Busou Renkin

It's my first time to write a review, and I really don't understand why I'm writing this, but, I just couldn't help it. I guess is because I was planning to watch some cliche shounen anime, and Busou Renkin just surprised me in a very good way. I loved the anime! The story is not something very impressive or original, but in some way, it was very nice. The sound... what can I say of it?? I just loved the first ending! And the opening was great, too. The second ending... well... it's hard to describe it with words, because it's very random... It left me with a weird feeling: I didn't know wether to laugh or stare at the computer dumbfounded. You'll understand me when you'll watch the anime. I really love the main characters! Kazuki is kawaii in my opinion, and Tokiko, at the beggining, she's somewhat scary and cold, but she changes during the story, and she becomes a very nice and smiling girl at the end, because of her love for Kazuki. The love relationship between these two it's just adorable, and it develops in a good pace. I really, really enjoyed watching this anime, and I'm very happy to gave it a chance, because I wasn't very sure to watch Busou Renkin, but now I'm relieved I started to see it.

At first I was very dissapointed and put off by the series. It wasn't exactly what I expected to see and I was quiet excited to watch the series at first. The idea is not bad, basicly we have Alchemic warriors who are killing human eating homonculus. Series start with the main character accidently getting involved in the fight. However, later on he gets completly dedicated to this new job. What put me off is that somehow I couldn't get into the atmosphere and half naked villian who thinks he is beautiful and keeps making weird poses, doesn't really help. Or when he keeps wearing weird outfits, even Burger cafe workers of the show couldn't handle it. Was thinking of dropping it several times. However, at around episode 9 when twins get introduced show actually starts to pick up. It starts to involve more things and actual story seems to just start. Since then show mostly kept getting better and you start to forget about some random stuff like Papillon's weird outfits.To be true, Papillon started to become really entertaining and different. He is not like your typical villian out there, weird outfits are part of his uniqness. Also more characters gets introduced and some of them are quiet fun, twins are part of that good cast. Despite being shounen series, we actually get some decent romance development which doesn't ruin the story. Characters start to grow in strengh and emotionaly. They start to change and you become more attached to them. I actually wanted to raise my mark till 8 but decided against it because of very cheesy ending. It is not bad, but not my type... so 7 it is. Basicly if the show still doesn't interest you after episode 10 (small twin arc), series are not meant for you then. But you have to be patient and eventually your patience will be payed off.

Busou Renkin is a good old-fashioned power-up, beat-em-down, get-the-girl anime. While it's not innovative and probably won't leave much of a lasting impression, Buosu Renkin sports strong, memorable characters and a kickass opening (the best part of the show) matched only by GaoGaiGar's famous "Yuusha-Oh Tanjou". It puts the "man" and "romance" and is a must-see for any shounen fan.

At the beginning of watching Busou Renkin, it seemed like a typical anime where someone gets a power and entitles themselves to protect everyone. Busou Renkin was a bit more 'relaxed' which made it more enjoying to watch for sure. Although I wasn't really ecstatic about the ending, overall I have to say its an anime to watch if you like sci-fi, romance and supernatural stuff all in one =D

If there is an anime that covers many subjects in a masterful way Busou Renkin is certainly this anime. In dealing with complex subjects about life and death, friendship, relationships, dedication and power, all these elements make a perfection combined with each character proposed for this anime. Neither of them loses the details and all the bows point to something bigger that is a golden key that offers this anime that is perfectly extracted of its manga of origin. Tradução: Se existe um anime que aborda muitos assuntos de maneira magistral Busou Renkin certamente é este anime. Ao lidar com assuntos complexos sobre a vida e a morte, amizade, relacionamentos, dedicação e poder, todos estes elementos fazem uma perfeição combinados com cada personagem proposto para este anime. Nenhum deles perde os detalhes e todos os arcos apontam para algo maior que é uma chave de ouro que brinda este anime que é perfeitamente extraído do seu mangá de origem.

