One time, my friend - this innocent girl (it is relevant) - went out to a video store to rent some anime. She had heard of Angel Sanctuary before, so when she saw it on the shelf, grabbed it immediately and went to checkout. Put it on the counter, cashier looked at her, blinked, and asked for I.D. She asked why she needed an I.D., looked at the case proper, and noticed it was actually "Anal Sanctuary". Words alone are incapable of accurately describing the shade of cherry she turned.
Zachary Erickson Of course, but they were stacked sideways, so only the side was visible, meaning only the title was visible, and since she "knew" what she picked up, she didn't bother looking at the front or back until after she put it on the counter.
I've heard a similar story in Russian: Once, an old lady with a grandson (about 6 year old) came to a large DVD shop (presumably in Moscow). She wanted to please the boy by buying him a cartoon. Something that kids like: with wonder, and excitement, and magic, and singing, and elves!.. Singing and elves... Elves and singing... Obviously she picked Elfen Lied. To give a credit where it is due - the guys at the shop were trying convince her of inappropriateness of such choice, but all their efforts were trumped by mother of all arguments: "If you lived as long as I have, you'd know that cartoons are for children!!!";. Money was slapped on the counter and the happy customers went home. That is until three days later, when the kid started to have enuretic nightmares of dismembered children, and ran away SCREAMING, whenever seeing a little girl. The granny came back with the pack of DVDs shouting that those "utterly devious delinquents in the shop have maliciously abused her trust to sell her this utter piece of indecency"! she threatened unleashing the collective might of the police, FSB, courts and the church to smite that vespiary of filth. The argument was eventually resolved by offering her a free exchange to any animated series she wants. Proper cartoon. The one she knew was appropriate for kids. She picked original Hellsing.
Cyber City Oedo 808 is one of my favorite anime from the 90's. I do think it's a great anime with awesome characters and a good story. I don't think it's a bad anime at all.
I COMPLETLY agree. I think sages gripes are stupid and so trivial. Yeah it's full of Shlock but it's good Shlock. The dub is super cheesy that gives it a lot of charm. I think he's just nit picking a lot of stuff.
They made the mistake of dubbing it with crappy dialog that did not match what was said at all. There is barely any cursing in the Japanese version and the voice acting is a lot better.
Whilst the US release contains the UK dub it omits the UK score by Rory McFarlane which is outstanding. A crazy anime with a 'charming' UK dub and it's all the better for it . I truly miss the 90s.
Cyber city isn't bad. It's just great. It's really great. It's full of Shlock and awesome one liners and great action and an incredible concept. It's just great all around. I love the idea of bad guys turned into good guys. I love the dub of cyber city. Because nobody says fuck anymore in anime. Dick splash is amazing. This anime is just perfect, it's like a B sci fi movie from the 90s. Cyber city is perfect. I disagree with most of your gripes. It's Shlock but it's great Shlock.
Amen! Also, I am claiming that CCO 808 is at the vanguard of the one true Cyberpunk anime. I think it paved the way to Ghost in the shell, more than Bubblegum Crisis or Patlabor did. Both of these titles are outdated nowadays and none care. Whilst CCO 808 is a fondly remembered shlock anime.
"Why don't you buy me dinner?" "Because I'm tired and pissed off and you're a cop and I'm a con and because it's raining and I forgot my umbrella and most of all I'm broke." "I'll take that as a yes then. I'll meet you at half 8." Lol
@ 16:40. - They didn't blow the take; the joke is that he goes to say the well known phrase 'This is a pleasant surprise' , but to emphasise his disdain he deliberately redoes the line removing 'pleasant'. It's just a play on phrasing used in many British comedies such as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.
A few things to note: - At least in the dub version that I watched, Sengoku inquired about the plans of the floor where Amachi was located, he was told that there are 12 and he could only account for 11 before he found out about the hologram so he knew something was off. Him finding out about the hologram in the first wall he (is at least shown to) touch is less nonsensical and more just a lucky guess. -The final fight between Sengoku vs Computer Amachi was a man vs machine thing where the perfectly logical machine could only account for logical outcomes. Here, Sengoku was at an advantage because the computer just could not understand his illogical decision of not to dodge and before any adjustments could be made, Sengoku was able to dispatch Computer Amachi. I haven't seen more than a few episodes of 1966 star trek so far but it reminded me of Kirk and Spock with the contrast between intuition and logic.
