The kid's voice actor is actually really not bad, child actors generally are god awful

It's cool to see an anime, from Japan, partially set in Japan, where the Japanese characters look somewhat like Japanese.

the combat in spriggan was badass

@KOTYAR0

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed

In the words of Osama Tezuka a good story will save bad animation but good animation won't save a bad story

@AnimeMetalFan1

6 жыл бұрын

That quote can apply to the Macross franchise. The original series had some pretty bad animation, but a really good story and characters. Macross Delta, on the other hand, has some really good animation, but a bad story and underdeveloped characters.

@judahguerrero1090

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree with that quote.

@UnownDepth

3 жыл бұрын

This is ture. Just like Kosuba.

@keatonwiththatheatson

Жыл бұрын

Kurosawa said the same thing.

To answer the question about what a "Spriggan" is, the literal Gaelic / Celtic concept is a creature made from the "bones of dead giants". They supposedly possessed extraordinary traits, the implication being the Yu and Mondo have the latent genetic gifts of this ancient world with its miraculous technologies making them natural candidates to be a sort of Super Soldier at some point in their lives. JT

When I hear the name "Spriggan", I think of those humanoid plant monsters from Elder Scrolls.

@skullknight4312

9 жыл бұрын

But they look like the kids from Akira.

@557deadpool

9 жыл бұрын

***** fuck you

@skullknight4312

9 жыл бұрын

Mom, dad, please don't fight.

@sababibilashvili5434

8 жыл бұрын

+I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter (#WTFU) fuck those things, seriously. They were more annoying in skyrim than the fucking dragons.

@kaihedgie

8 жыл бұрын

All that comes to mind is the friggin' giant bomber in Aero Fighters Assault :U

Eh i dont think the child voice is that bad, hell at least he can deliver his lines properly.

The new Spriggan was awesome!

*I swear, every time I bring this anime movie up to my anime friends none of them know what I’m talking about. Spriggan is lowkey a forgotten gem in the anime world*

I saw this at a friend’s house ages ago, and I didn’t remember what the name of it was until this very review. It left so little of an impression that I forgot the name, like, the day after-except the film’s repetition of “I’m not dead yet!” becoming a brief in-joke.

That '90's softcore porno music' reminded me a lot of Enigma.

@demokratorkodo

9 жыл бұрын

Which '90s mainland european music video wasn't softcore porn back then?

@Vorteksio3

9 жыл бұрын

demokratorkodo Have you ever head of the motherfucking prodigy? Sigh. Kids these days.

@demokratorkodo

9 жыл бұрын

Vorteksio3 'Smack my B!£@¤ Up!' ? Nope, too hardcore ;) Also, I specified mainland Europe. Prodigy is from the isles of Britain, thus an other whole can of worms.

@Vorteksio3

9 жыл бұрын

demokratorkodo Europe had some good music too, don't be a pretentious dickwad.

@demokratorkodo

9 жыл бұрын

Like the Vengaboys or Ace of Base? ;D

You know, Spriggan was one of the first anime films I ever saw. Hell, it might even have been the first. And I remember its unique style drawing me in, so I kinda want to defend it. But at the same time, I really can't disagree with any of the critiques leveled against it here. I still love it, but would never recomend it to somebody. Sort of a guilty - I just want to watch gorgeous fight scene animations - pleasure.

@nightmarefanatic1819

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I feel about Gundam Wing. I absolutely loved it as a kid, but watching it as an adult? I notice the dumb plot points, the inane dialog and the cheap animation. But I can't hate it, and I still like to watch it for a nostalgia trip.

Spriggan has crisp animation, but at the same time, there is a missing plot. Great guilty pleasure of an action anime, but if it had more of a story, it would have been great. Those action scenes are epic however

Netflix just announced an anime series of Spriggan, damn!

"...we can overlook a film's problems if the animation is good enough..." That defines pretty much every Hayao Miyazaki movie.

I agree with you on this review, but I still love it. It's a good looking anime B movie.

I agree with Sage on CG in anime: If your anime's going to be mostly CG, THEN *JUST* USE CG. IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND. Sometimes, when a CG anime has 2D parts, it can be really distracting.

