Zeguy sounds like something from a school sentence, like "Zeguy went to Zerestaurant to eat Zesunday special dinner." Terrible pun. I apologize wholeheartedly.
If Maddie Blaustein (RIP) did the voice of that old man from the opening bit, we would have had a semi-perfect representation of episode one of Yugioh. Hell even Wayne Grayson (who took over the voice of Grandpa after Maddie passed) would have worked.
Fun thing: Japan has completely different pronunciations for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters. So Zhuge Liang being called "Koumei" is technically correct...for them. Think of it like how America says "Spain" but Spain says "Espana" It's a consequence of no one except the Chinese being able to pronounce Chinese.
Yeah, but Koumei!? I mean, "Sousou" at least resembles "Cao Cao" phonetically. And it wasn't that long ago that the pronunciation of the kanji has changed, or is it?
Got curious and did some research on Hiraga Gennai just for something to do. This guy is kind of awesome. Doctor, painter, writer, and inventor, he's basically the Japanese Leonardo De Vincci. The best part of researching this was finding out he wrote a satirical essay called "On Farting." I can't find any information on what it's about - though the title certainly suggests its content.
4:09 AAUGGGHH Lisa Ortiz is fricken everywhere!!! Amy Rose! (Sonic X) Lina Inverse! (The Slayers) Lisa! (Pokemon 3 Movie) Commander Mars (Pokemon DP Galactic Battles), Fuu! (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA), and Tiff/Fumu!!! (Kirby Right Back At Ya!!!)...I love that voice actor to be honest...😶
SSB&AnimeCrossover - Actually, Kerry Williams (Rebecca Hawkins from “Yugioh”, Flora from 4Kids “Winx Club”, and Casey, Domino, and Sakura from “Pokemon”) was Tiff from “Kirby”.
The title sounds like someone was trying to remember the title of a certain '98 Antonio Banderas film and gave up half way: "The Mask of... of... ya know... the guy? With the mask? Who writes Z on everything? Z-Guy! Yeah... t-that's him."
I swear, I just keep running into Dan Green performances lately! I just decided to compare the dub with the sub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and I was SO distracted to hear the first recurring villain sound like Yami Yugi (or Atem, if you prefer). Not to mention the new protagonist shares the voice with Tristan Taylor. Oh, and the Atem sound double? That's Ushio, the first guy that Atem mind crushed.
I was never clear on how far in the future it occurred. All I know is the sub has the Pegasus J. Crawford Memorial Foundation establishing Pegasus is dead. And the dub has Joey Wheeler's cousin, establishing not too far in the future. Plus Ushio of 5Ds and Ushio of Duel Monsters/Season 0 look like they could be the same.
Dan Green was in the CPM 20th anniversary release of Outlanders and it is schlocky "fun" OVA for Anime Abandon and some scenes are Suave fodder. Plus that there is a Marvel type ending
I swear I've heard that, "IT'S LIKE AN HOUR LONG JOKE!" bit somewhere in your other reviews but I'll be damned if I can remember it now. It bugs me because I have binge-watched your stuff numerous times but I just can't think of the other episode where you've said it. Anywhosits, Dan Green (Knuckles) and Lisa Oritz (Amy) in an anime; the Lord has blessed me this day~
Lisa Ortiz is my fave female VA next to Stephanie Sheh, Laura Bailey, Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, Wendee Lee, Kira Buckland among others. Miki was rank 3 of 15 on a list of characters voiced by Ortiz.
Hey Bennet, I know this would break the format of your regular show, but I'm really interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Devilman Crybaby. Given your previous exposure to the source material, I'd like to see your thoughts on how the new adaptation compares to the OVA's from the 90s
Sage saying “Zeguy” makes me think of the guy from the Because Science shorts on Nerdist saying “ze goo!” when talking about the black liquid from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
14:23 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH, so Seth MacFarlane was referencing Flash Gordon in the Family Guy Episode "Road to Germany", that "clearly referencing something but i don't' know what" joke was bugging the crap out of me FOR YEARS now, thanks for clearing that up MR. Bennett
Finally gotten the Manga UK dub VHS of it about a month ago. Dan Green voiced by Angel Cop's Adam Carolla (Jeff Harding), UK Nene (Barbara Barnes) voiced Flojo.
