It's an anime original on Akiba Maid War (Akiba Maid Sensou), so it's not based on a manga, novel, or video game. It's a complete anime original.

I knew the food service industry could be murder, but I didn't think it was quite so literal!

This was a sleeper hit last season. I'm glad it's getting more recognition that it rightfully deserves.

“Yo, roaches with your stupid antennae…” That had me rollin’. That was hilarious!

Also the plot of Maid War would totally be a Yakuza substory

To put it for people watching AMW, think of it like the old Yakuza films from the 70's-90's but replace them with maids. Also, while maid cafes were around, they didn't come into popularity until around the early 2000's. The anime takes place before it.

Like you, I was not prepared for the utter insanity that was about to unfold. Seriously, a Maid Cafe turf war is one of the more Out there concepts for an anime.(And given all the out there concepts from anime, that's saying something!)

The pitch for this show was probably, what if Roberta from black lagoon went on to inspire a generation of women to become maids like her😁

Robyn, this was probably my favorite anime of the fall season. I can't wait to hear what you think when you finish it.

Akiba Maid War was a fantastic show. Sure, it may not be quite as high quality as some of the top manga adaptations we get, but it delivered a story unlike what you see in most modern anime, taking me places I didn't expect. By the time the series ended, I was shocked by just how much I actually cared for Nagomi and Ranko. Also, you are absolutely correct. Ranko is best girl in this series.

First Ranko is the best girl (lady). Second... Oh boy the ending hits like a truck.

I see... Black Lagoon & Yazuka had a one-night-stand and this is the end result!! 🤯 I'm dumbstruck!! This is absolutely cracked..... And I LOVE IT!!! Another one to my MUST WATCH list. Robyn, thank you!!! Hope you'll give us a full review when you're done!! 😎🙏🌹✌🏾😄

Was definitely one of my favorite anime of last year.

One of the best animes ever with the most stylish opening, (for the first half).

the whole show is just fun, with a little bit of sad mixed in

Ranko is the John Wick of this show.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I loved this show. Came for the funny then against all odds stayed for the feels lol

Haha, yeah that first episode was definitely... an experience! Honestly I ended up dropping it after several episodes because I guess the novelty wore off for me, but the show is genuinely well-made and is absolutely full of references to classic films in the gangster genre. I'd absolutely recommend people who I know are okay with violence to check this one out for themselves, because that first episode really is something else.

Awesome Akiba maid war review Robyn from anime America,fantastic job. I like see more first impressions anime like fruit of evolution and odd taxi etc.

If you thought this and Chainsaw Man were violent, try watching Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Because Trigger

Ranko best, indeed This show was an incredible surprise, absolutely blew me away with its wonderful, unflinching commitment to the bit and its shockingly good writing and jokes

This was by far the best anime of last year. It definitely wasn't what I expected it to be, but holy shit, it's a fucking ride all the way through. The ending hits hard, but it comes out perfectly

This is the closes we'll get to a Yakuza anime besides the Yakuza Ishin OVA

Its okay. I run a cosplay cantina in Bloomington, MN’s Mall of America. We have a rule, for both customers & employees, that they must be able to eat from their costumes. That typed, we’ve had individuals who dressed up as Xenomorphs from the _Alien_ franchise & Yautja from the _Predator_ franchise coming in, sitting down, enjoying a burger, some fries, power converters (milkshakes), & watching sports on holographic displays in the middle of the table…

1:17 I see she likes the Japanese maid industry as much as I do 😆😆

It’s practically Black Lagoon but with Maids.

And somehow they missed out on getting Band-Maid to do the soundtrack.

I just had to share the the genre "Kawaii Death Metal" to my goth friend, and now we wait.....

"BEST GIRL RANKO!" oh boy...

Akiba Maid War is criminally underrated, one of the funnest shows I've ever seen

This was my top anime of 2022! A yakuza story told straight via the maid cafe boom of the 90's as the comedic twist. That mixed with genuinely funny humor on par with excel saga, nichijou or one punch man. I fell in love with it. I wouldn't even say turn your brain off cuz you kinda need to have the context of what it's trying to riff to get what it's going for. That and really appreciate it doesn't do basic fan service outside of the maid outfits themselves. I really appreciate that.

If Tarentino made an Anime

When I watched it it felt like a frilly black lagoon but as soon as I started to change my opinion bullets would start flying. At the end one character got what she deserved an it was very satisfying. I want to mention that there is an important scene after the end credits of the last episode.

tarantino NEEDS to make a live action version of this.

