The one bone I have to pick with the series is its sometimes slightly traditional fillers, which it has to have in its 145 episodes. (No fantastical equipment, mind but enough specialty to make you want to continue watching.) That said, animation is definitely decent for this series.Įntertainment/Replay Value : This is something I wouldn’t mind watching more than once.
Who would want to watch realistic football for 145 episodes? Nah, this is where you see special moves like those in DBZ like Sena’s Devil Bat Ghost, Kid’s Rapid Fire Throw. The animation is more than adequate for the heart pumping football action scenes. Eyeshield does a decent job of fitting its sound to its action scenes. The BGMs were great, the Ops and EDs were equally great. Sound and Graphics: Nothing too shabby here. Now come to think of it, you don’t watch a sports series too much for the plot as more for the character development and anime action. Between moments of drama and football action is raucous comedy which borderlines on the absurd (cough Hiruma gun toting blackmailer), yet makes it more funny all the same. It’s 145 episodes does more than enough to advance the adrenaline pumping scenes of the matches. But this is all you need to watch Eyeshield. Plot: Well, its straightforward enough: team has a dream, team wants to go to Christmas Bowl, team must defeat rival teams, team must work together, team must train, then team must win. There’s not fun in watching perfect characters now is there? And so yes, the characters of Eyeshield are not just comedic, but serious, dramatic, and all the time flawed in some way or another. You cannot but feel for the other characters such as the quarterback of the Zokugaku Chameleons whose delinquent team cannot hold themselves together. To tell the truth, I don’t even think that the supporting characters were even ‘technically 2nd tier’. The rivalry between Sena and Shin is also nonclichedly carried out, and all the supporting characters get their own backstory as well. From Sena’s traditional shonen perserverance, to Hiruma’s demonic avarice (and he will become your favorite as well), Eyeshield 21 does a masterful job of designing to characters to both appeal to viewers and to transition their interactions with each other smoothly. And…Hiruma will send you to hell if you don’t watch this.Ĭharacters: To put it simply, there is nothing bland about Eyeshield’s cast. Marvelous characters (I said it but I will say it again), You will love the characters of Eyeshield, because even Sena isn’t as annoying as it seems.Typical plot (yet this works perfectly fine for this series), interspersed with drama, comedy, and laugh your head off antics of its marvelous characters.My 2 cents on why you should watch (if you don’t want to slog your way through the rest of this): I cannot but regret that I did put off watching this and suffered my way through crap series like Blade of the Immortal. Please, please, don’t dump this series just because its football. Because if you do, you’re missing out on one of the most entertaining series people disregard just because of its Heck, its even sponsored by the Japanese NFL and received backing in the United States as a football series on a sports channel. (And if you liked this series but found it either too long, or a bit childish, definitely check out Cross Game, a highly underrated sports series that is on a whole different maturity and story level.)Įyeshield 21 is definite shonen sports anime. Will they be able to win the Christmas Bowl? Will Sena be able to transform from a timid, undersized freshman to an all-star player? Put on your pads and helmet to find out! The Devilbats will look to make their way to the Christmas Bowl, an annual tournament attended by the best football teams in Japan, with "Eyeshield 21" leading the way. To protect his precious star player from rivaling recruiters, he enlists Sena as "team secretary," giving him a visored helmet and the nickname "Eyeshield 21" to hide his identity. Hiruma schemes to make Sena the running back of his school team, The Devil Bats, hoping that it will turn around the squad's fortunes from being the laughingstock of Japan's high school leagues, to title contender. Surviving high school is about to become a lot more difficult after Hiruma, captain of the school's American football team, witnesses Sena's incredible agility and speed during an escape from some bullies. Constantly bullied, he's accustomed to running away. Sena is like any other shy kid starting high school he's just trying to survive.
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