RavenousMedicine The term "robot" is a relatively new term in that it was coined in a stage play that debuted in 1921 called Rossums Universal Robots or RUR for short. The term is derived from the Czech word "robota", which essentially meant "slave" (although a more precise translation would be an unpaid laborer in a feudal system). Before that, an autonomous machine was called an automaton, or automata in plural form since the word is Greek in origin.
The creator for this ova is Kazuhiro Fujita. He also created the manga/anime series Ushio and Tora as well as the manga Karakuri Circus/Puppet Circus, which i think an upcoming anime series is planned for?
No woman was, before the WW2 fall of emperor Hirohito. Japan adopted panties as feminine undergarment relatively recently and only then, it has been cherished as a fetish piece of clothing. If anything, I'd find it inaccurate if she had any >.>
Ah, I see. That's why she takes it so well as the MC tries to outlewd her. Since there's no slot to park in, she doesn't mind it, lmao As interesting as that twist would be, it would make no sense as it makes her de facto the father's "puppet masterpiece" moving on its own. Why would she have a scar on the back, then? I believe the color designer gave the area a nondescript flesh color like the rest. Which is weird by me. Why not just blacking it out? Well, my take is that he didn't give much of a toss and was in a hurry to complete this custom work of a project or the planning was killing him with tight delays.
"What happened to your back?" "Using the puppets as I do requires...something of the user to...connect them" There, I fixed it. ...maybe they thought they were being Excel Saga?
ignoring Naruto's Sasori there is an upcoming anime adaptation of a 1997 manga that also revolves around weaponized puppets titled Karakuri Circus, the puppeteers thankfully are capable of moving around in acrobatic fashion while controlling their puppets.
@@ghosttoasttoast I think that a take two of puppet princess would do it very well. The basis is actually very solid and contrary to what he says, the bits of humor, though occasionally misplaced was very good. I also liked her apparatus, though it prevents her from moving, it allows her to control several puppets at once. Creating an opponent that is very hard to approach and doesn't really need to move to lay the beatdown.
Okay, out of curiosity I watched the first scene of Thunderbolt Fantasy and I'm so glad I saw your comment. Its legitimately impressive and dare I say badass. The story is sort of generic, but I can forgive that b/c the puppetry is very well done.
I agree but since Sage has watched Toonami religiously he probably remembers Tunderbolt Fantasy's predecessor Pili and the American fun called Wulin Warriors. So he very well may not find it as bad ass as we do since he watched Wulin Warriors first.
There's no goddam way this wasn't animated by the same guy who did Ninja Resurrection. There can't be two people on the planet with the same misunderstanding of what teeth look like.
Sage I wholely disagree that Puppets arn't scary. they were teh Medival equivlent of killer cyborgs. From Jewish golems to possesed porcelin dolls. Hell have you SEEN Punch and Judy? Tell me those aren't terrifying. Japan has a 300 year history building cutting edge Animaronics. The potential for horror here is huge. The Tonal whiplash here is amazing though. Why din't they stick with straight horror? Like its a great story they got here, but then they throw in some truly oddd comedy. Maybe one of the producers thought the tone was too dark?
The whiplash made me think of the original Last House on the Left. Because what was missing from a movie about a couple torturing to death a gang that brutally raped and murdered two teenage girls is the slapstick antics of a pair of bumbling cops. It's like watching I Spit on your Grave but your grandma keeps switching the channel to a Three Stooges marathon.
Necroing hard here but comedy and horror are pretty common and even good combo. Depends on how one just mixtures them. I am kinda intriqued by the story and it could have been nice premise for longer series.
Oh SHIT that Pez dispenser line. The delivery, the visuals. Had to pause the video and wipe the tears from my eyes from laughing. What an incredible line.
2:28-3:43 Regarding the Hirotoshi Takaya vs. Hirotoshi Takayama thing, I've found uploads of both dub and VHS fansub of Ninja Resurrection here on RUclips, and on the dub, Hirotoshi Takayama is listed between Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane under "Animation Directors" in the opening credits (not the ending credits) of the "The Revenge of Jubei" episode. So yes, Takayama *is* credited for Ninja Resurrection. In the same place in the sub, listed under 作画監督 (Animation Director), from right to left, are 羽山 贤二, 高谷 弘利, and 山根 理宏. The first and last are Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane sure enough, but the middle name is only 1 symbol different from Hirotoshi Takaya (高谷 浩利). A quick Google check tells me that 弘利 can also translate to Hirotoshi, proven by screenwriter Hirotoshi Kobayashi. Therefore, it could very well be that the Japanese credits for Ninja Resurrection misinterpreted Takaya's given name (despite the hiragana/romaji reading winding up being the same either way), whilst the English credits (much more regularly the source of mistranslated names) screwed up the translation of his family name, true to form.
