Oedo Cyber City 808 English Opening
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Does anyone else, apart from me, think that the English opening music is actually BETTER than the Japanese opening song?
Does anyone else find it annoying that you don't get the English music on the DVD?
So here it is! For you to enjoy!! =D
By Rory McFarlane
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Oedo Cyber City 808 English Opening!
Quite possibly the very first 'manga' I saw! And what made me love the Japanese style of drawing!! It's also why my user name is 'OEDO'dragon! =D
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I really feel like crying. Anime will never be the same. I want my childhood back.
Agree it had a soul and energy about it that was nothing like today and it was edge lord to the max.
@@RavenShinyThings Its the same problems going on in the gaming industry. CGI overload and making something that is meant to be fun and visually captivating too realistic. I like realism in some animes when dealing with issues but I want animation not realistic looking anime or backgrounds, dont mind it in some cases but not to transform the whole art style and genre to show off ultra realistic images that even look more lifeless. You hit the nail in the head by saying anime now is Souless and lacks energy.
я понимаю тебя. тоже хотелось бы вернуться в детство
@@myxamatozis там не только вопрос в детстве, вопрос в импотенции новых криетеров, от фильмов, до игр, сделать красиво, но тупо - кредо современного мира
@@rakumafireball1640 there’s still tons of soul. anime like this were more realistic in art style and story than a lot of stuff today.
Back when staying up til the early hours of the morning was an event, and swearing twice in every sentence was the height of cool. What a special OVA. They just don't make them like this anymore.
My mom never let me stop up until 3AM to watch violent anime lol
channel 4 late license!! yes bruv!!
@@longbowandwarbowcraftingbo2859😅 in our days, less was so much more. Channel 4, teletext, and the VCR ready
Exactly bro my brother and I watched every episode on DVD 😂🎉😊
love this anime!! when it came out on blu ray i had to have it!!
I spent three years learning the bass of this- I regret nothing.
You legend. You should upload it so I can drool.
Where can I find the bass tabs, i'm player too, but i do with ears above track playing and it's not famous
This was back when I still loved anime and everything was so imaginative and fresh with style. Guyver, Dominion Tank Police, Monster City, Ghost in the Shell, Macross Plus..... Great times.
Don't forget Gundam 0083 and Armored Trooper VOTOMS dude.
Fist of The North Star; Crying Freeman; Battle Angel Alita; Project A-Ko.
I f***ing love this soundtrack. Have had the CD of it since the mid 90's too. And this theme is perfect. Love it.
FUCK. YES. THAT RIFF.
One of the first anime I seen, back when anime was an underground phenomenon. The amount of profanity in this anime made Scarface pass for a Disney movie. Miss anime like this golden oldie.
nothing like an early 90s cyberpunk anime. i wish they produced more than just three OVAs. they could even bring it back today, and all these internet weebs would shit their pants.
For fucks sake, if they fucking bring back this fucking masterpiece, then id blow all my fucking money on the fuck awesome piece of shit.
fuckin A, it should happen (especially when we got games like cyberpunk 2077 coming out)
I agree, cyberpunk 2077 could very much revive and even explode the cyberpunk genre, here's hoping
@@eclipseslayer98 bringing it back would destroy it. Look at the new fcking "Ghost in The Shell" tv series, they turned it into some 3D Pixar-wannabe shit.
Channel 4. August the 13th 1995. 00:30am, i think. I remember cause it was my 13th birthday. Brilliant Manga.
I was probably watching it with you at the time I was 14 remember watching this and the Legend of the Four Kings but I think some weeks they had manga films on channel 4 because I think that's when I seen akria, fist of the north star and ninja scrolls for the first time
*****
Ah, back in the day when main stream media actually cared about anime.
HA HA HA! i wondered if anyone else would remember that
I always remember silly things like that. Unfortunately, i cant never remember important shit.
***** Aww loved 4 kings. I first saw the Japanese version of Akira on BBC2 roughly a year before. Was on super late. I remember seeing Fist of the north star and Golgo 13. I remember doin a presentation in my english class on manga. The confuzed looks on this class of 13 year olds when i went into the stories of these cool animated movies was priceless.Nearly SHAT myself at the time though. Oh the memories.
