You gotta love that John tried so hard to look so despondent wearing the Garfield suit but still waved to the child, because no matter how serious you're trying to be you gotta wave back to children.
Thanks for shouting out my channel! I'll always appreciate the vote of confidence you gave me a year or so ago when my channel was much smaller. Also very pleased to be placed alongside Grimbeard. He makes killer vids and according to RUclips analytics I have a ton of audience overlap with him.
As soon as I'm done assisting the audiobook spinoff I will be with you two. .maybe I'm not sure my itinerary is a mess. I will get back to you. .maybe shoot me an email we can workshop it. .might have to be over zoom.
Timestamps (Spoilers): 2:03 Rock and Rule 6:17 Arzette and the jewel of Faramore 8:56 Demon City Shinjuku 10:47 hcnone 13:03 Kinitsu Gami Path of the Goddess 14:50 Delicious Dungeon/Frierin 17:42 Majuular 19:10 Grim Beard 21:30 Lies of P 24:23 Cookieboy 26:05 X-Men '97 28:43 Dragon Half 32:31 Love Lies Bleeding 33:32 Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay 35:05 Ren Faire 37:18 Tekken 8 39:12 Scavengers Reign
Isekai is better in cartoons lmao. Lost in Oz and Alice in wonderland are masterpieces of fiction. Isekai did start in the west so I guess it makes sense the best isekai would be in the west
World Central Kitchen (the Charity he donated to) provided meals in Taiwan in the aftermath of the Hualien Earthquake. As a Taiwanese person myself and as someone who had relatives in Hualien, I wanted to thank you.
The image of you walking through that shopping center wearing your Garfield costume while scores of horrified onlookers watched genuinely made me smile.
A futile, desperate attempt to reassert order in the face of the madness of Garfield. He comes for us all. As does the lasagna. And the Monday. We are powerless in the face of such forces.
How can someone hate Toriyama? Honestly. Even down to the humble way he depicted himself through his life as a guy who just liked to draw, look at boobs, and smoke a cigarette. He should feel like this mountain of a man. The man who redefined all of anime around himself and his aesthetic and his ideas, and yet he just felt like this funny uncle who would crack inappropriate jokes at a family gathering. That's what I remember most about Toriyama. He was just a man who wanted to create what he thought was fun and cool and no matter how successful he got, he didn't seem to change who he was at his core. It's an ideal that even today I strive for. The internal consistency of a master at their craft and a master at living their life for what they love.
I mean none of us could really know him personally people mostly have a bit of mistrust from master roshi and mr popo one seen as a sex pest the other a caricature, tbh I don't like to think ill of people especially after death but it's understandable why his works would give people ick
Very well said. Just to share my rough experience - I remember waking up at 5am on Saturdays as a kid in the 90s to watch Dragon Ball (the OG series). I forget if it was Cartoon Network, but it might have been (eventually that slot went to Yu Yu Hakusho for yeeaaaarrrrs). I ended up being obsessed with the series and would watch what little of Z I could find, including the weekly slot of untranslated episodes for far later than we had in the US on the international channel we had on our cable provider at the time. After Z, they aired Slayers (again, raw Japanese episodes), and then one of the Japanese manzai duo Downtown's many variety shows, Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. I didn't know who they were for SO LONG, but I still loved the show despite not understanding a SINGLE WORD at the time. I forgot about that for so many years (and only just now connected it to my future love of Gaki no Tsukai, the group Downtown is a part of), but later when I found Gaki no Tsukai I fell in love with their yearly 24 hour specials and then what translated episodes I could find (it's still hard to find them sometimes now even though Gaki no Tsukai is STILL GOING over 20 years later). Toriyama was one of the most influential creators in my love of Japanese media, and I grew up *from birth* watching Transformers, Voltron (my hometown local channel, KPLR, is the one that originally created it as the weird hodgepodge it is and aired it), and then anything that had that distinctive quality from that time on. Comics, too. I actually fell in love with manga thanks to Rumiko Takahashi and Ranma 1/2. It's hard to put into words what someone who you've never meant means to you, but Toriyama has influenced the *entire world*. That is not an exaggeration. He is truly immortal. He changed the WORLD with his art.
"Any other fans of Chaos Legion out there!?" It is I, John. I am the other fan of Chaos Legion out there. We are now brothers for life, funny internet Irish man.
This was supposed to be a short, simple manga about an old man and a tank which I made for my own personal enjoyment. But the tank was harder to draw than I expected, and I stubbomly insisted on drawing it all myself, so I came to regret ever getting involved with it. But the story was already plotted out to the end, so I couldn't change anything, and I went through hell drawing the whole thing. -Akira Toriyama, 2000
I assume he's talking about Sandland which was drawn years after Dragon Ball's finale. It's very validating to see a legendary figure like him making such mistake late in their long career!
Rock and Rule comes from such a specific time of Western animated films that only really came back once the internet took off. A mixture of genuine artistry with no fucks given unprofessionalism.
The animators lived in a time when censorship and regulation of media were more lax, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. We could benefit greatly from that level of creative freedom and expression for our media today because everything is becoming so corporate, sanitized and stale.
@@3nraiya buddy, the the 80's waas not a time where "censorship and regulation of media were more lax". Also rock and rule was a massive financial failure. Thats why no one makes films like that.
What you said about Scavenger’s Reign really resonated with me. It’s one of those shows that exudes such freshness and attention craft, that each episode contained a scene or even just a line that had me going NO F*ING WAY and HOW IS EVERYONE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS?? Or an interaction between characters that made me cry because of how specific it felt. I won’t spoil anything but there’s one character in particular who is so intoxicated by the past that he loses himself in it, which is so on point for the theme of this video.
Toriyama and Dragonball Z had such a huge impact on my childhood. Future Trunks being my all time favorite character, wanting to have his clothes and hairstyle. It also, like many, was my introduction to anime and seeing it as more than a cartoon. Getting home after school everyday to watch it and using my allowance to buy the VHS every week will never leave my memory. Hopefully him and Miura are watching us from the next life and are proud of their achievements. RIP Akira Toriyama
When Toriyama died, I decided it was time to read Dragon Ball. I thought the 16 volumes of the original series and it was wonderful. My dad loves Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama’s death was incredibly impactful, one of my earliest memories is me and my dad watching the cell arc of Dragon Ball. Rest in peace Akira Toriyama, a man who shaped my life in a way few others did.
Grimbeard has been a strong "RUclips hidden gem" favorite of mine for a while now. His videos are the perfect combination of absurd deadpan comedy, surprisingly earnest insight and Twin Peaks references. Absolutely wonderful to see him shouted out by a bigger channel like this.
I remember being like… 6, maybe 7 years old and turning the channel from Nickelodeon and whatever weird foot thing they were doing at the time over to Toonami, where I would see Goku vs Freeza for the first time. I don’t know what specifically it was about it that caught me, but from that point on I loved Dragon Ball. Toriyama’s work shaped so much of who I became as an adult and so much of what I love. I literally would not have the friends that I do if it weren’t for Toriyama’s works. We lost one of the greats when he passed, but his influence will be here for a long time. Thank you Toriyama.
