Akagi

Originally Posted by ANN

One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.

If you browse 4chan at all, you've probably heard of this anime. Usually 4chan has some pretty shitty taste in anime, so I was a bit skeptical when some mahjong animu was recieving loads of hype. I finally decided to cave in and just try it out, and boy was I surprised at how good this is. I don't even understand mahjong fully after watching the 18 released episodes, but it's still fun as hell to watch.

It's not only mahjong either, there's some stuf inbetween matches of Akagi kicking people's asses, random Yakuza yelling at eachother, and just generally Akagi being a badass. The story and mood are pretty dark which isn't what you'd expect from an anime about mahjong, but it works surprisngly well and blends in with Akagi perfectly.

Even if you don't like mahjong, I highly reccomend this anime at least a try. It's definately not for everyone, but for the people it is for, it's really great.

Number of Episodes
- 24

Fansubbers
- The-Triad

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What the FUCK is that shit ? O.o;;. I'll...check it out and let you know.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Casaubon

Usually 4chan has some pretty shitty taste in anime

Personally, I have yet to be disappointed by anime I've picked up because I saw it hyped on 4chan. If it hadn't been for /a/, I probably wouldn't have picked up Ouran. Or Akagi, for that matter.

In a way, I'm kind of glad I waited for 4chan to convince me to watch Akagi instead of getting into it when it first came out. That let me marathon through each game without having to stop (except for the current arc).

Akagi is another in a string of anime that are good, even though they have no right to be. Seriously, what's interesting about an anime about playing Mahjong? Or, for that matter, playing Go? Or making bread? On the other hand, watching games of skill and/or chance on television is popular, as Akagi, the above-referenced Hikaru no Go and the World Series of Poker all indicate.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.