Some notes about Skullomania: That advertisement of Skullomania converting the cast of Street Fighter into Skullo versions of themselves is a reference to Kamen Rider. Hell, Skullomania is pretty much a Street Fighter version of a Kamen Rider. His rival is Shadowgeist, who is a cybernetically-enhanced freedom fighter from a totalitarian country that can do the Hakai from Dragon Ball Super as a Level 3 Super. Edit: Also, yeah. Kukuri is just like that. Don't question it.
The artwork at 12:37 is a reference to the original kamen rider where the main character is abducted and augmented against his will to give him his super powers, with Ryu in place of the first Rider Ichigou. His arcade ending at 7:06 is an Ultraman reference even right down to the intro pose and shot. The pose and laser beam at 11:13 are also Ultraman references. 9:13 the alternate skullo suits are inspired by kamen rider Nigou from the original series where the main difference between him and the original was mostly just red gloves instead of white. The Kamen Rider series also references Skull Man Directly with the character of Kamen Rider Skull from Kamen Rider W (pronounced as just 'Double")
After his first design it felt like they REALLY leaned into the Kamen Rider inspiration a bit too much, I think they could’ve kept the belt and scarf but the gloves and s on his forehead was a bit much in comparison lol but that final design he got??? PERFECT
The fact that his name changed to "L.A Park" is due to rights issues (as a summary), it's a very long story, but yes, he is the original La Parca (Grim Reaper).
Im addition to all the Kamen Rider and Ultraman references, Skullomania is also voiced by Issei Futamata, who famously provided the voice for Tatsunoko's Gold Lightan. So Skullomania is really just one big tribute to everything awesome about Japanese superheroes. 😎👍
9:25 fun fact: that actually is a Kamen Rider reference, in the first series, the first protagonist got into a real life bike accident by episode 10, and was substituted by Kamen Rider No.2, which has white gloves and white boots, while the original had red gloves and boots
hey awesome research on skullomania, though watch do take note to how you pronounce japanese in the future. there’s a very easy way to approach it which is to treat it almost similarly to how spanish vowels are Ah Eh EE Oh Ooo (U but without the Yu). Kamen rider 仮面ライ would thus be Kah-men which stands for mask. so yes. he is known as Masked Rider though, don’t worry, you were in no danger saying Kei-Men as it doesn’t really mean anything in hiragana… well, unless you used Kanji in which case you could end up with things like intelligent face 慧面 or something Though I’ll dazzle you with some really crazy information. I have this game called Fighter Maker on Ps1. gies whose entire moveset (except his supers) makes an appearance in the game? Skullomania. Fighter maker is an unrelated game to street fighter that lets you create animations and hitbox data for what is a 3d fighting game with preset characters to edit. And for some reason, Skullomania is in it. you can actually take the movesets in there and transfer it to Fighter Maker 2 on ps2 also, though, with some positional issues. .
When you got to his 2nd costume I thought out loud "Shit, just throw the red scarf on the original costume and you have perfection" and hot damn Fighting EX Layer totally gets it
After his first design it felt like they REALLY leaned into the Kamen Rider inspiration a bit too much, I think they could’ve kept the belt and scarf but the gloves and s on his forehead was a bit much in comparison lol
I'm obsessed also, There are many men who adopt the skull-man mantle. First the predecessor to Kamen rider The Skullman created by Ishinomori. It was a manga, but got adapted to a anime 2 or three times. I have the skull man outfit, i wear it only on halloween. Lawl. But like I said there's many.
"Ok so like what if we just put Masked Rider into the game but we don't have the rights to him so we just made Masked Rider a skeleton man" "Akira you're a genius, put it in the game"
I remember when I was three and played on my uncle's PS1 back in the days, Skullo instantly became my favourite out of the roster. Last year I was at my grandma's and found a picture of me playing SFEXA in 99 playing as Skullomania v Ken
The Street Fighter EX series has some of the best music in fighting game history in my opinion. Currently it seems that Capcom is playing nice with everyone right now. I really hope that SF6 has some EX characters as DLC for this next season! Hmm he may also be in Tekken 8... Akira did help out with the game and its apparent in the music Midnight Seige and Secluded Training Ground (has hints of Skullomania's theme)
I love this character sm, he’s the best guy Would love to see him in SF6, I’m also bummed the recent EX Layer didn’t really blow up, even if it’s not unexpected-if anything it proved Arika are just really talented still, and I’d love if them and Capcom worked together again
EX3 was always great to me. When I was a kid my main team was Doctrine Dark and Skullomania. My older cousins would get mad at me because with D-Dark it was easy to zone them, and with Skullo it was easy to mash random buttons and get all these crazy moves to combo. Good times.
