[Simulcast] Tiger & Bunny Episode #01 Review

[Chris Beveridge]

http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000006/83/64/d3d80d8d2d417beb_thumb.jpgReview by Chris Beveridge (http://www.mania.com/tiger-bunny-episode-01_article_129340.html)



Mania Grade: A-




In Summary:
Tiger & Bunny was a show that if you just read the name, it'd be easy to write off completely thinking it's just a pure goofy fanservice thing. What we get instead is a really wonderfully layered take on the superhero concept that's familiar yet fresh in its own way. The corporatization of superheroes is something that's been touched on many times in Western comics and the Japanese take on it here is a lot of fun as Sunrise gives it a fully realized world with a number interesting characters that have a whole lot of potential as we start to know them, both with the mask and without. The opening episode hits a lot of key points and does it while handling the big action scenes, the small personal scenes and the simple quiet moments perfectly. With this being the first show of the new season that I've seen, it's already one that has me highly anticipating what's to come.

[The Great Bear]

That wasn't bad. It had about the right balance of comedy and action, and it looks like it'll be an odd couple pairing with young idol Barnaby and old veteran Kotetsu, which may just work.

[malazar]

I was definitely very pleasantly surprised with this first episode. The concept seems like it should be fun. Somehow it reminds me of the recent Death Race movies in terms of the TV show with rankings of the characters and all that only with superheroes instead of inmates and a lot less death obviously. I was kinda discouraged after the pretty bad Winter season which was by far the worst of any simulcast season for me, but having this be the first show I watched of the new season has reinvigorated me a bit.

[ibby]

I thought that the first episode was quite interesting. I thought that the action sequence in the first episode was excellent. Can't wait for more. Out of curosity, can anybody kindly confirm how many episodes this series will be? Thanks in advance.

[Kouji Tamino]

...I think I've found my first simulcast. This sounds too awesome to not watch ASAP.

[LordGeo]

Definitely a good first episode. Wasn't really planning on checking this show out, but now I might just try to keep up with this show.

[Ashyukun]

Out of curosity, can anybody kindly confirm how many episodes this series will be? Thanks in advance.
I don't know for certain, and ANN only lists 12 episodes at the moment- but at the same time it IS a Sunrise show, and they have a strong tendency to be at least 2 cour (24-26 eps) long if not longer.

[tenebrusmke79]

I loved the first episode. It was a fun episode. I especially liked the product placements strewn within the episode and series.