I never liked Anime.

@strahljd

2 ай бұрын

I never liked your comment

@ames-inthe-grass

2 ай бұрын

pin of shame

@justmechanicthings

2 ай бұрын

Why not?

@sugar_joestar

2 ай бұрын

how did you even end up here? 😂

@nanohatakamachi1066

2 ай бұрын

So you're a bitter person.😮‍💨

I thought you found an anime so lost even you couldnt come back

@UltLuigi1

2 ай бұрын

He was invested so much into Tsuruta's work he started method acting him.

@M0ssP1glet

2 ай бұрын

Like a protagonist from a Cthulhu story that disappears mysteriously during the search for ancient, forbidden anime lore

@knziejay

2 ай бұрын

@UltLuigi1 Hope he wasn't like that... I think 😅

@RadicalAntifa

2 ай бұрын

Lovecraft is overrated af

@sierrajohnson717

2 ай бұрын

He IS the lost media!

When the world of anime needed him the most, Kenny Lauderdale finally remembered his password. Good to see you back, man.

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

2 ай бұрын

Kenny stopped uploading because he kept getting copyright strikes on his content. He would've been a full time content creator if not for the copyright system.

@End_Zionism

2 ай бұрын

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 that’s infuriating because I’d watch him monthly or weekly or probably even daily if that was his upload schedule

@georgeoldsterd8994

2 ай бұрын

​@@sparklesparklesparkle6318because screw those copyright assholes. So much media is lost because copyright owners don't do anything with their IPs and come after anyone who does. 😠

@KalaAltheaBalik

2 ай бұрын

He finally found the missing c-casette he recorded the password

@professorhaystacks6606

2 ай бұрын

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Yeah it's really a broken system. While I'm like 90% certain it would fall under the 'criticism' fair use exception, under the current system you have to be willing to go to court to uphold your rights on that and if you aren't ALREADY either a) independently wealthy and/or b) enough of an established creator and in the correct sort of content to monetize the court process, it is seldom worth the time, money, and risk.

Somehow, it comforts me about Kenji Tsuruta being an artist that draws at his own pace rather than pumping out Manga chapters or art on a tight schedule ; v ;

@BelBelle468

Ай бұрын

It’s nice but also insane. How does one take a decade to make 5 chapters? Thats 1 chapter every 2 years. Chapters usually aren't that big…

@LycanMOON

Ай бұрын

Also how the hell does he make money? Does he just have a stable job and the manga stuff is a side hobby

@Nevae_696

Ай бұрын

@@BelBelle468 he takes really long time to draw 🤷🏾‍♀️

@AesthetixVB

Ай бұрын

@@LycanMOON bro he literally talks about it in the video. His main job is Illustration. Side job is Manga.

@aintrxiden

Ай бұрын

have you ever heard of Jojo ?

"As far as I know his man job is illustrator so he just does manga whenever he feels like it" is probably the most comforting thing an artist can hear from an audience member

Kenny's back from getting isekai'd into a random LaserDisk!

@dj-um7el

2 ай бұрын

Yes lol

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

2 ай бұрын

never forget Kenny stopped making more videos because youtube kept copyright striking him.

@calicocash7596

2 ай бұрын

Kenny Lauderdale: My Floridanary Life

@End_Zionism

2 ай бұрын

Perfect 😂❤️

@pauljensen5699

2 ай бұрын

This anime was actually was put on Laser Disk and DVD.

I feel like I need to save this mp4 just in case this gets taken down. I'm still crying over the loss of the video "what is anime"

@SWIFTO_SCYTHE

2 ай бұрын

Wait what? A Kenny video got removed????

@Glitch-Gremlin

2 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZaj2tuHm7TAeso.htmlsi=ptAlcp-K-lOSh6EO

@FainthedCherry

2 ай бұрын

IT'S GONE????

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

2 ай бұрын

@@SWIFTO_SCYTHE multiple videos. youtube copyright strikes are allergic to kenny content. that's why he slowed down on making videos. youtube destroyed his livelihood as a content creator.

@Nachisoubu

2 ай бұрын

And the underwater Nausica one.

I realized something. I miss these kinds of stories. Just odd stories where fantastic things happen.

