Just a note: "Whoria" is actually "Horie", which is a relatively common Japanese last name. Actually, I believe she's specifically voiced by Yui Horie in the Japanese dub.
“For instance, a large majority of the Asian population do not consume dairy.” And then on the complete flipside of that, you’ve got Mongolia and their population snacking on aaruul and eezgii even to this day. Hell, they can even make liquor and beer out of dairy. I dunno if I had a point to this, but there you go.
Actually, the tortoise and the hare story makes a lot of sense here. Both the sister and the hare were arrogant enough to willingly sabotage their own success, thinking they'd win regardless, while the brother and the tortoise just kept on going and doing what they did best. It's probably a bit of a stretch, but it makes sense.
@@JazzStation95 She explains in the movie that while she wants to destroy all human, she also wants to find someone worthy to fight. she's so good at it, it's boring for her. So it does make sense that she'd sabotage herself to have a more challenging fight.
Pity this didn't make it further into the Kakugo No Susume storyline, where, while the series never STOPS being insane, it shifts more from "shock the viewer constantly" into "focus on developing these characters and the central mythos of this setting".
I'll be honest, there's something...Inspiring about Apocalypse Zero. Say what you will about it, but you can't deny how utterly unique it is. It is, if nothing else, ridiculously creative. As an artist, I find that admirable, and it's even sparked a few ideas of my own. Personally, I like the art style and the off-brand-post-apocalyptic-Kamen-Rider hero. So, truth be told, I actually kinda like the film, disturbing demon tits and all. It's also the only place I can hear Mona Marshall saying "That old man's dick is useless." C'mon, you won't find pure gold like that anywhere else.
@@cheesesteak2795 the manga art is even better, this channels opinion on EVERY controversial anime is WRONG. thank god theres companies in the west that care and are releasing stuff like angel cop, violence jack on blu ray
yeah. A film can be as shit as possible, but if it's a grown adult producing something really mad or creative, then it is just as enjoyable as a good product, to me. EmpLemon has a good video on adults who retain creativity and use it well. I think this is a good example of that.
"Hell, _you_ probably wouldn't touch the stuff if you realized that cheese was basically spoiled milk laced with stomach enzymes." *laughs in mozzarella*
I know I've said this before, but I'll say it again. As batshit, stupid, and generally insane this Anime is, I can't help but love the MC of this. He fights rock bears with acid blood with his bear hands and doesn't flinch when he gets scares. Has badass armor. Tries to solve fights without killing the enemy at first, but isn't too much of a pansy to shy away from it if it's the only solution. And instead of being Distracted by the Sexy like so many other Anime Protags, he just bitch slaps the person who tries it on him. This dude is badass!
He's a pretty good loving pastiche of Showa era Kamen Rider main heroes: loving and caring outside the suit, ready to straight up delete a monster if you threaten humanity, or god forbid loved ones inside the suit.
Well, I ordered Apocalypse Zero today, mostly because this review. I NEED it in my collection. Something this insane and ballsy must be owned and watched in it's entirety.
The art style is kinda reminiscent of Osamu Tezuka. ...on drugs. And fever. And seen thru a deformed glass. And on LSD. And probably a zombie Tezuka drawing it.
more like Tezuka and Ishinamori were drawing with Hirohiko Araki, Yasuhiro Nightow and Hideaki Anno when suddenly Go Nagai showed up with an 8 ball, a sheet of acid, a bag of Molly and Power Rangers season 1 on VHS and at some point Someone called Chiaki J Konaka who showed up with everclear thc tincture and some dank ass weed.. & No I don't mean Super Sentai. I mean Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on VHS.
Fun fact: Apocalypse Zero was a finalist in the inaugural 1997 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, a yearly award ceremony thing that honours manga and artists that “exemplify the spirit of Osamu Tezuka” which is a fancy way of saying ‘work that is really good’, along with other categories for artwork and cultural impact. Series like Vagabond, Demon Slayer, Monster and Fullmetal Alchemist have all won awards. And Apocalypse Zero was a finalist in the FIRST ever one. It was only beaten by Doreamon which is so absurdly big and beloved that it was basically guaranteed to win anyway. But still, wow.
This was based on a manga, that's where the throw away henchmen that show up and are then forgotten came from. The art style is also based on the manga's.
