_"... i think that hirano changed the cthulhu aliens to be female because it was easier for him to draw"_ *i... i know that feel* _"... and because he likes lesbians"_ *i definitely know that feel*

The Internet as a time warp has always fascinated as a concept You can latch onto a series that aired real time decades ago and can form your aesthetics around it, disconnecting you from the typical flow of culture. Great video as always Mercury. I'm always discovering new series with your channel.

The best “anime” I ever got on limewire. We shared the hell out of stuff back in the day.

@Awsomeisimo

2 жыл бұрын

people still do

@MegaDman16

2 жыл бұрын

"Limewire" now theres a name a haven't heard in awhile.

Fucking great video!! Love the personal stories too! Interesting to see your journey into the classics that I grew up with, that I thought would be lost on younger people!

@HappyConsoleGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Also learned a lot in this video like the whistle bit for Iczer twos intro wow!

In the least boomer-nostalgia way possible, I think the great things about 80s OVAs were: 1) Everybody looked like adults. Which is extra nice if a series is gonna get _spicy._ 2) Instead of making main characters look 'as much like a relatable everyman' as possible, they focused on _pushing designs hard._ Big, purposeful shapes, form following function, telling you something about how the character works. They were _aspirational, rather than blank canvases._ 3) There was less, 'Your sword/gun/whatever doesn't hurt me because I have too much chi' DBZ logic. When the sword hits, it cuts. When the shot lands, it pierces or explodes. This creates really pleasant lines of action-reaction _and_ intuitively intelligible stakes. 'Yes, and'ing an attack feels more dynamic than no-selling it. 4) The darker settings and shading created a really private, intimate feeling that I miss in today's glitzy, HD meta. It's not that any of these things are _better_ than the anime we have today, they just offered a flavor that's so hard to find nowadays, scratched an itch that's been itching for decades now.

@Aphorim

Жыл бұрын

always hated 80s anime for that reason, and manga in general. By the time I was born, thankfully, there was more of a move toward realism. But yeah, to each their own.

@UToobUsername01

6 ай бұрын

@@AphorimWTF? Realism is why the animation in Akira and Ghost in the Shell is so fondly remembered by normies and casual anime watchers. I rmember how disapointing the reboot of Bubblegum crisis was because it had a less shaded in feel to it. Everything had that toyetic bright color palette instead of a darker tone more befitting a cyberpunk universe. The 1980s was a time when they put details in everything. Macros DYRL is rated a "masterpiece" according to anime news network. The design of the VF-1 Valkyrie (something created by mech designer Shoji Kawamori who is expert in transforming vehicles) is realistic enough that if you were to build an airframe model kit of the Vf-1 and fly it, it would be aerodynamic and fly like a real plane would. That's the kind of dedication you get from the 1980s. As a robot show fan, the 1980s was great time for people who like real robot shows. Super robots are cool but if you want to see pilots die, military hardware get destroyed, their power reactors explode resulting in damage to the environment surrounding them, and get battle-damaged in fights (showing vulnerability of machines and intricate parts fly off them in an orgy of 'robot gore') then the 1980s was the decade for this sh1t. Only in japan of the 1980s can you get this kind of stuff.

I commend Iczer 1! The artwork was fantastic and combined great mecha designs with beautiful woman! Though this was as common in 80s OVA series, it still had me hooked! Because of the mecha art by Obari and the slick/sexy Hirano character designs...this had me grabbed every printed media I could showcasing its art! To this very day, I still treasure my Artbook, Newtype Iczer issue, a very rare DVD and VHS's!

Such an underrated gem. Iczer was my introduction to the amazing world of 80s animes. The soundtrack also deserves a praise. I wish there was a continuation with Iczer-3 or the Iczelion series.

@Corn_Pone_Flicks

5 ай бұрын

How is one of the most popular OVAs of its time "underrated?" Seriously, people, stop using that word for every piece of media ever made.

_Iczer C_ is truly an interesting series. So hard to believe that a parody dub was created almost 30 years ago. Little Kuriboh was still in school back then. I actually went and found Sherbert Productions' website. It hasn't been updated since 2010 and still looks like something out of the mid-90's. I have to wonder if the people behind it are even all still alive. A couple of them were apparently already in their forties when the group started.

I remember both Iczer C and Nagisa Bonita. That was a great time in the anime fandom. Before it went mainstream. Then conventions were amazing.