@nightmarefanatic1819

2 жыл бұрын

*cough* Ex-Arm *cough*

the kid actor's not too bad actually

I like cgi but I do admit I miss traditional animated western films.

"see also; jew" - this floored me.

Wow you said it better than anyone else when it comes to describing our association with hand drawn animation and cgi. It was almost poetic.

so... 3D animated Spriggan remake. the opening of this episode is prophetic.

@cameronpearce5943

3 жыл бұрын

Why I came back to what this ep

Sage, this script was great. Top-notch. A+ for you.

I enjoyed Spriggan, giving it a personal 8.5/10, and that was in the late 90s when most anime was either trash or gold. Sucks most people never try to find the japanese versions of shows. Almost all of the time the english dub of an anime is going to kill a show, its just a fact, like watching a big budget film with subtitles, the mind recoils and shoots back to film class.

Wow, usually I have to wait until the afternoon to watch the new episode. Hooray for staying up late.

And here I thought Spriggans were those woodland creatures from the Elder Scrolls games that just pop up and attack you with nature when you least expect it messing up your health bar, especially when you're trying to fight a Dragon.

When in doubt, always watch the subtitled version.

Considering the manga plot... "Mein Fuhrer..." "Yes?" "The Spriggan boy got away." "...Anyone who suggested hiring Scimitar Moron, leave the room."

So, why is Yu a student? What point did those opening minutes serve?

@ecgameplayer

3 жыл бұрын

In the little that was released of the manga, this is half a volume condensed into a movie, it's like Friday the 13th the series /SCP (for a more relatable analogy) where it's ancient technology and treasure hunting race from Indiana Jones, the whole school student role was the lame duck stereotype in anime where at one point it's mission impossible, then it's that's so Raven all of a sudden where the character has to make in time for the track meet.

Counterpoint to your argument about people letting bad films slide if the animation is good enough: 8 Crazy Nights. The animation on that film was absolutely incredible... Unfortunately, the writing, acting, story and direction of the film makes one want to shit gallons of hate-filled and drano-laced evil down Adam Sandler's throat.

@CruelestChris

7 жыл бұрын

Adam Sandler creates an exception to every rule. The UN charter of human rights has a little asterisk after every clause that goes down to "*except Adam Sandler"

5:08 Yu? Now it's just reminding me of better a anime/game I could be watching/playing!

@ecgameplayer

7 жыл бұрын

persona?

@keithstagg7115

7 жыл бұрын

ecgameplayer Yes, Persona

@ecgameplayer

7 жыл бұрын

awesome, I love the series, although I don't get the hate over it, I don't know how "persona 4 made me hate jrpgs"

3:29 Now put me on a plane so I can put'em in a hearse!

9 minutes & 30 seconds,just hilarious,& the "niggardly" thing made me laugh till I was dizzy

This movie came out in Japan in 1998, then in the United States in 2001 (3 years later).

Spriggan didn't have much of a story and the characters were kinda bland, but boy oh boy the animation was fucking amazing... :)

And guess what's getting a Netflix remake!?

I wish Memories would get more attention, it still stands as my favorite film almost entirely based on the first segment alone.

Before Spriggan, I never would have believed a movie where ninja Indiana Jones fights Noah's Ark, which is a spaceship full of dinosaurs, could be boring. Spriggan proved it could! ...Yay?

spriggan is epic in my opinion, if you have read the manga before this. it is anime created on the logic you already know the basic story. if you had, this anime has lots of sense. i love it.

@autobotstarscream765

3 жыл бұрын

That particular artistic decision to make anime movies based on manga specifically for readers of the manga and incomprehensible to everyone else was apparently very popular with anime movie creators and very _unpopular_ with anime critics.

That Anime Abandon GREATNESS!!!!

How many views has this video gotten since the Netflix show came.

You think 90's softcore porn music is fun, go look up old 60's French porno soundtracks. That shit be HILARIOUS.

Kakurenbo is a cgi anime short film but it was actually pretty well done when it comes to story. I got to know the characters well and as well as the story. The art style was very nice too and I enjoyed the small details in it as well. Sage if you're reading this you must check it out. It was made just last year and I wish it gotten a bit more attention.