Ahhh, the glory days of Manga UK. Back when I actually enjoyed anime, rather than the trash most of it is now. This takes me back to Friday nights on Channel 4 (or S4C if like me you lived in Wales) in the 90's , along with Beavis & Butthead and Eurotrash, occasionally "Badass TV" with Ice-T and "The Girlie Show"...
Late Licence II! We used to have sleep overs and stay up watching/recording this stuff. Akira, Guyver 3x3 Eyes, Dominion Tank Police... ahhhhh, those were the days!
In the States we had the Action Channel (RIP) that had a weekly block called Animidnight which would play all the ultraviolent anime schlock Friday's at midnight (technically Saturday but whatever.) Many a night was spent at my cousin's house staying up and watching it with the volume turned down so as not to wake my aunt who would tan our hides if she caught us watching things like Bio Hunter and Demon City Shinjuku or Cyber City Oedo 808.
I love this anime. Love Kawajiri! The Kawajiri style basically defined anime in the 90s for me to the point that I've been unable to adjust to more modern anime which doesn't resemble this at all.
Also Nobuteru Yuki is pretty much anime fantasy to me. Seriously, look at how many 90s fantasy anime he designed. Stuff from today is just "JRPG Design for Beginners" over and over and over again.
I know Bennett doesn't like many of his old videos, but I'm glad I watched this because it made me watch Cyber City Oedo 808. It's ridiculously awesome.
Golly this reminds me that I've been watching your reviews since I think 2013 way back when That guy with the glasses had a website. I actually came for Nostalgia critic but I went through several different vids on the front page and came across your lovely work and kept up with it. In a weird bit of irony I grew out of nostalgia critic and I haven't even watched Linkara, Nostalgia Chick or any of the others i found through that site ages either. So yeah you're the last man standing of all the people I used to watch from that group of content reviewers. Give yourself a pat on the back!
Yeah, it's easy to look back on the Nostalgia Critic or Linkara and feel like you've definitely grown out of it... Nostalgia Chick has kind of improved her content though.
nessesaryschoolthing I agree. Nostalgia Chick is better now that she's not beholden to the Nostalgia Critic model. Also she herself seems to have grown quite a bit as a person
I wonder if anyone caught the pun in Cyber City's name yet. Oedo 808 sounds like "8808", which was the common CPU used in PCs of the day when this came out.
there is actually even this weird PC-98 adaptation game afaic, but it was so obscure that i had to resort to pasting over from the wikipedia article and watching them entirely on japanese
Here's an interesting fact: When characters are talking to or about "Gogol", they're totally mispronouncing his name. His nickname is Goggles, but whoever was in charge of the English translation kept hearing to way the Japanese said his name, and thought that's way it's mispronouncing.
Thanks to you I got the Yoshiaki Kawajiri Boxset with Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku and Cyber City Oedo 808... and after watching all 3... This is my absolute favourite! I loved every cheesy second of it, and it's great that old titles like this are still available at cheap prices. Thanks a lot Gabe!
God the third one is 90% the basis for Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust in both design and plot (not too big a surprise seeing as how they share a director :P)
13:50 The incomprehensible existence of the first file's last scene come from that Sengoku was originally written to die. By overwhelming popular demand, the storyboard decided to keep him around for the two other episodes...
I'm fairly certain that that line in episode two was supposed to be a sick jab at the General. like he was about to say "pleasant surprise" but then thought it was better to just say "surprise."
Zachary Erickson That's what I used the words above, shameful hindsight sounds more accurate and appropiate to the opposite of Nostalgia than unemotional, plus its also funnier XD
I have TWO copies of this series! One I got as a gift years ago, the second I bought for shits and giggles at a Dollarama LAST YEAR! I always thought it was good in it's own way and I love it for that fact. I was not aware that particular line was infamous though!
2011...What a time. I was a senior in college, listening to your Fanfiction Theater readings as I plugged away on O-chem homework. Things have changed a lot since then. I'm glad you're still here, though. Thanks for sticking it out through a tumultuous 5 years, Bennett.
