Alternatively known as:
Tohai Densetu Akagi -Yamini Maiorita Tensai-
Legend of Mahjong: Akagi
Mahjong Legend Akagi: The Genius Who Descended Into the Darkness
SCREENS,
PRODUCTION INFO,
Director: Yuzo Sato
Series Composition: Hideo Takayashiki
Music: Hideki Taniuchi
Original Manga: Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Character Design: Takahiro Umehara
Art Director: Norihiko Yokomatsu
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Producer:
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Toshio Nakatani
ANIME INFO,
Audio Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country: Japan
Genre: Psycological, Gambling, Mahjong, Suspense.
Rating: Some violence and/or swearing and/or nudity. PG
Codec Info,
Video Resolution: 640 x 480 @ 23.98fps/29.97
Video Codecs: xvid
Video Bitrates: ~950
Audio Codecs: mp3@48000hz
Audio Bitrates: 128
CONTAINS,
Akagi TV (26 episodes)
---Thats all there is to date with no indication to any new production/releases/ovas etc---
PLOT:
The story revolves around the Mahjong gambling exploits of Shigeru Akagi. After a death-defying game of chicken one evening in 1958, Akagi nonchalantly enters a Yakuza Mahjong parlor to shake the cops' trail. Even unfamiliar with the rules of Mahjong, his gambling intuition is enough to save a small time gambler, Nangou, and grant him a seat at the gambling table. As the night progresses, the stakes are raised both within the game and for Akagi, who is under the suspicion of local police. However, Akagi overcomes the situation with his tactics, defiant of both life and chance. When he leaves the gambling house, no one present is in doubt of his genius.
During the story arc, Akagi faces and defeats several opponents in Mahjong, each with their own, distinct style of play. Akagi's genius allows him victory, ultimately defeating the "behind the stage king" of Japan and becoming a legend.
"One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born."
Total Download size: 4.45GB
Credits to the following fan sub groups/individuals:
Triad