Chousoku Spinner

Despite being talented in various sports, Shunichi Domoto is not ionate about any of them in particular—that is, until he discovers the world of competitive yo-yo.

It all begins when Shunichi's friend, Beso Kimura, loses his yo-yo in a duel against the school bully, Benkei Musashimaru. Albeit inexperienced, Shunichi eventually agrees to help Beso retrieve his yo-yo. After practicing for three days, Shunichi challenges and unexpectedly defeats the relatively skilled Benkei.

Shunichi's win instills the belief that the yo-yo is easy to master, and that he is ultimately able to easily master anything he puts his mind to. However, after losing to the exceptionally gifted yo-yo player Seito Ho, Shinichi finds his ego shattered. As the humiliating loss ignites a spark in Shunichi, he decides to sur Seito in Japan's national Yo-yo Championship!

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Ho, Seito Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Domoto, Shunichi Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Yumemiya, Rian ing

Chiba, Chiemi Japanese

Kogure, Chuta ing

Higashi, Saori Japanese

Musashimaru, Benkei ing

Kimura, Beso ing

Noda, Junko Japanese

Marukawa, Naoko Producer

Nakazawa, Toshihiro Producer

Kato, Takao Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Tanaka, Hideyuki Sound Director

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Oct 27, 2008

gimmeadollr

Recommended

This is clearly a children's show and a way to fuel sales for yoyos during the yoyo boom. It shows overdramatic scenes of yoyoing and in general overexaggerations of yoyoing in general. It's similar to Yu-Gi-Oh! in that it was used to sell boost a product and a simple thing was made into something ridiculous. As a yoyoer, I found it very interesting and funny. The storyline has hooks to it that make you want to watch the next episode. Of course, things were very corny and the English dub made it even funnier. I'm sure many Japanese kids went out to buy their own ... yoyos after watching this, only to leave them in a closet to gather dust and move onto something else. I definitely enjoyed watching this anime!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 3, 2023

Kjojin

Recommended

(this is a review of the english dub of Super YoYo)

"This is why beginners look so foolish!" - Kogure Chuta

Super Yoyo (original: Chousoku Spinner) is truly one of the greatest pieces media created in modern times. Inspiring the masses to play more YoYo and striking fear into the heart's of ers of the YoYo devil this series truly impact any- and everyone who watches it.

Story: 10/10
Super Yoyo is an anime about Shunichi Domoto, a young student who enjoys helping out his peers with their sports related struggles, succeeding at everything he tries but never settling down into one discipline to focus on. After one such ... request he gets involved in the world of YoYo, starting a rivalry with the handsome, smart, talented and rich emo spinner Seito Ho. To beat him Shunichi s the Japan Championship Carnival competition, facing off against many different and powerful foes (such as best girl Kirisaki Mai). The series follows his struggles and triumphs before and throughout this competition.

Characters: 10/10
The character writing in Super Yoyo is truly outstanding. Wether it be Benkai and his hilarious antics as a comic relief character or Seito Ho the emo spinner who is the biggest threat in the series, Super Yoyo's characters are always rich and interesting, enrapturing the viewers. The most impressive of these characters is the YoYo Cowboy shown in only a few scenes of episodes 19 and 22. Even through his short screentime his personality of being a cool Yoyo Cowboy is perfectly conveyed to the audience. Furthermore there is a fundamental dissonance in his character design, the conflict between the life of a Cowboy and the life of a Spinner is implicitly conveyed to the viewer, capturing both their attention and love. Another of these briliant characters is Kirisaki Mai, one of Shunichi's opponents in the competition, facing off against him in a VR hoverboard race on the moon. Her diligent yet prideful nature makes her an intimidating threat to Shunichi and she also has a lot of briliantly executed comedic scenes after her inevitable defeat.

Art: 6/9
The brilliant art style designed by Hashiguchi Takashi paired with the outstanding animation created by studio Xebec create one of the greatest artistic masterpieces since Leonardo DaVince. The characters constantly look gorgous and the changing artstyle reflects the development of both the characters and the story. All character designs are unique and memorable, especially the Yoyo Cowboy, who is dressed like an outlaw cowboy but is actually a spinner. Kirisaki Mai's design is also notable, being one of the most fanartable characters in anime history.

Music: 9/10
Music in Super Yoyo is probably the most incomprehensably brilliant part of the entire anime. It encapsulates the series' themes and ideas perfectly. Even if in part it might seem mismatched it is all part of the briliant story, creating the correct emotional response in the audience not through an alignment but a juxtaposition of the themes conveyed by music and text.

Voice Acting: 10/9
The english dub of Super Yoyo is the best thing about the show and it is what made me want to write this review in the first place. It is truly one of the most unique and exhilerating things I have experienced in my life and it has honestly changed me as a person for the better. Not only do the voice actors perfectly convey the emotions of the characters, their unique voice acting talents enhance the original characters even further, raising them to another level entirely. I don't want to go into more detail here as I want everyone to have the opportunity to experience this masterpiece for themselves.

Enjoyment: infinity/10
Super Yoyo is one of the most entertaining and enjoyable pieces of media out there and I wish from the bottom of my heart that anyone reading this review watches it.

All in all Super Yoyo is one of the greatest anime of all time, inspiring people to play Yoyo and entertaining you with it's brilliant comedy at the same time. That is why I would rate it as a 10/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 12, 2019

RescueRex

Mixed Feelings

The show isn't great it's not horrible, but I was super into it because everything is so over the top, and all I can find is a really bad Indonesian dub and the raws so the ridiculousness of the show combined with bad voice acting makes it such a good watch I highly recommend I don't know what else to write it's objectively mediocre but the ridiculousness of it makes it a real fun ride, so this is still not enough I've said everything there is to say, the story is fine the characters are fine the Dub is horrible and everything is extremely over ... the top.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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