I only ever saw the dub of the OVA once. I'd rent the first two episodes subtitled at my local video rental. Never imagined it'd be as violent as it was but goddamn did I enjoy it.
A vague childhood memory of mine is of a tv show talking about anime with clips of a cyborg with extending limbs. It took me a quarter century to find that anime in Cyber City Oedo! They also talked about Baoh and some action anime with a hot nun I never tried much to identify, but Oedo is such a find! That gritty over the top cyber dystopia with blood and guts and steel, and then there's the fabulous Brenten! It remind me of the film Total Recall, just a fun time.
Cyber City is a fucking classic. Rory McFarlane's soundtrack on the UK version of this anime is just fucking killer. big shout out to the mid nineties Channel 4 anime crowd.
I still remember my mum recording this for me, back in the day. I think it was broadcast on Channel 4 (back when the station didn't give a fuck). Good times.
with the version you're holding into the camera you're missing out on the best part of the show - the uk release of cyber city oedo 808 had a soundtrack by rory mcfarlane which sets the perfect mood for this cheesy classic.
British slang and bad words I find more ridiculous and funny than insulting. When I first heard "nutter" in a sentence I giggled because of how stupid it made the person (bully) saying the word. I just can't take anyone serious using UK bad words. I am sorry haha
A bully in the UK wouldn't call someone a 'nutter'. If anything its what you call a friend who is doing something dangerously stupid. "The fucking nutter ran out into speeding traffic and almost got hit" Also its not a swear word.
I think the joke of the 'this is a pleasant - this is a surprise' line goes over Sage's head. Actually one of several genuinely clever and witty lines in this dub, the other good example being the one Sage showcases at the end. Maybe we can chalk the misunderstanding down to this being 2011 ;)
Absolutely agree, he corrected himself after almost saying “pleasant surprise” but left enough in to get the point across that he despises the man. It’s a good line, delivered well. Never once crossed my mind it was an editing mistake.
Oh Sage, somehow despite never having met you personally, you have managed to worm into a special little place in my heart. I'm so glad you finally reviewed this bonkers little anime, and with such style.
This anime was awesome lol. It's like an 80s action movie. Goku Eye from the year before this, same director, is glorious too. I wish they still made them like this. The vampire scenes from the third part are obviously where they got the idea of choosing homie to direct VHD: Bloodlust, my personal favorite
The dub is incredible, and makes cyber city so much better! I just watched it, I had never even heard of it before, and wow coolest thing I've seen in years! That animation style is great too, the whole thing is just classic.
love the episode sage! Gonna go watch this one now...when I saw the reveal for the next episode I audibly groaned and said "WTF!" You got me so hooked for the next one.
This is legitimately one of my favourite anime, and I think the only thing he's ever reviewed that I own. I always thought the dub kinda worked with the criminal protagonists, it looks good and the plots are not only coherent but dare I say not too bad.
Ha! Great episode Sage. Thought I heard the music from the opening of Spaceballs in there for the 1 minute building reveal huh? Love your stuff man. Keep it up!
16:32 maybe that's what it's supposed to be? he starts saying pleasant surprise, but corrects himself to just a surprise, perhaps a snarky way of communicating his dislike for the character?
What's funny about the Advanced AI targeting system is that it reminds me of the AI scripting of Quake 3's final Boss on the Nightmare difficulty. If you just move calmly straight at Xaero, he CAN'T hit you at all.
The thing about that blown take is it was offscreen so if he had just kept with "This is a pleasant surprise" there were no lipflaps to match and he wouldn't have looked silly.
I can see the DVDs shelf just on top of the empty shelf, so nothing was able to escape that creative edit. But I can see the funny side of trying to make as if you were back starting in 2011. Hell I was in my second year of my 6 year university degree.
;) if you look close enough you can see the movies above the shelf. 2011... what a time. 5 of my kittens havent been born, I was without a job and my two beloved cats were still with me...
One of the best movies I ever seen, I still recall it from time to time, the only thing I was never able to remember was the name, thanks Beneth now I'll buy it when I get the chance.
Noooo, the ACTUAL best line in Cyber City is, just as Benten (Turner) shows up to kill Sayonji (Crypt Keeper), he says, "And now, Mr. Sayonji, you're under arrest for a whole host of shit I can't be bothered to list, you have the right to remain silent and so on." Actually, I think this is one of those translation liberties that properly conveys through different cultures, now that I think about it, as I kind of doubt Japan has an equivalent to the US's Miranda Law, where officers have to "read them their rights."