3:10 Wait, wait, wait... THAT guy's Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang was a conniving, yet benevolent strategist of Shu! This dude looks and acts like a sleezeball Nobunaga Oda! Although, he DOES look like Zhuge Liang a bit.
It's like they wanted to do Time Bandits, but without the whimsy. And the talk about worlds intersecting makes it a shame that Solaire wasn't somehow retroactively inserted into this anime.
You know, often times people complain about how they keep remaking really good stuff into less good stuff... but I think the things that really deserve a chance at a remake are stuff like Mask of Zeguy. Because you're absolutely right, if this were redone with more self awareness, tongue firmly in cheek, maybe with a bit of parody even, it would be crazy fun. It has plenty of great elements, it just does nothing interesting with them. It's like if they made a Mega Man game with a bunch of really creative new bosses and weapons, but every level was just a flat plane with a single Telly chasing you.
Oh shit! A new episode of anime abandon four (technically five days because it was posted before midnight) days before my birthday. Happy early birthday to me!
I had to rewind a few seconds just to be sure.....but, why does that box read Iron virgin? What, is it like the iron maiden and virgin mary combined or something? WTF? XD
Zee-GUY!!! And yeah, Gennai is the Japanese version of Tesla...completely overshadowed of course. Which is why they probably keep on throwing him in these things.
That theory about DeVInci sounds like it was made up by DeVinci fanboys wanting to make excuses for why his crap didn't work. Princess often were Priestesses in ancient Japan, in fact the Ise Shrine was supposedly founded by the daughter of an emperor.
Yeah sorry i was on my phone so i couldn’t write much, i also lose the anger your comment give me the first time around now it seem like most internet induced outrage: trivial; so please note that im not trying to being rude, anyway here we go: Like that argument is been made by actual historian for quite some time now, not fanboys And what is a “da Vinci fanboy” anyway, like there is a fandom with cons and forums and fanfics and stuff like that? And it’s not like da Vinci wasn’t a proficient inventor so we need to cover his blunders to make him seem cool, in any case self-sabotage for moral reason is way more likely than one of the greatest genius of his time wasn’t able to create killing machines.
Actualy Historians are the biggest fanboys at all. People have a romanticized view of DeVinci and dono't want to admit that this designs don't work because they simply don't work. If you don't want to make killing machines, just don't design them. And I didn't detect any anger in your first comment.
So it's a world where portals pop up all the time, drawing innocent people into weird, confusing lives? Did the writers of this one play on Shangrila MUSH???
Some of the more risque scenes from the manga are cut. Like the butler serving as Jun's "piss boy" and running around with a piss bucket for her to use. Even Uncle Go wants to rip off Mel Brooks.
the anti climax nearly broke me entirely by the choice of sound effects as it sounded like an inflating air bag
Everytime they said 'Zeguy' I just chuckled and never took it seriously once XD
Zeguy sounds like something from a school sentence, like "Zeguy went to Zerestaurant to eat Zesunday special dinner."
Terrible pun. I apologize wholeheartedly.
Tldr version: Dan Green saves the day
YAAAAAAAAAYYYY!
And then...Dan Green... (children cheer) YEEEEAH!
Oh God The main antagonist is Kaiba from Yugioh.
Inquisitor Thomas
“Mokuba, what have I always told you? If at first you don’t succeed BLAST THEM WITH YOUR BLUE EYES AGAIN!’
Inquisitor Thomas Quick! Hide your yugioh cards!
Screw the rules, I have money!
with a mustache!
Nyehhh not Koiba!!!
