The story is set at Shishidou, a school attended by rich and elite people. Tomu Shirasagi, a gambler, is a mysterious new transfer student who has come from a public school and faces the elitist environment. There, he declares a challenge toward any student and claims he will bring to ruin the whole school through a series of gambling matches. Nobody knows why he has come to that school or what the real motivations behind his actions are.
During any match, Tomu shows off all of his unique coolness and abilities.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/gamble_fish/
As touched upon above, 8 Man After does have a very cool cyberpunk feel going for it. It has that dark and mysterious atmosphere that many people seem to love. The type of action that coincides with this is odd. With 8 Man being a "superhero", he spins around enemies at lightning speed as if he were superman. This gives off an unrealistic and out of place feeling at times. The animation reuses the same stock footage of 8 Man running over and over again and the frame rate is to slow. 8 Man's attacks at high speeds include nothing more that just a little flash on the screen as if he ran by and slashed really quick. It doesn't look too good. As a whole, the animation and action remains sub-par just as everything else about this release.
8 Man After: Perfect Collection is not a horrible disc, just exceedingly average. The atmosphere was good but the plot never went anywhere. The action wasn't completely horrible but it did nothing to try to save you from the ill-devised plot. Every element is just extremely second rate and none of them ever developed into any kind of high point. If you're not a fan of the original, who would probably want to see this anyway, there is no reason to buy this. Keep it as a rental only.
A list of locations where fans can donate money towards relief efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052
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