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One time, my friend - this innocent girl (it is relevant) - went out to a video store to rent some anime. She had heard of Angel Sanctuary before, so when she saw it on the shelf, grabbed it immediately and went to checkout. Put it on the counter, cashier looked at her, blinked, and asked for I.D. She asked why she needed an I.D., looked at the case proper, and noticed it was actually "Anal Sanctuary". Words alone are incapable of accurately describing the shade of cherry she turned.
great story, 10/10.
Zachary Erickson Of course, but they were stacked sideways, so only the side was visible, meaning only the title was visible, and since she "knew" what she picked up, she didn't bother looking at the front or back until after she put it on the counter.
I've read about that one! It sounds... not fun.
I've heard a similar story in Russian:
Once, an old lady with a grandson (about 6 year old) came to a large DVD shop (presumably in Moscow). She wanted to please the boy by buying him a cartoon. Something that kids like: with wonder, and excitement, and magic, and singing, and elves!.. Singing and elves... Elves and singing... Obviously she picked Elfen Lied.
To give a credit where it is due - the guys at the shop were trying convince her of inappropriateness of such choice, but all their efforts were trumped by mother of all arguments: "If you lived as long as I have, you'd know that cartoons are for children!!!";.
Money was slapped on the counter and the happy customers went home. That is until three days later, when the kid started to have enuretic nightmares of dismembered children, and ran away SCREAMING, whenever seeing a little girl.
The granny came back with the pack of DVDs shouting that those "utterly devious delinquents in the shop have maliciously abused her trust to sell her this utter piece of indecency"! she threatened unleashing the collective might of the police, FSB, courts and the church to smite that vespiary of filth.
The argument was eventually resolved by offering her a free exchange to any animated series she wants. Proper cartoon. The one she knew was appropriate for kids.
She picked original Hellsing.
Volo The build-up, pay off, and grandiloquent, thesaurus-flattering word choice made me smile x3
This anime's dub is just a glorious, glorious, thing. I've seen it multiple times.
Magitek1112 I know right? =)
I learned English from it. It's a miracle for my ears
This dub cured my diabeetus.
THIS ANIME IS AWESOME, AND EVERYTHING NOT PERFECT IN IT MAKES IT ONLY BETTER
Thanks for reviewing it, Sage
WAKE UP YOU SLOVENLY GIT
HAHAHA I LOVE THIS COMMENT
Well fkn said!
Cyber City Oedo 808 is one of my favorite anime from the 90's. I do think it's a great anime with awesome characters and a good story. I don't think it's a bad anime at all.
Ratchetcomand its one of the best ovas of all time :)
I COMPLETLY agree. I think sages gripes are stupid and so trivial. Yeah it's full of Shlock but it's good Shlock. The dub is super cheesy that gives it a lot of charm. I think he's just nit picking a lot of stuff.
They made the mistake of dubbing it with crappy dialog that did not match what was said at all. There is barely any cursing in the Japanese version and the voice acting is a lot better.
28:57
SpikeDiegel Japanese version is boring compared to this
I actually like Cyber City
MrGbere777 we all do
It hold a special cheesy place in my heart. I even got the soundtrack on CD.
One of my favorit clasics
MrGbere777 Same! I love the horrible dub and the concept was actually pretty neat.
Cyber City is one of my favorite animes ever.
I am right there with you!
***** 👍
peace & love who's andy guy
Cyberorganic sabertoothed tigers...
Cyborg Sabertoothed tigers...
Cybertooth Tigers
I would start watching anime again if it went back to films like these. Easily one of my favourites, 20 years later and it still makes me laugh.
Holy shit! That transition was a blast from the past(2012)!
Whilst the US release contains the UK dub it omits the UK score by Rory McFarlane which is outstanding. A crazy anime with a 'charming' UK dub and it's all the better for it . I truly miss the 90s.
Yeah that soundtrack makes it all the more awesome. It's the reason I copied the VHS to DVD, instead if buying the DVD without it.
leakyzinc oh thanks for clarifying who made that score. I had it for a while and didn't know it
It was one of the first Anime soundtracks i ever bought.
