I love Kiyone. She's competent, level-headed, and most importantly she's _not_ in love with Tenchi. That makes her stand out amongst the other girls, besides being the perpetual straight man to Mihoshi's antics.
Superman changes his posture, demeanor, clothing, and wears thick glasses. And yeah, as a glasses wearer, you be surprised how much not wearing them shocks people.
"Noooope, I suppose nooot!!" I love how you delivered that line, that was just freaking hysterical, along with your comment about washu saying someone's being naughty on the Internet, I nearly died from laughter. Also I too freaking love Kiyone.
ya know what me too sage. dude your videos are the reason I stopped paying comcast. stay awesome.....also....no more superboy prime references....please
Here's my headcannon concerning the Mihoshi Special, this is a story from Mihoshi's perspective. More specifically this is supposed to show us what her memory is like with the truth warped by fallacies and misconceptions to the point where it's impossible to untangle one from the other. Now consider that thick report that she sent to Galaxy Police HQ (in Season 2) and what sort of odd story the Juraian Security Council had to wade through as they struggled to separate fact from fiction, THEN crafting a redacted report that STILL looks like it was written by Mihoshi. I for one pity those poor bastards, wouldn't you?
Yup, that would be even more stupid. Not that "unobtanium" isn't code name for non existing material needed to push plot of SF story so everyone reading it would know that, but because it isn't a energy and bad cliched stories totally would do that.
@Dennis Taylor From Wikipedia: "Since the late 1950s,[a][1] aerospace engineers have used the term "unobtainium" when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist." So it is a scientific term, that it is overused by bad SF is other story.
Fhe funny part is that unobtanium was originally a funny name that engineers came up with to describe a perfect material you could use to plug a hole in a design. Want to a build a bridge but the support cables need ge o be twice as strong as diamonds but need to be flexible? Unobtanium. Need an engine to run at 110%efficiency? Fuel it with unobtanium.
29:43 really sage you only have 4 clips, Madbull 44, Tekken the motion Picture, Boah(has a lazer cannon) and Eight-man After, but no Full Garzywing(it's not worth looking to make sure I spelled tht right) I'm disapointed in you.
he did ask on twitter what memes did people like the most. The garzeys wing episode is on spoonys site so I don't think people know of it as well as us.
Oh my god. Is it 16:35? That's when Bennett the Sage, esq., references Madoka Magica, the 2011 anime? The there's-nothing-good-after-the-90's guy referencing a 2011 anime? I can die happy now!
I know a lot of the comments are already about Bennett's weight loss, and not about the review here, but... ...really proud of you for the weight loss, BtheS. Hope the pain thing starts to get mitigated soon.
Bravo, Sage. This is easily one of your best episodes. From the amazing line-read to the Gendo appearance to the VA cameos to Kyubey popping up to all the other amazing jokes (Washu is totally Al Gore BTW), I was laughing the whole time. If this is what you do for Episode 198, I cannot wait to see what stops you pull out for Episode 200.
I'm half convinced the Tenchi Muyo series is about a troupe of actors playing similar characters in different adaptations on the same source material. Like a Shakespeare company specializing in one play with a revolving door of directors.
Extremely proud of you and your journey man. I’ve subscribed to this channel when it merely had a couple thousand subs. As far as I’m concerned you are still the most underrated anime reviewer on RUclips. Keep it up!!!👍🏼
I assume most of Mihoshi’s “successful escapades in the past” we’re actually due to Kiyone. Of course, there’s also the possibility that she was once competent/intelligent, but suffered severe psychological trauma or brain damage at one point-ultimately turning her into the semi-retarded ditzy waif she is now (that was actually my original theory for her backstory).
until literally just now I always thought that "pretty sammy" was me mis-remembering Tenchi and mixing it up with Sailor Moon. I saw this when it hit American airwaves when i was about 8 so i figured it was one of those crazy things kids half remember... how did "a childs fever dream" become the most plausible situation?
