Before I start this review, let me just say this, I have absolutely no experience with Ashita No Joe, so I won't be comparing the two together, I'll be simply talking about Megalobox in the eyes of someone that neither watches alot of sports anime, nor the series this anime is based off of.
The Story is good and simple, nothing really there to write home about, a poor family of a son and a father are in an illegal underground ring, the son fights for money, the son is actually really good and wants to join Megalonia, basically the world championships of megaloboxing, it's your typical underdog story.
The Characters, however, are a completely different story, I love the characters in this anime, they're all special, each having their own backstory and goals, and having their own little ways of achieving said goals, it really feels like these characters could actually exist, like they're really there. Their designs are fine, not bad but not really amazing either, you can easily differentiate between them because of the gears they use, but other than that there's nothing really that special about them.
The Artwork and Animation is really good, the way all of the fights are choreographed is really impressive, every single hit really packs a punch in this one (haha get it?), the artstyle is really good, I'm a sucker for anything even slightly related to mechas, so I really like how the gears look like, with the scrappy and rusty look Joe's gear have, and the futuristic metallic look the more professional gears have, I love all of them. The backgrounds look good, although you won't be seeing alot of backgrounds aside from the arenas, so yeah.
The Soundtrack, God, the soundtrack is just really fucking good. I would honestly still recommend this anime if it was just the soundtrack playing on a black screen for like an hour. The main theme is just really great and gets my blood pumping anytime I hear it start, I had actual goosebumps each time it started playing, this is not an understatement, I really love this soundtrack.
Overall, Megalobox is a really good anime, with a decent story, and I absolutely adore it. I watch basically no sports anime because I'm not really that interested in sports, but this one is just amazing, I would definitely recommend this anime to anyone, whether they like sports anime or not. I see absolutely nobody talking about this anime and I feel like that should be a crime, everybody should watch this anime.
~~(Also the sequel is coming in april, I'm hyped as fuck, and I admit I may be a little gay for Joe with a beard.)~~
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