I am a Christian and I agree, more media dealing with Christianity shouldn’t shy away from the darker aspects of it like this anime and The Prince of Egypt. The Prince of Egypt was so good because you didn’t feel like you were being talked down to or shielded from the dark parts of the story which made a really good movie. But yeah, being crucified is one of the worst ways to die.
Jesus wasn’t white and if you think the magical stuff happened in the Bible your stupid. It’s not a debate. If you put your faith in Jesus you’d be pro lgbtq and a Democrat or just progressive. U can’t be conservative and love Jesus’s teachings.
to add to prince of egypt, the film works so well why others fail is because they don't treat it as a story from THE BIBLE but instead as the STORY from the bible. the bible does have a lot of interesting stories to tell regardless of religion, as well as faith can be an intersting thematic aspect to storytelling, but a lot of christian media tend to over focus on it being from the bible/christianity rather than the story it tells. I think that's also why og vegitales worked, you didn't have to be christian to enjoy it because it had great writing and fun characters
im honestly very disappointed in Christians when it comes to the entertainment industry in general. Like here's the thing, storytelling is essentially making a moral argument right? And if correct and true morality comes from God, then that means that secular media either provides an incorrect moral message or has to "steal" its moral message from Christianity. Luckily they "steal" more than providing incorrect morals, but there is a mix... Point is, why cant the people who get their morals from the source make good media? I know its because most christian themed media isnt necessarily made by Christians, but it still sucks.
As a Christian myself, I'm glad to see animation that depicts these stories honestly without asking for money or colouring it with biases of some sort. It's the crucifixion and nothing more.
@@crushedcan5378 alright both or u are weird also anyone who still believes in Christianity at least the magical stuff and the Bible they are stupid. It’s not a debate XD cry.
FUN FACT: the man the story takes its POV from is Saint Dismas, aka "The Penitent Thief," who became a saint when he repented for his sins at Jesus' right hand. Amd yes, I'm fairly certain this is where the phrase "Right Hand Man" came from. (EDIT: I have been corrected and now know that this guess on the origin of the phrase os erroneous. My apologies. Though, records do state that St Dismas was at Jesus' right side.)
@@fotzegamingandmedia1840Yes, Catholics and East Orthodox venerate saints, or important and significant people in the Bible and post-crucifixion who would otherwise be forgotten by the faith and not set a great example of true devotion or admiration. Many will misinterpret this as Saberspark said "If I repent when I'm about to die, I'll go to heaven", but that's not what the story is implying, it was about two thieves who mocked Jesus at their execution, only one of them recognized Christ's divinity and repented with a fearful and contrite heart. It goes to show the forgiveness of Christ who both forgave His executors and one of the thieves, which the other one mocked and went to hell. Fun fact: The Orthodox cross symbol has the footrest with the right pointing up and the one on the left pointing down which symbolizes the destination of the two thieves ☦
@@s3v3n3 I'm Seventh-Day Adventist so there's gonna be a disagreement on circumstances, but I agree that the Thief was saved because he recognized Christ's divinity and felt true repentance for his sins.
As a Christian who wholeheartedly believes in this stuff and a huge fan of anime and animation, I am pleasantly surprised. The animation is beautiful and the story is represented well. Great job, guys.
there is an Orthodox Christian channel called Harmony. He makes some awesome videos about Christianity, and he made some pretty cool bible animations ("I AM" and "LEGION")
Its actually one of my personal favorite pieces of christian animated media just because of how well made and even respectful it is to the story of Jesus. I stopped being christian a while back and switched to deism, but when I was a christian, this short film resonated with me quite a bit.
the idea of having us look through the perspective of Dismus is even more amazing when you realize he is supposed to represent us who sinned our whole life but are still given a second chance as long as we truly believe in him, granted we still have to live with the consequences of our actions
Crowley: _"What was it he said that got everyone so upset?"_ Aziraphale: _"Be kind to each other."_ Crowley: _"Oh, yeah. That'll do it."_ (Good Omens S1 Ep3.)
I legit just said that to some leftists who were bashing a normie conservative in a star trek meme group, and they immediately began sending me threats, saying AntiFa was coming after me, i got hundreds of notifications in a day. I reported it to the admins, and they sent me insults via dm and banned me. I wonder why people find it such a hard message to accept. "Be nice"
Recently rewatched the Prince of Egypt and aside from some of the CGI, it's pretty timeless; the lesson being you will reach a lot more people with your message if the focus is making something quality. And that the Bible clearly has stories that beg for great adaptations
I remember back in HS I joined a church youth organization and one semester we went through live adaptations of the stories from John, like the Samaritan woman at the well and an army leader who’s son was sick and went to find Jesus to help heal him. I feel I got more out of those videos than I ever did with the sermons (I learn through visuals, not audio or reading), so I’d love to see more stories animated like this
There's one (that REALLY isn't a true adaptation) being made right as we speak called Gabriel and The Guardians that explores the story of the Hebrew Scriptures. Looks very promising.
Fun fact: my best friend's dad helped with this! He provided the computers that worked on the audio mixing, and was one of the first people to upload it to RUclips. He was very excited to see the Jesus channel (of Jackspediceye 2 fame) comment.
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 in my opinion, absolutely. I'd watch them so several Bible stories. From imagery, tonal shifts and weighted brutality. I think they'd be an excellent choice for a number of biblical stories
@@jeleggetmaybe they should do an anime dedicated to the book of Revelations and the origins of its creation during the time of Roman persecution against early Christians.
@@AccipiterSmiththat would be super-massive. Speaking of the Book of Revelation, even many Christian scholars/theologians throughout denominations and era has different interpretation of meaning/symbolism of that last book of the Bible, but from the contents themselves it would be really epic to be made into anime.
Fun fact, the romans perfored the forearms, not the hands, when crucyfiing someone. The hand was too weak to keep the weight of the whole body, so If put there, the metal would cut the hand and the crucified might get free…
And sometimes they didn't even do that, crucifixion with big groups would just be leaving them exposed to the element tied to the cross. Degrading regardless
To be fair, you could say Jesus was the first anime protagonist; 1: His father was literally God. 2: From birth, he was the “chosen one”, destined for greatness. 3: He had lots of insane powers and abilities that he used to help people on his travels. 4: He was eventually betrayed by someone who he thought was his friend. Shonen Jump definitely did their homework.
No thats as far as we know gilgamesh. fus he actually defied gods. And less betrayed as loosing his partner he loved above all elve and humility and seatching for the meaning and immortal life. Anyways the old testament is way more anime.
no, no you can't, because jesus wasn't even an original case. There had been literally hundreds of other gods that existed before jesus that went through the same story beats that he did. Off the top of my head there's: Zoroaster Krishna, Glycon Romulus Mithra Attis (To name a few) The tale of jesus wasn't original at all it parallels hundreds of other gods that existed- not only before christianity, but before judaism as well.
