The Samurai: Clearing The Low Bar (ANIME ABANDON)
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the scene where they break out into a sword fight in the middle of class and nobody even flinches reminded me of the South Park episode where everyone got so jaded to school shootings that they didn't even interrupt classes for them anymore
Kind of makes me miss the days of low budget single OVA releases in this day and age.
Also, those 80s leotards.
I miss OVA's.. Sucks they aren't a thing anymore since streaming came along.
@@omegashenron8Late night Anime was ultimately what killed off the OVA. There was a sharp decrease in the amount of them being made after the mid 90s.
"Today, there are no OVAs anymore, but there's a clear divide between primetime anime and late night TV anime, which are the OVAs of today, so to speak." - Shou Aikawa
This looks like a fun series. Also... a ninja looking like a CPA makes sense, because Ninjas actually blended in and were nigh undetectable because they would be a gardener or a maid.
EDIT: Sometimes, you want an anime that amazes you, impresses you, and gets you to think.
Other times, you just want to see a man get slapped in the face with a haddock.
I miss the days of finding anime like this at Hollywood video
We can never go back...
Hollywood Video, now that's name I haven't heard in a long time.
@@gtsgreatteacherscathach5550 for some reason they usually had a better selection of anime than blockbuster
Blockbuster? What's that?
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter are you from America?
I'm someone who has ADD and had taken Ritalin at one point in my life, and I'll admit it. That Ritalin joke made me chuckle.
For all the people demanding entertainment either be super good, or super awful, there's a forgotten comfort in entertainment that just plain decent and competent.
Nobody talks about the decent and competent because decent and competent is usually a nice way to describe something bland and mediocre.
It's alright for what it is.
And a fun little fact, Studio DEEN, who animated this, years later went on to do the Rurouni Kenshin - Trust & Betrayal - OVAs.
I love animes like these specifically BECAUSE they are so middle-of-the-road. Not great, not awful, just...okay. Relaxing. Sure, I still love the classic greats, the legends in their own rights, as well as loving the hysterically-awful animes for a good laugh, but sometimes it's nice to settle into something less exciting and high-energy. Nothing that will make me laugh until I'm exhausted, but still "good enough" that I can have a light chuckle at while passing the time.
This is a whole mood.
This. Is something like fairy tail or RWBY even in the same timezone of quality as, say, rakugo shinjo? God fuck no, I laughed out loud just typing that. But guess which one I'm most likely to turn on while I'm working on my other monitor?
Yep. That bit where the samurai and ninjas slip charging into the bathroom will never not be funny.
While you were out having fun and partying, Takashi was studying the way of the blade.
The animation in this one was pretty great too, especially that scene in the bathroom where the ninjas just slip up XD I really need a gif of that!
This OVA was presently not that bad. I mean, I seemed worse, but this was just okay. I didn’t piss me off like other fan service anime usually do.
I'm glad you got better from seeming worse. Try not to piss yourself off in the future.
Lol, why did Sage fav this?
@@earlyman7439 Because he can.
@@animechic420 I like that you didn’t fix that seemed error
@@attackofthecopyrightbots I know what you’re trying to do and it’s not gonna work. 😑
looks like a riff at Takahashi Rumiko's series Ranma 1/2 and Maison Ikkoku. The ikkoku reference is the only correlation I can think of why the sister would be in a negligee! (a characater in Ikkkoku is always underdressed).
I was thinking Akemi from Maison Ikkoku as well
This series looks like something Jackie Chan could had done as a series of live action movies, in fact it could had been cool if they actually did a live action adaptation back in te day using Jackie as the main protagonist.
They actually did end up making two live action movies based on the manga. However, neither of them were released on home video as far as I know
The jazzercise scene is what made me almost bust out laughing in the gym. Well timed my friend
One of my favorite late 80's early 90's anime was Yawara, a Fashionable Judo Girl. I believe it finally got a release in America a few years ago.
I'm getting strong Ranma vibes off of this one
Nice to see you uploading more videos as of late
Idea for a sub series: "Why Japan, Why?".