You think THIS is obscure? You should check out the movie sequel "Mask of Zeudderguy"
“slow clap”
Or Mask of Zatguyovadar
This is it. This is the only comment we needed.
And let's not forget the prequel, Mask of Zisguyritere.
Or the follow up "Mask of Zosguyzovayonda"
AMY ROSE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! wow, the 4kids and Central Park Media voice acting group has made quite a name of themselves in the "really?" department
Considering she was slumming between seasons of Slayers at the time it gets really interesting.
No wonder the New York area of Voice Acting crashed.
Not just Amy Rose. Dan Green played Knuckles.
Broke: Amy Rose
Woke: Lina Inverse
I always think of Animation Runner Kuromi, when I hear Lisa Ortiz.
If Maddie Blaustein (RIP) did the voice of that old man from the opening bit, we would have had a semi-perfect representation of episode one of Yugioh. Hell even Wayne Grayson (who took over the voice of Grandpa after Maddie passed) would have worked.
Fun thing: Japan has completely different pronunciations for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters.
So Zhuge Liang being called "Koumei" is technically correct...for them.
Think of it like how America says "Spain" but Spain says "Espana"
It's a consequence of no one except the Chinese being able to pronounce Chinese.
Yeah, but Koumei!? I mean, "Sousou" at least resembles "Cao Cao" phonetically. And it wasn't that long ago that the pronunciation of the kanji has changed, or is it?
Probably "Koumei" derives from "Kong Ming". Another nickname for Zhuge Liang.
Dody: You might well be right, I forgot about that.
Hence Bennett going “Goddamn Japanese…”
España
Werewolves on motorcycles? WEREWOLVES ON MOTORCYCLES!
chucheeness Do they have card games?
Koumei looks like a Japanese Jafar.
Heck, Koumei didn't even have his signature fan. And missed opportunity for not having Shingen Takeda as Koumei's opposite number.
Got curious and did some research on Hiraga Gennai just for something to do. This guy is kind of awesome. Doctor, painter, writer, and inventor, he's basically the Japanese Leonardo De Vincci.
The best part of researching this was finding out he wrote a satirical essay called "On Farting." I can't find any information on what it's about - though the title certainly suggests its content.
"its over Himeko."
"SHUT THAT DOOR."
credits
"Completely necessary bath seen." yes.
scene
I could swear that this was released back in the late 1990s under a different name. Maybe it's just the Mandela effect.
The Borat joke was doubly hilarious for me, as I was making the exact same joke to myself as I was waiting for the video to load. =)
Totally called the year before Bennett said it! Also this setup was done WAY better in Drifters.
Tallguy drifters is amazing love studio madhouse right now
I was a year off on my guess.
Now of only someone would get to making season 2.
4:09 AAUGGGHH Lisa Ortiz is fricken everywhere!!!
Amy Rose! (Sonic X) Lina Inverse! (The Slayers) Lisa! (Pokemon 3 Movie) Commander Mars (Pokemon DP Galactic Battles), Fuu! (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA), and Tiff/Fumu!!! (Kirby Right Back At Ya!!!)...I love that voice actor to be honest...😶
SSB&AnimeCrossover - Actually, Kerry Williams (Rebecca Hawkins from “Yugioh”, Flora from 4Kids “Winx Club”, and Casey, Domino, and Sakura from “Pokemon”) was Tiff from “Kirby”.
The Otakutopian Ohh..
Wait,
"Sayaka" and "Miki".
"Sayaka Miki"........OHHHHHH!
Madoka Magica prequel Confirmed?
Or.."Sayaka" Yumi and "Miki" Makimura. Both are female characters from a Go Nagai-penned series, Mazinger Z and Devilman respectively.
Neo 9000 love your Kamen Rider Brave Taddle Legacy Pfp.
The title sounds like someone was trying to remember the title of a certain '98 Antonio Banderas film and gave up half way: "The Mask of... of... ya know... the guy? With the mask? Who writes Z on everything? Z-Guy! Yeah... t-that's him."
Had me in tears
You mean Zorro?
Who else thought Sage's weird high pitched laugh was the death chuckle of the villain?
I did, LOL.
Dang Bennett. Someone’s been doing his sit ups. You lookin fine.
Holy shit! Sage, have you lost weight? I'm proud of you dude, keep it up!
Zydrake Shogun hah nice kiva and ixa pic
Shadow Spear Why thank you!
It's like really noticeable now isn't it?
yeah i was gonna say this too. Sage is looking thinner.
He's actually been slimming down for a number of months. He's clearly been working at it, and the effects are noticeable.
1
ZZZZEEEEEEGGGGGUUUUUUYYYYYY!?!?!?!?
Impressive weight loss Bennett!
Looking good
"Let me tell you something, Quinlan. Zeguy is un-fucking-believable!"
I swear, I just keep running into Dan Green performances lately! I just decided to compare the dub with the sub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and I was SO distracted to hear the first recurring villain sound like Yami Yugi (or Atem, if you prefer). Not to mention the new protagonist shares the voice with Tristan Taylor. Oh, and the Atem sound double? That's Ushio, the first guy that Atem mind crushed.
I was never clear on how far in the future it occurred. All I know is the sub has the Pegasus J. Crawford Memorial Foundation establishing Pegasus is dead. And the dub has Joey Wheeler's cousin, establishing not too far in the future. Plus Ushio of 5Ds and Ushio of Duel Monsters/Season 0 look like they could be the same.
Brian Blessed is my power animal.
DIIIIIIVVVEE!!!!
Dan Green was in the CPM 20th anniversary release of Outlanders and it is schlocky "fun" OVA for Anime Abandon and some scenes are Suave fodder. Plus that there is a Marvel type ending
Sean Bateman and Sean Schemmel played the male lead in that one
he plays another role in that dub too. Plus, there is some scenes that Censor Kaiser will be working.
And before making a mark as Winx Club's Bloom, Liza Jacqueline was Kham.
I swear I've heard that, "IT'S LIKE AN HOUR LONG JOKE!" bit somewhere in your other reviews but I'll be damned if I can remember it now. It bugs me because I have binge-watched your stuff numerous times but I just can't think of the other episode where you've said it. Anywhosits, Dan Green (Knuckles) and Lisa Oritz (Amy) in an anime; the Lord has blessed me this day~
8:40 I totally thought that the line would be, "The true priestess of Zeguy is MEguy....."
Dear Lord, is there a New York dub that Liza Ortiz ISN'T in?!
LG GM replace Lisa Ortiz with Dan Green and your answer is.... no.
Amon Saga, Wrath of the Ninja, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Yu Yu Hakoshu.
Honestly the thought of Dan Green voicing a samurai is kind of cool to me.
Wait, no "M.A.S.K. Series" Joke? M-M-M-MASK! No One Knows What Lies Behind The Masquerades!
DasKame M-M-M-M.A.S.K.! Always riding hot on V.E.N.O.M.s trail!
Miki: "Hey, Himiko! Everybody says you're Zeguy, but I wanna be Zeguy, too!"
Himiko: "No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older."
4:22 Wait Sayaka, Miki...... this anime is stupid, so stupid.
6:54 OH GOD THIS IS DRIFTERS!!!
In a far better Anime that's where!
Nah Wanabe version of the Fate Franchise.
1TrulyMad I Was Looking For This Comment XD
Its A Really Funny Coincidence That Those Two Names Are In Another Anime And the Two Main Characters
Lisa Ortiz is my fave female VA next to Stephanie Sheh, Laura Bailey, Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, Wendee Lee, Kira Buckland among others. Miki was rank 3 of 15 on a list of characters voiced by Ortiz.
Recently found your channel and binged watched a lot of vids. Congrats on the weight loss.
The roles "Barry Banner" takes will never stop amazing me.
I was laughing in unison at the epic blood splatter at the end. It was really delivered with such perfect comedic timing too.