@@UbinTimorToday's people really like to take only things that are similar and forget the differences, everything you say is wrong, try to show the sources and evidence that you have, in fact Krishna and Mithrs for example, came after Jesus, so I am even more confused now...try learning through an honest scholar and they Will tell you the truth
@@justinpartogi It's really weird to me that you're so upset over accusing me of something you yourself are doing. You're saying I'm wrong without citing anything that contradicts my claim- your only argument is that "I'm wrong" and you just claim Krishna came after jesus without any evidence other than just saying that he did. According to the Heliodorus Column (erected in 113 BCE) the hindu faith (vasishnavism) and the mention of both vishnu and krishna predated christianity by around 200 years, there's evidence to speculate that vasishnavism was practiced for possibly thousands of years before chrisitanity based on excavations of Harrappa and Mohenjo-daro and other ancient sites. according to the Itihasa texts krishna's birthday is supposedly the 27th of July 3112 BCE but I've seen other dates from 3228 BCE to 3102 BCE and so on because the Mahabharata and Harivamsa contradict each other on when he was born-all of which are before the birth of jesus which ranges from 6 BCE to 4 BCE, however, much like with every mythological figure there's no definitive date. So, if that's the case, how can someone born in 3112 BCE "come after" someone born in 4 BCE? SOURCES: Heliodorus Column-www.utahkrishnas.org/hinduism-predates-christianity-the-archeological-proof/ Krishna's birth date- www.dvaita.org/the-birth-of-krishna-and-jesus-a-matter-of-faith/ The "birth" of jesus-reasonabletheology.org/year-jesus-actually-born/ The significance of Harrappa and Mohenjo-daro- www.britannica.com/topic/Indus-civilization You're sitting there getting all worked up like I'm saying christianity stole from these religions (technically speaking catholicism did appropriate many "pegan" religions into their mythos as a means of converting them to christianity- I hope we're not going to ignore that obvious notion) when that's not my point. My point was that jesus wasn't original (the idea of jesus wasn't original)- it's not that OTHER gods parallel his story it's that HE parallels the stories of other gods and thus you can't really make the claim: "To be fair, Jesus was the first anime protagonist" even as a joke especially with the criteria listed in OP's comment. Not to mention shintoism (a religion formally founded in 300 BCE but can be traced back even further making it older than jesus- I'm seeing a pattern here) had been a heavy influence on Anime- if anything, gods like Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Takemikazuchi, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, or Ryujin would be more fitting to be considered the first Anime protagonist- you know, because they originate from Japan... (source-www.worldhistory.org/Shinto/) Onto your comment about "mithrs" I'm assuming you meant Mithra. You make the claim that Mithra "came after" jesus- again you don't cite any sources that validate that statement after blowing up on me about how I wasn't providing any evidence you just say that mithra "came after" jesus and I'm just suppose to take your word for it. I can understand why you're confused when the only source you have is yourself anything to the contrary is "confusing" there is sufficient evidence that methraic worship dates as far back as 50 BCE- the Kerch plaques depict what can be interpreted as mithras holding a knife over a bull as he had been depicted in other stone work that was continually being made through to 141 CE. The Greek biographer, Plutarch, witnessed the pirates of Cilicia engage in methraic rituals in 68 BCE. I couldn't find an exact date as to when mithra was born all I got was December 25th but it's safe to say if this guy was being worshiped by people as far back as 68 BCE and, again, jesus was supposedly born in 6-4 BCE how did you come to the conclusion that mithra "came after" jesus when people were worshiping mithra before jesus was even born? SOURCE History of mthraic worship- www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=History The fact of the matter is all these mythical figures parallel each other because that's how mythology works. Religion is a part of culture and that culture gets spread around so when new cultures form they get inspired by what others deem to be "special" there are litterally millions- billions of cultures, and by extension religions, that have formed throughout human history, most are thousands of years older than chrisitanity it's no surprise that you're gonna see what looks like copy and paste because these things have been a staple of so many other gods. jesus isn't special, deal with it.
As a Christian and an Anime fan, this was an excellent short. I liked how this was a perspective from one of the thieves who was crucified alongside Jesus. That was always the part of the Passion of the Christ that tugs at my heart. No telling how this man lived his life and the fact that he recognizes Jesus as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords is incredible. He asked Jesus to remember him when he goes to his Kingdom. This is why we call it Amazing Grace. "Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” ---Luke 23:43 NIV ✝️🙏
Reminds me of a Jewish joke: there was a hardware store owner who made a small billboard showing Jesus on the cross and the title said "They used Goldberg's sturdy nails." There was an outcry from the Christian community and they demanded he change the advertisement. The next day the billboard showed the cross, but Jesus was laying at the bottom and the title said "They *didn't* use Goldberg's sturdy nails".
It's more disturbing when you consider that he was actually nude when crucified. The usual depictions sanitize it by at least giving him a loincloth. Needless to say the nudity would make the ordeal more degrading for the condemned.
@@markeyiszra Christianity is fiction all religions are fiction. Even if Jesus did exist he wasn’t white and had no magic and didn’t come back from the dead. man so many dragon butts here. Wow 4 dragon butts you just caught XD the golem is gonna be happy...XD. Also don’t call my humor weird when y’all believe in fairytales. Y’all more weird then me. At least I’m aware I’m being silly and ridiculous. Y’all think those debunked nonsensical fairytales have any validity in reality and think delusions should be respected. If you think delusions should be respected then you need to respect murderers and mentally insane people cuz it’s their beliefs lXD
They use that blur effect in Berserk to illustrate something quick, traumatic, disorienting, and flash backs which is really funny to see them still using it till this day.
I grew up as a Jehovahs witness and I remember vividly that I was just sobbing the first time this was described to me. Honestly the animators did a really good job bringing this to life
My church showed this to a group of kids (including myself) during a service for preteens. I kept my eyes closed for most of it, and felt really guilty for not being able to watch it. I’m incredibly pissed at them for doing that. This was definitely not a film that was appropriate for that age group. I don’t think they even informed the parents beforehand!
2:49 In a standard crucifixion, the victim would (usually) pass from suffocation. Basically, the muscles they're using to support their weight are also muscles that they need to breathe, so eventually they would get so tired that they couldn't even take a breath and, very, _very_ slowly, suffocate. (This is also a problem for people into the kinkier types of sex: If you're going to tie someone up in a suspension, you need to make sure they're supported by something other than their arms, or they could suffocate.) Breaking the victim's legs isn't a normal part of crucifixion, it was done so He'd hurry up and die. The crucifixion occurred on a Friday, you couldn't touch the deceased on the Sabbath (Saturday) or you'd be unclean, so they wanted Him to get on with it so they could chuck the body into a tomb before the Sabbath started.
Ooh, I remember showing this exact video to my world religions class in 12th grade! Halfway through the video, my teacher was forced to turn it off cause my classmates couldn’t handle the gore, ahh, good times ^^ But I’m a more serious note, as a Christian myself, I do agree with you and the other commenters that this kind of content shouldn’t be shunned, let people explore different ways to preach the gospel, and if it’s through a beautiful yet gory animation like this, then more power to them! Side note: I didn’t grow up watching Christian cartoons like Veggie Tales, my parents never subjected me or any of my siblings to that thankfully, feel like I dodged a major one there
Veggietales was the best of them, though. I do remember visiting a church once where they had a little library corner in their lobby. I browsed the books for a minute and found legitimate manga adaptations of bible stories. I couldnt believe my eyes. I mean, that's one way to reach a new audience but wow was I not expecting it to exist 😂
I'm close to Saberspark's age and the most I remember of VeggieTales was in some Christian book stores on their TVs. I did watch one that I still want to do a project on of sorts: Hanna Barbera's Greatest Adventure: STories From the Bible
As someone who's both an otaku and lives in a Christian household, I watched My Last Day during Easter early this year and loved the hell out of it. The animation really gave me vibes from Castlevania 2017, ATLA, and other americanime. But I'm still amazed that Barry Cook, the guy behind Disney's Mulan, and an anime studio like Studio4C did this! Really made the crucifixion as violent and horrific as possible, and it's too accurate! A brutal, but great anime short understanding that we'll be in Heaven with Jesus if we repent our sins.
So glad you covered this saber! And I completely agree with you there needs to be more better quality Christian animated content like this and prince of Egypt and veggietales. God bless
Whoa! The only "Jesus anime" I had ever encountered were the Christian anime series "Superbook" (which focused on the Old Testament stories but had a couple of New Testament episodes), and "The Flying House" (which focused on New Testament stories). Both were made in the early 1980s and were made with young children as a target audience.
