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RavenousMedicine The term "robot" is a relatively new term in that it was coined in a stage play that debuted in 1921 called Rossums Universal Robots or RUR for short. The term is derived from the Czech word "robota", which essentially meant "slave" (although a more precise translation would be an unpaid laborer in a feudal system). Before that, an autonomous machine was called an automaton, or automata in plural form since the word is Greek in origin.
No woman was, before the WW2 fall of emperor Hirohito. Japan adopted panties as feminine undergarment relatively recently and only then, it has been cherished as a fetish piece of clothing. If anything, I'd find it inaccurate if she had any >.>
Ah, I see. That's why she takes it so well as the MC tries to outlewd her. Since there's no slot to park in, she doesn't mind it, lmao As interesting as that twist would be, it would make no sense as it makes her de facto the father's "puppet masterpiece" moving on its own. Why would she have a scar on the back, then? I believe the color designer gave the area a nondescript flesh color like the rest. Which is weird by me. Why not just blacking it out? Well, my take is that he didn't give much of a toss and was in a hurry to complete this custom work of a project or the planning was killing him with tight delays.
"What happened to your back?" "Using the puppets as I do requires...something of the user to...connect them" There, I fixed it. ...maybe they thought they were being Excel Saga?
Sage I wholely disagree that Puppets arn't scary. they were teh Medival equivlent of killer cyborgs. From Jewish golems to possesed porcelin dolls. Hell have you SEEN Punch and Judy? Tell me those aren't terrifying. Japan has a 300 year history building cutting edge Animaronics. The potential for horror here is huge. The Tonal whiplash here is amazing though. Why din't they stick with straight horror? Like its a great story they got here, but then they throw in some truly oddd comedy. Maybe one of the producers thought the tone was too dark?
The whiplash made me think of the original Last House on the Left. Because what was missing from a movie about a couple torturing to death a gang that brutally raped and murdered two teenage girls is the slapstick antics of a pair of bumbling cops. It's like watching I Spit on your Grave but your grandma keeps switching the channel to a Three Stooges marathon.
Necroing hard here but comedy and horror are pretty common and even good combo. Depends on how one just mixtures them. I am kinda intriqued by the story and it could have been nice premise for longer series.
The creator for this ova is Kazuhiro Fujita. He also created the manga/anime series Ushio and Tora as well as the manga Karakuri Circus/Puppet Circus, which i think an upcoming anime series is planned for?
Eclipse of Fire Productions I heard it was made by the same guys who made kill la kill and gurren laggann if that's true I'm expecting nothing less than no holds barred, balls to the wall, fuck logic and reason insanity
ignoring Naruto's Sasori there is an upcoming anime adaptation of a 1997 manga that also revolves around weaponized puppets titled Karakuri Circus, the puppeteers thankfully are capable of moving around in acrobatic fashion while controlling their puppets.
@@ghosttoasttoast I think that a take two of puppet princess would do it very well. The basis is actually very solid and contrary to what he says, the bits of humor, though occasionally misplaced was very good. I also liked her apparatus, though it prevents her from moving, it allows her to control several puppets at once. Creating an opponent that is very hard to approach and doesn't really need to move to lay the beatdown.
Okay, out of curiosity I watched the first scene of Thunderbolt Fantasy and I'm so glad I saw your comment. Its legitimately impressive and dare I say badass. The story is sort of generic, but I can forgive that b/c the puppetry is very well done.
I agree but since Sage has watched Toonami religiously he probably remembers Tunderbolt Fantasy's predecessor Pili and the American fun called Wulin Warriors. So he very well may not find it as bad ass as we do since he watched Wulin Warriors first.
Dragonkeeper that was a bad joke and you know it prepare for the punishment worthy of such terrible comedy *puts on dinner jacket and fancy eating gloves*
Nope, i think it's over-the-top antics are very endearing and the art looks wonderful (minus the creepy face close-ups), it has everything i liked about the 80s and 90s anime, so no you aren't alone in wanting to watch this.
There's no goddam way this wasn't animated by the same guy who did Ninja Resurrection. There can't be two people on the planet with the same misunderstanding of what teeth look like.
i dont know, i feel like an anime mixing up tones is somewhat par for the course. the yakuza games, and the berserk manga do it extremely well in my opinion, and that type of variety and unpredictability is one of the things i love about japanese story telling. i definitely enjoy going from an emotional, brutal, and or visceral scene right into some light hearted comedy to cool things off. it does have to be somewhat subtle and “fluid” to work, and admittedly it works a lot better in manga as the medium lends itself better to it. for me, FMA is an example of this, the comedy during or after serious scenes works a lot better in the manga than the anime, because frankly its less noticeable and doesn’t take up actual screen time
Yakuza doesn't exactly have tone whiplash. The games are played beautifully over the top and the comedy is played over the top. Yet how many times does Yakuza go straight from its panty mission to finding your mother decapitated in the closet?