@vladlock

Ай бұрын

Like a good 80's heavy metal song story

@ThunderstyleYTB

Ай бұрын

@@vladlock It's time to bring it back.

@vladlock

Ай бұрын

@@ThunderstyleYTB amen dude, give me a fantastical tale.

@shihabsharar3539

Ай бұрын

@@vladlock Frieren has the fantastical part right so... I recommended that although It might not be the one you are looking for.

@benthemother3fan884

25 күн бұрын

it's ghibli-esque in a way, huh

You mentioned him being the slowest manga writer ever and I saw the art style in Emanon, so I immediately ran to my shelf to check the author’s name on my copies of Wandering Island and there he was. Here’s hoping he finishes that series someday; I love the concept.

@kayagorzan

26 күн бұрын

Emanon is such an interesting story

@yukilovesya

16 күн бұрын

emanon is oh so dear to me 😭💔

Please excuse the crude nature of this video. I didn't have the time to record it properly or to color correct the VHS tape.

@kimifw58

2 ай бұрын

Why did you have a time limit?

@paodebatata6606

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video, kenny. Very cool

@chudcel99

2 ай бұрын

lmao imagine appologizing because a 40 year old format is a bit finnicky. love ya kenny

@TwinSteel

2 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize there was a problem

@Josuh

2 ай бұрын

@@kimifw58The moon was falling in 3 days

For reasons I cannot adequately explain at this time, I have Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring on laserdisc, but never knew there was more episodes. Wild.

@freelancerthe2561

2 ай бұрын

its archived somehow I hope.

@snickysnacks

2 ай бұрын

@@freelancerthe2561 it’s only fairly recently that a way to digitally back up (analog) laserdiscs has been developed and it’s still a bit too early for it to be “easy” to do. Maybe someday when it’s easier to do the LD community will start archiving them all somewhere.

@DivineDivinity

2 ай бұрын

@@freelancerthe2561 most likely on a p2p site somewhere. aniwave probably has it

@sanachanto

2 ай бұрын

Legend

The Gainax alice wallpapers are very fascinating though. Even if it's just a single wallpaper, it's amazing that it's so detailed and lovely to look at. The man may be slow but these are all amazing, one step at a time.

I kinda respect the fact that he isnt a slave to the crazy deadlines of most manga publishers. As someone who works solo on a webcomic, I understand how slow it is to make a comic alone.

Y'know, he may be the slowest artist of all time and all that, but hot damn the art is gorgeous. I can totally see why fans would put up with it.

@vladlock

Ай бұрын

Ya it's super relaxing.

An anime that was just an ad for the manga? Sometimes I wonder if that's what a *lot* of current & recent anime is. I look at shows like "Yona of the Dawn", where the series ends right where the storyline is just getting started, it seems like they're saying "hey, you liked it? Now go buy all the manga to see the rest of it!"

@henlostinky273

2 ай бұрын

that's kinda the default state of anime adaptations, if anything newer shows are usually better about either doing a full adaptation or finding a good place to land because they're trying to sell merch instead of manga copies. in olden times they'd make 4 seasons of something and just stop in the middle of a filler arc.

@sefik2809

2 ай бұрын

Spice and Wolf. I'm still mad there was no 3rd season 10 years later

@Mr.Smiley_J

2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure a good chunk of anime is just that, commercials to get you hyped for the manga. Especially the ones that are like one season and nothing more, usually have a manga for the rest.

@thenonexistinghero

2 ай бұрын

Yona isn't exactly 'current' or 'recent'. And while a good chunk of anime is just a commercial for the source (LN or manga), I feel like it's actually less and less the case over the years. The reason of that being that it simply just isn't a very viable profit model.

@oshkeet

2 ай бұрын

The exception is the rare anime-only show but 99% of the time there's an assumed economic backing coming from elsewhere. Its just safer to make something off a known property.

As an artist, I respect his consistency to taking long on his art cuz the stuff he's pulling off is hard. Man commits to the bit of releasing bangers every time and taking a zillion years to do it.

Welcome back Kenny!! So excited to see this vid in my subscription feed and so excited to watch it!! So glad you’re making videos again!

@kennylauderdale_en

24 күн бұрын

I'll try my best to make something even better next time. Thank you!

Quality over Quantity, that's the philosophy of Kenji and Kenny.

