Samurai Flamenco

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Name: Samurai Flamenco サムライフラメンコ

Status: Completed
Episode: 22
Release Date (for eng subs): Every Thursday


Summary:

Masayoshi Hazama: a man who has become a superhero "by himself" with no superhuman powers or any sort of high-tech conversions, NONE!! 

Hidenori Goto: a cop who found out the true identity of "the superhero" by a strange twist of fate and thus constantly gets in trouble thanks to Hazama, the superhero. 

This is the story of the birth of a true hero featuring these two young men with a touch of comedy and serious drama, while they come face to face with hardships as they search for the true meaning of becoming a hero of justice in this world!

Summary Source: Aniplex USA

Summary from: http://myanimelist.net/anime/19365/Samurai_Flamenco

Personal Ratings: 3.5

Oh, a very unique show. 

Though, I'm kind of confused if it's suppose to be more of a kamen rider (masked rider), or power ranger. At first, they said it was Kamen Rider. So I thought that it would be him and him alone. But then they suddenly moved into power ranger. So I was kind of confused. But now it looks like they are totally stuck on power ranger.

I loved the first part of the show. Because it is not your typical super hero shows, but more about the reality side of heros. However, when the show suddenly made random monsters appeared, it started getting more typical. So I didn't actually like it. If the monsters were a little more realistic-like, I'm sure it would have been a lot better.

Last 3 to 2 episodes was really awesome. I really liked it. I think that if they were going to make the anime this way, they should have made the first half of the anime a little shorter. I find that the last two mini arcs of the anime lacked development, even though it was nice. There wasn't really a conclusion when it came to Goto's girl friend. They didn't say what happened to her and the bus driver who disappeared. 

I really do recommend people to continue watching the whole show if you have started, even if it get a little boring and idiotic in the middle of the anime. The last few episodes were really really good. 

Art Ratings: 3.5

Quite nice animation, art and character design. But Some times in the animation, the character's hair can look a little weird.

Recommended for:
Gender: Male & Female
Age: 16 and above
My Ratings: PG-13