I resonate so much with the ending segment on Akira Toriyama and the sheer influence he had on my life. No matter what was going on in life, 5:30pm on Toonami would be Dragon Ball Z time and I'll always be grateful of how he opened my eyes to different shows, games and art styles. Also a side note, but your videos are honestly the highlight of my sub feed whenever I see one pop up, thanks for doing what you do!
"some things are too interesting to be forgotten" - me in my deathbed remembering John in a Garfield suit sit down pondering existence outside an Irish mall
I am ugly crying at my desk right now because god damn, I was not ready for that send off for Akira. Dragon ball z on toonami was the one thing that I could always looked forward to after school. Not only did it introduce me to the wonderful medium of art that is anime and manga, but as someone who didn't have a strong male role model in my life, it taught me many valuable lessons about courage, perseverance, honor, family, and good vs evil. DB gets a lot of unjustified hate for being "a normie show with a weak story" but if normie means that as many people as possible can see part of themselves or see part of the person that they want to be in your art, I can't imagine a higher praise. I hope you are finally getting the rest that you so deserve you crazy, talented, passionate workaholic.
"Everything Grimbeard makes has this intangible personal feel which comes from the simultaneously detached yet passionate style of writing, to the syrupy goth aesthetic they drench every part of their videos in, to the background music that they write themselves. And I love that. If I was to break down video essays into a simple formula, I would say that it is passion multiplied by a person’s ability to convey that passion, and Grimbeard maxes out both those categories." -Eyepatch Wolf Idk why this quote resonated with me so much but I feel much more excited to finish some projects I have brewing. Like damn, I hope someone talks about my stuff with this kind of love one day.
I was a pretty skinny kid growing up which made my schools athletic requirements pretty rough on me. I joined my schools wrestling team for about three years and it was rough. Almost every match ended with me getting fucking slammed on the ground before I could do anything, and yet I kept working at it, pushing myself in every practice, throwing myself into every match. That’s the influence Vegeta had on me. He was this guy so prideful that he refused to let weakness define him. I always used to say Goku was my hero back then because he was so fearless, but I only realized when Toriyama passed away that it was Vegeta who I had always connected with. I struggle a lot with my self worth and what impressed me about Vegeta was that no matter the situation he refused to acknowledge he was lesser than anyone else. That’s something I still want to this day. I’m now in college and it’s dragged me to some of my darkest points in life, and yet three years in and I’m still here. Maybe I’m stubborn, maybe I’m just really good at picking myself up, but I do know that Vegeta is at least part of the reason for that.
Simple yet important memory was when my brother drew me a shenlong dragon, it made me realize that the cartoons I saw on tv had to had been drawn by someone and that completely blow my mind. It inspired me to try to do the same. Toriyama’s work (and I guess my by then 10 year old brother’s work) inspired me to become an artist.
Eye patch wolf is really something special in this space I'm actually so glad I got to find a creator like him please never stop being you, all the love bro
Thank you so much for putting Scavengers Reign on the top of your list. You are one of the few people who could actually help it be greenlit to get a 2nd season. Thank you
@@andrewkeddie7563 u have to let go of any worries. Really nothing is as bad. You have to believe that u can survive any challenge life throw at you. I recommend playing dark soul, it help me
vegetas arc has been one of the pieces of art that has made me feel the most seen, relating it to art, i saw myslef in the moment of ego death when you think that you are the best (at least in my facinity lol) and them realizing that there are people out there who are better than you. the rage that comes with that, all the times your ego will step in to try to protect you but the ultimate peace you archieve inside you when you learn to be okay with that and being finally able to see your own worth from within, not from comparing yourself to those around you. vegeta made me feel seen and understood in a time of my life when i really needed it, thank you Akira Toriyama
Toriyama’s work on the Dragon Quest series is a huge reason as to why I love that series so much. The character and monster designs are so timeless and iconic, while being so unbelievably charming. Something as simple as the Slime is filled with so much character, and the design for DQ4 protagonist is one of the best ever. Thank you Toriyama.
The adults staring at him represent authority. The scene represents conformity, and how certain individuals can strive to achieve more past authority. /j
I really appreciate you dropping Scavenger's Reign into here. I saw the trailer for it a while back but I'm slow to watch shows and movies in place of playing games, so I had forgotten about it. Thanks for bringing it back to mind, because it does look gorgeous. Regarding Toriyama, in a strange twist of fate, I began reading the DB/Z manga not long before he passed, and finished them only a few months ago. Always preferred reading to watching when it came to manga vs. anime. It was campy as hell and a little unintentionally silly in places, but it's so easy to see where the contributions were to the broader landscape of the medium. He did great work.
It's not "Scavenger's Reign" (the reign of scavengers [a noun phrase, describing the reign]), it's "Scavengers Reign" (a _statement,_ of the scavengers, scavengers be reigning). A difference I thought was very profound. Though I was baked off my head when I noticed that so maybe it's not all that profound.
So buzzed to hear you mention Grim Beard. He is by far my favourite content creator and deserves way more recognition and views. His production quality, humour, and all around vibe are just so unique and cool. Definitely one of the best youtubers currently out there.
Dude fuck yes, thank you for shouting out Grimbeard! I have been such a fan of his goth gamer nation for a few years and his videos just get better and better. I will still miss his Supernatural/X-File videos (SAMMYYYYYY), but am always excited for the next drop!
Moved to rural Japan with my family a month ago. Change is so hard, and so worth the risk and difficultly. Your content is thoughtful and relatable as always.
Just want to say I love these favorite things videos. Have been watching them for years now and I always look forward to them. Please never stop making them!
Toriyama-san and his works were so massively formative in the years of my youth. I can't begin to explain how impactful titles like Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger have been as I move forward through life. The collection of his efforts are a powerful psychic anchor that keep me grounded. Thank you so much for everything Toriyama -san
My very first manga I ever read and owned was Dr. Slump. I'm currently traveling in Japan at the moment and decided to reread the series on my flights/train rides. It's been such a blast experiencing this hilarious, gorgeous, relaxing piece of art. Besides the manga itself, I really enjoyed all of the anecdotes he puts in about himself, his family, his editors, etc at the end of some of his chapters. It really humanized him for me. Thank you, Toriyama!
Almost shed a tear when you were talking about toriyama and the last volume of HxH appeared. HxH is my favourite thing in the world and yeah, Togashi as many other artists were all influenced by the work done in Dragon Ball. What a great legacy to have changed the lives of millions, directly or indirectly because there's a big chance your favourite piece of media was done by someone who loved dragon ball. Thank you Akira, thank you Togashi and thank you wolf guy for the video.
My exposure to Toriyama was his work for Dragon Quest, and especially love his monster designs. There's a ton of character to them, from the cute slimes and sanguinis to the iconic golem and mechs. It's safe to say that the series as it is would not exist without him. I still haven't played Dragon Quest Monsters 3, but knowing it might have been the last Dragon Quest he worked on feels bittersweet. A lot of the art he's done for DQM, featuring groups of lots of monsters together are so wonderful and lively. Really demonstrates his talent as an artist, both with monster design and composition. I also own an unreasonable amount of slime plushies, their big smiles always cheer me up and I spent too much time hugging my favorite ones. Thank you for such a perfect friend, Toriyama.
