Hi Score Girl: An Instant Favorite
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2020
- Hi Score Girl is a love letter to the arcade era of the 80's and 90's seen through Harua Yaguchi and Akira Ono's eyes.
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Hi Score Girl is so much more than just a pandering anime that talks about video games. It's a love story, a education on early gaming, and a nostalgia trip to anyone who grew up in the 80's and 90's. Haruo Yagushi's love for games resembles so much within many gamers of the era, myself included. And the love story that is told between Haruo and Akira may seem far-fetched on the surface, but truly hit me in the feels due to my own story of love and finding someone in this world who enjoys the things that are important to me.
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Hi everyone! This episode made me really happy to make, i don't get to really gush over video games at this point so it was a good way to cover two things i love... Well, actually three lol, just had my girlfriend watch this and she cried 😂
Anyway, feelin like i scored some points today, (pun intended) i hope you enjoyed my take. Id love to cover anime-like video games on this channel. For instance Kakarot just came out and i think it would be fun to talk about, i just dont know if you guys would like or want that. Let me know!
Have a good week everyone,
-Mike
No problem, Bonsai Pop.
Playing Kakarot now actually, & enjoying the fresh take on; not only DBZ but JRPGs also. It feels like a good blend of Budokai & Dragonball Sagas, with new cell shading tech.
So proud of you Mike. You met your other half through video games.
This video was fantastic, one of my favorites you've ever done. Thanks man great work, it would be cool if you covered games on this channel if you can incorporate it somehow
Doooooo iiiiiiiiiittttt
Ah Hi Score Girl , the show that people sleep on , Seriously it really rare to see someone talking about this show about anime in the end of 2019 .
I hate to say this word but this show is definitely underrated . Thanks to bough this up , Mike .
Since you put it like that man, I'll give it a shot!
I definitely did not sleep on it. I tried to tell people who like watching anime to watch it but they chose not to for some reason. And I usually hate CG anime.
@@rxzero00 maybe its the CG
@@JosephFlores-yn4yi I hate CG anime in general but that didn't stop me from watching all 24 episodes of Hi Score Girl and finish the manga. The CG isn't even that bad to be honest. They only used CG on moving objects and the framerate isn't complete shit unlike other CG anime cough cough Berserk 2016. The backgrounds are like pastel drawings in a children storybook. What stands out is the cinematography that no reviewer ever seem to talk about. There are some scenes that made me feel like watching a movie like that transition near the end of episode 2 and the beginning of episode 12. The scene where Akira Ono leaves Haruo for the first time. The very last episode is shot very well but I'm not going to spoil that one as not many watched Hi Score Girl II yet. Speaking of which, Hi Score Girl II is going to be a treat in terms of well composed shots of scenes. The story is also really good for what it is. The anime follows the manga plot very closely.
@@rxzero00 people might not want to watch it because NETFLIX...
This show made my heart ache. This is probably my favourite romance anime. Give this one a shot, if you haven’t already.
"Favorite romance anime" ick. I feel sorry for you. That you would enjoy the story a depressed grade school boy getting demeaned by all the people around him, including his own single mother is beyond me.
Jimminy Kricket I think you’re projecting. Go see a therapist if you’re depressed. If you work hard, you can beat it. I believe in you.
This guy isn’t depressed, he knows exactly what he wants with his goals and he’s going for it despite everyone giving him shit and looking down on him for it. Because of his passion, he attracts not one, but two love interests. He has his doubts, like everyone normal does, but he pushes through.
Depressed people don’t do anything with their lives. They just stay at home, watch videos, and criticize people for having their own story preferences.
A M Honestly, really same. :(
@RipMudafuka69 MLG Actually unlike you I'm able to see passed the gooey sentiments invoked by filmcraft to the actual situations that young boys living through circumstances like this endure and how nobody see's it as a problem even when they grow up to be angry and violent. I'm not fooled by the sickie sweet lies by a show repeatedly displaying how it's "funny" to beat up on isolated, defenseless sons of single mothers. I dare you to watch this show again to count the number of times abuse of a little boy is portrayed as comedy. If it were a female character this show would be banned from the web.
