alana.corwin - 2016-12-25 19:13:50

I bet you thought this was some shitty fan-service sports anime. I can assure you that it is butt that is what makes it great. Over the top attacks and back stories to keep your butt glued to the seat.

It doesn’t take itself seriously and that is why it performs well. A solid show for some chuckles especially at some of the references.

If you don’t like it then you probably are an ass.

ulabadie - 2016-12-25 17:14:34

What’s that? Were you expecting some kind of third rate show like Shokugeki no Souma? Perhaps something poorly animated like Kill La Kill? Or a thing that’s outright crude like Free! ? Well, surprise!

Homing butt missiles, speed boosting wedgies, Unlimited Butt Works, and asses made hard like steel!

Keijo!! plays less like a sports anime and more like a traditional battle shounen… only with butts being the weapon of choice, of course! A spunky main protagonist with promising talent is dead set on being the best of the best. They enter some sort of training ground and are swiftly enough dealt with by a stronger opponent that remind them where their place lies. Instead of being disheartened by defeat, they get back up and train harder for the next encounter. They then continue pushing themselves to their limits and prepare themselves for the upcoming presumed tournament. A straight forward and simple setup, just like what you’ve seen before from the genre (tropes included). But what makes Keijo!! notable and quite sharply separates it from the rest of the usual schlock, is not necessarily what it does well, butt simply what it doesn’t do wrong.

There is no bait and switch tactic, no grandiose pretentious speeches to mask the lack of a substantive narrative, no infantilizing melodrama, ect. Certainly the otherwise eye-rolling yet attention grabbing premise has the more cartoony aspect of it put to full use and steadily ramps up it’s absurdity with each episode. All, surprisingly enough, with good pacing and a lack of streamlining of it’s ideas. It does away with all the unnecessary contrivances precisely by sticking to a simple plot structure and thus creating a strong foundation. And while it pulls it’s absurdity with a straight face, Keijo!! as a whole is not at all serious. Much like it’s characters, it strays away from being mean in spirit. After the battles the characters all prove themselves to be amiable, always coming back to show their enjoyment of the sport. Along with it’s outlandish butt and breast slapping glory, it is also splurged with ridiculous but totally engaging dialog. It maintains a consistent level of quality uncommon in shows within it’s own genre. Plenty of episodes end on a perfect note, too, sincerely keeping you craving for more. This is indeed something even your average anime routinely fails to achieve. That aside, there a few dips in the quality of the animation itself, and the characters are largely animated with thin to thick sketchy outlines. Obviously, the limits of it’s budget are in display, butt it more than makes up for it with the occasional savory anatomical precision of the gluteus maximus!

Speaking of which, quite contrary to expectations, should you be an ecchi enthusiast, you might actually be disappointed to know that Keijo!! does not offer the kind of service you’ve become accustomed to. It’s fanservice is still ubiquitous, but quite tame especially when compared to it’s lewder counterparts. In fact, it seems like the kind of show that should’ve aired at least half a decade ago. And even back then we had shows like Queen’s Blade, Panty & Stocking with Garter-belt, as well as another show by the same studio like To Love-Ru, ect. All of which are raunchy-er than keijo!!! by several magnitudes.

But Keijo!! doesn’t care to fulfill your gratuitous-nipple quota, much less for what you think. It launches it’s menacing butts in your general direction with the sole intention to obliterate everything in it’s path… and it is glorious to behold! Keijo!! is not fool’s gold, it is a shining example of how ecchi should be done. If more ecchi followed Keijo!!’s example, perhaps the genre as a whole would at least receive less negative reception and not be treated with little more than passing apathy. You don’t have to be an ecchi fan to submerge yourself in Keijo!!. If you are willing to sacrifice nothing but a modicum of comfort, Keijo!! should prove itself to be a refreshing endeavor with the usual elements working harmoniously for once.

It might just be an ever so small gem, but it is to be cherished. Anyone who says otherwise should be thoroughly dismissed, for one cannot simply deny that Keijo!! is both sexy, and awesome!

