@@liulfrmcshane US shows probably couldn't afford to hire stuntmen and martial artists for lengthy TV made shows. They couldn't take that kind of financial and safety risks. Japan however had so many stunt people to hire from different agencies.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC no but this show specifically seems to have a very planned aesthetic, maybe to make a difference from the rival series? Well I'm sold!
I bet many Western shows used to do that too, but many people demanded "reality" over the absurdness for multitude of reasons. Now it is an rare occurrence mostly in movie theatre than whatnot.
"The blind man starts parrying the knives out of midair" "But nothing weird happens until later on" You know your standards for weirdness have changed when...
@@demilembias2527 I think it could be possible. I mean, I believe holo came back thanks to simplynailogical. If he gets enough traffic from the right people who knows. The internet is definitely responsible for the international market becoming so massive for anime in the last decade.
Something similar happened with CityPop, so yeah, could happen! Funny thing though, people here in Japan have no idea that Westerners have been getting into old 70's and 80's idol music.
“Football player with a knife on his head” could have easily ended up as an enemy in Kamen Rider or Super Sentai. Some Japanese dude knew exactly what he wanted and pulled it off amazingly.
Especially with sailor moon, people forget sailor moon didn't start this shit at all, people forget magical girls and boys genre was in the 50's and 60's
@@maymay5600 Exactly , Sailor Moon might be the peak magic girl series , but it piggy back from magic girl shit from 80s and 70s........BUT it did renew the Magic Girl genre , which by then was dying due to over production and mix it , magic girl + school drama + girl power , kicking the second golden age of magic girls (Clamp + Utena + Shamanic Princess + Slayers ??? )
@@maymay5600 And the genre started off with Sally the Witch which the anime was inspired by the US 60s sitcom called _Bewitched._ I think USA deserves the credit for that.
I really wish people would make shows like this again. Also, cheating by writing test answers on the inside of a hospital mask might be the most 2020 thing to ever come out of the 1980s.
Oh my gosh why is the so freaking reminding me Harry potter!? He said there's a guy who is part of the administration or something who really never got to graduate in the school, and then now is part of the administration now he's an adult (hagrid), the kids get into all kinds of dangerous antics, there's now a ghost from the past of somebody who lived / work there hunting the place (peeves or nearly headless Nick) they keep having the consistency of one particular kind of teacher that teaches a subject that is kind of strange and weird but somewhat important (in this show it's the English teachers, in Harry potter, it's the teachers of the dark arts) Like seriously! How is this not the Yakuza version of Harry Potter before Harry Potter ever came out?
@@docdeth904 This reads like a fighting game battle opener. Something like "Love is pain, understanding is hard, Let me teach you forgiveness... through violence"
There are quite a lot of these Japanese tough girl archetypes. bokukko - a tomboy yankii - a delinquent student sukeban - a female gang leader bouzouzoku - a motorcycle gang
“They force the janitor to deliver a package of money that gets stolen, so grief stricken he offs himself.” W H A T ?! “The blind teacher wasn’t blind, who wouldn’t thought? So they hang him on a cross” oh my fucking god xD
Can we even argue with that at all? I mean, this shows logic speaks for itself, I don't even try to guess what comes next as i will 98.9% be wrong about it XD
18:20 That one is Thunder Ceptor, released in 1986 by Namco. It was a rail shooter, similar to Space Harrier, where it used really high-speed sprite scaling.
@@Virjunior01 Turns out, I have it on a USB for my Sega mini but forgot. It's kinda like Hyperzone meets Space Harrier but a little rougher. It's pretty neat. Every time I see a new game that looks good it ends up being something I already researched and downloaded but forgot about at this point. Heh.
@@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase I frikkin LOVED Hyperzone. F-Zero never caught me. I also loved Space Harrier... I remember being at a baseball camp for a week and making sure I had enough change to play it twice a day at the motel.
Hi Mr. Kenny Lauderdale, this is John I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I thought you did making this video on Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, as this is my all time favorite Japanese show ever, as I really love this show. Which, is my I am here today because of I just heard the sad news about Miho Nakayama the news of her passing away at the beginning of December on December 6th of this year, as I would like to first give my consoles to her family and friends that she was a person I would have like to have met in my life, as she seems like very nice, warm and friendly, person to be around with, that her heart was big as her soul was. I really hate that she passed away, I was hoping one day they could do a reunion show with all of them back together again or at least do remake or reboot of the same show, but modernize and make it current in this time in 2024 or 2025, with different Japanese actors and actress and have them including in it. But, I see unfortunately that's not going to happen now because of Miho passing away, as she will and forever will be a legend and an icon just like my mother who passed away, as well this year and President Jimmy Carter too, God Bless Them All, And God Keep Them Safe, As They Will Be Truly Miss Dearly. I just wanted to share this information with you Mr. Kenny Lauderdale and the other people here, please keep up the wonderful work and please continue to keep laughter and enjoyment coming, as we really do need that now more then ever in the world that we are facing today. I look forward to seeing some more Japanese content from you on your amazing channel, so I can learn more about other Japanese shows that I have seen or not, especially on Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER, IT'S FANTASTIC MAN, I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH WATCHING THIS SHOW, I NEVER GET TIRED OF SEEING THIS SHOW, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, THAT SOUNDTRACK TO THE THEME SONG IS PROGRAM IN MY COMPUTER, AS I SPEAK LOL, THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS FREAKING SHOW !!! But, anyway I just wanted to express this and let you know, MIHO NAKAYAMA IS ONE THE GREATEST JAPANESE IDOL'S AND ACTRESS OF ALL TIME, WHO EVER LIVED !!! THANK YOU MIHO FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND THANK YOU MR. KENNY LAUDERDALE OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND SURPRISES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, AS WELL. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR US ON YOUR CHANNEL FOR NEXT YEAR IN 2025 !!! Yours Sincerely, John
It reminds me a lot of the ending to Battle Royale 2. (Yes, there's a sequel to Battle Royale, and no, it's not good.) At the end, the teacher who signed them all up for the titular battle royale comes out in a rugby uniform, explains that he really just wanted to play rugby with them, and then jumps into an explosion.
