Just because my focus is on video games doesn't mean I ignore anime.
Baki Hanma is a 13 year old... wait 13? Okay. Anyway, Baki is a fighter with a goal to get stronger and frequently gets involved in fights with gang members. Frustrated that he's not getting any stronger, Baki abandons his pro training in search of a new challenge only to be taken down a peg by boxing champion Yuri.
With encouragement from his mother, he ventures out into the world to get stronger in his own way as opponents line up to fight Baki leading to a fated confrontation with his father.
This type of anime I like to call a pure fighting anime, like Aah! Harimanada but instead of ripping apart tradition to feed a desire to be strongest, Baki loves fighting and he wants to prove he's better among the strongest opponents, keep in mind this Baki is the youngest version while the 2018 series is a later instalment in the franchise.
Considering how ridiculous some of his opponents look, there's no shortage of spectacle so it continues to pump your adrenaline and you know full well that each fight is going to be brutal but oh so satisfying.
I believe there's a dub but has the advantage of being instantly translatable in any language. You can watch it in Spanish, German and French and you'd still enjoy it.
One thing I wasn't expecting was the 90s club trance soundtrack even though this was released early 2000s. It's surprisingly fun.
Final Verdict: If you want a fighting anime with some purity to it, you can't go wrong with Grappler Baki, don't expect anything deep but it's not criticism rather it doesn't need to be anything else other than a pure fighting anime.
