Roujin-Z | Retcon_404
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2023
- Roujin Z is set in early 21st-century Japan. A group of scientists and hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic features. Brimming with inventive animation and biting social commentary, Roujin-Z is a wild ride that you are sure to remember.
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See! Told you that you'd like it man! It shows in how much research you did for the video. My grandma who is Japanese recently passed and this movie reminds me of her. It is indeed a special movie to me and you did it justice as I thought you would. Good shit man. I couldn't be happier. Shame you didn't or couldn't throw in that roujin z review that siskel and ebert did because it took me by surprise that even they watched the film. Anyway, cheers to you and oh, don't forget, there's another ova you could cover called take the x train. Trust me, you'll get a kick outta that one too.
0:41 "Dead Wrong" is putting it lightly. The First Gundam is a sci-fi analog to World War II to let younger Japanese viewers at the time of its release (younger viewers who were likely being told by a significant number of the older generation that Imperial Japan did nothing wrong) know that their country was one of the bad guys of that conflict.
Let's not forget that Tomino is a literal marxist and has been since being part of the new left student protest movements of the 60's. With not only what you said about the original 0079 holding up, but also with Zeta Gundam and its notice to the growing homegrown fascism in the former allied powers (particularly America and Britain) going on at the time.
Even the AU timelines are political. Wing addresses how world peace, as noble of a goal as it is, can never be achieved with the current ruling elite. The currently-airing G-Witch draws direct parallels to the model of global capitalism the world abides by and medieval feudalism. Even G Gundam has a lot to say about environmentalism and how those in power would rather let the poor die to climate change than do anything about an existential threat, and even touches on the reemergence of Japanese militarism post-WWII.
The only "apolitical" Gundam series that exists is arguably the Build series.
"Is this Gundam?"
"No, this film is about the difficulties of treating the elderly, both individually and socially."
"So, the enemy isn't the military industrial complex this time?"
"..uhhh..."
"..are you sure this isn't Gundam?"
Can’t wait for Votoms
Never heard of this film before. I wouldn’t be surprised if this video gets people talking about Roujin-Z again.
I also have not seen VOTOMS before, so I’ll be looking forward to that video.
Currently watching Xabungle, Tomino’s next show after Ideon. Surprisingly chuckle-inducing, would recommend!
Had to pause just to say that the Perfect Dark Pause Menu is mad underrated.
That track is a vibe!
THIS, was another throwback..one of my favorites from watching anime on the sci-fi channel anime weekends in my childhood.. There's also Robot Carnival, Project A-Ko, Casshern..
I got introduced to so many greats during that time, thanks to that little weekend block airing of anime..
Same here. I watched this on the Sci-Fi Channel, too. I still have this movie recorded on VHS, even. ^^;
This is why we need to do something about aging. If we haven't figured out how to reverse it by the time I'm a senior citizen, I'm definitely going to hijack a military grade mecha and run amok.
Roujin Z was the first movie I ever recorded off the Sci-Fi Channel back in ‘96, when I was 12, and I was desperate to find more anime like Robotech and Sailor Moon. ^^; I used to record every anime they aired on that channel on VHS, and even record their weekday daytime stuff like Ronin Warriors.
Back in the day, I had to scour the local TV guide from the Sunday newspaper in order to find anything anime-sounding to watch. Cartoon Network becoming a basic cable channel that same year and later Toonami kind of became a godsend in ‘98 when it started focusing on anime more and more. I still kept up with Sci-Fi up to around 2002 or so, when they seemed to have gotten rid of Saturday Morning Anime. And then, I randomly discovered Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer late at night circa 2004 (around 2 am) on Sci-Fi and that was the last Sci-Fi Channel content I ever put on VHS.
The movie itself kinda comes off like Akira with humor. I always liked the music most of all. Good review. :)
Can you do a retrospective on Armoured trooper votoms,battletech animated series and exo squad?
VOTOMS is actually the next video that is being planned.
@@Retcon404 awesome also will you do the others that mentioned after that?
@@Retcon404 I'd love to see your take on Exo Squad. Such a standout show in its day.
My cousin gave me this movie on VHS, along with project ako and Akira, for Pokemon cards. Those 3 films became my favorite films of all time.
Wow, I almost forgot about the great Sony Vaio epidemic of the early 00's.
Another great video, sir.
This is prime Otomo. Social commentary comedy sci-fi that ends with a writhing mass of machinery.
I've never heard of Roujin-Z before this. It almost feels like a Patlabor episode, just slightly more absurd than that series got. Though in retrospect it would've be fun to see Noa and Ohta try to deal with the Z-001.