I'm still thoroughly convinced Naoko Takeuchi was watching these shows in the 80's and thought "Man this shit is cool". Especially since you see earlier Sailor Moon concept art where Usagi Tsukino is sporting a long flowing skirt and a pistol. Hell even the "Make UP!" thing helping the characters with their disguise (even if it doesn't really show up on the page) is probably inspired by this too. Mostly just speculation on my part BUT if these Delinquent Girl shows really DID have an influence on Sailor Moon, that would mean that the Pretty Cure franchise shares a lineage with these Sukeban as well.
It would be awesome, but considering that most of them were trying to knock off the success of Sukeban Deka, it's unlikely that the studios would have been willing to cooperate to make it.
I watched this series in full and the Miho Nakayama situation was so insane to me. She's CLEARLY advertised as the main character, and the opening makes her look like she's the central character, then BAM actually the main character is Yumi, and Miho only ever shows up at the end of every episode. In fact, you even begin to notice that Miho never actually interacts directly with Ruri and Kei in any scene until the last quarter of the series. She only ever really talks to Yumi directly. They tried their best to patch up the fact that Miho was barely in the show.
Since discovering your channel, I've been falling down my own rabbit hole of sukeban and biker gang animes, both are genres that aren't really seen anymore. You mentioned Sukeban Chainsaw on an earlier video so I binge read the manga and saw the movies. The story gets out there but makes sense that if you have a character fighting with a chainsaw, they'd be fighting zombies. Thank you for introducing me to this genre and helping me discover one of my favorite shows, Shounan Bakusouzoku.
Sings fighting evil by moonlight, wearing sailor suits by day light, It’s the one name rebel alliii-ance, They never turn the back on crimes, Coming to the aid in the name of friendship, It’s the one named rebel alliii-ance. Peacefully punching injustice, Kicking super Stars to curb side, It’s the one named rebel alliii-ance.
@@Xx1SailorScoutxX I finished my master piece the sailor alliance combo 😂 This has as to hit number one Better than what’s in the charts that’s for sure.
Back when she was still alive.. My mom was obsessed with this show. I kind of forgotten all about it till I seen this. ( I think it semi stood out in my memory is mostly due to the fact that it was one of the few non horror based things she loved watching. )
Hey Kenny, just want to say that, in regards to your commentary and performance, I think this was your best video yet. You're sounding more comfortable behind the mic, your passion on the subject really shines through, and I can tell your research paid off because all of your tangents were interesting. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Kenny for schooling us on the forgotten depths of japanese popular culture! You sure know what you are about and I can only envy you for having so much fun with shows most people would never seriously consider watching!
Note that Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure is an anime that properly utilized boys in wearing sailor uniforms. Basically, the boys are given the same collar and tie design as the girls' uniform shirts, and wear long pants or short pants. We would love to see sailor seifuku boys *and* sailor seifuku girls fighting to defeat bad guys or something. That would be great, and fun.
Shigechi's flesh knobs for hair seem to be a reference to Bart Simpson. Maybe. Some colorings of DIU portray Shigechi as blonde. But in the anime, it's flesh. This character was introduced in 1993; so it's possible.
Is 80s nostalgia as popular in Japan as America? At least we got Kill La Kill out of anime creators being nostalgic about these weird shows, probably from when they were teenagers.
Delinquent stuff isnt that Big nowadays. I think for a while they also were trying to hide delinquent based entertaiment for some political bs or something.
@@davidgusquiloor2665 Yeah that sounds like something the ruling LDP & NKP would do -- "If we don't _teach_ the history, they can't _repeat_ the history!"
@@fattiger6957 now that i think about this and the white school uniforms and sukebandeka with the black uniforms being satsuki and ryuko’s costume makes a lot of sense now, a tribute to the rivalry between these two shows.
"Eventually there would be a HS girl from outer space, breathes fire, has all the powers of Ultraman, and fights people with a missile launcher..." You mean Lum and her freinds from Urusai Yatsura?
So Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance is set in a school full of guys with greaser hairdos, American-style football players that suddenly appear out of nowhere, and blowing curtains (because of that one teacher with wind powers)? All it needs is a choir full of vampire kids with glowing eyes and it would be like a Japanese co-ed version of the boys' boarding school from the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" music video.
It's hard to describe, but I really like how raw these live-action shows you've been reviewing feel. Like, modern American equivalents feel so processed and routine-not that they're bad, but a change of pace is always nice. The best way I can describe this feeling is that it's like a b movie, but with a budget.