I didn't put two and two together and realize that Ms. China was done by Tsuruda-sensei. I read Emanon and it was great. Guy seems to just do what he wants, when he wants, drawing his favorite girls while doing it. He's living the dream.

@gregorysteffensen3279

2 ай бұрын

I literally whispered "oh fuck" out loud when the Emanon namedrop hit

@SL4PSH0CK

2 ай бұрын

His living life I'd say.

@xfranczeskax

2 ай бұрын

Rright. Was surprised to see Emanon on the German Market now after so mend years..

Kenny became lost media himself, nice to have you back, and great video of course. The art is indeed great, I guess that's why it takes so long, Kenji works on his terms, you can't ask for a better life than that, especially manga artists that get over worked, glad to see you making videos again. I'll be re watching this very soon, all the best!

All the art is just real good. We need more of that these days Thank u for sharing chill/warming stuff. Pls tell us more of such

THE MAN IS BACK UPLOADING STUFF AGAIN! LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO, KENNY!

@Codename-JX

2 ай бұрын

Yeah BOI

@MrLFJ7

2 ай бұрын

Woooooo

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

2 ай бұрын

don't forget he slowed down due to youtube copyright strikes. youtube took Kenny from you.

@TJF588

2 ай бұрын

No, no, let's fucking _stay,_ thank you.

@poweroffriendship2.0

2 ай бұрын

Let's go baby!

Good to see you back. I can respect this artist, draws manga but doesn't conform to Japan's insane work schedule.

@strayiggytv

2 ай бұрын

Same. I respect the non-hustle

my lack of self control, wrecked attention span and youtube's new fast forward feature ruined this very good and nice video you made

Kenny remembered his KZread password

Tsuruta-san's artwork is just gorgeous. From what you've shown us, one could frame each panel of the manga as art on their wall.

Talking about the slowest artist, Mamoru Nagano is also a strong contender. His 'Five Star Stories' started in 1986 and is still running with currently 17 volumes released.

@ChibiKami

2 ай бұрын

yeah but Tsuruta has as many issues total as Nagano has volumes

@SamRK-1000

2 ай бұрын

And not to mention that FSS is also EXTREMELY expansive. And the manga is not readily available in English, I belive Nagano saying something in an interview along the lines of “I want FSS to be for hardcore veterans, so it’s not translated into English yet”. The “Gothicmade” movie is not available on DVD or streaming, and you can only watch it in one theater in 4K resolution and an extremely high frame rate number (that I can’t remember off the top of my head). There is ONE animated OVA which only covers a few chapters in the story, there are HUNDREDs Nay even thousands of characters, and many planets and individual stories. FSS fans are HARDCORE, if you find one they are likely very into the series and know a lot of its lore, and have probably read the whole manga and flown to Japan just to see “Gothicmade”. The model kits are also pretty crazy too, they’re quite expensive despite not being very articulated and not having any accessories, and there are some very unique model kits (Like the Jagd Mirage being the biggest kit; The Zathurasa Aptbringer aka ‘ZAP’ having a lot of clear pieces).

@picc9000

2 ай бұрын

It's also got an awesome anime from the 80s that was an ad for its manga.

I really did not expect the topic turn towards a book that I happen to have in my bookshelf but yeah, Emanon is a special read that I very much enjoyed.

Kenny!!! i’ve been missing your videos, glad to see you back

The art style is beautiful. I love the realistic-ish character designs.

@youdonegoofed

2 ай бұрын

90s anime was something else.

@johnynoway9127

Ай бұрын

90s anime basically made all artists break every finger trying to animate everything frame by frame.

@pinokosthewife

Ай бұрын

Same, it's lovely!!

Glad to see you Kenny - stay strong my bro!

Welcome back Kenny! Always love your input on these random anime gems

New Kenny vids are always a real treat

I'd like to believe that the "small booklet" that came with the 2002 episode was genuinely tiny as though it was hit by the shrinking laser

Probably not a direct reference to Emanon, but in Evangelion 3.0+1.0, there's an entire subplot revolving around the Rei clone not having a name of her own. They call her "Ms Lookalike", I think.

This was so good! Thanks for sharing with us!

It's so good to see you again Kenny! I missed your content so much! ❤

Damn, feels good to see you post up!

Holy crap, you’re back!