i dont know, i feel like an anime mixing up tones is somewhat par for the course. the yakuza games, and the berserk manga do it extremely well in my opinion, and that type of variety and unpredictability is one of the things i love about japanese story telling. i definitely enjoy going from an emotional, brutal, and or visceral scene right into some light hearted comedy to cool things off. it does have to be somewhat subtle and “fluid” to work, and admittedly it works a lot better in manga as the medium lends itself better to it. for me, FMA is an example of this, the comedy during or after serious scenes works a lot better in the manga than the anime, because frankly its less noticeable and doesn’t take up actual screen time
Yakuza doesn't exactly have tone whiplash. The games are played beautifully over the top and the comedy is played over the top. Yet how many times does Yakuza go straight from its panty mission to finding your mother decapitated in the closet?
Nionivek exactly. even with giant shifts in vibe, it still feels cohesive. what i think helps it work is that kiryu is always the straight man. the world around him will get goofy but his character stay consistent and relatable.
I agree. Though it's somewhat a spectrum thing. Like that kind of thing can work but there is a line you have to avoid crossing on either side to make it feel natural.
Dragonkeeper that was a bad joke and you know it prepare for the punishment worthy of such terrible comedy *puts on dinner jacket and fancy eating gloves*
5:39 Thanks for reminding me. I really need to see that movie, as well as The Stuff and Monkey Shine. EDIT: Speaking of 80s horror movies. With all your complaints of puppets/marionettes not being scary, I’m amazed that you did not make a Puppet Master joke in this episode.
Eclipse of Fire Productions I heard it was made by the same guys who made kill la kill and gurren laggann if that's true I'm expecting nothing less than no holds barred, balls to the wall, fuck logic and reason insanity
In any case, a puppet that move on its own is not a puppet anymore...I would guess that while they don’t know the world robot, it’s more than likely they would find a name for that new invention
Barry Bend pre-industrialized society. So, mechanical? The idea that they'd even need to draw a distinction, is kinda dubious all on its own. Just because our current society would draw a distinction, doesn't mean that a fantasy version of a past society would. Language and culture are weird like that.
Karakuri Puppets from feudal Japan were actually some of the earliest examples of puppetry, and later, automata. A common use was to custom-make them to perform specific shows, including wars/battles. Hence, the concept of puppets that can kick ass is actually rooted in Japanese history, though obviously exaggerated. You can find these kinds of fictional 'battle puppets' in Fire Emblem, Naruto, Inuyasha, etc.
Nope, i think it's over-the-top antics are very endearing and the art looks wonderful (minus the creepy face close-ups), it has everything i liked about the 80s and 90s anime, so no you aren't alone in wanting to watch this.
Actually I can think of a time in manga where a puppet master was kinda cool, Gein in Rouroni Kenshin, especially since not only could he use the karakuri mech pretty well but outside of it he was a deadly opponent there was also Kankuro in Naruto but the mysteec of the puppets waned very quickly
sage doesnt like naruto, something hes made very clear in the past. more to the point though, that still doesnt really make them badass, since as sage described its still just some asshole flailing about for a bit well a wooden doll does all the actual work,
And Naruto is a Shonen shit anime that nobody has cared about for almost a decade with literally thousands of dust covered used box sets cluttering up store shelves to the point that stores have refused to buy them let alone stock new ones. Oh let's not forget that even the company that has the dub license hasn't dubbed a single episode since the middle of the second show because there wasn't enough fans left to justify the cost of dubbing.
You think that this is one hell of a ride, you should watch Outlanders. It's a space harem OVA with a 2006 dub by Central Park Media. Plus, that OVA will make Censor Kaiser work in some scenes and one of them will make Suave mad.
Ok, I was not expecting Bennett to make a reference to FNAF at 10:53 That'd be like if James A. Janisse made a Bruno Mattei reference while doing a video on a Lucio Fulci movie.
@Asher no SD Gundam Force is good its just that when it aired people who watched wing didn't like it. Also they didn't get the rather fun nods to UC gundam series.
Ah, from what i see this Ova seems to be an adaptation of an oneshot drawn bmanga artist Kazuhiro Fujita, he later used this onshot as inspiration when he drew Karakuri Circus (which is getting an anime adaptation). He is also the the author of Ushio and Tora which also got a 12 episode anime a few years back.
Heh. I'm always fond of anime combat puppets personally, but have no earthly idea why. This looks insane, and I really love your reactions throughout. I've gotta get a look at this for all the dumb and all the violence.
