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Battle Programmer Shirase







Battle Programmer Shirase, also known as BPS, is a free programmer with super hacking abilities who doesn't work for money. What he does work for is certainly something that only people like him would appreciate. But, his demeanor certainly doesn't suit the jobs he is hired for. With the evil King of America causing trouble via the internet, Shirase is nothing but busy as each new adventure brings even more interesting people into the picture.




Battle Programmer Shirase is a comical anime series about an expert computer hacker. He lives in a small apartment he’s renting from some relatives, spends a lot of time with Misao, the requisite cute schoolgirl, and frequently gets recruited by men named Akizuki when there’s a day that needs saving. It’s pretty short, made up of only five three-part episodes, and each part is only about ten minutes long.

The series starts off pretty slow, and nothing much really happens in the first episode besides introducing the main characters. Once you get to the second episode, though, it starts getting better, as the plot starts involving more than Shirase typing into something to fight off the King of America’s attacks as he types into something else. (After all, that’s why computer terminals always explode in the movies — a more realistic (i.e., non-explosive) portrayal isn’t interesting to watch.)


The technobabble often tends to be somewhat plausible, with the obvious exception of the King of America’s weapon in episode four. If you really could pull off Shirase’s satellite trick from episode two; it almost sounds like it really could work. The series tends to be fairly humorous throughout. Much of the humor is sexual in nature, and much of that is related to the, shall we say, precise nature of the relationship between Shirase and Misao.


It’s also funny how Shirase’s sheer dorkiness is frequently made fun of, even though people like him are the target audience for the series. Yes, a large part of Shirase’s character is stereotypical computer geek, but it’s done well here.
Another great thing about the series if the opening and closing credits sequences. I think BPS has one of the best opening sequences of anything that I’ve seen in a while; the theme song is catchy and the way the credits appear on the screen looks really cool.

All in all BPS is one of the greates animes and one of my favorites, by far.
Not to mention I love Shirase!


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