___Banana fish first 2 Episodes_

Going into banana fish completely blind not even watching a single trailer, Going into this anime just knowing the premise and what the poster looks like, that was enough to make me want to check out this anime. The op for banana fish is a bop and I love how it doesn't show too much and shows just enough to keep you interested. This is my first anime from this studio but just from a few things I've seen its made me excited

Banana fish Episode 1
This anime is already off to a great start establishing all the main characters and cast, I love the character design and the animation is great. This anime reminds me of cowboy bebop with the fighting and also reminds me Akira in a way with all the gangs and motorcycles. Everything about episode 1 was really good and ending it on a cliff hanger is a little ballsy but I respect it. This is my first anime from this studio MAPPA is looking really good and just this episode alone has made me want to check out more of their other stuff like the god of Highschool and Dorohedoro: Ma no Omake.

The characters in banana fish are super cool and memorable, i often find myself forgetting names of characters in anime but I remember these, probably because a lot of them have American names. This is also one of the first anime I've seen that is set in America and from the first episode you know everything you need to know.

Voice acting is good as you'd expect with any studio of that size but I think the strongest points about this anime is the character design, fighting choreography and the animation.

Banana fish Episode 2
The 2nd episode is really cool a little better than the first. I felt a little awkward at some points but the anime continues to build the world and characters well. Stays grounded to reality mostly and the fights are really fun to watch. The bad guy is kinda just a cookie cutter kind of guy typical bad guy, double crossing you and all that jazz. In this episode you learn more about shorter which is probably my favorite character at this point, he looks really cool and he saves skip and ash so hes a bad ass.

Spoiler Warning

Skip dying sucked I had a feeling it was coming but I didn't think it would be this soon into the anime, It didn't really set him up to be a character we fell in love with, sure he was cool and a chill kid but I feel as though his death would have been so much more impactful later in the series.

Half way through episode 2 you find out ash was involved in a number of videos which exploited him as a child. Just from the name and seeing a few posters I didn't think this anime would have these kind of things happen, I thought it would have been a simple kick ass anime but its so much more than that and it leaves you in the dark for alot of stuff which I like. Overall alot of stuff I really enjoy about this anime and Im excited to watch more episodes, Id definitely check this anime out if youre a fan of Cowboy BeBop or Akira, if you dont check out this anime you should definitely check out the studio.

The first 2 episodes id rate a solid 60-70/100