With Discotek recently putting out that fantastic restoration of A-Ko, I seriously hope they can do something similar to Iczer.

Wow. Alright, so don't take this the wrong way, but I'm 46 and have been an anime fan since the early '80s. Technically, in comparison, you're almost a noob, but I honestly had no idea until you gave your background in the fandom in this video. I had you pegged as a veteran either my age or older, considering your knowledge. I'm impressed!

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I appreciate it.

I'm happy that this channel exists, as an anime fan with 'boomer' tastes.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

You're in good company.

I swear every time I hear about lemon people crazy stories shake out. It is unbelievable that so many talents came out of an adult magazine.

@Kuikkamies

2 жыл бұрын

Comic Lemon People was a watershed moment during time when a generation who grew up on the Golden Age of Anime broke into the mainstream and explored taboo topics in nearly complete freedom. That didn't last too long, but Lemon People from 1982 to 1985 was absolute gold.

This is one of the most underrated channels on KZread. You definitely deserve way more recognition!

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

🙏 thanks I really appreciate it!

Totally the opposite for me. Anime fan since the 70s. By the time I got into clubs and tape trading in the early 90s, Iczer 1 was already popular and so I didn't feel like it needed me to be just another fan and so I paid it zero attention, except for the music. I had that without the anime context. At the same time, I really liked Hirano's character designs. So yeah, I made no sense. It wasn't until very recently that I watched Iczer-1 and was blown away. Part of it is being able to actually appreciate things like Watanabe using the same music he used in Laserion, the Leina Stol OAVs and other things. It carries a LOT of pedigrees that I would never have noticed watching in the 90s. Likewise, I didn't watch Ideon until recently and it is only because I have all these years behind me that I can totally appreciate what Ideon is, and the 90s me would have just missed it.

I always think of Proto Man when I hear the whistle. Loved the video!

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Protoman's whistle was also inspired by Hakaider actually and I'm glad you like it!

I would just like to note something, AIC wasn’t actually involved in any substantial way in the first Megazone 23 OVA, besides providing finishing work. AIC became involved starting with the second OVA, as the producer of the first OVA, Tōru Miura, became the head of AIC in 1984, after Kazafumi Nomura (AIC’s first president) left to form Another Push Pin Planning (APPP). As while Miura co-founded AIC (Anime International Company) with Nomura in 1982, Miura still worked as a freelance producer, until he became the president of AIC, following Nomura’a departure from the studio.

Just wanted to say, thank you for the video! Iczer-1 was my third anime OVA I've ever watched along with Video Girl A.I and Gunbuster and it remains to be a great anime! Learning about the world of OVAs has made discover the world of mecha and I am very greatful for it!

It's pretty cool a younger generation is rediscovering these timeless hand drawn classics. I can't understate how much harder it was to obtain these pieces of media in the 80s and 90s. You had to pay a lot to import them and we didn't even understand what we were watching until fan subs started to appear on VHS, but even those would sell for high prices at comic conventions. I used to spend a small fortune on just a handful of VHS tapes. My first viewing of Dangio was a copy of a copy of copy. All grainy and washed out colors. lol

Your iczer abridged was what introduced me to this series so yah man thanks!

Thanks for this. I've watched about every other anime mentioned here, but somehow missed the Iczer series until now. Great video on it!

Lmao. Holy shit. A Madonna fan-parody song of Iczer. Now that's a deep fucking cut.

@heinoustentacles5719

2 жыл бұрын

The early 90s was a trip.

Now that you mentioned Sharivan at the end, I remembered that Gavan also has his fights in an alternate dimension.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

That could be an influence, Hirano only mentioned Sharivan as an influence if I'm remember the interview correctly but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case and he just didn't mention it.

@ZZtheDark

2 жыл бұрын

@@MercuryFalcon There was also an art piece of Spielban in the Iczer-1 MediaMix Special book by Masami Obari. The only time you can say that Obari drew VR Troopers.

@arditeider2812

2 жыл бұрын

The whole Space Sheriff Trilogy (Gavan, Sharivan, Shaider) got the same "pocket dimension" fight scenes.

I remember back in the early tape trading days (late 80s) the aliens were translated as Cutowolf. Later learning it was suppose to be Cthulhu.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the dub called them Cutowulf and I did too thinking it was correct. The manga UK dub calls the Cururufu which almost made my brain explode.