Nionivek exactly. even with giant shifts in vibe, it still feels cohesive. what i think helps it work is that kiryu is always the straight man. the world around him will get goofy but his character stay consistent and relatable.
I agree. Though it's somewhat a spectrum thing. Like that kind of thing can work but there is a line you have to avoid crossing on either side to make it feel natural.
In any case, a puppet that move on its own is not a puppet anymore...I would guess that while they don’t know the world robot, it’s more than likely they would find a name for that new invention
Barry Bend pre-industrialized society. So, mechanical? The idea that they'd even need to draw a distinction, is kinda dubious all on its own. Just because our current society would draw a distinction, doesn't mean that a fantasy version of a past society would. Language and culture are weird like that.
sage doesnt like naruto, something hes made very clear in the past. more to the point though, that still doesnt really make them badass, since as sage described its still just some asshole flailing about for a bit well a wooden doll does all the actual work,
And Naruto is a Shonen shit anime that nobody has cared about for almost a decade with literally thousands of dust covered used box sets cluttering up store shelves to the point that stores have refused to buy them let alone stock new ones. Oh let's not forget that even the company that has the dub license hasn't dubbed a single episode since the middle of the second show because there wasn't enough fans left to justify the cost of dubbing.
Oh SHIT that Pez dispenser line. The delivery, the visuals. Had to pause the video and wipe the tears from my eyes from laughing. What an incredible line.
Karakuri Puppets from feudal Japan were actually some of the earliest examples of puppetry, and later, automata. A common use was to custom-make them to perform specific shows, including wars/battles. Hence, the concept of puppets that can kick ass is actually rooted in Japanese history, though obviously exaggerated. You can find these kinds of fictional 'battle puppets' in Fire Emblem, Naruto, Inuyasha, etc.
5:39 Thanks for reminding me. I really need to see that movie, as well as The Stuff and Monkey Shine. EDIT: Speaking of 80s horror movies. With all your complaints of puppets/marionettes not being scary, I’m amazed that you did not make a Puppet Master joke in this episode.
Skinning children to make marionette robots... it sounds like something from Ravenloft or Warhammer 40k it's so silly. Or a weird japanese version of the Puppetmaster series now that I think about it.
Actually I can think of a time in manga where a puppet master was kinda cool, Gein in Rouroni Kenshin, especially since not only could he use the karakuri mech pretty well but outside of it he was a deadly opponent there was also Kankuro in Naruto but the mysteec of the puppets waned very quickly
@@asher8754 no SD Gundam Force is good its just that when it aired people who watched wing didn't like it. Also they didn't get the rather fun nods to UC gundam series.
You think that this is one hell of a ride, you should watch Outlanders. It's a space harem OVA with a 2006 dub by Central Park Media. Plus, that OVA will make Censor Kaiser work in some scenes and one of them will make Suave mad.
I'm sorry, Sage. I love ya, but your mockery of an art/entertainment form that has lasted for fucking centuries is just rude and disrespectful. It's disrespectful to the ancients who used it to tell their stories, it's disrespectful to guys like Jim Henson who took it to the next level and, for your own sake, sage, don't bring that mindset to the UK. The people over here still worship Smallfilms and, above all else, Gerry Anderson AND his Supermarionation Action Shows. You go around telling them that the ''emperor has no clothes,'' they'll run you out on a rail. :P
That's the same composer. Kaoru Wada is a well liked and prolific composer, but all of his stuff sounds EXACTLY the same. He's anime's answer to Scott Joplin.
Good review but it really shows how narrow minded sage is. Puppetry can be badass and it has been done many times. The fact it takes so much innovation to make cool is even more impressive. SMH.
Our opinions on something are usually drawn from previous experiences or interests. When we see someone using puppets to fight, we see the awesomeness and/or creepy of souless dolls, mockeries of human movement, acting as not only an extension but an enforcer of a user's malicious will, overwhelming opponents with nonexisting numbers and inhuman speed and strength and attacking both physically and psychologically. Our experiences with shows like Naruto and Avatar showed us early on that puppets can be both scary and dangerous. Sage sees comedy skits, pun filled conversations and the glass of water trick. Before Naruto and the like, that's what puppets were for and I honestly don't blame him for not being able to separate the two concepts, not that I agree. Call it narrow mindedness if need be, but everyone's threshold of acceptible disbelief ends somwhere. I guess we found Sage's threshold here.
Heh. I'm always fond of anime combat puppets personally, but have no earthly idea why. This looks insane, and I really love your reactions throughout. I've gotta get a look at this for all the dumb and all the violence.
