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I was a bit unsure with first episode, I'm glad I watch 2nd episode and gave it a chance because it's brilliant. Excellent story, animation, characters and fights and I found it quite funny in parts. Recommend to anyone who enjoys Japanese manga.

Kengan Ashura,

When I started watching this I just finished Baki (also a netflix production). what came as a big suprise to me is that the paste of this anime is more in tradition of a US or European made production. fast action with a good solid story behind it. interesting characters and the episodes are bite size.

perfectly to watch on the way or bench watch it when comfortible at home.

if you are a fan of anime and fast paste action this is the anime to start with.

Other than castlevania i havent been too impressed with netflix animes, but this one has comedy, great fighting scenes and keeps you interested. worth the time for sure

It's way better than Baki the plot makes more sense. The music is LIT

It's much better than the other collection of fighting anime, It's underrated.

You like animes with tons of fighting scenes, a few silly dialogues and well animated violent content? Lean back and enjoy, you don't regret even one second. Can't wait to watch 3rd season.

At first I wasn't sure that going 3D would be the right choice. But now after watching both the seasons, I think 3D animations during fights scenes are used perfectly. The movements of the characters seem fluid and impactful. Can't wait for the rest of the tournament.

Really surprised by the quality of the whole show. Great little anime. Loads of fighting, perfect for a binge watch. Bring on the second half in October.

It's not a bad start to a series, but the art style feels a little off in places.

The subtitle translations aren't even close to the audible English translation. The subs seem a bit harsher than the audio, so I'm thinking they're more in line with the actual intended audio.

It reminds me a bit of Streef Fighter 2 the animated one from 1994, in a good way.

The bad, the episodes aren't very well moved in terms of plot and back story.

The plot is really basic, which can work if done well, but every episode so far runs like bullet points, checking off required info boxes and delivering almost everything in obvious info dumps, which for myself, it just doesn't feel like a story, it feels like a a wikipedia entry.

Going to watch a few more episodes, I'm enjoying it enough for that, and decide if it gets better with the story portion.

Good anime . fighting . bleeding . effective and everything

Amazing anime amazing fights amazing details keep pumping more episode guys please this is amazing even for adult 👌💪

This series was originally going to be something like an 8/10 from me. But, this is easily the worst ending I've ever seen out of all the shows/movies I've ever watched.

I don't want to spoil the ending. Just in case people do want to watch the series for themselves, so i'll note a few points, and call it there.

The action is there. Matches are exciting, and do sometimes replicate that feel of watching an actual MMA match. Complete with flash KOs and surprise submissions.

The 3D animation style can sometimes look a little rough, but it definitely was necessary in order to show some of the fights properly. That depth is needed, and it's generally all animated very well. But it can look like you're watching a PS3 fighting game at certain times.

The story in the first 2 seasons is pretty pedantic, unimportant, and redundant. But, season 3 gives a lot of much needed exposition and background character information to make you actually care about certain characters. And raises the stakes and emotional investment in them.

There were plenty of times I went on to watch the next episode because I simply couldn't wait to see what happened next.

Again, I'm so utterly disappointed in how they decided to end this. I don't know if it follows the Manga on the story or not. If the manga also wrote it this way, that's just terrible.

I already hate watching a movie for 2 hours, and finding it has an absolutely abomination of an ending. So it's even worse that this was an entire series. Season 3 had something near 30 episodes, at 30 minutes each, and, again, this is the worst ending I've ever seen. Anywhere... on a form of media.

You'll notice lots of reviews with high scores, but they're years old. And i'm absolutely certain the scored will drastically change if those viewers come back, and watch the ending.

It's frustrating, because this went from easily being one of the best Netflix endorsed animes to being one of the worst animes ever.

Writers need to realize that one bad ending can absolutely ruin the entire story you've worked so hard to create. And this was like watching an architect construct a beautiful castle, just to blow it up immediately after placing the final block.

I recommend as its easy to follow with imoressive fights and different styles

At first i was not sure about how they design this anime it was neither 2D nor 3D but it was kind of 2.5D (mix of 2D + 3D) however story and fights are just epic.

Only a piece of crap (who never watched a decent anime) can rate it low.

Best show ever I want see more I love this show so much

If you like raw one on one fights you will love this, kinda weird style of animating but you get used to it.

This anime looks basically like Street Fighter on Playstation. Put your controller aside and passively enjoy Homeric combats secretly organized by the CEO of huge Japanese companies. The atmosphere is fascinating and the fast-moving pace of this anime will incite you to see the episodes of the whole season, all in one piece. 6/7 of 10.

Everything in between Yamashita's annoyance is great but his character does make it hard to watch.

Awesome👍👌 a must see for everyone who loves anime/manga

If you've watched Baki, it's pretty similar. The Negatives - There's breaks between fights to explain so made up technique that usually doesn't make sense. There's a character who basically gawks and is shocked in every scene, which can get annoying. They throw big numbers around to try and make the characters companies seem important. Sometimes they explain things that you can clearly already see with you own eyes.

The pros - Decent choreography in the fights and there seems to be less talking between matches than Baki. Interesting characters once you get past how corny it can be.

Binge watched both seasons. Screw what the haters say, this being a 3D based animation. Quite frankly, I loved the animation. The fights were great and the 3D character models are straight fire. 2D animation is interspersed here and there, but the important matches get the full 3D treatment. I honestly haven't watched something this entertaining in quite sometime, here's to season 3!

The Characters and their abilities are portraied in a totally new kind of style. Its a mix between dragon ball z, street fighter and fist of the north star. I think if the fights would be more realistic and the fighting styles would be entirely real ones this would even be a whole lot better. Too much fantasy....

I don't get how everyone is raving over this title, it's not good.

Season 1 is cool so I'm speaking strictly about season 2. The entire season consists of full-episode fights between characters we barely know and don't care about. To make things worse, these fights are interlaced with dull flashbacks and background information the viewer doesn't need AT ALL. I can only listen to inconsequential characters explain just how they became so strong so many times. It isn't until the last two episodes of the season that we even see Ohma (the main character) fight.

Remember 'The Fly' episode of Breaking Bad where you were like, 'What the heck is this? I am even watching the show anymore? Get back to the story.' Thats what it's like watching all of Kengan Ashura season 2.