Busou Renkin is a shounen anime. I don't really like shounen, and I started (and dropped) Busou Renkin in the past. Still, I recently decided to watch it again... I would say it is pretty much Shounen done right. Characters do not throw angsty fits, do not preach mid battle, there are plenty of comedic episodes inserted into the story, and fights do not last two episodes. Animation is quite fluid, even though art style is somewhat simple. There's nice music, and the whole thing feels believable, or even touching at times. It is much, much, much better than I expected. Detailed breakdown below: Story - it is fairly simple/straightforward story about a school boy getting powers, meeting a companion and then fighting enemies. However what sets it apart is light-hearted handling of many scenes, many nicely done comedic moments. I would say the story finds just the right balance between drama/fights and slice of life elements. Rather than plot devices characters look like actually believable people, and for most of the time events that happen sorta make sense. So, while the story is relatively simple, straightforward and even stereotypical, it is quite pleasant to watch. Art: Art is quite simple, however, the animation is of high quality. Even though characters have fairly low amount of detail, they move very fluidly in most scenes. There's some CG that doens't *quite* match the 2d art, but it is tolerable enough. Sound: Music is generally nice, and opening theme is entertaining. The ending of the second half is interesting to listen to. It is not very memorable, but it works to complement the story. I would say it is slightly below the level of music in Keijo (where musical part was done perfectly. Characters: There are three or characters total that pull this anime through and make it memorable. Those are Tokiko, protagonist's sister Mahiro and one of the initial bad guys (with very interesting fashion sense). Tokiko is just plain adorable at times, and rather easy to sympathize with. As far as I can tell, she is supposed to be an archetype, but in the end rather than archetype she looks like a person, plus seiyuu did a great job voicing her. The second important character was mahiro, who mostly works as comedic relief, and even though does not really have much of a character on her own, she does a great job adding comedy when she arrives. And then there's bad guy with strange fashion sense.... In comparison to strong female lead, protagonist himself is rather generic "shounen good guy protagonist". Thankfully he isn't spineless, isn't perverted, doesn't preach too much, isn't prone for fits of angst, so for this kind of anime the character works quite well. However he is not very memorable by himself. Enjoyment: I liked first half a bit more, since it had more of light-hearted episodes. The 2nd half for a while looked like it is about to devolve into standard cliched anime with drawn out fight, but it narrowly dodged it. Overall first 12 episodes were definitely more interesting for me. Overall: It is interesting to watch, mostly because of female lead and light comedy that often pops up across the series. The art is a bit low on detail, but it is compensated with very fluid animations, which makes the whole thing much more entertaining. Decent music, great voice acting on main heroine, and even though it is fairly cliched, the story was not boring. I'd recommend to check it out, if you have the time.

Read other review for the dimensional critique. I just wanted to input that this is an example of an anime where one can really enjoy the process w/o being off-putted by the objective story line (as this is not unique by any means). Again your enjoyment of an anime is based off your personality/values and what nuances of a 'story' you enjoy most. for me this hit a lot on them right on, making it one of my top 3 at this point. Story/Character- I really liked this because it is a good example of 'non-remarkable' protagonist who has a good nature and wants to help people. Probably what I liked most is the lead female character, I just really enjoyed the character dynamic shown throughout. Even the 'filler' content was very enjoyable.

Whoever said this show was your typical shounen experience couldn't be further from wrong. Sure this show is based on things that make up a typical shounen anime, but if you actually watched the entire show, and noticed the depth of the messages they were trying to send, you'd see. Everything about this show is simply beautiful. It doesn't try to hard to make it too gushy, and as the plot develops, as the show goes on, it just gets better and better. I really liked how well done they portrayed the romance in these shows. It gives you a sort of feel that other media fails to achieve. The main antagonist in particular is a guy who you can't help but like, even tho he's an antagonist, and it's just--tbh, I can't explain it. In order to understand, you'll have to watch the show yourself. I honestly felt really captivated by it and I think anyone who watches this, whether they are anime fans or not will feel the same.

Okay, to begin with I would have to say that the anime Busou Renkin was pretty good. In my opinion from watching previous animes, it needs a bit more work. The only problem with most peoples reviews when others have looked into the anime is what other animes compare to that anime that was just watched. There are other animes just like this one currently, it may have nothing to do with the alchemy or the monsters in which they were facing up against but I have seen the reviews of others and I just plainly don't care for either of them. They tell you about the anime, if you want to know what it's primarily about, all you have to do is read the introduction next to where it explains what the entire anime is about. However, people want to know what other animes are similar to this sword/ weapon experience. There are numerous of animes, you have FMA, Full Metal Alchemist, You also have this one which is Busou Renkin. You have Sword Art Online. Sword Art Online is a personal favorite because the primary character logs into this Virtual World and is forced to stay there against his will and must fight for his life to get out. Very good anime in my personal Opinion and as sad as it sounds, it's much better than Busou Renkin is every single aspect.

