Cinematography:
Yui TanakaComposer:
池頼広Cast:
Hiroaki Hirata, Masakazu Morita, Yūko Kaida, Nobuaki Fukuda, Wataru Yokojima, Katsuhisa Hōki, Mariya Ise, Kenjirō Tsuda, Rina Hidaka, Nobuhiko Okamoto (more)Episodes(25)
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All's Well That Ends Well. (S01E01)
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A Good Beginning Makes a Good Ending. (S01E02)
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Many a True Word Is Spoken in Jest. (S01E03)
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Fear Is Often Greater Than the Danger. (S01E04)
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Go for Broke! (S01E05)
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Fire Is a Good Servant but a Bad Master. (S01E06)
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The Wolf Knows What the Ill Beast Thinks. (S01E07)
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There Is Always a Next Time. (S01E08)
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Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child. (S01E09)
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The Calm Before the Storm. (S01E10)
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The Die Is Cast. (S01E11)
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Take Heed of the Snake in the Grass. (S01E12)
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Confidence Is a Plant of Slow Growth. (S01E13)
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Love Is Blind. (S01E14)
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The Sky's the Limit... (S01E15)
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Truth Lies at the Bottom of a Well. (S01E16)
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Blood Is Thicker Than Water. (S01E17)
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Ignorance Is Bliss. (S01E18)
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There's No Way Out. (S01E19)
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Full of Courtesy, Full of Craft. (S01E20)
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Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves. (S01E21)
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Bad Luck Often Brings Good Luck. (S01E22)
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Misfortunes Never Come Singly. (S01E23)
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. (S01E24)
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Eternal Immortality. (S01E25)
Plots(1)
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. (Manga Home Entertainment)
(more)Reviews (1)
What I liked most about the series was the whole concept of Hero TV. It was entertaining and well thought out, including the sponsor companies, commercials, scoring, etc. The writers turned superheroes into a functioning show business, and I found it creative, funny, yet believable. Plus, the central pair of characters, Tiger and Bunny, were likable and had great chemistry, like Riggs and Murtaugh, and they each had their own interesting problem to deal with. I enjoyed the resolution of Barnaby's past and Kaburagi's future as much as I enjoyed them gradually getting to know each other and becoming buddies. What I also liked was Lunatic, a very interesting and well-portrayed character whose motivations and approach to justice actually made sense to me, but I could also see what was wrong with it. The show's message was also quite appealing, although it was sometimes pushed too hard and I felt like the subtitle could have been "Friendship is Magic", but it didn’t bother me all that much. Tiger & Bunny was a great show which I have been reminded of a couple of times since (for example when watching The Boys, by which I mean the commercials and medialization of superheroes, there were no other similarities otherwise), and I was glad to see that the show got a second season after more than a decade. 7.8/10 ()