Apocalypse Zero is great - some creative character designs, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and has many wtf moments. The OAV clearly wasn't intended to be a single release, so complaints about piecemeal plot are a bit inapposite. Certainly worth a watch.
Also, the reason why you never see any of the people the movie name-drops is because this was 2 episodes of a planned 10 episode series. The rest of the series was canceled before any of the other elements of the story could be introduced.
Pppht. You shoulda seen that one action figure Square made of Batman. SO MANY SPIIIIKES. Seriously, much as I know square, they got a bad habit nowadays to start designing things and then... not stopping.
If there is something positive that can be taken from "Kakugo no Susume" is that Zero inspired Jin Saotome. The one Capcom character that deserved to appear in more crossovers than just Marvel vs Capcom 1&2. And also, Tsumiko Horie is named after and played by singer Mitsuko Horie, who usually performed intro songs for *tons* of mecha anime back in the day (70s-80s). Horie's singing segment in this OVA sounds beautiful in the Japanese version, by the way.
You know thats interesting, the sage said at the end that the Story about the rabbit and the turtle is totally pointless, but weiredly enough thats probably the very same story they are telling in thia anime. Look, in the fairytale the rabbit is so overly confident in his victory over the turtle that he willingly sabotaged his race by taking a nap. The "siter" here is supossed to be so strong that she could flatten her brother in seconds but she decided not to but instead reduces her chances to win up to the point where she looses, just like the rabbit. Sounds strange but after this review i clearly see this connection.
I got done reading the entire manga and, once it cuts it out with the psycho-sexual stuff, it actually gets really good halfway through. Still ultraviolent and gruesome but it has a lot of Hokuto No Ken to it where it's ultimately a story of hope. Now it's nowhere close to as good as HNK but it ends up a pretty good read all up especially once you get past the first two volumes where this OVA is mostly made up of.
Sage. Bro. I know this anime may have melted your brain by this point, but by 25:45 there's no reason that your common sense would have bailed on that. The reason that Headdad is mentioning the whole Tortoise and the Hare thing is meant to be a hint to victory. More rigor sets into the body, the easier the fight will be, so if he delays he just basically has to punch a statue. The thing that's confusing ME about this scene is the Tortoise and the Hare is more of a western thing. Admittedly it's a rather common fable of Aesop's, but I would have figured they'd have used a japanese analogy of similar message for this.
Thank god: it's the weekend, and I just lost my job. I'm not gonna be sleeping for a few days just seeing what I've seen. Excuse me while I take a nice hot shower and then find the most disgustingly cute character I can to burn into my retinas.
I was more surprised about the fact that this was not only based on a manga but the manga itself got a reboot by the same artist and took on a more serious tone without the completely insane bullshit. Makes me wonder what happend in between development of the concept...
My favorite thing about this episode has to be the use of a cover of Funimation's "SSJ3 Goku Power Up" from Dragonball Z over CensorKaiser's rebirth. You can barely hear it until he starts shouting, but damn is it a treat for someone like me =)
"If you knew how cheese was made, you'd probably never touch the stuff." Ohoho, no, Sage. I've eaten haggis and blood sausage. I've gutted salmon and butchered pigs. I know perfectly well how my food is made, and it don't bother me one whit. Cheese? Cheese's process of coming into being is a relief to hear about compared to other kinds of food.
I'd have been interested to see you review this after either reading the entire manga or the Wikipedia article talking about the manga and the anime. When this was made, the creators thought they were gonna get budgeted for 10 episodes but unfortunately the project got shelved after only 2. That's why there are so many seemingly unnecessary characters that don't have anything to do with the plot because they come up much later in the storyline. Sadly, this anime suffers from the same fate that a lot of anime in the 90's did because of the recession in Japan. There just simply wasn't enough money to finish a lot of these projects so they ended up incomplete and were abandoned.
Note that the scene where he's using 'sleeping gas'? That ain't sleeping gas. He's using chemical weaponry - i.e. sarin gas. In the manga, he uses it to wipe out an entire army of demons.
I feel like now that I understand Bennett was characterizing himself as an overly cringy critic who focuses too hard on the negatives (him being inspired by the rest of channel awesome), I can appreciate his work on a deeper level.