Ok, I was not expecting Bennett to make a reference to FNAF at 10:53 That'd be like if James A. Janisse made a Bruno Mattei reference while doing a video on a Lucio Fulci movie.
2:28-3:43 Regarding the Hirotoshi Takaya vs. Hirotoshi Takayama thing, I've found uploads of both dub and VHS fansub of Ninja Resurrection here on TH-cam, and on the dub, Hirotoshi Takayama is listed between Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane under "Animation Directors" in the opening credits (not the ending credits) of the "The Revenge of Jubei" episode. So yes, Takayama *is* credited for Ninja Resurrection. In the same place in the sub, listed under 作画監督 (Animation Director), from right to left, are 羽山 贤二, 高谷 弘利, and 山根 理宏. The first and last are Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane sure enough, but the middle name is only 1 symbol different from Hirotoshi Takaya (高谷 浩利). A quick Google check tells me that 弘利 can also translate to Hirotoshi, proven by screenwriter Hirotoshi Kobayashi. Therefore, it could very well be that the Japanese credits for Ninja Resurrection misinterpreted Takaya's given name (despite the hiragana/romaji reading winding up being the same either way), whilst the English credits (much more regularly the source of mistranslated names) screwed up the translation of his family name, true to form.
.... the child skin ripping was really something I could do without, but at least there weren't any visuals really. It does remind me of Morgause's Spancel from The Once and Future King, though at least the poor bastard was dead first.
I agree, puppetry isn't badass. The only person who was one inch away of being successful at it is Charles Band with his movie franchise "Puppet Master". He ruined amazing potential because of piss poor production values and questionable storytelling. I find it too bad as I really really like PM and its french character André Toulon.
Would've been so much better if her father was the villain. Even if it sounds dumb, it would've been crazy if she herself was an autonomous puppet - his "greatest work". This could've been over the top crazy awesome...
Ninja: It was hell.......watching those children march into that castle knowing they were going to be harvested for their skin..........Oh well, Guess I gotta help you now. :| What the fuck anime? Ninja: Do you have any idea what I came here to do? Princess: Nope, but I'll do my best. :D Ninja: Your not making this easy for me. i mean.......she kinda is, unless you can't get off unless you ra- Oh dear merciful Lord, is that what he's implying? AND THIS WAS A COMEDIC SCENE!? What the hell anime!? The villain probably had to be a child flayer to because him conquering the kingdom from the child flayer king would probably make the audience ask why you'd root for the heroes taking him out. .......Although given how insanely bizarre this particular brutal act is, it makes it seem insanely implausible that the king's killer would share this exact impulse with him.
Another Sage video! Yay :D! I hope you give fist of the North Star a second chance, Since it has a bad reputation for being a silly gorey b-movie when in reality, it’s a story about insane hardships and unbelievable struggles...
Hey man~ you ever seen Naruto? Marionettes can be pretty badass. They just need to either A) look badass or B) be controlled in badass ways, in Naruto's case: Invisible chakra strings. Grant it, this has a cool samurai puppet, but yeah, the way she moves it is dumb.
I like movies that hit across all veins, having comedy mixed into the blood and gore can be a fun for 'relief' moments or down times between the next bloody set piece. Take Kill Bill for example, it's gory but it's got some hilarious moments too.
Oooh so it's an anime that suffers from Emotional and Tonal Whiplash. I noticed that about a number of anime, and while I have gotten 'used to' a certain amount of it, having seen tone shifts done to much better effect ah well... therein lies the rub
So it is feudal Japan with an out of control AI story? I didn't think that could be done. Also this seems like the perfect back story for Kankuro from Naruto.
Sorry to be late. It's Takaya Hirotoshi; "Takayama" is a typo (or perhaps a "correction" by someone who had never met a "Takaya"). If you search nicovideo for "からくりの君" you'll find a probably-bootleg upload of the Japanese print of the whole OVA: skip to the end credits and you'll see that the fifth and sixth credits, respectively, are 絵コンテ (storyboards) and キャラクターデザイン (character design), both attributed to 高谷浩利 (Takaya Hirotoshi).
I beg to differ when you say that puppetry cannot be bad-ass...
Blood-bending in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Pitou from HunterXHunter
@@nickboyden2402 Hm?
Karakuri Circus
The whole thunderbolt fantasy saga its the best puppet action-fantasy serie also
"My father...made a puppet that moves on its own." That's called bein a fekkin' robot.
To be fair, back in those times they had no word for an autonomous puppet.
RavenousMedicine to be fair an ancient society at that level of tech would not have such a word
Too slow me, too slow
@@deadaccount2968 yes they did mechanical doll.