For once, yes. The English opening was better.
I assume we all mean the proper English version, not that passable American rock anthem version.
Not just the opening bro.
Everything is better. The music is awesome and the English dub is so funny and quotable.
I heard there's a version without the collar clashing and the epic soundtrack was removed from intro also.
Guyvers english opening was better too.
Just remembered Id painted a scene from 808 for my gcse art exam in school. Id love to see that again
Rory McFarlane's theme tune and musical contributions to this series in it's UK version were damn near perfect! the soundtrack CD to this was THE BEST game music!
my dad introduced me to this when I was like idk 7 and I've never got sick of watching it, it's just too fucking cool, everytime I hear the opening it's like someone's cutting onions ;_;
18 people have a neck collar about to go off
This dub and this soundtrack are the best thing Manga entertainment ever pulled off.
Much like the comment from @iamcombustible I watched this as many others did, in the wee small hours of the morning on Channel 4 at just the right age, CARTOONS FOR ADULTS, WITH SWEARING and an amazing intro music by Rory McFarlane!! If I remember rightly this was shown a few months after Akira was first aired in the UK although that was part of a BBC 2 series of films presented by Jonathan Ross. Anyway, when I first saw it (this was pre internet) I was certain that the voice of Gogul (my favourite) was the same voice as the dragon from Through The Dragons eye a words and pictures schools educational programme from childhood, years later I found out I was right, it was the actor Sean Barrett, the man with coolest voice who went on to be "the priest with dullest voice" in Father Ted and a long time before that the young lad on the boat with Richard Attenborough in the original Dunkirk film. I love that this Manga has left an indelible mark on the psyche of so many people that happened to have tuned in to this (must be nearly) 30 years ago. I was hooked after this and Akira and spent years seeking out as much of the old Anime as I could. Shame its not like this anymore.
3 episodes were not enough we need more.
also I like how they are not like the normal heroes who fight for the whole humanity crap instead for themselves
Those are ovas. It has a show proper.
Cyberpunk Anime in its prime.
No question about it....this intro gives me goosebumps!
Sengoku: “Shit! It's going to ram me!
Where's mobility control on
a maintenance robot?”
Varsus: A type AU- 50 robot, or an Iwata-896?
Sengoku: How the hell should I know?
Varsus:
Type AU: the upper right side.
The 896 has the control
on the end of its arm,
an improvement on
the older type 459 robot.
However, the type AU- 50 is
still the most popular model.
Dammit varsus!
This Ben-Ten would destroy Ben 10.
Plot twist: they're the same person
As far as melodic metal from the 80s goes, this is up there with the best. Of course this is better than the Japanese version. Somehow.
The best version of this series by far was the Australian release by Siren Entertainment, they had the same theme music as this and then even took the time to make all of the on screen visuals English as well, and yet, the DVD release we got here..... was just crap.
the first anime I ever saw :) love it.
second for me. AKIRA was first :)
Paul Irvine me too watched it when I was six...I was like "what's this Chinese cartoon with swearing and killing in it"
I'm pretty sure mine was Kiki's Delivery Service.... pretty much the farthest thing you can get from this anime.
All 3 of 'em were BADASSSSSSS.
This was the golden age of Anime, not to say Anime isn't alive and well, they just don't make em like this anymore, 808, AD Police, Angel Cop, to name a few, Still have some of my best Anime on VHS, that said loving that some of this stuff is getting re done on Blu Ray, even if it is only on a limited run.
One of the rare occasions that the English version is just as good as the Japanese version, if not better.
It's better in every way.
Ive got a contest to mash a anime/game soundtrack, decided to pick this purely so I can have that riff more than once in the song as its too good
Fucking awesome.
The opening is bad ass . I wish they cep this anime still 😭
SO fucking cool. I used to near wet myself over this when I was a young 'un. I used to love the accompanying trailers that Manga Entertainment (UK) had. The voice of Sean Barrett made so many things cooler than I thought possible.