It was the style at the time. A style some of us miss and enjoy. I mean his new stuff is good and it's nice to get a actual review of the series but sometimes i miss the riff views where they do review the stuff but make jokes about it too. I get why he doesn't want to do them anymore they can be exhausting to make just it would be nice to have him do these riffview style once in awhile for fun while also going deep with the creation of the series.
I watched this review several times now, but yesterday I decided that I'd watch the OVA for the first time. Aaaand...It's kinda fun. Some things are obviously better explained when you get the full context, others get even weirder. (Like how he bonds with his armor for the first time, making friends with it by warming it with his naked body while locked in some kind of walk-in freezer by his dad) It's just two movies a 40 min, so I'd reccomend giving it a watch. You can actually find the un-censorkaiser'd version on youtube.
My brother bought this anime back when I was younger without knowing what it was. He was disgusted by it and handed to me. Once I watched it I gave it to a friend and told him to give it away after he was done with it. The cycle continues...
Having finally watched this anime I don't agree with some of the criticism in this review: Was Harara stupid for taking over the old geezer's body to fight in? From a rational standpoint, yes. But in an earlier scene he stated how boring it is being the strongest alive. Even shortly before he dies he tells his advisor he doesn't care about the rigor mortis taking effect, as he's too bored with life. He didn't fight with the sole intention to crush his brother, but rather as a way to get a good adrenaline rush. The father's pep talk actually did make sense. The hare lost the race for being over confident that he'd win anyway. Harara shows that same arrogance and confidence; thanks to his father's pep talk Kakugo realises just that may give him the chance to still win, and gives him the courage to finish the fight with a killing blow. How you come to the conclusion of this anime being the worst ever, I have no idea. I've seen way, way worse than this. It's not a masterpiece, no. It's not even great for that matter. But at least it was an hour of good, dumb fun with over-the-top gore and fighting scenes.
***** actually, based in the manga, even though he was in a woman's body he still viewed himself and preferred male pronouns and the other characters didn't really mind and saw him as a man even with breasts and vagina.
1:50 Nowadays, citric acid and alikes are mainly used. ... And it's not actually spoiled milk, since cheese isn't technically milk, since the milk fat and most of the proteins have been separated from the whey (the liquid). And when a cheese is aged, it's to allow certain chemicals to add flavor.
That was the best pimp hand smack I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Literally fell off the side of my bed on to the floor. Like seriously. Am kinda sideways upside down rn. But Seriously. Don’t hit girls 👧
That's like Tokyo Gore Police mixed with the character design of Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama playing mahjong with delusions with the style dozens of times of Excel Saga and the Vagineer riding the wild wacky action bike.
I recently got done watching the entire first half of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and that show's not nearly as bat shit insane as Apocalypse Zero is. I love that in Ghost in the Shell, you get the tinge of sitting down and thinking to yourself about the theme of a given episode, this... Is pure insanity at it's best. Not even a anime like anything on Crunchyroll is like this at all..
This UA-cam video is the single greatest example of how American censorship that allows no limitation on violence for all audiences, but if you show a nipple the UA-cam FBI teleports behind you and cracks their knuckles.
I kinda like the art style. It gives me a retro feeling and I love the art of old animes But like....I don't think I'd last too long in the first episode
Personally, I think anyone who is thinking about trying anime for the first time should check out Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Yeah, it's a bit of a mind fuck, but in the way we Westerners are used to, a bit like Leviathan meets Water World. Plus, the main character being an outsider on Earth is a good introduction to the medium, since he thinks this is all a bit weird, too. My only issue... A water covered planet is by definition definitely not verdurous.
These were REALLY weird choices to make. Like, in the original comic, everything got fucked specifically because of humans starting nuclear war which caused the earthquakes, and the demons were actually right in the fact humanity is 100% responsible for all the horrible shit happening. And the main villain DIDN'T die at this point, in fact, at the end of the story, she and the main character have a truce, and she decides to make the world better and accept that humanity's too damn hard to wipe out to be worth the effort, and that'd it be better to just let them be as long as they don't do the whole ruining the planet thing again.
Oh my gobble, to think that this Censor Kaiser thing was NOT a reference to Kakugo's armor thing, just because this anime never got to the thing... It is skull-punched-out mind-blowing.
