Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video Solved!! Detective Bell's Great Deduction - Review and Recommendation "Beelzebub" is an anime series based on the popular manga by Ryuhei Tamura, and one of the most notable episodes is "Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video: Solved!! Detective Beelzebub's Great Deduction". This OVA is included in the packaged version of the 14th volume of "Beelzebub" released on July 25, 2012, and can be enjoyed as a short anime. Below, we will provide a detailed review and recommendation of this OVA. ■ Public Media OVA ■ Original Media comics ■ Release date July 25, 2012 A short animated OVA included in the packaged version of Beelzebub volume 14. *Quoted from Shochiku DVD Club http://www.shochiku-home-enta.com/shop/ *Quoted from Amazon ■Release and sales Shochiku ■ Number of Episodes Episode 1 ■Original Story・Original work by Ryuhei Tamura ■ Director・Director: Norihiro Takamoto ■ Production・Animation production: studio Pierrot+ Produced by: Beelzebub Production Committee , Yomiuri TV, Shueisha, Dentsu, Pierrot ■Cast・Oga Tatsumi/Konishi Katsuyuki/Kaiser Emperana/Belzebub IV (Belbo)/Sawashiro Miyuki/Hildegarda (Hilda)/Ito Shizuka/Furuichi Takayuki/Mizushima Hirotaka/Kunieda Aoi/Toyosaki Aki/Tojo Hidetora/Seki Tomokazu/Kanzaki Hajime/Sugita Tomokazu/Himekawa Tatsuya/Ogino Haruo/Natsume Shintaro/Kishio Daisuke/Miki Hisaya/Okamoto Nobuhiko/Idema Kaname/Fukuda Kenji/Nanami Shizuka/Ikezawa Haruna/Shinjo Alex Rodriguez Ichiro/Hirakawa Daisuke/Sakaki Mitsuteru/Nakagawa Keiichi/Go Hiromichi/Takahashi Shinya/Yamamura Kazuya/Asanuma Shintaro/Fujisaki Azusa/Hikasa Yoko/Bate Imme de Mena Alain Delon (Alain Delon) / Takagi Wataru Lamia / Fukuhara Kaori Forcus Rachmaninoff / Kato Akio Daimaou / Takahashi Hiroki / Omori Nene / Takagaki Ayahi / Tanimura Chiaki / Yuki Aoi / Oga Misaki / Kinoshita Sayaka / Oga's father / Tanzawa Teruyuki / Oga's mother / Takahashi Rie / Hanazawa Yuka / Tomatsu Haruka / Asuka Ryoko / Kiyomi Ayaka / Aizawa Shoji / Takase Uemitsu / Jinno Kaoru / Tone Kentaro / Shiroyama Takeshi / Nomura Kenji / Killer Machine Abe / Kondo Takayuki / Goodnight Shimokawa / Takahashi Hidenori / Sanada Ryuichi / Tanzawa Teruyuki / Sanada Ryuji / Higuchi Tomoyuki ■ Main staff Original story: Beelzebub, Ryuhei Tamura (serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump) ・Director / Nobuhiro Takamoto ・Series Composition / Masahiro Yokotani ・Character Design / Tsuyoshi Yoshioka ・Art Director / Junichi Azuma ・Director of Photography / Atsuho Matsumoto ・Color Design / Keiko Kai ・Sound Director / Tsuyoshi Takahashi ・Editor / Takeshi Seyama ・Animation Production / studio Pierrot+ Produced by: Beelzebub Production Committee (Yomiuri TV, Shueisha, Dentsu, Pierrot) ■ Main Characters・Oga Tatsumi The main character of the story. He attends Ishiyama High School, a school with the highest rate of violent delinquents in the country at 120%, and is feared by the other delinquents, nicknamed "Wild Ogre" for his unparalleled strength. He shows no mercy to those who attack him. He accidentally picks up Berubo and takes a liking to him, so he reluctantly becomes his foster parent, but he struggles every day to keep Berubo from being approached by people who are more violent than himself. His favorite food is the fist bone croquettes from Butcher Fujino. ・Kaiser Emperana Beelzebub IV (Belbo) He is the son of the Demon King, who came from the Demon World to destroy humans under the orders of his father, the Great Demon King. He has great hidden magical powers, and when he gets angry he can unleash a powerful electric shock. However, he can only use his powers when he is in contact with Oga, who was chosen as his parent, and his strength is less than that of a human baby. He is attached to Oga, and loves scary and strong things. ・Hildegarda (Hilda) The second demon who serves Bell-Bo. She wears gothic lolita clothes and has large breasts. Being a demon from the demon world, she is extremely strong. The umbrella she carries around has a sword hidden inside. She has a sadistic personality and is merciless towards anyone other than Bell-Bo and the inhabitants of the demon world. At first, she did not trust Oga as the parent of the Demon King, but she seems to be gradually coming to accept him. ・Takayuki Furuichi He is Oga's friend since childhood. He likes cute and pretty girls, and girls in general. He has an instinctive habit of trying to look cool in front of girls. He is one of the few people who can make Oga quips. As he is called a wise general (?), he is quite smart, but it is a mystery why he is attending Ishiyama High School. ・Aoi Kunieda She is the only woman in Touhou Shinki, Ishiyama's largest