I love your videos and I'm not even an anime fan, people ask why and I point to stuff like this haha. I was approaching 280lbs and now I'm down to 220 and still going, seeing you lookin all skinny and strapping, it's motivating me even more. Congrats bro
CORRECTION: the second pretty Sammy anime WAS dubbed. I recall watching it on the funimation tv channel. So guess whaaaaaaat saaaaaaaaage? Review Sasami Magical Girls Club
I really don't think Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is a by the numbers magical girl anime as you say it is. It may not necessarily be satire, but I'm 99% sure it is in fact intended as a parody of the genre. The bit about Sasami worrying that people will recognize her because her costume makes for a terrible disguise, and then people fail to recognize her anyway is very obviously intended as a joke poking fun of magical girl anime. You're not supposed to suspend your disbelief and accept that people don't recognize her, you're supposed to laugh at how absurd is the fact that they don't. If this anime making this joke isn't enough, the Mihoshi special actually made the exact same joke, albeit executed differently. The whole point of the special is that Mihoshi is an unreliable narrator, so you're not meant to take anything that is happening in the story that she's telling seriously. Near the end of the special, after the day is saved, Ayeka says something like "I wonder who Pretty Sammy is". Again, the expectation isn't for you to suspend your disbelief, it's for you to laugh at the absurdity of Ayeka not recognizing Sasami. The show is not playing magical girl tropes straight, it really is making fun of them.
28:54 It sure is a great feeling finding a new meme, isn't it? I always wished Nobunaga's line in _Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love_ "What the hell is this?" could reach that level.
24:58 Was that an F'ing Gateway cow pattern box? I'm surprised I still haven't gotten around to seeing this one yet...Maybe it's for the best...God I miss IRC...
Apparently the _Pretty Sammy_ TV series _was_ released State-side sub-only, but I imagine that's _waaaaaay_ out-of-print at this point. Which sucks, the TV series handles the parody much better than the OVA did, especially when it comes to the monsters of the week. And Pixy Misa. Oh my God, _Pixy Misa_ (and Sasami's dad) is a treasure.
Probably not actively in print, but it's still available to pick up from retailers/resellers for decent non-ridiculous prices. Although my personal copies are the subtitled VHS tapes that I bought one a month as they were being released back in 1998. I never watched the Pretty Sammy OVAs, so my first introduction to the character was her very brief cameo during Tenchi Universe. Still, comparing what was reviewed here to the actual TV series, the TV series seems to have been a lot more fun. The second TV series, Sasami Magical Girls Club, I watched just one episode of before dropping it as not being as entertaining. And the fact they completely changed up the art style.
Sasami Magical Girls club is available to see in Funimation NOW. English Dub, and has been so way before this review aired....despite sage saying otherwise.
www.funimation.com/shows/sasami-magical-girls-club/ and Pioneer dubbed this part of the Tenchi multiverse. tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Dual!_Parallel_Trouble_Adventure
I showed the Mihoshi Special (subbed) to my anime group and it was a total love-fest! Because we ALL GOT THE JOKE: that Mihoshi was the ultra-ditz who was basically making up this whole story as she went along, and the loudest howls of laughter came when Pretty Sammy came in out of left field! This ain't "Utena" or "Escaflowne"; nobody is supposed to take this seriously! The first two Tenchi movies, yes; they play fair consistent with their own rules. But this was a hilarious one-off and that's how it works! Likewise with the Pretty Sammy OAVs; they're the series re-imagined from Sasami's POV; although the second episode's parody of Bill Gates is pretty funny.
On the plus side of your weight loss it looks like your skin is starting to stretch properly against your body. Keep maintaining and you'll l likely not need to get surgery after all in 2-3 months
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So somewhere out there, there's a bunch of his chub floating around. Waiting to be cast into it's true form. A body pillow.
I liked how the Mihosi episode ended with Kyonie floating around on a hammer like the villain who survives the end of an episode hinting they are going to come back again.