@RipMudafuka69 MLG The point is that it's toxic. Dismiss it or minimize it all you want but child abuse is what you're watching and normalizing it is wrong. Particularly when it's put across as just normal and fine to bully someone and nothing in the plot calls it out for what it is or shows up the perpetrator as such. They just leave it out there as, "of course this is what we do!"
This show is awesome, thankful you covered this anime. It's underrated.
Fucking true
When you have seen this guy in the comment section , you knew that video is great
This is my favorite anime ever it made me cry 3 times and I like it more than the big 3 shounens
Fr. I love this anime
*_TRUE_*
This anime broke me. Round 3 hit so close to home for me that I couldn't take it. Unlike Haruo, my long lost best friend/first girlfriend never returned to my life.
Franklin Allen I actually had an experience like in Round 3. However, she returned in my Freshmen year of High School, to my surprise. We caught up, continued being friends (I am a senior now) and we still do a lot together. We like each other.....a lot
@@thetr1noob783 did you (or her) ever confessed your feelings? Are you dating? DONT LOOSE TIME MAN! I know its a cliche but....its true! Time flies!
i’m sorry:(
@@thetr1noob783 are you guys still in touch? it's crazy to think that 2 years ago was a completely different era and lifestyle from now. so, now more than ever, being in touch with someone is important.
High Score Girl was easily my favorite anime last year. I dedicate a lot of who I am now to video games. Watching this anime gave me feels like no other has. It respects the gaming culture and it's opening song also had me looping it for weeks. This show truly is special to me so I hope more people who are interested can check it out.
This anime was beautiful and got me teary eyed a lot of times. I'll admit I'm biased, but that it's because I'm blessed of having been there at the time, I remember how ground breaking SFII was, how awesome it was to see the characters on Art of Fighting filling the screen and zooming out, doing your first fatality, your first shoryuken and many other things. It really hits home.
It's kinda biographical to me, I travelled between cities to challenge new oponents and leaving my mark in arcades where nobody knew who I was, I met a ton of friends that way and, fun fact, recently I was going around a mall with a friend of mine who I befriended 20 years ago when we used to play Strikers 1945, he was an absolute beast and developed a lot of techniques to increase his high score, and we found an old Strikers cabinet, still holding his "AXL" record at first place after all this time.
Again, I'm biased, modern kids won't be able to experience the arcade scene ever in their lives, they won't make friends out of rivals online the same way we did on the arcades, nowadays all you know is their gamertag and little else more. It had an specific audience in mind. Not a fan about how it ended though, I think Hidaka deserved more and luckily there seems to be a manga about her in the works and scheduled to be released next year.
I also met my wife through gaming and she mocks me because our story is somewhat similar to that of Haruo and Ono, we met playing Ragnarok Online, she was an assassin cross and I was a paladin, she did beat me everytime for reasons that might be obvious to someone that knows that game, but still, it was the beggining of a meaningful experience that I wouldn't have experienced ever if it wasn't because of videogames.
It's tied with Carole & Tuesday as my favorite anime of 2019.
"Goro Lives"
I don't have much to add to your story, but it is very heartwarming to know that so many people relate to Hi Score Girl and had similar stories to the characters. I'm really happy for you guys!
I will say though, with a total time shift with generations, I agree that arcade goers are becoming less and less and there's no more communities made on arcades. I think the closest to that would be Com Shops here in the Philippines, where kids would hang around and play on the computer for an hour in exchange for a dollar or so. I want to see communities on arcades again, it's always barren and lonely when I'm on a machine.
HECK YEAH A BIG CHANNEL COVERING THIS GEM YES
Girls being best friends is the best way to have them in a relationship. Wise words Mike!
Can we all just agree on the fact that Mike is best girl like compared to Rem he is so underrated
he?
@@Harshhaze she* lol
@@mynameisqualian2081 huh, it's not like I'm disappointed or anything...
@@Harshhaze He, she, it, they, it honestly doesn't matter as long as everyone comes to the truth that Mike is best girl
Hi score girl was so slept on it was so good the ending was so sad😭
High score girl easily makes it into my top 10 Animes of all time.
