Crazy martial arts mayhem is seen in another anime called Tenjou Tenge. Through the anime, at least this is what I thought, I felt like I was watching the fighting antics of Ranma 1/2 blended with the plot from Rosario + Vampire. I'll explain why I felt such watching this for the first time...
As it opens up, two students, Souichiro Nagi and Bob Makihara, are about to begin their first day in Toudou High Shchool, with intent on ruling the school as they did others before it. However, they learn first hand that this is not your typical school of bookworms and delinquents. Oh, no... this Toudou High has students that learn and integrate fighting styles of many, and even have their share of supernatural-able students. Getting into a scuffle with the Executive Council, they participate in the only surviving group that serves as the Council's opposition: the Juken Club. This club has 3 members: Aya Natsume, a first year student, Masataka Tanakayagi, the younger brother of the Council's head, and the captain Maya Natsume, a skilled third year who is able to use body manipulation to change form. However, the squabble between Juken and the Executive Council may have deeper meaning, as oppose to them merely not liking one another...
The anime ran for 26 episodes, with the addition of 2 OVAs and an animated film called The Past Chapter. The content of the anime was toned down from the original manga, which was localized by CMX, a subgroup of DC Comics. Supposedly, it had a dosage of pornographic imagery and profanity, and in conjunction with Shueisha and Ito "Oh, Great!" Ogure, they were toned down a great notch. However, Viz Media soon picked up the licensing last month, supposedly releasing it to be faithful to the original manga, in other words uncut. Anime-wise, it was licensed by Geneon, though this probably isn't true for the anime film. All of the animated work was under Madhouse studio. Among the voices we hear, we have Wendee Lee voicing Maya, and Steve Staley voicing Souichiro, to name a few.
Tenjou Tenge is the mix of school and martial arts, with a bit of romance here and there, gaining a 7.3 in my scale overall.
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