Kenichi – Mightiest Disciple
While the TV series for Kenichi – The Mightiest Disciple ended back in 2007 after a fifty episode run, there’s still life afterwards. The original series, animated by TMS, continued on with bundled episodes in 2012 which were produced by Brain’s Base, which gave us three releases over the course of that year that encompassed the Ragnarok arc of the manga. That team is back for another couple of episodes this year as on September 18th, the 53rd volume of the manga is being released and that has a double episode release hitting. The official manga site in Japan has let loose on YouTube with a preview of the two episodes that runs for twelve minutes total, covering ”Utsukushii Tsubasa” (Beautiful Wings) and ”Shinigami vs. Akuma” (Death God vs. Devil).
The TV series was released by FUNimation in North America and was a surprise hit for the company that exceeded expectations with the first collection, causing them to fast-track the acquisition and release of the second season. Both seasons are currently available only on DVD.
Series concept: Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters.
You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some hard-core training, he might survive another day at school. He might even score with Miu. Yeah, you could call Kenichi a wimp, but let’s go with underdog instead.
[Source: NicoTubeAnime]