@@deadlock_problem ... What? How? I found all the characters reasonable, they just seem like normal people forced into an insane situation. You could call them "boring" I guess, but I have no idea what you mean by "tumblr tier".
BRO THANK YOU. Feeling shit rn cuz of that covid fever, 38°C fucking me up and I immediately click on this video upon getting that notification and the first thing I hear is Silent Hill music. BLESS YOUR SOUL.
I grew up in the 90's and one of my most vivid memories is waking up for elementary school (primary school for non-Americans) and on some of these early mornings getting to catch glimpses of episodes of Dragon Ball Z episodes as my family got ready for the day. I don't think I ever actually saw an episode but I can absolutely say that is probably the single defining reason I got into anime as a teenager and re-discovered it as an adult post education. As I learned, too late, about Akira Toriyama , and who he was I'm saddened that he passed as early as he did. I hope he is able to find peace.
As someone that has attended the Texas Renaissance Fair (TRF) for a very long time - I had some idea that the behind the scenes drama was show worthy but honestly I never expected that to actually happen. Thanks for reminding me.
Sharing my Toriyama inspiration story here as requested. The Dragon Ball manga changed my life. When you talked about the playfulness of Akira Toryiama's panels, the warmth of his machine designs, the fashion and poses of his characters, I started crying and couldn't stop for several minutes. There are few creators whose deaths have given me this level of grief, but Toriyama's passing was a huge gut punch. It still hurts. These days, I'm a professional video game artist (specifically UI/UX, but I still draw characters in my free time, and I'll hopefully never ever stop). Toriyama is one of a handful of creators who set me on that path at a young age. Though I would later come to adore his character designs for Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, it was Bulma in Dragon Ball who inspired me the most. When I opened Dragon Ball volume 1 at age 14, it was Bulma's vibrant personality, her sense of adventure, her winning combination of smarts and brattiness that hooked me on the series. I was a teenage girl trying to figure out my role in the world, and so was she. Even beyond Bulma, Toriyama had an endless fascination with "girl who tinkers with machines", from Lucca in Chrono Trigger to Ann in Sand Land. Every time I see one of those characters in his work, I smile. They all feel like old friends. I was drawn to my field of work because I love creating art while solving technical design problems. I hope I approach my work in the same way Bulma does hers: innovative and thoughtful, but also decidedly feminine, outspoken, and always uncompromisingly myself. Rest in peace, Toriyama-sensei. Thank you for all the joy and inspiration you gave so many of us.
Also: your recommendations are on point, as ever. Both Frieren and Scavenger's Reign have been helping me immensely through this depressing time trying to survive as a professional in the video games industry.
I randomly stumbled upon Dragon Half back over a decade ago. It doesn't live rent free in my head, it does pay rent in the one bedroom brain apartment it rents reliably. It's just there. All the time. Every once in a while it goes "You are now thinking about the anime dragon girl from the 90s that wore the super skimpy outfit. You are welcome." And then I once again suspect that it was one of the initial seeds that got me into monster girls.
Eyepatch Wolf: hey guys give some love to Majular and Grimbeard by subscribing to them Me, who’s been subbed to both for months: I’m 4 parallel universe ahead of you
When I was 13 I was introduced to Dragon Ball Z and it really kickstarted a love of anime that was at times brutal (because it really wasn't a thing back then and certainly not in the podunk nowhere town I grew up) and at times profoundly beautiful in the connections it allowed me to make with other weird and lonely kids who all had this one big thing in common. I remember setting my alarm for midnight to catch reruns if I missed an episode because of school, and drawing Vegeta 24/7 is what got me into art. I recently found a copy of Dragon Ball 1 being given away at the local library so of course I snapped it up and can't wait to read it. Anyway, thanks for all the nostalgia bait! I'm excited to look into some of these soon :)
Seeing two RUclipsrs I enjoy back-to-back in a video from a third RUclipsr I enjoy ripped my soul clean out of my body, which promptly ascended into heaven
Looking back to when I was a kid, I forget how much art I’ve seen of Akira Toriyama. Not just Dragon Ball, but also Chrono Trigger, and Dragon Quest, games that changed the JRPG landscape. The man was a legend and the fact that people are still fans of his work to this day speaks volumes about him and his influence around the world. RIP you absolute legend we will never forget. 🐉
Lie's of P was probably my favorite game of last year. Was so glad to see the dlc is still being worked on and can't wait to see what direction the sequel takes
It's the first time I've seen someone not only saying about things they like, but also explaining why with such detail and context, and even admiting that there could be differences with personal preferences of others. Truly a hero
As a Canadian, thank you for shouting out Rock and Rule, our first English-language animated feature film. It's such a weird little bit of cultural production, an adult-oriented science-fantasy rock opera. The only thing I could compare it to is 1981's Heavy Metal (also partly animated by Canadians)
Toriyama's work has had such a profound effect on my life, his work has just been such a constant force throughout it. I loved DBZ as a child and his character and monster designs in Dragon Quest are some of my favourite of all time, I think Slimes might actually be a perfect design they're just so wonderful. The Sand Land manga which is so charming and deeply underrated quickly became a favourite of mine when I read it back in January and now I have a little Beelzebub key chain on my purse as my own little memorial to Toriyama. Thank you Toriyama for everything, I hope you can rest in peace. Thank you too Wolf for creating a space for us to share our feelings, memories and remember such a genuine icon.
My earliest memory of Dragonball is being a young child absolutely terrified of Majin Buu. Watching this happy monster turn some kids into candy and feeding them to another blind child. Seeing Dabura, who was scary himself, turned into a cookie and completely done away with. The fear and curiosity those moments left me with are what compelled all of my interest in anime and visual art as a whole; Nothing else will ever in my mind compare to the master piece that Toriyama created.
Thank you for the Buu shoutout! My moment of #ScareFactor with Buu was the _very_ first time he actually smiled. Going from his happy fat man's expression to a cartoonishly sadistic smile that dwarfs Dabura's, only to, yeah, turn him into a cookie, and also beat up every other character that could stand a chance to him, and then just regenerating absolutely any damage. I actually love the blind kid moment despite how messed up it is (the idea that he has no idea what to do if you're not scared to him when he's there, so he just... cures your blindness so you can see him and be scared, only for that not to work either), but find it a great choice that he both eats people more literally than Cell, yet less so because they're turned into candy first. Not to mention the music. There's so much about the Buu Saga's music that speaks to me.
Its very easy for creators to just update the description and move on when they make a crediting mistake so it was really great that you shouted out those artists you missed here.
Akira Toryiama gave me the courage to join a karate class and fight back against the never ending assault of my bullies in a time I felt powerless. Literally changed my life and placed me on a path of self respect. He gave so much more than I think even he realizes in his creations. Thank you Akira, you changed countless lives for the better.
I grew up in Wales, but my mother is Irish, and we would frequently visit my grandmother in Dublin. She lived about a stones throw from Nutgrove and I spent a lot of time there whenever we'd make the trip over. I cannot believe you mentioned that shopping centre. But I similarly was almost certainly walking around there hoping to find some cool game or anime stuff. I think there was a shop called Golden Discs or something in the center near the fountain? That place always filled me with a bit of hope after finding SSX Tricky there once haha I'm pretty sure my cousin, who also grew up nearby to that shopping center, would have been the person to originally introduce me to manga and anime, quite possibly would have been DBZ too. RIP Toriyama.