Ooo the 80s back when you actually watched hentai for the plot. Your videos are just getting better and better

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Arigato very much!

Happy to see someone appreciating the classics, keep up the great videos 👍

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

thank you

I understand this is a offhand criticism about megazone 23 which isn't the focus of this video but I'd argue a inconsistent tone isn't inheritantly bad and can in some cases be a strength regardless of how intentional a creative decision it may be.

My first exposure to this series was through a fan subbed bootleg back in 1988! Thanks for making this video. It’s nice to know about the history behind it after all these years.

You have to watch the original Gunbuster 6 part OVA series if you haven't seen it. Love love love it. It still makes me teary thinking about it more than 30 years later. My childhood was Bubblegum Crisis, Megazone, and Gunbuster.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

I watched it for the first time probably 12 years ago, recently rewatched it maybe 3 years ago

You know this is gonna be a B*ch to find when Iczer isn't in the thumbnail video title or description. Thanks for the video

Great video man, I never really thought about Iczer-1 until this video and I really regret not watching it sooner because it looks amazing and the fact obari was involved which surprised me. Your stance on modern anime is spot on and it only justifies my further disinterest in new anime.

There's something about Iczer-1's touch that introduces quite a LOT of ppl in any generation - 80's, 90's, 2ks and even 2010's to the world of retro animes. I found out about this anime way back at the tale end of my high school years from 2013 - 2014 and that's where I meet a lot of ppl on the internet who became my best buds/bros. 2:15, NEAT! 3:10, whoa..though I'm gonna still watch it. Speaking of modern anime, I watched Back Arrow, Kyoukai Senki (which everything including the mecha are in 2D), 86 Season 1 and Megaton Musashi Season 1 as well as S4 DynaZenon and S4 Gridman. I also watched Earth Granner and Getter Robo Arc too. For modern animes, they're not bad and there were some CGs that aren't quite bad tho for some 2D animated parts like Getter Robo Arc, you can see some messy details like some characters were rushed to be drawn. Despite the flaws, the list of animes I mentioned are srsly good! Check 'em out if you're curious. They're literally mecha anime only. 3:33, I love watching this back then. XD Slapped in the face! 4:09, I watched that one back in the 2010s! Link over here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ho6kk9ScZabPmsY.html 5:44, though his mecha work like Ladius and other things...man is it good. He shoulda been a mecha designer that rivals even Shoji Kawamori or Kunio Okawara. 6:36, Iczer-Lum the Invader I'm getting vibes from. 8:49, all insanely good. ;) 9:40 - 9:50, that...passionate...man. 10:32, listening to this guy's music, even in Zenkaiger (the latest Sentai) was and is still a thrill. 10:50, 0.0 Ohhh....now that's some good choices, ma man. I'd be shocked if Yuriko Yamamoto was the one who told/recommended to Hirano that Obari can draw some amazing mecha action done in Dancougar which would've got him on the ball years later for Act 2. 13:44, Ninja robots,ninja robots! 14:28, and it still rung true till this day. Studios like Toei just dunno that art takes time. Just ask DB Super. 15:46, in Zenkaiger...I KNEW I heard her theme and the character to use it...Stacey/Stacaesar. 17:02, oh hey, a Cutie Honey appeared. 18:19, till this day...it has not been subbed. Though I do have the video file for this as well as Iczer-1 vs Dangaioh Audio drama. 19:11, dang!! She was moving so fast...nice detail I didn't notice till now. 0.0 19:58, o.o Whoa. Though this OVA was responsible for bringing back Tekkaman into Tekkaman Blade. 20:11, makes a lot of sense. 20:30, and no Iczer Densetsu mention. 20:39, guh! Daughter?! 0.0 So...she's a MILF now. Kinda like Honey from Shin Cutey Honey. Noted. 20:40, speaking of Iczer-3 Drama, you can find it on nicovideo. Just type in Iczer-3. It will pop up. Though its gonna be RAW considering Japanese Audio drama, duh. If you find Iczer-3 but with 1A, 2B, 3A next to it, that's the videos. 21:34, which I think having a new voice for Nagisa who isn't the Nagisa we know shows a gradual change in generation of anime fans of course. Relatively speaking. 22:10, speaking of US Renditions, got a book of Iczer-1 under their name. 22:47, she's also Scorpina and Alpha 5 from Power Rangers. 24:10, XD Yajin,ma boi. Your voice...is too 20-ish for a teen. 25:40, ah yes...MKR. I got intro-ed to this series by way of Eng. dub when it aired in Singapore way back in the early 2ks thanks to a channel now dead called 'Kids Central' and oddly enough, Iczer-1 from the US Ren. dub of Iczer-1: Wendee 'Scorpina' Lee voices Umi Ryuuzaki. Thanks, Iczer-1. You will be forever engraved in the hearts of many.