Explaining anime cliches that Americans do not get off the bat.
Naked girls are funny?
Sneezing when someone is talking about you?
Nose bleeding arrousal?
"I will never forgive you"?
Who is blackmailing who?
What does this kabuki reference mean compared to other kabuki references?
Sarin Gas attack what?
Frieza is a landlord stock investor?
Grave of the fireflies means "You kids today are spoiled. If we acted like you we'd be dead"? (Thank you again for that review)
Just, I always love peeling back the context layers of anime beyond "Did you know Astro Boy was inspired by Mickey Mouse?".
There is always more modern otaku who are ALL starting at the same point WE all did: "Anime is better than cartoons because violence and tiddies" and they just let the lost in translation stuff wash over them until they make "Totally Spies" or "Code Lyoko" without understanding what they are watching.
It's funny you use Totally Spies and Lyoko, because they are both European. I know totally spies is French, and I can't remember if Lyoko is French or Italian. Either way, Europe seems to be more open for older kid animation.
BTW Astroboy was not inspired by Mickey Mouse it was inspired primarily by Felix the Cat and other Fleischer Brother cartoons.
@@kanebravo953 you win the "no prize".
@@Terminalsanity if I told you the facts, you wouldn't read them because you would "already know" what "I was going to say".
I am the same kind of guy as you.
@@butchdeadlift10 Sorry I just like to shout out the Fleischer Bros stuff since its been almost entirely lost to time.
Thanks for mentioning the Dirty Pair Kickstarter!
i can't believe sage has never seen samurai hunt for the sword, it's on one of the trailers of one of either the kenshin dvd's or tenchi movie dvds i can't remember but i remember seeing the trailer back in the day and then watching it, i remember it being good, but i was like, twelve then, so like, twenty years might make a difference lmao
Glad to see new episodes.
A 1984 work titled The Samurai exists, a novel by Shuusaku Endo, better known for Silence, which was adapted in 2016 by Martin Scorcese.
Love your channel and reviews. Hoping to see you cover the two episode ovas for the Sorcerer Hunters spinoff, Sorcerer on the rocks sometime.
Nice video Sage 😎!
The protagonist sounds like he’s voiced by David Matranga. I love that actor! His voice is so beautiful to listen to.
One day we get that promised Redline episode...
One day...
Thank you for all off the episodes ( past few months )
I know you are always very busy & going through a lot , buut...
I LOVE YOUR SHOW annd you are SOO COOL @BennetTheSage ❗😎
Amazing! I never thought my 2 favorite anime critics would both upload on the same day!
Kinda looks like something I could get into, animation didn't look that bad really. And shoot its just 1 episode so why not.
I've been looking for this since I last saw the opening as a trailer on an ADV DVD trailer section.
I watched this same video on Halloween while playing Team Fortress 2 last year. I feel changed and yet the same. This is still always funny, thanks for that 🎉🎃
Haven't watched the video yet, but ayeeee Sage, keep doing your thing.
Reminds me of Ninja High School. An excellent read I've heard.
Y'know, this thing looks like fun. Will have to check it out.
It looks like this anime needs more episode because it looks fun to watch
Saw this at a sort of club gathering around 1990. Thought it was pretty darn funny. Asked Greenfield about it at Otakon after it was announced. 1. was it THIS? (it was) and 2. What took so long? The answer to the second is a common issue with one-off and small studio OVAs of the 90s, it took most of that time to figure out who owned the rights.
Getting rights and masters for 80s OVAs that were made by thrown-together companies with mixed and sometimes dubious funding is tricky. Heck, it took Robert Woodhead digging for one such property to turn up the masters for Project A-ko (which was a pretty Big deal in its day, whose masters STILL went missing).
11:54 Seriously, did you go through my collection of odd anime I've collected over the years, Sage? Luv it! I could also suggest Animation Runner Kuromi 1 and 2, Cosplay Complex, Cleopatra D.C., Detatoko Princess, Eight Clouds Rising, Fight!! Spirit of the Sword, Ginrei Special, Grrl Power!, Idol Project, etc to name a few more.