@Zefinfer

2 ай бұрын

^ this lol

I remember the print ads you referenced, back when I'd pick up Oh! My Goddess trades. I always wondered (ha) what the series was about. Thanks for the retrospective.

The artstyle and animation is top notch. A shame this wasn't a bigger show.

Glad you came back after Silver Fang held you captive in Finland

I immediately dropped what I was doing for a new Kenny video

Great to see another upload from you Kenny!

I remember reading Emanon waaay back and finding it criminally underrated. One of the most unique and interesting short stories I've ever seen!

I love that waiting an entire year jab lol I was also thinking about DGray Man.. waiting so long for another chapter only to be let down yet again as soon as a chapter is uploaded..

What the fuck bro you finally uploaded bro I’m so glad I didn’t know much but I’m so glad you finally uploaded missed you

Well dang!! I am so glad you made a new video!! I just found your channel a a few weeks ago and binged on every single video I could find! You're one of the very few people that appreciates and critiques the older anime, and anime as a whole, in the same exact way I do! Watching your videos brought back so much nostalgia and happy vibes from when I used to dig through the depths of the internet during the dial-up days just to find any scrap of anime and Japanese media I could on any BBS or fan-subbed, Angelfire webpages!

I'm so glad to see this video from you! It made my Monday!

Welcome back! I just rewatched some of your videos this weekend and wondered if you would ever grace us again with obscure, animated, Japanese weirdness.

KZread recommended this channel to me within 4 mins of being posted lol. Never been here before but I'll give u a watch :D

@markeisenhuth1904

2 ай бұрын

Everything he posts is gold.

@TheWickedWizardOfOz1

2 ай бұрын

He has great videos on a lot of great anime. I've never been steered wrong on a recommendation yet - Armor Hunter Mellowlink, California Crisis, YKK - all of it gold from what I've sat down to watch. His videos are just great fun too.

I am always so fascinated by your videos. You're honestly one of the best people on this site, thank you for taking your time to bring up all these forgotten relics of the past

always happy to see new stuff from you kenny

I remember watching Miss China's Ring on an Animeigo disc way back in the day, and the ending was really something. I was just sitting there during the end credits like... yeah, no way that's going to have potentially world-altering potentially cataclysmic effects.

Both Spirit of Wonder and Emanon have made their ways to my lists, and I didn't even know the same guy was behind them. If Kenji Tsuruta is the slow mangaka I am the slow weeb, it really takes me forever to get through a show and even then I might just watch it all over again as i feel i must have missed something. Great video Kenny now i know that stuff i had an eye out for is actually good and i should get to it already.

Your videos are such a treat.

Kenny Lauderdale, the vintage anime connoisseur

My favorite manga artist! Wandering Island and La Pomme Prisonnière are worth a read, also one art-book of his should be released in a few month.

A Kenny Lauderdale Video!? In 2024?! Truely this is a special day lol

Thank you for teaching me something new today. This was really neat!

A new video from Kenny! Now I have some new material to search for. Thank you!

Genuinely didn’t know whether to be excited or if you’d just changed the name of a previous episode again. Pleasantly surprised.

So happy to see a new episode from you.

I guess if media that is rare but known of, but not online, is more "high risk of loss" media as opposed to lost media.

Glad to see your making vids again! always something interesting and new to learn about Anime!

I've been needing that fix of essays on old, obscure anime I've never heard! Welcome back, and very good video! I've never heard of Kenji Tsuruta before but damn his art is gorgeous.

Kenny's back! And he brought the milk! Great video, I really miss the magic of the 90s style of anime. It still blows me away to this day.

@southcoastinventors6583

2 ай бұрын

Glad it will come back with AI generations already can do pretty accurate images in that style

@BJGvideos

2 ай бұрын

​@@southcoastinventors6583Eew no

@southcoastinventors6583

2 ай бұрын

@@BJGvideos Said the same thing about using computer to create anime instead of cell based illustration and here we are.

@JamIsNice

2 ай бұрын

@@southcoastinventors6583 ew, still no

@southcoastinventors6583

2 ай бұрын

@@JamIsNice Then you can always draw them yourself same principle it not like these will be for sale since anyone will be able to make them

I absolutely love the contents of your channel man !!! Keep the excellent stuff coming !!!