I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED THIS SHOW LAST NIGHT!!! This is perfect, I wasn't ready for my intake of this show to be over
Fun Fact: I cried 10 times watching high score girl
only 10? noooooob
This is an anime I didn't know I needed to watch. I don't follow modern anime that closely, but those on the Patreon Discord know that I'm also really big into arcade fighters, despite being terrible at them. By the time I was old enough to actually go to arcades, they had been dead for a few years, but for some reason, they hold a great power over me and I always jump at the opportunity to go to one, especially if I can play some Metal Slug 3. I wish life wasn't so demanding of me right now so I could play more games again, but I think I can find enough time to watch this show. #proudpatron
This show also hit me personally,
Gaming Community Arcades are still alive inside mall back in 2009 here in Philippines how ever they begin to deteriorate from that time until today due to games and consoles going online. but back then, almost every day i hit the arcades (Tekken 5 and above)
During that time, i met a girl on a company i worked into, and it so happened that shes into tekken as well.
well, the rest is history. 🙂
This is a cool story.
Seriously.
NCS - Tart how sweet omgg
Saccharine.
Ako tambay din sa videohan sa may kanto samin, kasikatan ng mortal kombat at street fighter. Kaya mejo relate talaga ko dito sa anime, 90's kid din. Pero di ko naranasan yung rival2 na yan. sana all haha.
@@retrogeneric5687 swerte mo pre ako nga hindi na nakaabot sa mga arcade machine eh
This anime was my absolute favorite.
The intro is up there with JoJo.
Love this channel!
jojo :)
YES I LOVE THE SEASON 1 INTRO
@@valentineRedgrave jojo is pretty bad
@@slash6814 blasphemy
@@slash6814 you bitch-
I really, really loved this show. Just finished season 2, and man I cried during that final episode. I love how Haruo describes his relationship with Ono, really emphasises how they’re best friends who enjoy each other’s company and sharing their hobby together, and just feeling comfortable with each other. They actually just spend time together and find each other’s company comforting, and that just felt like a really wholesome way to develop a romance to me. Maybe I haven’t watched enough romance anime but I feel like it’s not that common to see such a natural feeling relationship like that.
I didnt really grow up on arcade games, and this show is a bit before my time, but god damn is this such a wonderful love letter to that era in gaming. And the story of everyone's growth is really beautiful.
And thanks for shouting out the OST. That OP is so weird but so damn good.
akira was litterally me in highschool in the early 2000s playing mvc2 and street fighter 3rd strike watching this was like glaring back into my childhood using street fighter and the competitive arcade scene to escape my problems at school and home
I think way too many people used the arcade to escape problems at home or school. It was a teenagers/kids' version of alcoholism, or better yet, work-addiction...it was something that gave value to yourself and your community and made you feel like you were worth something.
It's no wonder Otaku culture became fetishized in the West, when you look back at many of our childhoods in the 90s--it was a little too real. :X
@@jamjox9922 Depends on what they look to for validation, but it makes sense.
"They use to 1 exist and 2 they were populated with people" lol
oh maan! im so glad you talked about this absolute gem today! one of my favorite themes is the passage of time and how well this anime showcases that through new games and even more lofi harem bait lol but seriously, awesome video mike ;)
This show really helped me move forward last year when I was at the lowest point of my life. I was so depressed and felt I've lost the ability to perceive the "flavor" of good things. This show evoked feelings I thought I lost when I grew up, and made me remember my fondest childhood memories of carefree and laid back weekends, friendships, innocent crushes, and of course the arcades. It made me feel so good, for a time it was the only show I watched (14 times in a row, just changing it up like switching the dub, subtitles, on a different site, on a different device, etc). It reminded me of how much I like good anime after years of not watching the stuff. It helped me, too, in looking for ways to move ahead in my life. Small steps, like planning trips outside the country with my girlfriend. I'm really glad I gave this show a chance. Thanks for covering it.
oh Hi Score Girl, one of the first anime i have ever watched ( im new to the genre) gotta say that for some reason, when i ended watching it, i felt like something was missing from me, like if there was a void in my heart, i felt really bad for like 2 weeks i think and i don't know why exactly that happened, maybe it's because it was my first anime or maybe it was that i became very attached to the story and characters, who knows
but in terms of the series instead, yes, overall in my opinion is a very amazing anime, i love the story, the characters were enjoyable, th MC was relatable and of course, the parts when it showed technical stuff about the games and how the genre evolved through was simply astonishing, it was really interesting see like the path of video games in that time, especially the fighting game genre
I love high score girl. I also started playing more fighting games after watching this! Hands down one of my favorite anime.
