Eyeshield 21

I've been with them through losses and wins, sadness and feelings of pure joy, and it's hard to say which prevailed. Sena is a typical loser at the beginning, who gets scared off by anything. But it gets better as he finds a goal he wants to pursue. Eyeshield 21 is my first sports anime, so I didn't know what to expect from it, and I have no idea if it's really as good as I’m rating it. But the beginnings are the same everywhere, you gather friends, build a team, train, lose, win, train some more. Where's it any different? Anyway, this anime can get the adrenaline flowing, I was jumping, stomping, really cheering, screaming "Come on! Come on! (okay, I was actually screaming “Ike!"...)", I was sad when they lost, I cursed those horrible moments when all was lost, but they miraculously win by one point. I understand they want to make it suspenseful, but damn, sometimes the suspense was too much! :-) I liked the rivalry, the friendship. Some! relaxing episodes, where they weren’t playing, managed to entertain me so much that I laughed the whole way through. The interesting thing is that the football games are more like scrimmages, scramble scramble touchdown! :-D But it's the colors, maybe they just make it more interesting. Also, I have to admit that I totally fell in love with Hiruma – he's no bichi, but his "Ha-ha", intelligence, catchphrases, and sharp smiles did the trick. ;-) Towards the end, I have to mention that it was interesting to me how almost every character had their own noise (e.g. the huh-brothers, Kurita, and that Hiruma). But what was starting to annoy me quite a bit towards the end of the anime was the anchorwoman Riko – what was with her changing into her dad all the time? Well, I liked it because sometimes it was really quite hard to guess how the match would end, for a couple of them it was obvious, but the remaining ones... The adrenal glands were pumping stoutly :-D I'm giving it a better 4 stars, since I'm looking for one song out of this one, the one that started playing when Sena got into his stride, although the way it ends after one monster match, before another match, but they end up showing a different match, well, boy that is gonna mess with your head, check it out. (20.05.2010)