Television movies music... theyre all so fake and shallow I want to see the real thing Ruin despair and then death That is the real pleasure in life ...dont you agree Tonegawa? Yukio Tonegawa. Japanese middleaged. He works for a company a very powerful company: Teiai Group. Hes a big shot in fact hes the righthand man of Kazutaka Hyodo the Chairman Theres one problem though... Hyodo is absolutely bonkers. Hes greedy sadistic and just allaround insane. And obviously Tonegawa has to satisfy his superiors needs and wants at all costs or else One day Hyodo finds himself bored and orders Tonegawa to come up with something that may entertain him a sort of game if you will. And even if Tonegawa became the companys Number Two thanks to his skills and some good bootlicking he couldnt possibly handle this Herculean labour all by himself which is why he creates Team Tonegawa a group of selected employees that will help him achieve a satisfactory result for Mr. Boss Hyodo. But this is just the tip of the iceberg: many many more challenges await Mr. Tonegawa Crew Zawa... Zawa... Zawa... If you arent familiar with Kaiji or Fukumotos works in general youll instantly notice how unique and bizarre the art style is. It is clearly controversial and maybe even ugly I wouldnt be surprised if you were put off by it. However if you can bear it youll be rewarded with a great comedy anime that keeps getting better and better. Again if youre not familiar with Kaiji Ill tell you what it is about: its a psychological series focused on gambling in which theres a lot of emphasis on descriptions metaphors hyperboles and exaggerations all hyped up by the narrator. Now imagine all of this in a comedy anime. The result? A well done story that doesnt take itself too seriously with an amusing fresh and original take on the psychological genre and while comedy is very subjective I assure you a lot of effort was poured into this anime to make it stand out as much as possible. Lets not forget about the soundtrack either: its really good and I suggest you give it a listen whenever you can because it too feels different from what one would generally expect. Dont give up Tonegawa This is not Kaiji and it does not want to be Kaiji it is merely a parody thereof. Speaking of Kaiji I recommend watching it first before diving into this anime Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa will give you a peek into the more humane and downtoearth side of what is otherwise a pretty darn evil company with pretty darn evil people working in it. Perhaps it will even make the events of Kaiji feel all the more tragic and tearjerking than they already are. This is not a perfect anime by any means and its definitely not for all palates but its still pretty awesome and itll definitely be a treat to all Kaiji fans. I had a lot of fun watching this and I hope you too will enjoy this small ittybitty unremarkable story of a great remarkable man.