Just a note: "Whoria" is actually "Horie", which is a relatively common Japanese last name. Actually, I believe she's specifically voiced by Yui Horie in the Japanese dub.
“For instance, a large majority of the Asian population do not consume dairy.”
And then on the complete flipside of that, you’ve got Mongolia and their population snacking on aaruul and eezgii even to this day. Hell, they can even make liquor and beer out of dairy.
I dunno if I had a point to this, but there you go.
Your point was to inform me. And I thank you sensei
They make beer out of dairy products? This i got to try
Now let's all agree to never fight creatively again.
***** Go watch "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared" and you'll get the reference
***** We talkin about 87 Kraang or Nickelodeon Kraang? Because I don't see anything that sounds like either of them
Just gotta say nice picture, Nabeshin ;-)
Julia Kropp Thanks
The creators of this show clearly need to ask themselves more questions about their sexuality.
Actually, the tortoise and the hare story makes a lot of sense here. Both the sister and the hare were arrogant enough to willingly sabotage their own success, thinking they'd win regardless, while the brother and the tortoise just kept on going and doing what they did best.
It's probably a bit of a stretch, but it makes sense.
@@JazzStation95 She explains in the movie that while she wants to destroy all human, she also wants to find someone worthy to fight. she's so good at it, it's boring for her. So it does make sense that she'd sabotage herself to have a more challenging fight.
Actually the guy is actually a man. The armor just turned him into an evil hermaphrodite.
So basically...
Hit em really really hard?
Plus that narrative fits because a dead body tends to become stiff with rigger mortic and eventually decompose
And this year's "You can't Make this Shit up" reward goes tooooooo...
(Drumroll)
To this shit
Pity this didn't make it further into the Kakugo No Susume storyline, where, while the series never STOPS being insane, it shifts more from "shock the viewer constantly" into "focus on developing these characters and the central mythos of this setting".
I'll be honest, there's something...Inspiring about Apocalypse Zero. Say what you will about it, but you can't deny how utterly unique it is. It is, if nothing else, ridiculously creative. As an artist, I find that admirable, and it's even sparked a few ideas of my own. Personally, I like the art style and the off-brand-post-apocalyptic-Kamen-Rider hero. So, truth be told, I actually kinda like the film, disturbing demon tits and all.
It's also the only place I can hear Mona Marshall saying "That old man's dick is useless." C'mon, you won't find pure gold like that anywhere else.
The art is ugly tho...
@@unverifiedbiotic that’s your opinion and it’s fine.
I don’t mind the art at all and I did like some parts of it
@@cheesesteak2795 the manga art is even better, this channels opinion on EVERY controversial anime is WRONG. thank god theres companies in the west that care and are releasing stuff like angel cop, violence jack on blu ray
yeah. A film can be as shit as possible, but if it's a grown adult producing something really mad or creative, then it is just as enjoyable as a good product, to me. EmpLemon has a good video on adults who retain creativity and use it well. I think this is a good example of that.
Fist of the North Mad Max Judge Dredd...
...I'd actually watch that
That. Sounds. Awesome.
The Crossover of the Century! XD
Escape from Jojojo's Fist of the mad Max North Star dredd.
You and me both.
With a bit Kamen Rider
Not even JoJo and Bobobo combined has this intense of madness
"Hell, _you_ probably wouldn't touch the stuff if you realized that cheese was basically spoiled milk laced with stomach enzymes."
*laughs in mozzarella*
I know I've said this before, but I'll say it again. As batshit, stupid, and generally insane this Anime is, I can't help but love the MC of this.
He fights rock bears with acid blood with his bear hands and doesn't flinch when he gets scares.
Has badass armor.
Tries to solve fights without killing the enemy at first, but isn't too much of a pansy to shy away from it if it's the only solution.
And instead of being Distracted by the Sexy like so many other Anime Protags, he just bitch slaps the person who tries it on him.
This dude is badass!
He's a pretty good loving pastiche of Showa era Kamen Rider main heroes: loving and caring outside the suit, ready to straight up delete a monster if you threaten humanity, or god forbid loved ones inside the suit.
Well, I ordered Apocalypse Zero today, mostly because this review. I NEED it in my collection. Something this insane and ballsy must be owned and watched in it's entirety.
+Goingmy Ownway Ha, right?!? I actually LIKE Apocalypse Zero for how batshit crazy it is :D
The art style is kinda reminiscent of Osamu Tezuka.
...on drugs. And fever. And seen thru a deformed glass. And on LSD. And probably a zombie Tezuka drawing it.
more like Tezuka and Ishinamori were drawing with Hirohiko Araki, Yasuhiro Nightow and Hideaki Anno when suddenly Go Nagai showed up with an 8 ball, a sheet of acid, a bag of Molly and Power Rangers season 1 on VHS and at some point Someone called Chiaki J Konaka who showed up with everclear thc tincture and some dank ass weed.. & No I don't mean Super Sentai. I mean Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on VHS.
to clarify I love ApocalypseZero the manga and the ova even though I agree with Bennett's review. and all the people I listed are my personal heroes
@@CoolDevicesXxm4 Hell of a party indeed.
Fun fact: Apocalypse Zero was a finalist in the inaugural 1997 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize, a yearly award ceremony thing that honours manga and artists that “exemplify the spirit of Osamu Tezuka” which is a fancy way of saying ‘work that is really good’, along with other categories for artwork and cultural impact. Series like Vagabond, Demon Slayer, Monster and Fullmetal Alchemist have all won awards.
And Apocalypse Zero was a finalist in the FIRST ever one. It was only beaten by Doreamon which is so absurdly big and beloved that it was basically guaranteed to win anyway. But still, wow.
This Is basically what if Garth Ennis teamed up with Gen Urobuchi to make a Kamen Rider manga.
This was based on a manga, that's where the throw away henchmen that show up and are then forgotten came from. The art style is also based on the manga's.
14:17 The look of determination on Kaiser's face when he censors the nurse is hilarious. He's like, "NO! NO BOJANGLES! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!"
I had a strong stomach. I say "had" because this was the first time Anime made me projectile vomit.
*pats you on back. It’s okay Sport, it’s okay
Apocalypse Zero is great - some creative character designs, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and has many wtf moments. The OAV clearly wasn't intended to be a single release, so complaints about piecemeal plot are a bit inapposite. Certainly worth a watch.
"Ah the return of they Why Bonner. *WITH A VENGEANCE!*"
- Alucard Hellsing Ultimate Abridged
Emmett Leone-Woods Why Boner 3:
RRRREECKONINNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
Omg I read this manga years ago and loooooved it. I didn't even realize there was an anime.
3:49 Those aren't iron balls. Those are BALLS OF STEEL.
Otterino baw baw bawls of steel
Never knew Steve from American Dad was in anime
Izzeh Greywolf i know right?
Rodrigo Romero yuh
Pretty sure he wrote this, too.
He doesn't like to talk about it. Rodger was there too, it was a weird day.
OMG, someone needs to make an Abridged of this with a Steve Smith impersonator, like how in JojoBA Part 4 made Koichi sound like Morty.
Also, the reason why you never see any of the people the movie name-drops is because this was 2 episodes of a planned 10 episode series. The rest of the series was canceled before any of the other elements of the story could be introduced.
This channel is still my guidebook for my underlying addiction to horrifyingly trash anime. Its all so goodbad
OH MY GOD I NEVER NOTICED SORA'S SHOE ZIPPERS
His penis also has a zipper.
You should see Donald's hat.
Pppht. You shoulda seen that one action figure Square made of Batman. SO MANY SPIIIIKES. Seriously, much as I know square, they got a bad habit nowadays to start designing things and then... not stopping.
Actually, Horie is her family name. Her first name is Tsumiko, which sounds a lot prettier.
21:38 Admittedly that scene was kinda badass.
To be honest Whoria's singing is better then the singing in Love Hina.
*Red Garden shamefully looks the other way.
Kinda makes me wonder what he thinks of Melfina'a singing in Outlaw Star.
thank you censor kaiser.... thank you
Animated Censor Kaizer is kinda hawt.
why is censor kaiser a meme is it exclusive to this page?
Who else cried when Censor Kaiser blew himself up? :'( We love you Kaiser-sama!!!
