Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

Double Decker has a strong enough start with ridiculous episodic adventures and a cast of lovable idiots, with an over-the-top narrator as a nice cherry on top. However, the comedy and characters that are the show's main selling points become less inspired toward the mid-point. An example would be that only a small portion of the characters get any kind of backstory, and the team-work they need to form as cop duos rarely gets any focus. The action doesn't help in elevating the experience either, due to the odd mix of 2D and CGI animation that makes the action too clumsy to be enjoyed onits own. Double Decker’s greatest downfall however is the plot-twists. Comedies love to subvert expectations and go for the less expected outcome, which is great in exploring stories and characters. Doing something unexpected is however not enough in and of itself. Twists need to either be equally as fun or even more interesting than what you normally would've expected. It's the difference between 'playing' with expectations, and 'betraying' expectations. Examples would include rushing out answers to mysteries in anti-climactic ways, robbing characters of their agency by trivializing their goals, awkwardly changing genre from crime comedy to sci-fi action, among other things I won't mention to avoid spoilers. Double Decker is ultimately a bumpy ride, not without its merits in the first half, but I can't recommend it due to untapped potential with the characters, a plot that becomes a train-wreck in the second half, and the comedy and action that fails to shine compared to other shows one could be watching.

"Mmmm...not bad." That's the feeling I walked away from this anime with. It was pretty funny at times, it had lots of action, the characters were likable. But, it just has the feel of something you'll forget you saw a year from now. If I could point to two things that make it feel more like a B-rate anime, it would be the fact that it never really felt like it had an identity of its own, but was trying to appear to. It looked like it was pulling from Tiger & Bunny (Without being nearly as good), and addingaspects of Wizard Barristers and Samurai Flamenco into it. It didn't really seem to know what kind of anime it wanted to be which is why it started as a vice detective comedy, but ended up with space colonies and attacks on military bases. And while they properly explained the transition from back alley's to jet bombers, it just felt a bit too far fetched. The second thing that hurt it was the needless pushing of the crossdresser agenda throughout the anime. I'm not the type to automatically hate on crossdressing in anime. I really enjoyed animes like Princess Jellyfish, Maria+Holic, Tokyo Godfathers and Gokudolls. But, if you're going to do it, do it well. Episodes like the one about Max's back story and prom was just stupid and out of place and brought the anime down. It seemed more like an agenda driven episode that was shoved into the middle of the anime, trying to convince kids to accept crossdressers than a strong attempt at a back story. While that was poor, the repeated mix ups with Kirill looking like a woman was actually funny. But, they even went too far with that and broke the logic. (MINOR SPOILER): If the whole time he doesn't like it when people mistake him for a woman, why would he ever dress up in a bride's gown? Logically, they would get Rookie to do that. They really wanted to hammer home the acceptance of cross dressing in this anime for some reason, but the attempts were ham-fisted and cringeworthy. But, mostly, they were completely unnecessary to the story. Other than that, it's really not a bad anime. It's not a great anime, but it's not bad. The animation was mostly solid, although you could tell the parts where they mixed in some pretty mediocre looking 3D animation. If studios are going to do 3D animation, they need to make it look like Land of the Lustrous. Otherwise, it's just off putting. But, I think they'll get there in time. The soundtrack was cool, especially the ending theme song. Overall, it's an entertaining anime. It's not a waste of your time to watch it. But, even though it will give off strong Tiger and Bunny vibes, don't expect Tiger and Bunny quality. It's just not there. Story: 6 Art: 6 Sound: 9 Character: 7 Enjoyment: 7 Overall: 7

