Zeguy sounds like something from a school sentence, like "Zeguy went to Zerestaurant to eat Zesunday special dinner." Terrible pun. I apologize wholeheartedly.
If Maddie Blaustein (RIP) did the voice of that old man from the opening bit, we would have had a semi-perfect representation of episode one of Yugioh. Hell even Wayne Grayson (who took over the voice of Grandpa after Maddie passed) would have worked.
Fun thing: Japan has completely different pronunciations for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters. So Zhuge Liang being called "Koumei" is technically correct...for them. Think of it like how America says "Spain" but Spain says "Espana" It's a consequence of no one except the Chinese being able to pronounce Chinese.
Yeah, but Koumei!? I mean, "Sousou" at least resembles "Cao Cao" phonetically. And it wasn't that long ago that the pronunciation of the kanji has changed, or is it?
Got curious and did some research on Hiraga Gennai just for something to do. This guy is kind of awesome. Doctor, painter, writer, and inventor, he's basically the Japanese Leonardo De Vincci. The best part of researching this was finding out he wrote a satirical essay called "On Farting." I can't find any information on what it's about - though the title certainly suggests its content.
4:09 AAUGGGHH Lisa Ortiz is fricken everywhere!!! Amy Rose! (Sonic X) Lina Inverse! (The Slayers) Lisa! (Pokemon 3 Movie) Commander Mars (Pokemon DP Galactic Battles), Fuu! (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA), and Tiff/Fumu!!! (Kirby Right Back At Ya!!!)...I love that voice actor to be honest...😶
SSB&AnimeCrossover - Actually, Kerry Williams (Rebecca Hawkins from “Yugioh”, Flora from 4Kids “Winx Club”, and Casey, Domino, and Sakura from “Pokemon”) was Tiff from “Kirby”.
The title sounds like someone was trying to remember the title of a certain '98 Antonio Banderas film and gave up half way: "The Mask of... of... ya know... the guy? With the mask? Who writes Z on everything? Z-Guy! Yeah... t-that's him."
I swear, I just keep running into Dan Green performances lately! I just decided to compare the dub with the sub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and I was SO distracted to hear the first recurring villain sound like Yami Yugi (or Atem, if you prefer). Not to mention the new protagonist shares the voice with Tristan Taylor. Oh, and the Atem sound double? That's Ushio, the first guy that Atem mind crushed.
I was never clear on how far in the future it occurred. All I know is the sub has the Pegasus J. Crawford Memorial Foundation establishing Pegasus is dead. And the dub has Joey Wheeler's cousin, establishing not too far in the future. Plus Ushio of 5Ds and Ushio of Duel Monsters/Season 0 look like they could be the same.
Dan Green was in the CPM 20th anniversary release of Outlanders and it is schlocky "fun" OVA for Anime Abandon and some scenes are Suave fodder. Plus that there is a Marvel type ending
I swear I've heard that, "IT'S LIKE AN HOUR LONG JOKE!" bit somewhere in your other reviews but I'll be damned if I can remember it now. It bugs me because I have binge-watched your stuff numerous times but I just can't think of the other episode where you've said it. Anywhosits, Dan Green (Knuckles) and Lisa Oritz (Amy) in an anime; the Lord has blessed me this day~
Lisa Ortiz is my fave female VA next to Stephanie Sheh, Laura Bailey, Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, Wendee Lee, Kira Buckland among others. Miki was rank 3 of 15 on a list of characters voiced by Ortiz.
Hey Bennet, I know this would break the format of your regular show, but I'm really interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Devilman Crybaby. Given your previous exposure to the source material, I'd like to see your thoughts on how the new adaptation compares to the OVA's from the 90s
14:23 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH, so Seth MacFarlane was referencing Flash Gordon in the Family Guy Episode "Road to Germany", that "clearly referencing something but i don't' know what" joke was bugging the crap out of me FOR YEARS now, thanks for clearing that up MR. Bennett
Sage saying “Zeguy” makes me think of the guy from the Because Science shorts on Nerdist saying “ze goo!” when talking about the black liquid from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
3:10 Wait, wait, wait... THAT guy's Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang was a conniving, yet benevolent strategist of Shu! This dude looks and acts like a sleezeball Nobunaga Oda! Although, he DOES look like Zhuge Liang a bit.
I had to rewind a few seconds just to be sure.....but, why does that box read Iron virgin? What, is it like the iron maiden and virgin mary combined or something? WTF? XD
Finally gotten the Manga UK dub VHS of it about a month ago. Dan Green voiced by Angel Cop's Adam Carolla (Jeff Harding), UK Nene (Barbara Barnes) voiced Flojo.
You know, often times people complain about how they keep remaking really good stuff into less good stuff... but I think the things that really deserve a chance at a remake are stuff like Mask of Zeguy. Because you're absolutely right, if this were redone with more self awareness, tongue firmly in cheek, maybe with a bit of parody even, it would be crazy fun. It has plenty of great elements, it just does nothing interesting with them. It's like if they made a Mega Man game with a bunch of really creative new bosses and weapons, but every level was just a flat plane with a single Telly chasing you.
