad a lot of potential but noooooooooooooooooooo the stupid idiots decided it would be 'cool' to make it an anime full of flashbacks. First of all at the beginning it gets the audience excited by making Nagi some sort of God or something with a whole lot of potential but then oh guess what flashback then after nearly TEN episodes of it they go back to thepresent time and continue then after a few more episodes oh guess what another BLOODY FLASHBACK!!!
This whole anime is about nothing but flashbacks. They should change the name of 'Heaven and Earth' to 'Flash and Back'. At least it would make more sense and sort of give a heads up as what to expect.
Anyway the action was descent at least and kept me...sort of...entertained.
The big breast were also pretty nice...not that Im a pervert or anything.
The whole anime is basically about Maya's past and she came to be...well what she is today or...that day...in the anime...or...whatever.
If you disliked or even hated this anime don't watch the OVA.
If you liked or loved the anime still don't watch the OVA.
Story: 2/10
Art: 6/10
Sound: 5/10
Character: 3/10
Enjoyment: 1/10
Overall: 3/10
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nobody_knows
Oh how the mighty has fallen...Ito Sensei. This anime would be 'Great!' if Madhouse didn't continue or forward the story line, Tenjou Tenge would have been a 'Great!' anime with some martial art kick ass animation to attract us on the first place. Although the guro fest, and guys who has unnatural muscular body like DBZ doesn't suit my taste on manga and anime, but Tenjou Tenge does have a good story but it doesn't go to the main point. You will spend the next 16+ episode only just to see the Past Chapter. The chapter mostly revolve the older character in Tenjou Tenge, like Maya,Bunshichi, Mitsuomi, and other. It does give us a clear view on how they come and why, but why do it 18+ episode to cover up on the 26 episode. They could a least shorten the plot, make it easy to understand and further it to the real fight. But Madhouse just have to pick the Past Chapter as the main plot of this anime. As if like turns out that Maya, Bunshichi, Mitsuomi, and other older character are the main character, and Souichiro, Bob and Aya are just the side character to maintain the plot or something. Madhouse just giving Maya the main character seat, not Aya or Souichiro.
You can't blame for the animation in this anime (and hey, is 2004 and you can expect a better animation quality like today!), but if i was living watching this on 2004, i would say the animation is good. The fight scene, character movement were pretty well done. And i also like the OP animation where the character jumping out from the manga strip, pretty creative.
The cast of Tenjou Tenge i would say 'AAA' class. Though i know a few of them like, Hoshi Souichirou (Kira Yamato), Ikeda Shuuichi (Char Aznable), Yao Kazuki (Judau Ashta), Miki Shinichiro (Lockon Stratos), Seki Tomokazu (Domon Kasshu) and to name a few. And ya....all the male cast are happen to be voice on the character of Gundam in past and future.''''-_-
The verdict, i would say: 'Madhouse, giving me a good OP and ED and having a 'AAA' class seiyuu won't please me, if you guys would have continue the anime.'
Like i say:'Oh how the mighty has fallen... ' Tenjou Tenge have the best animation studio to produce it, the best manga, the best cast of seiyuu, but it just happen to fall off because of the Past Chapter, and not even the OVA would able relive this anime if Madhouse would have left us clueless on it.
For you to continue the plot, you have continue it on the manga.
Dick75
Let's start with this shows biggest problem. A flashback is one episode MAX! Not a entire arc. The writers could have just started the story in the past and jumped to the future or made the past chapters a movie or ova, but instead two massive flahsbacks, two really two? I felt this show had cool characters and cool fighting, but if that's all a show has then it's a bad show. The one thing I liked was that the main character got his ass kicked a lot that was amusing. Perhaps that's why I kept watching. So if you like a show thattakes large ventures into the past and doesn't really take feelings or proper motivation into consideration then watch this show, and if you want to watch a show where people run around spouting move names like they didn't punch the other guys ears so hard he can no longer hear anything then then by all means, but I'll stick to a show with a foundation based in a reality not pseudo- reality. Recap: if you're writing a show watch this show so you can learn how not to use a flashback, and make you're main character lose a bit to make things more interesting. I'm not a hard man to please look at my anime list, but when I see something bad I like to warn others.
K_N
This was a great anime. It didn't have the most sensational storyline, or character development, but overall it was an enjoyable anime to watch, and that's what matters. There were a couple supporting characters that I would have liked to see more of. Some of the main characters needed more background and insight on as well. However, it has a compelling storyline, great music, funny comedy, and some awesome fight scenes. I recommend it to anyone who likes "powered up" fighting anime.
ebonyhatesyou
The main character, Souchirou is not an charismatic character. So it is in my opinion the first fail. The rest of the characters are not bad in my opinion or annoying, which is something I appreciate, looks like in every anime is there at least one annoying character. The storyline is not concluded at all, the two final chapers got me asking myself "what the fuck?!". It was so absurd that I liked it. I don't considera good ending to end a series whose most interesting part was the flashbacks -which were the part wherein the character development and emotional bonds showed up- in a random-comicalway. Even though the flashbacks were interesting for me, they took too long and left a few chapters to show the path it was going to head. And that path headed nowhere.
I understand it's not a really bad anime, looks like they tried hard to give us an epic and badass fighting themed anime. But it wasn't enough for most part of the audience and I understand why.
Apart from this I did enjoy it; not bad.
