Dead Leaves is probably the worst nightmare of those parents who think anime is all violence and sex. All their worst fears are all here and it´s the best thing ever.
I remember asking about making more "Dead Leaves" at a Production I.G. panel at Anime Expo. Maki was running the panel, and she said the animators loved making it but unfortunately she didn't think it sold well enough.
@@NotOrdinaryInGames it didn't sell well enough that's the bottom line. I'm sure if the same people made a sequel or extension to "Dead Leaves" it would be enjoyable in its own right and I would want to see it. Either way I'm completely satisfied with just this one O.V.A. and we're lucky to have this classic as it is.
@@tavvyprods1275 fr I think it’d get a lot of attention too especially with how dry the anime scene has gotten at least in terms of brand new completely unique anime within the scene 😭 the last one was Cyberpunk and ik they’re currently in the process of producing panty and stocking season 2 so if they see that it does well who knows they might bring it back and actually make Dead Leaves into it’s own full fledged series instead of just being a standalone OVA
I definitely remember watching this madness on SYFY, and I couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on, even now that I'm 30, I still have no fucking clue about what I watched back then, at least it served as a solid start to what would become one of my favorite animation studios from Japan
hell yeah I've love showing this to people (inebriated or not) and watching their reaction. quite possibly one of the best pieces of animation ever, in any format.
That's basically what I did in art collage. Show off whatever bat-$hit anime, I could get my hands on. Dead Leaves was the first one and my favorite one, to this day. :D
Right around the time this came out on DVD, my boyfriend at the time took me to his buddy's house and put on this movie. I had not the ever-loving clue what was going on or what the story was supposed to be (to be honest I still kinda don't), but I found the shatbit animation utterly fascinating to look at, so much that I went out and bought a copy for myself soon after. I didn't know it was practically a proto- Studio Trigger movie, but looking back, yeah, it is pretty obvious. One thing I noticed that deserves a quick mention: when I watched Avatar: the Last Airbender, in the episode 'The Great Divide' there's a quick scene where the animation style changes that reminded me so much of 'Dead Leaves.' I have no idea if it was a tribute to the film, or to Hiroyuki Imaishi, or both, but I thought it was a neat little Easter egg.
watched this as a kid amazing how much it slipped under the radar for most such an amazing anime that made me a fan in the first place alongside some others.
Dang. Somewhere in Japan is a guy who's thinking "Does anybody remember these ads SEGA used to put out with the TV-head dude? I loved those as a kid, wonder if the artist went on to create anything else 🙂"
This was the first movie I ever purchased online. It was on the Xbox 360 store and I remember it taking so long to download over DSL. Watched it on a 32in tube TV too in SD. hahahah loved every second of it!
The only time remember knowing anything about “Dead Leaves”, was whenever I read my early 2000s ANIMERICA Magazines. Hell! Those Magazines were about my only insight into Japanese Entertainment at the time! Probably the best moment for me was when my Mom decided to get me a Subscription to the stuff back in the day. I still mourn over the series, can you believe that Magazine for over 20+ years back during the Boom of anime in the 80s?! Hot damn! 2006 really broke my heart when that series shut its Publication down. 😢
I would never blame Trigger for DitF. They were merely brought on to help with the mecha fights in the first half which is some of the better stuff in the show. After their contracted work was done, Trigger peaced out and left A-1 to their own devices.
Thank Kami the manga is better, especially with a more satisfying ending of Hiro and Zero Two surviving their final battle and reuniting with their friends on earth and living their lives, funny how the manga version of an anime-first series has a way better conclusion than the actual ending (looking at you, End of Evangelion, and your terrible ending scene that pissed me off until Thrice came out)
I still laugh that Retro and Panda are played by Amanda Winn Lee and her husband! Not only were they the lovely Momiji and Kusanagi from Blue Seed...but Amanda was pregnant during the dubbing of Dead Leaves!!!
I’m so intrigued by this show! I love the stylized art style, the dynamic animation, eye-catching colors, everything. I’m glad I ran into this video; I have to check this show out.