I believe Tatsunoko Productions was tasked with that by none other than the 700 Club from Trinity Broadcasting Network. And I only recall this because there was a table at a convention that was an anime club mixed with a church youth group or something and the guy explained it to me briefly. It's interesting trivia
as someone who’s not anymore, but grew up christian [catholic], i still thoroughly enjoy so many pieces of christian media. it’s always so refreshing to see well-made religious animation [im looking at you, Dreakworks’ Prince of Egypt and Coat of Many Colors] because i might not follow that faith anymore, but it’s still something i can understand and identify with. they’re something that people of any background or belief can enjoy !! and i think that’s part of what making art is all about. anyways veggietales gang rise up. where y’all at 🔥🔥🔥
When I was in catholic school, we watched an animated movie about the crucifixion from the perspective of the cross... like starting out from when it was a sapling, to a tree, to it being cut down and turned into the cross, where it basically died with Jesus. I think it had something to do with vanity? Idk either way as a little kid it made me afraid that the trees could hear my conversations. Edit: it was called The Proud Tree
Thank you for showing me this Saber. As a Christian, I've been wanting something that's done right for once and none of that CGI rubbish. About time we had some anime Christian content around here.
My reaction to this reminds me of my reaction as a kid to seeing the slaves get whipped in Prince of Egypt; no amount of choral songs, cartoon vegetables, or musty, old tomes could properly convey the sheer hopelessness that *drives* so many people to seeking their Lord the way animation and well chosen voices can.
Ive always loved the idea of not showing Jesus’ perspective, but someone who was by his side and a witness to some of his events in an unbiased and realistic way.
Biff, or the bible according tobiff or however its called, is pretty good. yeah obviously some creative freedom but it ligns and i from jesus best frien calle to write his testament. And really funny
I once saw a recreation of Passion with lego and honestly it was probably the best adaptation of the crucification, it was stop motion, used play-do for blood, and was voiced by like a 12 year old
I remember watching the Jesus anime a couple of years ago. The first Japanese anime that I ever watched was a Christian anime called Anime Oyako Gekijō known in the United States as SuperBook
the prince of egypt was so so good, i rly enjoy it as a muslim. i cried whole movie and i really liked how they showed miracles and curses. i also love Christ so much and always cry to holy night. ty for sharing this anime i know i will watch it while crying.
If an anime studio (that delivered Berserk to us) could give us the most important aspect of the Christian tale FOR FREE (and the quality is top-notch), imagine what they could do if motivated and given the green light to animate the entire Bible! We could end up having an uncensored version of Superbook on our hands.
@@dorememe8548 Bro, I get that you don't believe in God. But animation-wise, the Christian Community has been suffering big-time. How is it that in 2023, the Standard of Christian Animation is still the 1982 Superbook and the 1993 Veggie Tales? We need more studios like this to step up to the plate.
@@joel784 Yep. Rated M for Mature. For example, in the classic Superbook, Joseph the Dreamer was framed for stealing money from Potiphar's wife, whereas in the Scriptures, he was framed for sexual assault (when he was the one that was almost raped).
One of the best adaptations of Jesus' story right here, particularly of Luke 23 (the Gospel where Jesus promised the repentant criminal he'd be in paradise). It's not the first Bible anime though, besides Bagi, Osamu Tezuka himself actually did do a Bible anime at one point (despite him being agnostic); it only covered up to Jesus' birth though. Even Yoshikazu Yasuhiko of Gundam fame did a manga called _Jesus_ from the perspective of one of the other criminals (and was an Amuro Ray lookalike). Another great ✝animated film that exists also is _The Miracle Maker,_ which has both stop-motion and 2D animation (just bought that film on DVD today), and the same animators of that film also made stop motion versions of the stories of Abraham, Joseph and Ruth in a series called "Testament - The Bible in Animation" (sadly though, the actress who played Ruth turned out to be not so nice). That series is proof that good Christian media, including animated ones, does exist, although you do have to look for it.
When I was a kid, my favorite bible cartoon was the bible adventures, where two archaeologists and their middle-eastern sidekick were isekai'd into biblical times. Their names were Derek, Margo, and Moki. I don't remember much more than that, but I remember my favorite episode was the story of Ruth.
I would like to recommend another anime about Jesus hanging out with Buddha. Yes, I did not mistype that. The title is "Saint Young Man" or "Saint Onii San" It's a really slice of life wholesome anime where the two just chilling together
Born and raised Christian. I forgot this anime was real, and there’s even a manga about this in fact. Prince of Egypt was my all time favorite Dreamworks movie besides Eldorado. There’s also Joseph King of Dreams which was okay, but not as good as the best movie. Veggietales will always be my childhood, I can still remember some lyrics to a few of my favorite, and less favorite songs.
I like that the showed the nails being driven through the wrist and not the hand, on account of the whole "there's no bones to stop the nail from just tearing through" thing.
When I first watched this, I actually thought that short film was a scene from some anime about Jesus, I even tried to look for the full thing cause it looked really good(gruesome, but good)
I actually had a whole collection of the Bible manga books. It was so good I read it over and over again. I found the first one at a book fair and looked forever to get the other ones. I loved them, but I made the mistake of giving them to friend before I moved and lost them forever :(. But goes to show if you can adapt Biblical stories and topics into a good way with good quality that’s easy for people to understand, you’re more likely to get more attention. Also recommend watching Chi Rho that’s an actually decent animated Bible show.
@@ToHoldNothing Yes! The sixth one is new that came out after I lost the series, so I never got that one. Glad to know I can get them all again, the art was really good.
My youth pastor showed this back in the grand year of 2015. There's also an amazing 3d animated video that gets even more amazing using just the crucifixion
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@@D_0_S here’s the comment i sent ya He brainwashed you with fairytales and indoctrinated you. I feel bad your child hood was wasted by evil lying people
As a former Christian I can say this is very well done. Many see this as nothing but guilt bate and torcher p**n and some take it as sutch but that not the point of media like this. The point is the emphasis the martyrdom and the sacrifice he gave. It shows what he did in a very raw way and that ok to see sometimes. Btw this is not to petal any beliefs this is just an insight to some Christian thoughts on media like this
Honestly this was much better done than the snuff film that was The Passion. At least this actually focused on the message rather than the brutality. And was far more realistic with the bloodshed. I could buy that anime Jesus wouldn't have died of blood loss from the whipping unlike Jim Caviezel's Jesus.
When I saw “Jesus anime” I thought you were going to talk about Saint young men, a pretty chill anime (as far as i know) thats about Jesus and Buddha being roomates. Imagine my shock when i see a detailed portrayal of jesus’s crucifixion 💀
I would add that as a child growing up I enjoyed The Living Scriptures for Christian stories created with animation. I think the group who put it together is LDS and used to work with Disney.
I seriously always wondered what was the anime Jesus that Hannah and Jake used in their intros. This is intense stuff and when you’re a kid, and in church they’re telling you about Jesus’s death, they tell you all the horrible stuff to make you understand and uncomfortable about it.
If this was way to much for you ( it was for me ) you should check out Saint Young Men. It's a bromance comedy anime about Buhdda and Jesus, it's also a Manga! ( Something funny about it is that I grew up not really being taught about the Bible or religion and still im not a religious person at all but I learned some what something about Jesus from that anime [ did you know Jesus loves blogging😂?] ) ITS definitely a anime..
Christian here, I've never ever been into anything anime. My mom tried to get me into it, past partners tried to get me into it, nothing ever worked. Then I found this, and Legion, and others. Best accident of my life.
As a Christian i get that its hard to make good media representatations of the Bible and do the belief justice. I try to make Christian music and thats rough. And thats easier than a show or movie about the stuff. And i think this does a good job at that portraying just how much Jesus went through for us
I remember being in 3rd Grade, the teacher showed it to us who were mere children at the time, and we were horrified. To the point where some of us had to leave the room.