RavenousMedicine The term "robot" is a relatively new term in that it was coined in a stage play that debuted in 1921 called Rossums Universal Robots or RUR for short. The term is derived from the Czech word "robota", which essentially meant "slave" (although a more precise translation would be an unpaid laborer in a feudal system). Before that, an autonomous machine was called an automaton, or automata in plural form since the word is Greek in origin.
"Puppetry isn't badass"
Thunderbolt Fantasy and Captain Scarlet call BS on that statement
Don't forget Naruto.
YEEEES! CAPTAIN SCARLET!
X=bomber and Team America would agree
*Relius Clover has entered the chat*
I WAS GONNA SAY WITH THUNDERBOLT FANTASY!
"Puppets aren't badass!!" Sasori from Naruto would like a word with you.
7:19 She's not wearing any underpants.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
When you see it...
No woman was, before the WW2 fall of emperor Hirohito. Japan adopted panties as feminine undergarment relatively recently and only then, it has been cherished as a fetish piece of clothing. If anything, I'd find it inaccurate if she had any >.>
And she's got no genitals, she's a PUPPET TOO!!!! :O
Ah, I see. That's why she takes it so well as the MC tries to outlewd her. Since there's no slot to park in, she doesn't mind it, lmao
As interesting as that twist would be, it would make no sense as it makes her de facto the father's "puppet masterpiece" moving on its own. Why would she have a scar on the back, then?
I believe the color designer gave the area a nondescript flesh color like the rest. Which is weird by me. Why not just blacking it out? Well, my take is that he didn't give much of a toss and was in a hurry to complete this custom work of a project or the planning was killing him with tight delays.
Somewhere, I can hear Kankuro weeping in the corner.
And Chiyo and Sasori weeping in the afterlife.
*weeping noises*
Could be a Alan Smithee situation with the direccion.
Direction
More likely just a case of good old fashioned language barrier and kanji mistranslation by the official release.
Puppets can't be badass? I guess Leonov the Puppetmaster from Trigun is more creepy than badass.
the princess' dad has nothing on Rusty Venture. skin, please. sometime you gotta use some parts of an orphan to make your super science!
Or Rusty's dad.
Like father like son.
Jonas was much more of an asshole about it.
Rusty did it to some kid he didn't know. Jonas did it to the man who was supposedly his best friend. There is a slight distinction.
Jonas Venture's science is quite potent.
"What happened to your back?"
"Using the puppets as I do requires...something of the user to...connect them"
There, I fixed it.
...maybe they thought they were being Excel Saga?
So in other words, black magic.
Sage I wholely disagree that Puppets arn't scary. they were teh Medival equivlent of killer cyborgs. From Jewish golems to possesed porcelin dolls. Hell have you SEEN Punch and Judy? Tell me those aren't terrifying. Japan has a 300 year history building cutting edge Animaronics. The potential for horror here is huge.
The Tonal whiplash here is amazing though. Why din't they stick with straight horror? Like its a great story they got here, but then they throw in some truly oddd comedy. Maybe one of the producers thought the tone was too dark?
The whiplash made me think of the original Last House on the Left. Because what was missing from a movie about a couple torturing to death a gang that brutally raped and murdered two teenage girls is the slapstick antics of a pair of bumbling cops. It's like watching I Spit on your Grave but your grandma keeps switching the channel to a Three Stooges marathon.
Necroing hard here but comedy and horror are pretty common and even good combo. Depends on how one just mixtures them. I am kinda intriqued by the story and it could have been nice premise for longer series.
@@Yurikon3 50% Horror+ 50% Comedy usually= 100% Camp.
70%comedy+ 30% horror = genre parody
70% horror + 30% comedy = cringe.
Other mixes no doubt exist.
Damn Sage good job on that weight loss man. I just rewatched Kickassia and the difference is stunning.
7:30 all the kankurofans are gonna come after you ! all the two of them I tell you !!
Oh are my jimmies rustle
I mean... ninja puppets are kinda cool
The creator for this ova is Kazuhiro Fujita. He also created the manga/anime series Ushio and Tora as well as the manga Karakuri Circus/Puppet Circus, which i think an upcoming anime series is planned for?
R Seck With that info, I definitely wanna watch this now.
Nice!
Clearly Sage hasn't watched Thunderbolt Fantasy. Puppetry isn't badass, *ha*.
Honestly, I feel he is being harder on this anime than necessary. I can understand some of where he is coming from, but it's really not a bad movie.
Have Suave Review Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt!!!
That series can go fuck right off with its shocking swerve ending.
It's Gainax, what did you expect, a satisfying ending?
I fully expect that ending to get retconned should Panty and Stocking actually get another season.