It feels wrong without that tune
Cyber city isn't bad. It's just great. It's really great. It's full of Shlock and awesome one liners and great action and an incredible concept. It's just great all around. I love the idea of bad guys turned into good guys. I love the dub of cyber city. Because nobody says fuck anymore in anime. Dick splash is amazing. This anime is just perfect, it's like a B sci fi movie from the 90s. Cyber city is perfect. I disagree with most of your gripes. It's Shlock but it's great Shlock.
Amen! Also, I am claiming that CCO 808 is at the vanguard of the one true Cyberpunk anime. I think it paved the way to Ghost in the shell, more than Bubblegum Crisis or Patlabor did. Both of these titles are outdated nowadays and none care. Whilst CCO 808 is a fondly remembered shlock anime.
"Why don't you buy me dinner?"
"Because I'm tired and pissed off and you're a cop and I'm a con and because it's raining and I forgot my umbrella and most of all I'm broke."
"I'll take that as a yes then. I'll meet you at half 8."
Lol
Man, I love this show.
It's the Pokemon-dude with the challenges. Cool :).
oh my god... that robot burn... that was a more intense burn than the nuclear war on humanity fought by skynet!
Best anime robot ever
Best part is that it's factual, not something born of an ego. That makes it funnier that he's literally spitting straight facts.
@ 16:40. - They didn't blow the take; the joke is that he goes to say the well known phrase 'This is a pleasant surprise' , but to emphasise his disdain he deliberately redoes the line removing 'pleasant'. It's just a play on phrasing used in many British comedies such as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.
A few things to note:
- At least in the dub version that I watched, Sengoku inquired about the plans of the floor where Amachi was located, he was told that there are 12 and he could only account for 11 before he found out about the hologram so he knew something was off. Him finding out about the hologram in the first wall he (is at least shown to) touch is less nonsensical and more just a lucky guess.
-The final fight between Sengoku vs Computer Amachi was a man vs machine thing where the perfectly logical machine could only account for logical outcomes. Here, Sengoku was at an advantage because the computer just could not understand his illogical decision of not to dodge and before any adjustments could be made, Sengoku was able to dispatch Computer Amachi. I haven't seen more than a few episodes of 1966 star trek so far but it reminded me of Kirk and Spock with the contrast between intuition and logic.
gotta say, i miss the old opening. Seeing it again on a newer vid was nice.
Space Dandy Early roles
And here I thought I was the only one that noticed that about Sengoku.
How not to make a comparation with him, sci-fi setting, robot companion, and more importanly, a Pompadour
The only thing missing is an anthropomorphic, extraterrestrial cat, LOL.
Why don't we have anime like this anymore?
Cause weeb Moe eye candy shit took over.
That and the business tanked and had to change its models.
Because we caught Pablo Escobar.
The plague that is Moe spread across the medium.
ShadowWolfRising
I think there's something more insidious at work. Have you noticed how sanitised and censored anime has become?
I hope Gabe's well compensated for the shit you put him through.
I always assumed there were multiple Gabe's in tubes to replace them when they can't go on.
No no tubes, spores.
Gabe was genetically engineered from the start, we just haven't seen his origin story yet.
Like an Ork in Warhammer 40k
He'll be fine, he's just recovering from that time he stuck HDMI cords in his eyes.
Don't ever stop making these, they are great.
Ah, 2011, when I was 31 ... fuck me.
Ahhh, the glory days of Manga UK. Back when I actually enjoyed anime, rather than the trash most of it is now.
This takes me back to Friday nights on Channel 4 (or S4C if like me you lived in Wales) in the 90's , along with Beavis & Butthead and Eurotrash, occasionally "Badass TV" with Ice-T and "The Girlie Show"...
Late Licence II! We used to have sleep overs and stay up watching/recording this stuff. Akira, Guyver 3x3 Eyes, Dominion Tank Police... ahhhhh, those were the days!
In the States we had the Action Channel (RIP) that had a weekly block called Animidnight which would play all the ultraviolent anime schlock Friday's at midnight (technically Saturday but whatever.) Many a night was spent at my cousin's house staying up and watching it with the volume turned down so as not to wake my aunt who would tan our hides if she caught us watching things like Bio Hunter and Demon City Shinjuku or Cyber City Oedo 808.
