Baki the Grappler

This is hands down the best series I have ever seen in my entire life, it's not even close. The likes of one piece, naruto, dragon ball, bleach, death note, etc. Can't match this. If you call yourself a real man you will undoubtedly love this. Almost every character in this series is driven by their love and passion of fighting and they share the same view of fighting in terms of value, but not in terms of styles. These characters are essentially normal human beings who loves to fight, but they amount to ludicrous feats that are way beyond the limitations of a human. It's also very inconsistent in a way. But this ridiculousness and inconsistency is the epitome of imagination, which is probably the biggest factor that makes this show so damn good to me. The brutality, which is way more apparent in the new netflix version is also a big plus to me. On top of this, there is so much more that makes this show as great as it is but it would be way too much to write about.

If you are looking at this you are probably familiar with this anime. Maybe you know there is also a manga which takes the blood and bone, bordering realistic theme of this universe, into even greater hype domains.

My favorite manga, my favorite anime, my favorite peace of literature, my favorite philosophical discourse about nature of being A MAN.

Its wonderful in so many ways, and it speaks on many levels. Be prepared to set new PR's and practice sardonic smile in front of a mirror. Be prepared to yell in Japanese for no reason whatsoever (sub > dub). Be prepared to look into the distance and remember ancient arrow catching techniques. Be prepared to start overeating and challenging animals to duels.

1000/10 Would watch again, and AM watching again. hahahah PS: there's a new season out, 2018 production. Its awesome!

Baki is my personal 2nd favorite anime behind JoJos Bizzare Adventure much like JoJo this series is over the top redicious but instead of focusing on the supernatural this series is more grounded in reality as in the fighters in this show use nothing but their muscles to achieve superhuman feats while still being humans no energy blasts or psychic ghosts here just brutal human on human bare knuckle brawls exadurated to the Max this not only makes it unique but very entertaining if you like manly anime like JoJo, Fist of the North Star, and Berserk or classic martial arts shonen like Dragonball z and Yuyu hakusho give this a watch you'll love it

The question with Baki is quite simple, when you understand that any kind of feeling towards another person is expressed through being beaten down, the series is much more enjoyable.

I'm not going to lie to you, love Baki. I love their unbelievable fights, their physically impossible bodies, their completely random dialogues, those secret techniques that come out of nowhere just to increase epicity. It's excellent.

Baki (this series and the current one) is one of my favorite anime, for two reasons: Because it is the first anime I saw and because it does not mind being only a fighting series, and is proud in that sense.

If you are a martial arts fan you will love this anime because It's got lots of action and marital arts tournament and displays many style of fighting from the real world.

The story is a bit fast paced for my liking, I would've enjoyed it more if it had more episodes.

All episodes are really high quality and if you prefer to watch the series dubbed then I can tell you that the dubs are really good for this one.

The animation is good and art style too although a bit outdated since it was released in 2001.

It's my favorite anime from all time.