Ive been wondering about that strange image of ryu on an operating table forever. I have it in a capcom design works art book and literally show people all the time to see if anyone knew what was going on lmao. Thank you for going there
This character has been an obsession with me and my character sona for years since I was 14 I’m glad to see how many people are seeing how amazing this man is I will say I hardly disagree with his 2 being his worse costume genuinely everything about it is improvements to me especially the S symbol on his head with the red I kinda wish they didn’t remove it but that’s just my opinion I really hope to god we get to see him in sf 6 as a guest character
I love skullomania as a kid even tho I never was aware of the EX games sub name til later on,but as an adult I love him more especially after learning alot more bout Japanese media and getting into kamen rider. Especially cause Skullomania holds that charm of tokusatsu for multiple series via his moves,and even his OG ending,as well as even his ending in SNK herorines being a nod to live stage shows held in JP amusement parks where a hero would come to save the "stage" narrator/lady from a kaijin(human shaped/sized monster) as well as fight with the spirit of the crowd cheering them on! It's such a cute great moment that is just a good love letter moment of respect for Skullo and his spirit of heroism! I kinda hope for whatever game he appears in next he has multiple alt outfits each to represent generation designs of riders with his OG being "Showa",another one being "heisei",and then the final one being "reiwa" since Kamen Rider fans would LOVE that kinda detail! Also to Mister Citrus Bone if you read this I really do recommend Kamen Rider,it's just a fun super hero series and you can start with any season since they're all their own contain stories per season!
This was pretty interesting at first, always get nostalgic when I see Skullo or Doctrine Dark. But I couldn't finish watching as I concussed myself by facepalming too hard when you called La Parka, L.A. Park 🤦♂
6:01 - very fitting. If you ever worked as a salesman, or in retail, or as a customer support - then you have suffered enough to become the raging demon. Just ask Sgt. Ducky.
I'm the same. I sucked at ex but it was one of the only games I had growing up. Definitely fell in love with the character. I want him and Garuda in Tekken.
So I've never played any of the games skullo appeared in HOWEVER I remember a mobile superhero zombie game beat em up where Skullo is the protagonist and he beat up off brand superheroes. I have no idea what the name of the game is or if it even exists still, but I remember really liking Skullo's design. Glad to know he is a character in a real series
WATCH KAMEN RIDER YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU ACCEPT IT AS A LITTLE CHEESY ALSO READ THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MANGA KAMEN RIDER SPIRIT IF YOU SPECIFICALLY LIKE SKULLOMANIA also its Kamen like ramen great video man
My 2 favorite SFEX Characters were Skullomania and Volcano Russo, both reminds you of anime characters Kamen Ryder and the other a Jojo Bizarre Adventure Character 😂😂😂
I used to hate fighting this character, he used to be so OP in the arcade. His story being a regular human car salesman is kinda weird though as he has actual projectile powers in the game though
Some notes about Skullomania:
That advertisement of Skullomania converting the cast of Street Fighter into Skullo versions of themselves is a reference to Kamen Rider. Hell, Skullomania is pretty much a Street Fighter version of a Kamen Rider.
His rival is Shadowgeist, who is a cybernetically-enhanced freedom fighter from a totalitarian country that can do the Hakai from Dragon Ball Super as a Level 3 Super.
Edit: Also, yeah. Kukuri is just like that. Don't question it.
He's more likely a reference to Skull Man, the title character of the manga Ishinomori created before Kamen Rider.
BONERS RISE UP
oh yes🫦🔥🔥
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IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS CALL YOURSELVES????? 😭😭😭😭😭
The music theme for skullo that plays at the beginning of video is called "Amusementive Crime" if nemory serves me.