Not to take the lord's name in vain, but Jesus Christ what kind of 3rd grade teacher would show such immaculate amounts of gore even I shudder to see!?
Dude, I can't even watch this video without feeling like having to pass out, my body is so sensitive to that, couldn't ever imagine watching that as an 7-8 year old 😭
I too grew up Christian watching “appropriate” media. Except my shows were in the 80s and early 90s. Most of it is not anything I’d remember fondly, except, without a doubt, is Superbook (and The Flying House made by the same group featuring a similar cast and plot). Christian time travel anime with robots and magic bibles and plucky young heroes! If you haven’t seen it I unironically recommend you check it out ❤
The sound effect scream that they used when he was nailed to the cross was the same scream that Tom the cat, let out when Jerry the mouse smacks his tail with a mallet... prefect.
Oh I remember this! My little middle school Catholic self was wondering if there were any Jesus anime out there and found this short on RUclips Needless to say this traumatized me
Another Catholic here. When me and my family first watched Gibson's Passion of Christ, I cried when Jesus died. That first viewing was more hardcore than any horror films I've seen or might see in the future.
What makes the crucifixion so horrifying is the nails, like back in the day they were HUGE like the size of a full adult hand and how long is it.................the size of a FULL POPSICLE STICK!! That's why it takes many hits to pierce it.
Man, i still am not over the mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you have to cruxify someone, actively, in first person, but that guy wanted it, he asked you for it. Now this, it makes me sick in the same way . Real well done
There's a really cool anime called Drifters where Jesus is the main villain but you can still see the positive influence he has within the evil faction, though it is still the evil faction so the influence is still a bit twisted, anyway point is I highly recommend Drifters for cool Jesus and other such historical sequels for people like Joan of Arc, Napoleon, the funny moustache man, Johnny Appleseed and a whole host of samurais because this is still an anime.
This is interesting not only because it is an anime depiction of the crucifixion, but because it taps on the most deep and important meaning of what Jesus came to earth to do. And just to add on the crusades thing, those were in principle a very valid response to Muslim conquest, it was necessary.
Frankly, I would love to see more anime adaptations of Bible stories; make them mini-series if they want with the same studio behind this short Even though I’m a practicing Buddhist, I wouldn’t mind seeing more stuff like this; don’t sugar coat the stories and have some great animation from Japan (Also, that would explain why Berserk is freaking amazing; it’s because one of the studios who did one of the anime adaptations was commissioned by God and God saw Berserk and was like “Awesome, this shall be the greatest anime and manga series of all time”; maybe one day we will finally get that coveted perfect Berserk anime series to rival the 97 one)
I have an ADHD mind that can't watch or do things for too long and SaberSpark has very long videos but my ADHD mind enjoys these types of things about Movies and I've been a fan for a while. Thank you SaberSpark for making enjoyable videos.
2:09 (just giving religious facts here) *“I could sin through out my entire life and ask Jesus for salvation at the very end, and I can get into heaven?”* Well Saberspark, through prayer and faith, then your technically correct 👍
I like this, Jesus is not just smiling guy who just tell random positive thing that people need to hear, but only one who can understand sorrows of man,that Man of sorrows
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Oh... I remember this... I was so confused on when water came out...
Thank you saber I’m waiting for that the what ruined Christian animation for a long time thank you and God bless you.
I am a Christian and I agree, more media dealing with Christianity shouldn’t shy away from the darker aspects of it like this anime and The Prince of Egypt. The Prince of Egypt was so good because you didn’t feel like you were being talked down to or shielded from the dark parts of the story which made a really good movie. But yeah, being crucified is one of the worst ways to die.
Jesus wasn’t white and if you think the magical stuff happened in the Bible your stupid. It’s not a debate. If you put your faith in Jesus you’d be pro lgbtq and a Democrat or just progressive. U can’t be conservative and love Jesus’s teachings.
The Romans had a tendency to create some truly harrowing ways to kill people. The Romans make the Taliban look tame by comparison.
Either give me the real raw story or make everyone various types of vegetables. There is no in between
to add to prince of egypt, the film works so well why others fail is because they don't treat it as a story from THE BIBLE but instead as the STORY from the bible. the bible does have a lot of interesting stories to tell regardless of religion, as well as faith can be an intersting thematic aspect to storytelling, but a lot of christian media tend to over focus on it being from the bible/christianity rather than the story it tells. I think that's also why og vegitales worked, you didn't have to be christian to enjoy it because it had great writing and fun characters
im honestly very disappointed in Christians when it comes to the entertainment industry in general. Like here's the thing, storytelling is essentially making a moral argument right? And if correct and true morality comes from God, then that means that secular media either provides an incorrect moral message or has to "steal" its moral message from Christianity. Luckily they "steal" more than providing incorrect morals, but there is a mix... Point is, why cant the people who get their morals from the source make good media?
I know its because most christian themed media isnt necessarily made by Christians, but it still sucks.
“I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON MY SIDE”
- Jesus
AAAAAAAAAAAAA
😂😂😂
"Get ready to **feel** the holy SPIRIT"
-Jesus then beats down judas
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HELL YA
As a Christian myself, I'm glad to see animation that depicts these stories honestly without asking for money or colouring it with biases of some sort.
It's the crucifixion and nothing more.
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@@p-__ nah... sabersparks farts have a distinct smell to them
@@crushedcan5378 alright both or u are weird also anyone who still believes in Christianity at least the magical stuff and the Bible they are stupid. It’s not a debate XD cry.
@@p-__Nobody cares.
@@ramonandrajo6348 damn right bro, these dumb dragon butts are gullible fools XD yes I keep making that Spyro based joke but I’m not wrong XD
FUN FACT: the man the story takes its POV from is Saint Dismas, aka "The Penitent Thief," who became a saint when he repented for his sins at Jesus' right hand.
Amd yes, I'm fairly certain this is where the phrase "Right Hand Man" came from. (EDIT: I have been corrected and now know that this guess on the origin of the phrase os erroneous. My apologies. Though, records do state that St Dismas was at Jesus' right side.)
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@@p-__ Have you ever farted to hard it hurt your balls and required surgery?
As far as I know the Bible never mentioned his name, so I'm assuming this is from Catholic Tradition?
@@fotzegamingandmedia1840Yes, Catholics and East Orthodox venerate saints, or important and significant people in the Bible and post-crucifixion who would otherwise be forgotten by the faith and not set a great example of true devotion or admiration. Many will misinterpret this as Saberspark said "If I repent when I'm about to die, I'll go to heaven", but that's not what the story is implying, it was about two thieves who mocked Jesus at their execution, only one of them recognized Christ's divinity and repented with a fearful and contrite heart. It goes to show the forgiveness of Christ who both forgave His executors and one of the thieves, which the other one mocked and went to hell.
Fun fact: The Orthodox cross symbol has the footrest with the right pointing up and the one on the left pointing down which symbolizes the destination of the two thieves ☦
@@s3v3n3 I'm Seventh-Day Adventist so there's gonna be a disagreement on circumstances, but I agree that the Thief was saved because he recognized Christ's divinity and felt true repentance for his sins.
I guess this is one way to get people to potentially read the bible: turn some of the stories into an anime
That actually makes sense
Interestingly, Osamu Tezuka actually did do a Bible anime at one point. It only covered up to Jesus' birth though, and Tezuka himself was agnostic.
It’s a LN adaptation 😮
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The Bible is just a book.
As a Christian who wholeheartedly believes in this stuff and a huge fan of anime and animation, I am pleasantly surprised. The animation is beautiful and the story is represented well. Great job, guys.
Agreed!