I'll give Pretty Sammy OVA this; at least the character's kept their relations with each other. Unlike Magical Project S where Ayaka is the surprise-twist villain who you don't meet until the series finale, Ryoko is a noble soldier whose been disguising herself as a power ranger (until she reveals herself in the series finale), and Tenshi only exists for a single episode (sans a cameo in the series finale) where he's a TV producer of a kid's sentai team show. And he breaks Sasami's heart because he doesn't like her the way she likes him because she's a child and he's a grown-up. Which would make sense, but they play it out as seriously as the most groan-worthy "senpai will never notice me!" Also, Sasami has a mortal dad whose whole shtick is that he's a "dandy," and it's treated like a lagit superpower, and he even helps Pretty Sammy save the day with by the power of Dandy-ness. -_- Say what you want about this OVA, but while there were more episodes of Magical Project S (and sorry but the 3rd Pretty Sammy anime was just not worth my time), this OVA was probably the BEST adaptation of a magical girl series centered around Sasami ever made. Which I'm aware is not saying much.
Actually there was a pretty Sammie anime dub (the right one) in like 2007-2010 on funamation tv. They where like witch magical girls and washu was their science teacher plus task mission person.
30:00 - ROFLMYWHATTHEHELL?! What is that clip in the top left corner? Some guy playing a shooter game and then the man just takes off his pants?! Top right is Tekken, I recognize that one. Don't know the other two though. But that in the top left corner is just a WHAAAT!
Fun review as always. I honestly don’t know if you have a working list or take recommendations but one I remember as being fun - not Dragon Half fun but pretty damned close - was Shinesman.
Sorry, nope. Magical Project S *still* has no English dub. Which is a pity cuz it is worthy. Unlike Magical Girl's Club, which is brain cell killing garbage.
zoppie I fully agree with you. Why did they do a magical girl anime that was so outdated that it was so obvious. Like literally magical girls using their powers to help people is like the type of stuff that they did way back before Sailor Moon even was created. Heck by the time Sailor Moon came out the magical girl genre was pretty much dying because of people doing the exact same stuff magical girls using their powers to help people. I think they should've made it similar to Sailor Moon but do it's own thing.
16:19 Ah yes, the infamous “Batman spontaneously becomes a DJ for some reason” scene. Even though I unironically love Batman Returns and think it’s kind of underrated, that scene always stood out as weird and out of place which, given that Batman Returns as a whole is really freaking weird, is really saying something
Also, Bennett, I have Sasami Magical Girls Club on dvd. English dubbed. Funimation did it. Eps 1-13 listed as "Season 1", and Wiki says Funi did both seasons.
I remember a manga story of Tenchi Muyo called Driving Lessons that should have been made into an episode of Tenchi Muyo and does anyone know what happens in that chapter and the ending of that chapter?
I gonna break some news to you Mihoshi is best girl I love her while Ryoko dose more and Ayaka dose absolutely nothing in any series Mihoshi in her own way does things she has this odd luck about her
Sadly I bought these on Laserdisc (not cheap) when they were first released, boy was I disappointed being a huge Tenchi-Muyo fan. Did I mention on Laserdisc these were not bundled together but sold separately. O_O
Sage i'm sure that headband symbol is supposed to represent something in anime but all i'm seeing is Rimmer from red dwarf when you put that thing on xD
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
I love Kiyone. She's competent, level-headed, and most importantly she's _not_ in love with Tenchi. That makes her stand out amongst the other girls, besides being the perpetual straight man to Mihoshi's antics.
Mihoshi isn't in love with Tenchi either.
@@jonthebizkit360 she likes him .... In the tenchi muyo ova
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AGrayPhantom That's why I love her, too!!
+AGrayPhantom Dude, you had me at “I love Kiyone.” :)))))))))))
@@hebrew26commandmentspower55 she likes him, but doesn't love him and doesn't fight over him or get jealous like Ryoko and Ayeka.