I love this anime. Love Kawajiri! The Kawajiri style basically defined anime in the 90s for me to the point that I've been unable to adjust to more modern anime which doesn't resemble this at all.
Also Nobuteru Yuki is pretty much anime fantasy to me. Seriously, look at how many 90s fantasy anime he designed. Stuff from today is just "JRPG Design for Beginners" over and over and over again.
holy shit, the intro was brilliant.
Love the early start of Anime Abandon throwback! That's brilliant!
I know Bennett doesn't like many of his old videos, but I'm glad I watched this because it made me watch Cyber City Oedo 808. It's ridiculously awesome.
11:34 I just love your humour Bennet. You are among the best former TGWTG contributors in terms of content and writing.
Golly this reminds me that I've been watching your reviews since I think 2013 way back when That guy with the glasses had a website. I actually came for Nostalgia critic but I went through several different vids on the front page and came across your lovely work and kept up with it. In a weird bit of irony I grew out of nostalgia critic and I haven't even watched Linkara, Nostalgia Chick or any of the others i found through that site ages either.
So yeah you're the last man standing of all the people I used to watch from that group of content reviewers. Give yourself a pat on the back!
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AlienGuy Gallant same here.
AlienGuy Gallant they still have a website
Yeah, it's easy to look back on the Nostalgia Critic or Linkara and feel like you've definitely grown out of it... Nostalgia Chick has kind of improved her content though.
nessesaryschoolthing I agree. Nostalgia Chick is better now that she's not beholden to the Nostalgia Critic model. Also she herself seems to have grown quite a bit as a person
I wonder if anyone caught the pun in Cyber City's name yet. Oedo 808 sounds like "8808", which was the common CPU used in PCs of the day when this came out.
I thought the "808" was derived from the 808 district of Tokyo.
808s are also an old school classic drum machine from the 1980s, see, they can be all that and more!
808 State Pacific 202
there is actually even this weird PC-98 adaptation game afaic, but it was so obscure that i had to resort to pasting over from the wikipedia article and watching them entirely on japanese
How many David Bowie look-a-likes are there in anime?
Hypovolemic Potato not bloody enough
Hypovolemic Potato too many
You have obviously never seen Fist of the Northstar lol
Hypovolemic Potato That depends...how many anime were made in the 80's and 90's?
Does Metal Gear count?
Here's an interesting fact: When characters are talking to or about "Gogol", they're totally mispronouncing his name. His nickname is Goggles, but whoever was in charge of the English translation kept hearing to way the Japanese said his name, and thought that's way it's mispronouncing.
i like how bennett's eyes lingered on that hat while he was talking about going forward.
still miss ya, justin. :(
Yeah. I noticed it too :(
Possibly my favourite anime. The UK soundtrack makes a big difference.
Thanks to you I got the Yoshiaki Kawajiri Boxset with Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku and Cyber City Oedo 808... and after watching all 3... This is my absolute favourite! I loved every cheesy second of it, and it's great that old titles like this are still available at cheap prices. Thanks a lot Gabe!
if that vídeo was recordes in 2011, did sage predict the future?
Oh deer lord, this looks like the perfect marriage of 80's cheese and 90's "fuck you" in an anime form.
Gotta get me some of that!
Perfect way to restore Gabe's eyes without explanation and not taken.
It's kind of awesome that, besides the video quality itself, Bennett recreated the old setup reasonably well.
I like The Homage Sage gave with the heartfelt look
At the very end too. R.I.P. Jew Wario
Vash Starwind Didn't notice that. Good eye. ^_^
God the third one is 90% the basis for Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust in both design and plot (not too big a surprise seeing as how they share a director :P)
I love Yoshiaki Kawajiri's works for the most part.
Same, he has a knack for strong characters with emotional subtlety which I love personally
13:50
The incomprehensible existence of the first file's last scene come from that Sengoku was originally written to die. By overwhelming popular demand, the storyboard decided to keep him around for the two other episodes...
I'm fairly certain that that line in episode two was supposed to be a sick jab at the General. like he was about to say "pleasant surprise" but then thought it was better to just say "surprise."
Opposite of Nostalgia? You mean embarrasing regret? Or Shameful Hindsight?