2:53, Alright, Blue Thunder. Do your worst.
Love that you made tremendous effort on your health and still can enjoy snacks :) kampai!
I'm sold. I wanna watch this now
3:09: Oh snap, its pre-Todoroki David Matranga!
The Church of the Algorithm gives this video its blessing, and must it stay clear of the blasphemers from The First Algorithmic Temple (and the many people impersonating their members).
Not long after I added this to the Watch Later queue from my phone I heard the same music at the theme song played on one of the screens at the place where I was getting my foot x-rayed and for a moment I thought I'd accidentally hit play. It was an amusing experience.
good ones to check out next would be project arms and the witchblade anime
Thank you for a nother great vid keep up the great work
The double-chin has returned!
Welcome back!
The Col Sanders clip made me laugh, like, really actually hard belly laugh. God damnit
For some reason, that seemed to just sort of be a thing in anime around that time. I remember The Slayers had a similar gag.
i watched this anime for the first time darning co vid and loved it.
kind of shocked how unintentionally funny this is I might have to check it out
Wonder if Bennett could check out trailers of a series and give a speculation or such based on that. I've never seen, for instance, Blue Gender. The trailer that I recall is...very late 90s in tone
Scanty, you say?
One can only hope that's a hint to a future video.
Hey Sage.
One suggestion for a future video you could make, would be a look back at the socio-economic reasons that lead to the anime and OVA boom of the 80's, which produced a lot of the stuff you've reviewed on your channel. It would provide the Hows and Whys behind the boom, which allowed for material to be animated, which previously would have had no chance of being so.
Also, a Japanese school where students don't have to wear a uniform? What alternative Japan is this?!
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Where can we post suggestions for you to review?
The Samurai is a bad bootleg anime of the 90s. Just go out and watch My Hero Academia, this Shonen Jump anime show is frickin good, and it's better than The Samurai.
@@xstationo11 Samurai Pizza Cats and Sherlock Hound are good kids animes.
@@williamchico6553 I am asking where do we post suggestions. I have a few choices that are underrated.
(Ta-ka-shi) ?
Finally!
Another samurai anime I'd be interested seeing a review of is "Carried by the Wind, Tsukigage Ran". I've been watching it for a while and I find it pretty enjoyable, but I was SHOCKED to find out the same director did both "Now and Then, Here and There" and the original "Fruits Basket".
Man, that Boxu stuff is really catching on, ain't it?
Where might I find a DVD copy of this?
Hey, so it's been a couple of years since I've checked in on Sage; can anyone tell me what happened to the old, sped-up KMFDM opening? Is it copyright issues?
As someone from Indonesia. Seeing The Ninja Twins Father betting with the family heirloom and lost the said heirloom because of that bet, makes me urging to play Rhoma Irama (Indonesian famous singer) song about gambling on CZcams.
Have you done a review of "Kirara"?
Saved my beer for this
I still have my copy. I miss DUMB fun oneshots.
smaurai sage shamploo. gonna be a samurai fall 🍂
Nice
This one has a 'Ranma½' look about it. But maybe the same could be said for a _lot_ anime from that era.
I like the bit where the girl flattens colonel Sanders
2:22 Nobody fucks with the Colonel.
The way Sage described the premise of "The Samurai", it sounds like "Don Quixote" set in late-'80's Japan.
I like this ova,is really funny in some parts,sad i couldn't find the manga to read
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When I saw we we getting an anime called "The Samurai" my brain was prepared for something like Ninja Scroll. Instead, I got Ranma 1/2.
Man that's a lot of cuts
No access to the Streamline or ADV Dirty Pair dubs?
I watched this last year. IT was a pretty decent watch.
Why does this feels like an origin story for Goemon from Lupin The Third? XD
i know i am probably in the minority here but i would love to see a return of your movie reviews with Gab (or at least a Best Movies/Worst Movies video at the end of the year)
I really enjoyed this when I watched it. It was fun, turn your brain off humor.
