About the two filler episodes in the Rurouni Kenshin remake, they’re not actually filler episodes. They’re actually adapted from a prologue chapter in Kenshin Restoration, a remake manga made to promote the live action adaptation

About Rurouni Kenshin Remake : -They actually added alot of stuff that expanded the story while still being very faithful as an actual manga adaptation this time. ( Like the scene where Raijuta tried to kill people and chickened out, that's new not in the manga or the 90s anime) - Said fillers are not actually fillers, but a new Canon prologue that was in the Restoration manga (the manga made to promote the movies)

I'm glad you discovered Nube. it's nice for someone with an audience like yours to showcase such an underrated series. I hope it can lead to a greater spread of appreciation for Nube. All the Best for 2024, hope you find more cool shit to enjoy.

So glad people are finally getting to Cobra. All that Osamu Desuka goodness. Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, all these take several elements from Space Cobra (And even Onii-sama).

@usergiodmsilva1983PT

7 ай бұрын

Aaaaaand... Anne of the Green Gables. Oh yeah, another masterpiece.

That's a better pitch for Tomo-Chan than the original description. I've been big into stuff like Rose of Versailles and Basara recently and would probably like that.

I also chimed in on the MAL Scott Pilgrim controversy, mainly after I discovered sites weren't adding Boku No Daemon for being too gray area, which I do accept since the production is largely Thai. My main gripe was as you pointed out that these sites essentially argue these aren't Japanese enough but yet have fully Chinese and Korean animations with no Japanese involvement whatsoever. One user pointed out that these sites don't necessarily claim those works from China/Korea are anime since they are differentiated by tags/categories and essentially website names become bit of a misnomer although the focus on the sites do remain on Japanese anime. The cultural influence argument seems to be a bit too abirtary also, since clearly the West has also had an influence on manga/anime, just look at the "God of manga", Tezuka, but I don't think Western animation is gonna be allowed any time soon. A mod on Anime-Planet confirmed it's not due to geographical proximity either, and their rules get increasingly confusing as they have a manga section too where they allow Thai and Indonesian comics, but yet they don't allow animations from these countries (I think that may be down to what individual teams on the site can manage)....So why these anime focussed websites collectively decided to allow specific territories other than Japan in the first place but not others remains as bit of a mystery to me 😅

@KazuyaMithra

7 ай бұрын

I think the MAL rules are fine, but the folks who run MAL just need to adhere to them better. If G1 Transformers isn't allowed then other co-productions Reporter Blues, Ulysses 31, and Mighty Orbots really shouldn't be either. According to their rule about presuming Japanese creative staff are subordinate to the Western staff, they don't belong either. Keep it to just animation from Japan only, mostly just Japanese staff. Allowing Korean knock off films almost feels like a joke.

I'd love to hear you discuss Big O more fully-seemed like there was so much potential there. Even had the amazing music of Sahashi Toshihiko!

Have you watched the 2003 astro boy anime? It's one of the last shows to be cel-animated, and it's both gorgeous and *consistent*. Like, the character animation is detailed, and the show never drops in visual quality. It's just... *good*. Immediately good. The direction is also EXTREMELY strong, and it's faithful to tezuka's art in all the right ways. to quote my buddy, "I understand why capcom stopped caring about rockman now. they could never surpass this. This puts rockman in the fucking dirt."

@SlapstickGenius23

7 ай бұрын

The English dub is pretty infamous for being overtly censored AF. And one episode couldn’t air in the UK because of Peter Pan being perpetually copyrighted by the Great Ormond Hospital.

@1dbad

7 ай бұрын

​@SlapstickGenius23 Fortunately we now have good fansubs for it, so no one has to resort to the dub anymore. Wasn't that dub also one time where even the Japanese staff complained about the dub changes?

@twixraiderhm

7 ай бұрын

@@1dbad Thank you! I've long since given up on ever watching this with proper subs. Glad to see this (and the 2000s Cyborg 009) finally got some attention!

@1dbad

7 ай бұрын

@twixraiderhm Figured the least I could do is spread the word! Exciting to hear about Cyborg 009 as well. That's news to me!

@KrakenSpamlol

7 ай бұрын

Worst part of the dub is they swapped out the orchestral score for electronic music, fight scenes and some of the more melancholy bits didn't hit the same emotional highs because of that.

just having put marvelous melmo and space adventure cobra in the s already deserves total respect. ​

Interesting video. Very fan of Cobra so I'm glad you like it (when the video on it comes out I also have to translate it into French). Another thing, as you were talking about Journey to the West, Leiji Matsumoto also worked on a very free SF adaptation before the existence of Dragon Ball, called Starzinger. I haven't seen it so I can't say what it's worth though.

