I'm glad that they kept the whole Daphne knowing martial arts thing from the live action films and added it to the animated stuff it gives her some much needed characterisation
If they would see Okinawa were mr miyagi use to live were tomi village was there and the castle of king sohashi were Daniel larusso and chozen toguchi fought to the death and mr miyagi s house
I liked how Daphne was main part of the story until the second half ruined it by switching to just Shaggy and Scooby again! The others besides those two deserves attention too
no they really dont fred is cringe everytime he opens his mouth he sounds like the fakest douche and not like a real person daphene is the same but not as bad velma is ok at times depends on the movie shaggy is truly the only good character for anybody who isnt slow or 10 yeARS OLD
I always thought Ms. Miyamoto broke her back and died when the samurai attacked her, and that's why she didn't appear in the epilogue. Maybe censorship didn't allow it to be outright confirmed, and instead was left ambiguous. As we've seen in Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost and Cyber Chase, the franchise can sometimes kill its villains.
while i do agree with your theory, i think the real problem is the actual era and type of scooby doo films that were coming out. zombie island and witches ghost (not counting cyberchase for a reason i'll explain later) were more darker both visually and storywise. meaning it's easier to have a character be killed off, because they're darker in tone anyway so you may as well kill someone off. samerai sword and similar films were purposely made lighter in tone, to fit in with the laid back and more comedic What's New Scooby Doo. Sure, there are points where it can be dark (i specifically remember being terrified of the pirates in pirates ahoy), but the energy in what's new was, for lack of a better term, 2000s energy. as for cyber chase? i'm not counting it because no one was techincally killed. a virus sure but i don't really think it counts as an actual person being killed if that makes sense. Ben was literally dragged into the book's universe where he can never escape and is likely dead, the werecats were kinda yeeted into dust... the virus wasn't really human to begin with and it's 'death' was basically just being deleted. sidenote: I'll be real with everyone, I honestly don't think cyber chase as dark as everyone portrays it. if anything it was leaning towards the whats new era type movies and i don't know why it's really portrayed as grim.
As a character I've dressed up as multiple times, I would have loved to see this movie remain Daphne-centric... just for once. I loved how Pirates Ahoy gave Fred a little more time to shine with his interactions with his parents.
preach! velma had that somewhat in witches ghost + abracadabra doo + frankencreepy + where's my mummy. shaggy had it with essentally most of the scooby doo films before the 2000s. fred and daphne honestly need more rep. (i mean i guess daphne had some in curse of 13th ghost but still)
Your critique of this one is pretty much exactly the same as mine. Listening to Casey Kasim's voice in this one made me realize how old he had gotten. I was happy though when he did return to voice Shaggy's father. There was a nice meta feel to it that made me feel that Casey was leaving on a good note. I loved his line in Mystery Incorporated that called Velma's parents hippies 😄
Loved this movie as a kid, that final fight scene where Shaggy & Scooby fight the evil Samurai was done surprisingly well. Something that I noticed during that fight scene was that when defending, Shaggy was the one holding the sword, and when attacking, Scooby was the holding the sword. Also loved the little street fighter references.
Well, I actually like when Daphne gets a little bit of attention. This whole "knowing martial arts thing" actually gives me some nostalgic vibes to the game of my childhood "Scooby Doo the first frights", where Daphne knew how to fight even at that early-teens age and actually was a part of the team, not the eternal damsel in distress.
I've done some research and I realized that 2009 might've been THE year for movies based on kids shows! Between the success gained by them, how they impacted the history of each show and how they're still remembered to this day! There's this movie, The Mystery Begins, Hannah Montana The Movie, Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie, The Fairly OddParents Wishology Trilogy, Totally Spies The Movie, Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, Ben 10 Alien Swarm and even Land of the Lost! I researched last minute and it was apparently based on a kids show from the 70s which was rebooted again for the 90s. I couldn't have known that because I was 13 that year. Not to mention it was ridiculously crass, especially for a PG 13 movie! Even Chowder was about to have a movie that would've come out that year or the next year but got cancelled when C.H. Greenblatt didn't like how it was executed. They were even planning to get Matthew McConaughey to play I think the villain?
I love this movie, it's one of my favourites. Miss Mirimoto literally looks like Azula which considering who voices Daphne, is ironic. Also has anyone noticed how Scooby had some hints that he hade a crush on Miyumi or is it just me? Also......... Miss Mirimoto is SIMP MATERIAL.
Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword was actually the last Scooby-Doo Project to have Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy. But he didn't leave the Franchise quite yet since he would end up voicing Shaggy's Dad in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc. before passing away in 2014, making it the last Scooby-Doo Project Casey Kasem was involved in.
I never owned this movie but I remember borrowing it from my local library somewhat often. I was one of those kids back then really into Japanese culture (and I still am), while I didn't enjoy this movie as much as some of the other What's New era movies then I really liked it for that aspect alone. I think my favourite What's New era film is either Where's My Mummy or Chill Out. Loch Ness Monster follows them, but after that I'm not sure about my ranking
While I did enjoy this movie & the inclusion with Japanese legend of Muramasa & Hachiko, but I do agree with you that Daphne should had a bigger role in the story. As for my ranking for these movies it goes about the same as yours except maybe Samurai Sword I would place in C or B while Aloha be in C
Oh, this movie! I have it on DVD, it is my absolute favourite Scooby Doo movie! It just has everything I love; Japanese culture, badass Daphne, who has always been my favourite character. So well written, I love it!
1. I know this was likely unintentional, but it's interesting that this is the final time Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy, and your review of this movie came out on the 9 year anniversary of his death. 2. In regards to Kelly Hu's voice acting, I think it would've been better if she voiced one character, not two. I have two ideas as this. She could voice Miyumi while Ming Na Wen (voice of Mulan) would voice Miss Mirimoto. The two were already together in Phineas And Ferb with Kelly as Stacy and Ming as her mother. If Kelly voiced Miss Mirimoto, then have Janice Kawaye (voice of Jenny/XJ9 from My Life As A Teenage Robot and Ami from HiHi Puffy AmiYumi) voice Miyumi. Grey DeLisle Griffin and Keone Young were Yumi and Kaz in the latter show, which would've helped out.