Okay, imagine taking all the best shonen cliches and rolling it into one awesome actiony bundle. The story follows Kazuki Moto, an average highschool student (just like every anime ever) that is drawn into a work of fighting monsters called homunculi by Tokiko Tsumura (very similar to Bleach's first few episodes.) while the plot doesn't sound too original (it isnt very original at all to be honest) it is still an enjoyable story to watch. The art style is very shonen looking, with it looking quite Bleachy. this is not necessarily a bad thing because they do things on order to set it apart from its hollow fighting big brother. the characters look okay and the homunculi look quite interesting. The action looks really good, with the typical "super powerful mega move with a really long ass name" attacks prevalent throughout the series. All in all, i really enjoyed Busou Renkin and i would defiantly recommend it to anybody who is into action anime P.S the dub sucks balls. watch it subbed

This will be short and to the point. This show isn't anything that special. You've seen it. It's happened before. Super weapons, super battles and big explosions. But hey, I really liked this show. You don't always have to be ground breaking to break the earth IN TWO! It's a solid action show that's well worth watching. Busou Renkin kind of reminds me of the first season or two of Bleach before it became BleachBall Z, if you get what I'm saying. It had some solid theme songs too. If you haven't seen this one yet get to it, you won't regret it.

It's been a long time since I've written a review, but Busou Renkin really inspired me to write a review. Story: 10 Well, to be honest, the story isn't all that amazing for a fighting/adventure type shounen anime, but after all I don't think Busou Renkin's focus is there only. This anime seems to have quite a fair bit of drama, depressing tones and reality behind it. The anime from start to finish had a good going of emotional scenes which captivated me to watch this series in a few days, despite my busy schedule. Anyways, the way Kazuki changed the people and environment around him was excellently scripted, in my opinion. This is one of the best fighting/adventure animes I've watched, with regard to the amount of fighting and emotional scenes balanced. And for me, there are no story "holes". Art:8 The colour is quite dull and lacklustre, but all the action scenes all quite well done. Sound: 9 Good, especially the bgm played during emotional scenes. Character: 10 Arguably the best "selfless character" I've seen been constant, from start to finish. There were a lot of times I knew which character would make which action, highlighting how stable all the characters are, in the sense that their personalities would not change unless for a very strong reason showed in the anime. Enjoyment:10 Need I say more? Overall: 9 Well, this anime is very good in my opinion, but more for drama and character wise. However, more scenes could be dedicated to some of the main characters' past and possibly more into family and school life, instead of mostly just battle scenes. Character development could be more emphasised to increase the depth of the characters.

A big lump of awesome. Giant weapon in one hand, power that literally suffocates, disturbing egotistical villain, and don't forget the sweet and sour girl with short hair. It is a bit like Bleach met DBZ and they compromised on the level of seriousness with a pinch of that "no need for unnecessary fights" you get from some protagonists. Maybe not a must see, but definitely a should see.

All told this show does nothing particularly noteworthy or exceptional. It is a very standard enemy-of-the-week arc-based super hero show, notable mostly for its superb OP (Makka Na Chikai) and some very amusing characters (Papillon). However, if you want one of these sorts of shows and don't want a massive time sink, it's worth looking into. It's only 26 episodes and has a standard two-arc plot - a first villain who was NOT THE REAL VILLAIN and a power up etc etc. Some of the supervillains and superheroes have creative abilities, often underused (like the 3 guys who form a Getter Robo/Macross homage) and some get the short end of the stick (the girl whose power is atmosphere manipulation, for example). The fights, the bread-and-butter of the series after all, are exciting (even if the final confrontations are a little anticlimactic) and don't rely too much on sword clashes followed by dramatic shouting. There's some good fight choreography, even if the villains are very much set up to be in a league above the sidekicks. However, as a straight character comedy/action show it is very enjoyable despite the plot not being anything special. The dub is not bad at all, either. Well worth giving a shot if you want something funny, exciting and formulaic.

