Watch Episodes Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures, Baka to Test to Shokanju, BakaTest Japanese: バカとテストと召喚獣 English: Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts German: Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts French: Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 13 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Jan 7, 2010 to Apr 1, 2010 Premiered: Winter 2010 Broadcast: Thursdays at 02:20 (JST) Producers: Lantis, Media Factory, Cospa, T.O Entertainment, Omnibus Promotion Licensors: Funimation Studios: SILVER LINK. Source: Light novel Genres: Comedy, Romance Themes: Love Polygon, School Duration: 24 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 7.501 (scored by 351,187 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #18992 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #343 Members: 645,668 Favorites: 5,675 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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Apr 2, 2010 -Naami- Recommended Comedy is subjective. Some people prefer witty satire and others prefer blunt brainless nonesense. Well, Baka to Test is the latter of the two. Just like its namesake, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (Idiots and Tests and Summoning Beings) is one hell of an idiotic show. But it serves its purpose of providing nonsensical entertainment, and I'm afraid if you are expecting otherwise then Baka to Test is not for you. To many, the story is – to put it plainly – outright stupid. Students are split into classes from A-F based on their academic skills; A being full of smartarses and F being crammed ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 18, 2010 TheLlama Recommended There are tons of comedic styles to play on in anime, and Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu takes to it some of the more popular ones - and suceeds with it. Be it Kouta's excited peeping (and failing by nosebleeds), Minami's tomboyish behaviour and acts of violence against Akihisa, Shouko's yandere-esque violent obsession with Yuuji or the sheer over-the-top fighting with the Summoned Beasts. Or the rather subtle and rare allusions to various shows; Baka to Test has it in itself to bring out laughter from everyone and nobody. Baka to Test is the kind of comedy where the characters themselves, and not necessarily the situation ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 27, 2013 kurokoko Recommended If you want to see Anime all bundled up into one in the most stereotypical setting with the most cliche characters and unoriginal title and all the hilariously idiotic romance you could ask for, this is for you-- I love it! I had the experience of watching Baka no Test as one of my first Shojo anime and I could hardly contain my outbursts of laughter and confusion. Then, I watched it after watching a lot of anime, and I still laughed because it brought back so many memories. You have the cute, perfect, sexual magnet, (who can't cook) innocent girl that the hero seems to have ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 8, 2010 leingodf8 Recommended Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, the show with one of the least creative names ever seen. Just calling it Idiots and Tests and Summoned Beings... can you imagine if they called Avatar Blue guys and Forest and Environmentalism, nobody would be able to take the movie seriously (well... you can't really take it seriously anyways...). Anyways, silly titles aside, Baka to etc, is a simple show that illustrates how funny anime can be. A juvenile sense of humor with lots of slapstick gags, that delivers in every way you expected it to, just like it should. With that said, lets look at Baka to blooby ... Read more Open Gift Report
Dec 7, 2011 ktulu007 Not Recommended Baka to Test began as a series of light novels written by Inoue Kenji, of whom I could find no information. The anime adaptations currently consist of two seasons and an OVA, but The light novels are still going so there could be more of them in the future. For now, I'm just going to look at the first season. The story is about a school where students are separated into different groups based on their grades with the dumbest students getting the worst room and equipment. The students can challenge each other to battles using summoned creatures with power based on their test scores ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 1, 2015 torrapamii Recommended Stupidity, one of the main concepts of comedy. Sometimes it can be annoying, other times it can be hilarious. For this anime, it's the latter. Story: 8/10 Not a lot of things goes on in this anime, but sometimes that doesn't matter for some anime such as this. In the anime, a lot of things happen randomly and that can make it funny, such as unexpected situations and unpredictable responses from each character. The comedy overpowers the romance genre in this anime. Whenever there are ecchi scenes, 90% there would be Kouta having nosebleeds. The ecchi genre also adds more to the comedy, and not a lot ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 26, 2010 ringoo4 Recommended We have baka protagonist. We have moe. We have tsundere. We have yandere. We have lolicon. We have both yuri and yaoi. We have pervert with infinite nose-bleed. We have overly sized breast and also the flat chest. We even have a lily trap. We even have incest sister. Anime clichés are all up in F graded class, and combines with digimon. That’s what this anime is about. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu is full of anime stereotypes and otaku appeals, yet managed to become a fantastic random comedy series. It is quite unbelievable that cliche tainted anime can be this enjoyable. However, you should know ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 22, 2012 AkihisaYoshii Recommended It may be that I relate to a near exact match with the protagonist, but all the same this anime takes what critics describe as the "generic foundation" of anime, and turns it into something amazing. It's mature enough for an older audience to enjoy with fan service that's only dirty if you want it to be. While at the same time it can easily keep the attention of a younger audience without giving them the wrong idea. Creative concept, and plenty of content with well developed characters. The plot is a real fantasy that most schoolkids could die for. Highly recommend to anyone who ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 11, 2010 ryuu_zer0 Recommended Ah, Baka Test...probably up there in the list of most random comedy series ever. When this was shown in the first screening of the year at the anime club at my university, everyone agreed that this was the best anime of the season. Yes it is idiotic and over-the-top, but it is one hell of a funny anime. Story-wise it's quite...unique. Set in a school dominated by a hierarchical structure of classes (A to F), it pretty much follows the school idiot Akihisa and the rest of Class-F (full of the dumbest kids in school) as they try to rise up ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 2, 