Superman changes his posture, demeanor, clothing, and wears thick glasses. And yeah, as a glasses wearer, you be surprised how much not wearing them shocks people.
Thin Sage. *applause*
Cheers for the new Sage!
Indeed!
Mr Sage, my congrats, you look great!
Thin Sage needs to be Tan Sage, tho...
OK, I understand that Sage lost weigh, but why is Savage also skinnier. Very suspicious.
Its Shin Sage, like in a beat em up.
"Noooope, I suppose nooot!!" I love how you delivered that line, that was just freaking hysterical, along with your comment about washu saying someone's being naughty on the Internet, I nearly died from laughter. Also I too freaking love Kiyone.
I hope your life is going well, Bennet.
ya know what me too sage. dude your videos are the reason I stopped paying comcast. stay awesome.....also....no more superboy prime references....please
I think you must mean moar Superboy Prime references. :)
DEAR FUCKID GOD PAUL! I ACTUALLY READ IT IN SUPERBOY VOICE
Here's my headcannon concerning the Mihoshi Special, this is a story from Mihoshi's perspective. More specifically this is supposed to show us what her memory is like with the truth warped by fallacies and misconceptions to the point where it's impossible to untangle one from the other.
Now consider that thick report that she sent to Galaxy Police HQ (in Season 2) and what sort of odd story the Juraian Security Council had to wade through as they struggled to separate fact from fiction, THEN crafting a redacted report that STILL looks like it was written by Mihoshi.
I for one pity those poor bastards, wouldn't you?
Her MILF works as the cleaning staff there not going far to ask if the repert written in crayon sounds like her daughter.
Damn my brain. Whenever somebody say that someone plans to take over the world my mind still autofills the next second to "Of Course!"
hey at least they aren't calling the energy 'Unobtainium'
Yup, that would be even more stupid. Not that "unobtanium" isn't code name for non existing material needed to push plot of SF story so everyone reading it would know that, but because it isn't a energy and bad cliched stories totally would do that.
Seriously, who came up this the name of that alloy needs to be sacked and HARD.
@Dennis Taylor
From Wikipedia:
"Since the late 1950s,[a][1] aerospace engineers have used the term "unobtainium" when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist."
So it is a scientific term, that it is overused by bad SF is other story.
Right? or like 'Mcguffinite'
Fhe funny part is that unobtanium was originally a funny name that engineers came up with to describe a perfect material you could use to plug a hole in a design. Want to a build a bridge but the support cables need ge o be twice as strong as diamonds but need to be flexible? Unobtanium. Need an engine to run at 110%efficiency? Fuel it with unobtanium.
"Washu is Al Gore." LOL
Redfeild RE
Man-Bear-Pig?
Mother of All Memes
Bryan Miller Stein's Gate would be much shorter.
Washu, use the galaxy destroying cannon, it's the only way to stop Man-bear-Pig I'm being, super, duper OMEGA Cereal!
@@1krani did you know he adrees that on the daily show
26:51 It's the tandy computer wiz kids THEY FINALLY ESCAPED THE TIME WARP! RUN THE UNIVERSE IS DOOMED!
31:23 Does that also mean she's hunting manbearpig?
The What?
29:43 really sage you only have 4 clips, Madbull 44, Tekken the motion Picture, Boah(has a lazer cannon) and Eight-man After, but no Full Garzywing(it's not worth looking to make sure I spelled tht right) I'm disapointed in you.
he did ask on twitter what memes did people like the most. The garzeys wing episode is on spoonys site so I don't think people know of it as well as us.
Oh my god. Is it 16:35? That's when Bennett the Sage, esq., references Madoka Magica, the 2011 anime? The there's-nothing-good-after-the-90's guy referencing a 2011 anime? I can die happy now!
25:10 Holy Crap, I still have Zip Discs AND the Drive for them! It can't connect to my current desktop PC, but still.
I know a lot of the comments are already about Bennett's weight loss, and not about the review here, but...