Yes, the trailers also rocked.
@ Asian dude : yes Manga Entertainment (UK) was the brand from the 90s to early 2000s that brought to the UK and European continent VHS tapes with Ninja Scroll, Wicked City, Monster City, the Cyber Punk Collection (Cyber City Oedo 808, AD Police, Genocyber) and so many more anime classics.
One of the few OST that i liked better in the english version.
the price of fish is the uk is far too expensive despite it being an island...... sorry just wanted to comment
Just been to the chip shop?
English redos are often cursed in that they have top their J-pop songs for intros and english its a D team, but here it is much better and in spirit of the show, its very serious and technical sounding vs japan orgional while not bad is a bit too much pop for me
This is what Cyberpunk 2077 should of been.
One of the greatest animes of all time. One of the greatest dubs of all time. One of the greatest opening themes of all time. It obliterates the original theme. I still mourn the day I found out Manga Entertainment lost the right to this masterpiece. I'm so tempted to buy an old CRT TV, VHS player and a Manga Video cassette of this just to own it again. I've since lost my copy, taped off it's airing on Channel 4 back in '95.
If you want to relive the Classic Manga, bar the intro as its the Original Japanese intro.
You can buy all 3 Volumes on Dvd in a Boxset on Amazon or Ebay, it's an American Import, but it has the original English Dubbing. I bought it years ago and still watch it from time to time, like now actually, got on right now as I clicked on this Video to play the English Intro before watching each episode, for pure Nostalgia!!!
Is that when it was on Channel 4? 1995? Man that's nuts. That was really my introduction to a lot of different anime. God bless Channel 4 for the stuff they showed that shaped me as a teen 😁
You can get this on blu-ray with the UK dub now 🥳
Ah, Rory McFarlane, why is your OST so much better than the original?
Two reasons... the original is shite and McFarlane is a very talented guy that knew exactly what to do with the material, top stuff, everything fit together well in Cyber City just a stone cold classic
This is legit beautiful epic music. The dvd sadly has the Japanese soundtrack which is ok but nowhere near as cool as this.
I'm so happy to hear they are re-releasing this in January on blu-ray with a bonus cd containing the english soundtrack 😉👍
Worse quality.. the DVD is better. I have an MKV with the DVD + Rory OST
@@Ryrynz2000 yeah it's a shame about the quality but the soundtrack is just as banging as I remember it all those years ago
@@walcalr01 I just found out about the 2022 release from Discotek it's a proper remaster.. The 2021 bluray is trash. I haven't looked at it yet but it's downloaded and ready to watch. From what I saw on youtube it looks good!
Much better than the Japanese version! Love this theme :)
I first saw this back on tv in the 90's, absolutely love this theme
One of the best anime intro themes out there.
Not completely true. You just have to sift through some garbage to find them. In fact, an awesome show called Psycho-Pass came out just this year.
Man I used to love this intro. Cool as fuck.
Quite possibly one of the best anime series I've seen.
I fucking love this so much
I love the crimes ha ha - unlawful possession of CYBER WEAPONS™!
Varsus, gimme the Magnum
Still one of the best anime intros of all time! And still a great anime. Live action please
Anyone else record this off Channel 4 / Sci-Fi Channel in the UK at midnight back in the day?
Ben-ten? Gogul? Did this series predict the 2000's
I'm an outspoken hater of all dubbing, but Oedo is the exception to prove the rule. The English dub is WAY better than the Japanese original, both in terms of script and performances.
Sengoku: "How d'ya know I'm not gonna kill you with it?!" What a legend!
Still my first place...
Ah nostalgia... I used to rewind the tape over and over again just to listen to this song. Wish they made it much longer.
I'd REALLY like to add a like to this video, but it's sitting at 808...
Ah. So many nostalgia memories hearing this song again and such a great cyberpunk anime this was and still is.
Can you blieve I have the origianl English dub on VHS and the UK Soundtrack on CD lol...man this still takes me back,
I watched it only now. Great anime. It's pity that there are only three series exist
Sen-goku looks more atractive than most women I have seen.
