Character reviews-Gouda Hanzou

Hanzou Gouda (郷田 ハンゾウ Gouda Hanzou?) is the gang leader of Misora Middle School's slums and one of the supporting characters in Danball Senki. Gouda's outfit is that of a gang leader of the Showa Era, a traditional blck uniform consisting of a long-tailed jersey, and sometimes carrying a wooden sword. He has long black pants and a white belt. He wears wooden sandles that are a couple inches high. His hair and yes are both a deep teal.

Gouda is titled ‘The Destroyer from Hell’. He is one of Lex’ subordinate. He admire Lex from his heart since Lex possess a great LBX skill. That’s why, when Jin accused Lex of purposely losing, he’s mad, since he knows that Lex, the legendary LBX player, wouldn’t do that. Gouda’s LBX is Hakai-o. It  specialize in power, so Gouda’s fighting style is not hiding and strike, but instead strike to his opponent openly. This also because of the factor in his personality. He tends to finish every problem by fist, thus, making him a straight forward person. This, however, does not cause him to have no friends, instead he have his own gang. And all of the member calls him ‘leader’.

Character review-Aoshima Kazuya

Kazuya, or usually called Kazu is one of the protagonist and main character of this series. Kazuya appears with kinky, ginger hair tied to the back as a ponytail, and has dark, cerulean eyes. He wears a baby blue jacket, a white dress shirt with its collar popped and red tie, a pair of black pants and black dress shoes.

Kazu is one of Ban’s best friends. He also likes to play and customize his own LBX. At first, Kazu is scared and doesn’t want to fight with Ban, but seeing his friends in danger, he eventually overcome his fear and came to fight alongside Ban. His LBX was actually Warrior, but it broke when he was fighting alongside Ban. He was upset about it at first, but when he obtained Hunter, he doesn’t seem to be anymore.

Like Ami, he’s also protective towards his friends. For example, he once stated that he’ll beat Jin’s LBX, since Jin destroyed Ami’s LBX at a battle. This shows how much he cares for his teammates and he’s willing to do anything to make them happy.

Character review-Kawamura Ami

Kawamura Ami is one of the protagonist and the main characters in Danball Senki series. Ami has short, lavender hair and dark, violet eyes. She is 13 years old, and usually wears a pale pink winter-like sweater, pink short skirt, white stockings, and earmuffs.

Ami protecting her friends 

Ami is a cheerful girl who accompanies Ban when he plays LBX. She is a brave girl who will protect her friends when she has to. If you make fun of her friends, she won’t hesitate to became sassy and protect his friends. Aside that, she is pretty popular among her friends, and has three fans already thanks to her beauty. She act dislike toward it, though.

However, her strength does not depend on her beauty only but also on her LBX skill. She posses a great intelligence and applied it when she operates her LBX. Not only that, but she’s also a smart mechanic, like when she suggested her friend, Aoshima Kazuya on deciding parts of his LBX. I really think Ami is a great female protagonist because she’s not just a weak girl who plays ‘damsel in distress’ in this series, but she also plays a great role. This is also one of the charms that Danball Senki posses. And that is, to not judge. Even though Ami is a girl, no one judge her for playing with LBX, and neither did she feels bad about it.

Character Reviews-Kaido Jin

Jin Kaidou (海道 ジン?) is one of the main protaganists in the Danball Senki. Jin is a paled,slim young man of average height.He has black hair with a grey-white streak on the right side. He has red eyes and wears a black and purple suit outside of a white shirt and a grey vest. He wears a pair of maroon skinny jeans.

Kaido Jin is a prodigy and a genius when it comes to LBX. He won a title "The Split-Second Emperor” by himself. He was titled “split-second” according to his fighting style, which allowed him to win in just a short period of time. That short period of time is often only a matter of seconds. He once won a one on three battle by 9.0 seconds, which is superb, considering he’s alone. His skill depends on the speed of operating his CCM, the operator of his LBX. His speed at operating it is so great that even the CPU inside his LBX can’t keep up. His skill at LBX is in no doubt, above average, but he didn’t play it for himself. He did it for his grandfather, Kaido Yoshimitsu.