...really proud of you for the weight loss, BtheS. Hope the pain thing starts to get mitigated soon.
Bravo, Sage. This is easily one of your best episodes. From the amazing line-read to the Gendo appearance to the VA cameos to Kyubey popping up to all the other amazing jokes (Washu is totally Al Gore BTW), I was laughing the whole time.
If this is what you do for Episode 198, I cannot wait to see what stops you pull out for Episode 200.
God Damn dude, you're looking good.
1:21 that’s more obvious when you get to tenchi in Tokyo and gxp
Why yes, I DO remember ZIP disks. Why yes, I AM in my late 30’s. Whyever do you ask?
I also remember Jaz drives, Syquest drives and 3x CD burners too...I loved my Jaz and Syquest carts until the 'click of death' started...
I'm half convinced the Tenchi Muyo series is about a troupe of actors playing similar characters in different adaptations on the same source material. Like a Shakespeare company specializing in one play with a revolving door of directors.
Sage this by far one of your funniest and most creative episodes yet. Brightened my day.
Also sure Linkara will appreciate the reference at 28:43. ;)
You look great, Bennett. Might wanna start buying smaller shirts, though.
Or not ripping off all of them
that is an Ike's Sandwich's T-shirt, it can never be given up
Can't stop laughing that "Baoh has a laser cannon" is one of the clips that Sage kept in a special box,
Extremely proud of you and your journey man. I’ve subscribed to this channel when it merely had a couple thousand subs. As far as I’m concerned you are still the most underrated anime reviewer on RUclips. Keep it up!!!👍🏼
Savage is my new favorite character. I’m subscribing.
29:36 that smile is absolutely priceless/precious
I assume most of Mihoshi’s “successful escapades in the past” we’re actually due to Kiyone. Of course, there’s also the possibility that she was once competent/intelligent, but suffered severe psychological trauma or brain damage at one point-ultimately turning her into the semi-retarded ditzy waif she is now (that was actually my original theory for her backstory).
This double feature is probably the favorite Tenchi DVD of Yuri Shippers. Mishoshi's girlfriend is introduced, and Magical Girls.
I love DJ Batman.
As a Tenchi fan myself, I find myself agreeing with you on pretty much everything.
So which series you recommend to watch??
Nieznajomy43 im not him but im a tenchi fan nonetheless. I suggest season 1 of ryo-ohki, and tenchi universe.
ProtoGuy I kind of identify with you and bennett. Many things I love have PAINFUL moments in them.
until literally just now I always thought that "pretty sammy" was me mis-remembering Tenchi and mixing it up with Sailor Moon. I saw this when it hit American airwaves when i was about 8 so i figured it was one of those crazy things kids half remember... how did "a childs fever dream" become the most plausible situation?
Kiyone is the Boba Fett of Tenchi Muyo?.......Never Thought That would be a Comparison!
I always assumed Nagi had that role.
The oldest daughter being named Mulligan is actually a brilliantly subtle joke
You gotta edit that intro so everyone can see that new face of yours. We're proud of you!
I love your videos and I'm not even an anime fan, people ask why and I point to stuff like this haha. I was approaching 280lbs and now I'm down to 220 and still going, seeing you lookin all skinny and strapping, it's motivating me even more. Congrats bro
This review has been an absolute pleasure
5:16 Did you get the *Ultra Energy* from the *Ultra Beasts?* , now why am I referencing that to Pokemon Sun & Moon?
SSB&AnimeCrossover Is it a secondary name to Ultra Instinct?
ComiXProvider FTW_02 maybe...
That sounds like some sort of ULTRAAAAAAAAAA COMBOOOOOOOOOO
Maybe it's your Ultra Instict, you Ultraman, you.
CORRECTION: the second pretty Sammy anime WAS dubbed. I recall watching it on the funimation tv channel.
So guess whaaaaaaat saaaaaaaaage? Review Sasami Magical Girls Club
I appreciate the dedication in including a character in a skit purely to show off your new physique.
