Starting as a rebellion against the rigidity of everyday life and later becoming forever associated with violent youths, delinquents, popularly known as Yanki in Japan, have waned as a way of life in recent years. But their presence in media, especially anime, is ever on the rise. The Yanki are now part of a genre in Japanese pop culture that shows young teens who yearn to express themselves through bloody brawls rather than giving in to daily routines of studying, participating in after-school activities, and eventually losing their identity in the adult world. From shounen classics like Yu Yu Hakusho and action-comedies like Great Teacher Onizuka to surreal parodies like Cromartie High School, delinquent anime captured a corner of the audience’s heart through the ethos of breaking the norm, with the subgenre finding new ways to entertain.The newest rowdy kid on the block, Bucchigiri?!, approached the delinquent formula with lighthearted strokes, adding a wacky premise and supernatural angle to fire up the fighting spirit of its characters. Created by director Hiroko Utsumi and showrunner Taku Kishimoto, Bucchigiri?! is an original anime developed by MAPPA, the studio famous for delivering some of the most action-packed anime of recent memory, Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man. With Kishimoto taking on screenplay duties and Michiru Oshima taking care of the music composition, Bucchigiri?! brought together the best of two worlds for an over-the-top caper. Leading the voice cast is Genki Okawa as the protagonist, Arajin Tomoshibi, with Yusuke Hoshino as Matakara Asamine, Anna Nagase as Mahoro, and Masafumi Kobatake as Majin Senya.As old friends show up, Bucchigiri?! reopened old wounds for Arajin. And to delve into the past, Bucchigiri?! went down the flashback route, if only for a brief moment. But this was enough to forcibly resurface Arajin’s deep-lying issues. For an anime that does not take itself too seriously, ridiculing almost everything that the characters do, Bucchigiri?! has a surprising amount of darkness that hides itself in the form of childhood trauma. Arajin’s brush with bullying as a kid defined his current insecurities and rejection of violence. At the same time, his childhood friend Asamine Matakara, who suffered the same mistreatment if not more, found a way to move ahead in true Bucchigiri?! style by making his name as a brawler. The show juxtaposed Arajin’s current path with that of his friend at every chance it gets, especially when the delinquents marked the former as their new prey. Genki Okawa’s voice has the perfect pitch to play the hyperactive teenager trying to find a foothold amongst the worst of the worst. The only solace he could find in his daily routine is the unexpected company of Mahoro, whose arrival might just give Arajin the boost he needs. Voicing Matakara is Yusuke Hoshino, who plays the deuteragonist with a calm, uplifting aura that exudes extreme confidence as opposed to his colleague’s nervous tone. Even if the onscreen depiction were to fail, their voice acting is enough to give away the dynamic of the two characters, who are polar opposites of each other.
Starting as a rebellion against the rigidity of everyday life and later becoming forever associated with violent youths, delinquents, popularly known as Yanki in Japan, have waned as a way of life in recent years. But their presence in media, especially anime, is ever on the rise. The Yanki are now part of a genre in Japanese pop culture that shows young teens who yearn to express themselves through bloody brawls rather than giving in to daily routines of studying, participating in after-school activities, and eventually losing their identity in the adult world. From shounen classics like Yu Yu Hakusho and action-comedies like Great Teacher Onizuka to surreal parodies like Cromartie High School, delinquent anime captured a corner of the audience’s heart through the ethos of breaking the norm, with the subgenre finding new ways to entertain.
The newest rowdy kid on the block, Bucchigiri?!, approached the delinquent formula with lighthearted strokes, adding a wacky premise and supernatural angle to fire up the fighting spirit of its characters. Created by director Hiroko Utsumi and showrunner Taku Kishimoto, Bucchigiri?! is an original anime developed by MAPPA, the studio famous for delivering some of the most action-packed anime of recent memory, Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man. With Kishimoto taking on screenplay duties and Michiru Oshima taking care of the music composition, Bucchigiri?! brought together the best of two worlds for an over-the-top caper. Leading the voice cast is Genki Okawa as the protagonist, Arajin Tomoshibi, with Yusuke Hoshino as Matakara Asamine, Anna Nagase as Mahoro, and Masafumi Kobatake as Majin Senya.
As old friends show up, Bucchigiri?! reopened old wounds for Arajin. And to delve into the past, Bucchigiri?! went down the flashback route, if only for a brief moment. But this was enough to forcibly resurface Arajin’s deep-lying issues. For an anime that does not take itself too seriously, ridiculing almost everything that the characters do, Bucchigiri?! has a surprising amount of darkness that hides itself in the form of childhood trauma. Arajin’s brush with bullying as a kid defined his current insecurities and rejection of violence. At the same time, his childhood friend Asamine Matakara, who suffered the same mistreatment if not more, found a way to move ahead in true Bucchigiri?! style by making his name as a brawler. The show juxtaposed Arajin’s current path with that of his friend at every chance it gets, especially when the delinquents marked the former as their new prey. Genki Okawa’s voice has the perfect pitch to play the hyperactive teenager trying to find a foothold amongst the worst of the worst. The only solace he could find in his daily routine is the unexpected company of Mahoro, whose arrival might just give Arajin the boost he needs. Voicing Matakara is Yusuke Hoshino, who plays the deuteragonist with a calm, uplifting aura that exudes extreme confidence as opposed to his colleague’s nervous tone. Even if the onscreen depiction were to fail, their voice acting is enough to give away the dynamic of the two characters, who are polar opposites of each other.
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