1:06:00 It depends. While I agree Transformers and most other co-produced shows don't go on MAL, I think the anime flavor point can be subjective. Little Nemo definitely has none but has a MAL page, but if you really watch G1 it has some compared to American shows from the same time. And the Movie has no anime flavor? Come on now!! You must haven't seen it, that art style is 1000% 80s Bebow anime and it references other anime constantly! Anyways, some shows are co-produced with American and Japanese studios working on pre-production (directing, storyboard, character design, scripting etc) in addition to animation. A co-production like this being anime is up to how strict your definition is (so if Transformers doesn't count, other TMS collabs with USA and France don't either) Meanwhile some shows are just cartoons with outsourced animation, with all of production in one country, while Japan just handles the animation. So its a case by case basis thing. Some, like Transformers actually share creative roles between Japanese and non-Japanese staff while being intended for both audiences (begun airing in Japan in July 1985, had the accompanying serialized manga, made creative decisions specifically for Takara/Japanese kids prior to the shows release, several episodes aired there first, exclusive toylines, cataloged in Animage and other anime magazines, the G1 show and its anime sequels/OVAs all came out annually from Toei and kept a uniform animation style and continuity etc). Based on all that, the argument definitely exists for G1s inclusion, even if I don't agree with it completely either. Every Japan-only anime sequel undisputably belongs on MAL, however, and if they don't then no anime belongs on it lol. They have 0 American input and exist because Takara and Hasbro's plans for the show diverged. Other cartoons like Rankin Bass's Frosty, Thundercats/Silverhawks or DIC's Inspector Gadget, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, MASK or Batman TAS are almost entirely pre-produced in USA/France/Canada, are made almost exclusively for those audiences, and Japan receives all of their materials only for animation. This is just outsourcing and is definitely NOT anime. Otherwise great video and fully agree with you.

I feel that with Angelic Layer, there's a divide between anime-only and manga-reader viewers, especially with regard to Shuuko. In the manga, Shuuko has social anxiety that gets worse with people she cares about, and the whole wheelchair/MS/medical research plot doesn't exist, so a lot of manga readers felt that the anime's take was a big improvement as a reason why Shuuko would abandon Misaki.

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid

6 ай бұрын

I was going to mention that considering by the time I finished reading the manga, I was caught off guard by how the mom was acting. It's CLAMP charm/comedy but it *IS* odd that you leave your own daughter due to being comedically shy. There's way they could have used that angle and not make it awkward in a way that makes the character less sympathetic and come off as sort of....stupid. The anime version with her being sick and the battles being test runs for future technology felt a lot more interesting because it puts a lot more importance on the dolls themselves because it's no longer JUST about battles for money or fame but a working proof of concept to something bigger that can lead to life changing tech evolution with the added benefit of making it feel like it fits into the Chobits universe as well considered what was happening in THAT story.

29:36 Space Adventure Cobra

I had the same reaction to Godzilla Singular Point lol it was incomprehensible

"demon gun, materialize"" *drums & trumpets start.

You got a good list there. I didn't watch nearly as much and I generally don't watch many modern anime, but I have been on a mecha binge. I discovered some really great shows that no one talks about. Galactic Wanderer Vifam, Vandread, Armoured Trooper Votoms and Blue Gender are a few that really stood out among the anime I watched this year. And since I got into Gundam models this year, I'm chipping away at the Gundam franchise, since I had only watched Seed and MSG 0079 prior.

Hikaru no Go is one of my favorites mangas, I'm not sure if the anime adapts de the whole manga, but definitely one of the best spokon there is out there

My favorite 70s anime from the 90s is probably Blazing Transfer Student. Will be checking out Nube.

HELL YEAH COBRAAAAAAAA

The Wonderful World of Puss in Boots is one of my favorite films and I also happened to watch it this year (mostly because of the rabbit hole the more famous PiB threw me into early in the year). I really loved Pero as a character in particular, and the rest of the cast was honestly really cute, even if I wish they did more with them like the cat assassins. I doubt youll check out the other two films, but in the third film theres a wolf who goes by Professor Garigari, or Dr. Mysterioso in the English dub. He is a reused character who originates from 1965's anime Hustle Punch. If you like classic Hannah Barbara or Looney Toons and liked PiB, I think youll like Hustle Punch (even if only the first two episodes are translated/easily accessible). Moreover, Animal Treasure Island falls into a similar boat as PiB in that its a really cute film without a deep story thats worth checking out.