I remember being enamored by the ADV Trailer that had Iczelion and featured the instrumental song "Dancing Doll". That song was a banger. I even recorded it via a coaxial-out on my VCR into the coax-in of a cassette stereo.

Good video. Nagisa Bonita rules, so big ups for mentioning it.

@christophersummers1939

2 жыл бұрын

i don't like fan dubs, but _that_ was impressive

@poisonbang2178

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophersummers1939 Why would you call song a "fandub?" It's just a song mate.

@christophersummers1939

2 жыл бұрын

@@poisonbang2178 eh, MF was just talking about a fandub so i thought the fansong was related to it

@poisonbang2178

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophersummers1939 Oh ye, no. The song's just a madonna parody.

Take me back to the 80s I am so tired of isekai anime being the only thing that people watch anymore, like honestly I am not even sure if I should call myself an anime fan when I barely watch any new anime that come out.

@LowellLucasJr.

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me I feel you. There's very little currently out that's nothing like it was 20 years ago...even sadder when you're in your late 30s. Remember how amazing the 80s Ova titles were? Especially the killer box art!?

@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335

2 жыл бұрын

It's really been this last decade that I feel This issue has come about like even the 2000s had a lot more variety when it comes to anime. Nowadays you get romance, isekai, shonen and harem and almost nothing else I can't even remember when the last horror anime came out.

@LowellLucasJr.

2 жыл бұрын

@@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335 So true. Hell...its been a long time since a mecha anime was released that wasn't Gundam based and 2005 since a armor anime was released...that being Guyver's reboot since his 80s OVA series! Its maddening! Nowadays, its comedy's, very few action and dramas( usually High School based) that take place outside of Isekais, and the rest are integrated.

@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335

2 жыл бұрын

Also this might just be me but I feel like most anime now a days lack color

@LowellLucasJr.

2 жыл бұрын

@@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335 Their color is bleached compared to....well...Bleach, Evangelion, Bubblegum Crisis, Tenchi Muyo, Loddess War...sheesh. Todays anime color scheme is watered down compared to the greats.

Speaking of catching details you missed before, right at 26:32 you call out a couple in the foreground. In the background right looks to be Madara from the Madara series. Or maybe it's just Tetsuo from "Akira". And behind him another character looks very familiar but I can't quite place.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I referenced the Tetsuo cameo in my cringe ass abridged series even then I was able to catch that reference.

Great video as always. 0:00 I like the framed picture of Bask lol.

I'm pretty sure describing any anime/manga with the words "Lesbians, Lovecraft, and Giant robots," is a license to print money on concept alone. I'd buy it.

I' one of those people who got into anime back in the mid-80's partially thanks to this series.Thanks for the retrospect and memories.

Iczer 1 also radically changed my views on anime. I was already into a fair amount of 80s anime, but Iczer 1 got me obsessed with 80s OVAs and films, and made me re-think what I thought constitutes "good anime". An all time favorite for me.

In the mid-80's comic book conventions, Megazone 23 and Iczer-1 were available on video and also in book form. I was a bit young to be looking at those titles, but I was fascinated. I actually didn't get to see Iczer1 part 3 until years later, when the English dub was officially released in the U.S,

If you were responsible for the anime programming at a club or con in the 80s and even into the 90s, you HAD to include Iczer-One, as it went over like gangbusters and would almost always draw the crowds. A nice retrospective with some great technical details and backstory. I'm a little surprised, though, that there was no mention of the Special Version, which fused all three OAVs into a theatrical runtime experience and fixed a LOT of the animation errors that were present in the original episodes. It also rearranged some narrative sequences and there are even a handful of new elements sprinkled throughout. The SV laserdisc was highly sought after and was probably one of the most fansubbed examples out there, up there with Bubblegum Crisis, Gunbuster, and anything out of Ghibli. The Japanese Blu-ray includes the individual episodes and the SV, but lacks any English subs, as is the irritating norm nowadays. However, it's worth seeking out for the VAST improvement in the picture quality, bringing it masterfully into the HD domain. If you ever get bored with the neat-and-tidy, but paradoxically lifeless, anime that's the norm today, Iczer-One is the antidote. Nothing beats actual paint-on-cel animation.