AHHHHHH THE BEST RUclipsR POSTED HIS QUARTERLY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ART AGAIN I WILL NOW CREATE MY LIST OF THINGS TO CONSUME AND CELEBRATE I AM DEAD SERIOUS YOU HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MY LIFE TASTE AND PREFERENCES AND I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERY PIECE OF CONTENT YOU MAKE I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON AND THAT YOU MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LESS ALONE IN THE WORLD AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR US AND ALSO YOU ARE A VERY HANDSOME MAN
it's really really something youtube needs. instead of endless channels dedicated to laughing at other people or ranting about horrible things, we really, really need some wholesome little guy coming in and saying 'hey look at all this cool stuff i found. you might like it!'
You're the reason I watched Reservation Dogs so thank you for that, I paused about 11 seconds into you talking about Scavengers Reign and am going to just go watch it immediately and then come back.
Man jokes aside, I haven't watched this video yet but, I remember when I got into the Netflix adaptation of berserk and I needed more. I found the why you should watch berserk video from you and literally on my target budget years ago I bought every single volume and read them. Interest don't always align, but if you highly recommend something I think it's worth giving a chance - All that to say, I'm excited to find something to watch with this vid 😊
A friend of mine I met in High School is the one who introduced me to Dragon Ball. He had the Mangas that I borrowed that I could not read, but I still flipped through EVERY page. We would Rent the Anime from our Local China Town and watch it, even though I could not understand it. He also gave me my first Wall Scroll of the Z Fighters that I still have hanging on my Wall to this Day. Once it became available in English I watched everything, from its Original Dub to Kai, every Movie (beyond that abomination that is the Live Action one), GT, and Super. I have Imported Music CD's, including the one for the English TV Series. Collection of Figs and many different Games for different Systems. Heck I even burned out my first PS1 by forcing it to bypass the Region Locking to play Legends. Not to mention all the other Games I have played that he did the Art for. Man is a Legend and will be missed. Many Curses upon those who chose to try and Bad Mouth him after his passing. RIP, enjoy your Journey on Snake Way.
Speaking of youtubers, BlueBoyPhin is someone everyone should check out, especially after his last video about softlocks in Pokemon and the insane introspection that came at the end of the video that hit like a brick wall
Toryama was so much of my childhood. Reading doctor slump in Germany and watching dragon Ball on TV. The way I wear my hair was influenced by Trunks character design i loved Chrono trigger growing up and his approach to how he drew things like cars, robots, and hiverbikes with so much detail and fun distortion was so unbelievably cool. He was the reason I started drawing my own comics in high school and became a designer now. He's so much to so many people it's unreal.
i started watching scavengers reign halfway through while my dad was watching it in the living room and i sat there slack jawed for the rest of the show, genuinely one of the best pieces of media to come out these last few years
You gotta love that John tried so hard to look so despondent wearing the Garfield suit but still waved to the child, because no matter how serious you're trying to be you gotta wave back to children.
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He may be weird and weirdly self aware about it, but he isn't a bloody monster!
Thanks for shouting out my channel! I'll always appreciate the vote of confidence you gave me a year or so ago when my channel was much smaller.
Also very pleased to be placed alongside Grimbeard. He makes killer vids and according to RUclips analytics I have a ton of audience overlap with him.
three absolute legends
Xenogears video is my favorite backround noise, your voice is a sleep aid my guy.
I was rewatching the Darkseed video for the hundredth time today. Very happy to see your work mentioned here
Keep it real, king 👑 👍
Real one
Dude, shouting out that bakery was so sweet. So nice to see someone with such a big platform choosing to big up a small business. What a sweetheart
never before have i, as an American, wanted so badly to go to one random extremely specific cookie shop in Dublin
@@draco6349 I'm booking a flight as we speak
@@draco6349considering the bigger cookie company we deal with here in America it makes me want to plan a trip to Dublin as soon as possible
To be fair, they do look yummy.
I want that blueberry cookie 🥲
“Nobody thinks Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the greatest show ever made.”
Well John you just made yourself a very ineffectual enemy today.
If history is any indication, you should start a RUclips career over this
Eh. Was good when it was on, did its thing, left us with Whedonesque dialogue that made us want to kill ourselves. Its alright.
Make that 2 equally ineffectual enemies.
As soon as I'm done assisting the audiobook spinoff I will be with you two. .maybe I'm not sure my itinerary is a mess. I will get back to you. .maybe shoot me an email we can workshop it. .might have to be over zoom.
You should become the SuperEyepatchWolf to John's Woolie Madden.
Timestamps (Spoilers):
2:03 Rock and Rule
6:17 Arzette and the jewel of Faramore
8:56 Demon City Shinjuku
10:47 hcnone
13:03 Kinitsu Gami Path of the Goddess
14:50 Delicious Dungeon/Frierin
17:42 Majuular
19:10 Grim Beard
21:30 Lies of P
24:23 Cookieboy
26:05 X-Men '97
28:43 Dragon Half
32:31 Love Lies Bleeding
33:32 Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay
35:05 Ren Faire
37:18 Tekken 8
39:12 Scavengers Reign
41:41 Akira Toriyama tribute :)
Thank you kind person
I love the spoiler tag lol
28:10 Batman The Caped Crusader
"You look like you hate Mondays. I can fix that."
That's the vibe I got from the intro.
Exactly
In my restless dreams, I see that day. Monday.
"You don't hate Mondays. You hate capitalism."
holy crap it's the real king of antarctica
Those Zelda chi games produced so much great internet edits
"That's not saying all Isekai are bad, *just the ones I've Seen. "
Absolute treasure of a quote.
200,000 people have seen this video and I see no one posting a contradiction
Isekai is better in cartoons lmao. Lost in Oz and Alice in wonderland are masterpieces of fiction. Isekai did start in the west so I guess it makes sense the best isekai would be in the west
@RWR785 Don't forget Narnia. That's like a textbook Isekai really.
World Central Kitchen (the Charity he donated to) provided meals in Taiwan in the aftermath of the Hualien Earthquake. As a Taiwanese person myself and as someone who had relatives in Hualien, I wanted to thank you.
The image of you walking through that shopping center wearing your Garfield costume while scores of horrified onlookers watched genuinely made me smile.
i love how he goes between passionately talking about something to sounding like he is held at gunpoint
him being held at gunpoint is him being passionate
Mom protecting her kid from the Garfield man at the start lol
Love how you can see the kid waving to garf despite that
@@LordOwenTheThird super cute
A futile, desperate attempt to reassert order in the face of the madness of Garfield. He comes for us all. As does the lasagna. And the Monday. We are powerless in the face of such forces.
Opening with the garfield suit, strong choice.
Personally I would have gone with baby oil
Look at that lad, just shattering people's minds with the notions coming off him.
Thanks for the spoiler as I opened the video. LOL
And in public no less, insanely bold holy shit
Not just in public in dundrum the largest shopping mall(I think) in Ireland. He could easily have gone somewhere way less populous.