"Slightly more absurd than Patlabor"
Buddy, Patlabor has episodes where they had to deal with experimental beast running amok, a sea monster & an Earth-dragon. Compared to those, Roujin-Z is just a standard Patlabor episode 😅
@@androyus Yep. This would be an average Tuesday for the Patlabor crew.
the creepy movement of the machine through the house toooootally gives me Akira vibes, makes sense it's the same animator. this sounds like a trip, thanks for talking about it!
I remember renting this as a kid in the 90’s most of the subtext went over my head but it was super cool. I then watched it in 08 and was shocked by how relevant it still was.
Looking at Japan these days the movie may have predicted the future. Care of the elderly is important. Everyone deserves to leave with dignity.
Oh hell yeah, robots on roller skates next time. Though I hope it’s just the tv series. Votoms spins off in a wild number of directions.
Mellow link anyone? As long as it doesn’t trip into code we will be ok with anything.
Votoms is the realist real robot show that ever aired. It’s all hard science and the tragedy of war.
Love that Roujin-Z is available on RUclips to watch anytime! :D I had an old VHS Tape that I loved to watch back in the day... it was a great rarity to find!
I'm so glad I found this Chanel
There are some Gundam shows that are not political, like Build divers and Build Fighters, but Gundam has politics as a corner stone of what makes it different than other giant robot franchises.
Extreme Carnage: Lasher pays homage to Roujin-Z!
Half way in as the bed is absorbing technology, getting strong Akira vibes, like, this is gonna end super badly for probably everyone involved
I love how the old man’s mech thing looks like a toilet
Thank you for reviewing this. I saw this year's ago on g4 and loved it. Could never find out the name of this anime. Decade long search is over
What have they done to my boy….. manly cries for Castelvania….. love your content going through the back catalogue and have to give you props good stuff man.
Your pretty good 👉
LOL bringing up the South Park episode yes totally see the connection.
Brilliant video. So nostalgic going back to this. Cheers.
Great review my guy. Great take on this subject.
love your vids man even you music is great
I remember seeing this with no subtitles and just being absolutely bewildered as most of the experience went over my head. As an adult and on another watch, it was so interesting. Fantastic out of left field coverage/review for this one. Loved it!
This is awesome because i watched this movie after watching his gundam evolution livestream
Oh my gawd I saw this and have no idea when the hell I did. lol I think that I used to think it was an episode of Ghost in the Shell for some reason, glad to finally remember it properly I guess. xD
Good video
Btw would you consider ever making a Code Geass video?
Yes, it is on the list for sure.
@@Retcon404 That's good to hear though I'm kinda worried, these days most videos on code geass tend to be far too harsh on the series. I won't deny that it does have flaws and that isn't perfect by any means but a lot people tend to either nitpick almost every single small flaw or just straight up misinterpret it (like how many people think that Suzaku is poorly written because his worldviews are stupid and hypocritical even though that's the point of his character). Although you'r previous videos were good so I do have faith in you.
18:30 Reminds me a lot of the WAU from the game SOMA- both visually and thematically.
lol do people actually say Gundam isnt political?
There are no shortages of stupid people.
I find they're usually people who's 1st Gundam series was IBO or somehow stumbled across Thunderbolt
Nothing wrong with political storytelling in anime, it's when it becomes ham fisted and preachy to the point of being out right insufferable, such as in the case of Captain Marvel or Avatar 1 & 2.
@Jonathan J. a friend's gf says that IBO is matriarchal kiddy porn.
It's matriarchal because Kudelia while having ideas is weak because she can't do anything without the help of men, while also holding up Atra to the standard of women being good for only cooking and cleaning.
Also she calls it kiddy porn cause Tekkadan have to take their shirts off to connect the Alaya-Vijnana. She did only see the last few episodes of season 1 from Biscuits death forward.
@@broodo1 that to be some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever read. I’ve never seen a stretch so long in my life
I remember seeing this movie randomly when I was much younger airing on a channel sometime back in the 90s. I only remembered it as the hospital bed monstrosity back then but never put a name to the movie. I understood it much better when I tracked down 10 years ago.
Can't wait till you Retcon Code Geass one day
You should review Blue Gender!
OMG, i remember seeing this on Dutch TV late at night, the week after they showed Akira. I always wondered about this, never having been able to find it again. Thanks!
This film is so good
Oh man, I remember watching this on a late-night anime movie... what a fun trip.
We need more Otomo anime.
Fun fact about the Castlevania pachinko machines: I had a friend who once worked in a casino to maintain all the game machines and fix them if they broke. Only a single company's pachinko machines broke, and it was Konami's.