group, and the third generation leader of the Kanto's strongest ladies' group, Red Tail. She is a master of the Shingetsu-ryu sword-drawing technique. She has a serious personality and a strong sense of responsibility, but she is not immune to love and romance. Since she is not a person who likes to fight, she disguises herself and babysits her younger brother, Kota, when she is not fighting. ・Tojo Hidetora A born fighter with strength equal to or greater than that of Oga. Although she is one of the Touhou Shinki, she has no interest in power struggles and is only looking for strong people. She has a generally easygoing personality and likes cute things such as small animals. She is usually busy with multiple part-time jobs, so she rarely comes to school. ・Hajime Kanzaki One of the Ishiyama Touhou Shinki. He was the most powerful man at Ishiyama High School until Oga came. He has a strict personality and will punish his subordinates for even the smallest of mistakes. His favorite drink is Yogurtucci, and he is such a fan that he goes out of his way to buy it at the school building next door. ・Tatsuya Himekawa The brainy member of Touhou Shinki. He is the heir to the Himekawa conglomerate, and an intellectual yankee who tries to solve things with money. He is also cunning and good at negotiating. He has a strong attachment to his pompadour hairstyle, and doesn't easily mess with it. He loves aloha shirts. ・Natsume Shintaro A member of the Kanzaki Group. In fact, he is more powerful than Kanzaki and Himekawa, but he likes watching people fight from the sidelines, so he doesn't try to take the lead. Although he seems easygoing, he has a manly personality. He is currently working part-time at a drugstore. ・Hisaya Miki He is the only first-year student among the Rokkisei. He is from the same Kata Middle School as Oga and Furuichi. He is the captain of the karate club and also a practitioner of Bajiquan. He has a shy personality, and because of this complex, he admires Oga, who is bullish on everyone. However, after a certain incident, his attitude has completely changed, and he seems unable to forgive Oga for betraying him. ・Izuma Kaname The leader of the Six Knights, he also serves as the student council president. A third-year student who speaks in the Nara dialect. He is well-liked by the teachers and has been given a variety of authority. He transferred from a high school in Nara in his second year. Although he has an elusive personality, he is the 16th head of the ancient martial art, Izuma Yagami-ryu, and is rumored to be the strongest of the Six Knights. ・Shizuka Nanami She is one of the Six Saints, captain of the archery club, and vice president of the student council. She has a gentle personality and acts as a mediator for the Six Saints, who are all idiosyncratic. She is nicknamed "Shizuka Gozen," but gets angry if people say that to her. Her family runs an osteopathic clinic. She is skilled in osteopathic medicine herself, and often gives the busy Dema chiropractic treatments. One of the Shinjo Alex Rodriguez Ichiro Rokukisei. Captain of the boxing club. His skills are such that he came in second at the Inter-High. He has a polite personality and is a gentleman, never forgetting to introduce himself to his opponents when he challenges them. He is also a pianist, and his skills are first class. The pin badge he wears on his collar is Gohan-kun's character, "Unko Danshaku". ・Mitsuteru Sakaki He is one of the Six Saints and the captain of the Kendo Club. He is an expert in Iainuki. He has a quiet personality and answers questions in just two words, such as "...moe," so it's hard to know what he's thinking. He's actually a big otaku and loves manga and anime. Incidentally, the sword he carries in his bag is not a real sword, but a bamboo sword. ・Go Hiromichi One of the Six Saints. Captain of the amateur radio club. A skilled player who has even participated in the ARDF (World Championship of Radio Direction Finding). Saint Ishiyama Mayichi is rumored to be a violent man, but in reality he is surprisingly sensible. His trademark is his painted face. ・Kazuya Yamamura A first-year student at Seisekiyama Academy. He admires delinquents and calls Oga "Big Bro." He is reckless and once he makes up his mind, he goes straight for it. He is also quite well-informed, and likes to explain the rumors about Seisekiyama to Oga and the others who are not familiar with the subject. ・Azusa Fujisaki A first-year student at Seishiyama Academy. Childhood friends with Yamamura. She has a laid-back personality and is quite naive. She isn't intimidated by anyone, so she is popular with the herbivorous boys in her class. On the other hand, because she is naive, she