The most brilliant review you've done Bennett!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Another of my favorite reviews to watch.
Hey Bennet, I know this would break the format of your regular show, but I'm really interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Devilman Crybaby. Given your previous exposure to the source material, I'd like to see your thoughts on how the new adaptation compares to the OVA's from the 90s
according to his twitter, he expressed his feelings with a disaproving grunt/groan
twitter.com/BennettTheSage/status/952061165202423808
It is not really comparable to a short lived OVA series. you can only compare the first couple of episodes.
"Why do I get the feeling that the voices she hears in her head echo?" That's it. That's my new favorite insult. I'm using it, it's mine now.
HOT DAMN another AA review already? c: Best thing ever!
Man, every time somebody says "Mask of Zeguy," I burst out laughing. I cannot help it.
Ok that creaking door gag was golden. Well played, my good sir!
Sage saying “Zeguy” makes me think of the guy from the Because Science shorts on Nerdist saying “ze goo!” when talking about the black liquid from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
14:23 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH, so Seth MacFarlane was referencing Flash Gordon in the Family Guy Episode "Road to Germany", that "clearly referencing something but i don't' know what" joke was bugging the crap out of me FOR YEARS now, thanks for clearing that up MR. Bennett
You know what Mask of Zeguy is missing? A talking animal sidekick, like that s**thead rabbit from Madara. :D
That would make it better
Thank goodness !! new Anime Abandon !!
lol Komei from Ikki Tousen shows up. I too now think of those versions whenever any Three Kingdoms names show up in anime
Finally gotten the Manga UK dub VHS of it about a month ago. Dan Green voiced by Angel Cop's Adam Carolla (Jeff Harding), UK Nene (Barbara Barnes) voiced Flojo.
This actually premiered on the Syfy channel in 94 I’m out of felt a lot of enemies when I was younger appeared on the Syfy channel in the 90s
CPM still proved that New York voice actors are awesome.
Okay the premise of this anime with the inbetween connected to all times dimension would make for a great Musou style game.
3:10 Wait, wait, wait... THAT guy's Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang was a conniving, yet benevolent strategist of Shu! This dude looks and acts like a sleezeball Nobunaga Oda!
Although, he DOES look like Zhuge Liang a bit.
That "Stains like the Dickens!" line made me chuckle.
Wow I was only 3 years off with when Zeguy was released.
The fact that I guessed the year right. "victory music plays"
Yay! I'm always up for some more Go Nagai (I probably spelled that wrong)!
That laugh sounded like Bennet was channeling his inner Rich Evans
Actually I would really like if you do a yo-gi-oh 0 review .
god i cant take anything seriously when i hear the name of the anime in the voice of borat.....
Nice video and great job on the weight loss
iron virigin jun,another crazy yet on of the most unintenationally hilarious anime.
So is the alternate title of this OVA "Dan Green does awesome shit"?
Walking through the backlog. I want to say you're inspiring me to lose weight. Seeing someone do it is great.
I love this ova
This reminds me of Big Trouble in Little China more than anything...O_0
So as i revisited the series Fighting Foodons, I sat in my chair pondering to myself. Will the sage do a month long look at Saturday morning cartoons.
Hi Bennet, great review! Could you review Nightwalker sometime? I think it would be great to hear your opinion!
The fact that I actually guessed the release date shocked me.
Best way to describe this OVA...Dull Surprise.
It's like they wanted to do Time Bandits, but without the whimsy. And the talk about worlds intersecting makes it a shame that Solaire wasn't somehow retroactively inserted into this anime.
Somebody lost tons of weight
Rayearth OVA dubbed has Tara Sands, Amy Birnbaum, and Lisa Ortiz as Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu in the early 2000s.
Oh come on Miki! Don't lose your head!
I still can't believe you haven't reviewed Big Wars yet. Out of all of the obscure anime movies you review, that one is actually worth checking out.
