Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01: How It Changed Anime History | KYOTO VIDEO
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The Secret History of Animeigo: web.archive.or...
Kabukicho Wars: The Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 Plan & Design Document: www.zimmerit.m...
Shinji Aramaki’s MADOX-01 Turns Thirty: www.zimmerit.m...
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 director's commentary. Shinji Aramaki, Kimitoshi Yamane and Satoshi Koizumi. 2021.
Wizardry - Hardcore Gaming 101: www.hardcoregam...
KB is their name and talking about old animation is his game! If you want deep analysis and history on the realm of retro anime and old animation, then you've come to the right place. Be warned though. Being a possum means he loves consuming trash, media-based or otherwise.
Fun fact! According to a few B-Club special publications released for Bubblegum Crisis in the late 1980s (subsequently referenced in the BGC RPG books), Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 is canon to the Bubblegum Crisis universe. According to the B-Club books, the MADOX-01 was a technical proof of concept for the K-11 hardsuits used by the AD Police in the mini series (especially episode 3’s opening). They even include technical drawings and testing sketches of the MADOX-01 when discussing military hardsuits in the B-Club specials.
That Is An Awesome Deep Cut Dude 😮
man this is neat, i always wanted more of this.
Good to know. Thanks for the tip. 😊
The ironic thing about AnimeIgo is....they never actually got the rights to the Wizardry OVA.
Go figure.
i read a post many years ago on the AnimeOnDVD forum post where a guy mentioned that AnimEigo should licence it & Robert Woodhead responded saying "My ego is large, but not that large." so that is why the never licenced it.
The amazing things you can do with enough free time and creative freedom. I really wasn't expecting this OVA to be such a important factor in the rise of anime in the west
I translated some stuff for AnimEigo back in the day (a good chunk of the original Macross) - their custom subbing format was pretty wild. My subtitled Riding Bean VHS (with official First Day of Release sticker) even has a credit for the video overlay card that's mentioned.
To give you an idea of Wizardry's influence on anime creators, the aircraft designations in Patlabor 2 are Trebor, Wizard, and Wyvern.
I LOVED Bubblegum Crisis.
It was the first anime I ever owned on VHS.
I would hardly call MADOX "forgotten", especially by the older crowd.
I would say the majority of anime fans just watch modern stuff, so it is forgotten in that sense. Fans of vintage anime, especially mecha and sci-fi, certainly know it.
Madox-01 and Black Magic-M66 were among the first anime I can remember being “officially” commerically available, and loved them both.
They might be considered skimpy story wise now, but we’re talking about 1987. All this stuff was new, and the average person hadn't seen ANY anime, plus it just looked beautiful. Trust me, none of these OVA's are forgotten by the people who were there when they were released; these are the anime that made that first generation of otaku and we remember them fondly.
There are a lot of weird and obscure anime that turn out to be hugely historically significant when you start looking into them. Heck, when I was still in anitube, I made a video to that effect about Strain, something basically no one watched. And Crunchyroll's "original three" first licenses when they went legit -- Gintama, Skip Beat, and Shugo Chara -- are decently known among fans of their genres, but if you aren't into shounen action comedy, shoujo romance, or magical girl, it's not likely you've heard of them (well, maybe Skip Beat since the source material is a mainstay on store manga shelves).
Yeah, exactly. Look at Dallos, an all around pretty mediocre anime, but it was incredibly historically important because it was the first OVA. Doesn't hurt that it was directed by Mamoru Oshii who would go on to much higher heights (though he did direct Urusei Yatsura earlier in the 80s.
@@fattiger6957 plus it had a dub (albeit very poorly done) release as a kid flick called Just For Kids with a later uncensored version of the dub being put out by Best Film & Video
Sometimes you gotta stumble before you can run. This is a perfect example of that.
I remember the first time watching this as a kid years ago when I would just watch random OVAs and what not in between waiting for weekly releases. I finished it and instantly wanted more, then I found out it was a OVA 1 shot.
I was devastated.
The story in the OVA is basic but everything underneath but it feels like it could be more.
