New FALL 2024 anime series & movies were added!
Special A (TV) Reviews
Special A
257
Title(s): Special A
A المميز (Arabic)
S.A
S.A 特優生 (Chinese (Taiwan))
スペシャル・エー (Japanese)
Creator: Maki Minami
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Vintage: April 6, 2008
Status: Completed
Summary: Hikari Hanazono, the main character, has always been second to Kei Takishima. While Hikari considers Kei a rival and somewhat of a friend, Kei loves Hikari. Everyone knows this, but she is too dense to notice. Their wrestling loving fathers first introduced them to one another when they were 6 years old. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position.
Reviews
Summary: (28 reviews) Write A Review
Excellent 21 reviews
75%
75%
Good 6 reviews
21%
21%
Average 1 review
4%
4%
Poor 0 reviews
0%
0%
Very Poor 0 reviews
0%
0%
Pretty Good
Written by stantine on August 17, 2012 at 4:48 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 4
The story is good. the story line maybe look like "kaichou wa Maid sama" and "Itazurana Kiss". it combine the romance with the comedy. if i have to rate it, i think it will get 4 star. too bad, that the animation is not so good
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Not bad
Written by spelltugall on October 13, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
Not the best but kinda cool anyway =)
3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
somehow....
Written by Rain_1717 on June 10, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
the anime is rather good and I do really enjoy it.. But somehow, I felt like watching another maid-sama. as you can see, the main characters, Hikari and Kei, have such extraordinary skills and strength, which reminds me of Misaki and Takumi. so does the plot, I'm NOT saying both anime are the same, still... rich boy, poor girl, the competitions.

Hikari is very competitive against Kei, which mostly the scenes reminds you of Misaki and Takumi.
then Kei's feelings towards Hikari--> Takumi's feelings towards Misaki.. err~

Well, I do think the (read more)
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
quite good but ...
Written by nat_xz on March 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
Well, the story is nice, characters are interesting and it's easy to get to like them, but after seeing Kaichou wa Maid-sama, I just can't rate this "excellent"... Although there were good, funny or touching moments, Akira and Tadashii made this show for me worthwatching but that's all.

If I were to explain it better... In 'Kaichou..' the main heroine was more interesting, she did things her own way, but she also had the deeper inner self, was sensitive to her stalker feelings, whie Hikari from S.A is just dense and thickheaded and that crazy (read more)
15 out of 17 people found this review helpful.
Great :D
Written by Deej710 on January 30, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 4
Animation: 4
Entertainment: 4
The best part of this anime is the story and the humour- not only is the dialogue cute and witty but the characters are hilarious and funny as well. The story itself is better in the manga, but the anime isn't too bad either, especially with the animation aspect. Seven friends belong to a elite group at school called "Special A", and this anime follows the close relationship that each and every one of them share together. It can get romantic and sentimental, but that's part of what makes the story great and the different and well thought- out characters (read more)
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
Funny but sentimental
Written by Mooneh on August 9, 2010 at 3:19 PM
Overall Rating
Good
Story: 4
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 3
Entertainment: 4
I enjoyed this one. It had a couple of really funny scenes and at least some humor in each episode.
Sometimes it's a litle bit too sentimental for my taste, especially in the first episodes. The worst thing about this is that they emphasize it by changing the animations to barely colored sketchy ones. But that doesn't bother me that much, it can even be really touching.
The concepts of the main characters is also pretty good, alot different than what I expected when I read the description.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Popular Anime
Top Contributors
Top Contributors
satoshiandkinki 69,952 files
Nanilist 56,826 files
smf 26,294 files
rension23 15,451 files
10,792 files
Little_Wolf-18 9,112 files
Numisma 4,054 files
Zenixus 4,028 files
manalosana21 3,740 files
lanaiblur 2,792 files
Recent Reviews
Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi
must watch anime if you like peaceful environment and a funny cat
One Piece
I tried to watch but the storyline is so basic that its pretty much set for preteens its a cartoon labelled anime but if...
Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files
Excellent
Usagi Drop
Excellent
Fate/stay night
I LOVE IT
The Twelve Kingdoms
Excellent
Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction
Please and thanks
Genshiken Nidaime (TV 2013)
if you like Genshiken
High School DxD BorN
Excellent
Mob Psycho 100 III
Excellent