The one thing I wished is that we were introduced to so many characters. It would have been so cool if Daphne and Miyumi teamed up with Saphire and the others to take down the Black Samuri
This film does have its fun moments but I feel that Shaggy and Scooby getting more focus in the second half is again another problem I have and that Velma, Fred and Daphne always seem to get sidelined in the latter movies of this era.
@@user-oj4wi9to7mWell Him being a Kid was a very long time ago so maybe He sadly can't remember it very well which sucks but unfortunately that is something that We all have to deal with as We grow older Our Memories just don't work anywhere as well as They did when We all Young. Mark Hamil is 72 Years old now. He really is The Clown Prince of crime.
I love your videos!! I was obsessed with scooby doo as a child, and watching videos like this is so cool and entertaining, finding out that I’m not the only one with a huge love for the franchise
The fact no one requested ''Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire'' is a crime, that movie has: Bram, an actor vampire named Bram, a hot vampire actor named Bram, and BRAM.
Another famous voice you forgot to mention, Mr Takagawa is voiced by Sab Shimono, who was Uncle in Jackie Chan Adventures (he's also been in Samurai Jack and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among others)
One detail I hated in this movie was that the voice actor who plays the false samurai ghost doesn’t differentiate his voice from the bodyguard, making it obvious from the jump off that he’s the villain.
The samurai sword is defenetly one of my favorites (with Where’s my mummy and Pirates Ahoy) mainly because of nostalgia (I’ve seen these movies the most as a child and the Samurai sword one was a gift from my mum when we were on a family trip so I have great memories watching these with my sis). Also I’am not a native English speaker so in my language those two characters have different voice actors, but to be honest even now when I watch it in English I don’t mind at all that these two are voice by one woman. I really want to like Aloha too but the CGI is just too much (but I love the story and Hawaii) and the Loch Ness monster is a classic (also even if I can see it now as a child I loved the Nessie design and didn’t care about how bad the cgi looks because I was just a kid and didn’t know it looks bad). The other movies arent as good or memorable for me so I don’t kinda care about them.
Wow! My ranking of the what’s new era is almost exactly the same as yours, all the way down to Loch Ness being my favourite Scooby movie of all time. The only difference in our rankings is that I prefer Samurai Sword to Goblin King. I just never liked the latter at all. Great video as always and happy pride!
Both movies, maybe even chill out, are pretty interchangeable for me anyway. Goblin King only has any edge because I do love Halloween so much, so it's harder for me to be bored the entire time. I can still safely say I probably will not be watching it again, at least for a very long time haha.
Mine too! Except I'd put Pirates Ahoy in scooby snack tier and Aloha in A tier. I have a deep love for pirates lol. I also remember feeling so disappointed in Samurai Sword because I really wanted the story to follow Daphne but it of course just got bloated with scooby and shaggy shenanigans; like you said, it felt out of touch with the culture too.
I get the feeling if they made this thing like 15 years earlier, Geisha Scooby and Shaggy would have had outrageously bad (and probably Chinese) accents. And if it were made 15 years later, it would be crawling with anime references. Deep dives, even. Anyway, Not only did George Takei do voice work here and as himself in the "Guess Who" series, he played himself in a Scooby-Doo parody in Futurama. A parody which oddly seemed to borrow more from "New Scooby Movies," even having the Futurama version of the Globetrotters. And two of the movie's guests would later appear on the 2012 TMNT. Kevin Michael Richardson not only playing Shredder, but an alternate universe 80's Shredder doing a dead on James Avery. Kelly would play Shredder's "daughter" Karai. Actually, I'm surprised Sab Shimono (Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures as well as Mr. Sparkle on that Simpsons episode) isn't part of the cast in this one. Any time there's anything that uses an American Japanese actor, it's him George, and Gedde Watanabe. And if not just one, a combination.
The journey has ended. The “What’s New” era has come to an end. Thank you for covering these. These movies brought me back to when things were simpler, as well as reminded me of many family trips from when I was younger. Keep up the great work and keep pushing forward. ✌🏻
I don't think I'll ever get to them or Cyber Chase because I truly have nothing to say on them that hasn't been said by everyone and their talking dog on here 😥
My favorite character from this movie was sapphire Sonia i like her i wish she had more screen time she was awesome and Mayumi she is cool and she redeems herself and cool to see Daphne got to shine in the beginning
Really wish this movie was more Daphne centric, it felt like it was leading to that, even as a kid i was like "oh is thsi going to be about martial arts and Daphne? sign me up!" And then it wasn't I mean... the Black Samurai had a dooe design i guess!
This movie was and probably is still like my favorite scooby doo movie of all time. I remember being a kid and checking it out from the library all the time. It's a great movie.
This was my favorite Scooby Doo movie until 2012 when Big Top Scooby Doo released and then I was obsessed with the era of the Scooby Doo movies 2010-2020 I stopped watching these after the Frankenstein Velma one which was hilarious when I remembered it.
It's not the very expensive mic, I'd rather just run a program to do as much work as possible for me so I don't have to spend a week obsessively working on audio and nothing else until I don't want to make videos ever again (for a 70th time) (thankfully I did not this time)
@@Scoobytopia oh ok its not that bad lol can you do a camp scare movie review (my favorite Scooby movie) or maybe more where are you content. Just do what you want to hope to see another video soon 👍😁
Camp Scare is definitely a big contender for some kind of video before the year is over, but I'll have to see how I feel and what I might have to say about it. I've been wanting to look at how it handles 80s slashers while being appropriate for the audience, etc, and it's one of the best of the DTVs.
I have pretty vivid memory of this movie, i guess because its well, interesting. But honestly it just seems so unfocused in what it wanted to do. I remember even as a kid i was very disappointed how after being introduced other martial artists in the tournament were just defeated and we didn't see them anymore. I would love if it would be more Daphne focused martial arts adventure where Scooby Gang teams up with fighting game character roster. Now when i think about Whats New era movies i feel like theyre not exactly the peak of the franchise even tho those were mostly the ones i would watch as a kid. Theyre very classical in my mind tho, especially the Loch Ness one.
The WN era is one of my favorites in the SD franchise. I loved how it was a modern update to the original--plus Fred and Velma didn't have their live-action counterparts' negative qualities.
@@ScoobytopiaI have never understand why so many People love I love Lucy I have tried watching it and sorry but I don't get what Everyone found it so hilarious.
