"Kenichi" is one of the best fighting shows. It tells the story of a timid boy named Kenichi who has trouble making friends and gets picked on by bullies. His only acquaintance is Nijima a boot-licker who tries to align himself with the bullies by putting down Kenichi. Kenichi decides to learn martial arts so he can protect himself. A chance meeting with new student Miu leads him to becoming the disciple of five eccentric masters. What separates good fighting shows from bad is the colourful characters our hero meets and their personal stories. The pacing of the series is good. With hard work Kenichi slowly becomes one of the toughest fighters at school and he makes new friends on the way. What makes the show funny is Kenichi remains timid unless he has a good reason to fight. Unlike say Dragonball Z the 50 episodes of this show go quickly and the Ragnarok story arc comes to a satisfying conclusion. I've seen the Funimation version and the Japanese version and they are both good.
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gjhong17 July 2010
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damon-2243720 April 2021This is easily one of the best fighting anime out there and I've seen more than I can count to say that. It is your classic Dragon Ball Z scenerio where the protagonist keeps getting stronger but also keeps fighting more powerful enemies but it is well written so it doesn't get that repetitive.
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extraplay-618384 December 2022One of the best shows.
"Kenichi" has some of the best fighting shows, but with real heart. It tells the story of a timid boy named Kenichi who has trouble making friends and gets picked on by bullies. The only character I didn't like was Nijima a boot-licker who doesn't serve any purpose, and is annoying so that is why I gave this show a 9 rather than a 10.
Kenichi learns martial arts so he can protect himself. A chance meeting with new student Miu leads him to becoming the disciple of five eccentric masters, who are so entertaining.
What separates good fighting shows from bad is the colourful characters our hero meets and their personal stories. The pacing of the series is good.
With hard work Kenichi slowly becomes one of the toughest fighters at school and he makes new friends on the way. What makes the show funny is Kenichi remains timid unless he has a good reason to fight.
The Ragnarok story arc is a satisfying conclusion.
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anceshimatta28 February 2022Freaking love the characters, the plot it's really good and the comedy, Romance and Drama are on Point, the fights and character development is pretty good.
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akarunkumar-4861316 August 2021Well this anime has very good story. The fighting scenes comedy are at best. I wish it had more episodes. There are animes with lots of dragging episodes. But with this anime each episodes gives more fun and excitement to watch the next. It's very disappointing that there is no continuation.
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jhenriod-2454428 November 2022This show deserves a better rating and needs to be continued it's a shame when a gem gets cancelled and there is way too much hate in this show, people hating just don't have a sense of humor. It's also great to see another show that shows even weak people can get strong with hard work, there is nothing wrong with this anime besides it got cancelled but it's still a must watch for people that love humor filled shows, every character ads an amazing depth it's strong writing mixed with stand up comedy so don't listen to all of these haters and just watch it and enjoy yourself you won't regret it.
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fernandomarzana9 June 2022Even though this anime is a zero to hero type. The characters are unique with their own gimmicks and personalities that makes the series pleasing to watch. Kenichi the mightiest disciple also uses actual martial arts and well explains their techniques, training methods, and also origins. It is a shame that this series does not receive the exposure that it deserves to get. I hope that a high quality anime company gets to reboot it to make it better known with both the Japanese and English viewers.
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moizoske26 August 2022After having seen the 50 episodes and 11 OVAs I think there is something more to show within all the content from the manga and continue Kenichi's way to discover if Kenichi finally can deal with all the members of the organization, besides I think the mangakas or writers can develop deepened Kenichi's masters in the new season( dream on about it) because in my opinion the episode 11 from the ova is not enough for me and it did concrete anything. After having seen the 50 episodes and 11 OVAs I think there is something more to show within all the content from the manga and continue Kenichi's way to discover if Kenichi finally can deal with all the members of the organization, besides I think the mangakas or writers can develop deepened Kenichi's masters in the new season( dream on about it) because in my opinion the episode 11 from the ova is not enough for me and it did concrete anything.