7:16 "Stop, don't come back..."

I went to Istanbul a few years back. I can attest that the inside of the Bazaar looks exactly like it's depicted here.

God i loved the movie and i still adore it. I love the cheese and the animation and details concerning weaponry and combat, kinetics in general are amazing. For me its a 10/10 movie, but the story really is just a nice fantastical canvas. I tried reading the manga, but it really didn't click with me

Did kenichi sonoda work on this anime? The guns have so much detail, say for the rocket launcher

Spriggan are from Cornish folklaw

One of the first anime movies I saw in high school.

Yu's got a Solidus Snake suit and all Sage references is Raven. Weird

I remember as a kid just watching the first half of the movie for the action and turning it off.

Who's coming back to this video because of the 2021 version?

Have you seen any of Makoto Shinkai's films ? His use of CGI is actually done really well...It's near seamless and the amount of detail is amazing...I know you don't like most modern animes but his films are a treat to the eye...

I think the best CG-heavy anime I can think of, in terms of looking good, is Knights of Sidonia... which holy crap reminds me that I still haven't watched season 2 yet... man, time really got away from me there... I'll have to start that up soon.

Spriggan suffered from the same thing that Akira movie did. Trying to shove a thousand page manga into a (in the case of Spriggan) 90 minute movie. So many characters and plot points left out.( Like the fact that Jean is a fucking werewolf!) Still a fun anime IMO, to just enjoy the animation and spectacle

I just can't help but file this with charming 90's actioners like Face\Off, Broken Arrow or Replacement Killers. Silly, but oh so much fun. Granted this came out right when action cinema was trying to be more sophisticated. It missed the window.

Henchman 21? Gary? Is that you?

What is the anime he shows at the beginning with the woman singing as she levitates? Looks familiar, but cant place it. Thank you.

I thought the child actors voice was really well done! Articulate and impactful enough. Leagues ahead of Anakin Skywalker from episode 1!

Finally a Tf2 reference

will Bennett ever review The guyver Anime? both the Out of Control ova and the 26 episode series?

He needs to tackle the full metal panic series.

So about that CG thing at the beginning, Spriggann and Memories, the other film he showed at the beginning, both have CG.

Otomo supervised the film (probably helped getting the film such a high budget), which explains why some of the designs look very similar to his.

I remember you sage! You used to work with zone tan 😂

Spriggan really felt like an animated Hollywood B-movie: pretty and fun if you don't think about it, but overblown, moving to fast, trying to do too much, cliched and nonsensical. I enjoyed it for its action; the perfect film for late at night while your brain functions at 50%, but yeah, not that good. Dull isn't the term that would come to mind, though.

@Spriggangirl

9 жыл бұрын

TBH, I agree 100% with your comment about Spriggan... Despite its great animation and fighting sequences, it seems that Spriggan was moving WAY too fast and the story was going way TOO fast as well as not giving enough introductions to the other characters such as Jean Jacques Mondo, Dr. Meyzel, Ms. Margaret and so on... Especially having the Anti-Americanism thing which bothers me a lot. It left me with many questions as to how Yu Ominae (My type of hunk.

@KangaKucha

9 жыл бұрын

Would you say it tried to be like Akira and failed?

@LION0410

9 жыл бұрын

Mathew Clemence On a technical level both are pretty impressive,eye candy I dare to say,But both are a huge mess of different kinds Sprigan to me was just generic and boring and it made me not care about its characters. In Akira was the story, it had interesting themes but none of the interesting plotpoints were addressed and it leads to you saying, ?what the hell happened or when did this happen?And the ending that just did not give a damn.I've read the Akira manga and I recomend its a very fun read and the movie, Its just a movie you have to see it once just to get to experience the great visuals.I agree with Sage in his review of Akira "you can still be a landmark film and still suck bricks" and Sprigan well it just Boring.

@MrGMoney1944

9 жыл бұрын

So basically what the new Star Wars movie is going to be?

@KangaKucha

9 жыл бұрын

***** sorry mate I'm busy.

Maybe this is the year he reviews the Battle Angel Alita OVA

This is still the greatest achievement in 2d cel animation to date

9:21 - That's why Colonel Spriggan changed his name when he immigrated.

