Burn Up W

Rating:
Summary: A Must See!
Review: I'll admit I initially bought this anime for the "animation", but after watching it I found the plot to be just as amazing. Everything was simply superb from the great animation to the compelling plot. From all the anime titles I've seen I'm glad I got this one. It has just about everything and quite a bit of each, but don't let that keep you from seeing it!

Rating:
Summary: A Must See!
Review: I'll admit I initially bought this anime for the "animation", but after watching it I found the plot to be just as amazing. Everything was simply superb from the great animation to the compelling plot. From all the anime titles I've seen I'm glad I got this one. It has just about everything and quite a bit of each, but don't let that keep you from seeing it!

Rating:
Summary: Juvenile
Review: I'm sorry. I just can't recommend this series, for one simple reason: it's puerile.

Yes, Burn Up W is supposed to be funny and spoofy. The problem is, it goes way over the top. Sorta like the happy-face balloon in the car crash in _Soultaker_; "OK, movie, shove the irony down our throats!"

Burn Up W tells the tale of an over-endowed blonde anime babe (Rio), an over-endowed gun nut babe (Maya), a cute hacker girl who's the ultimate combination of Sasami and Washu from Tenchi Muyo, a lecherous dumb cop who's trying to date Rio, and a yawningly boring stand-in for Sylia from Bubblegum Crisis. And they're as stereotypical in their roles as you'd expect.

Shall we talk about the rampant pointless nudity (in the opening credits sequence, even!)? Which is to be expected in anime, but...at least once per episode? Along with junvile "adult" humor (much as people seem to laugh at Rio's constipation scene, it's so over-the-top that you realize what's going on about two sentences into it).

Or, you could look at episode two's pointless hyperviolence -- and I'm talking about "visibly ripping people's brains out" sort of violence. The set-up is a meeting of criminals; a "virtual drug" pusher wants to co-ordinate with a distributor, who double-crosses the pusher when his bodyguards pull out heavy-duty guns. The pusher beckons, and "Axia" steps forward. Yes, that's right, a killer android. Axia then proceeds to rip one bodyguard's brains out, then guns down all of the others. It's not even a spoof of hyperviolence; it's explicitly bloody and gory and dark. For no really good reason. They could just as easily have had the same thing happen, just not literally show blood and brains spraying out of the first bodyguard's head.

For me, in the final analysis, Burn Up W is a show that's trying too hard to be funny. Like a lot of American sitcoms, where it feels like the emphasis is on fulfilling a quota of one-liners, Burn Up W tries to be spoofy, but ends up being ridiculous. Watch Battle Athletes Victory first, which manages to be fun without being annoying.

"But of course, that's just my opinion; I could be wrong," to quote Dennis Miller.

Rating:
Summary: Big Guns and Big Women!
Review: In some peoples eyes Burn Up W is what a good anime should be, a loud, fast paced adventure with lots of large guns, and very well endowed characters. But overall Burn up W is just good fun. It's a feature that doesn't take itself too seriously, and so can be watched over and over, without becoming boring. It's the Japanese equivalent of a high school movie, full of humour, light on plot. But who cares, it's still pretty good in all respects. The DVD picture and sound are excellent as is the quality and menu system of the package in general. If you're a Tenchi or Bebop fan, and you don't take yourself too seriously, you'll enjoy this title. Hopefully there will be further DVD episode releases, as the series in its entirety could be real good. Give it a try!

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Summary: a total bad ending to a possibly good anime
Review: It could of been a 3 star anime but the ending was awful just like in that movie battel angel (my teacher uses these three words im about to say) I HIGHLY SUGEST you buy somthin else cause a popular charcter died in the end i cried im very sensitive ok enuffa that I Will list 3 other god animes 1 sorceror hunters 2 dirty pair original 3 macross plus or any thing but this ADV made a bad mistake but ADV has made me so happy that can forgive the company

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Summary: Nothing you haven't seen before
Review: Let's see, this series has big-breasted heroines (not much nudity, but a good dose of "fan service" shots) -- one who's willing to use a bit of her sexy charms to her own benefit, one who's overly eager to destroy stuff, one who's spunky and is good with computers, one who's a calm, calculating leader -- and one blundering guy who has a crush on one of the girls. Sounds cliche already? Well, that's what the series is like overall.

The plot is enjoyable, but is laden with cliche elements. None of the plot development, character dilemma, conflicts, resolution, etc, will make you sit up and take notice. If you've seen a good dose of anime before, then you've seen all this before.

Of course, that's not to say the series sucks. It's definitely enjoyable. The animation quality is quite decent (music is horrible, though), and I thought some of the character designs were very nice (albeit not too original). And the story has its moments too.

So as long as you know what you're getting -- a nicely-produced OVA series with tons of cliche elements -- then you'll probably enjoy it. But don't expect anything groundbreaking...

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Summary: Has the humor of Tenchi Muyo, and characters of Sailor Moon!
Review: Lovable, yet at times perverted, characters with great jokes and great action!! And a nude bungee jump?!?!?! How can you resist that?!?!?!"YUMI, BUNGEE!! YUMI, BUNGEE!!"~~Terrorists of Burn Up-W

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Summary: Even if I am a girl I love this series
Review: My god I had my doughts about this, but is is so hilarious. I mean the constipation joke and the fake bungee jump. Plus all of the women are powerful in there own way. This really is an awesome series.

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Summary: Terrorists, virtual idols and financial woes.
Review: Team Warrior is a team put together to deal with speical problems, like terroists and kidnapped virtual idols. But the team sometimes acts special themselves, being both greedy and violent, they end up causing as much damage as the criminals of Neo-Tokyo. Lets not forget the nude bungee jump and the giant anti-android mecha.
I really enjoyed the second episode, with the attack android, and these 4 episodes of Burn-Up W are the foundation for the 13 episodes in Burn-Up Excess.
Not much depth, but tons of fun.

Rating:
Summary: ANIME YOU WILL LOVE IT
Review: this is the best in anime