Get in the DAMN robot Sammi! I saw that part and about died in laughter.
I really don't think Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is a by the numbers magical girl anime as you say it is. It may not necessarily be satire, but I'm 99% sure it is in fact intended as a parody of the genre.
The bit about Sasami worrying that people will recognize her because her costume makes for a terrible disguise, and then people fail to recognize her anyway is very obviously intended as a joke poking fun of magical girl anime. You're not supposed to suspend your disbelief and accept that people don't recognize her, you're supposed to laugh at how absurd is the fact that they don't.
If this anime making this joke isn't enough, the Mihoshi special actually made the exact same joke, albeit executed differently. The whole point of the special is that Mihoshi is an unreliable narrator, so you're not meant to take anything that is happening in the story that she's telling seriously. Near the end of the special, after the day is saved, Ayeka says something like "I wonder who Pretty Sammy is". Again, the expectation isn't for you to suspend your disbelief, it's for you to laugh at the absurdity of Ayeka not recognizing Sasami.
The show is not playing magical girl tropes straight, it really is making fun of them.
16:37 Oh sweet Dende, it's Popo's old college roommate!
1TrulyMad your comment screamed DBZ abriged
*Takes one look*
*Curls into a corner whimpering* All these squares make a circle...
Im sorry but the proper name is Little Green.
Your funeral.
1TrulyMad
*slow creepy smile*
"I like you."
28:54 It sure is a great feeling finding a new meme, isn't it? I always wished Nobunaga's line in _Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love_ "What the hell is this?" could reach that level.
24:58 Was that an F'ing Gateway cow pattern box? I'm surprised I still haven't gotten around to seeing this one yet...Maybe it's for the best...God I miss IRC...
Apparently the _Pretty Sammy_ TV series _was_ released State-side sub-only, but I imagine that's _waaaaaay_ out-of-print at this point. Which sucks, the TV series handles the parody much better than the OVA did, especially when it comes to the monsters of the week. And Pixy Misa. Oh my God, _Pixy Misa_ (and Sasami's dad) is a treasure.
Probably not actively in print, but it's still available to pick up from retailers/resellers for decent non-ridiculous prices. Although my personal copies are the subtitled VHS tapes that I bought one a month as they were being released back in 1998.
I never watched the Pretty Sammy OVAs, so my first introduction to the character was her very brief cameo during Tenchi Universe. Still, comparing what was reviewed here to the actual TV series, the TV series seems to have been a lot more fun. The second TV series, Sasami Magical Girls Club, I watched just one episode of before dropping it as not being as entertaining. And the fact they completely changed up the art style.
Sasami Magical Girls club is available to see in Funimation NOW. English Dub, and has been so way before this review aired....despite sage saying otherwise.
Magical Project S was better for sure.
You can download old English subs of the series I managed to get the entire series
30:00 - I thought you would of had the "My what a Stunning Sequence of Stupidity" from Dragon Half.
2nd series Sammy got dub from Funimation
Yeah. And it's.....wierd....
Funimation is going to dub all the tenchi shows.
Aside from that and War on Geminar, I do not believe they've dubbed any other titles.
www.funimation.com/shows/sasami-magical-girls-club/
and Pioneer dubbed this part of the Tenchi multiverse.
tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Dual!_Parallel_Trouble_Adventure
True, but Sage can't touch it for another year.
OMG that Madoka refences XD
HaloSalo I now want Sage to review it!
He should make a magical girl month! I'm really hoping he would review Revoluationary girl Utena! someday
Watched half of this video before I slept and the other half when I woke up~ Best way to start the day, yo!
i love mihoshi. I'm sorry but when i was but a little one, her and aisha clanclan both peeked my anime interest(if you known what im sayin)
You look amazing sage great job getting in shape
Hey, may I ask what is the song playing at 29:33. It sounds pretty good.
Glad your back and even better than ever sage
Ah Kiyone~ Best Tenchi waifu......
.....tied with Ryoko.