Looking forward to your next work. Good showing all around. Sorry if this falls under ill mannered but if you want to give the Sued-sona an odd time try looking up "Happy Lesson".
Hiroshi Takayama is an animation director for ninja resurrection (Makai Tenshou) here is a site of his work history its in japanese thou but most of them are anime related www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/82.html copy and paste "魔界轉生"(Makai Tenshou) in your word search bar (CTRL +F) you will find the exact same date as when ninja resurrection came out (1997). he was also the animation director(作画監督) for that anime. this 轉 is Chinese and this 転 is Japanese, they have the same meaning regardless if you put in "魔界轉生" or 魔界転生 they are gonna show up as the same anime in google so yes he is the same person who was involved in puppet princess as well as Ninja Ressurection
I remember an anime I believe called Jeedoh? I never saw how it's spelled and only saw it on tv in 85 or 86. It's an anime about an orphaned ninja trying to get his revenge against a mob boss named, Tenkai? He ends up going to the old Amercan West and joins up with a native American princess
Is that T-shirt Heracles and Iolas? Like from the Legendary adventures of? Because Kevin born again Sorbo being one of the few version of Heracles to include Iolas is just hilarious to me.
And to add insult to injury, The title character is voiced by Michelle Ruff in case you can't tell, though like Sheh and Robinson, she uses a different name in the credits: Georgette Rose.
There's this fighter jet anime called, Yukikaze. I think it was the influence for Ace Combat, so it has my interest. There's also one which looks a lot like Gunsmith Cats, though I can't remember the name. Both could be worth a review.
what was the raaapity smackity dooo from? also, why did her father need human skin for the dolls? was he so crazy he forgets skin rots much sooner than wood?
At the risk of melting my mind, i'ma gonna try to read into this piece....Her name is literally "Dutch Learning" as used when the Dutch brought various medical and scientific innovations to japan from the mid-1600's through the 1800's. Are they taking all the information the Dutch brought to Japan and personifying it in this girl? It kinda makes sense if you squint at it through a fogged mirror made of fuck... The Dutch did bring spring powered automatons to japan mainly as a novelty, functioning only to serve tea or operate a bow and arrow at best. Crude electrostatic generators were also traded, leading Sakuma Shozan to create the telegraph in Japan a full 5 years before they would receive one from Commodore Perry. He would later be killed on a mission to Edo where he would have presented arguments for opening Japan for trade. His assassin, Kawakami Gensai was noted to have said shortly after, "It was the first time I actually felt I'd killed someone; the hair on my head stood on end because he was the greatest man of all time." Gensai is the man upon whom Himura Battousai is based, cueing us in to just how important Shozan was to the advancement of Japan. His son would later join the Shinsengumi to avenge his father's death. Anatomy and physiology texts also arrived and before long a medical school was established. Is that the reason for the whole "Wires made of human skin" thing? Are they imitating nerves? Is the reason she is so oblivious to the ninja dude's advances because her thinking is literally foreign yet earnest in it's desire to understand? Some Japanese embraced this mindset, even while the Tokugawa shogunate was actively persecuting any Japanese person embracing these concepts. See Shozan above.... Okay, that was weird, but maybe we all learned a little something about embracing foreign ways of thought and......no, nevermind.....pez dispenser....
@@SMAXZO i like the manga, it has some cool easter eggs for longtime fans like myself, (what they did to yapool made me laugh so hard) the one thing i want to see sage review is Ultraman: the adventure begins, since its a joint collaboration with Tsuburaya and Hannah Barbera
This whole thing just reminded me of the anime Key The Metal Idol. I think that might be older than this show even, maybe another show for Sage to look at?
I've been watching Appleseed XIII...and it's bad, but I was curious about the rest of the franchise. Any chance of seeing an Anime Abandon episode on one of the Appleseed films?
Something about the art direction and action in this anime makes me think of Tekkonkinkreet... maybe this was Alan Smithee'd by someone who worked on that film?
.... the child skin ripping was really something I could do without, but at least there weren't any visuals really. It does remind me of Morgause's Spancel from The Once and Future King, though at least the poor bastard was dead first.
"My father...made a puppet that moves on its own." That's called bein a fekkin' robot.
To be fair, back in those times they had no word for an autonomous puppet.
RavenousMedicine to be fair an ancient society at that level of tech would not have such a word
Too slow me, too slow
@@deadaccount2968 yes they did mechanical doll.
RavenousMedicine The term "robot" is a relatively new term in that it was coined in a stage play that debuted in 1921 called Rossums Universal Robots or RUR for short. The term is derived from the Czech word "robota", which essentially meant "slave" (although a more precise translation would be an unpaid laborer in a feudal system). Before that, an autonomous machine was called an automaton, or automata in plural form since the word is Greek in origin.
