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An ongoing war takes place at Toudou Academy, where all the students and teachers are equipped in martial arts combat.An ongoing war takes place at Toudou Academy, where all the students and teachers are equipped in martial arts combat.An ongoing war takes place at Toudou Academy, where all the students and teachers are equipped in martial arts combat.
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- TriviaThe title "Tenjho Tenge" is part of the full phrase "Tenjo Tenge yui ga doku son" which is translated to read: "There is no equal to me in this entire world." (i.e. below the heaven and on this earth).
The phrase is attributed to the Buddha Sakyamuni, who said this whilst taking seven steps immediately after being born, supposed to assert his unparalleled status. This relates to the mystical martial arts some fighters in the show possess.
- Crazy creditsMaya and Aya Natsume, Masataka Takayanagi, Bob Makihara and Souchiro Nagi pop out of manga pages and land on the series title.
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One of the best anime half-series
This anime is about martial arts and fist-fighting. Recommended for those who like awesome fight scenes with superhuman fighters and lots of violence (YuYu Hakusho and maybe Naruto comes to mind).
Aside the usual silly Japanese humor, the mood is dark and gets darker all through the series. The animation and the music are excellent, and the whole show is full of fan service. I would give it a 9 or even a 10 but there are two major problems with this anime:
It doesn't have any kind of ending. Even if you add the OVA Ultimate Fight to the original 24 episodes (thus making it 26), you get no ending whatsoever. It's not like everything is settled and just 1 tiny bit of the story remains for you to complete or imagine. It feels they wanted to make at least 50 eps but someone canceled the project right in the middle.
The second problem is the quantity of looks into the pasts of the characters. For the first 10 or so episodes the story is nice, clean and continuous. Then you get flashbacks 3-4 eps long and the main storyline is sinking away.
Aside the usual silly Japanese humor, the mood is dark and gets darker all through the series. The animation and the music are excellent, and the whole show is full of fan service. I would give it a 9 or even a 10 but there are two major problems with this anime:
It doesn't have any kind of ending. Even if you add the OVA Ultimate Fight to the original 24 episodes (thus making it 26), you get no ending whatsoever. It's not like everything is settled and just 1 tiny bit of the story remains for you to complete or imagine. It feels they wanted to make at least 50 eps but someone canceled the project right in the middle.
The second problem is the quantity of looks into the pasts of the characters. For the first 10 or so episodes the story is nice, clean and continuous. Then you get flashbacks 3-4 eps long and the main storyline is sinking away.
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- Runtime23 minutes
- Color
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