Every turn this show makes is a left. Definitely a highlight in a year of great anime.

LMAO. "So you're having a bad day"

After one ep... I need to know the lore just so I can sleep at night.

There are three letters that sum up my thoughts of this show and those are W, T and F

I was recently thinking of rewatching it but man I'm not prepared to do so cuz I know I'm going to sob again if I do so XD

Big fan of the closing credits music/scenes too.

This makes the secret martial arts tournament in Variable Geo look like a game of tag.

We're all familiar with CGDCT anime. Now we're starting to get Cute Girls Doing Violent Things. ...and I'm quite enjoying it. Kakegurui has made it into my list of top anime of all time alongside xxxHolic, Durarara, Beebop, Samurai Champloo, GIS, NGNL, Death Parade and Charlotte. Edit: I'm loving Ranko. She's like Vash, Gene, Izaya and Motoko all bundled up into one.

I'm going to have to watch this, I've never heard of this but now my curiosity is peeked

Wow. That... I'm gonna have to watch it now. I did NOT expect Maid Café turf wars, but at this point I probably should have given how the Witch from Mercury started and ended (so far)🍅.

Hey Robin, there anime original called “Buddy Daddies “ It similar to Spy X Family. Except this has two dad.

I love this show already

I love this anime that shoot out at the end of episode 1 is why I watched it

And I had to watch this after Emirichu's video, where she worked for a day in a Maid Cafe. I now worry for Emily's safety!

Will you look at Megami Ryou no Ryoubo kun? That anime is more fun than Kobayashi san Chi no Maid Dragon.

An anime that I wished got more attention. That first episode left me speechless

Man, this show looks like it's gonna be a hell of a romp. I'm looking forward to checking it out before work tomorrow myself. 😔 If only America had maid cafes...

I legit had a .... what the heck did I just watch and why do I love it?

I love this series! Some culture context. In Kabuchiko, Ueno, Roppongi and Ikebukuro (areas of Tokyo) you have Yakuza. The maids are the Yakuza of Akihabara. The ending gunfight of the first episode references of the glowsticks dancing when you buy the song and dance lunch set. The opening and ending sequence is what is often in Yakuza dramas in the 70's and 80's. The ending song references Fuji Junko. Fuji Junko is an actress that was in Yakuza movies. You see the typical sights of maids passing out flyers advertising their shops. This type of advertising goes back as far as the Edo period of people standing outside their store fronts trying to bring people in their shops. The male messenger is the stereotypical Otaku in his dress. The nerdy guy into manga/comics/anime/gaming/maid cafe/kit models/electronics etc pretty much defines the "Otaku." Otakus are often the subject matter experts in their personal interests. I'm a generalist whose passion is Star Wars, martial arts lore & practice, TTRPG & heavy metal. In the opening song, one of the lines (translated from Japanese) "don't fall in love no, no, no" are one of the rules of the shop. Don't date the customers. In a later episode there is a lovers tragedy which you will see in some Yakuza dramas. The scene of cutting the hair is reference of a Yakuza cutting off a finger for atonement. Ranko is my favorite character. I want to marry a woman like her. That's all I got for ya. Hello from Northern Japan!

I wasn’t expecting the title of the show to be so literal.

Easily in my top five from last year. Ranko best girl!

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AN HOLY PLEASE GIVE ME THE PLEASURABLE HONOR OF HAVIN MY CURRENT FAVE MORIARTY THE PATRIOT REVIEWED BY YOU WHO ARE ONE OF MY GO TO REVIEWERS!