Man same im glad theres another good christian animation...only one besides veggie tales, 2 decades ago, fff
@jabbersart6218 there another film call the miracle maker the mixes stop animated with regard animated
there is an Orthodox Christian channel called Harmony. He makes some awesome videos about Christianity, and he made some pretty cool bible animations ("I AM" and "LEGION")
Get ready for Gabriel and The Guardians... that one will be freaking cool.
This animation is really well done
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@@p-__Keep the hate for yourself, thank you
Its actually one of my personal favorite pieces of christian animated media just because of how well made and even respectful it is to the story of Jesus.
I stopped being christian a while back and switched to deism, but when I was a christian, this short film resonated with me quite a bit.
Fr tho. It really reminds me of Vinland Saga.
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the idea of having us look through the perspective of Dismus is even more amazing when you realize he is supposed to represent us who sinned our whole life but are still given a second chance as long as we truly believe in him, granted we still have to live with the consequences of our actions
That's why it's so relatable to the audience who adhere to the story.
If you think a Jesus anime is crazy, there’s an anime out there about Jesus Christ and the Buddha being roommates. I forgot what it’s called, though.
It's from one of those weird cults
Saint Young Men
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Family guy: The anime
@@p-__ lol ur funnier and smarter than all the religtards here XD
Crowley: _"What was it he said that got everyone so upset?"_
Aziraphale: _"Be kind to each other."_
Crowley: _"Oh, yeah. That'll do it."_
(Good Omens S1 Ep3.)
I legit just said that to some leftists who were bashing a normie conservative in a star trek meme group, and they immediately began sending me threats, saying AntiFa was coming after me, i got hundreds of notifications in a day. I reported it to the admins, and they sent me insults via dm and banned me.
I wonder why people find it such a hard message to accept. "Be nice"
@@TheJaguarthChannel Welcome to humanity, try the soup. 😹
@@TheJaguarthChannel It might have something to do with being told to love everyone.
Recently rewatched the Prince of Egypt and aside from some of the CGI, it's pretty timeless; the lesson being you will reach a lot more people with your message if the focus is making something quality. And that the Bible clearly has stories that beg for great adaptations
I remember back in HS I joined a church youth organization and one semester we went through live adaptations of the stories from John, like the Samaritan woman at the well and an army leader who’s son was sick and went to find Jesus to help heal him.
I feel I got more out of those videos than I ever did with the sermons (I learn through visuals, not audio or reading), so I’d love to see more stories animated like this
For real, I would love to see an adaptation of the Revelations part...
There's one (that REALLY isn't a true adaptation) being made right as we speak called Gabriel and The Guardians that explores the story of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Looks very promising.
Fun fact: my best friend's dad helped with this! He provided the computers that worked on the audio mixing, and was one of the first people to upload it to RUclips. He was very excited to see the Jesus channel (of Jackspediceye 2 fame) comment.
God bless him ❤️
Getting the Berserk team to work on the crucifixion is such a smart call
Wait really?
@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 in my opinion, absolutely. I'd watch them so several Bible stories. From imagery, tonal shifts and weighted brutality. I think they'd be an excellent choice for a number of biblical stories
@@jeleggetmaybe they should do an anime dedicated to the book of Revelations and the origins of its creation during the time of Roman persecution against early Christians.
@@AccipiterSmiththat would be super-massive. Speaking of the Book of Revelation, even many Christian scholars/theologians throughout denominations and era has different interpretation of meaning/symbolism of that last book of the Bible, but from the contents themselves it would be really epic to be made into anime.
@@AccipiterSmithWhat makes Griffith one of the horsemen of the apocalypse, he already has the outfit
Fun fact, the romans perfored the forearms, not the hands, when crucyfiing someone. The hand was too weak to keep the weight of the whole body, so If put there, the metal would cut the hand and the crucified might get free…
And sometimes they didn't even do that, crucifixion with big groups would just be leaving them exposed to the element tied to the cross. Degrading regardless
I always wondered that. The hand would not be able to support all that weight.
@@Tentegen The Greek word that gets translated as hand could also mean wrist as there was not a word in use at that time for wrist.
To be fair, you could say Jesus was the first anime protagonist;
1: His father was literally God.
2: From birth, he was the “chosen one”, destined for greatness.
3: He had lots of insane powers and abilities that he used to help people on his travels.
4: He was eventually betrayed by someone who he thought was his friend.
Shonen Jump definitely did their homework.
As a Christian, yes
No thats as far as we know gilgamesh. fus he actually defied gods. And less betrayed as loosing his partner he loved above all elve and humility and seatching for the meaning and immortal life.
Anyways the old testament is way more anime.
no, no you can't, because jesus wasn't even an original case. There had been literally hundreds of other gods that existed before jesus that went through the same story beats that he did. Off the top of my head there's:
Zoroaster
Krishna,
Glycon
Romulus
Mithra
Attis
(To name a few)
The tale of jesus wasn't original at all it parallels hundreds of other gods that existed- not only before christianity, but before judaism as well.
@@UbinTimorToday's people really like to take only things that are similar and forget the differences, everything you say is wrong, try to show the sources and evidence that you have, in fact Krishna and Mithrs for example, came after Jesus, so I am even more confused now...try learning through an honest scholar and they Will tell you the truth
@@justinpartogi It's really weird to me that you're so upset over accusing me of something you yourself are doing. You're saying I'm wrong without citing anything that contradicts my claim- your only argument is that "I'm wrong" and you just claim Krishna came after jesus without any evidence other than just saying that he did.
According to the Heliodorus Column (erected in 113 BCE) the hindu faith (vasishnavism) and the mention of both vishnu and krishna predated christianity by around 200 years, there's evidence to speculate that vasishnavism was practiced for possibly thousands of years before chrisitanity based on excavations of Harrappa and Mohenjo-daro and other ancient sites. according to the Itihasa texts krishna's birthday is supposedly the 27th of July 3112 BCE but I've seen other dates from 3228 BCE to 3102 BCE and so on because the Mahabharata and Harivamsa contradict each other on when he was born-all of which are before the birth of jesus which ranges from 6 BCE to 4 BCE, however, much like with every mythological figure there's no definitive date. So, if that's the case, how can someone born in 3112 BCE "come after" someone born in 4 BCE?
SOURCES:
Heliodorus Column-www.utahkrishnas.org/hinduism-predates-christianity-the-archeological-proof/
Krishna's birth date-
www.dvaita.org/the-birth-of-krishna-and-jesus-a-matter-of-faith/
The "birth" of jesus-reasonabletheology.org/year-jesus-actually-born/
The significance of Harrappa and Mohenjo-daro- www.britannica.com/topic/Indus-civilization
You're sitting there getting all worked up like I'm saying christianity stole from these religions (technically speaking catholicism did appropriate many "pegan" religions into their mythos as a means of converting them to christianity- I hope we're not going to ignore that obvious notion) when that's not my point. My point was that jesus wasn't original (the idea of jesus wasn't original)- it's not that OTHER gods parallel his story it's that HE parallels the stories of other gods and thus you can't really make the claim: "To be fair, Jesus was the first anime protagonist" even as a joke especially with the criteria listed in OP's comment. Not to mention shintoism (a religion formally founded in 300 BCE but can be traced back even further making it older than jesus- I'm seeing a pattern here) had been a heavy influence on Anime- if anything, gods like Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Takemikazuchi, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, or Ryujin would be more fitting to be considered the first Anime protagonist- you know, because they originate from Japan... (source-www.worldhistory.org/Shinto/)
Onto your comment about "mithrs" I'm assuming you meant Mithra. You make the claim that Mithra "came after" jesus- again you don't cite any sources that validate that statement after blowing up on me about how I wasn't providing any evidence you just say that mithra "came after" jesus and I'm just suppose to take your word for it. I can understand why you're confused when the only source you have is yourself anything to the contrary is "confusing" there is sufficient evidence that methraic worship dates as far back as 50 BCE- the Kerch plaques depict what can be interpreted as mithras holding a knife over a bull as he had been depicted in other stone work that was continually being made through to 141 CE. The Greek biographer, Plutarch, witnessed the pirates of Cilicia engage in methraic rituals in 68 BCE. I couldn't find an exact date as to when mithra was born all I got was December 25th but it's safe to say if this guy was being worshiped by people as far back as 68 BCE and, again, jesus was supposedly born in 6-4 BCE how did you come to the conclusion that mithra "came after" jesus when people were worshiping mithra before jesus was even born?