The following lines will probably spoil you, so you may not want to keep reading this~
I liked Maya a lot, because she grows considerably stronger, but maybe sometimes she's too passive and does nothing to change or avoid events (in the flashbacks). Aya looks plain but I thought that she was going to be developed so I could respect her. It wasn't.
The relationship between Maya and Shin is kind of strange, as well as the relationship between Shin and Kuzunoha (were they in love or not?), Kuzunoha and Mitsuomi (did she love him or just was a trick? He didn't hate her for using him. I can't understand that). Maya and Mitsuomi (my favourite, and being Mitsuomi my favourite male character of this series), Mitsuomi and Isuzu...
And why Mitsuomi changed? Was it because of that power he got? I mean not that he grew stronger, I mean his aims. I don't understand his "Maya, I will defeat your brother so you won't suffer anymore and we could be together (I ship this pairing, ok?). Hey, I just defeated and "killed" your brother, goodbye Maya" logic thing.
NiSaN_
To make a long story short, this anime showed incredible promise in the begining, but ultimatly fell way short of expectations. The first few episodes start down a cliched but engaging story setup but by the middle of the the series, it starts to drown in a pool of it's own complexity. The story is way too weighted down by the backstory of people who aren't the story's heroes. And don't even get me started on the fact this series is incomplete; it has no resolution whatsoever! The story Failed. Art was good enough. Sound was forgetable. Characters were interesting but had little to nogrowth.
The fighting and humor was enjoyable but not always.
Overall, I was left wanting...
Elydan
The main thing this Anime is about; is Martial Arts. I mean, the story takes place in a Martial Arts school, what else to expect? Well, a bit more then just Martial Arts. The Anime brings something a bit different than Martial Arts; as the main character: Nagi, isn't a Martial Artist. He uses the style of street fighting; simply hitting without any techniques to it. The description of this Anime is what attracted me the most. I wanted to see great action scenes, which were to be animated greatly. But what did I get, was it what I wanted, was it a bullseye? The Anime itself consistedout a reasonable amount of fighting scenes. However, most scenes were bluffing, talking and fan-service.
Not to mention that all the girls are drawn in a busty way. They are all pretty busty; but hey, you won't hear me complaining. It's partly an ecchi, which is noticeable. But don't worry, there is plenty of action and ecchi for you to enjoy.
It's not a new Anime, it's already a few years old (2004). Is it still likeable, even though the animations aren't quite up to par with more recent Anime'?
It's actually quite good. Sure it has it flaws, but nothing is perfect. The Animation is quite good, the action scenes look well animated; same goes for visual animation. The coloring could've been better in my opinion, but the animation itself is quite good.
Most of the parts you see him training, which is necessary for him to develop and grow. The main character is one of those delinquent-like characters. Who is actually quite good-hearted.
The other characters are pretty balanced out. Each of them having a different personality; different from the others.
The fighting styles are different too, but most of the times they just kick/hit without using any real combat-techniques used in real martial arts. They however do consist based on real martial arts.
What I really liked about this Anime is it's growth. It's always really awesome to see a reasonable guy with talent, growing to become one of the stronger characters inside a story. But is there really nothing to complaint about?
There is one thing that really bothered me: the ending. It ends quite blunt without a real ending. Neither does it really has a story the more you think about the Anime. I'm starting to doubt that it even has a story to begin with. At least, a story worth being mentioned, which isn't the case at the time. The concept however is a different story: it's really likeable.
The Anime continues in a 2 episodes long OvA. The Anime itself; being 24 episodes long, doesn't has a real ending.
It's not a waste to watch this. It is enjoyable, it even makes you laugh at times. But the action could've been more to me. The Anime could've been better, due to it having too many flaws.
But I still liked the Anime, the story is ok. The original concept is great though. I wouldn't say it's more then reasonable, but it sure is enjoyable!
If you like reading, I would recommend the Manga over the Anime. The Anime is nice too though.
Hiza-Chan
I started this anime a few months ago and finished the series. When I first started watching I thought, "Oh this is pretty good so far." The beginning was good but when it came to the middle, it went down hill. I mean, knowing about the brother is nice and all but I didn't think it had to take so many episodes. The ending was just awful because there is no ending. I saw that there was 2 OVA's and a movie and was hoping that it would have a decent ending. I watched the 2 OVA's and just couldn't believe that it just left youhanging. I then went and looked for the movie and come to find out, it's crap you've already seen from the anime series, movie based on just flashbacks. I didn't even bother to watch it since I pretty much know most of what happened in the past.
I can't say anything about the manga cause I haven't read it but I plan to. I hope that the manga is much better than the anime cause I was truly disappointed in it.
I'll tell you this, if you want to watch a series like this, look elsewhere. This anime is pretty much a waste of time.
Gleam_Queen
*I do reccomend reading the manga after finishing Tenjou Tenge, as just like many other anime that were released when the manga was still running, this is a bit of a tease that leaves you asking many questions* Souichiro and Bob take over every school they attend, somehow, they always get re-loccated together and do the same thing over again. That is until they turn up at a perculiar school loaded with fighters, some of whom have special abilities. Souichiro and Bob decided they want to get stronger, they join one of the schools martial arts group and intend on working their way up from the bottom, however,they soon get dragged into an ongoing, superpowered conflict their new team has with the school leaders.
This may sound like a typical 'school fight' series, yet it is far from that, this story incorporates elements such as; curses, possession, illness, death, shifty families, character development (not always a good thing), mystery and past choices.