I just got my bokksu a few days ago. Was really fun opening it and going through everything. Was amazed how much variety they packed in there.
Hey sage, there's an old anime I watched back in the early 80's. I want to say it's called Judo, or the the main character is named Judo at least. It's about ninja or ronin that travels from japan to the old wild west searching for the crime boss who killed his father. If I remember right the crime boss is called Tenkai
With your description and my searching skillz combined, I would guess the anime you are looking for is Kamui no Ken (Main character is Jiro BTW)...It was apparently animated by Madhouse in 85'...making it basically the precursor to Ninja Scroll, and if there ever was a "Classic" anime production house, it's the Madhouse...Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, Vamp Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun, Digi Charat, Black Lagoon, Death Note, Paprika, Monster, Card Captor Sakura, Chobits, Paranoia Agent, Texhnolyze, HunterXHunter, Hajime no Ippo, One Punch Man Season 1, and many more...It's a veritable who's who of classic anime...
Noice, thanks Doc! Love your pic by the way!
Yep that's the one!
Do Ping pong Club!
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE JEWWARIO CAP???!!! EXPLAIN IT!!! REALLY EXPLAIN IT!!! WITH WORDS!!!
Yeah I watched this and it was just like a nice one off little comedy romp through some cheesy anime humor.
Heck the mother actually being disturbed by what was happening when they were training the main character might be the first time I actually saw someone acknowledge nudity from a joke as more than just a joke. Like in a real life context that's horrifying to find out.
Sage is giving The Samuarai a Smackdown with booze
It was a decent watch
You should check out Gokudo anime.
How about you do Moldiver, Dangaioh, Vandread, Michiko and Hatchin, and Transformers Car Robots?
Neat find, mindless comedy. Thanks from one Sage to another.
I've actually seen this anime before. It's one of the few anime I chose to watch because I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT IT & it drove me crazy! I think I was a bit disappointed by how "meh" it was. Believe it or not I also managed to forget about some of the fanservice in it like the sister character in her underwear. I kind of wonder if the fact that I forgot about that says something about me.
When I saw this the first time I thought it was one of rumiko takahashi work but it wasn’t, it’s has same formula of our protagonist that has martial arts background and the wacky antics that he go through, the ova has combination of Ramona 1/2 if fuse tatewaki Kuno with ryokan Minus the sense of direction, ninja Twins sisters if shampoo split in half. Maison Ikkoku( akemi )one of Protagonist sisters that has tendency to wear negligée, the show stay safe for the most part which is OK but sadly forgettable one.
it's like a poor man's Ranma 1/2.
I'm sorry what is exactly CPA (The father of the twins called CPA) is? I really want to know.
Chartered Personal Accountant, I think - a bean counter.
Poor man's Ranma fanfiction without the magic. Gotcha.
youtube really doesnt want me to watch this, buffers but wont play on 3 different devices and one of those was on data. hmm.
10:44 I think we all know the reason why.
I personally very much enjoy 80s workout fashion.
Is it just me or does Takashi sound like someone doing a Dan Green impression?
Japan likes physical comedy in much the same way old-school British comedy did. Breaking the rules and norms of society in a ludicrous fashion can be very funny! When I was a young and not so expert otaku I thought The Samurai was an actual Rumiko Takahshi story, and can you blame me back then? It's a fun little story, a fun fluff break to enjoy between marathons of more serious stories.
From what I saw during this episode, Ranma and Full Metal Panic!? Fumoffu did the similar comedy bits better. I guess those two learned from 'The Samurai' how not to do the comedy and make it that much better (at least imho). But the animation for this was not bad for back then, so there's a plus.
4:45, it's not the comparison, those were pretty funny jokes.
Just out of curiosity, have you ever watched the anime movie there were 11? If your looking for some good old anime I would put this one on the list if you haven't seen it.
I can't be the only one who went to check if this was a Rumiko Takahashi product
Not having seen this with the intention to see it now after this review, I will say that after every time he narrowly dodges an attack from the girls I flat out went, "Oh shit!" so points there.