pros
+ superior animation with nice attention to detail
+ intense fight scenes
+ plays on an ethical dilemma
cons
- characters and their personalities are hard to understand
- rushed release hardly makes viewers able to empathise
- dialogue isn't that great

conclusion: honestly -- if you haven't yet started on the manga and you still see that the anime's release has been rushed, you know there's something wrong. that's exactly what happened to me. started the manga just recently and it's awesome, but this anime is so rushed it's just meh. great concept with the expected darkness to it, playing on deep questions, posing an ethical dilemma, and everything the philosopher needs (lol) -- but the problem with the anime is simply that a time frame of mere 12 episodes does not work for this kind of concept. the story feels rushed, characters are hard to understand and harder to empathise with, and the dialogue isn't anything to get hyped about (okay, neither is it totally in the manga). battles throughout are intense, and the animation is superior with great attention to detail; i'll give it that. however, as much as the manga plays on awesome ideas, in the anime, those don't work simply due to a short time frame. i'd definitely recommend the manga to fans of the darker-themed stuff and some philosophy, but the anime doesn't really seem that great to me personally.

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Zetman is an anime that is just great entertainment. The story is not superbly fantastic and groundbreaking but it is compelling and portrays a world and set of characters that you easily begin to concern yourself with and want to see their destinies unfold.

The style of animation is a very solid realistic shonen and has a great frame rate during action. The anime is drawn as if it is still trying to keep the dramatic qualities of a manga. The shadowing and linework is superb, and the character design is excellent.

THis is definately a very good super hero type anime with many elements added to keep it from being just a hero saves the day every day in every way deal. It is a well constructed world and the environments and inhabitants make you want to see more of them. The anime is a perfect watch for any superhuman hero, tournament type battle anime lover. THe main character Jin reminds me of ichigo and many fighters learning they have powers and build thier ability as the situations arise for them to need them to protect their loved ones and friends. In that way I am reminded of bleach and other good martial arts anime, but this one has aot of science fiction elements thrown in as well as some touches of mecha. It is a nice menagerie of visual media.

I recommend trying to watch ZETMAN after a couple episodes it willhave you watch it until you don't have any more to download. I hope they have another season or this one goes to 24 episodes at least. THe more the better. Try ZET! (show less)

This anime sits proudly at the top of my anime list for this season. The story is very marvel/DC Comics like. From the very first episodes your completely blown away. A lot of manga fans were not very happy with series which is understandable but the series as it is is what it is and thats not changing right now as a none manga fan I can say they wrote it very well the pace is awesome fast when it has to be never boring the dialogue is not really all that great considering a bulk of this series is mostly action. What I really liked about the series was that although it is marvel like with the super hero get up they didn't focus a lot on the whole a hero must do this guide line thing, its quite laid back in that regard but of course they added some which was mostly in humor. I must say this series is really something short as it will be its been awesome watching so far if your still thinking of an anime to follow I recommend this above all the other anime IF this genre is your thing of course (show less)