2015 Zaku88 Not Recommended Baka to Test is about a baka class in a very strange school. In this special school, all students are given some sort of miniaturized version of themselves (think avatars) whose "fighting powers" are relative to how well a student performs academically. Furthermore, the top class (A) is treated like royalty (think of accommodations like in Special A) where as our class F has cardboard boxes for desks. However, classes can engage in "battles" with their avatars (powered up by extra exams) to try to steal each other's class rooms. Obviously class F has no chance, but wait, an overly cheerful pink-haired girl (who is ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 26, 2014 Polim67 Recommended This show serves one purpose: comedy, and in that regard it does very well. If you're looking for a laugh, this is the show for you. Each individual aspect shines (or doesn't) in its own way. Note that (per my username) when I speak of voice acting talent I'm referring to the English voice actors (this won't have much of an effect on the review, but it's worth mentioning) Story: 3 Alright, let's face it, this section doesn't even need much explanation. The show has barely any overarching plotline, the romantic plotline takes a backseat for most of the show and is instead ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 14, 2015 poormeate Recommended As we know school romantic comedies are not a new concept in anime, neither are kids with “superpowers”, but recycling these dull ideas is what makes this anime unique. The easiest way to describe it, is to imagine a medley of cliched genres, characters, and plots thrown into one single anime. But the author somehow takes these overused ideas, and turns it into one of the greatest rom-coms ever. The anime itself is quite a mess of ideas honestly, it's a pretty weird concept. It takes place in a school called Fumizuki Academy, a school where grades dictate which classes you are put in. The ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 12, 2015 Rainbow_Lizard Mixed Feelings Preliminary (9/13 eps) If you're looking for a cheap laugh and a good theme song, look no further. Otherwise, best look elsewhere. If the key to success in a comedy anime is the comedy, you could say that this is a great success. But I don't, unfortunately. While it was, at points, hysterically funny, I don't feel that this is the above-average anime that everyone says it is. The characters are bland and get little to no development, the plot is inconsistent and ranges from flawed to utterly nonsensical, and many of the jokes can be very problematic. First, let's look at the characters. There are only two that I ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 15, 2012 TropicaliaSoup Not Recommended I enjoyed Baka & Test when I started watching the show. It looks cute, has a fun and colorful cast of characters, and I still really like the first ending song. But, by the fourth episode I was tired of it all. The story wasn't going anywhere and the same old jokes were coming up leaving me more irritated than amused. Baka & Test is primarity a comedy, and most of the time their jokes contain dark humor and or hyperbole. For example, one girls cooking is so bad it kills people, and when a particularly pervy boy catches a glimpse of a girls underwear ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 15, 2010 kevo Recommended From a show that literally has the word “idiot” in its title, Bakatest doesn’t shy from flaunting its idiocy. From ten-cent slapstick gags to an utterly absurd premise, Bakatest is a silly comedic romp blown into a full-fledged series. While the recipe for disaster seems to be complete, Bakatest is strangely charming — and while the show basically makes no sense whatsoever, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. All and all, Bakatest is a playful, harmless gagfest that’s occasionally wildly entertaining, even sweet at times, and unbearably cheesy some other times. Light novels adapations are not foreign ground for director Oonuma Shin, more notable for ... Read more Open Gift Report
May 21, 2023 RockyMello Recommended This is a show that made me laugh and had a fun enjoyable story with fun and charming characters. I may be a little biased but this show just connected with me for some reason. Yuji is the best character and I love the little Pokémon type battles that they have! I also think the romance was really cute and fun to watch. It’s not a hard story driven show, it’s just meant to be watched for a fun time and I really appreciate what this show had to offer! If you’re looking for a show with a fun premise that doesn’t take itself seriously ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 22, 2010 Kaos_Okami23 Recommended Preliminary (11/13 eps) So yes it is time for another review, I don't do many reviews, but when I do them I try to make them fun to read and from my point of view. Now let me get something straight with you (the readers), this is from my point of view, if you have a different point of view just click the disagree button and move on, or better yet create you're own review. I don't want any feedback from you, specially negative, that I can do without. Now that we have gotten that straight ( I hope, please oh please, I hope), on to the best ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 8, 2014 Ethan0Flynn Recommended Baka to Test is without a doubt (well, after my bride is a mermaid ) one of the funniest animes you will see. the anime is set in Fumizuki Academy, a school were you are placed also dictates what equipment you will receive. class F having wobbly tables and the worst cushions ever made. it is set around a idiot or Baka, hench the title, named Akihisa, who is placed in class F with other characters, who range from a boy who is confused for a girl, a complete pervert who should have died from bloodloss, and a genius who somehow fainted in the middle of ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 2, 2010 SaberSkye Recommended At first glance, you may think Baka Test is just another harem comedy anime and may wonder why you should watch this as oppose to harem anime number 233. You have only so much time to spare. The main point that makes this series stand out a head above others of its genre is its quirky, strong and consistent characters. The story is nothing ground-breaking. However, when it comes to the character department, Baka Test truly shines. ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 22, 2012 angelsreview Recommended This is a really stupid show, and with that, I freaken love it! It’s pretty much a slapstick comedy with meaning behind it. I consider it like Hetalia, so stupid that it’s funny and with a bit of heart put into it. Some of the jokes seem not to translate well unfortunately but when watching the English dub, they do add different things into it to make it a bit more helpful. As I watched the show, I had prier knowledge from the Five Point Podcast and they had rated it a bit low but I actually think that it’s better then they made it ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