I beg to differ when you say that puppetry cannot be bad-ass...
Blood-bending in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
🤣
Pitou from HunterXHunter
@@nickboyden2402 Hm?
Karakuri Circus
The whole thunderbolt fantasy saga its the best puppet action-fantasy serie also
Fun fact: The composer for this movie was Kaoru Wada, who was also the composer for Inuyasha, which premiered the same year.
The creator for this ova is Kazuhiro Fujita. He also created the manga/anime series Ushio and Tora as well as the manga Karakuri Circus/Puppet Circus, which i think an upcoming anime series is planned for?
R Seck With that info, I definitely wanna watch this now.
Nice!
"Puppetry isn't badass"
Thunderbolt Fantasy and Captain Scarlet call BS on that statement
Don't forget Naruto.
YEEEES! CAPTAIN SCARLET!
X=bomber and Team America would agree
*Relius Clover has entered the chat*
I WAS GONNA SAY WITH THUNDERBOLT FANTASY!
"Puppets aren't badass!!" Sasori from Naruto would like a word with you.
So true
Also Guilty Gear and Unbreakable machine doll
7:19 She's not wearing any underpants.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
When you see it...
No woman was, before the WW2 fall of emperor Hirohito. Japan adopted panties as feminine undergarment relatively recently and only then, it has been cherished as a fetish piece of clothing. If anything, I'd find it inaccurate if she had any >.>
And she's got no genitals, she's a PUPPET TOO!!!! :O
Ah, I see. That's why she takes it so well as the MC tries to outlewd her. Since there's no slot to park in, she doesn't mind it, lmao
As interesting as that twist would be, it would make no sense as it makes her de facto the father's "puppet masterpiece" moving on its own. Why would she have a scar on the back, then?
I believe the color designer gave the area a nondescript flesh color like the rest. Which is weird by me. Why not just blacking it out? Well, my take is that he didn't give much of a toss and was in a hurry to complete this custom work of a project or the planning was killing him with tight delays.
6:28 YES! The Ultimate Warrior will never die so long as we keep him in our hearts!
"What happened to your back?"
"Using the puppets as I do requires...something of the user to...connect them"
There, I fixed it.
...maybe they thought they were being Excel Saga?
So in other words, black magic.
Somewhere, I can hear Kankuro weeping in the corner.
And Chiyo and Sasori weeping in the afterlife.
*weeping noises*
A note: Yes, this is weird. It's actually from a manga from the maker of Karukuri Dolls. Ninja style puppetry can be cool.
ignoring Naruto's Sasori there is an upcoming anime adaptation of a 1997 manga that also revolves around weaponized puppets titled Karakuri Circus, the puppeteers thankfully are capable of moving around in acrobatic fashion while controlling their puppets.
The manga this was based on and Karakuri Circus were made by the same author, Kazuhiro Fujita
And I'm glad someone else brought it up. One of my more eagerly awaited anime, and I haven't even read the manga, same with Ushio and Tora
@@ghosttoasttoast I think that a take two of puppet princess would do it very well. The basis is actually very solid and contrary to what he says, the bits of humor, though occasionally misplaced was very good. I also liked her apparatus, though it prevents her from moving, it allows her to control several puppets at once. Creating an opponent that is very hard to approach and doesn't really need to move to lay the beatdown.
+ghostgirl21696 That makes perfect sense.
@@OnDavidsBrain between this, Ushio and Tora, and his recent manga Soboutei Must be Destroyed, it's not hard to tell the guy loves his crazy faces
Puppets can't be badass? I guess Leonov the Puppetmaster from Trigun is more creepy than badass.
You really need to see Thunderbolt Fantasy, Sage! Then you'll recognize how badass puppets can be
It's even TECHNICALLY anime!!!
Okay, out of curiosity I watched the first scene of Thunderbolt Fantasy and I'm so glad I saw your comment. Its legitimately impressive and dare I say badass. The story is sort of generic, but I can forgive that b/c the puppetry is very well done.
I'm glad you liked it! The story is definitely very earnest but it also has a few twists of what narrative you can expect along the way.
I was looking for this comment!
I agree but since Sage has watched Toonami religiously he probably remembers Tunderbolt Fantasy's predecessor Pili and the American fun called Wulin Warriors. So he very well may not find it as bad ass as we do since he watched Wulin Warriors first.
the princess' dad has nothing on Rusty Venture. skin, please. sometime you gotta use some parts of an orphan to make your super science!
Or Rusty's dad.
Like father like son.
Jonas was much more of an asshole about it.