“IS WHAT A WORSE RUclipsR WOULD SAY” is both funny and psychologically healthy thank you Mr. Wolf
it is such a hell yeah moment, jus sheer fuck yeah
How can someone hate Toriyama? Honestly. Even down to the humble way he depicted himself through his life as a guy who just liked to draw, look at boobs, and smoke a cigarette. He should feel like this mountain of a man. The man who redefined all of anime around himself and his aesthetic and his ideas, and yet he just felt like this funny uncle who would crack inappropriate jokes at a family gathering. That's what I remember most about Toriyama. He was just a man who wanted to create what he thought was fun and cool and no matter how successful he got, he didn't seem to change who he was at his core. It's an ideal that even today I strive for. The internal consistency of a master at their craft and a master at living their life for what they love.
I havent got to the part of the video that would tell me why you commented this. But yeah you got it, Toriyama is a legend and an inspiration!
I mean none of us could really know him personally people mostly have a bit of mistrust from master roshi and mr popo one seen as a sex pest the other a caricature, tbh I don't like to think ill of people especially after death but it's understandable why his works would give people ick
Very well said. Just to share my rough experience - I remember waking up at 5am on Saturdays as a kid in the 90s to watch Dragon Ball (the OG series). I forget if it was Cartoon Network, but it might have been (eventually that slot went to Yu Yu Hakusho for yeeaaaarrrrs). I ended up being obsessed with the series and would watch what little of Z I could find, including the weekly slot of untranslated episodes for far later than we had in the US on the international channel we had on our cable provider at the time. After Z, they aired Slayers (again, raw Japanese episodes), and then one of the Japanese manzai duo Downtown's many variety shows, Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. I didn't know who they were for SO LONG, but I still loved the show despite not understanding a SINGLE WORD at the time. I forgot about that for so many years (and only just now connected it to my future love of Gaki no Tsukai, the group Downtown is a part of), but later when I found Gaki no Tsukai I fell in love with their yearly 24 hour specials and then what translated episodes I could find (it's still hard to find them sometimes now even though Gaki no Tsukai is STILL GOING over 20 years later).
Toriyama was one of the most influential creators in my love of Japanese media, and I grew up *from birth* watching Transformers, Voltron (my hometown local channel, KPLR, is the one that originally created it as the weird hodgepodge it is and aired it), and then anything that had that distinctive quality from that time on. Comics, too. I actually fell in love with manga thanks to Rumiko Takahashi and Ranma 1/2. It's hard to put into words what someone who you've never meant means to you, but Toriyama has influenced the *entire world*. That is not an exaggeration. He is truly immortal. He changed the WORLD with his art.
"Any other fans of Chaos Legion out there!?"
It is I, John. I am the other fan of Chaos Legion out there. We are now brothers for life, funny internet Irish man.
I would've been the third fan if my copy woul've worked, it didnt go beyond the starting menu :(
Still have my PS2 copy! There's some absolute bangers in the OST that I enjoy to this day.
not alone! one of the few who know this game exists
I was just thinking the other day "I wonder if anyone else remembers chaos legion". So glad there are at least a half dozen of us! Haha.
I love to hear this man talk about his favorite things, protect this man at all costs
x4
So real
I thought you said project
His taste aligns so well with mine that it’s borderline eerie
Stop. Jfc what has happened to this channel's audience
This was supposed to be a short, simple manga about an old man and a tank which I made for my own personal enjoyment. But the tank was harder to draw than I expected, and I stubbomly insisted on drawing it all myself, so I came to regret ever getting involved with it. But the story was already plotted out to the end, so I couldn't change anything, and I went through hell drawing the whole thing.
-Akira Toriyama, 2000
I assume he's talking about Sandland which was drawn years after Dragon Ball's finale. It's very validating to see a legendary figure like him making such mistake late in their long career!
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Rock and Rule comes from such a specific time of Western animated films that only really came back once the internet took off. A mixture of genuine artistry with no fucks given unprofessionalism.
See also Ralph Bakshi's back catalogue.
Honestly we need more animations like that
The animators lived in a time when censorship and regulation of media were more lax, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. We could benefit greatly from that level of creative freedom and expression for our media today because everything is becoming so corporate, sanitized and stale.
@@Kolbatsu let me introduce you to newgrounds
@@3nraiya buddy, the the 80's waas not a time where "censorship and regulation of media were more lax". Also rock and rule was a massive financial failure. Thats why no one makes films like that.
What you said about Scavenger’s Reign really resonated with me. It’s one of those shows that exudes such freshness and attention craft, that each episode contained a scene or even just a line that had me going NO F*ING WAY and HOW IS EVERYONE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS?? Or an interaction between characters that made me cry because of how specific it felt. I won’t spoil anything but there’s one character in particular who is so intoxicated by the past that he loses himself in it, which is so on point for the theme of this video.
Toriyama and Dragonball Z had such a huge impact on my childhood. Future Trunks being my all time favorite character, wanting to have his clothes and hairstyle. It also, like many, was my introduction to anime and seeing it as more than a cartoon. Getting home after school everyday to watch it and using my allowance to buy the VHS every week will never leave my memory. Hopefully him and Miura are watching us from the next life and are proud of their achievements.
RIP Akira Toriyama
When Toriyama died, I decided it was time to read Dragon Ball. I thought the 16 volumes of the original series and it was wonderful. My dad loves Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama’s death was incredibly impactful, one of my earliest memories is me and my dad watching the cell arc of Dragon Ball. Rest in peace Akira Toriyama, a man who shaped my life in a way few others did.
Same! DBZ manga is fantastic!
just DB @@Gadget-Walkmen
The primal fear I felt opening this video inside the Dundrum shopping centre cannot be understated
Guess Cookieboy is next on the agenda
Dundrum has always felt weird to me whenever I've gone in there. There's just something *_off_* about the place.
The lack of dun dun or drums always disturbs me.
Also breaking immersion being in the real world. -1
Grimbeard has been a strong "RUclips hidden gem" favorite of mine for a while now. His videos are the perfect combination of absurd deadpan comedy, surprisingly earnest insight and Twin Peaks references. Absolutely wonderful to see him shouted out by a bigger channel like this.
Agree. Same for majuular, who has a different kind of thing but is among my very favorites
he is the only RUclipsr(besides Civvie) I sub to on patreon. Lets go Goth Gamer Nation
Oh man I can see so much of Maharaga sukuna fight in 10:36. What a beautiful homage. So perfect. 😭
I remember being like… 6, maybe 7 years old and turning the channel from Nickelodeon and whatever weird foot thing they were doing at the time over to Toonami, where I would see Goku vs Freeza for the first time.
I don’t know what specifically it was about it that caught me, but from that point on I loved Dragon Ball. Toriyama’s work shaped so much of who I became as an adult and so much of what I love. I literally would not have the friends that I do if it weren’t for Toriyama’s works.
We lost one of the greats when he passed, but his influence will be here for a long time. Thank you Toriyama.
I got to see that Ospreay-Danielson match in person, and the energy in that arena was insane! Great night of pro wrestling.
I resonate so much with the ending segment on Akira Toriyama and the sheer influence he had on my life.
