Golden Boy: Complete Series (2pc) (Dub Sub) Review
Kintaro Oe is a man that thrives on learning. He was a college student who excelled in all his classes, but left the university before he graduated. Alone, he decided to travel on a road to self-discovery, but instead of hitchhiking his way to Alaska where he'll live on a bus and dies of food poisoning, Kintaro rides his bike from town to town in a quest to work on random jobs for knowledge. Whether it's being a swimming coach, a computer technician, a babysitter, or a ramen cook, Kintaro won't be interfered from getting the experience he wants. Well, except for hot women and toilets.
Episode one has Kintaro working as a janitor in a computer industry while hitting on bodacious babes. Episode dos has Kintaro supporting a corrupt mayor candidate while hitting on his bodacious daughter. The third episode has Kintaro making ramen while protecting a not-so-bodacious ramen cook's girl from a sleazeball who's trying to take over the ramen cook business. Episode of 4 has Kentaro teaching kids how to dog paddle in a community pool while hitting on a bodaciously-tanned professional swimmer. The raunchy episode no.5 has Kentaro doing butler work in a traditional Japanese home while hitting on a bodacious babe with a "peculiar" motorcycle fetish. In the most bodacious of final episodes, and also the only one with actual ties to the past episodes, the finale has Kentaro working on a bodacious animated studio in trouble of gettin' a bodacious project to finish, so he called the bodacious gals from before to help him and a bodacious animator to get things done in a big bodacious climax.
Ecchi, or racy anime, can be a cheap and un-bodacious array of panty shots, cleavage screen hogs, and scenes of convenient tripping into a girl's locker room..."Golden Boy" is the same. However, "Golden Boy" does these aspects in a way that's unpredictable and outrageous; that's what I love about this anime. Kentaro is such a likable pervert, he handles a crisis with such level-headedness and he's such a caring guy overall that I find him admirable, even with his odd fetishes. He also happens to be an idiot-savant, though might be too savant, especially in the first episode when solved a computer problem in one day even though never touched one; that's quite a stretch.
Another thing I love about "Golden Boy" is how it diverges from the usual fanservice stuff. All of the babes here are hardly ditzy but are competent and quite abrasive towards the lead if he goes too far; the girl from the episode three was refreshing in that she's not a looker, yet episode three is still my favorite episode because not only is it endearing, but that one "kissing" scene was insanely hilarious. Episode two has an innocent girl who gets into these fanservice moments on purpose so she can ruin that boy's life. Episode four is a minor rehash of episode one, but at least Kentaro didn't succeed in the job like before. The way this anime handles racy content is still fresh, and it's from the mid-90s.
The english dialogue is very poor, but that's a good thing. Doug Smith, the dub actor who plays Kentaro, delivers his lines with such hamminess plus the way the ladies act so breathy that the anime has a vintage Skinemax appeal for itself. The dub actually has more entertainment value than the original Japanese.
Each of the six episodes stand on their own, so I can watch any episode I want and still have a good time. I could say I don't recommended "Golden Boy" for those who had the previous DVDs, but I never own them before and I bought this complete series for 15 bucks. That's a great deal for an anime that has as much laughs and heart as it has skin-tight clothing.
Golden Boy: Complete Series (2pc) (Dub Sub) Overview
Kintaro Oe was at the top of his class at the Tokyo University Law School, one of the most prestigious in the entire world. Mastering the entire curriculum easily, he vanishes just before graduation. Now he bikes across Japan on a quest to learn what's most important in life: The lessons that can't be studied in a classroom. First stop is an upstart software company, where the sleekly dressed Lady President has curves that defy computation. Then he tutors a poor little rich girl who's looking for a little experience. Very educational! But nothing can compare to Kintaro's racing challenge against a motorcycle queen who literally loves her bike. She would make anyone want to stay up all night studying! Bouncing beauties keep tumbling across the pages of Kintaro's notebook. However, they'll be the ones learning their lesson in the end. See? Studying can by fun!
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Customer Reviews
Fun adult adventure - David C. Grindle - Detroit, MI
Definatly a show with tons of fanservice. Adult content throughout. It's a series of independant stories where a college kid gets odd jobs and manages to get caught in embarrassing situations or looking like an idiot. The last episode is the best, it ties all the previous adventures together. A little shallow, a little perverted, but good hearted and fun to watch!
Hilariously Funny Anime for 18+ - Ray - Florida
This is probably the funniest anime that I have seen to date. Each and every episode is packed with all kinds of funny predicaments that the main character gets himself into and by the end of each episode he manages to get the incredibly hot lady that hated him in the beginning of the episode to fall in love with him but have no way of contacting him. He also seems to have a thing for the toilets that the women sit on and for breast.
You will not be disapointed in watching this anime, the art style is a little bit dated but its really really funny to watch, even funnier then Shin Chang which is another popular anime comedy (but that one is heavily censored).
Amazing - T. Haines - Mason, OH USA
I highly recommend this series, as it is clever and witty. It does have a decent amount of adult material, so please take that into consideration if you are thinking about purchasing it for a child.
Classic and still hilarious - Deviantidol - Cali
I remember being introduced to Golden Boy when it first came out on VHS, from a friend of mine. Each episode was completely insane, hilarious at the same time. The only thing I didn't like about it, was the fact it only had 6 episodes! And when I bought my first copy or I should say "copies" since they only had 3 episodes per tape, it only came in a dubbed version. Personally, I love to watch the subbed versions of any anime title that I watch, but Golden Boy was one of just a few exceptions that I could tolerate watching dubbed. Now, to my great surprise and pleasure I am glad to finally add the complete 6 episode series that they put onto 2 DVD's, but all in one DVD case.
So if anyone out there reading this, and would like to laugh your ass off with the completely over the top and sometimes disturbing scenes from each episode, then this should absolutely be in your collection.
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