To Jin, his grandfather is the only person left who he love as his family. Jin has lost his parents in Tokyo Bridge Incident at a very young age, and Kaido Yoshimitsu save him from the masses. The masses who only care to make an interesting story about Jin surrounded a 5-year-old Jin who is crying because he had just lost his parents. However, Kaido Yoshimitsu saved him, and even said that he’ll be Jin’s family from now on. After that, Kaido Yoshimitsu adopts Jin, and thus, Jin truly believed that his grandfather is his family. That’s why, when revealed that his grandfather is the one who is responsible for the incident that kills both of his parents. Not only that, his grandfather is the leader of an evil organization that endangers the world, Innovator. After the incident with Haibara Yuya, his heart finally sees the truth and Jin decided to help Ban and his friends. He wasn’t accepted by them at first, since he was indeed once a member of Innovator. But eventually he became an important part of his friend. His cold and quiet personality that used to make him distant from his friend began to disappear thanks to his friends’ love and care.

Character review- Yamano Ban

Yamano Ban is the main character of danball senki series. Ban has with curly, brown hair, dark, hazel eyes, and thick eyebrows. He wears an orange and blue jacket with a heart-struck cupid-theme logo on the back, baggy blue pants and a pair of red sneakers. He always carries a white LBX shoulde Bag that serves as his LBX tool kit.

 Ban is a very energetic boy who is passionate about LBX. He doesn’t own one, since his mother forbids him to. However, he doesn’t give up his passion to play LBX. He trains with his friends, Ami and Kazuya. The reason he’s passionate about LBX is because it’s the only thing that makes Ban feels he’s connected to his father, Yamano Junichiro. His father is the one who invented LBX ---(Little Battler Experience), the robot that now became the world-trend--- for the first time. However, Yamano Junichiro died in a plane crash. Ban’s mother blamed LBX for his death, however, Ban is different.  He didn’t blamed LBX, instead came to love it even more. That’s why when Uzaki Takuya said that Yamano Junichiro is still alive, he became more and more determined

Ban is a also a very friendly boy and a person who never give up to any situation. Even when he was faced to a strong opponent, dangerous situation, or even overcome a person’s death. There was one time when Ban blamed LBX for all the bad things that happened to him and people around him, but, thanks to Jin’s encouraging, he get up once more to reach his goal. He fight hard and tried his best to do what he can to save his father, also the world. Thanks to this personality Ban gain many friend. Unlike most people, he didn’t blame or hate Jin for being in Innovator, instead, he is the only person who trust Jin for the first time. These attitude is one of his many charms that attracts a lot of watchers.

Review Anime-Danball Senki

Danball Senki (Anime)

Danball Senki (ダンボール戦機 Danbōru Senki, lit. "Cardboard Chronicles") is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Level-5 under the direction of Naohito Takahashi. Based on the Danball Senki Playstation Portable RPG, the anime series was broadcasted in Japan on the TV Tokyo Network starting March 2, 2011.

Plot

The year 2050, Ban Yamano is an average middle schooler who loves LBXs, but couldn't have one due to his mother's banning after the death of his father 5 years ago. One day when he was returning home, he comes across a Rina Ishimori who hands him a metal briefcase saying it is the key to both "hope and despair" for all humanity. He returns home to discover the contents in the briefcase, an LBX model named "AX-00" never seen in the sales catalogs. Then he get ambushed by a mysterious LBX legion, leaving Ban no choice but to fight back using the AX-00. Ban manages to fend them off, but finds himself caught later in future battles for the sake of recapturing the AX-00.

Together with his classmates, Ami Kawamura and Kazuya Aoshima; they fight off the enemies later confirmed as the Innovator. Led by Yoshimitsu Kaidou, this mysterious organization whose agendas for global domination involves the hidden key item inside the LBX model. Soon, Ban will come across many friends and rivals from his LBX battles to accompany him in the fight against the organization. Teaming up with Hanzou Gouda, Daiki Sendou, and the mysterious transfer student, Jin Kaidou; they join the anti-terrorist organization called the Seekers, led by Takuya Uzaki, younger brother of the CEO of the world's top LBX maker. As the fight against the Innovators continues, Ban would discover the true nature of the LBXs, including the reason for his father's disappearance.