Eclipse of Fire Productions I heard it was made by the same guys who made kill la kill and gurren laggann if that's true I'm expecting nothing less than no holds barred, balls to the wall, fuck logic and reason insanity
It would be more funny to see normal Sage review that
6:28 YES! The Ultimate Warrior will never die so long as we keep him in our hearts!
A note: Yes, this is weird. It's actually from a manga from the maker of Karukuri Dolls. Ninja style puppetry can be cool.
ignoring Naruto's Sasori there is an upcoming anime adaptation of a 1997 manga that also revolves around weaponized puppets titled Karakuri Circus, the puppeteers thankfully are capable of moving around in acrobatic fashion while controlling their puppets.
The manga this was based on and Karakuri Circus were made by the same author, Kazuhiro Fujita
And I'm glad someone else brought it up. One of my more eagerly awaited anime, and I haven't even read the manga, same with Ushio and Tora
@@ghosttoasttoast I think that a take two of puppet princess would do it very well. The basis is actually very solid and contrary to what he says, the bits of humor, though occasionally misplaced was very good. I also liked her apparatus, though it prevents her from moving, it allows her to control several puppets at once. Creating an opponent that is very hard to approach and doesn't really need to move to lay the beatdown.
+ghostgirl21696 That makes perfect sense.
@@OnDavidsBrain between this, Ushio and Tora, and his recent manga Soboutei Must be Destroyed, it's not hard to tell the guy loves his crazy faces
You really need to see Thunderbolt Fantasy, Sage! Then you'll recognize how badass puppets can be
It's even TECHNICALLY anime!!!
Okay, out of curiosity I watched the first scene of Thunderbolt Fantasy and I'm so glad I saw your comment. Its legitimately impressive and dare I say badass. The story is sort of generic, but I can forgive that b/c the puppetry is very well done.
I'm glad you liked it! The story is definitely very earnest but it also has a few twists of what narrative you can expect along the way.
I was looking for this comment!
I agree but since Sage has watched Toonami religiously he probably remembers Tunderbolt Fantasy's predecessor Pili and the American fun called Wulin Warriors. So he very well may not find it as bad ass as we do since he watched Wulin Warriors first.
Those eyebrows...Was this ninja the founder of the Mishima clan!?
Pathfinder Savant Fuck I'm wheezing! 😂😭😂
Told you this was going to be a rough one. Also nice basket case reference.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that.
"There are no strings on me."
Dragonkeeper that was a bad joke and you know it prepare for the punishment worthy of such terrible comedy *puts on dinner jacket and fancy eating gloves*
puppets may not be bad ass, but they can be scary
They can also be very erotic
Lol what🤣
If puppetry cannot be badass, then explain Don Flamingo from One Piece.
Don't forget Sasori from Naruto.
I was thinking the same thing
Nope. No either to them.
Then I guess you just hate puppets or didn't even bother to watch naruto or OP.
Tao Jones T.jones Even if I watched it thousand times, still nope.
7:25- I'm not the biggest Naruto fan, but there is a character there named Sasori, and he is the absolute counter arguement to your claim, Sage.
Is it wrong that I actually want to watch this now...?
Chris Zelum Not at all. I'm actually a bit intrigued myself to be honest.
Nope, i think it's over-the-top antics are very endearing and the art looks wonderful (minus the creepy face close-ups), it has everything i liked about the 80s and 90s anime, so no you aren't alone in wanting to watch this.
Nope. I don't think Sage is painting it as a bad anime, just an absolutely insane sit.
Kankurō or Sasori, she is not :D
Nor is she Chiyo
There's no goddam way this wasn't animated by the same guy who did Ninja Resurrection. There can't be two people on the planet with the same misunderstanding of what teeth look like.
i dont know, i feel like an anime mixing up tones is somewhat par for the course. the yakuza games, and the berserk manga do it extremely well in my opinion, and that type of variety and unpredictability is one of the things i love about japanese story telling.
i definitely enjoy going from an emotional, brutal, and or visceral scene right into some light hearted comedy to cool things off. it does have to be somewhat subtle and “fluid” to work, and admittedly it works a lot better in manga as the medium lends itself better to it. for me, FMA is an example of this, the comedy during or after serious scenes works a lot better in the manga than the anime, because frankly its less noticeable and doesn’t take up actual screen time
Yakuza doesn't exactly have tone whiplash. The games are played beautifully over the top and the comedy is played over the top. Yet how many times does Yakuza go straight from its panty mission to finding your mother decapitated in the closet?
Nionivek exactly. even with giant shifts in vibe, it still feels cohesive. what i think helps it work is that kiryu is always the straight man. the world around him will get goofy but his character stay consistent and relatable.