....What the fuck did I just see...Even the Chaos Gods from Warhammer would be disturbed.
zillafire101 Slaanesh is all like, "damn, I wish I thought of that"
RedMageUltra "Hmm, it's disturbing, yet...arousing"
Said every Slaaneshi/Dark Eldar/fa/tg/guy ever.
zillafire101 Meh, three out of the four will be disturbed by this. Only one certain Chaos god is just jacking off to this as we speak.
My god, I fucking love the character design and the artstyle.
I think the fight scenes are still very well done.
If there is something positive that can be taken from "Kakugo no Susume" is that Zero inspired Jin Saotome. The one Capcom character that deserved to appear in more crossovers than just Marvel vs Capcom 1&2.
And also, Tsumiko Horie is named after and played by singer Mitsuko Horie, who usually performed intro songs for *tons* of mecha anime back in the day (70s-80s). Horie's singing segment in this OVA sounds beautiful in the Japanese version, by the way.
You know thats interesting, the sage said at the end that the Story about the rabbit and the turtle is totally pointless, but weiredly enough thats probably the very same story they are telling in thia anime. Look, in the fairytale the rabbit is so overly confident in his victory over the turtle that he willingly sabotaged his race by taking a nap. The "siter" here is supossed to be so strong that she could flatten her brother in seconds but she decided not to but instead reduces her chances to win up to the point where she looses, just like the rabbit. Sounds strange but after this review i clearly see this connection.
I got done reading the entire manga and, once it cuts it out with the psycho-sexual stuff, it actually gets really good halfway through. Still ultraviolent and gruesome but it has a lot of Hokuto No Ken to it where it's ultimately a story of hope. Now it's nowhere close to as good as HNK but it ends up a pretty good read all up especially once you get past the first two volumes where this OVA is mostly made up of.
I love 90s anime and this one is so crazy I love it 😹
Sniff thank you censer sama you truly are a hero
I love the Sandman graphic novel Corinthian reference when he changes his eyes into mouths. Awesome little detail.
Also on the subs there was a line on the succubus "Get your ass off my counter!" smack!
Sage. Bro. I know this anime may have melted your brain by this point, but by 25:45 there's no reason that your common sense would have bailed on that. The reason that Headdad is mentioning the whole Tortoise and the Hare thing is meant to be a hint to victory. More rigor sets into the body, the easier the fight will be, so if he delays he just basically has to punch a statue.
The thing that's confusing ME about this scene is the Tortoise and the Hare is more of a western thing. Admittedly it's a rather common fable of Aesop's, but I would have figured they'd have used a japanese analogy of similar message for this.
The voice actress that voiced tactical evil megumi the nurse. Also voiced edward in cowboy bebop the dubbed version. lol
for the longest time i had this anime in the dark corners of my nightmares but could not remember the name. thank you for this
17:15 Someone call Dream, tell him we found the Corinthian.
Power Rangers on LSD and Acid... and LSD... and ACID!!!
Fabian Saam And followed up with an entire bottle of absinthe
Fabian Saam it's inspired by Kamen Rider.
Even Slaanesh is thinking this may be too many drugs.
... and METH!
And morphine.
Thank god: it's the weekend, and I just lost my job. I'm not gonna be sleeping for a few days just seeing what I've seen.
Excuse me while I take a nice hot shower and then find the most disgustingly cute character I can to burn into my retinas.
I loved that Brave Little Toaster Reference
Where?
watch the video. its been so long
CynicFox Ok, but i should have ask, what is the reference?, 'cos i have never seen that movie... is a movie, rigth?
yes its a movie. its a great movie and if you haven't seen it. see it right fucking now. its even on youtube
Poor Censor Kaiser.
I didn't know he would take it so hard.
Well he was a jerk anyway.
I was more surprised about the fact that this was not only based on a manga but the manga itself got a reboot by the same artist and took on a more serious tone without the completely insane bullshit. Makes me wonder what happend in between development of the concept...
My favorite thing about this episode has to be the use of a cover of Funimation's "SSJ3 Goku Power Up" from Dragonball Z over CensorKaiser's rebirth. You can barely hear it until he starts shouting, but damn is it a treat for someone like me =)
"If you knew how cheese was made, you'd probably never touch the stuff."
Ohoho, no, Sage. I've eaten haggis and blood sausage. I've gutted salmon and butchered pigs. I know perfectly well how my food is made, and it don't bother me one whit. Cheese? Cheese's process of coming into being is a relief to hear about compared to other kinds of food.
