Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

I have seen lots of good movies and animes, filled with suspense and tension, but " Gambling Apocalypse" is on a whole different level. The nail bitting moments are intense and very well written. The script is A+. Never cheered for someone, so hard, in a movie before.

For me it's the best gambling show I've ever seen, 10/10.. But in general it's 8.5.

What I realized about this show, in brief, it gives you hope, and take it away at the same moment you become hopeful, it takes it away in the most hurting and painful way. If you want to watch it, keep cool and don't have hope that anything good would happen, until it really happens.

I can't believe something like SAO or Bleach or Naruto are so famous while Kaiji is so underrated even though it's about 700million times better (if you know what I mean), well here how good it is: I know a lot about gamblers and how they feel and act and this anime had me on the edge all the time like I was the one gambling and it dealt with a gambler MC in such a perfect way! it's like that character is a real life gambler in front of your eyes and sometimes it's like you are gambling yourself (only applies if you've gambled before and know the feelings) and then again it's a smart mind game and lots of puzzles for you to solve..some I guessed and some I couldn't so it just keeps you close to your screen the entire 2 seasons! I just loved it! so really if you haven't watch it yet then go watch it right now! definitely one of the best 5 animes I've ever seen!

There are many anime , whether about gambling or not, where the protagonist possess almost superhuman intellect,speed or powers. However in only a handful can the hero be.........human with all the weaknesses and flaws of a human being. That's Ito Kaiji, the main character, who is as flawed as anyone and yet so brilliant at times as to almost be out of this world. I really enjoyed the series and once i got used to the ,admittedly, uncommonly angular art style i was really drawn in. I can compare the real life lessons Kaiji has to offer to another great yet underrated anime: NHK ni Youkoso (Welcome to the N.H.K.). All in all , Kaiji is a food for thought type of anime that may demand the viewers undivided attention,to understand it fully, but rewards them with many hours of pure entertainment. My rating is 8/10.

My Review will be in 5 Main Parts: 1- The Goal (10 out of 10): The Anime have several goals like "Never give up, Think Then decide, Fulfillment, Teamwork, ..... etc" And all of those goals positive and the anime delivered it to the viewer in a clear way. The main goal is That "Gambling is Bad", It is obviously that the anime all about gambling and how it's risky and that the hard work is the way to what you want because that gambling is for lazy men who will end up dead, bankrupt or indebted and the lucky one will be rich, but it's a lust in the end so he will continue Gambling and fall in the same problem (it is a cycle that not end). 2- The Excitement: (10 out of 10) It found here in hard situations when kaiji make a decision, And that was done very good and make me feel that Difficulty. 3- The influence: (8 out of 10) The anime make me interact with every scene of win, lose, sadness, happiness *BUT* the sad scenes was less influence that not made me full interact. 4- The Vital (7 out of 10) The anime make me watch it in 4 days only -season 1 in 3 days and season 2 in two days- Every new episode take me to the next one *BUT* season 2 made me bored in some episodes where i think There was unnecessary lengthening. 5- Overview (7 out of 10) As general it was very good anime *BUT* these are some of the points where the anime did not succeed in my view: 1- The scenes of full nudity of the characters in the room of losers it wasn't should to be like this, They could have been partially naked until they go to the permanent punishment, specially that some of them went out from the room. 2- The girl that didn't showed in the anime but mentioned only, why her picture in bikini showed every episode in season 2? "the episode end was enough for her story with kaiji". My Rating: 42/50 == 8/10