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I'll/CKBC
Genre(s):  Drama, School, Sports
Released:  2002
Episodes:  2 OVA

Hiiragi and Akane are two seemingly inseparable friends, joined together by the game they love: basketball. However, Akane has always been envious of Hiiragi's abilities and popularity, as Hiiragi is the best player on their highschool team and is also directly related to two very famous players. And... you know, this just isn't going anywhere. Ignore that whole synopsis. Let's just use this: two guys that are friends play a basketball game against each other.


BoneyJellyfish
2.5/5
I'll/CKBC, or Crazy KOUZO Basketball Club (Kouzo is the name of the highschool), is based off of a manga run in Shounen Jump. According to my somewhat reliable sources, the manga was actually pretty dang good. This two-part anime, however, is going to be terrible if you haven't read the manga before. CKBC is presented in the most confusing way I've ever seen something presented. It stuffs several chapters of the manga into the first episode which makes the whole thing just a confusing mess that is totally wasted and useless. The second episode, however, focuses on the main basketball match.

The match is very well animated, as are the players. Unfortunately, it didn't really help a whole lot since the other 3/4 of this anime is totally useless. None of this will make any sense at all if you haven't read the manga. I guess that's where my problem with this lies: I haven't read the manga yet!

Likes - Nice animation; basketball match in second episode
Dislikes - First episode; everything else

Average User Rating: 4/5 (18 votes)
 

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