Kaiji is an anime that revolves around a man named Kaiji who is in his early 20s. He is poverty striken and lives in an apartment. He is very greedy after money, he doesn't choose any fair means to earn it but through his habit of gambling. Apart from being greedy, he is also very jealous of rich and higher class people. He has a lot of symbols of cars at his home which he stealed from luxurious cars of the rich people on the streets. This indicates towards his jealousy. One day a man who is a debt collector shows at his home. Kaiji had taken nearly half a million yen of loan from various loan agencies. When the debt collector asked him for the money, he couldn't gave him as he didn't had any because he spend all that in gambling. The debt collector offered him a gambling opportunity. The gambling game was to be held at a ship. On that ship there were various people who were also indebted with money. Kaiji agreed and from there his roller coaster journey started. This was all about the plot. Now about the anime, it is a very thrilling 52 episodes (2 seasons) story in which the viewer will get glued to the screen. This anime series can give anyone a massive amount of adrenaline rush. The story, voice acting, animation, soundtrack everything combined will give you a edge-of-the-seat experience. This story is about how gambling can be extremely addictive habit and Kaiji falls right into the trap of it. The art style is not something like a typical anime but the art style is something which suits to the theme of this anime which is dark and greedy nature of the world in which the Anime is set in. This and Death Note have the best soundtrack so no disappointment their also. Overall, highly recommended series to watch.
Review of Gyakkyô burai Kaiji