Listen to the hook!!!... phew...
in TEKKEN 7 the character Dragunov has a Skullomania outfit that u can unlock in the character customization. i guess that counts as a cameo
Also fun fact, the person who worked on the music for the EX series worked on the song "Delusional Reality" for the Midnight Seige stage in Tekken 8
Arika's original characters definitely deserve more recognition. I love Skullo, but my favorite is Vulcano Rosso.
I agree, honestly wish there was a game all about them, they are all sick
@bigkebizino8970 fighting EX layer.
Garuda was my BOY. Arika made awesome fighters.
V.Rosso is in my top five Fighters of all time along with C.Jack. Would love to see Darun Meister , Hokuto, Skullo on Street Fighter 6.
@bigkebizino8970there is but no one plays it unfortunately
The artwork at 12:37 is a reference to the original kamen rider where the main character is abducted and augmented against his will to give him his super powers, with Ryu in place of the first Rider Ichigou. His arcade ending at 7:06 is an Ultraman reference even right down to the intro pose and shot. The pose and laser beam at 11:13 are also Ultraman references. 9:13 the alternate skullo suits are inspired by kamen rider Nigou from the original series where the main difference between him and the original was mostly just red gloves instead of white. The Kamen Rider series also references Skull Man Directly with the character of Kamen Rider Skull from Kamen Rider W (pronounced as just 'Double")
Skullo makes me happy. I can't explain why, just seeing him makes me smile. Killer design, amazing voice acting, just absolute top tier.
After his first design it felt like they REALLY leaned into the Kamen Rider inspiration a bit too much, I think they could’ve kept the belt and scarf but the gloves and s on his forehead was a bit much in comparison lol but that final design he got??? PERFECT
its pronounced like "kah-men" rider, my good dude
Good man thank you
cayman rider
@@MK-vi2cm Like the skinny crocodiles? Okay id actually love to watch that.
VIVA MÉXICO that luchador is called la parca as in the Grim reaper
The fact that his name changed to "L.A Park" is due to rights issues (as a summary), it's a very long story, but yes, he is the original La Parca (Grim Reaper).
@usuallydusturbed ah yes a man of culture i love the original name that's why I had to put it out there
Im addition to all the Kamen Rider and Ultraman references, Skullomania is also voiced by Issei Futamata, who famously provided the voice for Tatsunoko's Gold Lightan. So Skullomania is really just one big tribute to everything awesome about Japanese superheroes. 😎👍
I love his ex fighting layer version most
this is true art.
i love this type of video essay, obscure shit of all kinds
keep it up!
Please note that Skullomania or at least some that looks exactly like him is a playable model in the game Fighter Maker (1998) on the PlayStation
I agree! Skullomania is so dope !
Would love to see some Fighting Layer characters on Street Fighter 6 and Fatal Fury.
Skullomania and Doctrine Dark were my favourite EX characters
The fact that you made a whole vid on Skully earned my sub 😄
great video all around, but the editor genuinely made me laugh with the *(kissing noises) (???)* bit. I look forward to more vids from you!
My personal fucking favorite character
First time ever seeing this character and he's already one of my favorites
9:25 fun fact: that actually is a Kamen Rider reference, in the first series, the first protagonist got into a real life bike accident by episode 10, and was substituted by Kamen Rider No.2, which has white gloves and white boots, while the original had red gloves and boots
hey awesome research on skullomania, though watch do take note to how you pronounce japanese in the future. there’s a very easy way to approach it which is to treat it almost similarly to how spanish vowels are Ah Eh EE Oh Ooo (U but without the Yu).
Kamen rider 仮面ライ would thus be Kah-men which stands for mask. so yes. he is known as Masked Rider
though, don’t worry, you were in no danger saying Kei-Men as it doesn’t really mean anything in hiragana… well, unless you used Kanji in which case you could end up with things like intelligent face 慧面 or something
Though I’ll dazzle you with some really crazy information. I have this game called Fighter Maker on Ps1. gies whose entire moveset (except his supers) makes an appearance in the game? Skullomania. Fighter maker is an unrelated game to street fighter that lets you create animations and hitbox data for what is a 3d fighting game with preset characters to edit. And for some reason, Skullomania is in it. you can actually take the movesets in there and transfer it to Fighter Maker 2 on ps2 also, though, with some positional issues. .