(source : danball-senki.wikia.com)

Thoughts after watching the anime

As you can see, this anime is about little robots, called ‘LBX’. If you watched gundam, then you could say that LBX is the smaller version of it. It uses  a certain diorama called ‘d-cube’ it’s skin is made of super strong cardboard, and that’s where the name ‘danbooru senki’ came from. I must admit, the first time I watched it, I’m pretty confused about the story line, but now that I’ve watched it until episode 44, I really think it’s a great anime! Even though it’s meant to be a children anime, the story also contains political issues, death(s), and also the value of life, so don’t expect this to be an anime SOLELY for children, since it definitely is not. I recommended this anime especially for those who also watch Level-5 series!

Thoughts on the story

Personally, I think that the first episode of this series is a bit confusing. Why? Well… at the start of the story, Ban is fighting and the next is Ban telling us the start of his story. The first part of the flashback is pretty normal,  and pretty cute, but then there’s a pretty weird scene after this. Suddenly, a young woman approach you, handing you a suitcase, and said that she knows who you are, while also saying that the suitcase she’s handing to you contains the key to bringing the world to either hope or despair. Wouldn’t that be a weird thing to hand to a 13 year old boy? Plus, after that, Ban then get attacked by a mysterious masked people.  The plot gets even weirder at this point, that I’m sure if you watched it out of curiosity, you’ll find this anime boring, but don’t stop watching yet! Because the story starts now!

                All those strange mystery will be explained throughout the story, the plots get thickens, of course, but that’s where the fun part is! You could watch the story unfold itself without getting bored. Another thing that I like about this series is the character development. Ban, who once was a beginner at LBX, met all sorts of people who later become his friends, and later grew stronger. He overcome all sorts of trouble and move on to protects this world, along with his friends. And Kazu, who used to be scared of fighting the organization, Innovator, have grew to be a reliable person and thus help Ban. The same thing happen to Jin. Jin was the former member of Innovator, but then later became best friend and rival to Ban.

                Just like every series has it’s own charm, everyone has weaknesses too, but I’ll talk about it later, please look forward to it~

Introduction~

Heya~ Dyan here!! ( ﾉ^ω^)ﾉﾟ This is the first time I made a blog, uwaaah I'm so nervous! (;*´Д`)ﾉ um let's see...... My name is Dyan, and I'm in my 3rd year of my school!! I'm actually pretty childish despite my age, so don't be surprised when talking to me!! o(≧▽≦)o I won't bite~ oh but also, don't be surprised if I suddenly talk to you, because If I do that, that means I think you're cool~

Now about my interests~ (｀・ω・´)”

• I love to draw! (●´∀｀●)drawing is my passion and I intended to be a wonderful artist someday!! (icon) I'm nowhere near that now, but I'm sure with extra hard work + practice. I'll get in there someday! My favorite artist for now is yoru-san!! (Pixiv Id = 2713128) Also there are a lot of artists that I admire but it would be to long to put it in here so I won't~  (´∇ﾉ｀*)ノ
• I loooooooooooooove Danball Senki!! I'm in love with all 3 series!! Danball Senki, Danball Senki W, and Danball Senki Wars!! (≧∇≦)/ Although, I reaaaaallly love Kaidou Jin!!! He's so cool!! *squeal* (≧∇≦)/ I also ship him with Haibara Yuuya, and my OC, Mizutani Aika!! *q* I usually calls them 'caramelmintkiwi' though~ *u* (beware of fanngirlings)
• I also love Dangan Ronpa!! Esspescially Maizono Sayaka-chan!! She's a cutie... even though fate doesn't do that to her.... ha….. ha…..ha…..
• Kagerou Projeeeeeect!!! I ship SHINAYA, SETOMARY, KIDOKANO, AND!! THE MOST CUTIES TAKAHARU!!! I love most of the songs!! and the manga!! I really hope I can watch the anime now!! I can't wait XD
• And a lot of other animes, such as Shingeki no Kyojin, Magi, Fairy Tail, and Baka and Test : Summon the beast~~

Anyway, you already know what this blog is about, right?? Yep!! I’m gonna write about animes!! Such as, reviews, characters reviews, or even merchandise~ Please look forward to my writings~ ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