One of the most talked about and hyped shows of the spring 2018 season, comes an anime that could have easily been overlooked due to other high profile animes taking the spotlight. I hear it pays homage to a 50 year old boxing anime called ashita no joe but that's something I know nothing about so I'll skip it.
Megaloboxing is a sport which is basically boxing with huge augmented mechanical arms whose sole purpose is to make you punch that much harder. But as cool as a concept that is, the show really isn't about the mechanical part of the sport but the human part.
Our protagonist is an underground fighter who is making ends meat by throwing illegal underground megalobox fights for the despite being far superior skill wise as a boxer to the rest of his opponents. The story is about our nameless protagonist who has an encounter with the world champion of megaloboxing and they become rivals and get in the ring in episode 1 itself in one of the best and hypest first episodes I've seen in a long time.
"They don't make graves for stray dogs" - Junk dog
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You will definitely notice the artstyle in the anime being much different than your regular anime. It looks cell shaded and it goes for the 80's anime look of cowboy bebop/samurai champloo and while it makes the slum settings look very nice but a lot of other environments and characters look flat and unmoving at times with very obvious outlines. The fights however look pretty good which goes to show where the money and effort went.
It might be an artistic choice but not a very good one.
The soundtrack however is very dope. Makes you really get into the story and fights. And I absolutely love the voice over of the main character,he sounds like a fucking man.
Overall, it's a story of an underdog.It's about over coming challenges both inside and and outside the ring. It's no generic sports anime, it's got a lot more going for it. The ending might be a bit controversial how they handled it but the final fight was amazing. It's only 13 eps and I'd say a must watch for this season.
Megaloboxing is a sport which is basically boxing with huge augmented mechanical arms whose sole purpose is to make you punch that much harder. But as cool as a concept that is, the show really isn't about the mechanical part of the sport but the human part.
Our protagonist is an underground fighter who is making ends meat by throwing illegal underground megalobox fights for the despite being far superior skill wise as a boxer to the rest of his opponents. The story is about our nameless protagonist who has an encounter with the world champion of megaloboxing and they become rivals and get in the ring in episode 1 itself in one of the best and hypest first episodes I've seen in a long time.
"They don't make graves for stray dogs" - Junk dog
You will definitely notice the artstyle in the anime being much different than your regular anime. It looks cell shaded and it goes for the 80's anime look of cowboy bebop/samurai champloo and while it makes the slum settings look very nice but a lot of other environments and characters look flat and unmoving at times with very obvious outlines. The fights however look pretty good which goes to show where the money and effort went.
It might be an artistic choice but not a very good one.
The soundtrack however is very dope. Makes you really get into the story and fights. And I absolutely love the voice over of the main character,he sounds like a fucking man.
Overall, it's a story of an underdog.It's about over coming challenges both inside and and outside the ring. It's no generic sports anime, it's got a lot more going for it. The ending might be a bit controversial how they handled it but the final fight was amazing. It's only 13 eps and I'd say a must watch for this season.
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2018, 08:55 AM by BurnsyCEO.)