Thank you for finally filling us in with the context of your tweets for the past few months as youve posted gifs of this show

The man, the legend is back.

To answer the opening questions without really answering them: I thought about this exact scenario at least once a week as a child.

I Adore your works so glad we have u back here.

Always pleasantly surprised to see an alert of a new vid by Kenny. Always a joy!

Kenji just seems depressed. Or has somehhing else going on. Motivation is hard to come by, and having pressure applied by others makes it even more difficult to continue. I don't want to psychoanalyze this Mangaka I just heard of though, or anyone for that matter, so I won't say anymore. I do wonder about him now. Thanks for talking about him, had no idea who he was before this video and I now want to read his manga :)

@camcam794

2 ай бұрын

He’s probably just neurodivergent and struggles to work in a typical workplace/office. I’m psychoanalyzing and assuming he’s autistic or something like that

@mariuspoppFM

2 ай бұрын

He just likes slowness

Holy crap, Kenny's back!

Glad to see you back, Kenny. Great content as always

Thank you for another upload - your commentary is always super! The Chargeman Ken video still makes me LOL. Awesome stuff!!

Man This Is Incredible What a Vibe Really Good Niche Art Thanks for The Exposure

Great video! Tsuruta has two series being published now, but who knows when he's going to stop? He still does illustrations for chapters of Emanon (the series was created by Shinji Kajio in the 70s and it's still going with several books) This month is being the OVAs are being rereleased in a luxurious box And the manga Spirit of Wonder is being rereleased in a bigger size, with all originals color pages. So the video now is a big coincidence!

Welcome back to KZread! It's always good to learn about old anime and manga forgotten by time or in some cases never properly existed.

Take you're time man, we'll always be back when the new vid drops

Thanks for introducing me, again, to something I didn't knew I needed in my life

I really appreciate the way you talk about these old gems. You're like a time traveller from the past and a librarian that treats books like as a loving parent would a child. The info and your humor, your knowledge base and appeciation for small things like fire relfecting in the eyes, all with your presentation style... you're one of a kind, bro. Thank you!

Great video, Mr Lauderdale. I'm so glad to see you are back at it! You always teach me about anime I didn't know existed, and your videos are fun.

HES BACK

Hey! It's the Chargeman Ken stan! Love everything you do.

All this art seems so chill. I feel like I would adore it all. The icing on the cake was the Megaman & Bass Museum track used as bgm, which is also super chill. Comfy vibes all around.

This is great, I love these sort of stories, perhaps because I'm older, one of those guys whose grandmother made a macross uniform for really bad conventions in the late 70s and early 80s and basically lived in Little Tokyo before i actually visited Japan as an accountant for a Japanese company ...so you know when girls started wearing chobit ears, anime became popular in the later 90's with hot topic selling crap too, to today and kids wearing bunny headphones...? I never said a word, I mean there's guys from just 10 years ago saying "I've been into this stuff way before you!" And that indignant attitude always cracks me up. Thanks so much for sharing!

IM SO HAPPY YOUR BACK!!!!! We missed you so much 🥹

FINALLY!!!! I’ve been worried about you!!! Where have you been???? You’re one of my favorite channels on KZread!!!! So happy you’re back!!! Please continue making videos ❤

Seems like these are worth a watch. Thanks Kenny

YAYYYYY!!!!! Kenny is alive! I’m so happy to see another video from you! Keep up the amazing work you do, you bring smiles to hundreds of thousands of people!

A new duck song, a sam o'nella upload, a jollywangcore upload, AND a kenny upload? what is happening this week? please contuine.

@ManuelJRG_

2 ай бұрын

Bruh you just called out nearly all of my obscure uploader subscriptions. The world truly is an oyster...

You see guys, the strat is, sub to a bunch of "Once in a blue moon, I put out super niche but very well produced stuff" types like Kenny. With their powers combined you get a steady enough feed of something really cool.

The style’s really endearing. I like the expressions!

Good to see you back man! Your videos are well made and I love the type of content you focus on!

You're back!

The last time I was this early, there wasn't any clips of Hano No Asuka Gumi's anime available on the entire internet!

You're back!! I seriously missed your videos. I can't wait to watch this after work 😁

I saw ads for this in Newtype magazine years ago, always wondered what it was about. Thank you.