I'd have been interested to see you review this after either reading the entire manga or the Wikipedia article talking about the manga and the anime.
When this was made, the creators thought they were gonna get budgeted for 10 episodes but unfortunately the project got shelved after only 2. That's why there are so many seemingly unnecessary characters that don't have anything to do with the plot because they come up much later in the storyline.
Sadly, this anime suffers from the same fate that a lot of anime in the 90's did because of the recession in Japan. There just simply wasn't enough money to finish a lot of these projects so they ended up incomplete and were abandoned.
Note that the scene where he's using 'sleeping gas'? That ain't sleeping gas. He's using chemical weaponry - i.e. sarin gas. In the manga, he uses it to wipe out an entire army of demons.
I feel like now that I understand Bennett was characterizing himself as an overly cringy critic who focuses too hard on the negatives (him being inspired by the rest of channel awesome), I can appreciate his work on a deeper level.
It was the style at the time. A style some of us miss and enjoy. I mean his new stuff is good and it's nice to get a actual review of the series but sometimes i miss the riff views where they do review the stuff but make jokes about it too. I get why he doesn't want to do them anymore they can be exhausting to make just it would be nice to have him do these riffview style once in awhile for fun while also going deep with the creation of the series.
I watched this review several times now, but yesterday I decided that I'd watch the OVA for the first time.
Aaaand...It's kinda fun. Some things are obviously better explained when you get the full context, others get even weirder. (Like how he bonds with his armor for the first time, making friends with it by warming it with his naked body while locked in some kind of walk-in freezer by his dad)
It's just two movies a 40 min, so I'd reccomend giving it a watch. You can actually find the un-censorkaiser'd version on youtube.
12:40 *snap fingers* I got it, Brave Little Toaster reference. Ha, couldn't let that one slip by
UA-cam logic: Showing someone literally puking their guts out? No problem. Showing a nipple? DEMONETIZED!
I think, that I went insane at the Dick-Microphone-Part.
Yeah, it would be funny if it was *implied,* not *ACTUALLY A FEATURE.*
Very proud of Sage for making a Brave Little Toaster reference.
Kaiser blowing up. Was that a Brave Little Toaster reference?
The line "It's my function!" is the rest is a Dragonball reference.
Pretty sure they used the music, too
My brother bought this anime back when I was younger without knowing what it was. He was disgusted by it and handed to me. Once I watched it I gave it to a friend and told him to give it away after he was done with it. The cycle continues...
ah, so that's why censored kaiser looks different from the old and new ones.
That Brave Little Toaster reference was GENIUS.
Having finally watched this anime I don't agree with some of the criticism in this review:
Was Harara stupid for taking over the old geezer's body to fight in? From a rational standpoint, yes. But in an earlier scene he stated how boring it is being the strongest alive. Even shortly before he dies he tells his advisor he doesn't care about the rigor mortis taking effect, as he's too bored with life. He didn't fight with the sole intention to crush his brother, but rather as a way to get a good adrenaline rush.
The father's pep talk actually did make sense. The hare lost the race for being over confident that he'd win anyway. Harara shows that same arrogance and confidence; thanks to his father's pep talk Kakugo realises just that may give him the chance to still win, and gives him the courage to finish the fight with a killing blow.
How you come to the conclusion of this anime being the worst ever, I have no idea. I've seen way, way worse than this. It's not a masterpiece, no. It's not even great for that matter. But at least it was an hour of good, dumb fun with over-the-top gore and fighting scenes.
***** actually, based in the manga, even though he was in a woman's body he still viewed himself and preferred male pronouns and the other characters didn't really mind and saw him as a man even with breasts and vagina.
1:50 Nowadays, citric acid and alikes are mainly used. ... And it's not actually spoiled milk, since cheese isn't technically milk, since the milk fat and most of the proteins have been separated from the whey (the liquid). And when a cheese is aged, it's to allow certain chemicals to add flavor.
i actually like whorias design
Suddenly I realize that Gurospooo would fit in PERFECTLY in this twisted "Sentai" universe LOL!
5:54 Now lets all agree to never be creative again.
I'm going to need to binge-watch all of Michael Bay's movies to erase the trauma from my brain...