This fuckin rocks i swear
Managed to get this the special edition on blu ray and still after all these years the DUB destroys the sub
The Japanese version is good.
But this is better!
I love how the show starts it so BAD ASS 😎😎😎
Kind of sad the only 3 episode of this show I think it had great potential
I found out about Cyber City Oedo 808 some days ago. So i bought the DVD collection. It´s freaking epic imo (i reviewed all of the episodes here thegamingground.com/category/animemanga.html).
The only downside would be the lack of more episodes. I mean, there´s only three of them. And that´s a damn shame imo. And no, your not alone to like the English opening more than the Japanese one.
But then again, i´m a rocker/Metalhead since birth \m/
Nice. For me oedo 808 is the best anime ive ever seen. Love cyberpunk
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Thanks mate =) Both my brothers love Oedo 808 as well ;) Same here, been a fan of cyberpunk since the early 90s (System Shock and Akira made me a fan).
Nice reviews!
I couldn't see the review for File 1 though.....
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OEDODRAGON . Thanks man =) Here you go mate! thegamingground.com/2014/march/cyber-city-oedo-808-ep1-virtual-death.html =) We will leave our old homepage very soon (it use´s a very old blog technology system).
Check out our new homepage instead =) thegg.net (it´s not 100% done, but you will get the idea what i´m working on).
The Gaming Ground Thanks!! ^^
The CyberCity OEDO 808 OST has been the first CD I have ever bought, back in the days...
Still love this a lot.
Dammit Manga, re-release your 90's stuff.
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Man, I totally agree with what you have said about the opening music. I get so pumped every time I listen to it, specially hearing with the animated opening. I'll never forget getting the opportunity to tape this on channel 4 late at night when they did the Japanese animation feature. I watched the last one in the series first, and Im glad I did. It changed me forever. I craved more and more Japanese animation from that point on and always dreamed about visiting Japan. Now, I live here. Thanks.
the music that plays when Gogol beats Molcos at the end of episode 2 is better in UK version than in japanese version.
only thing better in jpn soundtrack is the end of ep3
This is too badass for words.
I watch this in English too! ^^
I normally avoid watching anime in English because they sometimes change what they have actually said, and I like to know what they 'really' said!
Another reason is that often the dub is really bad!
The only ones that I watch in English are Tenchi Muyo (etc) and this one! Mostly because I originally saw it in English... and that the Dub is great!! =D
SATAN himself shed a tear when he saw your comment lol. this dub rocks, best parts are the opening/ending themes, fight against amachi and (my favourite) the final theme where gogl and molcos fight... mmmmm badass
@gamblor91 Yep, Mad Dog something or other did a great job creating a new rockier soundtrack. I've heard a few bits of the Japanese version, understand why it's there, but it just isn't this!
😁😁😁
Cyberpunk at its finest.
If I could like this vid more than once... I would
От ностальгии прослезился аж сердце защемило .... =( в детстве это был мой любимый мульт .. пересмотрел его раз 50
в детстве у нас была лишь одна серия, первая. с прекрасным динамичным вступлением.
That's why they changed it.
Best intro for anything EVER!
This was always better than the Japanese opening. I have the dvds on a boxset and the opening is the Japanese version, but the voices are the English dubbed. It's always been a favourite manga of mine, since I first watched it at about 3am on channel 4 in the early 90s.
The original Guyver, Legend of the Four Kings, or as my American Version calls it Legend Of The Dragon Kings (Same Version with original English Dubbing) (Just a different Title) We're also favourites of mine and now I own the Dvd Box sets, it's always good for a trip down memory lane 😀👍😀
That song was so good it made me happy inside! So pro! That level of anime making is longe gone =/
That stinks like a week old fish!
This version is better
I remember putting those ridiculous codes into my video recorder when I was young to automatically record this from 4 later (channel 4's late night time slot). It was well worth the time and effort!