Thank you for covering these shows in the sukeban genre. I don't know how to explain it but the sort of unique flavor to drama-action stories within this time period is something I feel like has been missing from the modern manga and anime. We have alot of delinquent stories or characters based on the setting but not really a lot of stories wholly focused on delivering the entire package. So it's really cool to see and learn about these shows that I would have no way of knowing about letting alone watching.
A search of a Japanese review of the show turns up the name エブリン ベニュー (Evelyn Venue? Evelyn Benue?) But there doesn't seem to be anything else she acted in...
I appreciate that the Japanese must have thought this was all very exciting and extreme, but all they really accomplished was accurately depicting every day life for an American highschooler. The prison built into the school, the gym teacher who was grandfathered in because he never graduated, and the principle regularly reminding everyone they're all failures is just too true to form for the american public education system.
@@skeletonking2501 He was a pedophile. Like a legit pedophile: cp was found on an external hard drive he owned and everything. Plus he was...kind of a creep.
I just wanted to say that I'm so happy to see you again Ken. You didn't upload for only 3 months, but that made me realize how much I've appriciated your work this last year. Your videos about old anime and japanese schoolgirls doing crazy shit really does being joy to me and probably many other people. Keep it up! ♥️
just back tracked through all your vids I just watched to ensure they have all been like as all have been watched multiple times. your the best content creator on TH-cam. now to watch them all again :)
Once again I can tell you (and toku_gami) put a ton of work into research for this. I noticed the idol connection in my own tokusatsu research (although mostly indie stuff), and it's really interesting how they worked around the 'main girl' problem to not ruin that idol's image (or at least they think 'ruin'). Thanks for doing these deep dives!
@@SlapstickGenius23 It's clear the writers of the Sailor Moon anime where inspired by these shows. The whole throwing roses is a dead give away. That wasn't in the Sailor Moon manga.
I was just thinking "when is the weird anime guy doing another video, I saw he commented on Mandalore so he's still existing" and what do you know.... He's back!
About Kid Kool, There's an old Gamecenter CX episode where Arino played said game, and he received a letter from the child actor with game tips. He also stated that he was no longer and actor and at the time, a manager at a convenience store.
I appreciate the effort and quality that has gone into these sukeban videos. I first found out about sukeban deka from a Japanese idol encyclopedia website many years ago(which sadly doesn't exist anymore), where a person posted all of their Japanese Idol memorabilia. Ever since then I had tried to find out more, then I found your channel.
This has to be what inspired the tv version sailormoon lol. The whole putting on makeup hides their identity is so sailormoon. 😹 This even explains the whole tuxedo mask briefly showing up to throw a rose then leaving, trope. 😂
I think it's this and the gloves of the star platinum stand in Jojo Pt. 3, considering Tekken came out in 1994, Jojo PT 3 ran from 1989 to 1992 and the Sukeban Genre was mid to late 80s.
It's funny how the original Sukeban Deka was more or less believable, but once it spun off sequels and spin-offs the whole genre lost it's mind. I think Yuki Saito is still my favorite out of all of them since she does treat it like it's real, but I won't lie and say I didn't get enjoyment out of the whole lot. It's like acknowledging Godzilla is a metaphor for the atom bomb, but still enjoying watching him jump on King Ghidorah's face. There's a place for both.
I thought the rival to Sukeban Deka would have been about good Japanese students that do all their work on time, but it's shot like a fight scene from an anime. "I must pass this test to make my father proud! I WILL NOT FAIL!"
You'd think there would be with how obsessed with school Japan is. I can just imagine the villain as the perfect A student transferring from school to school, looking for a rival worthy of his mighty brain.
Not really. Japan -like any other country- use fiction to run away from their reality. In reality, studying and school is terrible, and too strict. They feel smothered. So when creating fiction, they make it the opposite of their reality for escapism purposes. The more unrealistic and wild it is, the better and more entertaining.
Just came here to say I'm the guy you were talking about at the end. Had no idea any of this existed. Algorithm just pointed me here for reasons known only to the great RNG. Fascinating. Thanks!
Since Kenny has been changing the titles and thumbnail of the videos to get more traction I'm able to enjoyed the ones I've missed for one reason or another. Thanks Kenny for sharing this passion of yours 💗
Kenny it is time we talk about your crime fighting Sukeban obsession. One video about crime fighting Sukebans? sure it is the novelty. Two videos? well is just a sequel. Three videos? everybody loves trilogies, why not. But come one man, at this point you can make a series out of this, and call it Sukeban Saturdays.
These shows hearken back to the sukeban films of the early 70's- often referred to as pinky violence, which were peak Japanese grindhouse. Criminal Woman Killing Melody is a great place to start
Like the video to recommend other people this madness. I want to see this get a modern remake bad.
We miss your anime weirdness Kenny ❤
US shows in the 80s: family sitcoms focused on hijinks and catchphrases
Japan shows in the 80s: school delinquents fighting super-powered gangsters
The "Fame" spin-off show would have been precisely 86% better if the school had been teaching martial arts instead of performing arts.
@@liulfrmcshane Oh my God, what a wasted opportunity
@@mccloaker Right? Less improvisation, more incapacitation.
Johan always ahead of true times! 🤯🤯🤯😎😎😎
@@liulfrmcshane US shows probably couldn't afford to hire stuntmen and martial artists for lengthy TV made shows. They couldn't take that kind of financial and safety risks. Japan however had so many stunt people to hire from different agencies.
I'm a school janitor and can confirm that we haunt the school after death.