Rusty did it to some kid he didn't know. Jonas did it to the man who was supposedly his best friend. There is a slight distinction.
Jonas Venture's science is quite potent.
7:30 all the kankurofans are gonna come after you ! all the two of them I tell you !!
Oh are my jimmies rustle
I mean... ninja puppets are kinda cool
Could be a Alan Smithee situation with the direccion.
Direction
More likely just a case of good old fashioned language barrier and kanji mistranslation by the official release.
7:25- I'm not the biggest Naruto fan, but there is a character there named Sasori, and he is the absolute counter arguement to your claim, Sage.
Damn Sage good job on that weight loss man. I just rewatched Kickassia and the difference is stunning.
Honestly, I feel he is being harder on this anime than necessary. I can understand some of where he is coming from, but it's really not a bad movie.
There's no goddam way this wasn't animated by the same guy who did Ninja Resurrection. There can't be two people on the planet with the same misunderstanding of what teeth look like.
7:20 I take it Sage has never heard about Karakuri Circus.
puppets may not be bad ass, but they can be scary
They can also be very erotic
Lol what🤣
Sage I wholely disagree that Puppets arn't scary. they were teh Medival equivlent of killer cyborgs. From Jewish golems to possesed porcelin dolls. Hell have you SEEN Punch and Judy? Tell me those aren't terrifying. Japan has a 300 year history building cutting edge Animaronics. The potential for horror here is huge.
The Tonal whiplash here is amazing though. Why din't they stick with straight horror? Like its a great story they got here, but then they throw in some truly oddd comedy. Maybe one of the producers thought the tone was too dark?
The whiplash made me think of the original Last House on the Left. Because what was missing from a movie about a couple torturing to death a gang that brutally raped and murdered two teenage girls is the slapstick antics of a pair of bumbling cops. It's like watching I Spit on your Grave but your grandma keeps switching the channel to a Three Stooges marathon.
Necroing hard here but comedy and horror are pretty common and even good combo. Depends on how one just mixtures them. I am kinda intriqued by the story and it could have been nice premise for longer series.
@@Yurikon3 50% Horror+ 50% Comedy usually= 100% Camp.
70%comedy+ 30% horror = genre parody
70% horror + 30% comedy = cringe.
Other mixes no doubt exist.
Oh SHIT that Pez dispenser line. The delivery, the visuals. Had to pause the video and wipe the tears from my eyes from laughing. What an incredible line.
2:28-3:43
Regarding the Hirotoshi Takaya vs. Hirotoshi Takayama thing, I've found uploads of both dub and VHS fansub of Ninja Resurrection here on RUclips, and on the dub, Hirotoshi Takayama is listed between Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane under "Animation Directors" in the opening credits (not the ending credits) of the "The Revenge of Jubei" episode. So yes, Takayama *is* credited for Ninja Resurrection.
In the same place in the sub, listed under 作画監督 (Animation Director), from right to left, are 羽山 贤二, 高谷 弘利, and 山根 理宏. The first and last are Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane sure enough, but the middle name is only 1 symbol different from Hirotoshi Takaya (高谷 浩利).
A quick Google check tells me that 弘利 can also translate to Hirotoshi, proven by screenwriter Hirotoshi Kobayashi. Therefore, it could very well be that the Japanese credits for Ninja Resurrection misinterpreted Takaya's given name (despite the hiragana/romaji reading winding up being the same either way), whilst the English credits (much more regularly the source of mistranslated names) screwed up the translation of his family name, true to form.
If puppetry cannot be badass, then explain Don Flamingo from One Piece.
Don't forget Sasori from Naruto.
I was thinking the same thing
Nope. No either to them.
Then I guess you just hate puppets or didn't even bother to watch naruto or OP.
Tao Jones T.jones Even if I watched it thousand times, still nope.
i dont know, i feel like an anime mixing up tones is somewhat par for the course. the yakuza games, and the berserk manga do it extremely well in my opinion, and that type of variety and unpredictability is one of the things i love about japanese story telling.
i definitely enjoy going from an emotional, brutal, and or visceral scene right into some light hearted comedy to cool things off. it does have to be somewhat subtle and “fluid” to work, and admittedly it works a lot better in manga as the medium lends itself better to it. for me, FMA is an example of this, the comedy during or after serious scenes works a lot better in the manga than the anime, because frankly its less noticeable and doesn’t take up actual screen time
Yakuza doesn't exactly have tone whiplash. The games are played beautifully over the top and the comedy is played over the top. Yet how many times does Yakuza go straight from its panty mission to finding your mother decapitated in the closet?
Nionivek exactly. even with giant shifts in vibe, it still feels cohesive. what i think helps it work is that kiryu is always the straight man. the world around him will get goofy but his character stay consistent and relatable.