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amiranda-3927427 September 2019I discovered kenichi the mightiest disciple by pure accident a few years ago when I was looking up workout videos and I came across a jaxblade video about it. From that single video I became hooked on watching as much of the anime as I could, and I ended up loving it, however I couldn't find the entire show online, so I decided to buy the dvd, however they would only sell this show in two parters for like $200, so I gave up. But just a week ago I finally found a seller who had the entire series on dvd in English, and would sell it to me for $50. Lets just say I was shocked when the dvd arrived and the show was in perfect quality, I binged watched it all and now I want to share my opinion of this anime. This anime is about a wimpy kid named kenichi who gets bullied all the time, but still has a good heart and a need to protect others. He finally gets a chance to become stronger when he meets the love of his life, Miu a martial arts prodigy who lives with 6 extremely powerful martial arts masters. Kenichi becomes the disciple of all 6 masters as they put him through extreme training based on their different types of martial arts. And eventually kenichi does indeed become stronger, taking down his bullies and other street thugs, but also attracting the attention of a violent fighting organization called Ragnarok controlled by 8 powerful street fighters. What makes kenichi stand out from other anime protagonists is that he does not get powerful right away, if anything he still sucks at fighting at the end of the first season and just survives off the training of his masters, even they say he has no talent for fighting but he has a iron will. Through this he gets stronger throughout the anime, slowly but gradually, and his training to protect miu and others is very inspiring. In fact he inspires other people even former enemies to become better. But despite becoming stronger through the show, kenichi is indeed a bona fide loser and wimp, always being scared of stronger opponents or even his masters, he can get kind of annoying when he turns back into a coward, but when he sees other people in danger especially miu, he will always snap out of it and become a man who will risk his own life to help others. This is the charm of the anime and its always uplifting to see. Each character is very likeable and has their own weirdness especially the 6 masters. The English dub voice acting is awesome and just adds so much energy to the show, you can tell the voice actors really had fun doing this, also most of them are from the anime fairytail voice cast. The action in this is anime starts out clunky, but that is because of the poor animation seen at the beginning of the series, but like kenichi the action and animation for it, get much better and eventually become incredible to watch. Despite the action, this anime feels more like a comedy sometimes, with jokes that are hit or miss, but when the jokes are funny they are absolute gold. The Fanservice is probably one of the main reasons to watch this show, all the women have bodies built like sexy goddesses and every guy has rock hard abs. The training used in every episode is actually based off of real world martial arts, and despite not being completely accurate, are still very informative, especially info regarding the philosophical parts of martial arts. This anime doesnt exactly have a big plot, it basically starts with kenichi wanting to get stronger to beat his bullies and impress the girl he loves, but he ends up getting into more fights, until eventually he decides to take down the leaders of ragnarok and end all of the pointless fighting.The ending is very abrupt and made me feel salty, it felt like the show was cancelled just as it was getting good. I don't read the manga but I know the story of kenichi goes on with him fighting other martial arts organizations, other power hungry psychos, and the finale revealing that kenichi did indeed grow up to be one of the most powerful fighters in the world and most importantly got married to miu and had a daughter with her, although I wish we could have seen this in the anime, ill take what I can get. This is an anime that will leave you wanting to hit the gym and find your own path to becoming a stronger person both in soul and body.
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50fiftillidideeBrain18 November 2022😀KTMD is classic anime featuring the standard teen-boy--pure-💛-protag that's akin to Speed Racer (70's foundational Japanimation) Except it's super-duper happy.
⚠ KTMD would be appropriate for tweens, but for the more intense fighting and the bawdiness, including all the TahTeeTahz! 👀. Even mom's generous 🅱az🅾ngid🅰s are like sausages on the brink of splitting the casings under a 2nd skin of fabric. One of the masters is The Mightiest Lecher (for comedic effect). Even if he had 10,000 disciples waiting for him back home▶ so what? He's in need of a slap▶ Mayhap... some day 〰🌈〰 some Brave🥇Warrior will be be fast enough for some carry🎗thru. There's 🍚🍚DLES of amazing stuff out there for tweens to attack, including the complete works of Haytao Miyazaki, currently featured on HBOMax. Turn on One Piece. They'll 😍 it‼ Tweens can wait to meet the mightiest disciple.
🌱 Kenichi is a middle school kid (age 14-16) dubbed "Weak Knees" Kenichi. (He's in the Gardening Club🌼folks!) He's on the way to school, minding his own business - oblivious to his own space, rather - when he's snatched & thrown by the girl in front of him.
She's 'so S😱RRY!' But...
🤾'You should /never/ sneak up on a person like that‼ My reflexes just💢kick in'. As Kenichi looks up, he's immediately 🎈🎈blown over by fascination. Miu ("Me-U") has a bod worthy of rapper videos. Her martial arts skills are otherworldly. She's kind. Dawww, she even likes 🐈kitties! Kenichi becomes her first friend at her new school, so it's not long💨 before she invites him to her place. Her home is a dojo owned by her grandfather. The shadowy cosplayers on site appear stoic, yet the very air is a soup of mystery, seasoned with a pinch of bug-eyed dread.
🍑 KTMD takes place in W🍭nderland for 14 year-old boys. It's James and the Giant Peach with Karate, except it's a dojo, it doesn't roll, and Kenichi is under constant danger of expiration thru the course of his grueling training▶
🆘 I don't know... by training him like that he might DIE
🆘 If you train this way, Kenichi, you'll DIE
🆘 If we teach you this too fast it'll KILL you
🆘 This training technique is also perfect to roast rabbits, as precision is required to control the heat▶ Keep moving‼ or it could get dangerous❗
🆘 Don't let Kenichi know that he was clinically DE🅰D, due to Apa's training, and we had to revive him
🆘 Tsk. Uh-oh. It's better that he doesn't remember /that/
🕷Mrs. Spider, these masters are not. Other than all that grave danger, how cute and warm🌞 this show is! Like James & that 🍑, he finds this otherworldly hangout, with this cagey cast of lethal weapons, that end up as mentors and friends. They (along with Miu) reflect all the delight and wonder that exist in a young boy's mind. It is breezy fun to-boot.
🐻KTMD is also educational. Did you know the Asiatic black bear can run 37 miles an hour? Don't ever be misguided enough to think you can outrun one, we learn.