Congrats on finishing this mini series despite the last video being hard to watch. I have been there! My ranking of the new Scooby-doo movies is basically the same as yours with the exception I would put Aloha Scooby probably in B or C (but that's me). Samurai is such an odd movie, you can feel they were running out of steam writing wise. Take as long of a break as you need between videos. Honestly, even you wanted to make some non-Scooby videos just to give yourself something different to work on I think people would be fine with that too. Avoiding burnout is a good thing to do for yourself. Anyway, great video and Happy Pride month.
the second time gang was tricked into coming to solve a mystery only their benefactor betrayed them last time was the witch's ghost but the third one was in the reboot era
I definitely agree about Daphne ! It sucked how we didn’t see her complete the Martial Arts tournament in the end, I know that it was most likely scrapped because of Mirimoto, but it would had been cool to see her have her moment ! It sucks even more when Scooby gets a statue at the end of the film, which is great, but that should had been Daphne also ! She should had at least gone with Shaggy and Scooby when they were doing the tests to become Samurai warriors ! It would had given her tons of great character development and would had ended the What’s New era on a high ! It’s such a shame I feel like this specific era of Scooby DTV movies much favoured Shaggy and Scooby more than the others at times when what makes Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo, in my opinion, is everyone ! This movie definitely missed a huge mark but was still enjoyable to an extent.
22:10 you gave us trivia knowledge for us Scooby doo lovers, being my 9th favorite franchise of all time, I like every little detail from all fans perspective.❤
Love your ranking! I'm almost the same with one big change. Scooby Snacks: Loch Ness, Aloha, and Goblin King, A: Where's My Mummy & Pirates B: Chill Out D: Samurai. I've just never been able to get into Samurai Sword, either as a kid or an adult. I also really like Goblin King... but way more as an adult? I can't explain it. I could see why someone wouldn't like it, though - it's pretty different.
Definitely love the first two and need to give the third one a proper good watch to form an opinion on it. I've been meaning to get to that era, as I'm not super familiar with the most recent ones outside of trick or treat and courage 🫣
@Scoobytopia I would recommend both movies but personally will never watch the courage one probably ever again since there is a scene in it with a lot of flashing lights and color changes and I don't want to flair my seizures again health and safety is important even when doing things you love so for me that means limiting which movies I watch.
@@Scoobytopia If you end up talking about the Sword and the Scoob, you could connect it to a theme: renaissance fair episodes. The gang visits renaissance fairs in at least 3 episodes. After What's New Scooby-Doo did it with "Large Dragon at Large" it became something of a tradition that each new season would have an episode set at a renaissance fair.
Awesome video once again. As for ranking the 7 movies myself going from 1 to 7 with 1 being I absolutely love it and 7 I watch it only occasionally but it's never to be as bas as scooby doo in Arabian nights which I have never finished in over 15 years of having it on dvd. Number 1 for me is Pirates ahoy absolutely love the whole movie, and 80 minutes is a perfect run time for it. Number 2 is Loch Ness monster had a book of the movie years before I actually got to watch the movie for the 1st time, so that's why the movie is special. Number 3 is legend of the vampire, and the simple reason for it being Number 3 is we got the original voices paired with the hex girls for a movie other than the late Don Messick so that was wonderful my only gripe is it takes 48 minutes if you count it start if the mystery to the unmasking for them to solve the mystery when really they have the thing solved in 20 minutes. Chill out is just a great Christmas in July type movie for me since my birthday is 4 days before Christmas its not one I regularly watch but I do if I remember I have it which I have all the movies on DVD. Goblink King is a go-to for me around Halloween but no other time of the year. While aloha scooby doo and where's my mummy are near the bottom of my list since they were nothing special to me I mean I caught the bad guy for aloha scooby doo in 5 minutes the first time I saw it. As for samari Sword, I like it and should rewatch it. It might be a dark horse in my full collection.
This was a very well-thought-out and well-reasoned review, which is good to see, as I think the Scooby-Doo movies don't get nearly as much love and respect as they deserve. I will say that for me, personally, this is actually a standout movie -- possibly my FAVORITE of this generation of Scooby movies -- but I'm also an unabashed weeb, who happens to be living and working in Tokyo, so I'm a sucker for anything Japan-themed. And yes, this leans heavily into stereotypes, but it also gets a lot surprisingly right, including just about all of the spoken and written Japanese throughout its run, as well as depictions of Shibuya scramble and such (though, yeah, Hachiko is definitely a bit off!). I also think Hachiko is a female dog, no? Maybe I'm mistaken about that, but Hachiko is definitely a girl's name, so I just always assumed Hachiko was female. I'll have to look into that, because if they misgendered Hachiko, that's definitely a bit problematic, and I'm surprised it didn't bother me before now (I'd forgotten all about it until Hachiko was mentioned in this video). Though if it turns out Hachiko is, in fact, male, then I guess I'll have been the one who misgendered him all this time, so... oops! At any rate, though this movie isn't without its problems, I found it to be a fun romp the whole way through. Are you sure this was Casey Kasem's last time depicting Shaggy, though? I could've sworn that honor belonged to Legend of the Phantosaur, but again, I might be mistaken. IMDB is sadly no help, as it's listing him as having voiced Shaggy even beyond Phantosaur, as late as Frankencreepy in 2014 and Valentine's Bouquet in 2021, which is... kind of impossible? EDIT: Looks like I am wrong about Hachiko indeed, as his name is actually "Hachikou," not using the traditional "ko" (non-extended) name ending used for feminine names in Japanese. I can't believe I didn't know that all this time! I probably looked it up back when I watched Samurai Sword, too, and just forgot. Oops! Also wrong about Kasem voicing Shaggy in Phantosaur, though he is co-credited as voicing Shaggy in Frankencreepy -- not sure if he provided some voices prior to passing away and Lillard provided the rest, or if they just reused old clips of Kasem-era Shaggy in the movie, as I don't remember Frankencreepy all too well at this point.
It looks like Frankencreepy used archival audio. I haven't seen the movie, but that would make sense, since Casey was having trouble speaking when the film entered production.