So apparently they're not only a slap in the face to the franchises Konami defiled like Castlevania, Metal Gear, Contra or Bomberman, they're also not very good on their own merits.
I was a security manager for a casino chain for a few years and yeah the Konami machines suck even in the slots world.
Huh. Weird. This was one of my first owned Anime on VHS.
I said it was going to be a wild ride 😀
Man I have a retcon_404 watchlist of anime/movies/ovas I need to watch! I'll get to this video eventually! 😅
WOW, what an interesting social commentary this has been >.> always thought this was just some hoaky 80s sci fi thing but never knew it could run so deep :O
I'm super curious what you would think of Venus Wars, I can't remember what it was about, even remotely, but it was cool to see in my childhood
I remember seeing some of this on the Sci-fi Channels short lived Anime Night and eventually saw it in full last year. I’m actually planning on reviewing this one for my blog later in October but yeah it’s a helluva fun ride and while it does have important messages it’s also a lot more lighthearted than Akira, which considering this came from Otomo was kind of surprising
The people saying 'gundam isn't inherently political' are probably the same asses saying 'anti-war messages should be language restricted'
1. I'm gonna date myself by saying I have this on VHS.
2. I think this is the 3rd most excited I've been for a non-Gundam video after Trigun & Macross.
3. 🖕 RUclips for not sending me a notification & having to find out it dropped 2hrs ago.
4. Now that you've done this Katsuhiro Otomo work, you may or may not be obligated to do Akira, Steamboy, Memories, or Robot Carnival 😊
Great video! Thank you for covering one of my favorite movies...period. Anime or otherwise. :)
I HATE that later formats CHOPPED the top and bottom off of the picture ratio to make it fit on a wide screen TV. Which is a great argument for keeping old media alive. The laserdisc has the original aspect ratio.
It's wild how much Japan is so obsessed with boobs. Even a character selection, on a pachinko machine, has boob jiggle.
You should review akira, i know you would do it justice
Is the screen fuzz thing something you do to avoid copyright?
Your video has visual noise.
it is. It usually works.
.... i am trying to figure out the correlation between old person care, and mecha battles
Boosting
Hasegawa is just wearing glasses, right? 🤔
Pls review project a ko
You mention trapper keeper as if it wasn't a direct akira reference..
well of course, but its more fun sometimes to draw comparisons from outside the same medium. Plus I love the Trapper Keeper ep of South Park its a classic!
They made one in China already
rofl 14:00
… wait people think Gundam ISNT political?
I've seen people tell that to my face with the utmost confidence.
There is a big difference between a piece of media with a political message, and a political piece of media.
One prioritizes the telling of a good story, and uses that story to convey the message it wishes to broadcast in a natural, unforced manner. In the best form of media with a message, you don't even realize it has one. That is why people think Gundam has no political message. The story comes first, the message is then woven into it. The characters are people, not propaganda machines with a face.
The other kind prioritizes the propaganda, for it is propaganda, and only uses the story as a weak backing material. The political narrative is more important than the story being told, and that universally means the quality of the story is degraded, if not outright ignored. This is the realm of many forms of modern media. NuStar Wars and NuStar Trek come to mind above all. Forgettable, bothersome characters who are obviously simply inserts from the writers to preach to the audience, what little they have left.
i dont agree with thsi at all, have you seen old star treck? they preach to you all the time.
and the former the polital message woven in is very, very explicet, people who think gundam, especially 0079, is not political at idiots, through and through.
Tell me you haven't watched Star Wars, Star Trek *OR* Gundam without tellin me you haven't watched any of them.
Unironically, I agree with this message.
Don't listen to the two nitwits above me, they clearly have no idea of how storytelling and world-building works and clearly jack it to Chuck Wendig style Vogon poetry (extra points to those who know that reference).
@@mattmaddogwheaton4724 Ah yes, "Nitwits" are when you point out the literal, definitive, objective truth as it in fact happens in material reality.
Gundam is literally war but instead of people using guns and grenade it’s just straight up Mechs, not to mention major characters die and most of the time even question the war as a whole,so how’s that not about politics?!
It comes to people conflating terms when people say political nowadays they're mostly referring to culture war shit
@@dadsback69oh okay than, I’m just kinda surprise how people are still misinterpreting gundam to this day even though it’s pretty clear when you just watch the series what the series about
@@dadsback69 if the only thing someone views as political is basic bitch stuff like that then they shouldn't talk about politics in the 1st place
"people fight and live and do things so this has to be political!!!111"
@@candide1065 wanna talk about what those "things" are?
Do you have a discord