No matter what was going on in life, 5:30pm on Toonami would be Dragon Ball Z time and I'll always be grateful of how he opened my eyes to different shows, games and art styles.
Also a side note, but your videos are honestly the highlight of my sub feed whenever I see one pop up, thanks for doing what you do!
The moment Jin switched to his Tekken 3 moveset and the music changed to his OG theme…a part of my soul soared. I see you, John. You are not alone.
"some things are too interesting to be forgotten"
- me in my deathbed remembering John in a Garfield suit sit down pondering existence outside an Irish mall
I am ugly crying at my desk right now because god damn, I was not ready for that send off for Akira. Dragon ball z on toonami was the one thing that I could always looked forward to after school. Not only did it introduce me to the wonderful medium of art that is anime and manga, but as someone who didn't have a strong male role model in my life, it taught me many valuable lessons about courage, perseverance, honor, family, and good vs evil. DB gets a lot of unjustified hate for being "a normie show with a weak story" but if normie means that as many people as possible can see part of themselves or see part of the person that they want to be in your art, I can't imagine a higher praise. I hope you are finally getting the rest that you so deserve you crazy, talented, passionate workaholic.
"Everything Grimbeard makes has this intangible personal feel which comes from the simultaneously detached yet passionate style of writing, to the syrupy goth aesthetic they drench every part of their videos in, to the background music that they write themselves.
And I love that.
If I was to break down video essays into a simple formula, I would say that it is passion multiplied by a person’s ability to convey that passion, and Grimbeard maxes out both those categories."
-Eyepatch Wolf
Idk why this quote resonated with me so much but I feel much more excited to finish some projects I have brewing. Like damn, I hope someone talks about my stuff with this kind of love one day.
so glad to see Grimbeard get a shoutout, one of my favourites in the gaming space of this website
I was a pretty skinny kid growing up which made my schools athletic requirements pretty rough on me. I joined my schools wrestling team for about three years and it was rough. Almost every match ended with me getting fucking slammed on the ground before I could do anything, and yet I kept working at it, pushing myself in every practice, throwing myself into every match. That’s the influence Vegeta had on me. He was this guy so prideful that he refused to let weakness define him. I always used to say Goku was my hero back then because he was so fearless, but I only realized when Toriyama passed away that it was Vegeta who I had always connected with. I struggle a lot with my self worth and what impressed me about Vegeta was that no matter the situation he refused to acknowledge he was lesser than anyone else. That’s something I still want to this day. I’m now in college and it’s dragged me to some of my darkest points in life, and yet three years in and I’m still here. Maybe I’m stubborn, maybe I’m just really good at picking myself up, but I do know that Vegeta is at least part of the reason for that.
Oh boy do I relate to this comment even tho I never did wrestling in my life.
Going to a shopping centre in a garfield cosplay is a clear sign of dominance.
Simple yet important memory was when my brother drew me a shenlong dragon, it made me realize that the cartoons I saw on tv had to had been drawn by someone and that completely blow my mind. It inspired me to try to do the same. Toriyama’s work (and I guess my by then 10 year old brother’s work) inspired me to become an artist.
Eye patch wolf is really something special in this space I'm actually so glad I got to find a creator like him please never stop being you, all the love bro
So happy to see Grimbeard get some love, been his Patreon for a long time. He really really deserves it
Thank you so much for putting Scavengers Reign on the top of your list. You are one of the few people who could actually help it be greenlit to get a 2nd season. Thank you
On one hand, I'd say 1 season was enough. A worthy pick for number 1 as it is.
On the other hand, the same was true of Primal until seasons 2 and 3.
It ain’t happening lmao.
That line about how "the future has to contain good things too, right?" almost had me in tears. And I'm not even sure why.
You depress?
@@Watch-0w1 for more than half my life, yes
@@andrewkeddie7563 if u play video game. Play dark soul.
That game took me out depression
#HopeCore
@@andrewkeddie7563 u have to let go of any worries. Really nothing is as bad. You have to believe that u can survive any challenge life throw at you.
I recommend playing dark soul, it help me
31:43 dude Nemupan has been my favorite artist of all time for YEARS and when I saw that shirt I bought it INSTANTLY. Her art is so perfect
vegetas arc has been one of the pieces of art that has made me feel the most seen, relating it to art, i saw myslef in the moment of ego death when you think that you are the best (at least in my facinity lol) and them realizing that there are people out there who are better than you. the rage that comes with that, all the times your ego will step in to try to protect you but the ultimate peace you archieve inside you when you learn to be okay with that and being finally able to see your own worth from within, not from comparing yourself to those around you.
vegeta made me feel seen and understood in a time of my life when i really needed it, thank you Akira Toriyama
Toriyama’s work on the Dragon Quest series is a huge reason as to why I love that series so much. The character and monster designs are so timeless and iconic, while being so unbelievably charming.
Something as simple as the Slime is filled with so much character, and the design for DQ4 protagonist is one of the best ever.
Thank you Toriyama.
The child waving at you (0:45) is so cute :3
The adults staring at him represent authority. The scene represents conformity, and how certain individuals can strive to achieve more past authority. /j
That kid ain't waving he's confused and trying to process the unconformed person strutting by. Lying isn't nice you shouldn't do it.
I really appreciate you dropping Scavenger's Reign into here. I saw the trailer for it a while back but I'm slow to watch shows and movies in place of playing games, so I had forgotten about it. Thanks for bringing it back to mind, because it does look gorgeous.
Regarding Toriyama, in a strange twist of fate, I began reading the DB/Z manga not long before he passed, and finished them only a few months ago. Always preferred reading to watching when it came to manga vs. anime. It was campy as hell and a little unintentionally silly in places, but it's so easy to see where the contributions were to the broader landscape of the medium. He did great work.
It's not "Scavenger's Reign" (the reign of scavengers [a noun phrase, describing the reign]), it's "Scavengers Reign" (a _statement,_ of the scavengers, scavengers be reigning). A difference I thought was very profound. Though I was baked off my head when I noticed that so maybe it's not all that profound.
I've been watching Grim for almost two years now and I'm so glad you're shouting him out here. He makes such great content and is very underrated imo.
So buzzed to hear you mention Grim Beard. He is by far my favourite content creator and deserves way more recognition and views. His production quality, humour, and all around vibe are just so unique and cool. Definitely one of the best youtubers currently out there.
Dude fuck yes, thank you for shouting out Grimbeard! I have been such a fan of his goth gamer nation for a few years and his videos just get better and better. I will still miss his Supernatural/X-File videos (SAMMYYYYYY), but am always excited for the next drop!
RAT ROUNDUP!
@@MNewton Good!
@@nialldimond9492giving em his highest rating……GOOD
Grimbeard shoutout! Man, i hope this boosts his channel. Dude makes the best videos.
I get 90% percent of my media recommendations from this guy. They are always great.
Moved to rural Japan with my family a month ago. Change is so hard, and so worth the risk and difficultly. Your content is thoughtful and relatable as always.
Just want to say I love these favorite things videos. Have been watching them for years now and I always look forward to them. Please never stop making them!