No, no they are not. The gap between them is so wide, in Reyoku's favor, it's not even funny.
@@weathermangohanssj4 And yet you misspell her name?
DAMN, Bennet! I hardly recognize ya! Looking good. Gonna take some getting used to, but looking good. And YES, another Tenchi review!!
Thank you for this Easter feast. Btw you are looking great Bennet!
I showed the Mihoshi Special (subbed) to my anime group and it was a total love-fest! Because we ALL GOT THE JOKE: that Mihoshi was the ultra-ditz who was basically making up this whole story as she went along, and the loudest howls of laughter came when Pretty Sammy came in out of left field! This ain't "Utena" or "Escaflowne"; nobody is supposed to take this seriously! The first two Tenchi movies, yes; they play fair consistent with their own rules. But this was a hilarious one-off and that's how it works!
Likewise with the Pretty Sammy OAVs; they're the series re-imagined from Sasami's POV; although the second episode's parody of Bill Gates is pretty funny.
On the plus side of your weight loss it looks like your skin is starting to stretch properly against your body. Keep maintaining and you'll l likely not need to get surgery after all in 2-3 months
It weird seeing him slim :/
I miss his huggable chubby figure
But his health is more important
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. So somewhere out there, there's a bunch of his chub floating around. Waiting to be cast into it's true form. A body pillow.
MAD RESPECT SAGE UR CHANNEL IS AWESOME :D
I liked how the Mihosi episode ended with Kyonie floating around on a hammer like the villain who survives the end of an episode hinting they are going to come back again.
The video about your weightloss made me cry, nothing makes me cry. I am so happy for you and wish you strength and determination.
29:43 What are those other anime moments he keeps in that box? I forgot.
25:40, Bennet gets Zone TV flashbacks.
Best line of the review, hands down.
I'll give Pretty Sammy OVA this; at least the character's kept their relations with each other. Unlike Magical Project S where Ayaka is the surprise-twist villain who you don't meet until the series finale, Ryoko is a noble soldier whose been disguising herself as a power ranger (until she reveals herself in the series finale), and Tenshi only exists for a single episode (sans a cameo in the series finale) where he's a TV producer of a kid's sentai team show. And he breaks Sasami's heart because he doesn't like her the way she likes him because she's a child and he's a grown-up. Which would make sense, but they play it out as seriously as the most groan-worthy "senpai will never notice me!"
Also, Sasami has a mortal dad whose whole shtick is that he's a "dandy," and it's treated like a lagit superpower, and he even helps Pretty Sammy save the day with by the power of Dandy-ness.
-_-
Say what you want about this OVA, but while there were more episodes of Magical Project S (and sorry but the 3rd Pretty Sammy anime was just not worth my time), this OVA was probably the BEST adaptation of a magical girl series centered around Sasami ever made. Which I'm aware is not saying much.
7:40 Why does Ayeka sound like Queen Umberta from Swan Princess?
Is Ultra Energy greater than Friendship Energy?
ask some pastel equines they lasered some asshols with rainbows to death.
16:18 I'm glad there's a bat symbol on that CD player ... otherwise I might've thought it was Multiplicity I was seeing.
I said it before and i'l say it again HOLY HELL Sage i can barely recognize you like this, BUT you've done an AMAZING job on getting thin.
I've seen "Reign the Conqueror" on that bookshelf for the past few years waiting for a review.
also good work as always, Sage.
Actually there was a pretty Sammie anime dub (the right one) in like 2007-2010 on funamation tv.
They where like witch magical girls and washu was their science teacher plus task mission person.
Great video as always.
Hey, Clark's upgraded to glasses AND a ball cap. It's a peg leg but you bet your ass I'll stand on it lmao. xD
30:00 - ROFLMYWHATTHEHELL?! What is that clip in the top left corner? Some guy playing a shooter game and then the man just takes off his pants?!
Top right is Tekken, I recognize that one. Don't know the other two though. But that in the top left corner is just a WHAAAT!