According to the non-existing wiki page, this was the moment when shaggy obtained his ultra instinct powers from the dragon and uses it to save the entire tristate aria. And then forgotten afterwards until legend of the phantosaur. (No need to look it up I’ve done all the research for you)
I agree this should have been Daphne's movie but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Scooby and Shaggy have the be the heroes because that dog a cash cow. and now that you mention it your right we should have at least seen Miss Minimoto arrested or at least punish oh and another thing WHAT THE HECK WAS UP WITH SONG THAT PLAYED DURING THE SCOOBY NINJA JET PACK CHASE. IT WAS JUST SOMEONE SAYING RANDOM THINGS (PS I have nothing against your tier list. you like what you like)
Seriously. This was the *third time in a row* that Shaggy and Scooby got separated from the gang to be the heroes. And I'm not sure if that chase number even qualifies as a song.
Its such a shame they nerfed Shaggy though. Even if Daphne deserved to fight the Samurai, Shaggy's power canonically far exceeds his. He didn’t even need the sword.
My rating: 1. Pirates Ahoy (I am not sorry, I used to watch it all the time as a child); 2. Where’s my mummy? (I just love it); 3. Loch Ness Monster (erasing horrible CGI from my memory really boosted it in my rating); 4. Aloha (it’s pretty much good); 5. Chill out (it’s ok, but I don’t love it); 6. Samurai sword; 7. Goblin king (I’m pretty much neutral towards the last two).
4:33 ey princess jellyfish Also rewatched this recently and as someone who's Japanese, hoo boy. I also think it's not out of malice just lack of knowledge but the fact that they took a real legend instead of making one up based on their limited knowledge is really cool. The "islanders" thing was just weird though. It doesn't really add anything to the plot and the movie already has enough antagonists with the black samurai, Ms. Mirimoto, and the other contestants debatably. They're also clearly based off bad pacific islander stereotypes but Japan isn't part of that. My only guess is that it is an island in the pacific so they thought it counted or they were specifically doing Okinawa but that's still really bad. Still think doing the samurai is a bop though but that says more about my taste in music than the song. I don't know if you'd ever do this but it would be cool to do a video on how Scooby doo does their obligatory China/Japan (town) episodes kinda like your Americana video. Personally like Be cool's design for the tengu as short lived as it was and the kani aku episode. Both look like real yokai designs and I'm surprised they never really went did a yokai monster before that (to my knowledge).
I think a better question is are you going to keep making Scooby Doo videos because eventually you’re gonna have to talk about the stuff you don’t want to talk about
I remember really having a hard time watching this one and being so bored I'd give up about 5 or 10 minutes in. I think it might have been because I recognised the very stock "American View On Japan" tropes and imagery and found thay boring, as well as what I felt was the lack of spooky stuff. Listening to your breakdown of the story it actually sounds really interesting; a high stakes adventure plot rather than a mystery but still exciting and the twists with Miyumi and Mirimoto...at least untill the third act. Maybe it's for the best I wasn't disappointed a second time.
I'm glad that they kept the whole Daphne knowing martial arts thing from the live action films and added it to the animated stuff it gives her some much needed characterisation
I like that SMG still got to use her Buffy skills in scooby doo
Right?! I love that they made that canon. It definitely fits with her character to want to learn how to better defend herself.
I like it
If only scooby doo and the gang can solve the mystery in all valley California to meet the original karate kid Daniel san larusso
If they would see Okinawa were mr miyagi use to live were tomi village was there and the castle of king sohashi were Daniel larusso and chozen toguchi fought to the death and mr miyagi s house
I liked how Daphne was main part of the story until the second half ruined it by switching to just Shaggy and Scooby again! The others besides those two deserves attention too
I'm just glad we got something meaningful for Daphne, even if the rug got pulled from under her.
no they really dont fred is cringe everytime he opens his mouth he sounds like the fakest douche and not like a real person daphene is the same but not as bad velma is ok at times depends on the movie shaggy is truly the only good character for anybody who isnt slow or 10 yeARS OLD
I always thought Ms. Miyamoto broke her back and died when the samurai attacked her, and that's why she didn't appear in the epilogue. Maybe censorship didn't allow it to be outright confirmed, and instead was left ambiguous.
As we've seen in Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost and Cyber Chase, the franchise can sometimes kill its villains.
Yeah and we didn’t see her get arrested along with her accomplices
Or they could've been arrested off-screen.
while i do agree with your theory, i think the real problem is the actual era and type of scooby doo films that were coming out.
zombie island and witches ghost (not counting cyberchase for a reason i'll explain later) were more darker both visually and storywise. meaning it's easier to have a character be killed off, because they're darker in tone anyway so you may as well kill someone off.
samerai sword and similar films were purposely made lighter in tone, to fit in with the laid back and more comedic What's New Scooby Doo. Sure, there are points where it can be dark (i specifically remember being terrified of the pirates in pirates ahoy), but the energy in what's new was, for lack of a better term, 2000s energy.
as for cyber chase? i'm not counting it because no one was techincally killed. a virus sure but i don't really think it counts as an actual person being killed if that makes sense. Ben was literally dragged into the book's universe where he can never escape and is likely dead, the werecats were kinda yeeted into dust... the virus wasn't really human to begin with and it's 'death' was basically just being deleted.
sidenote: I'll be real with everyone, I honestly don't think cyber chase as dark as everyone portrays it. if anything it was leaning towards the whats new era type movies and i don't know why it's really portrayed as grim.
R.I.P Casey Kasem as Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
He'll be missed, same with Don Messick, the OG Voice of Scooby-Dooby-Doo himself.
As a character I've dressed up as multiple times, I would have loved to see this movie remain Daphne-centric... just for once. I loved how Pirates Ahoy gave Fred a little more time to shine with his interactions with his parents.
preach! velma had that somewhat in witches ghost + abracadabra doo + frankencreepy + where's my mummy. shaggy had it with essentally most of the scooby doo films before the 2000s. fred and daphne honestly need more rep.
(i mean i guess daphne had some in curse of 13th ghost but still)
@@theautistictomboy4003 Fred and Daphne get more to do in Stage Fright.
@@Blokewood3 nah I mean as individuals more so but good point! Like as in, Daphne centric films and such
@@theautistictomboy4003 Yeah, I get what you mean.
