Basquach

Episode Reviewed In: Episode 13

Alternate Titles: None

Original Japanese Release Date: 2009

Episode Length/Run-time: 26 episodes

Summary:

Dan JD is an average boy on the planet of Earthdash.  He looks up at the moon with the planets other inhabitants in awe at the thriving civilization up there.  He gets caught up in Big Foot Basketball, a traditional basketball game made faster paced and played with giant robots and dreams of someday going to the moon.

Review:

It’s really sad when you hear the director is scrapped halfway through and you’re happy because it means it will end!

The anime seemed kind of new and fresh, mecha playing basketball?  But it doesn’t really deliver on any originality. It has no plot, all they really do is run around and play basketball and don’t seem to really get anywhere the whole show.

It’s like one big Nike ad, all the mechs are wearing shoes with the large Nike swoosh and it’s put throughout.  It’s even listed in the beginning during the opening so it’s clear it’s basically one big ad campaign.  It’s hard for anime because it ruins the feel of the show by destroying the world.

While it is something that’s fresh it’s really bad and falls into a lot of bad cliches (giant tits because she’s from the moon?).  But it’s not worth a hentai rating because you don’t even want to see the characters naked.  They’re unlovable at best and jail-bait that’s not worth it.

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