SOURCE
History of mthraic worship- www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=History
The fact of the matter is all these mythical figures parallel each other because that's how mythology works. Religion is a part of culture and that culture gets spread around so when new cultures form they get inspired by what others deem to be "special" there are litterally millions- billions of cultures, and by extension religions, that have formed throughout human history, most are thousands of years older than chrisitanity it's no surprise that you're gonna see what looks like copy and paste because these things have been a staple of so many other gods. jesus isn't special, deal with it.
As a Christian and an Anime fan, this was an excellent short. I liked how this was a perspective from one of the thieves who was crucified alongside Jesus. That was always the part of the Passion of the Christ that tugs at my heart. No telling how this man lived his life and the fact that he recognizes Jesus as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords is incredible. He asked Jesus to remember him when he goes to his Kingdom. This is why we call it Amazing Grace.
"Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
---Luke 23:43 NIV ✝️🙏
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You can just say idiot and replace Christian with that. Cuz in order to believe in fairytales and religious beliefs you have to be a gullible idiot
Man 116 fairytale believing children. MALEFORs golems gonna eat good tonight XD MUHAHA
@@Golems_victory respect others beliefs then I shall respect you.
@dannyadam4972 Crap on my people and I will throw the turd back at you.
This is a massive win for Christians who also love anime and/or both parties!
I'm an atheist who loathes anime. Funky.
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Not a big fan of anime (except for Pokemon), but seeing Jesus in anime is amazing.
Wait how does this relate to political parties?
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958Parties is also used to just refer to groups of people, not just political parties.
You didn't just say "they nailed it" while showing the scene of Jesus getting nailed to the cross, you did NOT 😂😂😂
UwU
Reminds me of a Jewish joke: there was a hardware store owner who made a small billboard showing Jesus on the cross and the title said "They used Goldberg's sturdy nails." There was an outcry from the Christian community and they demanded he change the advertisement.
The next day the billboard showed the cross, but Jesus was laying at the bottom and the title said "They *didn't* use Goldberg's sturdy nails".
Came here to say to find this
One of the twitch comments: “Jesus isn’t pulling his own weight” when carrying the cross
I mean it's low hanging fruit
It's more disturbing when you consider that he was actually nude when crucified. The usual depictions sanitize it by at least giving him a loincloth. Needless to say the nudity would make the ordeal more degrading for the condemned.
If i'm not wrong that was from "The Last Temptation Of Christ."
@@markeyiszra Christianity is fiction all religions are fiction. Even if Jesus did exist he wasn’t white and had no magic and didn’t come back from the dead. man so many dragon butts here. Wow 4 dragon butts you just caught XD the golem is gonna be happy...XD. Also don’t call my humor weird when y’all believe in fairytales. Y’all more weird then me. At least I’m aware I’m being silly and ridiculous. Y’all think those debunked nonsensical fairytales have any validity in reality and think delusions should be respected. If you think delusions should be respected then you need to respect murderers and mentally insane people cuz it’s their beliefs lXD
You know if I'm being tortured and tediously killed any degradation by nudity ceases to matter.
Yeah but ya can't show savior schlong just hangin there. The kids in church would never quit gigglin.
Rule34 Jesus? 🥵💦💦💦
They use that blur effect in Berserk to illustrate something quick, traumatic, disorienting, and flash backs which is really funny to see them still using it till this day.
I grew up as a Jehovahs witness and I remember vividly that I was just sobbing the first time this was described to me. Honestly the animators did a really good job bringing this to life
Just telling us that the studio behind the Berserk anime was behind this would have give us an idea of how violent it is.
My church showed this to a group of kids (including myself) during a service for preteens. I kept my eyes closed for most of it, and felt really guilty for not being able to watch it. I’m incredibly pissed at them for doing that. This was definitely not a film that was appropriate for that age group. I don’t think they even informed the parents beforehand!
That's messed up
Yeah this thing is a solid pg-13 at least. Totally agree. That's too young.
The parents ought to have been furious with what was shown to their kids.
This is the kind of thing that you should decide if you want to watch. Someone else shouldn't be doing that for you.
2:49 In a standard crucifixion, the victim would (usually) pass from suffocation. Basically, the muscles they're using to support their weight are also muscles that they need to breathe, so eventually they would get so tired that they couldn't even take a breath and, very, _very_ slowly, suffocate. (This is also a problem for people into the kinkier types of sex: If you're going to tie someone up in a suspension, you need to make sure they're supported by something other than their arms, or they could suffocate.) Breaking the victim's legs isn't a normal part of crucifixion, it was done so He'd hurry up and die. The crucifixion occurred on a Friday, you couldn't touch the deceased on the Sabbath (Saturday) or you'd be unclean, so they wanted Him to get on with it so they could chuck the body into a tomb before the Sabbath started.
Ooh, I remember showing this exact video to my world religions class in 12th grade! Halfway through the video, my teacher was forced to turn it off cause my classmates couldn’t handle the gore, ahh, good times ^^
But I’m a more serious note, as a Christian myself, I do agree with you and the other commenters that this kind of content shouldn’t be shunned, let people explore different ways to preach the gospel, and if it’s through a beautiful yet gory animation like this, then more power to them!
Side note: I didn’t grow up watching Christian cartoons like Veggie Tales, my parents never subjected me or any of my siblings to that thankfully, feel like I dodged a major one there
12th grade? I watched this in first grade.
(It was traumatizing 🥶😥)
@@AmoebaInkAnd the dog humping the kids.😡
Veggietales was the best of them, though.
I do remember visiting a church once where they had a little library corner in their lobby. I browsed the books for a minute and found legitimate manga adaptations of bible stories. I couldnt believe my eyes. I mean, that's one way to reach a new audience but wow was I not expecting it to exist 😂
Dodged a major one? More like you missed out on some of the greatest silly songs of all time! XD
I'm close to Saberspark's age and the most I remember of VeggieTales was in some Christian book stores on their TVs. I did watch one that I still want to do a project on of sorts: Hanna Barbera's Greatest Adventure: STories From the Bible
As someone who's both an otaku and lives in a Christian household, I watched My Last Day during Easter early this year and loved the hell out of it. The animation really gave me vibes from Castlevania 2017, ATLA, and other americanime. But I'm still amazed that Barry Cook, the guy behind Disney's Mulan, and an anime studio like Studio4C did this! Really made the crucifixion as violent and horrific as possible, and it's too accurate! A brutal, but great anime short understanding that we'll be in Heaven with Jesus if we repent our sins.
So glad you covered this saber! And I completely agree with you there needs to be more better quality Christian animated content like this and prince of Egypt and veggietales. God bless
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Whoa! The only "Jesus anime" I had ever encountered were the Christian anime series "Superbook" (which focused on the Old Testament stories but had a couple of New Testament episodes), and "The Flying House" (which focused on New Testament stories). Both were made in the early 1980s and were made with young children as a target audience.