Your critique of this one is pretty much exactly the same as mine. Listening to Casey Kasim's voice in this one made me realize how old he had gotten. I was happy though when he did return to voice Shaggy's father. There was a nice meta feel to it that made me feel that Casey was leaving on a good note. I loved his line in Mystery Incorporated that called Velma's parents hippies 😄
Loved this movie as a kid, that final fight scene where Shaggy & Scooby fight the evil Samurai was done surprisingly well. Something that I noticed during that fight scene was that when defending, Shaggy was the one holding the sword, and when attacking, Scooby was the holding the sword. Also loved the little street fighter references.
Well, I actually like when Daphne gets a little bit of attention. This whole "knowing martial arts thing" actually gives me some nostalgic vibes to the game of my childhood "Scooby Doo the first frights", where Daphne knew how to fight even at that early-teens age and actually was a part of the team, not the eternal damsel in distress.
I've done some research and I realized that 2009 might've been THE year for movies based on kids shows! Between the success gained by them, how they impacted the history of each show and how they're still remembered to this day! There's this movie, The Mystery Begins, Hannah Montana The Movie, Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie, The Fairly OddParents Wishology Trilogy, Totally Spies The Movie, Ed Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, Ben 10 Alien Swarm and even Land of the Lost! I researched last minute and it was apparently based on a kids show from the 70s which was rebooted again for the 90s. I couldn't have known that because I was 13 that year. Not to mention it was ridiculously crass, especially for a PG 13 movie! Even Chowder was about to have a movie that would've come out that year or the next year but got cancelled when C.H. Greenblatt didn't like how it was executed. They were even planning to get Matthew McConaughey to play I think the villain?
I love this movie, it's one of my favourites.
Miss Mirimoto literally looks like Azula which considering who voices Daphne, is ironic. Also has anyone noticed how Scooby had some hints that he hade a crush on Miyumi or is it just me?
Also.........
Miss Mirimoto is SIMP MATERIAL.
Loch Ness is genuinely one of my favorite films period, and I was bummed that Last Samurai was the note this golden age had to end on
Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword was actually the last Scooby-Doo Project to have Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy.
But he didn't leave the Franchise quite yet since he would end up voicing Shaggy's Dad in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Inc. before passing away in 2014, making it the last Scooby-Doo Project Casey Kasem was involved in.
I never owned this movie but I remember borrowing it from my local library somewhat often. I was one of those kids back then really into Japanese culture (and I still am), while I didn't enjoy this movie as much as some of the other What's New era movies then I really liked it for that aspect alone. I think my favourite What's New era film is either Where's My Mummy or Chill Out. Loch Ness Monster follows them, but after that I'm not sure about my ranking
While I did enjoy this movie & the inclusion with Japanese legend of Muramasa & Hachiko, but I do agree with you that Daphne should had a bigger role in the story. As for my ranking for these movies it goes about the same as yours except maybe Samurai Sword I would place in C or B while Aloha be in C
Hope you take a good relaxing break! Looking forward to whatever content you end up creating going forward. As always, I love this channel.
I will FOREVER hate the fact that Shaggy and Scooby of all people got the final fight when this movie centered on DAPHNE. 😤😤😤
Oh, this movie! I have it on DVD, it is my absolute favourite Scooby Doo movie! It just has everything I love; Japanese culture, badass Daphne, who has always been my favourite character. So well written, I love it!
1. I know this was likely unintentional, but it's interesting that this is the final time Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy, and your review of this movie came out on the 9 year anniversary of his death.
2. In regards to Kelly Hu's voice acting, I think it would've been better if she voiced one character, not two. I have two ideas as this. She could voice Miyumi while Ming Na Wen (voice of Mulan) would voice Miss Mirimoto. The two were already together in Phineas And Ferb with Kelly as Stacy and Ming as her mother. If Kelly voiced Miss Mirimoto, then have Janice Kawaye (voice of Jenny/XJ9 from My Life As A Teenage Robot and Ami from HiHi Puffy AmiYumi) voice Miyumi. Grey DeLisle Griffin and Keone Young were Yumi and Kaz in the latter show, which would've helped out.
I love that idea for number 2.
Number one makes my bones ache.
The final Scooby project featuring Casey Kasem as Shaggy
The one thing I wished is that we were introduced to so many characters. It would have been so cool if Daphne and Miyumi teamed up with Saphire and the others to take down the Black Samuri
This film does have its fun moments but I feel that Shaggy and Scooby getting more focus in the second half is again another problem I have and that Velma, Fred and Daphne always seem to get sidelined in the latter movies of this era.
To think that "What's new Scooby Doo" is old now gives me whiplash
Legit always thought Whats New Scooby Doo was around 2008-2009 was shocked when found out it started in 2002
this series has been super interesting thank you!!! also i envy your dvd collection lmao
I need to rewatch Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword again someday, once I get a new DVD Player.
The Ghost of the Black Samurai has returned
Fred: "Robot ninjas? Double cool! Sorry, I geeked out"
Kinda weird how the gang's only in Japan for Daphne's martial arts competition but Scooby and Shaggy get Samurai training.
I also wasn't a fan of this one but scooby doo abracadabra doo was one I really liked. I understand the boring factor for this one for sure.
Mark Hamil spent much of his early childhood in Japan since his dad was in the military. That’s why his episode was based there
He briefly mentioned that in an episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who before
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 yeah Mark Hamil said that but scoobytopia legit said he didn’t know why
@@user-oj4wi9to7m I guess the world may never know
@@user-oj4wi9to7mWell Him being a Kid was a very long time ago so maybe He sadly can't remember it very well which sucks but unfortunately that is something that We all have to deal with as We grow older Our Memories just don't work anywhere as well as They did when We all Young. Mark Hamil is 72 Years old now. He really is The Clown Prince of crime.
I love your videos!! I was obsessed with scooby doo as a child, and watching videos like this is so cool and entertaining, finding out that I’m not the only one with a huge love for the franchise
💖💖💖 just planned out the next three, including one filled with lots of personal nostalgia, so plenty more to come!
You can't tell me that those jokes at Fred's lack of catchphrase didn't make you chuckle at least once whenever it popped up XD
The fact no one requested ''Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire'' is a crime, that movie has: Bram, an actor vampire named Bram, a hot vampire actor named Bram, and BRAM.
One of my favorite movies too of the DTVs! It's definitely one I'd like to do something with someday.
