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Kekko Kamen has Go Nagai's makings written all over it with its perverse humor, all-nude female hero, and two baddies who exist only to indulge in their perversions when their "tortures" result in members of the female student body getting in various states of undress. The humor isn't really my thing since it felt juvenile in its execution and the animation style is rather dated with its rough-looking character designs and liberal use of animation shortcuts. Unless perverted comedies or Go Nagai works are your thing, better off just skipping this.
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Every once in a while, I encounter a special kind of anime comedy which leaves me speechless, with tears in my eyes, my jaw hanging open, and the thought "Oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-that-was-actually-shown" running through my head. Kekko Kamen is one show which brought about just such a reaction. I can only guess that Go Nagai reasoned that if certain people found the brief nudie transformations in Cutey Honey offensive, why not take it a step further, and have a sexy superheroine who is pretty much naked all the time? This guy has never given a damn about political correctness, which is why I like him. Even I got a kind of queesy feeling in my stomach from his choice for the first Punishment Teacher, a Nazi S&M queen. Basically, each episode revolves around a new Punishment Teacher arriving and facing off with Kekko Kamen, while the perverted Principal and his right-hand man, "Teacher Ben" enjoy watching from the sidelines. Anybody who has watched a fair amount of anime cannot help noticing how much more strict and competitive schools in Japan are compared to those in the US, and I think Go Nagai was parodying the stress Japanese students undergo. I like the way this show doesn't take itself seriously; I think the term is "breaking through the fourth wall" ("Hi there! I'm Yuka Chigusa, and I was in the last episode too!"). The artwork seemed to have improved a bit for volume two, which apparently was made a year after the first two episodes. One of the characters makes an amusing remark about how sales of the first two volumes will determine whether any more are made; but sales must have been disappointing, because at the end Principal Toenail remains in control of the school and we never learn the secret identity of Kekko Kamen. It reminds me of how another of Go Nagai's ventures into scandalous humor, "Delinquent in Drag" also remains incomplete. Still, it seems that a solid, ongoing plotline was never a high priority; this show's strength is it's shockingly hilarious humor--if that sounds like a plus to you, then by all means watch Kekko Kamen. One more thing--don't forget to read the lyrics to the ED song (originally written by Go Nagai himself): "She attacks with a yell and by spreading out her legs / Then she cold-cocks evildoers by socking them in the eggs!" I wonder how rewatchable would this show be? I'll update this review once I've rewatched it in Dub mode. My favorite line: "Who's the queen now?!" --Kekko Kamen Last updated Thursday, November 10 2005. Created Tuesday, November 08 2005. | ||||||||