Buso Renkin is a shounen battle anime that has all the aspects you will enjoy if you like the shounen battle genre. It has a heroic- high school age protagonist, a large cast of fun characters with extraordinary abilities, it has interesting villains, it will include moments of laughter and moments of tragedy, and it has epic fight scenes. Buso Renkin is also written by the author of the highly acclaimed series, Rurouni Kenshin. Buso Renkin is an all around passable anime. It isnt particularly great in any regard, but it doesnt have any glaring flaws. There are a few aspects about it that make is refreshing compared to many of the other shounen battle anime. The anime is 26 episodes. No filler arcs, no slow paced episodes, it doesnt require you to watch hundreds of episodes, its tells a concise story in 26 episodes. If you dont like shounen battle anime because they are so long, this might be the shonen for you! Its main female character who supports the lead is an awesome character. She is strong, intelligent, has an intriguing origin, and is an all around bad-ass character. Shounen anime dont always offer the most compelling female leads, but Buso Renkin does. A simple aspect that you think would be standard, but it really isnt met in the shounen battle genre. There is a romance involving the main characters, the romance has an impact on the characters, and the romance actually progresses. Again, its not a romance anime, but having a little romance actually present during the main storyline is a refreshing aspects of Buso Renkin for me personally. I watched it on a whim due to my love for the classic shounen battle experience, and I was pleasantly suprised. The storyline has some interesting parts, I would almost compare it to Full metal Alchemist in some ways. Buso Renkin is a solid battle shounen, nothing more, nothing less. If you have the itch for another shounen, if your looking for a shounen that isnt incredibly long, or you just want another anime to watch that isnt too controversial, give Buso Renkin a shot.

This anime is shonen, first and foremost, and any and all judgement you pass upon it should be made while taking this genre into account. People here won't behave logically. Everyone will shout out their lame move names right before launching them. Laws of physics apply as long as it's convenient for the story, and the next episode they go in absolute reverse. SFX are shitty power-rangers tier ka-shangs and booms. main characters are glorified for no reason. no one with more screen-time than 15 minutes will die, and MC will do his worst to save lives of his enemies and other shonen shit. all military formations in the world (including the alchemical army, which should be doing this shit on daily basis) are painfully inefficient, incompetent, and overall a bunch of SJW protesting for their gender rights has more destructive power. The only unique quirk this anime has is that the main antagonist is a psychotic gay butterfly lover who just wants to be acknowledged by his peers and family. sigh. Well, despite all this, I did enjoy this anime. If you have a craving for shonen, and have already run out of all your good shonens, this'll do the job. Definitely second class though.

Violence: Blood, mutilation Language: moderate Nudity/Sexuality: minor (bath scene, no actual nudity.) Innuendo: moderate Kazuki Muto is just an ordinary high school student, when one night on his way back to the dorms he sees a light at the abandoned factory behind the school. Upon investigation, he sees a fantastic serpent-like creature stalking a schoolgirl. In the moment that the monster strikes, Kazuki leaps in and knocks the girl aside, saving her life but also dying instantly as the serpent's spined tail pierces his heart. The next thing Kazuki knows is that he has gained consciousness atop the school building, where the mysterious schoolgirl, Tokiko, has brought him back to life by joining his life force to the power of a mystical artifact known as a Kakugane. Tokiko is an achemist warrior, protecting the world from the cannibalistic creatures known as Homunculi by using the powers of her Kakugane weapon, and Kazuki has just been drawn into her fight. The world of alchemy and the continuous battle between alchemist warriors and homunculi is now Kazuki's world as well. This anime strikes a good balance between lighthearted humor and more serious themes as Kazuki balances his new life as an alchemist warrior with the everyday concerns of education and dorm life. The pacing of the story is quite good and has both action and drama throughout. There seem to be two main story arcs in this anime, the first being the extermination of the LXE, the evil League of Extraordinary Elites, and the second arc concerning the rise of the being known as Victor and the struggle to bring him down. Other minor themes are woven into the mix as well, including the developing relationship between Kazuki and Tokiko, Kazuki's training within the Alchemist Army, and Kazuki's interaction with his nemesis, the fabulous mastermind Papillon. There is a fair amount of objectionable content in this anime; I would give it about a PG-13 rating. Most notable is the violence, of which there is quite a lot, with limbs being sliced off and blood (red and other colors) splattering around everywhere during battle scenes. Generally the only fatalities during these battles are the monsters, however, and no grievous injuries are sustained by human characters due to the regenerative powers of the Kakugane weapons which heal even extraordinary wounds fairly quickly. From what I can tell, there is a bit of language in the Japanese version with subtitles, nothing major really and such language is not frequent at all. In the English dub, most of the profanity has been replaced with less objectionable language. As in most anime, there are a few bath scenes and a character does have his clothes vaporized in one battle scene, leaving his immortal body inact. During these scenes, however, nothing much is ever shown; in the bath scene, for example, everyone is in the bath, or fog covers all the naughty bits, etc. There is a bit of sexual innuendo at places however; at one point all the guys compare the relative sizes of their manhood while in the bath, resulting in general despair and disillusionment. One of the diabolical characters, Papillon, a male homunculus, wears a rather revealing leotard-like uniform and a mask (which leads other characters to refer to him as a "masked pervert"). At other times, Papillon wears only a thong or a rather awful suspender-type swimsuit (keep in mind this is a male character). Given Papillon's obsession with Kazuki (although not in a romantic manner), his flair for melodrama, and his "fabulous" sense of style and taste in clothing, it is implied that he may be gay, though such an assertion is never explicitly declared. There is very little female fanservice in this anime (if any). Refreshingly, this is not a "harem"-style anime where tons of girls are all interested in the main character. What really makes this anime shine is the interesting characters; some of them are kinda stereotypical, but there are also some that are a little different from the usual. I really like Tokiko's cool, mature, level-headed vibe. Then there is the ultra-macho Captain Bravo, who never introduces himself by his real name because "it's just cooler that way." Kazuki Muto is kind of a cookie-cutter hero-type who will sacrifice himself for others and "wants to get stronger," but he is still a likeable enough character despite being generic. My personal favorite is Kazuki's nemesis Papillon, a diabolical genius student dying of a rare disease who seeks the power of alchemy in order to gain immortality. Papillon's transformation from an unsightly caterpillar to devious butterfly master is quite entertaining and Pappy's violent and flamboyant personality makes things interesting. All in all, this is a well-balanced anime with interesting characters and a decent storyline. If you like anime with lots of action, cool powers, and not too much ecchi content, this anime might be for you. Also, it has a happy ending. I give this anime a hearty thumbs up.