can sometimes be quite sarcastic without realizing it. She doesn't mean any harm. ・Batim de Emna Alain Delon (Alain Delon) A dimension-transferring demon who brought Bell-bo to the human world. However, he looks like a big old man. He is generally a gentleman, but sometimes acts strangely and doesn't read the situation well. He loves Furuichi as his second master. He seems to think highly of Oga as the father of the Demon King. He is split into two. A doctor from the demon world who adores Lamia Hilda and Berubo. He is in a master-disciple relationship with Forcus and also serves as his assistant. He is characterized by his unusual white coat with a hood. He is strong-willed and always looks down on humans. He is especially merciless towards Furuichi. ・Forcus Rachmaninoff Former court physician of the demon world. He hates humans so much that he borrows the body of a Mu-Mu-U when he comes to the human world. He says that his true form is "super cool." Although he denies it, he seems to have the ability to read people's minds. ・The father of the Great Demon Lord Belbo and the Great Demon Lord who rules the demon world. He seems to be a great man. He has a very careless personality, and when he sent Belbo to the human world, he gave the order on a whim to "raise him as he pleases and destroy him as he pleases." However, on the other hand, he seems to be trusted by other demons, including Hilda. He is very strong...or so he seems to think. ・Nene Omori She is the de facto number two in "Red Tail". Ever since Aoi saved her when she was feeling down, she has called her "big sister" and adored her, and they have been acting together ever since. Her weapon is the Chain Cross. She has a straightforward, big sister-like personality and is good at taking care of others. Furthermore, with her cheeky body and adult sex appeal, she often awakens the wise general Furuichi. ・Chiaki Tanimura A member of "Red Tail". Although he is taciturn and quiet, he seems to have a strong will and occasionally shows off some sharp retorts. He joined "Red Tail" because he admired Aoi. His weapon is a modified water gun (he can control four of them). He likes cute things (especially Aoi, who gets flustered when it comes to love and romance). He seems to have a hard time getting up early. ・Misaki Oga Oga's older sister. A university student. She is tomboyish and good at fighting, and was once the first president of "Red Tail". She has known Furuichi for a long time and calls him "Takachin". Because she misheard "Makai" as "Macau", she thinks Hilda is the wife of her younger brother who came from abroad. Oga's father Oga's father. He doesn't have a name yet. He is timid and always keeps a low posture. His special skill is "dogeza" and his special move is "sliding dogeza". When he does this, he emits a holy light (?) that heals all who see it... but of course he doesn't have that kind of power. Oga's mother Oga's mother. Perhaps because of her bold and generous personality, she readily accepts Hilda and Berubo when they arrive. Like Misaki, she thinks Hilda is from Macau. She is one of the few people who can scold Oga. ・Yuka Hanazawa A member of "Red Tail" who adores Aoi. Her charm point is her flower hair clip. She is carefree and doesn't worry too much about small things. Kanzaki calls her "Parko". Her catchphrases are "Oni" and "Panee (Amazing)!" ・Ryoko Asuka Like Yuka, he is a member of "Red Tail". His trademark is the mask he always wears. He often hangs out with Yuka. By the way, he is a second year student, older than Yuka. ・Shoji Aizawa He is a close aide to Tojo and calls himself "Tojo's number one subordinate." He is so powerful that Oga calls him "strong." Like Tojo, he seems to be interested in strong people, but he doesn't seem to have any desire to become the top of Ishiyama. He is characterized by his round sunglasses. ・Kaoru Jinno Like Aizawa, he is a close aide to Tojo. He is quiet and talks little, but is very strong in fights. He is studying for entrance exams, which is rare among Ishiyama students. He seems to fight with Aizawa, and Jinno is currently leading with 58 wins and 30 losses. ・Takeshi Shiroyama He is a member of the Kanzaki Group, and is a giant who stands tall. He follows Kanzaki and is always by his side. He is passionately loyal to Kanzaki. He is earnest, honest, and considerate of his friends. He has distinctive braids on his hair. Killer Machine: One of the second-year executives at Abe Ishiyama High School. As his nickname "Killer Machine" suggests, he is a large man with a shaved head. He is as aggressive as he looks, and bravely challenges Oga to a fight, but is killed in an instant. Goodnight Shimokawa is also one of the second-year