0:13 SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED!!! 1:37 Halo Excrement... One maid suddenly freaks out and starts shooting another maid... but the other maid has no sign of being a villain either... What the *Fiduciary commitment* was that?!?!?! 3:47 xD Is that foreshadowing to an implied answer? Perhaps the make you are wearing also foreshadows and implied answer as well. xD 4:38 Motivated to restart your Maid career again?! GREAT! So do you already own your standard issue Maid Uzi? Is it fully loaded? Hallow points? Armor Piercing? 5:01 SO uh... EXPERT career maid... DO YOU have a spare GLOCK for the Newbie Maid? And a willingness to teach her how to hold it correctly, (so the barrel recoil doesn't cut her hand) and how to slowly 'squeeze' the 2 stage trigger, so that she maintains target lock, as she looks down the sights and aligned the 3 dots so her aim is dead on and actually connects? 5:11 Given how things have started up... uh... it seems that the newbie made is going to need to store up a lot of "HAPPINESS" in advance, to mitigate the... uh... stress... that we can... educatedly guess... is going to... arrive... ... ... ... ... ... =o,o;= ... ... mew... =O,O;= (sounds of vibrating emanate, from the shivers of fear) ... mew... ... ... 5:31 She has earned a sympathy tip bonus. 8:23 Huh, drafting up the flier aside, it does seem the Manager feels like she suspects the 35+ Career maid is... Their kind of career maid... and has a reasonable chance... possibly... to... "COME BACK SAFELY!" 10:08 Well... If you have blood pressure "THAT HIGH" maybe you should quit your job and find a new career... 10:52 and now, the Maid War Murder Show Song starts! 11:29 This show features Maids doing the Murder Dance!

Yo that first episode had me on the floor 😂😂😂

At some point I can almost expect to see Kiryu or Ichiban stumbling into this place for a Substory.

Anime made me come back to watching anime for a good reason. Now I wanna write a fanfic for this anime. But there's no "Akiba Maid War" tag like... anywhere. Anyone know any ideas how to make tags in Fanfiction?

I freaking love this anime, I was late to the party but damn it this thing is freaking amazing.

this was fun I love watching Robyn react

I loved it. Demented. Violent. Crazy. Best black comedy out of Japan for a long time. Imagine if Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie decided to collaborate on an anime.

Surprisingly great anime

my favorite epiode was the 3rd one, because they made a few references to the old 70s anime called Tomorrow Joe.

The best girl is basically Maki from Danganropa V3 if she was a maid lol

9:39 O_O _...well,_ that escalated quickly!

Man your in for a ride

. . . I so gotta watch this!

This answers the question what if Black Lagoon were a comedy

12:00 thank you for saying that because, I also feel like these are cafe maid versions of yakuzas. What the heck man...please let this be a future episode of "What Am I Watching."

If maid cafe maids became the yakuza.

Seems a perfect candidate for a "What am I watching". ^^

Cafe industry in japan are very cut-throat and it has very literal meaning in some places.

I need to watch this

That looks interesting 🤔

I never watched Akina Maid Wars. I’ve seen updated episodes but I didn’t bother watching them, didn’t think it was worth. And I was assuming that it didn’t involve violence, I thought it was involve maintaining a maid cafe all the while going against rivals. But this video it just shock me.

I wanna see Fuuto Pi

This anime was fun but interesting

9:39 - I believe that is what you call a headshot.

It was hilarious, and fun, and I love an anime showcasing the whole spectrum of girlies: girlbosses and girlfailures and girls backing each other up and girl-warmongers and girl-gangsters and girl-tragedies and girl-successes and girl-anarchy. It's all the girlies.

The maid that shot the lady at the start is voiced by Haruhi/Konata. I didn't know Konata did that in the maid cafe.

I feel like the term 'bloodkake' should be a thing.

Not familiar with your channel, but came across this video. This was one of my favorite anime of 2022. If you like the first ep, stick with it. It straddles the line between absurdity and seriousness pretty well imo, and it crafts a story that makes sense within the world it created. If you liked the first ep, you won't be disappointed with how it turns out.

Akiba Maid War was a VIOLENT, RICICULOUS ride!!! LOL!!!

You saw Fuuto PI?! You better faqing review it, Robin!!! >:O

Glad I stopped by to watch this ❤😊 I'm sold, ill get the show on blu-ray

It's no Your Lie In April, but the end OH MY SOUL.

It is great

Thank you for the video. Also, WTF?!?

Shounen Maid showed you can redesign the maid clothes to fit on a boy.

That scene gave me vibes from Saving Private Ryan, where this 18-year-old soldier was shaking in his boots with every step he took. Both him and the main girl in this series were like "this isn't what I signed up for. I have my whole life ahead of me. I don't want to lose everything by dying here. I wanna go home." Rango is also giving me Revy vibes from Black Lagoon.

Running and being chased while music being played in the background Is this a remake of 70s Era Scooby-Doo shows?

The ending of Akiba Maid War had me sobbing like a baby.

one of the best animes ever

Killer competition? Kill the competition!

Maid cafe? Now its personal

i think the studio heads were drunk after getting funding for an original anime and just decided to use an idea dartboard

Watched maid war, great anime especially the end part

i did too.... it was a trip