Are you sure this was released stateside in 2004? Because I recall I rented it from Blockbuster around 1998. I can place the time because it was in batch of videos I rented with some friends for our weekly anime night after I had just moved into a new place.
Zee-GUY!!! And yeah, Gennai is the Japanese version of Tesla...completely overshadowed of course. Which is why they probably keep on throwing him in these things.
Because they aren't either that bad, good or even meh? After one joke from "cock pit" there is literally nothing to say about those. Games are way more interesting.
So it's an isekai following the exploits of actual historical figures after their deaths? Can't believe I get to make this reference. In the distance: "Driving, twisting, Turning sideways. I can't take this pressure no more. Got a Love like a hurricane." "And I got love. I got this love. I got ky hurricane." Amy day I get to reference Drifters is a good day indeed.
Fairly certain I saw an earlier English dub. It was just called Zeguy and it's been years since I watched it, but I picked up a few differences in lines given. Like when the faecal matter is used to bomb the sandbag wolfmen and scientist dude explains what it is, the Lass said "YUCK! You mean shit!" and the old dude told her off for her language. Was there an English (country) dub as well? Because I am very certain I saw this back in high school which was in the 90's.
Some of the more risque scenes from the manga are cut. Like the butler serving as Jun's "piss boy" and running around with a piss bucket for her to use. Even Uncle Go wants to rip off Mel Brooks.
Oh shit! A new episode of anime abandon four (technically five days because it was posted before midnight) days before my birthday. Happy early birthday to me!
Zeguy sounds like something from a school sentence, like "Zeguy went to Zerestaurant to eat Zesunday special dinner."
Terrible pun. I apologize wholeheartedly.
Tldr version: Dan Green saves the day
YAAAAAAAAAYYYY!
Everytime they said 'Zeguy' I just chuckled and never took it seriously once XD
the anti climax nearly broke me entirely by the choice of sound effects as it sounded like an inflating air bag
AMY ROSE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!! wow, the 4kids and Central Park Media voice acting group has made quite a name of themselves in the "really?" department
Considering she was slumming between seasons of Slayers at the time it gets really interesting.
No wonder the New York area of Voice Acting crashed.
Not just Amy Rose. Dan Green played Knuckles.
Broke: Amy Rose
Woke: Lina Inverse
I always think of Animation Runner Kuromi, when I hear Lisa Ortiz.
Oh God The main antagonist is Kaiba from Yugioh.
Inquisitor Thomas
“Mokuba, what have I always told you? If at first you don’t succeed BLAST THEM WITH YOUR BLUE EYES AGAIN!’
Inquisitor Thomas Quick! Hide your yugioh cards!
Screw the rules, I have money!
with a mustache!
Nyehhh not Koiba!!!
And then...Dan Green... (children cheer) YEEEEAH!
You think THIS is obscure? You should check out the movie sequel "Mask of Zeudderguy"
“slow clap”
Or Mask of Zatguyovadar
This is it. This is the only comment we needed.
And let's not forget the prequel, Mask of Zisguyritere.
Or the follow up "Mask of Zosguyzovayonda"
If Maddie Blaustein (RIP) did the voice of that old man from the opening bit, we would have had a semi-perfect representation of episode one of Yugioh. Hell even Wayne Grayson (who took over the voice of Grandpa after Maddie passed) would have worked.
Werewolves on motorcycles? WEREWOLVES ON MOTORCYCLES!
chucheeness Do they have card games?
Fun thing: Japan has completely different pronunciations for the Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters.
So Zhuge Liang being called "Koumei" is technically correct...for them.
Think of it like how America says "Spain" but Spain says "Espana"
It's a consequence of no one except the Chinese being able to pronounce Chinese.
Yeah, but Koumei!? I mean, "Sousou" at least resembles "Cao Cao" phonetically. And it wasn't that long ago that the pronunciation of the kanji has changed, or is it?
Probably "Koumei" derives from "Kong Ming". Another nickname for Zhuge Liang.
Dody: You might well be right, I forgot about that.
Hence Bennett going “Goddamn Japanese…”
España
Got curious and did some research on Hiraga Gennai just for something to do. This guy is kind of awesome. Doctor, painter, writer, and inventor, he's basically the Japanese Leonardo De Vincci.
The best part of researching this was finding out he wrote a satirical essay called "On Farting." I can't find any information on what it's about - though the title certainly suggests its content.
"its over Himeko."
"SHUT THAT DOOR."
credits
4:09 AAUGGGHH Lisa Ortiz is fricken everywhere!!!
Amy Rose! (Sonic X) Lina Inverse! (The Slayers) Lisa! (Pokemon 3 Movie) Commander Mars (Pokemon DP Galactic Battles), