[Review] Anime: Arcade Gamer Fubuki
This is a lesser known SHAFT anime, that was made in about 2002, and is a 4 episode OVA series, based on a manga by Mine Yoshizaki, author of the well loved Keroro Gunsou(Sgt. Frog), is a spin-off of "Game Center Arashi", and is produced by Enterbrain(the company that owns the largest japanese game magazine, Famitsu, and created the RPG Maker engine) It's so obscure, it doesn't even have a wikipedia entry. EDIT: It does now. Also, the first episode was apparently aired on TV.
Arcade Gamer Fubuki is a comedy and possible parody about a girl named Fubuki Sakuragasaki(say that 10 times fast), who is given a pair of panties that give her the power to be really good at arcade games, by a mysterious man aptly named "Mr. Mystery". She enters a tournament to determine the best Arcade Gamer in the world. During which, she is assaulted by an evil group known as "The Gulastic Group", and must defeat them with the power of her "Passion Panties". Normally I wouldn't spoil the story, but the story is really just there to move things forward for more funny and crazy shit. She meets several people, including a good-natured girl who was also given a pair of Passion Panties and who originally worked for the Gulastic Group so that her family's arcade could be saved. Fubuki's father, before the start of the show, went missing, and Fubuki believes Mr. Mystery to be him. However, it turns out her father is really the leader of the Gulastic Group, who plans on destroying the world as revenge for misusing the video games he designed, including using some of the chips his company made to guide missiles. No really. Fubuki however defeats him with the power of love and the help of everyone, and Mr. Mystery turns out to be a Game Spirit named Arashi who saved her father when he STOPPED A MISSILE WITH HIS BARE HANDS and it exploded on him. Fubuki's dad dies, she says goodbye, and everything goes back to normal.
It's really an incredibly hilarious show. It's just ridiculous and it knows it. It's funny, silly, and wacky. The knowledge they have of games is very accurate, and even some actual games are shown, along side Bland Name Product games as well. The sheer audacity of it is just great. The Finale is surprisingly serious, if not somewhat silly, intentionally cliche, and REALLY over-the-top. And the fact it got kinda series at the end actually made it more funny, even if it wasn't supposed to be. I'm not really sure how much of it is so bad it's good or intentionally stupid, but either way you should get a laugh out of it. Also, it's got cute girls in it, so why NOT give it a try.
I give Arcade Gamer Fubuki a 5/5 for being a fun and ridiculous romp. For an alternative opinion, go here: Haters Gonna Hate
Here are the OP and ED. The ED is in it's full form because each episode has a slightly different one.
Arcade Gamer Fubuki is a comedy and possible parody about a girl named Fubuki Sakuragasaki(say that 10 times fast), who is given a pair of panties that give her the power to be really good at arcade games, by a mysterious man aptly named "Mr. Mystery". She enters a tournament to determine the best Arcade Gamer in the world. During which, she is assaulted by an evil group known as "The Gulastic Group", and must defeat them with the power of her "Passion Panties". Normally I wouldn't spoil the story, but the story is really just there to move things forward for more funny and crazy shit. She meets several people, including a good-natured girl who was also given a pair of Passion Panties and who originally worked for the Gulastic Group so that her family's arcade could be saved. Fubuki's father, before the start of the show, went missing, and Fubuki believes Mr. Mystery to be him. However, it turns out her father is really the leader of the Gulastic Group, who plans on destroying the world as revenge for misusing the video games he designed, including using some of the chips his company made to guide missiles. No really. Fubuki however defeats him with the power of love and the help of everyone, and Mr. Mystery turns out to be a Game Spirit named Arashi who saved her father when he STOPPED A MISSILE WITH HIS BARE HANDS and it exploded on him. Fubuki's dad dies, she says goodbye, and everything goes back to normal.
It's really an incredibly hilarious show. It's just ridiculous and it knows it. It's funny, silly, and wacky. The knowledge they have of games is very accurate, and even some actual games are shown, along side Bland Name Product games as well. The sheer audacity of it is just great. The Finale is surprisingly serious, if not somewhat silly, intentionally cliche, and REALLY over-the-top. And the fact it got kinda series at the end actually made it more funny, even if it wasn't supposed to be. I'm not really sure how much of it is so bad it's good or intentionally stupid, but either way you should get a laugh out of it. Also, it's got cute girls in it, so why NOT give it a try.
I give Arcade Gamer Fubuki a 5/5 for being a fun and ridiculous romp. For an alternative opinion, go here: Haters Gonna Hate
Here are the OP and ED. The ED is in it's full form because each episode has a slightly different one.
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