It’s a cultural thing I think. Kabuki can also have this happen same with the over the top melodrama
I agree. Though it's somewhat a spectrum thing. Like that kind of thing can work but there is a line you have to avoid crossing on either side to make it feel natural.
Isn't a puppet that moves on its own just a robot?
Not a word they'd have. Or one with an origin that would line up in their language.
@@LupineShadowOmega mechanical demon doll.
In any case, a puppet that move on its own is not a puppet anymore...I would guess that while they don’t know the world robot, it’s more than likely they would find a name for that new invention
Barry Bend pre-industrialized society. So, mechanical? The idea that they'd even need to draw a distinction, is kinda dubious all on its own. Just because our current society would draw a distinction, doesn't mean that a fantasy version of a past society would. Language and culture are weird like that.
Automaton
Well Naruto has character use puppet as weapons
sage doesnt like naruto, something hes made very clear in the past.
more to the point though, that still doesnt really make them badass, since as sage described its still just some asshole flailing about for a bit well a wooden doll does all the actual work,
OverlordPichu I know that, but i’m just saying
And Naruto is a Shonen shit anime that nobody has cared about for almost a decade with literally thousands of dust covered used box sets cluttering up store shelves to the point that stores have refused to buy them let alone stock new ones.
Oh let's not forget that even the company that has the dub license hasn't dubbed a single episode since the middle of the second show because there wasn't enough fans left to justify the cost of dubbing.
Sage doesn't like a lot of modern Shonen.
Kankuro, chiyo, sassori of the hidden sand would disagree on the battle puppetry thing.
Those eyebrows though.
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Is that a prototype firearm? I'm not familiar with the name.
I assume that Bennett would break from all the pantyshots.
please listen to da man sage.
Oh SHIT that Pez dispenser line. The delivery, the visuals. Had to pause the video and wipe the tears from my eyes from laughing. What an incredible line.
Fun fact: The composer for this movie was Kaoru Wada, who was also the composer for Inuyasha, which premiered the same year.
Naw. Kankuro still is the puppet god. Or Sasori, who basically turned his parents into disemboweled marionettes. You know. For kids.
What Sasori backstory? Shitty as fuck Parents?
I know you’ll probably hate me when I say this Sage, but I kind of thought the puppetry in Naruto was pretty cool.
It was!
I'm pretty sure it was the puppet arc that got me to stop watching Naruto.
The Exegete That early, huh?
Eh, I went and looked it up. I forgot about Kankuro, I did like him. It was Sakura's fight with Sasori shortly after Shippuden started when I gave up.
@@the_exegete wait really? The sasori arc was what got me to actually start watching naruto
7:20 I take it Sage has never heard about Karakuri Circus.
Puppetry is only bad ass if you don't see the person who is pulling the strings.
Anyway lol great review Sage, very entertaining~
So was this the inspiration for the ninja puppets in Naruto?
I would bet very good money on that
Puppets are actually common in ninjas
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You see them in Ruroni Kenshin, you see them in Ninja Scroll if I recall correctly. There's not much new to the idea
It's probably more rooted in the karakuri ningyou puppet theater, if I had to guess
Karakuri Puppets from feudal Japan were actually some of the earliest examples of puppetry, and later, automata. A common use was to custom-make them to perform specific shows, including wars/battles. Hence, the concept of puppets that can kick ass is actually rooted in Japanese history, though obviously exaggerated. You can find these kinds of fictional 'battle puppets' in Fire Emblem, Naruto, Inuyasha, etc.
5:39 Thanks for reminding me. I really need to see that movie, as well as The Stuff and Monkey Shine.
EDIT: Speaking of 80s horror movies. With all your complaints of puppets/marionettes not being scary, I’m amazed that you did not make a Puppet Master joke in this episode.
Skinning children to make marionette robots... it sounds like something from Ravenloft or Warhammer 40k it's so silly. Or a weird japanese version of the Puppetmaster series now that I think about it.
TheCrazyTalkKid I can honestly see the Dark Eldar making something that over the top edgy.
17:06 best joke clip in anime abandon history so far.
Actually I can think of a time in manga where a puppet master was kinda cool, Gein in Rouroni Kenshin, especially since not only could he use the karakuri mech pretty well but outside of it he was a deadly opponent
there was also Kankuro in Naruto but the mysteec of the puppets waned very quickly
Someone never saw Kankuro in Naruto.
Jesus Christ, those facial expression are going to haunt my nightmares until I die!
Eh. King Crimson desensitized me to those faces.
Children skin was used to make puppets that moved on their own? But you can do the same thing with glass fiber and some eletrical pulses.
Hey Sage can you please do another Toonami month and look at SD Gundam Force(2004).
@Brandon Roberts yeah as it was the most divisive Gundam series ((unwarranted) until SEED came around).