While this would normally be a run-of-the-mill anime (with more than a few similarities to Bleach), there is one thing that really pushes this anime to greatness. Papillon. He is one of the most interesting villains I have ever seen, and one of my personal favourite anime characters. He's a supervillain that's so sick he could cough up a lung any second while making his evil diabolical speeches. He is absolutely fantastic. Seriously, it is worth seeing this whole series JUST for him. Take him away, and you still got a pretty decent shonen battle anime.

Busou Renkin is in essence a typical shounen Anime, it starts with the protagonist being given a special ability and takes it upon himself to save the entire world, being shounen it is a fun show to watch that never delves too deep into any drama. Art/Animattion The overall look was well fitting for the series, every character was drawn well and because everyone had a different weapon their attacks had to be animated differintely, the animation was pretty good and did make use of a few still shots during a fight now and again. Sound The music used is good but it isn't great, the opening is a decent rock song and the music used during battles helps keep things going by adding tension or excitment, the sound effects are all ok, they make good uses of the sound of walls being destroyed and the waves in the ocean. Voice actors are all well cast, now i'm talking about the English dub because i never watch the Japanese version, the one's that stood out for me were Papillon, Moonface and Captain Bravo, these three stole the spotlight when on screen with their unique voices. Characters Kazaki Mutou the main protagonist is a very bland shounen character in my opinion, at the start he is given a speical power and decides he wants to use it to save everyone with zero sacrifices and this can get annoying but you will grow to like this guy, Tokiko is our second protagonist who can go from fighting mercilessly to getting embarresed when wearing a swin suit. Papillon is a unique antagonist in that he is very camp in the way he acts and dresses, he also has a Gauron type obsession with Kazuki. All the other mini antagonist and good guys all were unique people who you can never get bored of, and the main characters friends were all fun and added a comic effect at times. Overall Busou Renkin is an enjoyable shounen action series with a little romance added in there, it's sure to keep you interested with its wide range of original characters out main guy has to defeat or work with and is sure to please any fan of the genre.

Oh Busou Renkin, how this was not a good anime. Well it's not THAT bad, it just felt like one of those typical anikes thats out there just to support the anime comunity. The story is a lot like FML, there are a few elements of alchamey that Buso Renkin does a bit diffrent, but it was about alchamey and i think my love for FML completly drowned the feel and effect of Buso Renkin. The characters are ok, I did enjoy the female character, I thought she was pretty bad***. Her relashionship with the leading male was good and clean, but it was like all those other guy and girl anime relashionship which also makes this even more unoriginal. So if you are looking for some mind numbing action and nothing really all that special, and your a fan of bleach and Full Metal Alchamist, then you might like Buso Renkin. Take care everybody.