No, stop! You have no idea what you're doing! You'll doom us all!
That was the best pimp hand smack I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Literally fell off the side of my bed on to the floor. Like seriously. Am kinda sideways upside down rn. But Seriously. Don’t hit girls 👧
This reminds me a lot of the monsters in Devilman and Cutie Honey.
I recognize that Brave little toaster reference
That's like Tokyo Gore Police mixed with the character design of Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama playing mahjong with delusions with the style dozens of times of Excel Saga and the Vagineer riding the wild wacky action bike.
I’ve recently came across Apocalypse Zero and I actually like it.
7:11
OMG WE GOTTA GET BOB ROSS OUT OF THERE, HE NEEDS AIR...….
……….and a LONG shower, do they even make water hot enough for that?
Fill a tub with hand sanitizer, it's the only way!
I recently got done watching the entire first half of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and that show's not nearly as bat shit insane as Apocalypse Zero is. I love that in Ghost in the Shell, you get the tinge of sitting down and thinking to yourself about the theme of a given episode, this... Is pure insanity at it's best. Not even a anime like anything on Crunchyroll is like this at all..
Dear God! I remember this now! I accidentally downloaded it as part of an anime collection.
Basically a dawn of war line. "MY SCARS PROVE MY WORTH."
This UA-cam video is the single greatest example of how American censorship that allows no limitation on violence for all audiences, but if you show a nipple the UA-cam FBI teleports behind you and cracks their knuckles.
If only I hadn't lost it a long time ago.
Springtrap, you've gotta hold onto life! You'll be alright, everyone... everyone's right here by your side!
I love these reviews. I can't believe I never heard of this one. I wonder if he'll review Iria Zeiram some day.
he did actually. Go to his website
10:50 mark....I will never sleep again....0_0
I pause these half way to look for it and watch it, then I came back.
I'm just glad to know ppl involved in this like Mona Marshall, Lex Lang, and Melissa Fahn went on to bigger and better things.
+adoranymphlupin At least Mona sounds hot! ////^^////
***** lol
I love her as Wolfram Bennett should really watch Kyo Kara Moah!
+Rayman Fangirl Well she's playing a guy though.
Yah! The Mezumi Ogata fans hate her though...
I think I now know where Cannibal Corpse get their lyrics from XD
I kinda like the art style.
It gives me a retro feeling and I love the art of old animes
But like....I don't think I'd last too long in the first episode
I loved this anime lol
Personally, I think anyone who is thinking about trying anime for the first time should check out Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Yeah, it's a bit of a mind fuck, but in the way we Westerners are used to, a bit like Leviathan meets Water World. Plus, the main character being an outsider on Earth is a good introduction to the medium, since he thinks this is all a bit weird, too.
My only issue... A water covered planet is by definition definitely not verdurous.
These were REALLY weird choices to make. Like, in the original comic, everything got fucked specifically because of humans starting nuclear war which caused the earthquakes, and the demons were actually right in the fact humanity is 100% responsible for all the horrible shit happening.
And the main villain DIDN'T die at this point, in fact, at the end of the story, she and the main character have a truce, and she decides to make the world better and accept that humanity's too damn hard to wipe out to be worth the effort, and that'd it be better to just let them be as long as they don't do the whole ruining the planet thing again.
This is like a Japanese version of Adult Swim except in this case they would blink.
lol Censor Kaiser's Super Saiyan speech gets me every time.
I’m gonna write a shitty fanfiction where Kasuyo gets together with the nurse while Horia tries to be a cheerleader.
Oh my gobble, to think that this Censor Kaiser thing was NOT a reference to Kakugo's armor thing, just because this anime never got to the thing... It is skull-punched-out mind-blowing.
10:33
People will likely call me fucked up, but I must not be the only one who laughed at this scene.
...Right?
This is one of those anime that falls under the So crazy you have to watch category.
&...... This review is a week worth of nightmares. Thank you sage!💕
17:00 dang it, Sage. You went and summoned Cthulhu!
I just gotta watch this purely to see how crazy this shit can get.
Ok after that absolute bitch slap he did to the succubus I think hes my favorite anime protagonist
12:40 Brave little Toaster reference. Awesome :3
You mean the scene with the air conditioner?