Returning after the remake was announced

On the subject of CG and Hand Drawn animation, CG works best with Hand Drawn animation when the former is complementing the latter. The 2 best examples I can think of are the two recent Disney short films Feast and Paperman.

10:20 gives me flashbacks to old Red Shoe Diaries episodes. :D

i dont know why, but i loved it.

You should review the movie Memories(1995). It's a 3 part movie and I really wanted tiger your opinion on the movie. I noticed you put some scenes from the third movie in this video so I also wanted to know if you have seen the whole film.

That intro reminds me of when i used to draw these silly homages & parodies to the short lived Sailor Moon Abridged series. In one of the comics where I think got some acclaim by Megami [AKA Bulma from Team4Star], I admitted to her Im terrible at drawing, so instead I decided to harness all of my effort into the comedic writing. "Parody over Pretty" Even rewriting drafts & writing alternate punchlines. Sometime after she even said something similiar to the effect when she was talking about a friend of her's higher effort of editting compared to her own when it came to producing her parodies. Theres a video of it somewhere online of her stating that, and the "Parody over Pretty" comment buried in wasteland that is my deviantArt page.

Wow, that soundtrack is so full of Immediate Music tracks that you wonder if they spent all of their budget on the animation and forgot the music. I mean, I remember the trailer using Betrayal Voices, but that they actually used it in the movie itself, wow.

"harpo" kinda reminds me of the XCOM soldiers with power suits

i like spriggan and i dont think its dull at all

...Is it me, or has Suave been showing up rather often lately? This is the second episode in a row he's shown up!

Not you. You sit! No,not you, you sit. You stand. No!Sit! No,you stand! You walk to the Terrace Door and you go back to sleep! *Watch out!*

In this day an age of anime fanservice fiesta. This anime is a god send.

@autobotstarscream765

3 жыл бұрын

Less boobs, more blood, the good old days of anime?

Chris Patton is in this? Hell yeah! 💖💖

watched it liked it, but wasn't there a muscle enhancement suit that activates in the Dragonball shouting. also request Busou Renkin

He is Mi. and I am Yu.

12:10 despite the blue balling. That would be an interesting ending that would make discussions

6:46 that makes sense XD

I don't remember the title being written as Galaxy Express 3-9

Similar to this one (great animation, weird story), how about a review of "Steamboy"?

Has anyone ever asked sage to review wolfs rain? I remember the show being on toonami briefly and it was kinda weird.

It was very well animated and had a really good Istanbul chase sequence that matched up with a chase sequence in the more recent Skyfall, but I agree the characters and plot felt a bit flat and heavily recycled (the basic plot was very similar to Laputa: Castle in the Sky, with an evil colonel double crossing his superiors then using an old token to command an ancient giant superweapon to rule/destroy the world).

U wild as hell but ain’t lying

Lets hope Netflix version is better. I come back if i remember to tell.

@animechic420

2 жыл бұрын

It's looking good, so far.

YAY! Elder Scrolls reference. Although I was almost positive he was gonna make an SAO reference instead.

I lost my shit at 9:48.

The action in this anime was neat

@KOTYAR0

8 жыл бұрын

Also this is pure stupid absolutely mindless action shonen flisk. It doesnt have to have great storytelling. We, viewers, dont care about this character - and so movie doesn't, too So i don't see any problem at 6:00

@KOTYAR0

8 жыл бұрын

And to problems from 7:00 to 9:00 In other words: "who gives a crap"

The climax reminded me of the Mass Effect 3 ending.

I'm curious as to why Colonel McDougall is a kid considering how long it takes to be promoted through the ranks?

Anyone checking in after watching the Netflix series? It’s funny this just episode 2 of the Netflix show. The single episode a way better job of condensing the movie though, Yu is nowhere near as violent and the French guy is the super violent one now. Plus he “talk-no justu’d” the kid insta of killing him

Holy shit, imagine if SCP was made into an anime, like, a good one!

Sage I dare you to review the Urotsukidoji sequal Legend of the Demon Womb