TheSlayFer Ch. T. soul breaking trauma.
You mean puberty?
Zachary Erickson That's what I used the words above, shameful hindsight sounds more accurate and appropiate to the opposite of Nostalgia than unemotional, plus its also funnier XD
Disgust of the future to come?
I think neophilia would be the best candidate for an antonym for nostalgia.
I don't think that line Hasegawa said about "pleasant surprise" was a mistake kept in. That was merely him conveying contempt for the staff officer.
Great one,and thank you for all this time!!
I have TWO copies of this series! One I got as a gift years ago, the second I bought for shits and giggles at a Dollarama LAST YEAR!
I always thought it was good in it's own way and I love it for that fact. I was not aware that particular line was infamous though!
Ah, 90's dubs. I loved recognizing voices, like Sean Barrett aka Britain from Tank Police, Michael McConnhie, Greg Snegoff, etc.
2011...What a time. I was a senior in college, listening to your Fanfiction Theater readings as I plugged away on O-chem homework. Things have changed a lot since then. I'm glad you're still here, though. Thanks for sticking it out through a tumultuous 5 years, Bennett.
I only ever saw the dub of the OVA once. I'd rent the first two episodes subtitled at my local video rental. Never imagined it'd be as violent as it was but goddamn did I enjoy it.
This anime has most greatest mechanical drawings I've ever seen beside Akira
U.S. Manga Corp released this in the US back in the day!!!!!!!!! fuck, I miss those days
LONG LIVE THE 90s anime dub!
27:37 Gogol got this vaccine from first scientist's computer.
Sage, he even spent like 4 minutes of the episode trying to break it. Geez.
A vague childhood memory of mine is of a tv show talking about anime with clips of a cyborg with extending limbs. It took me a quarter century to find that anime in Cyber City Oedo! They also talked about Baoh and some action anime with a hot nun I never tried much to identify, but Oedo is such a find! That gritty over the top cyber dystopia with blood and guts and steel, and then there's the fabulous Brenten! It remind me of the film Total Recall, just a fun time.
Cyber City is a fucking classic. Rory McFarlane's soundtrack on the UK version of this anime is just fucking killer.
big shout out to the mid nineties Channel 4 anime crowd.
I still remember my mum recording this for me, back in the day. I think it was broadcast on Channel 4 (back when the station didn't give a fuck). Good times.
"This anime has one of the most well-known lines in anime history."
I doubt it. I mean, I've never heard of i-
*vampire line*
OH THAT ONE
with the version you're holding into the camera you're missing out on the best part of the show - the uk release of cyber city oedo 808 had a soundtrack by rory mcfarlane which sets the perfect mood for this cheesy classic.
Beautiful :D THANK YOU FOR YOUR BRILLIANT SERIES
British slang and bad words I find more ridiculous and funny than insulting. When I first heard "nutter" in a sentence I giggled because of how stupid it made the person (bully) saying the word. I just can't take anyone serious using UK bad words. I am sorry haha
A bully in the UK wouldn't call someone a 'nutter'. If anything its what you call a friend who is doing something dangerously stupid. "The fucking nutter ran out into speeding traffic and almost got hit"
Also its not a swear word.
Moemura Well if that is the case. I think Fable 3 or 2 used "nutter" wrong hahaha! I knew something was off!
That's exactly what a tosser would say. Now where are my scones
CruelestChris XD HEHEHEHEHAHAHAHHA!
'mate, you are an absolute. Nutter' is not considered an insult.
The English are fairly good at insults. And the word 'cunt' can be used frivolously.
The best joke in this video was the reaction to the sick burn that robot dropped to that guy with Space Dandy's hair-do.
I think the joke of the 'this is a pleasant - this is a surprise' line goes over Sage's head. Actually one of several genuinely clever and witty lines in this dub, the other good example being the one Sage showcases at the end. Maybe we can chalk the misunderstanding down to this being 2011 ;)
16:27 I don't think it was a mishap, I think the guy was snidely correcting himself, as I've heard this in comedies before.
Absolutely agree, he corrected himself after almost saying “pleasant surprise” but left enough in to get the point across that he despises the man. It’s a good line, delivered well.
Never once crossed my mind it was an editing mistake.
100% agree. That line was not flubbed, it was intentional.