executives. His catchphrase is "Goodnight." He is a narcissist and tries to woo Kunieda and Hilda, but is killed instantly every time. Even though his catchphrase is "Goodnight," he spells "Goodnight" incorrectly. The Sanada Brothers are delinquent brothers who serve as second-year executives at Ishiyama High School. They are nicknamed "Ishiyama's Two-Headed Dragon." The elder brother Ryuichi uses a chainsaw, and the younger brother Ryuji uses an electric drill, and their special move is a simultaneous wave attack by the two of them. However, they are easily defeated by the duo Oga and Bellbo. ■ Related works・Beelzebub ・Beelzebub Run! Detective Belbo!! ・Beelzebub: The Beginning!! Bell and the Shinsengumi review "Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video: Solved!! Detective Beelzebub's Great Deduction" is a must-see for fans of the series. Unlike the usual episodes, this OVA is a comedy-style story in which Beelzebub plays the role of a detective. Below, we will explain the appeal and reviews of this work in detail. story The story of this OVA is characterized by a unique setting in which Beelzebub solves mysteries as a detective. In the normal "Beelzebub" series, Tatsumi Oga is depicted struggling to raise Beelzebub, but in this OVA, Beelzebub plays the main role. The process in which Beelzebub solves various mysteries as a detective gives viewers a fresh surprise. The story has a strong comedic element, and Bell-Bo's cute character and unexpected talent as a detective are perfectly combined. In particular, in the scenes where Bell-Bo advances his deductions, viewers can enjoy solving the mystery together. Familiar characters such as Oga and Hilda also appear, and you can see new sides to them. character In this OVA, while Berubo plays the role of detective, other characters also play their own roles. Oga supports Berubo, helping him with his deductions, but also shows his own strengths. Hilda is Berubo's guardian, watching over his actions, but also occasionally joining in on his deductions. Sub-characters such as Takayuki Furuichi and Aoi Kunieda also appear to help Bell-bo in his detective work. Their personalities add color to the story and entertain the viewers. Another highlight is how the other characters get involved in order to bring out Bell-bo's talent as a detective. animation The animation of "Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video: Solved!! Detective Bell's Great Deduction" is a highlight of the high quality production by studio Pierrot+. The characters' movements and expressions are drawn in detail, which is especially effective in the comedy scenes. You can enjoy the visuals, such as Bell's cute expressions and Oga's movements that make you feel his strength. The beautiful backgrounds and colors also enhance the atmosphere of the story. In the scenes where detective Berubo is active, darker colors are used to create a sense of tension in the mystery, and the attention to detail in the animation is appealing. acoustic The sound of this OVA has also been highly praised. Miyuki Sawashiro's voice for Bellbo is both cute and sharp as a detective, drawing viewers in. Katsuyuki Konishi's voice for Oga also exudes strength and humor, bringing out the charm of the character. The background music is also chosen to match the story, with music that heightens tension during mystery scenes and music that elicits laughter during humorous scenes. The high-quality sound effects, which reflect the attention to detail of sound director Tsuyoshi Takahashi, further enhance the appeal of this OVA. Recommendation "Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video: Solved!! Detective Beelzebub's Great Deduction" is recommended not only for fans of the "Beelzebub" series, but also for those who like comedies and mysteries. While enjoying Beelzebub's activities as a detective, you can discover new sides to the characters in the series. This OVA is especially perfect for those who want to enjoy both Bell-bo's cuteness and his talent as a detective. Another highlight is how characters such as Oga and Hilda support Bell-bo's reasoning. This work, which combines comedy and mystery, will provide viewers with new entertainment. Furthermore, this OVA is related to other works in the "Beelzebub" series, making it an important part of enjoying the whole series. If you are a fan of the "Beelzebub" series, be sure to check out this OVA. You can enjoy Beelzebub's activities as a detective while gaining a deeper understanding of the world of the series. This concludes my review and recommendation of "Beelzebub 14 Bonus Video Solved!! Detective Beelzebub's Great Deduction". I hope this work will enrich your viewing experience. |