I agree. Though it's somewhat a spectrum thing. Like that kind of thing can work but there is a line you have to avoid crossing on either side to make it feel natural.
Those eyebrows...Was this ninja the founder of the Mishima clan!?
Pathfinder Savant Fuck I'm wheezing! 😂😭😂
Told you this was going to be a rough one. Also nice basket case reference.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that.
"There are no strings on me."
Dragonkeeper that was a bad joke and you know it prepare for the punishment worthy of such terrible comedy *puts on dinner jacket and fancy eating gloves*
5:39 Thanks for reminding me. I really need to see that movie, as well as The Stuff and Monkey Shine.
EDIT: Speaking of 80s horror movies. With all your complaints of puppets/marionettes not being scary, I’m amazed that you did not make a Puppet Master joke in this episode.
Have Suave Review Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt!!!
That series can go fuck right off with its shocking swerve ending.
It's Gainax, what did you expect, a satisfying ending?
I fully expect that ending to get retconned should Panty and Stocking actually get another season.
Eclipse of Fire Productions I heard it was made by the same guys who made kill la kill and gurren laggann if that's true I'm expecting nothing less than no holds barred, balls to the wall, fuck logic and reason insanity
Clearly Sage hasn't watched Thunderbolt Fantasy. Puppetry isn't badass, *ha*.
Isn't a puppet that moves on its own just a robot?
Not a word they'd have. Or one with an origin that would line up in their language.
@@LupineShadowOmega mechanical demon doll.
In any case, a puppet that move on its own is not a puppet anymore...I would guess that while they don’t know the world robot, it’s more than likely they would find a name for that new invention
Barry Bend pre-industrialized society. So, mechanical? The idea that they'd even need to draw a distinction, is kinda dubious all on its own. Just because our current society would draw a distinction, doesn't mean that a fantasy version of a past society would. Language and culture are weird like that.
Automaton
So was this the inspiration for the ninja puppets in Naruto?
I would bet very good money on that
Puppets are actually common in ninjas
^^
You see them in Ruroni Kenshin, you see them in Ninja Scroll if I recall correctly. There's not much new to the idea
It's probably more rooted in the karakuri ningyou puppet theater, if I had to guess
Karakuri Puppets from feudal Japan were actually some of the earliest examples of puppetry, and later, automata. A common use was to custom-make them to perform specific shows, including wars/battles. Hence, the concept of puppets that can kick ass is actually rooted in Japanese history, though obviously exaggerated. You can find these kinds of fictional 'battle puppets' in Fire Emblem, Naruto, Inuyasha, etc.
17:06 best joke clip in anime abandon history so far.
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Is that a prototype firearm? I'm not familiar with the name.
I assume that Bennett would break from all the pantyshots.
please listen to da man sage.
Kankuro, chiyo, sassori of the hidden sand would disagree on the battle puppetry thing.
Children skin was used to make puppets that moved on their own? But you can do the same thing with glass fiber and some eletrical pulses.
I know you’ll probably hate me when I say this Sage, but I kind of thought the puppetry in Naruto was pretty cool.
It was!
I'm pretty sure it was the puppet arc that got me to stop watching Naruto.
The Exegete That early, huh?
Eh, I went and looked it up. I forgot about Kankuro, I did like him. It was Sakura's fight with Sasori shortly after Shippuden started when I gave up.
@@the_exegete wait really? The sasori arc was what got me to actually start watching naruto
Is it wrong that I actually want to watch this now...?
Chris Zelum Not at all. I'm actually a bit intrigued myself to be honest.
Nope, i think it's over-the-top antics are very endearing and the art looks wonderful (minus the creepy face close-ups), it has everything i liked about the 80s and 90s anime, so no you aren't alone in wanting to watch this.
Nope. I don't think Sage is painting it as a bad anime, just an absolutely insane sit.
"A puppet that could move on its own."
So...it's not a puppet, then?
Puppetry is only bad ass if you don't see the person who is pulling the strings.
Anyway lol great review Sage, very entertaining~
Actually I can think of a time in manga where a puppet master was kinda cool, Gein in Rouroni Kenshin, especially since not only could he use the karakuri mech pretty well but outside of it he was a deadly opponent
there was also Kankuro in Naruto but the mysteec of the puppets waned very quickly
Well Naruto has character use puppet as weapons
sage doesnt like naruto, something hes made very clear in the past.
more to the point though, that still doesnt really make them badass, since as sage described its still just some asshole flailing about for a bit well a wooden doll does all the actual work,
OverlordPichu I know that, but i’m just saying
And Naruto is a Shonen shit anime that nobody has cared about for almost a decade with literally thousands of dust covered used box sets cluttering up store shelves to the point that stores have refused to buy them let alone stock new ones.