Anyone know if they ever released a directors cut of the series? Just watching this and having seen it years ago there's parts in the intro that are never featured in the episodes.
I wonder if Rory knows what kind of brilliance he did lmao. why WHY is there nothing more from him anywhere?
god damn what an opening I love this anime one of the first ones I had seen at the time blow my mind
This version is finally available on Blueray at all the anime.com. I’m so happy.
Cyber city.
For me, this IS the original music. I have listened to the soundtrack of this before ever watching the series when I was a young kid. The whole English soundtrack is infinitely badass and yet haunting and dark at the same time. I have heard some of the Japanese and its more like video game music, not bad...just a bit souless.
@Paul07791 I have Cyber City on DVD, it has the awesome and hillariously badass English dub but the awful Japanese music. This wicked tune was on the VHS version so why not the DVD?
Watched this...Waaaaaaaay back and was my second anime after Guyver and just like Guyver, the English version had superior music, thanks for this!
i can think of a few, but more often than not the english dub is just as good as the japanese, with characters you prefer out of each.
Anime used to be so indulgent thanks to massive budgets being paid to the talented studio workers.
Same people complaining about anime being shitty and "woke" nowadays would get an aneurysm over having to pay animators enough to repeat the great work of the 80s and 90s.
love this, i had the uk version on vhs back in the day, but managed to get in on dvd recently. had to get sent formt he US as there is no UK DVD and for some reason the music soundtracks in the movie are different, anyone know why?
Back in the 90s some UK Manga Video titles had their own soundtracks. I remember I was even able to buy the Cyber City Oedo 808 soundtrack from the Virgin Megastore. I think the UK release of Guyver also had the music redone.
Rare but definitely better. I even left the english spoken words on.
Oh the nostalgia tho listening to this amazing theme again. I mean, there i was 26 years ago watching this anime at a store when it 1st came out. Oh it was so dope (and it still is). I immidiatly when home, totally inspired, drawing al these main characters. It is 1 of my Top 5 anime movies (Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Fist of the Northstar, Macross Plus The Movie are the others) that got me inspired to draw.
I still have this set on VHS, fricken awesome series and tune. The video's produced by Manga Entertainment for the UK were so so much better than those made for other regions. Look at how Legend of the Four Kings was ruined for the american market, and 3x3 Eyes was completely destroyed and nigh unwatchable.
I watched this video and the music was so bad-ass I bought the UK VHS version. Was well worth it. The hard-rocking soundtrack and the hard-boiled, profanity laced dub actually fits the tone of a cyberpunk anime about criminals being forced to do the police's dirty work very well. Would be nice if they made more anime like this these days rather than a hundred different "Generic catgirl maid panty fanservice explosion" shows every year.
You got my vote cos the english intro is better and this OAV totally blew me away when i first viewed late-night on channell 4 (I wasnt expecting something this gd).
P.S notice SPACE ADVENTURE COBRA on dvd music score has changed for the worse. My personal opinion is the YELLO soundtrack works best but then thats just mine.
Many Otaku's believe that the original Japanese version is always better than their dubbed counterpart....well here's an example in which the dubbed version is WAAAY better than the original...
If ever there is a Blu ray release of the original dubbed version then I swear I'd buy one
@spiderjerusalem100 Yeh, I have the VHS packed away in my mums attic, plus I have the same DVD as you, ...what I need to do is rip the VHS onto DVD and then freely distribute it to everyone who has commented on this video. Maybe then someone will pay attention.
Both the opening and ending music is composed and performed by Rory McFarlane.... (yeah.... I just looked at the credits, hehe)
Man, I watched this series, and both ghost in shell movies, first anime I ever watched, and It was fucking amazing, anybody know any other series like this? All the other anime I tried watching sucked alot, and looked like they were made for children.
hahaha i got the cd ages ago.
it was in the basement of the old forbidden planet in new oxford street.
i had to go through some box on the floor.
uk manga pawned usa distributors. FACT!!
know were surrounded by dragon ball clones
I just noticed Gogul is only 28 years old... o_o I thought he was the 'old man' of the group! XD