Keijo!!!!!!!!
2016
Original language: Japanese
- action & adventure
- animation
- comedy
The story
"Keijo" is a popular gambling sport where contestants stand on platforms floating on the water and must use their butts and chests to fight against each other to push each other off the platform. Nozomi Kaminashi, a high school student, aims to join the sport after she graduates. Nozomi was raised in a poor family and hopes to make lots of money by playing Keijo. She grew up training in gymnastics, and she has good balance and flexibility. After high school, Nozomi joins a training boarding school and enters the world of Keijo.
What it’s like
Bright, saturated cel animation with sun glinting off wide blue water, pastel-toned locker rooms, and bouncy, exaggerated motion that turns every splash and tumble into a gag. The arenas are open-air and sunlit, with crowds rendered in loose, cheerful strokes, and the palette stays warm and candy-bright even in the tense bouts. The soundtrack leans on upbeat synth-pop and pep-band stings, with sudden comic silences before the next big splash. Pacing is brisk and episodic, switching quickly between earnest training montages and slapstick. Tone is playful and sports-underdog, with a warm, low-stakes comedic energy. Fanservice is constant and suggestive, with frequent lingering camera angles, bare-skin fan imagery, and innuendo-heavy jokes; violence is limited to cartoonish knockouts and falls with no gore, though the sexual content is explicit enough to matter. Best for viewers who enjoy irreverent, eye-catching sports comedy and don't mind a strong ecchi streak.
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