Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple Season 1

A mix martial arts anime. Learning how to do martial arts and using them are two totally different things. Here is my review for Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple!Plot and Characters: (minor spoilers) Kenichi Shirahama was a normal 16 year old high schooler. He is good in class and he joined the garden club. Only thing is every bully picks on Kenichi and beats him up, A LOT. One day he joins the school karate club to learn how to defend him self. Except all the school bullies are in that club and beat Kenichi up more. One of them challenges Kenichi to a match, loser leaves the club forever. While he is worrying about his fight and how he will get beaten up he sees a girl in trouble. The girl is surrounded by thugs and the girl is protecting another guy who is down on the ground who got beat up by the thugs. Wanting to protect her, Kenichi jumps to action but fall flat on his face. The girl suddenly attacks the thugs and beats them all without breaking a sweat. After winning The girl introduces her self as Miu Furinji. Miu thanks Kenichi and wonders why he tried to help. He tells her that he didn't like seeing girl's get picked on and he needs training. She recomends the dojo she lives at called Ry'zanpaku (pronounced Re-O-Zen-Pa-Coo). When Miu and Kenichi get there he is greeted by the 6 masters who live there. Kenichi says he wants to learn all martial arts they all know so he become a student of all the masters, and from there is where the real journey begins!The 6 masters who live at Ry'zanpaku and train Kenichi are, Hayato F'rinji: the owner of Ryozanpaku and Miu's grandfather, his fighting style is a mixed hybrid style. His skill is so amazing he is able to run on water and is considered the best of the best at the dojo, he trains Kenichi only in late last part of season 2, otherwise he is a wise old man who gives good advice.Akisame K'etsuji: Akisame is the one who first trains Kenichi in the art of Jujutsu. He is the resident jack of all trades at the dojo, by that I mean Akisame is shown to have mastered the art of sculpting, pottery, calligraphy, writing. He also owns a medical clinic called Bone Setters which is just a chiropractor's clinic who also does regular medicen like a real doctor. Akisame is also the resident philospher.Shio Sakaki: Sakaki is the resendents Karate master. He is shown wearing a leather vest and he drinks alot. He is tough as nails but knows what hes doing. He is normally the toughest on Kenichi. Apachai Hopachai: (my personal fave of the group) Apachai is the Muay Thai fighter of the group. He is shown as having a childs heart but a totally kick ass fighting style. He is also shown as well lets say the least smart of the entier group. He is hardest on Kenichi during training, by that I meaning due to Apachai's past of being forced into death battles where he must kill the oppoent to survive, Apachai normally can't hold back his strength most of the time. So he comedically "kills" Kenichi when ever they are training. Shigure K'saka: Shigure is the weapons master of the group. She is mostly quiet and doesn't talk much. She is considered a loner. She only trains Kenichi three times throught the entire series. Shigure owns a pet mouse called Toch'maru who is a comedic relife in the show. Kensei Ma: he is the kenpo master of the group but is said to know all chinese martial arts style. He is the Ry'zanpaku resendential pervert who normally takes pervy picts of Shigure and Miu when ever he can. Along with Akisame, Kensei owns a medical clinic in which he does acupuncture.Pros: this series is amazing, the fighters are 100% UNCUT and UNCENSORED. The begining half of the series (to me) sees more screwball comedy like then serious fighting. The show is really funny. The action is good at time but sometimes the fights could have been a bit better but they are still good.Cons: Biggest con I really hate about this series is the "Last time on Kenichi the mightiest disciple" segment. At the begining of each episode the recap the last episode, but its really really long. I mean the recap last anywhere from 2 minutes to the longest of 6 minutes. So 22 minutes per episode and (from what I remember) the recaps are 4 to 5 minutes long. So you only get 17 to 18 minutes of show instead of a full 22 minutes.Cons part 2: Sadly to thoses who wanted a more serious fighting anime compared to the fighting style of DBZ where its all action 98% of the time, this show puts the action more at, 30% action to a 70% comedy.Overall: I really liked this series, I laughed alot! I say buy this series!!!!!

This may be about season one, but I may not bite my tongue on a single detail of season 2. Mostly though I'd expect it's more likely to review the 2nd when I've watched the discs to verify good working condition.With that out of the way, this is a really good anime! In fact it's easy to forget just how good it really is! It was a surprise that it got a blu ray treatment, but I guess after the series basically changed hands, it was decided that it was headed to blu ray, and I'm glad! A sign of it's time is that the show is not in full screen. It might have been nice to see how that looked, but it's not too surprising or anything like that. Besides, it looks really good! I happen to have the benefit of new stuff to see it on, and wow! Color! Clarity! I get every sense of quality and restoration for this nice older series that was a product of it's time!The colors stun me, as they now do for many things as my new TV promises "100% of visible color". So naturally this show gets to share in that too! You will see shades of color you have not before, and everything in between! These blu rays are able to have the episodes on half the number of discs from the old DVDs. Just seems like a nice touch. Cover art is quite impressive too!I consider it a nice upgrade from the old days that not only can you watch in Japanese without subtitles, you have the new option of no subtitles for songs and signs! I would have actually been sad if this was dub only, or forced subtitles for my own use in practicing Japanese, but I'm totally and sincerely grateful we have every option!Great series with great episodes, great high points, and lets not neglect some pretty great music besides! This does seem a very nice upgrade from the DVDs, and I hope maybe you're even fortunate enough to watch it on some nice equipment! The first time around I might be watching it to check for any bugs, but after that I'll just be watching with even greater enjoyment! This show, combined with the nice overall feel of step ups in quality really takes me back to a time at the very beginning of my own Japanese training. A little like a time capsule even! And I've improved much since then! This should be fun!