Oh let's not forget that even the company that has the dub license hasn't dubbed a single episode since the middle of the second show because there wasn't enough fans left to justify the cost of dubbing.
Sage doesn't like a lot of modern Shonen.
They *ARE* badass. Get over it, haters.
You think that this is one hell of a ride, you should watch Outlanders. It's a space harem OVA with a 2006 dub by Central Park Media. Plus, that OVA will make Censor Kaiser work in some scenes and one of them will make Suave mad.
Johnny Bravo: I am sickened, yet curious.
Ok, I was not expecting Bennett to make a reference to FNAF at 10:53
That'd be like if James A. Janisse made a Bruno Mattei reference while doing a video on a Lucio Fulci movie.
Even Tequilla and Bonetti would yell "PICK A FUCKING TONE!!"
1:32 👌
THICC!
10:40 man, the new ancient gear golem support looks sick.
Hey Sage can you please do another Toonami month and look at SD Gundam Force(2004).
@Brandon Roberts yeah as it was the most divisive Gundam series ((unwarranted) until SEED came around).
@Asher no SD Gundam Force is good its just that when it aired people who watched wing didn't like it. Also they didn't get the rather fun nods to UC gundam series.
5:38 For those of you wondering, the joke is referencing the 1982 movie Basket Case.
It’s like the anime heard what the Loptyr Sect was doing with their child hunts and was like, “Hold my beer and watch this”.
Any chance you can review the Getter Robo series?
Kankurō or Sasori, she is not :D
Nor is she Chiyo
For a moment there, I thought Sage was holding a Full Metal Alchemist DVD at the end.
Those eyebrows though.
12:45 I haven't heard that Patton Oswalt bit in years and I still remember it word for word!
13:50 you go on an alliteration tyrade. Was that intentional?
10:50 YYYYYYEEEEEESSSS!!🤩😍🤣
12:00 What The Fuck!?😨😠
12:43 She's So Innocent. Protect Her!❤
Ah, from what i see this Ova seems to be an adaptation of an oneshot drawn bmanga artist Kazuhiro Fujita, he later used this onshot as inspiration when he drew Karakuri Circus (which is getting an anime adaptation). He is also the the author of Ushio and Tora which also got a 12 episode anime a few years back.
Naw. Kankuro still is the puppet god. Or Sasori, who basically turned his parents into disemboweled marionettes. You know. For kids.
What Sasori backstory? Shitty as fuck Parents?
I bought a high-end professional gaming mouse, not so that I can play video games...
But so that I can click on the thumbnail faster.
Would be interested in seeing your thoughts on the all-time mind-screw anime, Serial Experiments Lain.
Jesus Christ, those facial expression are going to haunt my nightmares until I die!
Eh. King Crimson desensitized me to those faces.
This needs to be said: the girl looks like Rukia from Bleach. She’s even voiced by Michelle Ruff as well.
17:11 WHAPPADY SCHMACKETY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I forgot to say it during endless waltz but I got to say, it’s nice to hear some Patton Oswald thrown in every now and then. Great video!
Heh. I'm always fond of anime combat puppets personally, but have no earthly idea why. This looks insane, and I really love your reactions throughout. I've gotta get a look at this for all the dumb and all the violence.
And yet, this had some of my favorite voice actors.
think you could review Shadow Skill sometime in the future?
Looking forward to your next work. Good showing all around.
Sorry if this falls under ill mannered but if you want to give the Sued-sona an odd time try looking up "Happy Lesson".
Best to watch this anime drunk. It wont make anymore sense. but at least it becomes mildly enjoyable
I see you got some robotech on that shelf behind you sage. . . . you going to do something with that ?
Someone never saw Kankuro in Naruto.
"Puppets are not badass".
Except when the puppeteer is using the marionettes to try and murder Vash the Stampede with extreme prejudice.
Hiroshi Takayama is an animation director for ninja resurrection (Makai Tenshou)
here is a site of his work history its in japanese thou but most of them are anime related
www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/82.html
copy and paste "魔界轉生"(Makai Tenshou) in your word search bar (CTRL +F)
you will find the exact same date as when ninja resurrection came out (1997).
he was also the animation director(作画監督) for that anime.
this 轉 is Chinese and this 転 is Japanese, they have the same meaning
regardless if you put in "魔界轉生" or 魔界転生 they are gonna show up as the same anime in google
so yes he is the same person who was involved in puppet princess as well as Ninja Ressurection
I remember an anime I believe called Jeedoh? I never saw how it's spelled and only saw it on tv in 85 or 86. It's an anime about an orphaned ninja trying to get his revenge against a mob boss named, Tenkai? He ends up going to the old Amercan West and joins up with a native American princess
Hey Sage, are you going to let us see a review on Robotech? Just wondering.
