Title: Tiger & Bunny
Genre: Mecha, Superhero, Comedy(?)
Premiered: April 3rd 2011
Animation Studio: Sunrise
Director: Satou Keiichi
Episode number: (?)
Opening Theme: "Orion wo nazoru (オリオンをãªãžã‚‹)" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN
Ending Theme: "hoshi no sumika (星ã®ã™ã¿ã‹)" by Aobozu
Cast:
Hiroaki Hirata as Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger
Go Inoue as Keith Goodman/Sky High
Katsuhisa Houki as Ben Jackson
Kenjiro Tsuda as Nathan Seymore/Fire Emblem
Mariya Ise as Paolin Huan/Dragon Kid
Masakazu Morita as Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Minako Kotobuki as Karina Lyle/Blue Rose
Nobuaki Fukuda as Albert Maverick
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ivan Kareine/Origami Cyclone
Rina Hidaka as Kaede Kaburagi
Taiten Kusunoki as Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison
Wataru Yokojima as Alexander Royz
Yuko Kaida as Agnes Gevers
Plot:
Sternbild City is home to people called "Next," who use their special abilities to protect the people as superheroes. These heroes solve cases and save lives so they can wear sponsor logos or acquire "hero points." Their activities are documented on the popular program "Hero TV," which picks the "King of Heroes" in a yearly ranking. The veteran hero Wild Tiger has always preferred to work alone, but now he's been assigned the rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., who has a different perspective on being a superhero.
(Source: ANN)
Thoughts:
Well I read what you wrote in the Softenni thread Accipiter, and decided to do my share of thread making for this season.
The funny thing is, I was going to skip this show all together. After watching the preview and seeing the CG, I was turned off and decided this wasn't even worth looking into.... but then the good reviews on ANN changed my mind and I decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did, because this is a truly unique spin on the superhero genre.
I like the idea of the competition reality show, because it's something I could see happening in real life if suddenly super heroes were to emerge. After all, these days they can make reality shows just about anything.
Wild Tiger is the underdog you can't help but root for, and Barnaby (Bunny lol) seems to be Mr. Perfect, but is hiding a dark past. Hopefully we will get more background info on Bunny in episode 3 - I would prefer that over random weekly rescue missions.
I added comedy to the list of genres, because all I could find officially was "mecha". It is superhero as well, if that counts as a genre, I think it does? And as for comedy, I find it has some great comedic moments here and there.