Ikki Tousen

Just this week i discovered several anime series on the internet. There are so many. But this one caught my eye because it is about martial arts! Currently i have seen 6 episodes of the 13 episodes made in this series. Usually in these kind of stories the main character is always male. In this story there is a female lead. This young girl is very charming but at the same time very emancipated, she takes charge when she feels like it! Boy or girl, if she wants to fight you she will fight you. And she is extremely attractive, nice face, big boobs and nice panties. You will see a lot of her behind since the skirts she is wearing are very very short. Still the story is exciting and has some great action and a lot of humor.Sonsaku Hakufu (the girl's name) is destined to be the great ruler of all, but is not aware of her powers until she encounters several strong opponents. When she fights, most of the male opponents make fun of her, because she is a pretty girl! But when they get beaten by her their laughter turns into surprise and fear. Then they realize that she is a very powerful girl. Most of the story is about these situations and her development as a fighter. The animation is great, but sometimes and i mean sometimes you really wish that they wouldn't show the panties all the time,since it is really distracting! (Ignore this previous remark, i realize i never can get enough of beautiful women in white panties!!!!) Watch it!

How could you not like this show? It's so totally over the top. Apparently Ikkitousen is Japanese for "Schoolgirl Upskirt Pantyshot Karate Double D-Cup Deathmatch!" Some people complain that the story doesn't make any sense and this is just a mindlessly violent softcore porn series, but to those people I have just two words.

"Well, duh!"

Of course Ikkitousen is just a mindlessly violent softcore porn series. What, was there some misunderstanding here? You thought it was a serious drama about high school violence in modern day Japan, or a contemporary retelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Oh grow up! Didn't you see the opening credits? There's more fanservice in a minute and a half of Ikkitousen's opening credits than in ten years of Dragonball Z episodes.

And the artwork is amazing! Now this is what bishōjo is supposed to look like. The people who draw Ikkitousen have apparently seen actual human females with large breasts, so they don't just draw boobs as huge, freakish balloons stuck onto the front of their female characters, unlike so many other animes I could mention. Even the violence is realistic, at least by anime standards. None of the characters throw energy balls or fly through the air, or any of that sort of nonsense. Instead there is a lot of taekwondo style kicks and karate strikes. One of the girls does a juji-gatame (cross armbar) that looks like it came right out of a judo textbook, and another fight ends with a tiger suplex. Awesome!

So if you like the idea of a cartoon with with bone-crunching, blood-spraying martial arts action coupled with realistically rendered bouncing breasts and constant panty-shots, then Ikkitousen is the anime you've been waiting for. Turn off your brain and enjoy!

Alright I'm gonna say this, but this show is not that good. The story is just stupid and it keeps showing us unnecessary fanservice. You can't go five minutes without seeing breast bouncing or panty shots. It gets annoying. As for the story in the kanto region of Japan seven high schools are fighting for territory. Each school carries a jewel called the magatama which contains the essence of the Three Kingdoms to decide the schools fate. I'll let you decide how stupid that plot is. The characters are unlikable and while the animation is great, it's wasted by drawing fanservice. Now maybe this is not for me. For me I don't mind fanservice as long it's not in your face and it doesn't get in the way of the story. But if your into fanservice in anime instead of story I guess I can recommend this to you.

the books where good. published by tokyopop, they were (a little) less pervy than the rest(at least, the pervyness was more justifiable). the story was deep, and well written out. but when it came out as a TV series, the anime was blotchy, scenes past to quick, a lot of talk, and a really, really ditsy busty main. i mean, she was ditsy in the book(dated worse...), but it was funny. the TV series was just ditsyness when it wasn't really needed at all. the story was not very well done. there were very few references to the magenta thingies and the past. i enjoyed it enough, but the whole uniform falls apart thing? one kick and everything falls off, save for conveniently placed bits of cloth? we arnt that young anymore. and since this is aimed for an 18+ audience, surely some more grown up approaches would suffice.

This has great action, an interesting story, and plenty of fan service. NO NUDITY. Anyone who says there is, has not seen the series. If you're a prude without taste, you won't like this. If you're a fun person with good taste, you'll love this.