7 year after Tiger and Bunny, sheees I hate that anime, thought the graphics were nice, but you know this anime kinda has a different beat since this was the only time that the police genre has made a come back after a quite a while , after "You are under arrest", also I jaz don't see any reason why this anime would be related to "Tiger and Bunny" except for the part that they both were with studio "Sunrise and both were original works that were not taken from a manga. Anywayz , if we're to consider the plot of the anime, it wasbasically your run of the mill good guys versus bad guys , that involves a group of specialize police officers called "Seven -O" which was headed by a Clark Gable look alike named, Travis with his secretary that has a resemblance to that of Becky from the anime Norin whom were tasked of arresting users and suppliers of Anthem, a drug that can give one some super powers a the cost of one's sanity, health and humanity, but the plot wasn't about the drug, but more like the conspiracy behind it and we later found out that it was them military headed by Cooper aka Bamboo Man , who basically was responsible for the distribution of the drug to perform some kind of experiment on unwilling subjects which was the populace. But the confusion about the anime was Kirll being a Nikai just like his brother Valery Vrubel whom also belong to the same species or wtf so ever, quite frankly even with the info dump that the antagonist, Cooper, one would still be confuse as to what does them Nikai have to do with creating chaos in earth and what the military's GMS wanted with them Nikai. In the end it was nice to see the main antagonist get beaten in his own game and some a veteran and was finally finished off by another antagonist who wanted some payback for betraying them or at least it was the kind of ending that I like. Now for the art , what see around here were the ff: Clark Gable Hollywood actor who lived during the 50's up to the early 60's , Becky from the anime Norin, some 70's fashion chick and 80's Punk, White Haired girl from Nyaruko-san, 80's cop show guy, and a guy from Utapri, well we can say for sure that art director, Mizuno, Yuusuke and character designer ,Tomizawa, Kayano's inspiration came from what I've mentioned, which was pretty obvious. The characters , well they're pretty much as to what we see in any office politics , we have distraction someone who serves as the office fool Vrubel, Kirill, who serves as a in fact he does a very good job of being used as a distraction than anything else so forget about his expertise in genetics, next is the office wise guy, Bilingam "Veteran" Douglas whom has the wits but pretty much a laid back guy, next the office bully which was played by Del Rio, Deana and her control freak sidekick Rochefort, Katherine, and let's not forget the office romance between a bisexual Silverstone, Maxine and her robot lover Fujishiro, Yuri, shees I hate those two, cu'z to me Max was more like a kind of woman whom sees Yuri as her sex toy . if were to look at these characters , they're more like a bunch of homos , where we see Deane and Kay whose relationship were like that of bickering couples that make up afterwards , Max and Yuri more like a woman who goes around with a sex toy, Doug and Kirill wher pretty much gay, and Travis and her Secretary, Sophie could be compare to that of an old man and a young girl relationship. So without any more bush baeting , here were my ratings: Story- Fair 6: Thought, the plot has some direction, the addition of Kirill and his Bro/ sis being Nikai adds to the confusion of the story as a whole. Art-Good 7: When it come to the character design and their attire, they're pretty a hodgepodge of fashion from different era's and places, like Deane's fashion was 60's , Max's 80's punk rock, Doug's 80's Miami vice look , Kirill's Utapri look, Sophie's Norin anime look of Beckey, Kay's office lady in pant suit look , Cooper's Gen Bison's look from Street Fighter , Apple's 90's cut and Travis' 50's fashion, but the coat's that them Seven O's wore, were pretty much a fashion crime. Sound- Very Good 8: That's for the ending theme, " Buntline Special" by VickeBlanka and Deane's voice Hayami, Saori whom doesn't have to force herself to her signature cutie voice. Don’t give a shitto now i’m just in a rush, lallalalalala, I hate bothersome things oh my gosh lalalalalalalala, mendou wa gomen da ne dance with me, lalalalalala, don’t give up don’t give in I’m on the run lalalalalala. Character- Good 7: Though the Doug X Kirill partnership was good, there's just a lotta indirect homosexuality that goes around this anime. Enjoyment= Very Good: Cu'z Kirill being this office fool was something else. Overall- Very Good: Season 2???? Why not? Eymen say to you face to face nigekireyo kun e machi o watare today deadend surinukete sly busted baby por favor don’t call my first name i’m just in a hush I hate unfair things oh my gosh koko de deatta no ga un no tsuki datta ne don’t give up don’t give in I’m on the run Eymen say to you face to face nigekireyo kun e machi o watare today dead end surinukete sly busted baby por favor

The anime it self is mediocre,run of the mill action anime 7/10. It have decent sound/music,and the character development is just like in any other anime of the type. Half the side kicks get an episode focused on their story. But it have a lot of negatives for me. So i decided to put them out for people that care about it. -Censorship,rude parts are scratched off and words are changed with *. It had it on the version that i watched and i have the feeling that it is part of the anime and not put on by the distributors. -Really bad CGI that is aneyesore at best. It is the main reason that the battles feel so bad. -Far too americanized for me,if i want to watch american things i have plenty of serials to rewatch. I don't watch anime to just see another USA cartoon. The writing,the art,the setting...all of them feel american. If that is your thing,then you could enjoy it. -Finally the politics. I am not from the west and i personally don't care about all those things,their countries,their people and their political vies. But i am getting tired to see it hamfisted in to everything i watch,read and play. I really do hope that i will still be able to watch animes in the upcoming years,but seeing how this is the second one to do it....i am not too optimistic. I do hope that this review helps you to make a decision,no matter if you see those things as positives or you agree with me.