Another banger video. I'm glad to see this series discussed in a way that looks beyond the bizarre surface. Also, your take on the nature of digital animation within current anime describes my feelings perfectly.

I just looked up the voice cast and yes Nagisa is voiced by the same voice actress as Rosemary in Metal Gear Solid 2. Her name's Lara Cody. Incidentally, she also voiced opposite Wendee Lee in Streamline Pictures' dub of Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy.

you had me at "lesbian horror"

Did I see Tetsuo from Akira in that frame? Wow! Great video! Thanks :)

I remember renting this Anime back in the 1990s right when I was discovering what Anime was. I still have my dvd and of Iczer 3. It's been one of my favorites from the 80's and 90's along with Ranma 1/2, Akira, Project A-Ko, Devil Hunter Yoko, Battle Angel, and Fist of the North Star.

I had no idea Iczer-2's whistling music was based on Kikader's theme. I always thought it was a reference to Ennio Morricone's themes to the "Man Without a Name" trilogy, with Iczer-1 vs. Iczer-2 played out a bit like Toshiro Mifune vs. Clint Eastwood (if Eastwood were a bit more over-the-top).

That was a VERY awesome summary and overview of the series and it's follow ups. I am deeply impressed and awed. Thank you for sharing this. I remember watching it on tape, unsubbed back in the late 80s and with no clue what was going on, but it was still amazing. and yes, lesbians. we were teens at the time....what did anyone really expect?

This is fascinating stuff. Learning about the Rise and Fall of the Izcar-1 series gives a little more insight into how much the OVA's of the 80's and 90's influence was made.

The Manga Video UK dub of Iczer 3 actually got a DVD release in PAL territories in 2005. This is actually the only release of it, as no VHS release has been noted of. Moreover, the end credits have a copyright date of 1997, which places it square in the time frame of when Manga Video relocated their UK dubbing operations from Worldwide Sound in London to CTV Studios (not to be confused with the Canadian TV network) in Cardiff, Wales. This was the same group that dubbed such Manga bargain bin releases like Shadow Skill, Sword for Truth, and Vampire Wars. So unless some testimonies from late 90s British anime fans or scans of some VHS boxart comes up, Manga UK basically had the license, and a completed dub, for Iczer 3/Reborn and sat on it right until the license expired.

I have to thank my local Blockbuster Video since I probably never would have even known about this show if they didn't happen to have both volumes in their limited foreign films section. Movies and short OVAs were the order of the day for video stores in the mid-to-late nineties as all the tapes for a full TV series (which were usually twenty-six episodes instead of twelve back then) would have taken up too much shelf space. Plus there was the risk that a tape would get lost and probably never replaced. I'd still like to know who it was that never returned the first volume of the original AD Police OVA series and forced me to start on volume two.

0:40 a source for broken as fuck unit in SRW games its featured on.

A very good summary. I quite enjoyed this episode. Too bad these days we rarely get project like this and people who are really passionate about their work and brining a well-rounded animation product out.

Wow, I got my pirate VHS copy of Iczer One from a Robotech convention back in the 80's and while i still have that original VHS pirate copy, it sits next to my market VHS release i got so many years later. You mentioned Megazone 23 which I discovered the same way at a Robotech convention. Good stuff! I have a friend who comes over once a week that I into to old unheard of to her vhs anime. If youre interested in a list of what I consider fun old anime let me know.

@MercuryFalcon

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure I've seen most of them, after I found Iczer-1 I went on a crazy binge and that was over 12 years ago now of searching for, researching, and discussing retro anime with people.

Sakurako Kimino who wrote LOVE LIVE and Strawberry Panic said this is one of her favorites.

6th time watching this and still impressed you never brought up the lightsabers.

My start as an anime fan began with Project A-ko, soon followed by Gunbuster, Iczer-1, Bubblegum Crisis, and Dangaio. That was around 1992 or '93.

When I ran a DBZ adventure game RPG, I used elements of Iczer-1 and Iczelion, even giving out Iczel units as power ups.