Still cleaning up that mystery ectoplasm from when the kids summoned another demon out of their playing cards right?
Do you also have secret forbidden romances with the lunch lady, and need to deal with sabotage from your rival's school mascot?
@@jofujino No. They get 10 sick days, three weeks vacation, and a sweet medical, vision, and dental plan.
Charlie?!
I'm oddly amused that this is my destiny.
I greatly respect this series total disregard for realism in favor of stylized awesomeness.
Japan are the champions of that. All aesthetic all the time.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC no but this show specifically seems to have a very planned aesthetic, maybe to make a difference from the rival series? Well I'm sold!
You should check out old wuxia/kung fu movies for that kind of stuff too! Its my favorite!
What do you mean? All English teachers are secretly evil 😈
I bet many Western shows used to do that too, but many people demanded "reality" over the absurdness for multitude of reasons. Now it is an rare occurrence mostly in movie theatre than whatnot.
"The blind man starts parrying the knives out of midair"
"But nothing weird happens until later on"
You know your standards for weirdness have changed when...
Too much dose of Zatoichi.
Blind guys with superpowers are a dime a dozen
sensei: reflects knife midair
student: すげぇ
I can't wait until Kenny accidentally revives the whole delinquent Highschool girl genre with these videos.
if only this could really happen...
@@demilembias2527 I think it could be possible. I mean, I believe holo came back thanks to simplynailogical. If he gets enough traffic from the right people who knows. The internet is definitely responsible for the international market becoming so massive for anime in the last decade.
_YESSSSSSSSSSSS_
Something similar happened with CityPop, so yeah, could happen! Funny thing though, people here in Japan have no idea that Westerners have been getting into old 70's and 80's idol music.
@@Cyromantik I just want a DVD set so I can watch every single episode. This is so unusual it is as if it were tailor-made to my precise tastes.
“Football player with a knife on his head” could have easily ended up as an enemy in Kamen Rider or Super Sentai. Some Japanese dude knew exactly what he wanted and pulled it off amazingly.
Just look at how the football players jumped. That's some tokusatsu level jumping.
@@nicodalusong149 my thoughts exactly
I was just thinking that the description of the school sounded a lot like a regular day in Kamen Rider Fourze.
@@jjjsalang The stunts were JAC guys, the usual Sentai & KR stunts team.
Suddenly so much 90's anime makes sense
Especially with sailor moon, people forget sailor moon didn't start this shit at all, people forget magical girls and boys genre was in the 50's and 60's
@@maymay5600 Exactly , Sailor Moon might be the peak magic girl series , but it piggy back from magic girl shit from 80s and 70s........BUT it did renew the Magic Girl genre , which by then was dying due to over production and mix it , magic girl + school drama + girl power , kicking the second golden age of magic girls (Clamp + Utena + Shamanic Princess + Slayers ??? )
And now kill la kill’s satsuki vs ryukos dynamic makes so much more sense now. A tribute
To sailor suit and sukeban deka having a rivalry,
@@maymay5600 To be fair since a lot of this never came over, most people who watched Sailor Moon had no idea about this or older Magical Girl titles.
@@maymay5600 And the genre started off with Sally the Witch which the anime was inspired by the US 60s sitcom called _Bewitched._
I think USA deserves the credit for that.
I really wish people would make shows like this again. Also, cheating by writing test answers on the inside of a hospital mask might be the most 2020 thing to ever come out of the 1980s.
thought the exact same thing, that man is in another level
yeah its excellent
He was so ahead of his time 😂
History repeats itself lets see
Me too.
out of all of Japans different aesthetics for badassery, the Sukeban just might be my favorite. like how can one not think this is cool?
It's a hilarious contradiction that actually works. The sailor uniform is so cutesy, but somehow still looks okay when worn by an action badass.
@@fattiger6957 Well said. It's the same juxtaposition that makes Baby Metal and Ladybeard work so well also IMHO.
I totally want to be a sukeban!
Oh my gosh why is the so freaking reminding me Harry potter!? He said there's a guy who is part of the administration or something who really never got to graduate in the school, and then now is part of the administration now he's an adult (hagrid), the kids get into all kinds of dangerous antics, there's now a ghost from the past of somebody who lived / work there hunting the place (peeves or nearly headless Nick) they keep having the consistency of one particular kind of teacher that teaches a subject that is kind of strange and weird but somewhat important (in this show it's the English teachers, in Harry potter, it's the teachers of the dark arts)
Like seriously! How is this not the Yakuza version of Harry Potter before Harry Potter ever came out?
US: bad girls wearing really short skirts.
Japan: bad girls wearing really long skirts.
"Yumi has gloves for punching forgiveness and understanding into people's faces..."
Never change, Kevin!
Never, ever.
"...gloves for punching love and understanding into people..."
I need these. For reasons.
Same, probably for different reasons tho
Love is painful... understanding is hard. Sometimes, it takes patience and an 8 ounce metal studded glove to spread them to others.
@@docdeth904 This reads like a fighting game battle opener. Something like "Love is pain, understanding is hard, Let me teach you forgiveness... through violence"
i just noticed that's how one could describe the entire Lyrical Nanoha universe
3:45
There are quite a lot of these Japanese tough girl archetypes.
bokukko - a tomboy
yankii - a delinquent student
sukeban - a female gang leader
bouzouzoku - a motorcycle gang
Bokukko is definitely not a “tough girl” lol. Its more of a thing within some female otakus that started in the 90s.