I believe Tatsunoko Productions was tasked with that by none other than the 700 Club from Trinity Broadcasting Network. And I only recall this because there was a table at a convention that was an anime club mixed with a church youth group or something and the guy explained it to me briefly. It's interesting trivia
I love Superbook!
as someone who’s not anymore, but grew up christian [catholic], i still thoroughly enjoy so many pieces of christian media. it’s always so refreshing to see well-made religious animation [im looking at you, Dreakworks’ Prince of Egypt and Coat of Many Colors] because i might not follow that faith anymore, but it’s still something i can understand and identify with.
they’re something that people of any background or belief can enjoy !! and i think that’s part of what making art is all about.
anyways veggietales gang rise up. where y’all at 🔥🔥🔥
I can relate to some of that
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@@p-__ That's quite the inflated self we have here my good sir🥸
PRESENT🔥🔥🔥
I strongly recommend you to watch Sony Pictures Animation's The Star, which is based on the nativity (birth) of Jesus.
10:36 "and they absolutely nail that here" (clip of nailing his hands to cross)
I see what you did there
When I was in catholic school, we watched an animated movie about the crucifixion from the perspective of the cross... like starting out from when it was a sapling, to a tree, to it being cut down and turned into the cross, where it basically died with Jesus. I think it had something to do with vanity? Idk either way as a little kid it made me afraid that the trees could hear my conversations.
Edit: it was called The Proud Tree
Thanks for the recommendation
Thank you for showing me this Saber. As a Christian, I've been wanting something that's done right for once and none of that CGI rubbish. About time we had some anime Christian content around here.
"Don't say you love the anime if you haven't read the manga." (Nehemiah 8:8)
lol
Not gonna lie. I think that the overall style is amazing. The detail shows how rough things are. My gosh. This is deep
My reaction to this reminds me of my reaction as a kid to seeing the slaves get whipped in Prince of Egypt; no amount of choral songs, cartoon vegetables, or musty, old tomes could properly convey the sheer hopelessness that *drives* so many people to seeking their Lord the way animation and well chosen voices can.
Ive always loved the idea of not showing Jesus’ perspective, but someone who was by his side and a witness to some of his events in an unbiased and realistic way.
Biff, or the bible according tobiff or however its called, is pretty good. yeah obviously some creative freedom but it ligns and i from jesus best frien calle to write his testament.
And really funny
I once saw a recreation of Passion with lego and honestly it was probably the best adaptation of the crucification, it was stop motion, used play-do for blood, and was voiced by like a 12 year old
wow.
can you leave a link please? that sounds interesting.
I remember watching the Jesus anime a couple of years ago.
The first Japanese anime that I ever watched was a Christian anime called Anime Oyako Gekijō known in the United States as SuperBook
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Finally someone else who grew up watching that show, i watched the spanish dub when i was a kid.
@@fernie5686 I first watched superbook in the late 1980s.
@@joshuamelton9148 yep, thats the one I grew up with, they rebooted it in the 2010's but it didn't have the same charm as the original
@@fernie5686 I agree
the prince of egypt was so so good, i rly enjoy it as a muslim. i cried whole movie and i really liked how they showed miracles and curses. i also love Christ so much and always cry to holy night. ty for sharing this anime i know i will watch it while crying.
If an anime studio (that delivered Berserk to us) could give us the most important aspect of the Christian tale FOR FREE (and the quality is top-notch), imagine what they could do if motivated and given the green light to animate the entire Bible!
We could end up having an uncensored version of Superbook on our hands.
The entire Bible? Getting people familiar with all the Bible stories would be a great way to make more atheists!
@@dorememe8548 Bro, I get that you don't believe in God.
But animation-wise, the Christian Community has been suffering big-time.
How is it that in 2023, the Standard of Christian Animation is still the 1982 Superbook and the 1993 Veggie Tales? We need more studios like this to step up to the plate.
"Uncensored version of superbook"
Well thats gonna be straight uo bloody hell AND I MEAN REALLY BLOODY
@@joel784 Yep. Rated M for Mature.
For example, in the classic Superbook, Joseph the Dreamer was framed for stealing money from Potiphar's wife, whereas in the Scriptures, he was framed for sexual assault (when he was the one that was almost raped).
@@rinzo2009 Honestky with the amount of death and other horribke stuff in the bible..
We're in on one wild trip!
One of the best adaptations of Jesus' story right here, particularly of Luke 23 (the Gospel where Jesus promised the repentant criminal he'd be in paradise). It's not the first Bible anime though, besides Bagi, Osamu Tezuka himself actually did do a Bible anime at one point (despite him being agnostic); it only covered up to Jesus' birth though. Even Yoshikazu Yasuhiko of Gundam fame did a manga called _Jesus_ from the perspective of one of the other criminals (and was an Amuro Ray lookalike).
Another great ✝animated film that exists also is _The Miracle Maker,_ which has both stop-motion and 2D animation (just bought that film on DVD today), and the same animators of that film also made stop motion versions of the stories of Abraham, Joseph and Ruth in a series called "Testament - The Bible in Animation" (sadly though, the actress who played Ruth turned out to be not so nice). That series is proof that good Christian media, including animated ones, does exist, although you do have to look for it.
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@@p-__ Yet another fail spambot/troll.
When I was a kid, my favorite bible cartoon was the bible adventures, where two archaeologists and their middle-eastern sidekick were isekai'd into biblical times. Their names were Derek, Margo, and Moki. I don't remember much more than that, but I remember my favorite episode was the story of Ruth.
I would like to recommend another anime about Jesus hanging out with Buddha. Yes, I did not mistype that. The title is "Saint Young Man" or "Saint Onii San"
It's a really slice of life wholesome anime where the two just chilling together
Born and raised Christian. I forgot this anime was real, and there’s even a manga about this in fact. Prince of Egypt was my all time favorite Dreamworks movie besides Eldorado. There’s also Joseph King of Dreams which was okay, but not as good as the best movie. Veggietales will always be my childhood, I can still remember some lyrics to a few of my favorite, and less favorite songs.
I like that the showed the nails being driven through the wrist and not the hand, on account of the whole "there's no bones to stop the nail from just tearing through" thing.
I watched this short not long after it was released. Really solid animation and direction.
When I first watched this, I actually thought that short film was a scene from some anime about Jesus, I even tried to look for the full thing cause it looked really good(gruesome, but good)
I actually had a whole collection of the Bible manga books. It was so good I read it over and over again. I found the first one at a book fair and looked forever to get the other ones. I loved them, but I made the mistake of giving them to friend before I moved and lost them forever :(. But goes to show if you can adapt Biblical stories and topics into a good way with good quality that’s easy for people to understand, you’re more likely to get more attention.
Also recommend watching Chi Rho that’s an actually decent animated Bible show.
The ones with the alliterative titles? I'm still only in book 2 of 6, it's still available on Amazon and such to buy, I think.
@@ToHoldNothing Yes! The sixth one is new that came out after I lost the series, so I never got that one. Glad to know I can get them all again, the art was really good.
@@Letsjustnot9597 I got it on Amazon, Manga Majesty is the title, it's a tricky series to recall even with the alliterative titles
My youth pastor showed this back in the grand year of 2015.
There's also an amazing 3d animated video that gets even more amazing using just the crucifixion
He brainwashed you with fairytales and indoctrinated you. I feel bad your child hood was wasted by evil lying people.
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@@D_0_S here’s the comment i sent ya He brainwashed you with fairytales and indoctrinated you. I feel bad your child hood was wasted by evil lying people
As a former Christian I can say this is very well done. Many see this as nothing but guilt bate and torcher p**n and some take it as sutch but that not the point of media like this. The point is the emphasis the martyrdom and the sacrifice he gave. It shows what he did in a very raw way and that ok to see sometimes. Btw this is not to petal any beliefs this is just an insight to some Christian thoughts on media like this
Honestly this was much better done than the snuff film that was The Passion. At least this actually focused on the message rather than the brutality. And was far more realistic with the bloodshed. I could buy that anime Jesus wouldn't have died of blood loss from the whipping unlike Jim Caviezel's Jesus.