Toriyama-san and his works were so massively formative in the years of my youth. I can't begin to explain how impactful titles like Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger have been as I move forward through life. The collection of his efforts are a powerful psychic anchor that keep me grounded. Thank you so much for everything Toriyama -san
YES! No one talked about Scavenger's Reign. It's so insane and stuck with me since I watched it. It's horrifying in the most beautiful way.
Will sadly probably not get a second season since it didn’t get a ton of views on either HBO or Netflix.
I can't believe you have been in the Goth Gamer Nation with me this whole time
My very first manga I ever read and owned was Dr. Slump. I'm currently traveling in Japan at the moment and decided to reread the series on my flights/train rides. It's been such a blast experiencing this hilarious, gorgeous, relaxing piece of art. Besides the manga itself, I really enjoyed all of the anecdotes he puts in about himself, his family, his editors, etc at the end of some of his chapters. It really humanized him for me.
Thank you, Toriyama!
Almost shed a tear when you were talking about toriyama and the last volume of HxH appeared. HxH is my favourite thing in the world and yeah, Togashi as many other artists were all influenced by the work done in Dragon Ball. What a great legacy to have changed the lives of millions, directly or indirectly because there's a big chance your favourite piece of media was done by someone who loved dragon ball. Thank you Akira, thank you Togashi and thank you wolf guy for the video.
My exposure to Toriyama was his work for Dragon Quest, and especially love his monster designs. There's a ton of character to them, from the cute slimes and sanguinis to the iconic golem and mechs. It's safe to say that the series as it is would not exist without him. I still haven't played Dragon Quest Monsters 3, but knowing it might have been the last Dragon Quest he worked on feels bittersweet. A lot of the art he's done for DQM, featuring groups of lots of monsters together are so wonderful and lively. Really demonstrates his talent as an artist, both with monster design and composition.
I also own an unreasonable amount of slime plushies, their big smiles always cheer me up and I spent too much time hugging my favorite ones. Thank you for such a perfect friend, Toriyama.
YES EVERYONE SHOULD TALK ABOUT SCAVENGERS REIGN!! One of my favorite pieces of modern science fiction
The characters are the weakest part of the show, the world building is ruined by tumblr tier character writing.
@@deadlock_problem ... What? How?
I found all the characters reasonable, they just seem like normal people forced into an insane situation. You could call them "boring" I guess, but I have no idea what you mean by "tumblr tier".
BRO THANK YOU. Feeling shit rn cuz of that covid fever, 38°C fucking me up and I immediately click on this video upon getting that notification and the first thing I hear is Silent Hill music. BLESS YOUR SOUL.
SICK BROTHERS RISE UP
Get well soon!
@@atomicchicken4453 TO THE GLORY OF HEALTH!!!! ✊️✊️✊️✊️
@@dduuddeechil thank you ^^
Same. What a coincidence
I grew up in the 90's and one of my most vivid memories is waking up for elementary school (primary school for non-Americans) and on some of these early mornings getting to catch glimpses of episodes of Dragon Ball Z episodes as my family got ready for the day. I don't think I ever actually saw an episode but I can absolutely say that is probably the single defining reason I got into anime as a teenager and re-discovered it as an adult post education. As I learned, too late, about Akira Toriyama , and who he was I'm saddened that he passed as early as he did. I hope he is able to find peace.
As someone that has attended the Texas Renaissance Fair (TRF) for a very long time - I had some idea that the behind the scenes drama was show worthy but honestly I never expected that to actually happen. Thanks for reminding me.
That intro is why I love this channel
Sharing my Toriyama inspiration story here as requested.
The Dragon Ball manga changed my life. When you talked about the playfulness of Akira Toryiama's panels, the warmth of his machine designs, the fashion and poses of his characters, I started crying and couldn't stop for several minutes. There are few creators whose deaths have given me this level of grief, but Toriyama's passing was a huge gut punch. It still hurts.
These days, I'm a professional video game artist (specifically UI/UX, but I still draw characters in my free time, and I'll hopefully never ever stop). Toriyama is one of a handful of creators who set me on that path at a young age. Though I would later come to adore his character designs for Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, it was Bulma in Dragon Ball who inspired me the most. When I opened Dragon Ball volume 1 at age 14, it was Bulma's vibrant personality, her sense of adventure, her winning combination of smarts and brattiness that hooked me on the series. I was a teenage girl trying to figure out my role in the world, and so was she. Even beyond Bulma, Toriyama had an endless fascination with "girl who tinkers with machines", from Lucca in Chrono Trigger to Ann in Sand Land. Every time I see one of those characters in his work, I smile. They all feel like old friends. I was drawn to my field of work because I love creating art while solving technical design problems. I hope I approach my work in the same way Bulma does hers: innovative and thoughtful, but also decidedly feminine, outspoken, and always uncompromisingly myself.
Rest in peace, Toriyama-sensei. Thank you for all the joy and inspiration you gave so many of us.
Also: your recommendations are on point, as ever. Both Frieren and Scavenger's Reign have been helping me immensely through this depressing time trying to survive as a professional in the video games industry.
You've no idea how happy I am that Scavengers Reign is on your list. I've heard *no one* talking about this masterpiece.
I already love these videos, but then my man brings receipts and drops the sauce. Love this man.
Never been a massive anime/manga person, but your Toriyama tribute was extremely touching.
I randomly stumbled upon Dragon Half back over a decade ago. It doesn't live rent free in my head, it does pay rent in the one bedroom brain apartment it rents reliably. It's just there. All the time. Every once in a while it goes "You are now thinking about the anime dragon girl from the 90s that wore the super skimpy outfit. You are welcome." And then I once again suspect that it was one of the initial seeds that got me into monster girls.
I think I still have the original white VHS in a box somewhere, I never thought I'd see it in one of these videos.
Eyepatch Wolf: hey guys give some love to Majular and Grimbeard by subscribing to them
Me, who’s been subbed to both for months: I’m 4 parallel universe ahead of you
When I was 13 I was introduced to Dragon Ball Z and it really kickstarted a love of anime that was at times brutal (because it really wasn't a thing back then and certainly not in the podunk nowhere town I grew up) and at times profoundly beautiful in the connections it allowed me to make with other weird and lonely kids who all had this one big thing in common. I remember setting my alarm for midnight to catch reruns if I missed an episode because of school, and drawing Vegeta 24/7 is what got me into art. I recently found a copy of Dragon Ball 1 being given away at the local library so of course I snapped it up and can't wait to read it. Anyway, thanks for all the nostalgia bait! I'm excited to look into some of these soon :)
I adore Toriyama's art. I look at his work when trying to learn comics myself. His playful page layouts are something I will always strive to achieve.
Seeing two RUclipsrs I enjoy back-to-back in a video from a third RUclipsr I enjoy ripped my soul clean out of my body, which promptly ascended into heaven
The amount of whiplash I got from the mention of Chaos Legion had me almost choke on my drink, cheers to that. I gotta go replay it again now.