I do faintly remember this anime being talked about in a Manga Magazine called Newtype USA back in the day. I thought it looked strange but showed some promise but never got it on DVD back in the day. So I am happy to know that it was Studio Trigger who made it as I never knew of Trigger until after Gainax went downhill and Kill La Kill rose Trigger up from Gainax's ashes.
To this day, I’m still craving for Trigger to make a Transformers show. Especially when you consider all of the Transformers references they managed to sneak into Gridman
Aaayyy another banging video! These are always so high quality and you deserve way more subs! Classic anime needs more love and I'm glad you're here to give me some great recommendations!
As the bard said: "when I was younger, all I wanted to do was break shit and fuck on the floor. Now that I'm older, all I want to do is break shit and fuck on the floor".
Is it weird that I remember Dead Leaves with both awe and reverence??? I know, I'm one sick and twisted pony who loves "Trigger". >~< Even the Odd ones are still worth a look. ^~^
Many shots in this anime give me some Simon Bisley's "Lobo" vibes. That weird "simplistic but detailed" look, the angular body posing, the exagerated teeth, comical amount of bullet shells during shootouts... Righ outta some background characters from "Lobo's Back". 14:46 this is Lobo vs Loo right there! :D
This is one of those OVAs I think I need to rewatch. I recall really disliking it even as a someone who is normally okay (or even a fan of) Trigger's style of heightened violence + juvenile humor. I guess it felt like the crass and wild presentation wasn't serving a narrative I cared about the same way it does in their later work. And it didn't capture the "we know this is beyond stupid" energy of Inferno Cop which I feel saves that show from a similar fate.
the first time I saw dead leaves it was on a dodgy website at 1 in the morning back when my depression was bad, I remember I didn't have a thought in my head the whole time it was playing just a sense of wtf. Its a lot of fun.
ah this was one of the first anime films I got when I was 14/15, not long after watching Akira and Dang did I love how raw and stylised the artstyle was. Did give me a Tankgirl vibe but to the max. Interesting to hear all the context around it.
I remember getting the dvd at wizard world Philly circa 05 and bringing it to my anime club and concerning our teacher. Lol But seriously it was a massive inspiration to me and several friends at the time. It was just so fluid and fun. And it can be felt in the style of the artists the inspired.
Overdue for a rewatch. I was surprised to see you make a video of something from the 2000's.... (Redline 2009) maybe? would love to see you take on that anime! I love what you do. thank you!
"We get an incredibly trippy climax sequence involving a giant caterpillar eating everything, Retro losing his human body, and GunBaby aging an entire lifetime within 10 minutes." SOLD! After watching the history of Warner Bros. animation and lamenting highly kinetic style of animation seemed dead; nope, just need to dig deeper (and overseas)!
I can't believe I have actually seen this bizarro film. Was not at all aware of the connection to Kill La Kill, but I can see the lineage being seeded for it all.
I'm surprised when talking about Imaishi's early career, you didn't mention the episode of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi he directed. Not only is it very much in his style, elements of it were later used in his other works
I remember this being the combination of former Gainax and Excel Saga animators to get fused into one crazy mega-octaine film before Red Line would be another film on that crazy train of visual splendor!
Pretty sure I seen a trailer for this on one of those DVD’s that came with NewType Magazine haha. Every so often I’ll mention it when talking to random people about anime and they have no idea what I’m talking about. It’s sad how forgotten this has become considering how unique it is.
I absolutely freaking loved this movie. It didn't make a lick of sense though I must have seen it like dozens of dozens of times by now in my life I swear to you I can't explain a single bit of the plot. But I frankly don't care it's just absolutely fun to sit down and just watch Just for the animation alone
The I.G Trilogy Ghost in the shell ( Mamoru Oshii) director Blood the last vampire (katsuya terada) artist Dead Leaves (Imatoonz) artist/inspiration (imashi) director
I first saw Dead Leaves a long time ago but never heard anyone really talk about it. I think it's a little too "flavorful" for most people's tastes. I loved it from day one but that be more a comment on my tastes.
Saw the series once on Syfy channel, and I hadn’t a clue just what in the blazes I was looking at. Still don’t. Never could figure out the caterpillar thing.