Also the highly detailed shots of the components and mech itself, I think closet thing id seen before that was V.O.T.O.Ms, and then some Armor Hunter Mellow Link.
This is like prime example of my love and hate relationship with this era of animation you got so much eye candy which was great but sometimes there were actually good bits that were never explored.
It's so fun hearing that the founders of Sir-Tech dabbled in anime of the 80's.
I know them because they made my favorite game of all time, Jagged Alliance 2, is their second and last franchise that they made aside Wizzardry.
Jagged Alliance 2 (1999) came before Wizzardry 8, and then they closed.
Wow, this takes me back. I grew up in the 80's and enjoyed stuff like Star Blazers (Battleship Yamato), Voltron (GoLion), Robotech (Macross), etc., on TV, but Madox was the first anime I actually went out and rented from Blockbuster with my own money; so this OVA holds a special place in my heart, and it's kinda cool to see it receive more attention! I also had no idea so many future big names in anime worked on this, and it was cool to learn about AnimEigo's history--thanks so much for this video!
Can't believe I never knew that AnimEigo and Wizardry were connected!
As an RPG gamer and VHS anime fan since the 80s, I am embarrassed to say that I was not aware of Robert Woodhead's immense impact- apparently he is still in the mecha game: "As a hobby, he builds combat robots, and his children, James Ueki and Alex Ueki, are the 2004 and 2005 Robot Fighting League National Champions in the 30 lb Featherweight class." -- Wikipedia
@@hitachicordoba Oh come on! How can ONE MAN be so influential on so many things I love!?
It shocked me too!
Yeah this absolutely blew my mind.
As an interesting tidbit the US made Bubblegum Crisis tabletop RPG published in the '90 incorporated the Madox 01 events in the timeline defining the so called "MADOX Type" as the granddaddy of all the battlesuit used in the setting. Apparently this is related to some translation of B-Club stuff of dubious canonicity. This, combined with the obvious similarity due to Artmic style, led to the false rumor that the two anime were somewhat connected, while the only connection is staff related.
Thats some tasty headcanon 😋
Ah, lovely. My first subtitled anime experience. History of my favorite publisher.
We got a stew goin’, baby!
Also, LOL, hadn’t considered how much “MADOX One” would bug me since it has always been “Oh One” or “Zero One” to me before now. 😝
Similar to RUclipsrs trotting out “Ranma Half”
Amusingly I am guilty of the opposite with Megazone, as I and others always called it “Twenty-Three” but decades later I would run across it references as “Two Three” in JP and among the production staff.
No consistency to any of us!
The proof _of_ the pudding _is in the eating_.
Fun fact, Woodhead also made Virex, one of the first commercial antivirus programs and the first one for the Macintosh. =)
Starting to think anything in modern gaming and anime can be traced back to Wizardry in some capacity. Like, everything has X-degrees-of-separation from Wizardry. Like Ryu, from streets.
Or Heiankyo Alien or Xevious.
And Ultima should be mentioned right alongside Wizardry. Between the two, they laid pretty much all the foundations of video RPGs that we still see today.
A power armor that runs on diesel? Hope there's some good soundproofing in that helmet, or else the user is gonna go deaf real quickly.
Still makes more sense than a spaceship with FTL that's powered by... coal!? 😅
Diesel engines aren't that difficult to muffle to a very quiet level with a turbo and a muffler. Smaller diesel engines have been remarkably quiet as far back as the 1980s thanks to this.
@@4G12 If that's true, then why are diesel pickup trucks so noisy?
I’ll always remember the reference to Sir-Tech and Wizardry in the film “Real Genius”
Along with exchanges like
Mitch: You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...
Chris Knight: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?
Mitch: No...
Chris Knight: Why am I the only one who has that dream?
Feel like i was raised on so many legendary animators showcases in the late 80s early 90s ive been spoiled to hell and back, now its hard to find anything that lives up to those times.
I adore this OVA. The story is silly, but the animation throughout is a feast. As always, thanks KB!!