Not unless, of course, you happen to be a… dishonest cretin.

xavier.will - 2016-12-24 18:45:47

It is what you expect from a water sport anime with a female cast. It never toke itself serious and it was fun to watch from beginning to end. I would call this a parody of the shounen genre with all the references from their respectful animes. Its not for everyone but if you want a ridiculous sports anime with females when its a must watch.

otho.schroeder - 2016-12-24 05:25:39

It had its ups and downs but was amusing either way, I enjoyed the anime

schuppe.juvenal - 2016-12-23 16:20:16

Absolutely stunning.

I liked that at all times it’s about the sport first and foremost. Everyone’s into it, everyone loves it, and it’s about groups competing and giving a spectacle, there are no heroes or villains and no high stakes overarching plot, everything is kept simple and clean. Added to which are the simplicity of the motivations of the protagonists which they then won me over with their personalities and quirks. By keeping everything simple and low stakes with nothing really to lose other than pride, I could instead put all focus on the action taking place.

Every character is competent and has their own way of fighting making each and every encounter exciting and a joy to watch, accompanied by a surprisingly good soundtrack and animation, although regrettably the animation does dip in quality half way through, and often times it gets very distracting, but it ultimately did not impede my enjoyment.

Simple and fun story, with a simple and fun cast, with extreme action sequences that hold no limits, all accompanied by top tier TnA with a satisfyingly open ending despite being an adaptation of an ongoing manga, and you got an anime that easily makes for one of my favourites.

alejandra54 - 2016-12-22 22:32:18

It’s nothing special just boobs booty :3. It give you a lot of fun. Just watch it :D

marquis59 - 2016-12-22 18:47:08

Keijo is a fairly unorthodox show, starring a notso generic setting with young maidens enrolling in a high school (well, it’s supposed to be a high school but is actually a sports training facility more than anything) where ladies fight with their breasts and bottoms. The important distinction here being, of course, that it’s not a worthless harem and while the show is clearly fanservicey, it has a clear purpose in the rather, um, spectacular showings (including some pretty sweet action scenes) going on.

That paragraph alone tells you whether you will or will not enjoy Keijo, which (suffice to say) is completely reliant on your ability to suspend your disbelief enough to accept the, uh, internal logic of the show as well as the absolutely absurd premise and battles.

The story works out fairly simply, with the various leads enrolling in a school/training facility to learn how to master the, ehem, sport in question and become professionals. There is nothing particularly striking or different about it once the battles subside; the show is fairly generic in its quiet moments and while that isn’t a bad thing, the action scenes are clearly the highlight of the show.

Speaking of the action scenes, they’re an incredible amount of fun, extremely well choreographed (in more ways than one) and never felt anticlimactic or dull. The strategies are completely ridiculous, ranging from making a butt look like boobs to calling a butt Cerberus to literally parodying the ever so infamous gate of Babylon move to whip out infinite butts (a personal favorite). While the action scenes never look bad, there is a very noticeable drop in animation quality as the show goes on, and it clearly shows in the last few episodes, where it’s clear that the studio was saving budget for a spectacular final showing.

The animation quality looks decent but nothing spectacular, only looking straight up great during the action scenes, where there is a lot of fluent movement and really nice looking CGI effects. The artwork looks distinct and nice, but is also nothing to write home about.

Characters are generally likeable but very basic, which while isn’t a bad thing doesn’t leave much room for them to develop (which isn’t the purpose of the show, sure, but a review is a review). Their interactions are loads of fun and even had me chuckling from time to time, but mostly when about the absurd setting and not when they’re interacting with each other as characters.

All in all, Keijo isn’t a show for everyone; those who do find the premise “interesting” will find an incredibly fun show and solid timewaster, while those who are unable to suspend their disbelief will not enjoy it. Both are perfectly acceptable opinions and it boils down to what you, the viewer, wants to watch.

Thank you very much for reading this review, any and all feedback would be appreciated.

herbert.botsford - 2016-12-16 11:23:16

I’m currently awaiting the last episode of this asstastic show and all i can say is that i hope it get’s a season two, the most fun I’ve had with an anime in the last few months. Revels brilliantly it it’s own outlandish premise and stupidity. I give this anime four asses slamming together out of five.

yheaney - 2016-12-14 04:45:28

greatest masterpiece of our century

yraynor - 2016-10-15 03:27:15

I'm only on the second episode but I HAVE to do a short review. 

I'm not usually a fan of over the top fanservice anime but this one is just too hilarious not to like.