10:10 Just hearing the part about Hirano "listening to music on his walkman" just zapped me back to that place in time! WOW! Update: just went through my hard drives. I still have a copy of "Tatakae! Iczer-1"! A viewing is coming.

26:32 has Tetsuo from AKIRA as well, seemingly making this his anime debut instead of the 1988 film

My phone background has been a stitch pan of Iczer Robo for over a year now, it's so good.

I still have Iczer One artwork up throughout my home, even today. Devoted fan.

people discovering 80s and 90s anime in 2010 is wild to me but also heartwarming and hopeful :D

I don't exactly remember that one.

LoL, i found Icezelion at Blockbuster back in the day. It was my into into the non mainstream televised anime. Would have been late 90s. I rented the vhs so many times, until one day i came in and the video hadn't been returned by the last person to rent it. I wish to this day that i had been the one to not return it. Dang

I don't even remember half the anime I watched in the late 90s. I started watching anime in 1995 (at age 8), mostly seeing OVAs I either bought with my allowance or rented because video stores didn't separate adult anime from kids cartoons.

As someone who was there at the time, there is one thing I do have to correct: Iczer-1 wasn't something that started bringing in American fans "starting in 1992." I had the whole run of the series in 1988, and so did most anime fans at the time...it was one of the most ubiquitous titles in US fans' collections in the late 80s. Fandom in those days had a very DIY mentality. People would purchase the tapes or laserdiscs from importers (some legit, some much less so), others would translate them, and subtitled versions would start popping up in fan clubs across the country. While the eventual US market loved to talk as if there had been basically no anime fans in America before they came along, it just wasn't the case. US Renditions in particular was infamous in the early days for its ads that openly mocked fan translations, whilst simultaneously making some stunningly boneheaded mistakes in their own releases, such as turning the word "psychic" into "side-kick" in a series about psychics. I wouldn't credit them with starting US interest in this show by a damn sight.

@MercuryFalcon

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I remember when I first found Dangaioh “don’t watch the US renditions release” was one of the first things I’d ever heard. A friend of mine is working on a documentary about the early days of anime and his interviews with people from US renditions and the stories are crazy like recording the dub of Orguss in a basement that wasn’t sound proof.

@Corn_Pone_Flicks

5 ай бұрын

@@MercuryFalconIt WAS an interesting time. The first anime I saw still in Japanese was in the back room of a little comic shop in the industrial part of town, with no subtitles and a guy giving a sparse, running commentary on the film, Macross: Do You Remember Love. While it's not the ideal way to see a film, it was a film I'd thought I'd never get to see, and it comes with a story, so I'd say the trade was worth it. Also, the film was great. By the early nineties, I'd started losing interest in anime, but there were some great films made in those times.

Ah... US Renditions! Not only did they release the Iczer One series, but also Orguss, Dangaioh and my personal fave... THE BIO BOOSTED ARMOR GUYVER OVA SERIES!!! Also I do love Amanda Lee's Iczer. She's very sexy with her delivery!

@christophersummers1939

2 жыл бұрын

i think gunbuster was my first us renditions rental

@LowellLucasJr.

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophersummers1939 that's a fantastic title!

Iczer one is a very good ova series being a homage to giant monster shows. I love the art style with it being the same designer for Dangaioh As well. Another great OVA

Great content as usual MercuryFalcon.

Iczer 1 act 2 and especially 3 is some of the best anime I’ve ever seen and now the connection to macross 84 ( remember the love) makes everything make sense where has this type of anime gone?

this was well researched and put together, and worth the wait in fact, you can stamp it "MF great" (i didn't intend that to rhyme originally)

Another solid video, my dude And Iczer is truly one of the 80's OVA greats

26:31 it's not only Camille and Faw, also Kyao from Lgaim and Tetsuo from Akira

despite iczer girl iczelion being the "weakest" iteration, it was my intro to that universe, and i still listen to its music to this day. never got around to its predecessors, though. i remember not liking the chara designs, and the horror elements turned me off. in retrospect and with modern remastering, it does look fantastic even for its time, though

19:54 You just *HAD* the pick a scene with the Gendo Pose while saying that line, didn't you?