I received my copy today and although I have not watched this yet, I must say that the little sleeve the DVD came in is admirable and is of a great quality. I have also noticed that it does come dubbed in English and Japanese and has English subtitles too. I have yet to open the plastic covering and unwrap this amazing Anime, then slide it into my DVD player but lucky for me I have already watched Season One and Two before I purchased them both. I really wanted to watch it again so I decided to dig into my purse and pay the price. I think the price is reasonable but it is a little steep for me. (Minimum wage wooo!) But nether the less I am glad I decided to make the purchase.This is a great Anime, at first I was a bit undecided as it is the first Shonen I have watched but I quickly fell in love with it. I loved the Martial Arts and fight scenes immensely. It made me want to learn too but I would not know where to start. I noticed many parts that were created for boys but I understand that they were the target audience. Too be honest the story soon made me forget because it is a great watch. I recommend this for all fans of anime, shounen, Martial Arts and a good sense of humour.

Anyone who's has watched any tenchi will find a similar sense of humour in this. The difference between Kenichi and tenchi is that Kenichi is chasing after one girl, it is the people around him who twist the situation make it slightly adult for a PG. The basic storyline is simple once you start a fight with someone there is always someone else going to want to try to beat you up. The story is quite heart warming it showing how hard work and dedication can overcome a complete lack of natural talent, that is as long as you got five martial arts masters teaching you and some extra motivation (Miu Furinji).I would recommend this to any anomie fun as it is well-written, punchy and funny throughout. A pervert example of a simple story told very well and completely deserving five stars.

Hi Fellow Anime Lover`s, You should pick up Kenichi season 1 and season 2. This is awesome anime it only went 50 episodes but I believe they will continue it eventually. On the other hand the manga, is still on going and it gets really good after the end of the anime. The manga has reached a total 43 volumes so far and is still going strong. I would say that this is in my eyes as good as Dragon ball z and One piece what are also my top favourites. Buy it enjoy it love it. They will continue it I believe they will start doing the anime again when they have finished the manga. Right now there is too much competition out there like Naruto, bleach and One piece so it would fail and that's why I also believe they stopped the anime for those reasons alone if Kenichi came out when One piece and Naruto came out it would be a top contender but it came out to late. Its hard to get people to watch something else, when they are already in love with another thing. Anyway Give it a try it's a really good anime, it has pretty much everything. If you love marital arts and comedy this is defiantly for you. 5 Star Anime.

Having purchased season 2 previously I was pleased to finally find a copy of season 1 at a reasonable price. It was previously viewed, but the discs were all in great condition with no scratches. the packaging and cases were all in great shape as well.As for series, KenIchi: The Mightiest Disciple (season 1) is pretty standard stuff chock-full of pretty standard characters for a high school rivalry type of marital arts story. The characters are interesting enough and well voiced with both English and Japanese language tracks. The animation is pretty standard and definitely has the digital polish, but there are some elements of hand drawn depth. The action is pretty well choreographed/animated. Some of the fight scenes are definitely better than the others. Very similar to Baki the Grappler in many of ways, but lacking the same intensity as the atmosphere in Kenichi is lighter in tone.The fan service was there as comedy relief more than anything, and didn't really add anything other than a few laughs along the way. No nudity, but provocative/suggestive camera angles and unrealistically proportioned teenagers may offend someone who has never watched an anime generally targeted at teenage and young adult males.It's fun, it's fast and it's not so heavy that you need to be in the mood to watch it. It's a fun show with fun characters and some great action. Is it formulaic and predictable? Definitely. Will you care? Probably not a sit really is entertaining.

Although skeptical at first, I have to admit that Kenichi is an awesome anime. The plot surrounds a wimpy and cowardly kid (Kenichi) that starts training with martial arts masters in order to defend himself against countless bullies. The problem escalates when Kenichi sparks the interest of other top fighters in the area, determined to defeat him. The tone of the plot is very light and comedic, especially the scenes when Kenichi trains with the masters. It is definitely an action anime, but there are romantic hints between Kenichi and Miu (the daughter of one of the masters). The DVD was in perfect condition when I received it. Awesome anime!