Yes, this is one of the worst anime series, I have ever saw. I saw only numerous panties, crotch, boobs and ass shots with no story. Even soft core porn had better plots. Wait, did I just type that? Yes, I did. Yeah it's stuff like this that made me lose interest in anime. Ikki Tousen meaning Strength of a Thousand, is known in the United States as Battle Vixens. The story is loosely based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century which is a historical novel set amidst the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history, starting in 169 CE and ending with the reunification of the land in 280. I really like Romance of the Three Kingdom related stuff, from the novel to Dynasty Warriors to Sangokuden Gundam so I gave this a try. This just took the story and didn't give it justice. At times I feel like I'm watching a Hentai and not a retelling of that folklore. It took something like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and just puke out a high school martial art conflict drama full of vomit. In the Kanto region of Japan, seven high schools are waging a turf war for territorial supremacy: Nanyo Academy, Kyosho Academy, Seito Academy, Yoshu Academy, Rakuyo High School, Gogun High School, and Yoshu Private School. The fighters of each school bear the sacred jewels called magatama, which contains the essence of warriors from the Three Kingdoms era of Ancient China 1800 years ago, as well as their fates. A young skillful female fighter named Hakufu Sonsaku is destined to stop the rivalry and bring peace to the school, but it won't be easy because the rival schools and even her own school are after her. This was first written for a manga series, and then finally an anime series. The number one thing I remember about the manga series is finding manga pages of it ripped out and stashed away in the bathroom of my local Books a Million. The anime series is god awful, but it's a bit sexy at times. Still, it might be too much. First off, it's has too much Ecchi or fan service, which means too much erotic fantasy and sexual innuendos. The series dealt with every sex fetish you can think of, bondage and torture, golden showers, and violence against women. I'm not counting the countless rape scenes that makes me sick. Anime like this gives anime a bad name and is what makes people think anyone who likes anime must be a pervert. It doesn't insult regular anime so much as it blurs the lines and misinforms newcomers to the genre, much like how a person new to American cartoons might be misinformed by, say, Fritz the Cat or Dirty Duck. The show is badly animated anyways. The girls have overly proportioned bodies. It's funny how all the boobs behave like cantaloupes attached to mattress springs, and have a wet, almost metallic shininess no matter what type of lighting there is. Have you ever seen a 14-17 year old girl with breasts bigger than her head? Don't get me on how bad the characters are. The characters are shallow, dumb, and unpleasant. The main character is so dumb, they made her clumsier and stupider to squeeze more tits and ass for the fapping fan boys. Where the hell was all the adults? I mean, is this some apocalyptic future where everything is run by teenagers? The story confused the hell out of me! The plot makes no sense and most of the episodes are just filler episodes with nothing going on. Let me get this straight, while other good series can barely get a second season, this garbage gets four seasons. I will bangs head against the wall. The English dubbing is badly done. The main character sounds like the annoying character De De from Dexter's Lab. It's not like she has anything smart to say, anyways. If you going to watch the series. Just watch the subs. The only thing I like about the series. The background music was pretty amazing. I know sex exist in all forms of media. This is not something unique just to Japanese culture. Still, why bother having sexual content that doesn't go all the way? I say, either be a mainstream anime with the occasional fan service sprinkled about, or go full-blown Hentai. Anything that tries to go down the middle of the road will just end up being a Frankenstein project combining the worst of both.
Review of Ikki tousen