Lol, I've mentioned Palladium press in the past but I realize that this mecha suit was the inspiration for the SAMAS power armor in their Rifts RPG. Makes sense because Palladium were pioneers in questionable copyright borrowing. lol. Largely just steeling ideas from anime.
I think you're right!
I actually discovered this movie recently, and I really like it. I showed it to a few of my friends too. It has a very simple and straight to the point story, but it is very entertaining. The characters are well flushed out and I love the romance between Koji and Shiori.
This anime inspired a lot more than you'd think, and its legacy lives on. It even received a MODEROID kit by Good Smile Company, who also released the *perfect transformation* Garland not too long ago.
Can you review the Lodoss war ova please?
I always loved this. It was a real find in my VHS collecting years.
Nice going with Elevator Action Returns for some of the music. Absolute class soundtrack there.
I always had a Feeling this Anime was Important. I’m glad I wasn’t wrong.
👏Awesome job my dude! Knocked it out of the park with this one.
I am still waiting for Devil Hunter Yohko, Dominion Tank Police, and Plastic Little.
Martian Successor Nadiesco is another big one he needs to do someday. I rewatched that one recently and I was a little shocked at just how modern it felt, with its meta-commentary on fandom and being aware of what messages you take from your media.
Your channel unlock some of my old memories. Thanks a lot
1:59 | REFERENCE, DOC!
17:12 | Rest in Peace, Gainax
I always thought this was a fun underrated ova, but I didn't know it was this important.
Absolutely loving this. Love Madox, and the I extra bits of trivia are fantastic. Good stuff.
Fantastic episode and a fascinating insight into an obscure piece of history
I watched this one a few years ago, but it weirdly sticks out in my mind.
i appreciate your video. being able to get these dives into old anime is always wonderful to watch.
I know it ain't great, but I love it.
God, I wish there were more "technical" anime like this these days...
Oh man, good memories, I was one of those 1st 500 VHS tape customers who ordered the OVA by mail order. Watched the crap out of this anime.
I like to consider this a prequel to full metal panic. Omg didn't know theres a new print watching it tonight
@ 3:33. That is a fine 1980's mech if i ever seen one.
Thank you for this.
0:14 any other oyaji out there that remember monochrome orange/green/white CRT monitors? On the Tandy 1000/Apple IIc/IBM 386? I am old.
My first exposure to computers was PLATO machines as a kid. Amber plasma displays, networked gameplay, and chat. In the late 70s-80s. (Local schools got hand-me-downs from the University of Illinois.)
Green monitor for me on a diamond systems mod 80’s dos computer
Did not expect the history of wizardry at the start of this... Still baffled at how hard some weebs try to deny that wiz was influential in japan (being one of the inspirations behind the likes of dragon quest along with ultima, as well as the likes of megami tensei and basically birthing a specific genre of dungeon crawlers that exist to this day with the likes of Etrian Oddisey and such).
Was not aware it (well, the people behind it) were influential in the modern anime industry too... Wonder how that one guy who threw a massive fit at "insinuating some western crap influenced japan" would react to this :P
@@j.2512 Oh I know, its where we furries came from too (at the least the modern furry fandom)
but try telling the weebs that, they will still lose their shit if you dare mention the west inspired japan in any way they lose their shit (in my experience)
Excellent job 👍
I remember seeing this on sci fi channel back in the early 00s, I loved it but I forgot the game and when some friends started talking about full metal panic I thought they meant this with the names being similar, when they showed it to me I was like no not that, for ages I couldn’t rember the right name
Thank you for the video!
I see someone got the restored bluray...
I had no idea it had been remastered. That footage is beautiful.
I really like the mechanical designs in this OVA
I fear what Walt Disney Productions could have done with the MADOX
I just got the new model kit. Looks great
Working with FCI is even more interesting, given how they would publisher a large number of NES adaptations of PC role-playing games, particularly Western-developed ones. Although all of the Japanese releases of Wizardry appear to have been by ASCII.
