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Just in time for New Year's resolutions to begin falling apart, the gang brings a full-blown Japanese PSYOP anime designed specifically to get the single Otakus to hit the gym: How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? So the question is...does it succeed? As far as edutainment animes go, Iris said it best: the 'edu' part is good, the 'tainment' part is where we have some issues. It's got excellent advice for beginners or those who have no gym experience while also providing post-credit workouts and fun alternatives to exercising outside of a gym, like climbing a thousand flight of stairs! But on the other hand, trash anime and its gratuitous fan service comes in many forms, and few of them are as disappointingly awful as the kind shown in Dumbbells, which the gang lambasts thoroughly. Overall, though, some of us actually got some physical workouts in during and after watching this show, so...thanks, Alex! Content warning: SPOILERS, strong language.
By Alex, Iris, Marcus, and Michael5
44 ratings
Just in time for New Year's resolutions to begin falling apart, the gang brings a full-blown Japanese PSYOP anime designed specifically to get the single Otakus to hit the gym: How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? So the question is...does it succeed? As far as edutainment animes go, Iris said it best: the 'edu' part is good, the 'tainment' part is where we have some issues. It's got excellent advice for beginners or those who have no gym experience while also providing post-credit workouts and fun alternatives to exercising outside of a gym, like climbing a thousand flight of stairs! But on the other hand, trash anime and its gratuitous fan service comes in many forms, and few of them are as disappointingly awful as the kind shown in Dumbbells, which the gang lambasts thoroughly. Overall, though, some of us actually got some physical workouts in during and after watching this show, so...thanks, Alex! Content warning: SPOILERS, strong language.