Oh Sage, somehow despite never having met you personally, you have managed to worm into a special little place in my heart. I'm so glad you finally reviewed this bonkers little anime, and with such style.
This anime was awesome lol. It's like an 80s action movie. Goku Eye from the year before this, same director, is glorious too. I wish they still made them like this. The vampire scenes from the third part are obviously where they got the idea of choosing homie to direct VHD: Bloodlust, my personal favorite
Well, he also did Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, etc.
the sheer swarring in the is fantastic lol I've never meet anyone who didn't love this anime
Thanx for yet another awesome video. You have earned my sub.
The dub is incredible, and makes cyber city so much better! I just watched it, I had never even heard of it before, and wow coolest thing I've seen in years! That animation style is great too, the whole thing is just classic.
So excited for your next review!
I actually went and checked this out from one of your earlier episode clips. Glad you finally got around to it, the dub is amusingly insane.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINALLY REVIEWING THIS!
and don't forget Mindjack was the first game released that year
@557deadpool and it sucked.
So I’ve found the nostalgia critic of animes......this will be fun.
love the episode sage! Gonna go watch this one now...when I saw the reveal for the next episode I audibly groaned and said "WTF!" You got me so hooked for the next one.
Wow, great attention to detail... even the theme song was slowed down like back then. bravo sir... bravo.
Thank you for this amazing episode. I learned English watching movies like this one
Despite only 3 episodes it's very rewatchable
5:29 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Compensation Tower.
Holy shit, you finally made it to this masterpiece.
This is legitimately one of my favourite anime, and I think the only thing he's ever reviewed that I own. I always thought the dub kinda worked with the criminal protagonists, it looks good and the plots are not only coherent but dare I say not too bad.
Ha! Great episode Sage. Thought I heard the music from the opening of Spaceballs in there for the 1 minute building reveal huh? Love your stuff man. Keep it up!
ahhhhhh i saw this gem on the action network on direct-tv when i was a boy.
so many memories. :D
man ive been watching anime abandon since the golden boy episode, this was an awesome throw back
Love the use of the original Anime Abandon intro to match the 2011 joke
Holy crap! An Oblivion reference! Sage, yer amazin'!
16:32 maybe that's what it's supposed to be? he starts saying pleasant surprise, but corrects himself to just a surprise, perhaps a snarky way of communicating his dislike for the character?
Nice touch with the lighting and angle
What's funny about the Advanced AI targeting system is that it reminds me of the AI scripting of Quake 3's final Boss on the Nightmare difficulty. If you just move calmly straight at Xaero, he CAN'T hit you at all.
Favorite review in a while.
"coprolalian" isn't a word you hear often but you see it in practice all over the internet
The thing about that blown take is it was offscreen so if he had just kept with "This is a pleasant surprise" there were no lipflaps to match and he wouldn't have looked silly.
I can see the DVDs shelf just on top of the empty shelf, so nothing was able to escape that creative edit.
But I can see the funny side of trying to make as if you were back starting in 2011.
Hell I was in my second year of my 6 year university degree.
;) if you look close enough you can see the movies above the shelf.
2011... what a time. 5 of my kittens havent been born, I was without a job and my two beloved cats were still with me...
great episode, maybe the funniest one yet, at least off the top of my head
Great episode!
Good writting on your part. Also the sad moment at the end when Sage looks at JW's cap T_T
Cyber Sabretooth Tigers with lasers coming out their mouths.... That's the most metal thing I've heard this year
Honestly this seems like a fun romp of an anime. Might be worth the watch
One of my favorites
One of the best movies I ever seen, I still recall it from time to time, the only thing I was never able to remember was the name, thanks Beneth now I'll buy it when I get the chance.
Even the great Sage can't get beyond Spaceballs.
Heck, some reviewers can't even get beyond Thunderdome...
Noooo, the ACTUAL best line in Cyber City is, just as Benten (Turner) shows up to kill Sayonji (Crypt Keeper), he says, "And now, Mr. Sayonji, you're under arrest for a whole host of shit I can't be bothered to list, you have the right to remain silent and so on."
Actually, I think this is one of those translation liberties that properly conveys through different cultures, now that I think about it, as I kind of doubt Japan has an equivalent to the US's Miranda Law, where officers have to "read them their rights."