Been obsessed with him since day 1...ty
His final! Cleary a reference to Ultraman Séries! Rly love the character
Skullo was my homie, although the merciless Garuda was ny absolute fave.
Great retro shout!
ka-men rider, now camein rider
Ah, good old “came-in” rider
With that air throw and super, you really have to watch out for his balls
When you got to his 2nd costume I thought out loud "Shit, just throw the red scarf on the original costume and you have perfection" and hot damn Fighting EX Layer totally gets it
My friends still to this day talk about how I own so hard with Skullo.
The OG costume was so fire !!! They never should've changed it...
Truly baffled that you only have 400 subs this video was amazing. Convinced me to buy sf6 if skullo is ever added; car salesman would be proud
Skullomania assist trophy would go hard
After his first design it felt like they REALLY leaned into the Kamen Rider inspiration a bit too much, I think they could’ve kept the belt and scarf but the gloves and s on his forehead was a bit much in comparison lol
Great video, this is gonna blow up hard
I'm obsessed also, There are many men who adopt the skull-man mantle. First the predecessor to Kamen rider The Skullman created by Ishinomori. It was a manga, but got adapted to a anime 2 or three times. I have the skull man outfit, i wear it only on halloween. Lawl. But like I said there's many.
Having a cup of tea whilst doing the raging Demon is the funniest thing ever
😂
His SF Ex2 fit is a Kinnikuman (ultimate muscle)Reference if you look up Kinkotsuman
I love Skullo so much I named my first bong after him 🤣🤣
The first character I wanted to cosplay since the 90s
"Ok so like what if we just put Masked Rider into the game but we don't have the rights to him so we just made Masked Rider a skeleton man"
"Akira you're a genius, put it in the game"
I remember when I was three and played on my uncle's PS1 back in the days, Skullo instantly became my favourite out of the roster. Last year I was at my grandma's and found a picture of me playing SFEXA in 99 playing as Skullomania v Ken
Ex 3 was the only one I played but I loved that game. Garuda was my favorite, skullomaina very close second.
another Garuda man! LFG!
As a very lover of the EX series, this warms my heart.
The Street Fighter EX series has some of the best music in fighting game history in my opinion. Currently it seems that Capcom is playing nice with everyone right now. I really hope that SF6 has some EX characters as DLC for this next season!
Hmm he may also be in Tekken 8... Akira did help out with the game and its apparent in the music Midnight Seige and Secluded Training Ground (has hints of Skullomania's theme)
skullo my beloved ❤
So sfex2 is where part of papyrus’s influence came from especially 9:25
I love this character sm, he’s the best guy
Would love to see him in SF6, I’m also bummed the recent EX Layer didn’t really blow up, even if it’s not unexpected-if anything it proved Arika are just really talented still, and I’d love if them and Capcom worked together again
"Caiman Ridear" just has a cool aesthetic. Anything based on "Caiman Rider" is just bound to look cool.
The win pose kinda reminds me of André 3000’s pose on Stankonia’s album cover
EX3 was always great to me. When I was a kid my main team was Doctrine Dark and Skullomania. My older cousins would get mad at me because with D-Dark it was easy to zone them, and with Skullo it was easy to mash random buttons and get all these crazy moves to combo. Good times.
Ive been wondering about that strange image of ryu on an operating table forever. I have it in a capcom design works art book and literally show people all the time to see if anyone knew what was going on lmao. Thank you for going there
This character has been an obsession with me and my character sona for years since I was 14 I’m glad to see how many people are seeing how amazing this man is I will say I hardly disagree with his 2 being his worse costume genuinely everything about it is improvements to me especially the S symbol on his head with the red I kinda wish they didn’t remove it but that’s just my opinion I really hope to god we get to see him in sf 6 as a guest character
I love skullomania as a kid even tho I never was aware of the EX games sub name til later on,but as an adult I love him more especially after learning alot more bout Japanese media and getting into kamen rider. Especially cause Skullomania holds that charm of tokusatsu for multiple series via his moves,and even his OG ending,as well as even his ending in SNK herorines being a nod to live stage shows held in JP amusement parks where a hero would come to save the "stage" narrator/lady from a kaijin(human shaped/sized monster) as well as fight with the spirit of the crowd cheering them on! It's such a cute great moment that is just a good love letter moment of respect for Skullo and his spirit of heroism! I kinda hope for whatever game he appears in next he has multiple alt outfits each to represent generation designs of riders with his OG being "Showa",another one being "heisei",and then the final one being "reiwa" since Kamen Rider fans would LOVE that kinda detail! Also to Mister Citrus Bone if you read this I really do recommend Kamen Rider,it's just a fun super hero series and you can start with any season since they're all their own contain stories per season!