Is that T-shirt Heracles and Iolas?
Like from the Legendary adventures of?
Because Kevin born again Sorbo being one of the few version of Heracles to include Iolas is just hilarious to me.
And to add insult to injury, The title character is voiced by Michelle Ruff in case you can't tell, though like Sheh and Robinson, she uses a different name in the credits: Georgette Rose.
There's this fighter jet anime called, Yukikaze. I think it was the influence for Ace Combat, so it has my interest.
There's also one which looks a lot like Gunsmith Cats, though I can't remember the name.
Both could be worth a review.
5:40 I GOT IT HAHAHAHAHAHAA (seriously tho that “spoiler alert” was creepy as hell)
what was the raaapity smackity dooo from?
also, why did her father need human skin for the dolls? was he so crazy he forgets skin rots much sooner than wood?
You should watch Karakuri Circus. I never thought gigantic puppets could be badass at first, but my mind was quickly changed.
This is one of the funniest commentaries I've seen from you. 🎶"Whampedy shmapedy doooo!"🎶 I lose it every time! LOL
At the risk of melting my mind, i'ma gonna try to read into this piece....Her name is literally "Dutch Learning" as used when the Dutch brought various medical and scientific innovations to japan from the mid-1600's through the 1800's. Are they taking all the information the Dutch brought to Japan and personifying it in this girl? It kinda makes sense if you squint at it through a fogged mirror made of fuck...
The Dutch did bring spring powered automatons to japan mainly as a novelty, functioning only to serve tea or operate a bow and arrow at best. Crude electrostatic generators were also traded, leading Sakuma Shozan to create the telegraph in Japan a full 5 years before they would receive one from Commodore Perry. He would later be killed on a mission to Edo where he would have presented arguments for opening Japan for trade. His assassin, Kawakami Gensai was noted to have said shortly after, "It was the first time I actually felt I'd killed someone; the hair on my head stood on end because he was the greatest man of all time." Gensai is the man upon whom Himura Battousai is based, cueing us in to just how important Shozan was to the advancement of Japan. His son would later join the Shinsengumi to avenge his father's death.
Anatomy and physiology texts also arrived and before long a medical school was established. Is that the reason for the whole "Wires made of human skin" thing? Are they imitating nerves? Is the reason she is so oblivious to the ninja dude's advances because her thinking is literally foreign yet earnest in it's desire to understand? Some Japanese embraced this mindset, even while the Tokugawa shogunate was actively persecuting any Japanese person embracing these concepts. See Shozan above....
Okay, that was weird, but maybe we all learned a little something about embracing foreign ways of thought and......no, nevermind.....pez dispenser....
Hey Bennette, are you going to be reviewing Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman?
"Puppets aren't Badass"
Sasori of the red Sand 🩸🗿
review the Ultraman animes, especialy since SSSS Gridman and the Ultraman manga anime adaptaion are coming soon
What Ultraman animes? Jonias? Super Fighter Legend? Ultraman Kids? And that manga version just made Ultraman into a discount Kamen Rider....bleh.
@@SMAXZO Don't forget the Patlabor OVA.
Huh?
ruclips.net/video/UfOx3jWSTyw/видео.html
@@SMAXZO i like the manga, it has some cool easter eggs for longtime fans like myself, (what they did to yapool made me laugh so hard) the one thing i want to see sage review is Ultraman: the adventure begins, since its a joint collaboration with Tsuburaya and Hannah Barbera
7:24 um... Has Sage seen Karakuri Circus?
Thoughts on the 90s Hercules series with Kevin Sorbo?
This whole thing just reminded me of the anime Key The Metal Idol. I think that might be older than this show even, maybe another show for Sage to look at?
I've been watching Appleseed XIII...and it's bad, but I was curious about the rest of the franchise. Any chance of seeing an Anime Abandon episode on one of the Appleseed films?
5:41 i get the joke
Hes cosplaying the main movie character from the basket
Could you review kurokami the animation anime?
13:07 You don't understand, Bennett. It's some deep nakedness symbolism just as in "Made in Abyss", huuh =p
Great review, love the Kingsman clip at the end ^__^
Something about the art direction and action in this anime makes me think of Tekkonkinkreet... maybe this was Alan Smithee'd by someone who worked on that film?
.... the child skin ripping was really something I could do without, but at least there weren't any visuals really. It does remind me of Morgause's Spancel from The Once and Future King, though at least the poor bastard was dead first.