Top 10 baby
Underrated as heck. An amazing show
this show was so good i just finished watching and it was amazing. also as a fighting game fan it took me back to the old school days
loved seeing darkstalkers in this show
ONOS SISTER AND HARUOS MOM ARE BEST CHARACTERS NO ONE CAN CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE
I finished Hi Score Girl on Netflix earlier this year, and I loved, loved, loved it! I still do. Every once in a while, I’d think about how Guile spoke to Haruo, sort of like a guardian angel, and laugh to myself. That thought brought me here today. Thank you for this video, it makes me want to watch Hi Score Girl all over again. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love you Mike. I live in New York so when you brought up the Arcades and growing up in the 90's i immediately startes thinking about all the huge arcades we had back then. Anyone who missed growing up in the 90's missed alot of awesome changes in video game culture and even Anime Culture here in the west.
Thank you so much for this. I would never have watched it without your vid and it's brought tears to my eyes on several occasions. I'm just about finishing it up now and I had to pause and thank you ❤️
Every recent video this channel has uploaded has hit me in so many differente ways, with amazing accuracy like aiming perfectly to where it's going to hurt. Several things are going on and I don't seem to be able to let it out. Your recent content has hit the nail so perfectly tears are going down as of writing this comment. Honestly, Thank you.
When i finished watching this anime this week and I heard the ED playing I knew I was in for a moment of feels which is something I haven't felt in a long time by some anime.
Thank you for your celebration of this show, nobody I know has seen it and I’m not sure that many people really understand it. It truly captures an amazing turning point in gaming and the last great decade of arcade culture. It resonates so much with me that it makes me long for that era. I lost my main rival a few years back and this show captures the spirit we shared.
Dude, thank you SO much for talking about HSG. I have been singing it's praises since it came out, and I'm glad someone FINALLY came out with a video diving deep into it.
I wacthed this show one night i couldn't sleep... It was beautiful... Never skipped the intro and outro song which i always tend to do... The whole show is amazing... Get ready to cry if u get attached to the characters
Thank you! Someone is finally talking about this amazing show, it’s so simple that it’s not. Definitely a banger of a show
This video was almost as heartwarming as the show! Brilliant coverage! Subbed
Watched it after browsing netflix and was pleasantly surprised. Not what I was going for at the time but finished it off anyway.
This show is so good. S2 doesn’t disappoint. A totally satisfying ending that ends the series on a high note. I’ve been raving about this show to my friends for months.
This reminded me of my own experiences and a conversation I had with my older brother. I explained to him that I always enjoyed playing videogames with him even when I was too young to be mature about it all the time. I always tried to get better because it was always fun. I didn't mind watching him play because I found other ways to get involved. Telling him to watch his (screen) corners. Helping him with puzzles, which I realized when I was older that I was actually always better than him at so that was one reason he "let me help". 😄I also explained that I enjoyed playing videogames with him throughout the years because he didn't see me as "a girl who plays videogames". He just saw me as someone else that loves the hobby. I told him that even though he literally had to carry me through most of Chip'n'Dale: Rescue Rangers, I loved every minute of it. I loved when he congratulated me for my first Street Fighter 2 win. It was nice to just be able to do something with someone who doesn't treat you like trash, win or lose. I explained that when I got older, I realized that way too many guys wanted "a girl who plays videogames" but not "a girl who plays videogames well". I explained to him some of the stuff I went through and he was shocked. I literally got kicked out and banned from a guy's house because I beat him in Injustice. I explained how I hate Halo because I literally had my own team turn against me after I got a decent amount of intentional kills under my belt. The insult to injury was after I refused to play with them again, they had the nerve to act dumbfounded by such a response. I literally had guys snap controls in half, throw controllers at tvs, and even had a guy rip out a PS2 tray, which the PS2 wasn't even his by the way, because I beat them at a game. Literally the only difference between me and everyone in the room was that I was female. Another guy beats them, perfectly fine. I beat them in the same game, literal tantrum. I had guys try to cheat to get one over on me. The tantrums were even bigger after I beat them when they were cheating. It got to a point where I would play very differently when I was with a group of guys and the only time they would notice was when my brother was there. Heck, he noticed but I don't think he ever knew the depth of why. I would even try to keep the peace by pretending to suck, taking all the verbal abuse that came along with 'sucking', but once these guys found out that I didn't actually suck, giant tantrum because I was always "going easy" on them and then even bigger tantrum when I went "full force" and crushed them. I'm not talking about actual children. Throughout my teenage years, it was bad and I thought when I became an adult, it would be better. Nope. I had these things happen while I was in college and even after. It is uncomfortable and terrifying when you are the sole female in a group of raging males that are actively destroying things. I've had people say it was my own fault for beating them or that I did so many "guy" things. Like if one of them attacked me for winning a stupid game, then it was 100% my fault. I also tried to explain this to my fiance who is a bit younger than me. Growing up in the 90s as a girl that liked "boy" things was tough. Literally the only person I could talk to without judgement about my love for Batman, TMNT, anime, and videogames was my older brother and I considered that damn lucky all things considered. Whenever a guy would try to shut me down about my knowledge on these subjects, my brother would stop them and tell them to listen and have a proper conversation. Without my brother there, I had to fight to get a word in and when the creator later verified whatever I said, it was like I never said anything at all. It's why even now I'm wary about such things. I'm glad there is an anime that touches on the topic. I'm going to have to check it out, even if it reminds me of some moments that still sting.