When I saw “Jesus anime” I thought you were going to talk about Saint young men, a pretty chill anime (as far as i know) thats about Jesus and Buddha being roomates. Imagine my shock when i see a detailed portrayal of jesus’s crucifixion 💀
I remember when I sat this for the first time, I was like 12 or 13, just getting into anime as a Christian, and this made me bawl
I would add that as a child growing up I enjoyed The Living Scriptures for Christian stories created with animation. I think the group who put it together is LDS and used to work with Disney.
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@danwood7888 yeah, I remember those. I loved them.
I'm just here just to say one thing:
I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME
It's pretty cool I think.
Would be nice to see more ANIMATED like that.
I guess they NAILED it
7:54 That line got me good! 🤣 I just love how Saber said it.
But seriously though, a cast-iron pizza sounds pretty good. 🤤
I seriously always wondered what was the anime Jesus that Hannah and Jake used in their intros.
This is intense stuff and when you’re a kid, and in church they’re telling you about Jesus’s death, they tell you all the horrible stuff to make you understand and uncomfortable about it.
If this was way to much for you ( it was for me ) you should check out Saint Young Men. It's a bromance comedy anime about Buhdda and Jesus, it's also a Manga! ( Something funny about it is that I grew up not really being taught about the Bible or religion and still im not a religious person at all but I learned some what something about Jesus from that anime [ did you know Jesus loves blogging😂?] ) ITS definitely a anime..
Dude that is so awesome. I can’t wait for the Revelations Anime.
Oh god
Or an anime series of the entire Bible
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The closest thing we have is The End of Evangelion
Christian here, I've never ever been into anything anime. My mom tried to get me into it, past partners tried to get me into it, nothing ever worked.
Then I found this, and Legion, and others.
Best accident of my life.
I grew up in a Japanese language church in the States so I grew up watching the Osamu Tezuka bible series (they had the whole series)
As a Christian i get that its hard to make good media representatations of the Bible and do the belief justice. I try to make Christian music and thats rough. And thats easier than a show or movie about the stuff. And i think this does a good job at that portraying just how much Jesus went through for us
The Prince of Egypt plagues scenes were always just beautiful to watch. Just reminded me how good *that* film was.
I remember being in 3rd Grade, the teacher showed it to us who were mere children at the time, and we were horrified. To the point where some of us had to leave the room.
Not to take the lord's name in vain, but Jesus Christ what kind of 3rd grade teacher would show such immaculate amounts of gore even I shudder to see!?
Dude, I can't even watch this video without feeling like having to pass out, my body is so sensitive to that, couldn't ever imagine watching that as an 7-8 year old 😭
3RD GRADE!? Damn, that teacher shouldn't showed y'all this
The crucifixion arc is the saddest arc in the Bible series😢
I too grew up Christian watching “appropriate” media. Except my shows were in the 80s and early 90s. Most of it is not anything I’d remember fondly, except, without a doubt, is Superbook (and The Flying House made by the same group featuring a similar cast and plot). Christian time travel anime with robots and magic bibles and plucky young heroes! If you haven’t seen it I unironically recommend you check it out ❤
5 VIDEO’S IN A WEEK!!! Haha thanks you Lad👏🏽🙏🏽
The sound effect scream that they used when he was nailed to the cross was the same scream that Tom the cat, let out when Jerry the mouse smacks his tail with a mallet... prefect.
Honestly this animation is actually pretty amazing, at least its better than the other ones I've seen
Did you ever cover the original Superbook anime? It was about two kids and a robot that went back in time to hang out with Bible characters.
How do they make a 10 minute vid so well made and so good
The animation made by the company that made berserk is crazy wild ✨
As a Catholic it’s very good, will recommend this to others.
1:56:that called abusing God's grace and love
Oh I remember this! My little middle school Catholic self was wondering if there were any Jesus anime out there and found this short on RUclips
Needless to say this traumatized me
Another Catholic here. When me and my family first watched Gibson's Passion of Christ, I cried when Jesus died. That first viewing was more hardcore than any horror films I've seen or might see in the future.
You fool, this is just “Johoshua Son of Joseph: JoJo’s First Bizzare Adventure”
If Jesus was born nowadays he would 100% be an influencer
Nah. Jesus would be that one chill guy everyone could hang with not some self centered influencer
"I have the power of God AND anime on my side!"
OMG this finally got attention,, I remember watching it when I was in the 4th grade I rlly enjoyed it tbh
What makes the crucifixion so horrifying is the nails, like back in the day they were HUGE like the size of a full adult hand and how long is it.................the size of a FULL POPSICLE STICK!! That's why it takes many hits to pierce it.
Man, i still am not over the mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you have to cruxify someone, actively, in first person, but that guy wanted it, he asked you for it. Now this, it makes me sick in the same way . Real well done
There's a really cool anime called Drifters where Jesus is the main villain but you can still see the positive influence he has within the evil faction, though it is still the evil faction so the influence is still a bit twisted, anyway point is I highly recommend Drifters for cool Jesus and other such historical sequels for people like Joan of Arc, Napoleon, the funny moustache man, Johnny Appleseed and a whole host of samurais because this is still an anime.
Damn- after you mentioned it, I couldn't unthink Berserk for every frame I saw😂
This reminds me of a manga Bible we used to have at my christian school
“Jesus is an anime?” - Caddicarus
This is interesting not only because it is an anime depiction of the crucifixion, but because it taps on the most deep and important meaning of what Jesus came to earth to do. And just to add on the crusades thing, those were in principle a very valid response to Muslim conquest, it was necessary.
I love the Jesus fandom
PFFF
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The more I think about it technically jesus was the the first fanbase in existence...
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@@micjimster4845No. Plenty of prophets and cults and religions existed hundreds, even thousands of years before Jesus was even born.
Honestly, getting the same people that worked on a Berserk anime to work on a depiction of the Crucifiction is kinda brilliant.
Frankly, I would love to see more anime adaptations of Bible stories; make them mini-series if they want with the same studio behind this short
Even though I’m a practicing Buddhist, I wouldn’t mind seeing more stuff like this; don’t sugar coat the stories and have some great animation from Japan
(Also, that would explain why Berserk is freaking amazing; it’s because one of the studios who did one of the anime adaptations was commissioned by God and God saw Berserk and was like “Awesome, this shall be the greatest anime and manga series of all time”; maybe one day we will finally get that coveted perfect Berserk anime series to rival the 97 one)
3:52 They actually wrote the Hebrew correctly. Nice.
Christ is king.
This reminds me of when my dad brought me a bible but in a manga/anime style.
This screams Steve Buscemis "Hello Fellow kids" meme.
"....they absolutely nailed that here."
I see what you did there Saber.
I bet there'll be a bunch of Manga stans who are gonna be pissed of at this anime adaptation. I wonder if there was an AOE.
LOL! Aoe! 😂
I have an ADHD mind that can't watch or do things for too long and SaberSpark has very long videos but my ADHD mind enjoys these types of things about Movies and I've been a fan for a while. Thank you SaberSpark for making enjoyable videos.
2:09 (just giving religious facts here)
*“I could sin through out my entire life and ask Jesus for salvation at the very end, and I can get into heaven?”* Well Saberspark, through prayer and faith, then your technically correct 👍
I wouldnt try it though 😅
@@Jayjay-vi9jk Why not? Don’t wanna fight but I’m just confused by your comment…
@@RichardStarfish because you don't know when you'll die. Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
I like this, Jesus is not just smiling guy who just tell random positive thing that people need to hear, but only one who can understand sorrows of man,that Man of sorrows