“Eiji, son of legendary boxer Keijirou Akagi, rebels against boxing for punk music until his father's coach scouts him and rival Naoya becomes champion.”
"Eiji"
「エイジ」
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Synopsis
Eiji, son of legendary boxer Keijirou Akagi, rebels against boxing for punk music until his father's coach scouts him and rival Naoya becomes champion.
Despite being the son of legendary boxer Keijirou Akagi, Eiji has no interest in boxing, preferring to play guitar in a punk band and brawl with his classmates. When his father's old coach scouts him, and his classmate Naoya Kusanagi becomes the high school boxing champion, his anger starts to boil up.
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 0.75
Running avg · Aug 2017 → Dec 2024
- 7 “I gave a "Good" 7 out of 10 A quite entertaining OVA with some decently funny moments, something you'd expect from an early 90's Japanese show. Tells the story of a young rebellious kid who doesn't...”
- 6 “This was okay. It wasn't like bad, although defiantly should be a lot more than a movie. Not saying it should be made as a TV series, OVA or special would be good enough. The only what was bad was...”
- 5 “A classic 5/10 but I wanted to make this review so people learn a little about how a 5 occurs. First of all, half the movie, 20 minutes, introduces the main character and how he's a punk kid who...”
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- Format 1 × 48′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 48m all episodes
- Aired Aug 1990 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-4437 catalog
Produced by
- Pony Canyon Producer
- Movic Producer
- Shueisha Producer