I loved this little series, thank you for making it 🙃
The title of the movie covering Shaggys foot on the dvds case is so funny, it’s like they were trying to censor it 🫣
This was ok and glad they gave Casey Lasem his last hurrah as Shaggy here....wishes we got more of Tokyo in this movie
Another famous voice you forgot to mention, Mr Takagawa is voiced by Sab Shimono, who was Uncle in Jackie Chan Adventures (he's also been in Samurai Jack and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among others)
One detail I hated in this movie was that the voice actor who plays the false samurai ghost doesn’t differentiate his voice from the bodyguard, making it obvious from the jump off that he’s the villain.
Shaggy: "Like, meow! Take about a kung-fu catfight"
After the day I discovered this movie, I found myself watching all of the movies!
I love your videos so much keep up the good work Man
The samurai sword is defenetly one of my favorites (with Where’s my mummy and Pirates Ahoy) mainly because of nostalgia (I’ve seen these movies the most as a child and the Samurai sword one was a gift from my mum when we were on a family trip so I have great memories watching these with my sis). Also I’am not a native English speaker so in my language those two characters have different voice actors, but to be honest even now when I watch it in English I don’t mind at all that these two are voice by one woman. I really want to like Aloha too but the CGI is just too much (but I love the story and Hawaii) and the Loch Ness monster is a classic (also even if I can see it now as a child I loved the Nessie design and didn’t care about how bad the cgi looks because I was just a kid and didn’t know it looks bad). The other movies arent as good or memorable for me so I don’t kinda care about them.
Wow! My ranking of the what’s new era is almost exactly the same as yours, all the way down to Loch Ness being my favourite Scooby movie of all time. The only difference in our rankings is that I prefer Samurai Sword to Goblin King. I just never liked the latter at all. Great video as always and happy pride!
Both movies, maybe even chill out, are pretty interchangeable for me anyway. Goblin King only has any edge because I do love Halloween so much, so it's harder for me to be bored the entire time. I can still safely say I probably will not be watching it again, at least for a very long time haha.
Mine too! Except I'd put Pirates Ahoy in scooby snack tier and Aloha in A tier. I have a deep love for pirates lol. I also remember feeling so disappointed in Samurai Sword because I really wanted the story to follow Daphne but it of course just got bloated with scooby and shaggy shenanigans; like you said, it felt out of touch with the culture too.
I really enjoyed this one growing up:) great review❤
“Hahaha! We may just have to leave Scooby here, and take the statue home. (Laughs)” - Casey Kasem’s line as Shaggy Rogers.
Love the video as always. I hope what ever video you do next is one you love and are excited to make. Take care of yourself
Pirates ahoy, Camp Scare, Monster in Mexico, and Where’s my Mummy where always my favorites.
I get the feeling if they made this thing like 15 years earlier, Geisha Scooby and Shaggy would have had outrageously bad (and probably Chinese) accents. And if it were made 15 years later, it would be crawling with anime references. Deep dives, even. Anyway, Not only did George Takei do voice work here and as himself in the "Guess Who" series, he played himself in a Scooby-Doo parody in Futurama. A parody which oddly seemed to borrow more from "New Scooby Movies," even having the Futurama version of the Globetrotters. And two of the movie's guests would later appear on the 2012 TMNT. Kevin Michael Richardson not only playing Shredder, but an alternate universe 80's Shredder doing a dead on James Avery. Kelly would play Shredder's "daughter" Karai. Actually, I'm surprised Sab Shimono (Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures as well as Mr. Sparkle on that Simpsons episode) isn't part of the cast in this one. Any time there's anything that uses an American Japanese actor, it's him George, and Gedde Watanabe. And if not just one, a combination.
The journey has ended. The “What’s New” era has come to an end. Thank you for covering these. These movies brought me back to when things were simpler, as well as reminded me of many family trips from when I was younger. Keep up the great work and keep pushing forward. ✌🏻
A series on the Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost, Alien Invaders trilogy would be fun
I don't think I'll ever get to them or Cyber Chase because I truly have nothing to say on them that hasn't been said by everyone and their talking dog on here 😥
My favorite character from this movie was sapphire Sonia i like her i wish she had more screen time she was awesome and Mayumi she is cool and she redeems herself and cool to see Daphne got to shine in the beginning
Really wish this movie was more Daphne centric, it felt like it was leading to that, even as a kid i was like "oh is thsi going to be about martial arts and Daphne? sign me up!"
And then it wasn't
I mean... the Black Samurai had a dooe design i guess!
This movie was and probably is still like my favorite scooby doo movie of all time. I remember being a kid and checking it out from the library all the time. It's a great movie.
17:26, For some reason I always thought there were more than 7 of the WNSD Movie Eras.
No idea why.
Did you did a review for goblin king? I dont remember that vid! But man i can't wait for your Legend Of The Vampire vid!
I also had this movie be on DVD as a kid along with Loch Ness monster, where’s my mummy?, Monster of Mexico, music of the vampire and goblin king
This was my favorite Scooby Doo movie until 2012 when Big Top Scooby Doo released and then I was obsessed with the era of the Scooby Doo movies 2010-2020 I stopped watching these after the Frankenstein Velma one which was hilarious when I remembered it.
I needed a DIR EN GREY break after that one song.
I used to mix up this movie with the episode from what’s new scooby doo with robodog
This is one of my personal favorite scooby-doo movies.
I should get a better mic, but otherwise GREAT VIDEO I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING (as always) can’t wait for more content ❤
It's not the very expensive mic, I'd rather just run a program to do as much work as possible for me so I don't have to spend a week obsessively working on audio and nothing else until I don't want to make videos ever again (for a 70th time) (thankfully I did not this time)
@@Scoobytopia oh ok its not that bad lol can you do a camp scare movie review (my favorite Scooby movie) or maybe more where are you content. Just do what you want to hope to see another video soon 👍😁
Camp Scare is definitely a big contender for some kind of video before the year is over, but I'll have to see how I feel and what I might have to say about it. I've been wanting to look at how it handles 80s slashers while being appropriate for the audience, etc, and it's one of the best of the DTVs.
@@Scoobytopia you should definitely make it
if you needed someone to play a large figure with menacing aura you got Kevin Michael Richardson.
I have pretty vivid memory of this movie, i guess because its well, interesting. But honestly it just seems so unfocused in what it wanted to do.
I remember even as a kid i was very disappointed how after being introduced other martial artists in the tournament were just defeated and we didn't see them anymore. I would love if it would be more Daphne focused martial arts adventure where Scooby Gang teams up with fighting game character roster.