So you want him to kill him sled cause that’s the only end result of watching that crap
@@asher8754 no SD Gundam Force is good its just that when it aired people who watched wing didn't like it. Also they didn't get the rather fun nods to UC gundam series.
1:32 👌
THICC!
You think that this is one hell of a ride, you should watch Outlanders. It's a space harem OVA with a 2006 dub by Central Park Media. Plus, that OVA will make Censor Kaiser work in some scenes and one of them will make Suave mad.
Johnny Bravo: I am sickened, yet curious.
My god, this anime is incredibly clumsy with these tonal shifts. What even is this anime?
I'm sorry, Sage. I love ya, but your mockery of an art/entertainment form that has lasted for fucking centuries is just rude and disrespectful. It's disrespectful to the ancients who used it to tell their stories, it's disrespectful to guys like Jim Henson who took it to the next level and, for your own sake, sage, don't bring that mindset to the UK. The people over here still worship Smallfilms and, above all else, Gerry Anderson AND his Supermarionation Action Shows. You go around telling them that the ''emperor has no clothes,'' they'll run you out on a rail. :P
The Inuyasha b-roll music is distracting.
That's the same composer. Kaoru Wada is a well liked and prolific composer, but all of his stuff sounds EXACTLY the same. He's anime's answer to Scott Joplin.
"A puppet that could move on its own."
So...it's not a puppet, then?
you mean to tell me this anime didn't pull on your heartstrings?
:D
Every face could have its own horror movie.
10:50 YYYYYYEEEEEESSSS!!🤩😍🤣
12:00 What The Fuck!?😨😠
12:43 She's So Innocent. Protect Her!❤
"Puppets are not badass".
Except when the puppeteer is using the marionettes to try and murder Vash the Stampede with extreme prejudice.
Wait wait wait wait wait. That narrator's voice sounds familiar... is that freaking MONEYBAGS from Spyro?!
I bought a high-end professional gaming mouse, not so that I can play video games...
But so that I can click on the thumbnail faster.
HEY DID YOU KNOW THERE WERE PUPPETS IN NARUTO there I've saved you the trouble of reading 90% of these comments.
Even Tequilla and Bonetti would yell "PICK A FUCKING TONE!!"
Best to watch this anime drunk. It wont make anymore sense. but at least it becomes mildly enjoyable
Could you review kurokami the animation anime?
Good review but it really shows how narrow minded sage is. Puppetry can be badass and it has been done many times. The fact it takes so much innovation to make cool is even more impressive. SMH.
Our opinions on something are usually drawn from previous experiences or interests. When we see someone using puppets to fight, we see the awesomeness and/or creepy of souless dolls, mockeries of human movement, acting as not only an extension but an enforcer of a user's malicious will, overwhelming opponents with nonexisting numbers and inhuman speed and strength and attacking both physically and psychologically. Our experiences with shows like Naruto and Avatar showed us early on that puppets can be both scary and dangerous.
Sage sees comedy skits, pun filled conversations and the glass of water trick. Before Naruto and the like, that's what puppets were for and I honestly don't blame him for not being able to separate the two concepts, not that I agree.
Call it narrow mindedness if need be, but everyone's threshold of acceptible disbelief ends somwhere. I guess we found Sage's threshold here.
This needs to be said: the girl looks like Rukia from Bleach. She’s even voiced by Michelle Ruff as well.
17:11 WHAPPADY SCHMACKETY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WE NEED TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE!
/toy/ demands it!
Any chance you can review the Getter Robo series?
It’s really biz-male story really bizarre design to boots , yet puppets are done better in naruto, it’s would’ve done better if has good directors
Would be interested in seeing your thoughts on the all-time mind-screw anime, Serial Experiments Lain.
For a moment there, I thought Sage was holding a Full Metal Alchemist DVD at the end.
Heh. I'm always fond of anime combat puppets personally, but have no earthly idea why. This looks insane, and I really love your reactions throughout. I've gotta get a look at this for all the dumb and all the violence.
Ok, I was not expecting Bennett to make a reference to FNAF at 10:53
That'd be like if James A. Janisse made a Bruno Mattei reference while doing a video on a Lucio Fulci movie.
I had a fever dream like this once...
It’s like the anime heard what the Loptyr Sect was doing with their child hunts and was like, “Hold my beer and watch this”.
2:28-3:43
Regarding the Hirotoshi Takaya vs. Hirotoshi Takayama thing, I've found uploads of both dub and VHS fansub of Ninja Resurrection here on TH-cam, and on the dub, Hirotoshi Takayama is listed between Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane under "Animation Directors" in the opening credits (not the ending credits) of the "The Revenge of Jubei" episode. So yes, Takayama *is* credited for Ninja Resurrection.