I loved this anime. I saw the dubbed Manga Entertainment version when I was a kid
Daria and Wizardry in this video? I approve!
good video, learned some new things. instead of the full metal jacket clip i would haved used Col. Kilgore from Apocalypse Now, "i love the smell of napalm in the morning...smells like...victory"
Already ordered the blu ray. Reasonable price. However I think the day I order riding bean it will have to be the dvd. As long as it's a good dvd I suppose.
I think it's getting a re release lol
I would love a Wizardry deep dive that would be hype.
Great video
I think Maddox is great for what it is. A one off show. I saw this around the same time as the original Guyver OAV, the one that preceded the series (and was superior in my opinion. But it was Akita that kicked down the door. But it was a great time and I appreciate these for the time they were created in.
I remember watching this back in the day when it came out, It honestly blew me away and is one of my favorites, and yes, I still have my AnimEgo VHS copy. You're way too hard on this one. There are other OVAs that are far worse.
"He could not license anime because he has not licensed any anime before".. there is a scientific Name for that phenomenon called matthew effect.
Basically that something has a kind of newbie ceiling which is hard to overcome but afterwards it gets easier and easier
We need a full documentary on Roe Addams III, the level of unseen influence he had on nerd culture is staggering.
Since you opened up with Wizardry the game, perhaps you could do a retrospect of the ova/movie(?) of the same name.
Loved the video. When are you going to cover Steamboy and its production hell?
thanks for teaching me
13:01 that's clearly a Gundam reference
love the opening song! please share track if possible. thx!
I use to own a psychical copy of that Artmic book but it it got destroyed in a flood. Good thing scans exists.
Too be honest I forgot this even existed.
When is the last part to your Looney Tunes history retrospective series coming out?
Crate robot !!
The plot sounds like _The Rocketeer._ (The comic.)
Like many older OVA's, the story of this is pretty meh. But, also like many older OVAs, the art and animation is top notch. And those mechanical designs are fantastic!
would you consider doing a review for *Space Runaway Idion?* That has to be one of the most family friendly space opera animes I have ever seen.
Does anyone know the name of the ending theme and the performing artist? After all these years, I’m still searching. I’m looking for the full version of the song.
It was always mecha anime for me. Akira and such were cool, but Macross, Gundam, Full Metall Panic, Gasaraki, were my origional gateway druug.
Does anyone else think there should be a blu ray series called the KaiserBeams Collection with all of these movies and OVA’s in it?
Huh... I wonder if this anime was a specific inspiration for the short-lived western cartoon 'Megas XLR'. Lot of parallels you could draw between them.
Especially that basic premise of a comedy of errors starring a seemingly dumb but talented car mechanic who accidentally acquires a powerful Mecha.
I love how the English text on that panel is just out of context pulls from some film magazine. Including punctuation that looks especially ridiculous in context, like quotation marks.
When most anime are still made-in-Japan, when much of anime is synonymous with Japan and not just an artstyle.
I'm glad that while dislikes are disabled you can still see them
this OVA made it impossible for me to appreciate Gundam for me coz it set an impossibly high standard for giving proper hefty weight to a mech... it really felt heavy and real.
Again, it was a decent OVA but It would've been better if they stuck with the original script
Great art but so-so stories. That's most of anime.
@@j.2512 Not entirely and anime has tons of politics and propaganda. You kidding me?
Not that it's looking bad, but why do you stick to 720p?
I believe I've tried to watch this anime before, but it was too boring. Looking back , I should have paid attention to the animations instead of the story.
MADDOX LOST!!!
oh wow. this was the anime that killed the recreation station.
Killed the recreation station?
what's the point of talking about yet another garbage.
Palladium's first multi-genre Rift's Corebook has an obvious ripoff of the MADOX in their power armor suit Triax X-1000, and again in their Coalition SAMAS power armor. The artist Kevin Long obviously loved anime technical design, and was a fan of the MADOX 01. I remember getting a bootleg of MADOX from an anime club that came to our local comic book convention in Dallas in the late 80s, early 90s. As young fans, we didnt critique the story so much as we voraciously consumed the eye candy.