Has anyone from MAL actually commented on the scott pilgrim situation? Not a generic company response but an actual response from a staff member.

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

I only read through the forum posts on their site and one of the guys who was pro-adding Scott Pilgrim even said "I was one of the biggest voices in deciding transformers G1 shouldn't be on MAL and even I think Scott Pilgrim should be here" I haven't seen any actual statement from someone behind the scenes.

@KazuyaMithra

7 ай бұрын

​@@MercuryFalcon Scott Pilgrim is almost entirely made in Japan and I can't think of any conceivable reason why it would violate their rule for that sole reason.

I love FF unlimited but literally just for Kaze

Urashiman soundtrack in the bg 👍

You are so right about Godzilla SP. What an utterly tedious piece of shit that was.

Bro the way you named Ghost Sweeper Mikami has to be trolling lmfao

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

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@Charlestouchdown

7 ай бұрын

​@@MercuryFalcon1:47 the way you pronounced it is funny. I still fuck with your videos though bro. I enjoyed watching this. 😘

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate it@@Charlestouchdown

Go shogun starts kinda slow but then they just drop all the parody stuff by the end and its just like what the fuck was that in a good way. The movie is also great, there's no robot but it still great

Looking at the opening caption. Hell yeah FFU is at F teir!

Wow I really enjoyed this list, I never had the guts to try one of the new FLCL after loving the original so much when it came out, but maybe I'll watch FLCL alternative now. I just wanna say, I'm italian and its so weird for me that not only I watched most of the shows in your S tier (I'm missing Cobra, but I'm very curious now), but I grew up with most of of them! They were on tv for decades here in Italy, I almost forgot about some of them and it has been very nice for me to hear you speak about them so fondly and in such an accurate way. Keep up the good work!

The doctor lady two parter in Ruroni Kenshin wasn’t filler.

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

Apparently from what im hearing. Certainly felt like filler did not remember that being in the manga.

@Red_Ranger_Wien

7 ай бұрын

It's not in the original manga. Watsuki wrote it for Jump Square back in 2012 as part of Ruroni Kenshin Restoration.

I tried watching the Godzilla anime and ran into the same issues as you considering how heavy handed and talky the series felt but I had a lot of people suggest this is like that because tye characters could possibly be autistic but YMMV on that since I haven't read anything that actually confirms that nor did it really help endear me to rhe characters because it still felt like ut was meandering around and trying to SOUND smart vs actually BEING smart. And as for the Sailor Moon stuff, part of the reason I couldn't get into it was how tightly it tried to translate the manga beat for beat vs the original series which had tons of filler but that filler benefited so many characters by letting them flesh out bits of themselves that wasn't in the manga. I love the manga and felt it translated a lot better than Crystal which sort of feels like it wants so bad to be the 'real' adaptation of the manga but came way too late in terms of impact from the 90s version but also sort of butchers the art style of the manga. The coloring style of Crystals comes off as way too slick and sometimes washed out and it doesn't capture the softer but warmer and beautiful blended coloring style of the manga which has a Copic marker/watercolor feel to it that whatever technique they're using for Crystal can't capture.

I suspect the subs of Nube alternate between soccer and football maybe because it was based on the spanish dub or spanish subs. It was aired in latinoamerican TV

I actually dropped FLCL Alt right before the final episode back when it was coming out. Maybe I'll check it out sometime, give it another chance.

Gold Lightan had the coolest toys.

I loved under Ninja. It fails in comparison to this season new ninja anime kamui ninja, but it is way better than the ninja school anime Shinobi no Ittoki aired a few seasom prior

I'm in the minority I love filler in bleach and in most anime because I like the alternate story telling

Nice list. I'm surprised you put V gundam in A tier; I couldn't stomach that anime and it has nothing to do with what Tomino said. I'll consider watching some of the anime in this list.

1:08:20 ah I feel so attacked right now but damn if that isn't true i know everything about Rika

Literally only anime I saw all the way through was Hell's Paradise. 8.25/10.