“They force the janitor to deliver a package of money that gets stolen, so grief stricken he offs himself.” W H A T ?!
“The blind teacher wasn’t blind, who wouldn’t thought? So they hang him on a cross” oh my fucking god xD
Can we even argue with that at all? I mean, this shows logic speaks for itself, I don't even try to guess what comes next as i will 98.9% be wrong about it XD
The prop guy: so how long do you want the chain to be.
The director: whatever surprise me
hey, it worked in Saint Seiya
@@khhnatornow I need saint seiya as a delinquent series lol
@@PetrusButu-sh1uc Shun as a girl delinquent? sure why not! lol
@@khhnator The twelve temples arc with delinquents would be interesting to see.
Also, thanks for the doodle idea!
18:20 That one is Thunder Ceptor, released in 1986 by Namco. It was a rail shooter, similar to Space Harrier, where it used really high-speed sprite scaling.
That was less than 4 hours. I love the collective power of the autism hive mind.
Great job, great name.
Nice pull. I thought it was some kinda prototype S.T.U.N. Runner.
@@Virjunior01 Turns out, I have it on a USB for my Sega mini but forgot. It's kinda like Hyperzone meets Space Harrier but a little rougher. It's pretty neat. Every time I see a new game that looks good it ends up being something I already researched and downloaded but forgot about at this point. Heh.
@@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase I frikkin LOVED Hyperzone. F-Zero never caught me. I also loved Space Harrier... I remember being at a baseball camp for a week and making sure I had enough change to play it twice a day at the motel.
Hi Mr. Kenny Lauderdale, this is John I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I thought you did making this video on Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, as this is my all time favorite Japanese show ever, as I really love this show. Which, is my I am here today because of I just heard the sad news about Miho Nakayama the news of her passing away at the beginning of December on December 6th of this year, as I would like to first give my consoles to her family and friends that she was a person I would have like to have met in my life, as she seems like very nice, warm and friendly, person to be around with, that her heart was big as her soul was. I really hate that she passed away, I was hoping one day they could do a reunion show with all of them back together again or at least do remake or reboot of the same show, but modernize and make it current in this time in 2024 or 2025, with different Japanese actors and actress and have them including in it. But, I see unfortunately that's not going to happen now because of Miho passing away, as she will and forever will be a legend and an icon just like my mother who passed away, as well this year and President Jimmy Carter too, God Bless Them All, And God Keep Them Safe, As They Will Be Truly Miss Dearly. I just wanted to share this information with you Mr. Kenny Lauderdale and the other people here, please keep up the wonderful work and please continue to keep laughter and enjoyment coming, as we really do need that now more then ever in the world that we are facing today. I look forward to seeing some more Japanese content from you on your amazing channel, so I can learn more about other Japanese shows that I have seen or not, especially on Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance, MY FAVORITE SHOW EVER, IT'S FANTASTIC MAN, I CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH WATCHING THIS SHOW, I NEVER GET TIRED OF SEEING THIS SHOW, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, THAT SOUNDTRACK TO THE THEME SONG IS PROGRAM IN MY COMPUTER, AS I SPEAK LOL, THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS FREAKING SHOW !!! But, anyway I just wanted to express this and let you know, MIHO NAKAYAMA IS ONE THE GREATEST JAPANESE IDOL'S AND ACTRESS OF ALL TIME, WHO EVER LIVED !!! THANK YOU MIHO FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND THANK YOU MR. KENNY LAUDERDALE OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS AND SURPRISES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, AS WELL. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR US ON YOUR CHANNEL FOR NEXT YEAR IN 2025 !!! Yours Sincerely, John
Football-playing Loan Sharks are the worst type of evil that’s ever existed.
I remember watching a cartoon that a Loan Shark is literally a Shark
It reminds me a lot of the ending to Battle Royale 2. (Yes, there's a sequel to Battle Royale, and no, it's not good.) At the end, the teacher who signed them all up for the titular battle royale comes out in a rugby uniform, explains that he really just wanted to play rugby with them, and then jumps into an explosion.
@@futureskeleton112 i love battle royale 2
yoda said it
@@futureskeleton112 god that movie was fucking awful, probably one of if not the worst sequels I have ever seen
Sukeban Deka: *Pop Idol music*
Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance: *Nice bass line with a random flute flourish, signifying action is about to happen*
It almost sounds like something from Yuji Ono, although it's obviously not his work.
"Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance" might be the dopest title I've ever heard
I'm still thoroughly convinced Naoko Takeuchi was watching these shows in the 80's and thought "Man this shit is cool". Especially since you see earlier Sailor Moon concept art where Usagi Tsukino is sporting a long flowing skirt and a pistol. Hell even the "Make UP!" thing helping the characters with their disguise (even if it doesn't really show up on the page) is probably inspired by this too.
Mostly just speculation on my part BUT if these Delinquent Girl shows really DID have an influence on Sailor Moon, that would mean that the Pretty Cure franchise shares a lineage with these Sukeban as well.
Kinda sad there isn't some Avengers like crossover with all these "school-girls being badass" shows.
Even if it campy as hell, that be fun to see.
"Even if it campy as hell, that be fun to see."
Just like the Avengers franchise, actually.
The closest we got was the Sukeban Deka II movie that had the protagonists of part 2 and 3 team up to fight a badguy with a robot arm.
