KochiKame

I am currently watching this show on a portuguese channel with spanish dub and for a while i've been thinking about reviewing this,since in my opinion this show should have more fame. At first i wasn't interested in it since most reviews state it as a "funny" show about a troublesome policeman,well,the show is about this but it has more to it. After watching more and more episodes i discovered that this is more of a slice of life show than a comedy one. Ryoutsu (the main character) has a very interesting background story which is telled while the story progresses,he is a kinhearted person that doesn'tthink twice before helping someone. In many episode he meets characters with problems which he helps resolve. A thing i enjoyed on the spanish dub was the OP and ED,but i haven't heard the original one though,since there isn't much about this show on the internet. Going on: Story is 8/10 As seen by my review,i enjoyed the story,i gave it a 8/10 because the stories are really deep and sometimes sad,but still they manage to add a slice of comedy into it,turning the show into a very enjoyable thing to watch. As for the characters,i'd say it's a 9/10 Even though there isn't much to say about most of the characters,i really enjoy the ones they add while the show advances. Overall: 10/10

So, this anime was very nostalgic for me. While there is no complete English sub for this anime because it is pretty old and has close to 400 episodes (manga came out in 1975, and mangaka is in his 60s). I was still, fortunately, able to watch this anime when I was a kid on a Chinese or Taiwanese streaming website. They would dub the anime in mandarin (a lot of anime came to Taiwan from Japan, where they would get subbed or dubbed in mandarin), and I understood it. The anime showed the Roppongi and Asakusa district in Tokyo during the 1970-1980 (touristy spotnowadays) and sometimes showed flashbacks of Tokyo in the 1950s-1960s since that was when the mangaka was born. I grew attached to the setting, even though I wasn't born then. Additionally, the huge cast of characters and the different settings made this anime feel like an actual world, almost as if I was part of it (really weird, but that's the level of attachment I felt). The music was very 90s and 2000s, unlike the music nowadays for anime. Some episodes can be very funny, and some can be bittersweet. Most importantly, some of the episodes taught me many life lessons as a kid that I wouldn't get from shows like Pokemon or Doraemon. It taught me the Japanese culture that I wouldn't get from other shounen animes. Overall, the anime is a very good slice-of-life anime that impacted me throughout my childhood and was a gateway anime for me to many other great animes. It will always hold a special spot in my heart. Right now, one small goal I've set for myself is to learn Japanese, and one huge goal I've set for myself is to visit Japan. The very next thing I would do after getting off the airport with my suitcase would be to eat at an authentic Japanese ramen restaurant (Hopefully by 2026). Story8 Animation6 Sound9 Character9 Enjoyment9 Lastly, I just want to say thank you to the awesome Taiwanese dubbers, the mangaka, and my aunt who shared this anime with me.