4:20 cause i can never find it, cause i cant seem to remember the name mind games?? i think? ass shot whale running confidence man? ? ? i need to rewatch it so badly
@KaiserBeamz 1. I counted four instances of you saying the S-Word 2. I’m surprised that you didn’t think Pixar’s movies or Shrek pushed animated movies forward 3. I consider Dead Leaves one of my favorite animated movies and a real work of animation art.
The only problem I have with this anime is that when everything is filled up on screen and given the intense movement of the animation it makes me feel very nauseous.
I agree with every word you said. Except just take the last word of your comment, replace the first two letters "ro" with "su", and it's the only minor change your comment needs.
Great video. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of these Trigger animation style; too elastic and bendy. My same issue with Gunbuster 2 and FLCL. Interesting to hear they spun off of Gainax. Good work, as usual.
Meanwhile, a poor possum is slapped around by 5 burly muscular guys in western cowboy outfits for the statement made against Neon Genesis Evangelion after he made this video🤣
Bro be exaggerating dead leaves isn't that good its just over the top and entertaining. The story makes no sense and it's just plain to weird for mainstream. There's a much better and easy version to follow its kill la kill. Dead leaves isn't terrible but it's certainly not good by any measure.
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Dead Leaves is probably the worst nightmare of those parents who think anime is all violence and sex. All their worst fears are all here and it´s the best thing ever.
That must make Panty and Stocking Mephistopheles and Kill la Kill Lucifer himself to them.
I remember asking about making more "Dead Leaves" at a Production I.G. panel at Anime Expo. Maki was running the panel, and she said the animators loved making it but unfortunately she didn't think it sold well enough.
Recapturing lightning in bottles is usually a fruitless endeavor.
@@NotOrdinaryInGames it didn't sell well enough that's the bottom line. I'm sure if the same people made a sequel or extension to "Dead Leaves" it would be enjoyable in its own right and I would want to see it. Either way I'm completely satisfied with just this one O.V.A. and we're lucky to have this classic as it is.
Agreed
@@samueleinhorn6713I want a sequel or follow up to Dead Leaves too.
@@tavvyprods1275 fr I think it’d get a lot of attention too especially with how dry the anime scene has gotten at least in terms of brand new completely unique anime within the scene 😭
the last one was Cyberpunk and ik they’re currently in the process of producing panty and stocking season 2 so if they see that it does well who knows they might bring it back and actually make Dead Leaves into it’s own full fledged series instead of just being a standalone OVA
I definitely remember watching this madness on SYFY, and I couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on, even now that I'm 30, I still have no fucking clue about what I watched back then, at least it served as a solid start to what would become one of my favorite animation studios from Japan
hell yeah I've love showing this to people (inebriated or not) and watching their reaction. quite possibly one of the best pieces of animation ever, in any format.
Ahaha, same!!
That's basically what I did in art collage. Show off whatever bat-$hit anime, I could get my hands on. Dead Leaves was the first one and my favorite one, to this day. :D
Right around the time this came out on DVD, my boyfriend at the time took me to his buddy's house and put on this movie. I had not the ever-loving clue what was going on or what the story was supposed to be (to be honest I still kinda don't), but I found the shatbit animation utterly fascinating to look at, so much that I went out and bought a copy for myself soon after. I didn't know it was practically a proto- Studio Trigger movie, but looking back, yeah, it is pretty obvious.
One thing I noticed that deserves a quick mention: when I watched Avatar: the Last Airbender, in the episode 'The Great Divide' there's a quick scene where the animation style changes that reminded me so much of 'Dead Leaves.' I have no idea if it was a tribute to the film, or to Hiroyuki Imaishi, or both, but I thought it was a neat little Easter egg.
watched this as a kid amazing how much it slipped under the radar for most such an amazing anime that made me a fan in the first place alongside some others.
Dang. Somewhere in Japan is a guy who's thinking "Does anybody remember these ads SEGA used to put out with the TV-head dude? I loved those as a kid, wonder if the artist went on to create anything else 🙂"
This was the first movie I ever purchased online. It was on the Xbox 360 store and I remember it taking so long to download over DSL. Watched it on a 32in tube TV too in SD. hahahah loved every second of it!