Now when i think about Whats New era movies i feel like theyre not exactly the peak of the franchise even tho those were mostly the ones i would watch as a kid. Theyre very classical in my mind tho, especially the Loch Ness one.
The WN era is one of my favorites in the SD franchise. I loved how it was a modern update to the original--plus Fred and Velma didn't have their live-action counterparts' negative qualities.
Oh, I know that one. It’s a whole lot of fun. Do you remember the Scooby doo video games?
I didn't get to play any except a plug-n-play game because I never had any consoles growing up (and still don't) 🫣
@@Scoobytopia oh, sorry to hear about that, buddy. I didn’t know that and I don’t want to bum you out or upset you. I just had no idea.
@@ScoobytopiaI have never understand why so many People love I love Lucy I have tried watching it and sorry but I don't get what Everyone found it so hilarious.
@graygarrison3114 unfortunately I still watch it daily
Congrats on finishing this mini series despite the last video being hard to watch. I have been there! My ranking of the new Scooby-doo movies is basically the same as yours with the exception I would put Aloha Scooby probably in B or C (but that's me). Samurai is such an odd movie, you can feel they were running out of steam writing wise.
Take as long of a break as you need between videos. Honestly, even you wanted to make some non-Scooby videos just to give yourself something different to work on I think people would be fine with that too. Avoiding burnout is a good thing to do for yourself. Anyway, great video and Happy Pride month.
the second time gang was tricked into coming to solve a mystery only their benefactor betrayed them last time was the witch's ghost but the third one was in the reboot era
I definitely agree about Daphne ! It sucked how we didn’t see her complete the Martial Arts tournament in the end, I know that it was most likely scrapped because of Mirimoto, but it would had been cool to see her have her moment ! It sucks even more when Scooby gets a statue at the end of the film, which is great, but that should had been Daphne also ! She should had at least gone with Shaggy and Scooby when they were doing the tests to become Samurai warriors ! It would had given her tons of great character development and would had ended the What’s New era on a high ! It’s such a shame I feel like this specific era of Scooby DTV movies much favoured Shaggy and Scooby more than the others at times when what makes Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo, in my opinion, is everyone ! This movie definitely missed a huge mark but was still enjoyable to an extent.
22:10 you gave us trivia knowledge for us Scooby doo lovers, being my 9th favorite franchise of all time, I like every little detail from all fans perspective.❤
Oh hey, I remember this movie!
Love your ranking! I'm almost the same with one big change. Scooby Snacks: Loch Ness, Aloha, and Goblin King, A: Where's My Mummy & Pirates B: Chill Out D: Samurai. I've just never been able to get into Samurai Sword, either as a kid or an adult. I also really like Goblin King... but way more as an adult? I can't explain it. I could see why someone wouldn't like it, though - it's pretty different.
Already said it but this channel is so good! I'm trying to get things done but all I can do is watch these videos! Keep going friend ☺
This is another one of my favorite Scooby Doo movies. Seeing Scooby and Shaggy as samurai and taking on the Black Samurai was cool.
I liked the movie when I watched it on tv. Given that I was and am into martial arts as well; I'd be very interested in seeing those special features
Excellent series, curious to hear your opinion on Camp Scare, Big Top and Sword/Scoob (that was my fav film)
Definitely love the first two and need to give the third one a proper good watch to form an opinion on it. I've been meaning to get to that era, as I'm not super familiar with the most recent ones outside of trick or treat and courage 🫣
@Scoobytopia I would recommend both movies but personally will never watch the courage one probably ever again since there is a scene in it with a lot of flashing lights and color changes and I don't want to flair my seizures again health and safety is important even when doing things you love so for me that means limiting which movies I watch.
Very valid! I noticed it had that issue when watching it last year for the first time.
@Scoobytopia Yeah, other than that, I enjoyed the movie.
@@Scoobytopia If you end up talking about the Sword and the Scoob, you could connect it to a theme: renaissance fair episodes. The gang visits renaissance fairs in at least 3 episodes. After What's New Scooby-Doo did it with "Large Dragon at Large" it became something of a tradition that each new season would have an episode set at a renaissance fair.
I have the movie and seen it a few times but I still don't remember much of it until I watch it.
Awesome video once again. As for ranking the 7 movies myself going from 1 to 7 with 1 being I absolutely love it and 7 I watch it only occasionally but it's never to be as bas as scooby doo in Arabian nights which I have never finished in over 15 years of having it on dvd. Number 1 for me is Pirates ahoy absolutely love the whole movie, and 80 minutes is a perfect run time for it. Number 2 is Loch Ness monster had a book of the movie years before I actually got to watch the movie for the 1st time, so that's why the movie is special. Number 3 is legend of the vampire, and the simple reason for it being Number 3 is we got the original voices paired with the hex girls for a movie other than the late Don Messick so that was wonderful my only gripe is it takes 48 minutes if you count it start if the mystery to the unmasking for them to solve the mystery when really they have the thing solved in 20 minutes. Chill out is just a great Christmas in July type movie for me since my birthday is 4 days before Christmas its not one I regularly watch but I do if I remember I have it which I have all the movies on DVD. Goblink King is a go-to for me around Halloween but no other time of the year. While aloha scooby doo and where's my mummy are near the bottom of my list since they were nothing special to me I mean I caught the bad guy for aloha scooby doo in 5 minutes the first time I saw it. As for samari Sword, I like it and should rewatch it. It might be a dark horse in my full collection.
the end of an era
This movie feels like a fever dream, though
This was a very well-thought-out and well-reasoned review, which is good to see, as I think the Scooby-Doo movies don't get nearly as much love and respect as they deserve. I will say that for me, personally, this is actually a standout movie -- possibly my FAVORITE of this generation of Scooby movies -- but I'm also an unabashed weeb, who happens to be living and working in Tokyo, so I'm a sucker for anything Japan-themed. And yes, this leans heavily into stereotypes, but it also gets a lot surprisingly right, including just about all of the spoken and written Japanese throughout its run, as well as depictions of Shibuya scramble and such (though, yeah, Hachiko is definitely a bit off!).