All the comments like this are definitely getting me interested in giving kamen rider a shot. So many cool references i couldn’t have noticed!
This was pretty interesting at first, always get nostalgic when I see Skullo or Doctrine Dark. But I couldn't finish watching as I concussed myself by facepalming too hard when you called La Parka, L.A. Park 🤦♂
Ah yes, Kaymen Rider
The Cayman islands
6:01 - very fitting. If you ever worked as a salesman, or in retail, or as a customer support - then you have suffered enough to become the raging demon.
Just ask Sgt. Ducky.
Those types of skeleton costumes have been common Halloween costumes for decades. I bet they were probably a stronger inspiration than that Luchador.
We didn’t get Skullomania in Smash… but I’m sure we can convince them to put him in SF6 👀
Pretty cool video, I too like this goofy skeleton kamen rider
idk man his moves are so clean and the character is so cool
I'm the same. I sucked at ex but it was one of the only games I had growing up. Definitely fell in love with the character. I want him and Garuda in Tekken.
Umm...why tekken?
big day for us Skull-o-heads
1:32 mención a LA PARK🔥💀
they are making a second fighting ex layer game, so i am sure he will return :D
I need skullo in SF6 now, and I won’t be happy until i get it.
No way his ending is literally an Ultraman reference
what a diservice to L.A. Park with that photo xD
Dude I'm 38 and I used to play this game (SF EX Plus A) so much as a teen. I miss that time 🥲
Bruh did you not have Tekken
Me seeing the thumbnail and title in my feed: "This better be about Skullomania." I was not dissapointed.
You forgot his appearance in Fighter Maker.
Damn, Skullomania is even cooler than I thought he was! What a legend! What a hero!
He's also inspired by the golden bat
BRO! YES!
SKULLO DIVE!!!
I love him and DarkGeist
Thank you for your service
3rd variant of Skullomania in the second game.....PAPYRUS! 👀
HELL YEAH! SKULLOMANIA IN 2025!
Sorry bro but thats not Akatsuki from Akatsuki Blitzkampf
I am baffled you only have 393 subscribers. I've seen anime roblox channels with more than that.
So I've never played any of the games skullo appeared in HOWEVER I remember a mobile superhero zombie game beat em up where Skullo is the protagonist and he beat up off brand superheroes. I have no idea what the name of the game is or if it even exists still, but I remember really liking Skullo's design. Glad to know he is a character in a real series
I like design 2 more, mainly because the scarf but still
''SKULLO ENERGY!!!"
... Is that the used car salesmen Skullomaina?!
SUUUUPAAAAAAAH
SKELLO SLIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Finally. Some validation.
Kind of.
To me, Kamen Rider is a Skullomania reference...
Saburo Nishikoyama is forever my goat
didnt even watch yet and already hit like cuz SKULLOMANIA ISSS NUMBA ONE
Love skullomania, hope we get an Ex Layer 2
Kay-men rider. my favorite
I loved Skullo and Garuda
fighting ex layer skullo but no shadowgeist, I sad :(
Skullo crusher
WATCH KAMEN RIDER YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU ACCEPT IT AS A LITTLE CHEESY
ALSO READ THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MANGA KAMEN RIDER SPIRIT IF YOU SPECIFICALLY LIKE SKULLOMANIA
also its Kamen like ramen great video man
My 2 favorite SFEX Characters were Skullomania and Volcano Russo, both reminds you of anime characters Kamen Ryder and the other a Jojo Bizarre Adventure Character 😂😂😂
I used to hate fighting this character, he used to be so OP in the arcade. His story being a regular human car salesman is kinda weird though as he has actual projectile powers in the game though
The S on his head stands for Skittles
Cayman Rider... 😢
they NEED to bring him bacK!!