Xbox 360 was where I watched it for the first time too.
The only time remember knowing anything about “Dead Leaves”, was whenever I read my early 2000s ANIMERICA Magazines. Hell! Those Magazines were about my only insight into Japanese Entertainment at the time!
Probably the best moment for me was when my Mom decided to get me a Subscription to the stuff back in the day. I still mourn over the series, can you believe that Magazine for over 20+ years back during the Boom of anime in the 80s?! Hot damn!
2006 really broke my heart when that series shut its Publication down. 😢
The same with Anime Insider magazine, I miss it.
I would never blame Trigger for DitF. They were merely brought on to help with the mecha fights in the first half which is some of the better stuff in the show. After their contracted work was done, Trigger peaced out and left A-1 to their own devices.
CONTRACTS DONE! HAVE FUN WITH THE REST OF THE TRASH FIRE!!!
Thank Kami the manga is better, especially with a more satisfying ending of Hiro and Zero Two surviving their final battle and reuniting with their friends on earth and living their lives, funny how the manga version of an anime-first series has a way better conclusion than the actual ending (looking at you, End of Evangelion, and your terrible ending scene that pissed me off until Thrice came out)
I still laugh that Retro and Panda are played by Amanda Winn Lee and her husband! Not only were they the lovely Momiji and Kusanagi from Blue Seed...but Amanda was pregnant during the dubbing of Dead Leaves!!!
I guess we can call that method acting 😂
I’m so intrigued by this show! I love the stylized art style, the dynamic animation, eye-catching colors, everything. I’m glad I ran into this video; I have to check this show out.
I do faintly remember this anime being talked about in a Manga Magazine called Newtype USA back in the day.
I thought it looked strange but showed some promise but never got it on DVD back in the day.
So I am happy to know that it was Studio Trigger who made it as I never knew of Trigger until after Gainax went downhill and Kill La Kill rose Trigger up from Gainax's ashes.
You sir make some excellent videos that are mini docs and the depths you go are simply stunning. Thank you!
I remember finding this on RUclips when they started doing free movies on here. It was sooo good. It’s one of my favourite anime
dude I had been trying to remember the name of this for years. thanks
Studio Trigger is awesome their animations are so cool.
i love dead leaves, its one of those great 'i bet you've never seen this' kind of movies to show to friends.
never fails to amaze
First time I saw this.. a trip and a half. Still a favorite.
To this day, I’m still craving for Trigger to make a Transformers show. Especially when you consider all of the Transformers references they managed to sneak into Gridman
That intro went crazy, I wanna hug whoever the editor is 😭
Do you know the intro song?
@@jspeedstar1129 it’s I Miss You by Macross 82-99 if you still haven’t found it
@@KickedBackL Thanks bro
Aaayyy another banging video! These are always so high quality and you deserve way more subs! Classic anime needs more love and I'm glad you're here to give me some great recommendations!
Sometimes. As a creative. You just wanna FUCK SOME SHIT UP
And god bless that impulse.
As the bard said: "when I was younger, all I wanted to do was break shit and fuck on the floor. Now that I'm older, all I want to do is break shit and fuck on the floor".
This film seemingly gets more violent the more I research it
What a great movie. Love trigger. Glad I picked it up a while ago.
Is it weird that I remember Dead Leaves with both awe and reverence??? I know, I'm one sick and twisted pony who loves "Trigger". >~< Even the Odd ones are still worth a look. ^~^
Still listening to their soundtrack. Loved this anime
Many shots in this anime give me some Simon Bisley's "Lobo" vibes. That weird "simplistic but detailed" look, the angular body posing, the exagerated teeth, comical amount of bullet shells during shootouts... Righ outta some background characters from "Lobo's Back".