I also think Hachiko is a female dog, no? Maybe I'm mistaken about that, but Hachiko is definitely a girl's name, so I just always assumed Hachiko was female. I'll have to look into that, because if they misgendered Hachiko, that's definitely a bit problematic, and I'm surprised it didn't bother me before now (I'd forgotten all about it until Hachiko was mentioned in this video). Though if it turns out Hachiko is, in fact, male, then I guess I'll have been the one who misgendered him all this time, so... oops!
At any rate, though this movie isn't without its problems, I found it to be a fun romp the whole way through. Are you sure this was Casey Kasem's last time depicting Shaggy, though? I could've sworn that honor belonged to Legend of the Phantosaur, but again, I might be mistaken. IMDB is sadly no help, as it's listing him as having voiced Shaggy even beyond Phantosaur, as late as Frankencreepy in 2014 and Valentine's Bouquet in 2021, which is... kind of impossible?
EDIT: Looks like I am wrong about Hachiko indeed, as his name is actually "Hachikou," not using the traditional "ko" (non-extended) name ending used for feminine names in Japanese. I can't believe I didn't know that all this time! I probably looked it up back when I watched Samurai Sword, too, and just forgot. Oops!
Also wrong about Kasem voicing Shaggy in Phantosaur, though he is co-credited as voicing Shaggy in Frankencreepy -- not sure if he provided some voices prior to passing away and Lillard provided the rest, or if they just reused old clips of Kasem-era Shaggy in the movie, as I don't remember Frankencreepy all too well at this point.
It looks like Frankencreepy used archival audio. I haven't seen the movie, but that would make sense, since Casey was having trouble speaking when the film entered production.
Woo! Scoobytopia did it!
He did it, man!
I love Scooby Doo in Japan like Sakai reminded me of Shaggy & Ami Asai as Velma leaving Uzaki and Sakurai as Fred and daphne
Miss Mirimoto looks like she's from the fire nation for some reason. (Maybe it's the clothing color pallet and design) Hecc she even looks familiar!
She looks like she'd be voiced by Grey DeLisle doing her best Azula if she wasn't already Daphne 🤭
According to the non-existing wiki page, this was the moment when shaggy obtained his ultra instinct powers from the dragon and uses it to save the entire tristate aria. And then forgotten afterwards until legend of the phantosaur. (No need to look it up I’ve done all the research for you)
I must say, the fighting scenes are surprisingly pretty good.
Ms. Mirimoto is also my MOTHER.
They're very well animated, I was surprised by their fluidity you don't see too much from a DTV
I agree this should have been Daphne's movie but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Scooby and Shaggy have the be the heroes because that dog a cash cow. and now that you mention it your right we should have at least seen Miss Minimoto arrested or at least punish oh and another thing WHAT THE HECK WAS UP WITH SONG THAT PLAYED DURING THE SCOOBY NINJA JET PACK CHASE. IT WAS JUST SOMEONE SAYING RANDOM THINGS (PS I have nothing against your tier list. you like what you like)
Seriously. This was the *third time in a row* that Shaggy and Scooby got separated from the gang to be the heroes. And I'm not sure if that chase number even qualifies as a song.
The "Domo arigato sayonara" song seems kind of like a predecessor of the "makudonarudo" song
Its such a shame they nerfed Shaggy though. Even if Daphne deserved to fight the Samurai, Shaggy's power canonically far exceeds his. He didn’t even need the sword.
Scooby Doo should have been a skin for Amaterasu in Okami, maybe mythology would be more stomach-able to you then LOL
I like newer versions of Daphne where she is strong and proactive with good fighting skill
My 2 favourite are Pirates Ahoy and Goblin King, Pirates mostly because of Fred's parents and Goblin King because..... HALLOWEEN 🎃👻
My rating:
1. Pirates Ahoy (I am not sorry, I used to watch it all the time as a child);
2. Where’s my mummy? (I just love it);
3. Loch Ness Monster (erasing horrible CGI from my memory really boosted it in my rating);
4. Aloha (it’s pretty much good);
5. Chill out (it’s ok, but I don’t love it);
6. Samurai sword;
7. Goblin king
(I’m pretty much neutral towards the last two).
My ranking matches yours in the top 4. But for me, it’s Samurai Sword, Chill Out and Goblin King in last place.
Very valid, I can't see myself watching or gravitating toward the last three any time soon, so they are fairly interchangeable for me.
Nooooooo, my precious goblin king!
4:33 ey princess jellyfish
Also rewatched this recently and as someone who's Japanese, hoo boy. I also think it's not out of malice just lack of knowledge but the fact that they took a real legend instead of making one up based on their limited knowledge is really cool. The "islanders" thing was just weird though. It doesn't really add anything to the plot and the movie already has enough antagonists with the black samurai, Ms. Mirimoto, and the other contestants debatably. They're also clearly based off bad pacific islander stereotypes but Japan isn't part of that. My only guess is that it is an island in the pacific so they thought it counted or they were specifically doing Okinawa but that's still really bad. Still think doing the samurai is a bop though but that says more about my taste in music than the song. I don't know if you'd ever do this but it would be cool to do a video on how Scooby doo does their obligatory China/Japan (town) episodes kinda like your Americana video. Personally like Be cool's design for the tengu as short lived as it was and the kani aku episode. Both look like real yokai designs and I'm surprised they never really went did a yokai monster before that (to my knowledge).
Sweet Mercy I forgot how much we were obsessed with Japan in the early 2000s
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Scooby and Shaggy are drag icons at this point aksksjsj.
I think a better question is are you going to keep making Scooby Doo videos because eventually you’re gonna have to talk about the stuff you don’t want to talk about
One day I'll have to learn how to play video games or whatever those mysterious devices are called just for content
@@Scoobytopia gonna review every Scooby Doo video game??
1:43 Elementary school? i was a freshman in high school. damn im older than everybody lol
"And another movie banned in Florida" SCOOBYTOPIA IM SCREAMING
A++++++
I remember really having a hard time watching this one and being so bored I'd give up about 5 or 10 minutes in. I think it might have been because I recognised the very stock "American View On Japan" tropes and imagery and found thay boring, as well as what I felt was the lack of spooky stuff.
Listening to your breakdown of the story it actually sounds really interesting; a high stakes adventure plot rather than a mystery but still exciting and the twists with Miyumi and Mirimoto...at least untill the third act. Maybe it's for the best I wasn't disappointed a second time.