

Kenjiro Tsude (known for voices like Kaiba from Yu-gi-oh and Mifune from Soul Eater), who voices the boat man Tom also did a good performance despite what little dialogue he has.
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Takashi Kondo, who is best known for voices like Train from Black Cat and Faust from the Guilty Gear series suited Torko perfectly, and Daisuke Kishio also did an excellent job as Komatsu. The voice acting, while little, is quite good. The coloring is great and the detail is excellent for a pilot. Komatsu is your standard side kick character, but from what I've heard, he develops quite well throughout the course of the manga.

His carefree and courageous personality does make the character shine. Toriko as an excellent protagonist and is instantly likable from the start. Once again, since this is on the first two chapters, so not many characters appear (though a few of the other main characters from the manga appear in the credits), so I'll just review the two main characters. However I felt the manga did a better job explaining Toriko's mission than this pilot did. As I said before this is an adaptation of the first two chapters of the manga so don't expect too much, but it atleast does a fine job setting up what to expect in the t.v. Toriko accepts and he departs, with Komatsu coming along in an attempt to see how Toriko succeeds. a famous gourmet hunter named Toriko who has been hired by a timid head chef named Komatsu to obtain a creature known as a Garara Gator for an upcoming festival. The plot is an adaptation of the first two chapters of the manga. series begins, the pilot episode was shown at the Jump Super Anime Tour last Christmas and can be seen on youtube, and here's what I have to say about it. The manga will begin here in the states this June and after reading the first three chapters through Shonen Jump Magazine, all I can say is that I'm really looking forward to reading more. Toriko is a new manga from Shonen Jump about Gourmet Hunters and has become a huge success in Japan. If the original story, beautiful art, good music and voice acting and original characters aren't good enough for you: I wouldn't know what is!Īfter you watch this episode, watch the manga :) It really is worth it! I can't explain it fully, but Toriko is amazing. Komatsu may come across as annoying at parts, but seeing as this is the first episode (here's hoping for more) you should give him time to develop. Everybody has their own part to play: not everybody can be strong and tough. Wether it's action, traveling or, naturally, eating. The music is good, it really fits the mood. There are three speaking roles, and all the voices sound believable. The shading, colouring, action scenes and the It's difficult to explain unless you watch it, so take it from me: every chapter is cooler than the last. The best way to describe it is "Monster Hunter without weapons, where they eat the monster afterwards!" "It's a guy hunting monsters for food" doesn't even come close. When trying to explain the story, it's tricky. Wondering if you should watch it? Keep reading, I'll be sure to try and convince you!
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Man oh man, after watching this I still don't know why we don't have a proper tv series with this.