You know, often times people complain about how they keep remaking really good stuff into less good stuff... but I think the things that really deserve a chance at a remake are stuff like Mask of Zeguy. Because you're absolutely right, if this were redone with more self awareness, tongue firmly in cheek, maybe with a bit of parody even, it would be crazy fun. It has plenty of great elements, it just does nothing interesting with them. It's like if they made a Mega Man game with a bunch of really creative new bosses and weapons, but every level was just a flat plane with a single Telly chasing you.
10:55 : Still makes more sense than Discovery's spore drive. ^_-
Oh shit! A new episode of anime abandon four (technically five days because it was posted before midnight) days before my birthday. Happy early birthday to me!
11:20 Electric shit?
Isn't that also what the Gungans from Star Wars - The Phantom Menace use against the droids?
Both RG Veda and Mask of Zeguy were released on VHS in the UK by Manga Entertainment in the Mid-90s, if that helps.
Saw RG Veda UK dubbed but not Zeguy. Couldn't find it on here.
Oh I'm so looking forward to Iron Virgin Jun. You Go Nagai!
I had to rewind a few seconds just to be sure.....but, why does that box read Iron virgin?
What, is it like the iron maiden and virgin mary combined or something? WTF? XD
I like to imagine that the hellsing mangaka sees this and sat "I can do better with this concept" thus Drifters was created.....
Based on the name alone, I'm expecting next episode to be gloriously silly. Looking forward to it.
Wait.
Sayaka and Miki?
Miki Sayaka?
Sayaka Miki.
IT WAS A SEQUEL THE ENTIRE TIME
Zee-GUY!!!
And yeah, Gennai is the Japanese version of Tesla...completely overshadowed of course. Which is why they probably keep on throwing him in these things.
I thought I was gonna see demon bennett there for a sec
the in old man with glasses look like , Dr. Quackenpoker, a Pokémon watcher who specialized in researching Magikarp. from the orange islands season
3:35 I can never hear any of those names any more without thinking of Gintama.
Is it weird for me to like Dan Green's performance as Knuckles from Sonic X? Though he was good as Yugi. Those were the days.......
That theory about DeVInci sounds like it was made up by DeVinci fanboys wanting to make excuses for why his crap didn't work.
Princess often were Priestesses in ancient Japan, in fact the Ise Shrine was supposedly founded by the daughter of an emperor.
Your comment leave me with so many questions
Answer is pretentiousness.
Well I won't know what they are till you ask them?
Yeah sorry i was on my phone so i couldn’t write much, i also lose the anger your comment give me the first time around now it seem like most internet induced outrage: trivial; so please note that im not trying to being rude, anyway here we go:
Like that argument is been made by actual historian for quite some time now, not fanboys
And what is a “da Vinci fanboy” anyway, like there is a fandom with cons and forums and fanfics and stuff like that?
And it’s not like da Vinci wasn’t a proficient inventor so we need to cover his blunders to make him seem cool, in any case self-sabotage for moral reason is way more likely than one of the greatest genius of his time wasn’t able to create killing machines.
Actualy Historians are the biggest fanboys at all. People have a romanticized view of DeVinci and dono't want to admit that this designs don't work because they simply don't work.
If you don't want to make killing machines, just don't design them.
And I didn't detect any anger in your first comment.
It's the perfect $1 store anime. Something sold on the cheep and you view it once.
So it's a world where portals pop up all the time, drawing innocent people into weird, confusing lives? Did the writers of this one play on Shangrila MUSH???
Iron Virgin Jun! Holy Shit! Considered perhaps the worst of all Go Nagai anime. Still amusingly bad though.
I can't believe they actually made an anime out of it
Some of the more risque scenes from the manga are cut. Like the butler serving as Jun's "piss boy" and running around with a piss bucket for her to use. Even Uncle Go wants to rip off Mel Brooks.
Hey, I'd take the worst of Go Nagai over the "masterpiece" of today.
Go! Nagai~! Creator of some Anime!
I guessed CPM released it in 2005. Omg I was only off by a year!