✅/❎As soon as Kenichi prevails against the 1st bully, the dojo warns him that tough guys & other rabid bears will be tumbling out of the punching post to try and topple him. Once his name is broadcasted at school, Kenichi recognizes the hard choice. His options are: Learn to defend self or be miserly controlled. One must wonder if the poor slubs who opted for the latter, had truly considered and fully understood their new bonds. There's always a ch☑ice; doing the right thing will always be the difficult one ~ initially, that is. We become slaves to our wrong choices. Through hard practice and perseverance, the right choice becomes natural. We are all sculptors, and choices are chisels. Each choice further defines you/me/us by shaving away a sliver at a time🗿.
🌄While Kenichi always selects the right fork in the path through the course of the show, the message that he has no natural talent for martial arts, is on 🔃repeat. In order to protect those he loves, Kenichi, through hard practice and perseverance, becomes an effective fighter. We'll see that Kenichi's true power is not physical. He collects friends along the journey by way of his courageous and generous 💛. Don't misunderstand, he collects 🅾 help from his masters in these fights. A master never✖interferes with his disciple's battles.
🌇There's plenty more in the Manga series. On 📺, KTMD worked out from 2006-14, but by this 🕔, we can only look forward to watching a rematch -whoops - a remake, I mean, with our grandkids.
🥋Ah well, time to pick up & throw down the next one.
QUOTE🗣 {This plant} "is much more durable because it has such a strong stem from growing slowly. It never would have survived if it had grown quickly and thin. Real progress takes time."
〰🖍 IMHO
🎬8 🖋〰7.5 🎭7.6 💓7 🦋4 🌞8 🎨7.4⚡8.2 🎵6.3 😅7.2 🤔5 🔚9
Age 13+ 🅱oobie🅱rothers Production, lots of Street Fighting depicting Kenichi being a very brave and decent person. Aside from his age-appropriate raging hormones, which he mostly keeps under wraps, he's a great role model.
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When I first heard of Kenichi, I was surprised to find out that it came out in '07, yet I never even seen one episode or a poster. After watching several episodes (26) I see why. This isn't a good Anime on any level. The audience has to understand that this was an Anime that release in the 2000's, not the 90's or 80's. Yet its animation is horrible, its VA's don't perform as stellar as they do in other series, and the story is so one dimensional, that it tags its "life lesson" in nearly every sentence every Master expels.
It seems that the only time the animation steps up is to lighten up the mood with comedy (Apachai/Shigure), but even then it reminds me of a early 90's cartoon. This isn't Dragonball, this isn't Bleach, nor is it Naruto. All of which I have mentioned, have better story, animation and characters. Even if you dislike the story and or art form of past animes, by comparison, Kenichi falls very short.
I saw a reviewer say that a similar show like DBZ had no reason to why its characters had to fight. But we need to understand a few things here. Anime's like this, are fight fluff, they aren't much else. Sure they have some character development, but you aren't going to find the meaning of life or, a tale about trans-humanism in a show about animated martial arts with big breasted ninja's who can cut anything with a spoon. It's silly, overbearing, and badly animated.
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TVpotatoCat6 August 2017It started kind of nice, a bit amusing and interesting in seeing how the guy gains power. But in a short time it became very repetitive: he always tries to get laid with the blond who has big boobs and there are always people who want to fight him, which he almost always defeats.
Chapter 19 in and there is absolutely no character development.
They try to show martial arts in a realistic way, meaning with the techniques mostly. But everything else is completely nonsense.
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My 3/10 mangaupadtes review for the original series: I dropped Kenichi early on due to it's boring/formulaic shonen nature but it got infamous on the web so i have looked at enough chapters while watching TV of all sorts of volumes and the final volume to get enough of what Shounen Sunday failed to push on me. I got to see young girls in tight tights turned naked ALL the time and the manga turned into nipple and barely covered vagina appreciation... Or were the butt cheeks the stars as they were bigger then some heads! Most importantly is the fact that no choreography or good martial arts (what is this series about anyway?) could be found and nearly all the men looked like He-man abortions. I obviously don't know what the big picture is but the category tags look highly confused too. What a twist and Kenichi is also a 1 to 1 "remake" of his previously failed Tatakae! Ryouzanpaku Shijou Saikyou no Deshi so i know that Matsuena's next series will be a train wreck too. At least the series isn't vile porn and just highly embarrassing softcore porn on the level of Needless, Negima and friends but the ending is equal nonsense too which means that either part 2 is coming when Matsuena's money runs out or that a third and identical fighty titz manga about the power of leveling up through training/friendship is juts around the corner. He may even skip a male lead next time and what was his character about anyway? If you care about Martial Arts (and romance) than read All Rounder Meguru (10/10) which i also reviewed and today's shonen bestsellers need a giant Titan (very good and a 8/10) sized kick in the pants to get on my pull list again. I am lastly sure that teenage me wouldn't have read Kenichi ether as he had taste and Hunter x Hunter (9/10) / Rurouni Kenshin (10/10) / Naruto on his side so read them too and let's see if shonen action can recover in the next few years.