Armchair viewing is better than taking part (Ninja Warrior)

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Ninja Warrior
Date:	08/04/08 (88 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Interesting courses

Disadvantages: Repetitive

Ninja Warrior is a Japanese programme which is on cable channel Challenge TV. It is narrated by Stuart Hall who gives back ground information on each of the contestants and also the history of the competition.

Unlike other Japanese shows that have reached these shores like Takeshi Castle and Endurance this is a mostly serius competition that is the ultimate test of the competitors agility, strength and overall fitness.

For each contest in the Ninja Warrior series one hundred contestants tackle four incredibly complex obstacle courses with the objective of reaching the final summit on the last course. To put it into context how difficult this is as far as I'm aware only one person has ever completed the fourth assault course and some of the contestants train obsessivly for it.

The initial 100 contestants are a mixture of serious and not so serious contestants, some of the stranger ones have been a transexual body builder and some minor Japanese celebrities.

The course are wel designed and make me crine at the thought of tackling them. Naturally in the programme they only show a selection of the contestants from the early round and each contest is spread over three or four shows dependant on how much footage they use.

It is entertaining and Hall is good at filling in the back ground and putting things in context, certainly you feel for some of vthe athletes who really obsess about this event

Summary: Assault course based challenge