Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor
TV FINISHED FALL 2007 26 eps 82%
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Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself Endou) is a debt collector. The reason for his visit is an unpaid loan which Kaiji had previously co-signed for a work-mate (Furuhata Takeshi). The original loan was 300,000 yen and once Takeshi had disappeared, the loan then fell on Kaiji.
Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay off their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his debt and make a bit of money as well...
Kaiji is then told of a way to clear the interest compounded debt (which stood at 3,850,000 yen), which involved getting on a boat with others in his position. Once on the boat the debtors would then have to gamble with loaned money, which would end with a few winning, and others getting into deeper debt and having to work to pay off their debts. After some coercion Kaiji accepts a position on the boat, in order to clear his debt and make a bit of money as well...
Studios:
MADHOUSE
Characters
Kaiji Itou
MAIN
VA: Masato Hagiwara
Takeshi Furuhata
SUPPORTING
VA: Yasunori Matsumoto
Mamoru Andou
SUPPORTING
VA: Toshiharu Sakurai
Kouji Ishida
SUPPORTING
VA: Hiroshi Yanaka
Makoto Sahara
SUPPORTING
VA: Masahiro Koumoto
Yukio Tonegawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Hakuryuu
Kitami
SUPPORTING
VA: Kazuki Yao
Kazutaka Hyoudou
SUPPORTING
VA: Masane Tsukayama
Yuuji Endou
SUPPORTING
VA: Naoya Uchida
Jouji Funai
SUPPORTING
VA: Hideo Ishikawa
Narrator
SUPPORTING
VA: Fumihiko Tachiki
Nishio
BACKGROUND
VA: Mami Sakamoto
Staff
Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Original Creator
Yuuzou Satou
Director
Hideo Takayashiki
Series Composition
Haruhito Takada
Character Design
Norihiko Yokomatsu
Art Director
Shinji Sugiyama
Art Design
Harue Oono
Color Design
Seong-Ha Oh
Director of Photography
Seok-Beom Lee
Director of Photography
Naoki Kawanishi
Editing
Satoshi Terauchi
Editing
Tsukasa Saitou
CG Director
Reviews
StupidWeeaboo
Rating: 70 (75 votes)
It is easy to fall, but hard to rise.
Sirion
Rating: 63 (68 votes)
From Gambling, the genre of uncertainty and risk, a masterpiece of undoubted value is born
Roxam
Rating: 53 (61 votes)
Best opening arc to introduce audience to the world (long showcase)
TheEnlightenedTomato
Rating: 48 (54 votes)
The greatest gambling anime of all time
raulzitosvm
Rating: 47 (50 votes)
Zawa...... Zawa......
pakzevil
Rating: 36 (38 votes)
Desperation, Debt, and the Price of Being Human
Stats
Average Score
82
Mean Score
82
Popularity
90,681
Favourites
4,065
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 4416
PLANNING: 36143
COMPLETED: 44191
DROPPED: 2309
PAUSED: 3622
Score Distribution
10: 153
20: 56
30: 151
40: 317
50: 713
60: 1481
70: 4674
80: 10266
90: 11019
100: 5696
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