One of the dumbest animes I've ever seen, and I'm a fan of Cromartie!
Wow, this show is dumb. Yeah it's funny in places and revels in being inappropriate (dialog-wise, not like nudity) but you can only watch so many rape & loogie jokes, while the unlikeable (in either form) main character shoots himself in the foot at every opportunity.
The manager was pretty funny, and the part when the guy went back to visit his family and needed to get his brother back on the right track......but for the most part it's barely worth watching out of curiosity. The live action movie looks good, and the story will probably be better served by condensing it into a live action movie format.
It's supposed to be a parody of course, but it's still average at best. It's nowhere near the rare random madness and brilliance of my example, Cromartie High School.....though they tried.