14:46 this is Lobo vs Loo right there! :D
This is one of those OVAs I think I need to rewatch. I recall really disliking it even as a someone who is normally okay (or even a fan of) Trigger's style of heightened violence + juvenile humor. I guess it felt like the crass and wild presentation wasn't serving a narrative I cared about the same way it does in their later work. And it didn't capture the "we know this is beyond stupid" energy of Inferno Cop which I feel saves that show from a similar fate.
I remember watching this on my 3mbps connection via a website (official I believe) or youtube idk it wasn't great quality but man what a show
the first time I saw dead leaves it was on a dodgy website at 1 in the morning back when my depression was bad, I remember I didn't have a thought in my head the whole time it was playing just a sense of wtf. Its a lot of fun.
I remember watching this on Hulu in highscool or college
Bravo, sir! BRAVO!! Did I say that the last time? Well, I mean it! Great video!!!
ah this was one of the first anime films I got when I was 14/15, not long after watching Akira and Dang did I love how raw and stylised the artstyle was. Did give me a Tankgirl vibe but to the max. Interesting to hear all the context around it.
Yesss!!! Love this movie! Had to watch the ending 7 times to know what is happening at the end, such a trip!
Awesome retrospective as always!
I remember getting the dvd at wizard world Philly circa 05 and bringing it to my anime club and concerning our teacher. Lol
But seriously it was a massive inspiration to me and several friends at the time. It was just so fluid and fun. And it can be felt in the style of the artists the inspired.
Overdue for a rewatch. I was surprised to see you make a video of something from the 2000's.... (Redline 2009) maybe? would love to see you take on that anime! I love what you do. thank you!
"We get an incredibly trippy climax sequence involving a giant caterpillar eating everything, Retro losing his human body, and GunBaby aging an entire lifetime within 10 minutes."
SOLD!
After watching the history of Warner Bros. animation and lamenting highly kinetic style of animation seemed dead; nope, just need to dig deeper (and overseas)!
I can't believe I have actually seen this bizarro film. Was not at all aware of the connection to Kill La Kill, but I can see the lineage being seeded for it all.
Apparently it's available on Tubi.
I'm surprised when talking about Imaishi's early career, you didn't mention the episode of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi he directed. Not only is it very much in his style, elements of it were later used in his other works
I remember this being the combination of former Gainax and Excel Saga animators to get fused into one crazy mega-octaine film before Red Line would be another film on that crazy train of visual splendor!
Heck yeah, humming the bass line! =D
I've only seen the TF2 Dub of this so when I saw this video in my recommendations I was curious to learn more.
Okay, I need to see this.
I feel like I want to see a super robot monkey team hyperforce go reboot done by studio trigger. That would be fantastic
Best God damn OVA ever.
Pretty sure I seen a trailer for this on one of those DVD’s that came with NewType Magazine haha. Every so often I’ll mention it when talking to random people about anime and they have no idea what I’m talking about. It’s sad how forgotten this has become considering how unique it is.
I remember reading about this movie years ago in some anime and toy magazines, and then barely hearing about it afterwards.
Huh, I saw the name "Imaitoonz" in the credits and thought it was just Imaishi using some sort of alias
I absolutely freaking loved this movie. It didn't make a lick of sense though I must have seen it like dozens of dozens of times by now in my life I swear to you I can't explain a single bit of the plot. But I frankly don't care it's just absolutely fun to sit down and just watch Just for the animation alone
I believe the drill guy was a reference to Tsukamoto's Tetsuo.
Another great video, love all your vids💕
The I.G Trilogy
Ghost in the shell ( Mamoru Oshii) director
Blood the last vampire (katsuya terada) artist
Dead Leaves (Imatoonz) artist/inspiration (imashi) director
What is the deal with that anime guy running in a photo-realistic background? Where is this from?
Can't wait to see it on TUBI.
Edit: I watched it yesterday and...Effing *yikes!* That was amazing!
Hell yeah.
Wait, Shrek doesn’t push the animation medium forward??
Nope.
Actually Shrek is pretty godawful, actually. To this day I have no idea why crap like it or Family Guy ever took off.