It's horrible that's been your experience with gamers. Well I know you have no reason to believe it and it may not mean much anyway... but here's a gamer guy who grew up in the 90's who would love a girl that could crush him in games. I don't understand why anyone would be interested in relationships (friendship or otherwise) without a solid foundation of mutual respect, especially where mutual interest is concerned.
And yeah, if you haven't watched it yet, you'd probably enjoy this anime.
That's what I love behind alot of arcade and overall just alot of genres in video games where new and usually indie games get inspiration and at the end of the day are made as love letters to what they drew inspiration from. Today's FGC is notorious for having alot of ill will being called out and put on the spotlight and that is why I enjoy listening to people who expirienced what was prior to that. When something was lackluster and did not deliver as intended it's common today to have a focus on that and let it linger while before you can see it was either ignored or dealt with in a very done to earth and simple way getting over anything that is considered to be unsatisfying, it is all about enjoying and celebrating ridding ones of the unwanted problems and making new challenges and ofcourse friendships in such healthy ways. Keep up the amazing work man.
I almost turned away at the 1st 2mins but stuck around & now I’m really thinking about checking it out once I clean this 💩 up
Finally someone made a video about high score girl this anime mad me want to live in the 90s and got me into fighting games and the fgc.
I was crying when they announced season 2.
This show was awesome. Keep going back to see if the next season is out yet.
Awesome job on this video I will definitely check this series out 🙏
Thank you for the suggestion. I binged the whole series and wow! The retro gamer nostalgia was in full force with this show. Nice job. 👍
A big thank you for putting this together, I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.. being a lifelong gamer, and actually able to remember the last days of arcades (showing my age, I regret nothing.. even though I was barely old enough to go into them on my own lol), this show hit some great points for me. Definitely a fun watch. And by the way, I wasn't tearing up a bit at the end of episode 3, you were.
YT recommended this video to me since i've been searching for High Score Girl snippets bc I miss this show a lot. Great video, man! Looking forward to more awesome content!
as a boy who grew up in the 90's in arcades doing all kinds of delinquent shit while enjoying the majesty that was gaming at the time I loved the heck out of this video you've gotten me to tear up before but this video turned me into a hot mess and I love you for it I was going to watch this show before but now I'm bumping this way up in my to watch list I must enjoy this as soon as possible it was super cute for you to share how you met your girlfriend and I could not be happier about it for you good luck in you relationship and may you have many happy years together and may you enjoy many wonderful games together as well!
Thank you for the review! I played my share of games in the 90s, and your observations were spot on. I binge watched both seasons in two days and enjoyed it very much.
I just wish they make more seasons of this beautiful gem
Awesome review about Hi Score Girl. I constantly come back to this anime after finishing it and I still love everything about it and how gushy it makes me feel
This came up in my CZcams recommendations. It's great to see another CZcamsr with a sizable following talk about Hi Score Girl. Seriously, one of my favorites of all time and practically no one in the anime community talks about it :( Thanks for making a video about it, hopefully it will push some more people into checking it out
Thanks for makeing this
Great video! You nailed it!