Same, I got jump scared lol. Time to grind out sword to max as fast as I can again
Looking back to when I was a kid, I forget how much art I’ve seen of Akira Toriyama. Not just Dragon Ball, but also Chrono Trigger, and Dragon Quest, games that changed the JRPG landscape. The man was a legend and the fact that people are still fans of his work to this day speaks volumes about him and his influence around the world. RIP you absolute legend we will never forget. 🐉
Lie's of P was probably my favorite game of last year. Was so glad to see the dlc is still being worked on and can't wait to see what direction the sequel takes
It's the first time I've seen someone not only saying about things they like, but also explaining why with such detail and context, and even admiting that there could be differences with personal preferences of others. Truly a hero
As a Canadian, thank you for shouting out Rock and Rule, our first English-language animated feature film. It's such a weird little bit of cultural production, an adult-oriented science-fantasy rock opera. The only thing I could compare it to is 1981's Heavy Metal (also partly animated by Canadians)
WELCOME BACK WOLF! Love your content! Frieren is awesome
The Garfield suit spoke to thyn soul
Toriyama's work has had such a profound effect on my life, his work has just been such a constant force throughout it. I loved DBZ as a child and his character and monster designs in Dragon Quest are some of my favourite of all time, I think Slimes might actually be a perfect design they're just so wonderful. The Sand Land manga which is so charming and deeply underrated quickly became a favourite of mine when I read it back in January and now I have a little Beelzebub key chain on my purse as my own little memorial to Toriyama. Thank you Toriyama for everything, I hope you can rest in peace. Thank you too Wolf for creating a space for us to share our feelings, memories and remember such a genuine icon.
Never recovering from that O.5 second Skyward Sword Diss
Been watching GrimBeard since he had like 100 subscribers. So happy to see him get a shout-out on this channel
My earliest memory of Dragonball is being a young child absolutely terrified of Majin Buu. Watching this happy monster turn some kids into candy and feeding them to another blind child. Seeing Dabura, who was scary himself, turned into a cookie and completely done away with. The fear and curiosity those moments left me with are what compelled all of my interest in anime and visual art as a whole; Nothing else will ever in my mind compare to the master piece that Toriyama created.
Thank you for the Buu shoutout! My moment of #ScareFactor with Buu was the _very_ first time he actually smiled. Going from his happy fat man's expression to a cartoonishly sadistic smile that dwarfs Dabura's, only to, yeah, turn him into a cookie, and also beat up every other character that could stand a chance to him, and then just regenerating absolutely any damage.
I actually love the blind kid moment despite how messed up it is (the idea that he has no idea what to do if you're not scared to him when he's there, so he just... cures your blindness so you can see him and be scared, only for that not to work either), but find it a great choice that he both eats people more literally than Cell, yet less so because they're turned into candy first.
Not to mention the music. There's so much about the Buu Saga's music that speaks to me.
Its very easy for creators to just update the description and move on when they make a crediting mistake so it was really great that you shouted out those artists you missed here.
Akira Toryiama gave me the courage to join a karate class and fight back against the never ending assault of my bullies in a time I felt powerless. Literally changed my life and placed me on a path of self respect. He gave so much more than I think even he realizes in his creations. Thank you Akira, you changed countless lives for the better.
I grew up in Wales, but my mother is Irish, and we would frequently visit my grandmother in Dublin. She lived about a stones throw from Nutgrove and I spent a lot of time there whenever we'd make the trip over. I cannot believe you mentioned that shopping centre. But I similarly was almost certainly walking around there hoping to find some cool game or anime stuff.
I think there was a shop called Golden Discs or something in the center near the fountain? That place always filled me with a bit of hope after finding SSX Tricky there once haha
I'm pretty sure my cousin, who also grew up nearby to that shopping center, would have been the person to originally introduce me to manga and anime, quite possibly would have been DBZ too. RIP Toriyama.
A shoutout for 2 of my favorite RUclipsrs was probably the last thing I would have expected in this video, and that's why I love this series.
I love your "favorite things in" videos. So much good shit in it every time.
“Is what a worse youtuber would say!” Goes unbelievably hard
AHHHHHH THE BEST RUclipsR POSTED HIS QUARTERLY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ART AGAIN I WILL NOW CREATE MY LIST OF THINGS TO CONSUME AND CELEBRATE I AM DEAD SERIOUS YOU HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MY LIFE TASTE AND PREFERENCES AND I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERY PIECE OF CONTENT YOU MAKE I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON AND THAT YOU MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LESS ALONE IN THE WORLD AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR US AND ALSO YOU ARE A VERY HANDSOME MAN
Thanks for waking up my dog
I KNOW RIGHT
it's really really something youtube needs. instead of endless channels dedicated to laughing at other people or ranting about horrible things, we really, really need some wholesome little guy coming in and saying 'hey look at all this cool stuff i found. you might like it!'
@@Maskami yes, absolutely 💕
You're the reason I watched Reservation Dogs so thank you for that, I paused about 11 seconds into you talking about Scavengers Reign and am going to just go watch it immediately and then come back.
Man jokes aside, I haven't watched this video yet but, I remember when I got into the Netflix adaptation of berserk and I needed more. I found the why you should watch berserk video from you and literally on my target budget years ago I bought every single volume and read them. Interest don't always align, but if you highly recommend something I think it's worth giving a chance - All that to say, I'm excited to find something to watch with this vid 😊
A friend of mine I met in High School is the one who introduced me to Dragon Ball. He had the Mangas that I borrowed that I could not read, but I still flipped through EVERY page. We would Rent the Anime from our Local China Town and watch it, even though I could not understand it. He also gave me my first Wall Scroll of the Z Fighters that I still have hanging on my Wall to this Day.
Once it became available in English I watched everything, from its Original Dub to Kai, every Movie (beyond that abomination that is the Live Action one), GT, and Super. I have Imported Music CD's, including the one for the English TV Series. Collection of Figs and many different Games for different Systems. Heck I even burned out my first PS1 by forcing it to bypass the Region Locking to play Legends. Not to mention all the other Games I have played that he did the Art for.
Man is a Legend and will be missed. Many Curses upon those who chose to try and Bad Mouth him after his passing. RIP, enjoy your Journey on Snake Way.
bold of you to assume my uncle doesn't re-watch Buffy every time he makes a new reed for his basoon
The garfield onesy had me rolling at the start
Speaking of youtubers, BlueBoyPhin is someone everyone should check out, especially after his last video about softlocks in Pokemon and the insane introspection that came at the end of the video that hit like a brick wall
Chrono Tigger kept me company for a lot of years. I love that man and his work.
We are off to a ROLLICKING start with that cold open.
I love that he's painting Kathy, his archrival in the art section xD
Dragon Half is one of those things that I remember from my youth and which I never imagined I would ever see someone talk about again :-)
I wish he mentioned the ending. It’s been stuck in my head for 30 years.
(Basically, they gave Beethoven lyrics and it’s a girl singing about eggs.)
Toryama was so much of my childhood. Reading doctor slump in Germany and watching dragon Ball on TV. The way I wear my hair was influenced by Trunks character design i loved Chrono trigger growing up and his approach to how he drew things like cars, robots, and hiverbikes with so much detail and fun distortion was so unbelievably cool. He was the reason I started drawing my own comics in high school and became a designer now. He's so much to so many people it's unreal.
i started watching scavengers reign halfway through while my dad was watching it in the living room and i sat there slack jawed for the rest of the show, genuinely one of the best pieces of media to come out these last few years