THIS IS FREE ON TUBI RIGHT NOW
1:51 is that April O’Neal 😂.
ahh, not a moment too late, I was worried I might have to stop procrastinating ~
I first saw Dead Leaves a long time ago but never heard anyone really talk about it. I think it's a little too "flavorful" for most people's tastes.
I loved it from day one but that be more a comment on my tastes.
Ah yes, true fine art!
*toot*
where did he get the other cc lemon commercial u_u
nice
Do Boogiepop Phantom (2000) and Boogiepop & Other (2019) next! 😍😘😄👍
1:28 Darling in the Franxx is the Poor Man's Xenoblade 3. Fight me.
Even tho Franxx came out first.
@@cyberdraco001 Exactly. Goes to show how miserably it wasted its premise for something else to come along and do it better years later
I feel Science Saru is more out there today than Trigger.
Hey I was curious what song is that for your intro? Thanks for the videos!
Saw the series once on Syfy channel, and I hadn’t a clue just what in the blazes I was looking at. Still don’t. Never could figure out the caterpillar thing.
Small-ish channel? Talking about Trigger? 25 minutes long with great pacing? That's gonna be a sub from me
"Would anyone like to remember when this was a thing?"
No. No we would not.
Isn't Anno leaving halfway through Kare Kano misinformation?
best review EVER of this classic trigger OVA! (Awesome Boob-Knockin' Too!)
this feels like acid
4:20
cause i can never find it, cause i cant seem to remember the name
mind games?? i think?
ass shot whale running confidence man? ? ?
i need to rewatch it so badly
You should review kare kano.
I think punching onesself in the face for 5 and a half minute and calling it a review serves about the same function.
And the dub was great
I watched this the 1st year Netflix went to instant video it was effing weird
@KaiserBeamz
1. I counted four instances of you saying the S-Word
2. I’m surprised that you didn’t think Pixar’s movies or Shrek pushed animated movies forward
3. I consider Dead Leaves one of my favorite animated movies and a real work of animation art.
S-word?
@@Lumber_jocks “Shit”
He showed clips of Chicken Little while he said that. Also Shrek is not nearly as good as anyone remembers it being.
@@the-NightStar That’s your opinion.
Imatoonz was a big deal on dead leaves no one seems to mention his contribution since the characters are his ideas
Do you know tank girl ?
What do you mean? Franxx was a great 16 episode series.
16 episodes. And no more beyond that.
Why haven’t these people been asked to make a Doom movie yet?
The only problem I have with this anime is that when everything is filled up on screen and given the intense movement of the animation it makes me feel very nauseous.
That sounds like a you problem.
@@the-NightStar You are not okay.
For the algo
Great video. Also Darling in the Franxx rocks.
I agree with every word you said. Except just take the last word of your comment, replace the first two letters "ro" with "su", and it's the only minor change your comment needs.
Great video. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of these Trigger animation style; too elastic and bendy. My same issue with Gunbuster 2 and FLCL. Interesting to hear they spun off of Gainax. Good work, as usual.
Sorry to hear that you hate fun.
i actually dig franxx quite a bit lol
😘👌
Kill La Kill? Serious? No.
Dead lives x psg x sex and violence with mach speed
(6:07) It was also sooo boring.😴
Meanwhile, a poor possum is slapped around by 5 burly muscular guys in western cowboy outfits for the statement made against Neon Genesis Evangelion after he made this video🤣
I love how he acts like he knows wtf he’s talking about but he can’t even pronounce Neon Genesis Evangelion 😂
Old imaishi not crappy promare imaishi
Imaishi's art is trash - he makes better trash than anyone else.
Bro be exaggerating dead leaves isn't that good its just over the top and entertaining. The story makes no sense and it's just plain to weird for mainstream. There's a much better and easy version to follow its kill la kill. Dead leaves isn't terrible but it's certainly not good by any measure.
Super mid.
Every time I hear Studio Trigger and without the word overrated I know it's a long video. Sorry I never liked Studio Ginax and Trigger
what studios do you like best ?
@@the_most_ever_company
Studio Madhouse
Thoughts on Production IG?
Ngl if you call things overrated you're prolly cringe and have boring takes
@@2emo2function I will take the critic I mind thank you