Love the new intro John. And yep the 80s where an interesting era

Hmm...a few years back I happened upon the making of Iczer-1 right here on youtube. I don't know if it's still around. Similarly, I also happened upon a radio drama/cassette (not really certain) of a crossover story between the Dangaioh team and Iczer-1 here on youtube. I wish I saved it, but I didn't manage to ever find it again. Both, of course, uploaded by japanese channels. The hakkaider bit filled in the last piece for me about the shows not mentioned as inspiration for classic Rockman/Mega Man.

I discovered Bubblegum Crisis in a shop with old anime, games, records etc. It closed down after a bit but it had good stuff. KZread has a lot of good 80s/90s anime. The OVA such as Boah the Bioweapon and California Crisis are good quality. Sukeban Deka is good and so is the live action type anime series Izumi. It is shame hand drawn anime is a rarity nowadays as they drift towards the cheap looking stuff.

I just watched the movie after this video came up in my recommendations. Loved it, was crazy and fun! The animation was spectacular. Thank you for this gem and have a sub !

Would have loved to read the Manga of Izcer if only it was released in English language for me to read. Oh well, may as well sail the seven seas and find a fan translated version of the exotic manga of Izcer.

15:20 might be the biggest rip ive ever seen from the dollars trilogy

I love this channel! Thanks so much for the stellar content! I never know what animes to check out and I'm a die hard Robotech fan. Your picks are always spot on. Keep up the awesome work dude!

Ok, so now I know where the whistle intro for Protoman also appears, it's Hakaider!

Thanks for the video! This was one of the first “real” anime I saw (excluding TV dubs like Voltron and the 80s Astro Boy), back in (I think) 1993, and has been a favourite ever since. I also found Iczer-3 fun, despite realising it’s not a great series. I wonder if we’ll ever see a revival (the closest anime to this in recent years is probably Symphogear, which is not coincidentally also a favourite of mine)

You're right. It IS pretty cool.

AT 26:30 with the Zeta Gundam Cameo, is Tetsuo From Akira.

this honestly sounds incredible, i have to check this out

loved the vid! I gotta get around to Izcer for sure. I'll talk on Digest about it but I wanted to mention, with how much of your footage was in 4:3 why not export the video in that ratio? Even your intro at the start and the chapter markers were in 4:3! Idk I personally find it aesthetically pleasing, I've done that for my past two (well, one's upcoming) videos where most of my footage was 4:3 too. What you did works just fine either way, just a suggestion ^_^

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I ran that by a few people because I hate having to mirror the sides but (maybe because television has conditioned them to think this way) everyone I asked said the mirrored sides make it look more professional. I'm working on a video about black and white anime next so maybe I'll try that out.

Watched it recently on my 80s ova deep dive, freaking love it.

"I think that Hirano changed the Cthulhu aliens to be female because it was easier for him to draw"" Oh boy, if this anime came out today, there would a ton of noise throughout half of the internet.

I love *Fight! Iczer-One* I have it in my collection...

At 4:20ish that song stuck in my head thank you. Lol

It is definitely another great 80’s OVA.

NERD! ...It's like a report about the anime scene for another planet, never have I ever NOT GOTTEN so many show references, and I've been watching a long time, but not like this dude. TOTALLY SCHOOLED, thanks!

I will date myself with this, but i remember being in the apartment community center with friends in a club called Fans of Animation South Texas. We had scripts from japan, subtitling machines, and we would translate the scripts into english and create subbed tables. Had some people in that club that moved onto make things like Animego and a smattering of others. Saw Record of Lodoss War and one i wish i could remember the name of, but ive never seen again. heh sorry nostalgia bug got me.

I first learned about Robotech through the foreign animation club at middle school. After that I looked it up on KZread and discovered its cancelled open world n64 game Robotech: Crystal Dreams.

Truth be told, i really loved iczelion. It was obviously a compromised vision due to its format and other compounding factors yet still it was a fun ride. I'd probably be more willing to re-watch it than dangaioh, if only by a small margin

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I didn't know until years after discovering Iczer-1 but I had actually seen a clip from Iczer Girls Iczelion in a fanservice AMV I downloaded from Limewire, it was the upskirt shot of the chick performing on stage. Iczelion will always hold a place in my heart because of that.

I learned about this series via Brad's Cult movies and he was as wilded out about it as I was. It's weird, violent...and WONDERFUL. It has that classic 80s over style I love and yeah, the story is a mindfuck but that's what makes it so damn enjoyable. 26:32 TETSUOOOOOOOOOO!