Especially if its campy as hell lol
Chances are it would be on the cw and that just means it would be hot garbage.
It would be awesome, but considering that most of them were trying to knock off the success of Sukeban Deka, it's unlikely that the studios would have been willing to cooperate to make it.
RIP Miho
"You are part of the Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take her away!"
*football players drag her away*
So this school has an evil teacher post like Hogwarts. And a trio of protagonists solving mysteries.
A Girl Detective Club if you will.
Your school house is based off of which weapon you use.
- Coin
- Yoyo
- Missile launcher
Harry Potter vibes.
"you're a japanese delinquent schoolgirl, Harry"
@@Rexodiak 😂🤣😂🤣 😂
I watched this series in full and the Miho Nakayama situation was so insane to me. She's CLEARLY advertised as the main character, and the opening makes her look like she's the central character, then BAM actually the main character is Yumi, and Miho only ever shows up at the end of every episode. In fact, you even begin to notice that Miho never actually interacts directly with Ruri and Kei in any scene until the last quarter of the series. She only ever really talks to Yumi directly. They tried their best to patch up the fact that Miho was barely in the show.
So in a nutshell: This is basically Girl Detective Club had a baby with Fist of the North Star and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure simultaneously
Gotcha
Sounds like I am missing on some fun shows 🤔
...I'd actually watch it 👉🏾👈🏾
Since discovering your channel, I've been falling down my own rabbit hole of sukeban and biker gang animes, both are genres that aren't really seen anymore. You mentioned Sukeban Chainsaw on an earlier video so I binge read the manga and saw the movies. The story gets out there but makes sense that if you have a character fighting with a chainsaw, they'd be fighting zombies.
Thank you for introducing me to this genre and helping me discover one of my favorite shows, Shounan Bakusouzoku.
Sings
fighting evil by moonlight,
wearing sailor suits by day light,
It’s the one name rebel alliii-ance,
They never turn the back on crimes,
Coming to the aid in the name of friendship,
It’s the one named rebel alliii-ance.
Peacefully punching injustice,
Kicking super Stars to curb side,
It’s the one named rebel alliii-ance.
This is what the live action version of Sailor Moon should have been.
@@Xx1SailorScoutxX
I finished my master piece the sailor alliance combo 😂
This has as to hit number one
Better than what’s in the charts that’s for sure.
"punching forgiveness and understanding into people's faces".
Best quote right there.
I love that a blind teacher can perfectly deflect a knife thrown at him in class, "but nothing really weird happens until later."
Back when she was still alive.. My mom was obsessed with this show. I kind of forgotten all about it till I seen this. ( I think it semi stood out in my memory is mostly due to the fact that it was one of the few non horror based things she loved watching. )
It's been 3,000 years Kenny!
Empires rose and fell!
Time to conquer Earth?
Hey Kenny, just want to say that, in regards to your commentary and performance, I think this was your best video yet. You're sounding more comfortable behind the mic, your passion on the subject really shines through, and I can tell your research paid off because all of your tangents were interesting. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Kenny for schooling us on the forgotten depths of japanese popular culture! You sure know what you are about and I can only envy you for having so much fun with shows most people would never seriously consider watching!
Note that Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure is an anime that properly utilized boys in wearing sailor uniforms. Basically, the boys are given the same collar and tie design as the girls' uniform shirts, and wear long pants or short pants. We would love to see sailor seifuku boys *and* sailor seifuku girls fighting to defeat bad guys or something. That would be great, and fun.
CLAMP's uniform designs for Card Captor Sakura are also sailor themed, both for girls and boys.
Crazy theory: Kid Kool inspired the character of Emporio Alniño
Thats what i was thinking XD it is way too specific to not beint a reference
@@ironmaster6496 ¿Por qué no hablamos en español? XD
Exactly what I thought tbh
Shigechi's flesh knobs for hair seem to be a reference to Bart Simpson.
Maybe.
Some colorings of DIU portray Shigechi as blonde. But in the anime, it's flesh. This character was introduced in 1993; so it's possible.
RIP to Miho Nakayama
5:39 Funky Student from Persona 4 became a Funky Teacher. Proud of him
"You killed my vibe."
"Now I shall kill you."
@@parkertalbot6866 that's wackity wack yo
Kenny, come back.... We miss you.
He got demonitized
@@manofcultura oh, that sucks. I really like his stuff. Hope he can find a solution. That really sucks.
@@jeremiahclark3084 actually, I just checked his community tab to be sure. And he is now remonitized, hopefully he gets to producing videos soon!
@@manofcultura 👍 TH-cam is hard on their moneymakers these days. Glad to hear it.
With all the 80s nostalgia being popular and all, why aren't any bit time sukeban shows coming out today as well, eh? That's what the world needs.
Is 80s nostalgia as popular in Japan as America?
At least we got Kill La Kill out of anime creators being nostalgic about these weird shows, probably from when they were teenagers.
80s nostalgia isn’t really that big of a thing in Japan, at least nowhere near as big as it is in the US or the west in general.
Delinquent stuff isnt that Big nowadays. I think for a while they also were trying to hide delinquent based entertaiment for some political bs or something.
@@davidgusquiloor2665 Yeah that sounds like something the ruling LDP & NKP would do -- "If we don't _teach_ the history, they can't _repeat_ the history!"
@@fattiger6957 now that i think about this and the white school uniforms and sukebandeka with the black uniforms being satsuki and ryuko’s costume makes a lot of sense now, a tribute to the rivalry between these two shows.