I really need that Trigun Stampede Sequel that is gonna adapt Maximum, which I'm gonna dub Trigun Maximum. Like shit they set up Maximum perfectly, what they did with Lost July in Stampeded was fucking brilliant

Boi, do I agree about your bleach takes it really pisses me off how only ichigo get stronger while the other don't do anything

Hey-hey, it's our favourite Skeleton Man! Sakura is fantastic. Trigun looks great visually, but I didn't like what they did with the story.

People only watched SSSS.Gridman for Rikka's thighs and SSSS.Dynazenon to claim otherwise

Wow FFU

Melmo killed me 10/10 list

melmo sweep

Anyone know what the song used in the background of the Angelic Layer section is? I've definitely heard it before and it's driving me crazy not knowing

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

Brave New World from Namco x Capcom

@wraygun44

7 ай бұрын

@@MercuryFalcon Ty!

did you skip the filler Bleach episodes?

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

No because I watched the Bount arc

Is gold lighting anywhere? First time I've ever heard about any subs for it

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

Its on Nyaa and aniwav. Not on any legal streaming sites anymore.

@CapybaraEnjoyer95

7 ай бұрын

It's also on Archive

Man final fantasy spirit within was so bad it brought another show down with it

transformers always had japanese anime "flavor", being deliberately more japanese than other cartoons was a concern for the american producers back then and was always noticeable... it was kinda a landmark in collaborative eastern and western animation with toei having done lots of work with it beyond just the animation on the first show and making all the japanese seasons after. kurumada masami even said the saint seiya anime happened because toei made so much from g1. And Godzilla SP in F tier? BRUUUUUUUUH

@MercuryFalcon

7 ай бұрын

Id be filling to revisit G1 transformers and reassess my opinion I havent seen it in a while and while I didn't get much out of it back around 2010-2011 maybe Ill see things different. I will die on the hill that Godzilla SP was boring as shit. I hesitate to call it technobabble because they ARE talking about actual scientific theories but the ways it's incorporated into the dialogue is so forced it makes all the characters feel inhuman.

@kanonraven8389

7 ай бұрын

@@MercuryFalconOkay I'll conceed on the dialogues in singular point, those weren't the best haha. if you rewatch transformers, keep an eye out for masami obari's off model drawings, he said it was the first professional animation in his career.

Tomo-chan is pretty great as a manga. It didn’t work well as an anime. “Carol’s Harem: the show”

@cthellis

7 ай бұрын

Akiba Maid War may have the best “end of episode 1” ever. It’s not just that is shocking, it’s that the whole thing is animated to the music SO WELL! Much better than most music shows! 😝

@cthellis

7 ай бұрын

Oshi no Ko definitely needed two cour, and it’s very quick with S2. But yeah it should have been a two-cour-split at least. Not sure why they thought they had to “play it safe” with this. It was obviously going to strike gold.

@cthellis

7 ай бұрын

Transformers Zone is the most anime-ass anime ever. 😝

Alternative was super boring man which is something the original FLCL was not and Haruko didn't really need to be there either. I guess you can say it's less offensive than the other sequels (I thought Grunge was fine outside the visuals). If MAL thinks Gotham Knight is an anime than Scott Pilgrim is an anime because it's the exact same thing (written by Americans for a American audience but animated by Japanese studios) this is such a non-issue. Ironic that you thought the Dyna cast is more memorable and that people who remember the ones they fapped to when the most popular character in Dyna is Mujina specifically because of her character design. That segway after Kenshin 😂 Anyways my thoughts on the series after Watsuki scandal is that you always got to remember that people who made the most popular and moving art wind up being terrible people but that doesn't make you a bad person for enjoying and praising it so all this virtue signaling from the English community from an incident from 6 years ago that's already been settled feels unnecessary and ungeunine because it won't change people's perception of the series now. Overall the remake was fine I also have issues with the DEEN adaptation but I thought how it handled certain scenes made it more memorable compared to the remake just following the material 1:1 a perfect example is how Kenshin's farewell is handled in both versions.

@Kaimax61

7 ай бұрын

Just clearing up stuff, The 90s anime was a collaborative effort between Studio Gallop and Deen, Basically Gallop did the manga canon episodes and Deen did the fillers.

why don't you use images for Anime from MAL instead of Trash like AniList ?

@Yanncki64

7 ай бұрын

How is anilist trash? It's a way more functional website than whatever MAL is

@SlapstickGenius23

5 ай бұрын

Copyright issues. Yeah.