I love this show, thanks for covering it!
I love this anime. I was born in the 80's and I lived through this actual time. Kinda sad there weren't a lot more Sega games (Sega fan here) but the games shown bring back so many memories. Getting my sorry butt handed to me by much better fighting game players made me want to get better. Games really can teach us life lessons. Too bad some people don't see it as such. Hopefully anime such as this can help change that view.
Same here, born in 83 and grew up with all of these games it was an incredible time to be alive
Kinda miss arcades. There aren't a lot around anymore
Sega got a lot of representation with the Saturn, cameos of Opa Opa, Virtua Fighter and Virtua Cop both playing big roles
(Sidenote I love the detail of Ono and Hidaka playing Virtua Cop together, where Ono is playing with just one hand on her gun but Hidaka uses both hands. Just a minor detail I thought was really cool."
"After school distraction" is really something else. Love it!
"Composed by Yoko Shimomura" You HAVE my undivided attention
I'm really hooked on this season too! Just caught up to episode 9, and it's like a trip down memory lane to my own childhood. Thanks for sharing your love story - it might be cheesy, but I can totally relate to it in my man!
I watch that outro each episode. LOVE IT
Oh my god this was the first anime me and my brother watched together. It means so much to me thanks so much for supporting it
I’m glad I gave this anime a chance. It’s my top 3 anime of all time. Reminds me of the days of arcades and my love for fighting games resonates heavily with this show. I can’t wait for the rest of season 2
Man this anime, really digs deep and plays with the heartstrings, I love it. Nothing can compare to the nostalgic feeling I felt watching this. I'd say this is really one of the best anime made.
So ive added this to my list of shows to watch i grew up at the tail end of the arcade era and wasn’t old enough to truly appreciate it. So i hope this could fill my empty hole
I don’t see how one peace was a problem it was really good and I can’t believe it got taken down on you guys channel
Love that more love for Hi Score Girl is being expressed. It is one of the most touching love stories I’ve seen in any form.
I wish you’d put more importance on the ring as it’s almost magical from a unique experience they shared in a ghost arcade.
This man, is an instant favorite.
I'm a 2005 baby but I did in fact grow up with a lot of fighting games and old school games but never got to experience with other people since nobody really knew about them everything was about COD or whateva while im still playing a GBA or my cousin's Nintendo 64. This anime is really something that gamers should watch
I've been meaning to watch this video since Friday. But scarily enough, I met my best friend in a similar way (even via pokemon too lol) I was her supervisor and she'd been working for a week despite never being properly trained (I got moved there kind of last minute). I was wearing my Charizard winter cap and she'd commented on it in a way that immediately alerted me that she knew more than just gen one surface level stuff. She was a seasonal employee and I assumed that i'd never see her again and decided to do something nice for someone random that Christmas and decided on her. I got her a PSN card and a bottle of Fireball. She'd eventually come back in May and that was almost three years ago now. Its like we've know each other our whole lives. She murders me in smash bros (and i'm not even that horrible) but she can't touch me in Mario Kart. Thanks for sharing your story. It hit me right in the feels honestly. Keep up the good work!
You got a sub dude! Just for covering High Score Girl! HELL YEAH! I like you feel this anime was made just for me! I was RAISED by the arcade. And for any 90's quarter pumping maniac this anime will do it for you. I guarantee it. Every episode is a smile on my face. Nostalgia bombs episode. If you have fond memories of squaring up your quarters in the machine, waiting through the line for to be the next champion, and seeing how many you could vanquish before bowing yourself to a superior Foe, then this anime will recapture your youth perfectly (minus the love triangle I'm certain none of us was involved in. Honestly even the romance main plot (ends up being a sub plot for me) will grow on you over time. I guess I love it so much because, I WAS this kid, the main character. I had a Turbo Graphix instead of a Super NES or Sega Genesis, a Sega Saturn instead of a playstation, and cared about the arcade more than both. A love letter to the arcades and players of the 90's, no better way to describe it.
The phasing out of arcades is such a shame, while home gaming is the way to go now, an arcade is just an experience altogether.
Bro thank you this is one of my favorite anime like what type of romance anime would make the characters fall in love over arcade game especially street fighter
Hi Score Girl is fantastic! Thank you for making this video; it's enjoyable to know someone else appreciates your interests.