"Eventually there would be a HS girl from outer space, breathes fire, has all the powers of Ultraman, and fights people with a missile launcher..."
You mean Lum and her freinds from Urusai Yatsura?
Kenny of the House of Lauderdale Strikes again with more Sukeban Deka.
6:38
Has mind control poetry that turns them into violent criminals!
Me: Oh no!... Wait... What were they before!?
So Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance is set in a school full of guys with greaser hairdos, American-style football players that suddenly appear out of nowhere, and blowing curtains (because of that one teacher with wind powers)?
All it needs is a choir full of vampire kids with glowing eyes and it would be like a Japanese co-ed version of the boys' boarding school from the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" music video.
It's hard to describe, but I really like how raw these live-action shows you've been reviewing feel. Like, modern American equivalents feel so processed and routine-not that they're bad, but a change of pace is always nice. The best way I can describe this feeling is that it's like a b movie, but with a budget.
Now i start to wonder what my weapon would be, if i was a japanese delinquent schoolgirl...
Edit: you guys are so creative holy hecc
Braces with a bite power of 10 milion joules
A razor tipped frisbee
A ping pong racket for me cause I played ping pong in high school and got hit by one once so they do work as weapons
A computer keyboard that can direct asteroid strikes.
Ummmm....poison pens, maybe hairpins? Idk
Thank you for covering these shows in the sukeban genre. I don't know how to explain it but the sort of unique flavor to drama-action stories within this time period is something I feel like has been missing from the modern manga and anime. We have alot of delinquent stories or characters based on the setting but not really a lot of stories wholly focused on delivering the entire package. So it's really cool to see and learn about these shows that I would have no way of knowing about letting alone watching.
That actress playing the English substitute teacher looks like she's have shit tons of fun.
Are there are more of her filmography?
i wanted to know that too, i'm sure the google search must be blowing
She must've have the most sickening time in 80s Tokyo!
A search of a Japanese review of the show turns up the name エブリン ベニュー (Evelyn Venue? Evelyn Benue?)
But there doesn't seem to be anything else she acted in...
@@無教会内村 might just be a random expat they got
Evelyn bouix, she is an actual french actress.
I must admit that the screen format alone gives me the nostalgia goosebumps. Even if this was half a decade before my time. Love it, though.
*"CRUCIFY HIM."* -Marcus Licinius Crassus and also Sailor Suit Rebel Alliance
Never stop uploading Kenny.
I appreciate that the Japanese must have thought this was all very exciting and extreme, but all they really accomplished was accurately depicting every day life for an American highschooler.
The prison built into the school, the gym teacher who was grandfathered in because he never graduated, and the principle regularly reminding everyone they're all failures is just too true to form for the american public education system.
Now if only there were badass weirdos instead of just regular weirdos
Don't forget about the psychopathic teachers with weird, effed up gimmicks. I still remember my old high school history teacher...
@@UltraGalaxyify What did he do?
@@skeletonking2501 He was a pedophile. Like a legit pedophile: cp was found on an external hard drive he owned and everything. Plus he was...kind of a creep.
@@UltraGalaxyify Holy shit
"There is always room for more sukeban shows!" - Mongolian Proverb
This whole genre really just gives some of the stranger elements of Sailor Moon some context
Wait. This child actor being around delinquent girls and that outfit. Hey, does that... remind anyone else of goddamned Emporio in JoJo's?
Yes yes yes
Not to mention that the setting is like a prison
Father Pucci should've done his research
Thanks to your channel i discovered and bought Sukeban Deka 1,2 and 3 , Hana no Asuka Gumi, Shoujo Commando Izumi AND this. :)
I just wanted to say that I'm so happy to see you again Ken. You didn't upload for only 3 months, but that made me realize how much I've appriciated your work this last year. Your videos about old anime and japanese schoolgirls doing crazy shit really does being joy to me and probably many other people. Keep it up! ♥️
This entire genre is incredible
I love all your videos, thanks for uploading this!
The football loan shark KILLED ME
I've never been this early or this excited for a video before!
just back tracked through all your vids I just watched to ensure they have all been like as all have been watched multiple times. your the best content creator on TH-cam. now to watch them all again :)
Some studio really needs to reboot this batpoop crazy series as an anime.
I read this as "batpop crazy series" and now I really want to check out some Batpop
Probably an anime of the manga of this show.
Trigger?
Once again I can tell you (and toku_gami) put a ton of work into research for this. I noticed the idol connection in my own tokusatsu research (although mostly indie stuff), and it's really interesting how they worked around the 'main girl' problem to not ruin that idol's image (or at least they think 'ruin'). Thanks for doing these deep dives!
He's back! Thanks Kenny!
9:21 That shot with the roses and matching uniform is beautiful
I guess Sailor Moon was more hardcore back in the 80's, they don't even need magic powers to fight.
That’s actually just a few years before Sailor Moon came along, when she first appeared in 1991.
@@SlapstickGenius23 It's clear the writers of the Sailor Moon anime where inspired by these shows. The whole throwing roses is a dead give away. That wasn't in the Sailor Moon manga.
There’s a scrapped concept that one of Sailor Moon’s weapons is a gun.
@@Linkonpark100 for her neutral special she weilds a *gun*
@@pokeoh1831 I feel like the author of Sailor Moon took inspiration from her husband’s Spirit Gun.
