Kaiji

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.

Kaiji is about a low class bum who got into a debt due to him co signing for a co-worker he knew. The debt is 3,850,000 yen and there's no way someone like Kaiji could work off that much in so little time. When a debt collector came to see him, he gave Kaiji an opportunity in erasing his debt. And this involves Kaiji attending a game with other men that are in his position. If he wins he'll be able to live a more comfortable life. If he loses he'll be in deeper debt.

With an entirely original story featuring uniquely drawn characters. Kaiji is an anime that's never been done before. Very few others would include risky gambling or featuring torture to it's fullest. In fact the games of gamble are so intense that you'll be wanting to watch the series to the very end.

If you like an anime that has risky gambling or something that shows torture, then include Kaiji on your list of "Anime yet to be licensed in America".

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.

Kaiji is an anime that revolves around a man named Kaiji who is in his early 20s. He is poverty striken and lives in an apartment. He is very greedy after money, he doesn't choose any fair means to earn it but through his habit of gambling. Apart from being greedy, he is also very jealous of rich and higher class people. He has a lot of symbols of cars at his home which he stealed from luxurious cars of the rich people on the streets. This indicates towards his jealousy. One day a man who is a debt collector shows at his home. Kaiji had taken nearly half a million yen of loan from various loan agencies. When the debt collector asked him for the money, he couldn't gave him as he didn't had any because he spend all that in gambling. The debt collector offered him a gambling opportunity. The gambling game was to be held at a ship. On that ship there were various people who were also indebted with money. Kaiji agreed and from there his roller coaster journey started. This was all about the plot. Now about the anime, it is a very thrilling 52 episodes (2 seasons) story in which the viewer will get glued to the screen. This anime series can give anyone a massive amount of adrenaline rush. The story, voice acting, animation, soundtrack everything combined will give you a edge-of-the-seat experience. This story is about how gambling can be extremely addictive habit and Kaiji falls right into the trap of it. The art style is not something like a typical anime but the art style is something which suits to the theme of this anime which is dark and greedy nature of the world in which the Anime is set in. This and Death Note have the best soundtrack so no disappointment their also. Overall, highly recommended series to watch.

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!