Sucks about the One Piece video; I've never seen it and your videos inspire me to watch some titles I've overlooked.
I've loved the show ever since i saw it!
I didn't get to grow up with arcades as a zoomer, but the few times I got to go are some of my most treasured experiences. I love the arcade. My friends and I would sit down and play fighting games for hours and air hockey and whatever else was available but it was never like this. This show spoke to the child in me and helped me answer some long standing questions about people of my past that I haven't been able to reach out too since we drifted apart. I'm so happy that someone covered this show and as I finished season 2 today, I really hope that you guys cover it soon.
Finally someone talk about the most underrated anime and my favorite thank you
Love this show, I was born in 83 and grew up with these same arcade games. Huge nostalgia blast while watching this anime👌
The music on this anime is amazing. Beautiful anime!
Literally just finished it and it was worth the watch! Really wish they added one more season.
my favo anime ever i dont regret watching it a single bit great video man got a new sub
The show was so good that I couldn't wait for the rest. I jumped into the manga, and I wish the manga was longer.
As someone that remembers the arcade scene of the 80's and 90's from being there to watch it all ebb and flow.. This show is simply amazing and [VERY] true to the time it takes place!! Highly recommend to anyone wondering what it was really like to be there firsthand. Genuinely miraculous that they were able to clear all the games that they were able to! As like Mike said: Japanese companies can be absolutely DRACONIAN when it comes to protecting their IP!! A great video Mike! Thank You for posting it and, looking forward to Your follow up on season 2 when possible!
Damn I could have watched this over the weekend! Had I seen this video as soon as it came up I would have
awe, really happy for you both :)
My favorite anime is hi score girl. The opening is so good at pulling the viewer to watch it. It’s absolutely so good and the best opening song and illustration ideas I’ve seen. I wanted to cry on episode 18, it was so sad I feel so bad for poor hidaka. I feel like she disturbed better, Ono just was a bratty character. I also relate to hidaka, I love this person so much and all I want is him to love me too.
Great show. Binged this wknd
It did speak to me when I was 10 and I loved the show one of my fav of all time
Damn I watched this in quarantine and was so in love with it! Such a cute wholesome anime. And the ending is 👌🏽
Thanks a great deal for help broadening my horizon
The reason why Hi Score Girl reached me on a personal level because that's how I met my first crush. It's not through fighting games but through rhythm games instead. I grew up in a strict household like Ono: academic is first, nothing else matter. So, the only time I have for myself is late at night when everyone are asleep and I would play Deemo on my crappy ass third handed Galaxy S4 which was used by my aunt, then by another cousin then pass down to me. One day, during class I saw another girl playing Deemo as well, so I opened up a conversation with her. We would duel each other on iconic Deemo songs like Sunset, Sakura iro no Yume, Pure White and sometimes Myosotis if we're feeling adventurous and she would often win, getting 95%+ on all songs while I struggle to even reach an 85. One day, my parents found out about the games and needless to say, they were quite pissed. I was forced to delete the game, along with all of my progress. Devastated me came to class and told her that we can't play anymore. She replied with something on the line of "It's ok, we can both play on my phone". The beauty of Hi Score Girl is that it represent who gamers really are: we're just a bunch off people who got overly obsessed over some pixel on a screen. People who are willing to spend hours upon hours mastering our craft not because we want to be the best but simply because we love to play. Now, I would often shed a tears or two when listening to Altale by Sakuzyo (it's the most beautiful game soundtrack every made in my opinion) and is a time where my entire world was much simpler.
Well said dude, I don't really have much else to say that you haven't said better except thank you thank you for talking about this show. It was so good and was one of the anime both me and my wife immensely enjoyed. 😊
Haven't seen the show, but heard good things. Reminds me of playing games with sister growing up on the Gamecube or watching her play them while I read a book. Good memories. :) Even to this day, if there is a certain anime or game/video to watch on CZcams that is right for the both of us, we sometimes watch it together. I'm glad we can still share that, and now I can share that with my husband, too. :) Thanks for sharing, Mike. God bless yours and you, all! :)
thank u for this video, i enjoyed this anime too.
This my favourite anime when u get a stare for sitting at the cabinet where everyone is waiting😅