Rest in Peace Miho Nakayama 🙏🙏
1) This show looks amazing.
2) I have no other points.
"Mind control poetry powers" I figured out what superpower I want.
I was just thinking "when is the weird anime guy doing another video, I saw he commented on Mandalore so he's still existing" and what do you know.... He's back!
I was actually re-watching your videos this Friday night while imagining what you were working on this whole time. thank you so much!
LETS GO KENNY
This was absolutely beautiful. Appreciate all the work y'all do and yes plz continue LE CHAOS!
About Kid Kool, There's an old Gamecenter CX episode where Arino played said game, and he received a letter from the child actor with game tips. He also stated that he was no longer and actor and at the time, a manager at a convenience store.
I love hearing him talking about 80's Japanese schoolgirls I'm sailor suits.
I appreciate the effort and quality that has gone into these sukeban videos. I first found out about sukeban deka from a Japanese idol encyclopedia website many years ago(which sadly doesn't exist anymore), where a person posted all of their Japanese Idol memorabilia. Ever since then I had tried to find out more, then I found your channel.
This has to be what inspired the tv version sailormoon lol. The whole putting on makeup hides their identity is so sailormoon. 😹
This even explains the whole tuxedo mask briefly showing up to throw a rose then leaving, trope. 😂
Wow.
This sounds amazing. I'm now trying to decide if Kazuya's gloves in Tekken are a reference to this 🤔
I think it's this and the gloves of the star platinum stand in Jojo Pt. 3, considering Tekken came out in 1994, Jojo PT 3 ran from 1989 to 1992 and the Sukeban Genre was mid to late 80s.
I had always assumed Jojo was the progenitor but hard to argue with the bright red.
LMAO, I was watching this on Twitch recently - Had to look up more information - Thanks!
Ahh how I missed kenney's videos on the insanity of Japanese TV
As a kid that grew up watching tokusatsu, i would love if they had brought some of this madness to Brazil back in the day.
Kenny’s back with that HEAT!
im so glad this randomly popped up for me after watching all of your other videos, i couldnt see it on your channel before today!! thanks kenny!!!!
KENNY You're BACK!
saw the preview on twitter for this and I've been patiently waiting for this videos release
It's funny how the original Sukeban Deka was more or less believable, but once it spun off sequels and spin-offs the whole genre lost it's mind. I think Yuki Saito is still my favorite out of all of them since she does treat it like it's real, but I won't lie and say I didn't get enjoyment out of the whole lot. It's like acknowledging Godzilla is a metaphor for the atom bomb, but still enjoying watching him jump on King Ghidorah's face. There's a place for both.
I'd love to see these shows put out on blu-ray. I'd watch the hell out of them. I think it's time delinquent schoolgirls made a comeback.
I thought the rival to Sukeban Deka would have been about good Japanese students that do all their work on time, but it's shot like a fight scene from an anime.
"I must pass this test to make my father proud! I WILL NOT FAIL!"
You'd think there would be with how obsessed with school Japan is.
I can just imagine the villain as the perfect A student transferring from school to school, looking for a rival worthy of his mighty brain.
So baka to test? Kinda
Not really. Japan -like any other country- use fiction to run away from their reality. In reality, studying and school is terrible, and too strict. They feel smothered. So when creating fiction, they make it the opposite of their reality for escapism purposes. The more unrealistic and wild it is, the better and more entertaining.
@@رزيئة I know about. I'm just thinking about what the complete opposite of "delinquent schoolgirl" would be.
Assassination Classroom exists and is practically that.
Just came here to say I'm the guy you were talking about at the end. Had no idea any of this existed. Algorithm just pointed me here for reasons known only to the great RNG. Fascinating. Thanks!
Watching at 4 am
I don't need sleep, I need Kenny content.
Kurobe-san can't even catch a break in non-ultra shows. First his car gets possessed in Gridman, now a bunch of sukeban beat him up like it's nothing
I think he also get killed in Kamen Rider Black
The gym teacher is the Japanese version of Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
I can agree with that 😂
Great. Now I want to hear him say: "Okay! Which one of you wrote, 'Da Moon Rulez #1!', on my car, with a key?"
Since Kenny has been changing the titles and thumbnail of the videos to get more traction I'm able to enjoyed the ones I've missed for one reason or another. Thanks Kenny for sharing this passion of yours 💗
Kenny it is time we talk about your crime fighting Sukeban obsession. One video about crime fighting Sukebans? sure it is the novelty.
Two videos? well is just a sequel.
Three videos? everybody loves trilogies, why not.
But come one man, at this point you can make a series out of this, and call it Sukeban Saturdays.
I don't think _any_ of us would complain if he did that.
I would tune in
kenny your video made my evening so much better! don't worry it was already a great evening.
Another fantastic upload! I love the chaos and confusion, definately worth the wait!!
dude thank you. thank you so much for all of the hard work and time you put into thesw videos for us!!!!! you rock fam.
Yay new Kenny!! :D
Edit: Wow this show feels like some sort of 70s grindhouse flick.
These shows hearken back to the sukeban films of the early 70's- often referred to as pinky violence, which were peak Japanese grindhouse. Criminal Woman Killing Melody is a great place to start
@@showashowcase2445 I'm very much aware of the genre. 😃
Minna Sama, I regret to inform you that one of the people in the series named Miho San. Has Passed Away.
These are the baddies this world needs right now