Fun review as always. I honestly don’t know if you have a working list or take recommendations but one I remember as being fun - not Dragon Half fun but pretty damned close - was Shinesman.
12:29 hate to burst your bubble sage, but they did dub one of those pretty sammy animes: ruclips.net/video/ME-dXUFMuUc/видео.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Project_S Both actually
Sorry, nope. Magical Project S *still* has no English dub. Which is a pity cuz it is worthy. Unlike Magical Girl's Club, which is brain cell killing garbage.
oh wow, it was the bad one that got the dub too? that sucks
Ah, I saw a copy in a used book store and didn't see if it was dubbed or not. Just assumed since it was an older release
zoppie I fully agree with you. Why did they do a magical girl anime that was so outdated that it was so obvious. Like literally magical girls using their powers to help people is like the type of stuff that they did way back before Sailor Moon even was created. Heck by the time Sailor Moon came out the magical girl genre was pretty much dying because of people doing the exact same stuff magical girls using their powers to help people. I think they should've made it similar to Sailor Moon but do it's own thing.
at 29:43 - what video is the clip of the woman in the green jacket from again?
Lord, this is probably the funniest review I've seen of Anime Abandon
Was that... Hall of Souls off the Quake 1 soundtrack during that Kyubey joke? That was some oddly familiar whispering...
27:44 That line belongs to Roll from Megaman Battle Network.
16:19 Ah yes, the infamous “Batman spontaneously becomes a DJ for some reason” scene. Even though I unironically love Batman Returns and think it’s kind of underrated, that scene always stood out as weird and out of place which, given that Batman Returns as a whole is really freaking weird, is really saying something
I remember hearing about the "Pretty Sammy" series and the specials years ago before youtube came around, good thing I didn't see them. :P
Sasami Magical Girls Club does have a dub from Funimation and is fairly cheap on Amazon. I own it on dvd
Uh... I may have the subbed version of that first Pretty Sammi series. Don't judge me.
Well I loved everything about Tenchi. Pretty Sammy was enjoyable for me :)
You're looking great Sage!
Anyone know where the anime clips were from? I know some being from his Mad Bull 34 and Baoh reviews.
Also, Bennett, I have Sasami Magical Girls Club on dvd. English dubbed. Funimation did it. Eps 1-13 listed as "Season 1", and Wiki says Funi did both seasons.
Anyone know what the music track is that plays at 29:30?
I never wanted a webm clip for my reaction folder as much as I want that bit at 25:43 of Washu
Can I get an isolated clip of that "This is very annoying" line?
28:54 if it helps.
What was the song playing starting at 29:34-30:08?
Is Macho's theme music from Dynasty Warriors?
I had it up to here! with the Tenchi Universe! Especially ugh "Pretty Sammy"
I remember a manga story of Tenchi Muyo called Driving Lessons that should have been made into an episode of Tenchi Muyo and does anyone know what happens in that chapter and the ending of that chapter?
Whoa! A Superboy Prime reference on a video about anime?!
he's been talking to Linkara too much lol
12:32 >Both series were never dubbed
My 2 DVD sets of Sasami Magical Girls Club would say otherwise. Yes, they have an English track.
I totally forgot about Sam Goody's. That was the only store I knew that had anime DVDs before Best Buys in the mid '00s.
I gonna break some news to you Mihoshi is best girl I love her while Ryoko dose more and Ayaka dose absolutely nothing in any series Mihoshi in her own way does things she has this odd luck about her
Sadly I bought these on Laserdisc (not cheap) when they were first released, boy was I disappointed being a huge Tenchi-Muyo fan. Did I mention on Laserdisc these were not bundled together but sold separately. O_O
30:42 - 30:51 Was there a reason why he dressed as that guy from Evangelion?
Welcome back Sage.
Sage i'm sure that headband symbol is supposed to represent something in anime but all i'm seeing is Rimmer from red dwarf when you put that thing on xD
I'm so frigging proud of you