In the same place in the sub, listed under 作画監督 (Animation Director), from right to left, are 羽山 贤二, 高谷 弘利, and 山根 理宏. The first and last are Kenji Hayama and Masahiro Yamane sure enough, but the middle name is only 1 symbol different from Hirotoshi Takaya (高谷 浩利).
A quick Google check tells me that 弘利 can also translate to Hirotoshi, proven by screenwriter Hirotoshi Kobayashi. Therefore, it could very well be that the Japanese credits for Ninja Resurrection misinterpreted Takaya's given name (despite the hiragana/romaji reading winding up being the same either way), whilst the English credits (much more regularly the source of mistranslated names) screwed up the translation of his family name, true to form.
.... the child skin ripping was really something I could do without, but at least there weren't any visuals really. It does remind me of Morgause's Spancel from The Once and Future King, though at least the poor bastard was dead first.
I agree, puppetry isn't badass. The only person who was one inch away of being successful at it is Charles Band with his movie franchise "Puppet Master". He ruined amazing potential because of piss poor production values and questionable storytelling.
I find it too bad as I really really like PM and its french character André Toulon.
10:40 man, the new ancient gear golem support looks sick.
Would've been so much better if her father was the villain. Even if it sounds dumb, it would've been crazy if she herself was an autonomous puppet - his "greatest work". This could've been over the top crazy awesome...
Ninja: It was hell.......watching those children march into that castle knowing they were going to be harvested for their skin..........Oh well, Guess I gotta help you now. :|
What the fuck anime?
Ninja: Do you have any idea what I came here to do?
Princess: Nope, but I'll do my best. :D
Ninja: Your not making this easy for me.
i mean.......she kinda is, unless you can't get off unless you ra- Oh dear merciful Lord, is that what he's implying? AND THIS WAS A COMEDIC SCENE!?
What the hell anime!?
The villain probably had to be a child flayer to because him conquering the kingdom from the child flayer king would probably make the audience ask why you'd root for the heroes taking him out.
.......Although given how insanely bizarre this particular brutal act is, it makes it seem insanely implausible that the king's killer would share this exact impulse with him.
The Real Puppet master
Kankuro The Puppet Master
www.google.com/search?q=naruto+puppet&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG2uDZwtzdAhUMX60KHT_hCi8Q_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=889#imgrc=z6W-710282reFM:
03:07 Hirotoshi Takayama=Alan Smithee i guess
I don’t see the problem.
Another Sage video! Yay :D! I hope you give fist of the North Star a second chance, Since it has a bad reputation for being a silly gorey b-movie when in reality, it’s a story about insane hardships and unbelievable struggles...
"Puppet Princess... WHAT ARE YOU."
Well, obviously: GRIMDARK th-cam.com/video/G5SSD8hVQrg/w-d-xo.html
Hey man~ you ever seen Naruto? Marionettes can be pretty badass. They just need to either A) look badass or B) be controlled in badass ways, in Naruto's case: Invisible chakra strings.
Grant it, this has a cool samurai puppet, but yeah, the way she moves it is dumb.
I'm making a Puppet Prinecs T-shirt with the phrase, "'Rap-idy Smack-idy Doooooo!" ~Sage #animebandon' on the back!
Awesome , amazing
... that princess ain't wearing panties
... It's so weird not seeing a crotch slit.
Well obviously she's another puppet being controlled by some hidden puppetmaster.
@@tinkerer3399 that would definitely add another weird dimension to the whole thing.
I like movies that hit across all veins, having comedy mixed into the blood and gore can be a fun for 'relief' moments or down times between the next bloody set piece. Take Kill Bill for example, it's gory but it's got some hilarious moments too.
This anime was awesome
13:07 You don't understand, Bennett. It's some deep nakedness symbolism just as in "Made in Abyss", huuh =p
And yet, this had some of my favorite voice actors.
Oooh so it's an anime that suffers from Emotional and Tonal Whiplash. I noticed that about a number of anime, and while I have gotten 'used to' a certain amount of it, having seen tone shifts done to much better effect ah well... therein lies the rub
So it is feudal Japan with an out of control AI story? I didn't think that could be done. Also this seems like the perfect back story for Kankuro from Naruto.
Sorry to be late. It's Takaya Hirotoshi; "Takayama" is a typo (or perhaps a "correction" by someone who had never met a "Takaya"). If you search nicovideo for "からくりの君" you'll find a probably-bootleg upload of the Japanese print of the whole OVA: skip to the end credits and you'll see that the fifth and sixth credits, respectively, are 絵コンテ (storyboards) and キャラクターデザイン (character design), both attributed to 高谷浩利 (Takaya Hirotoshi).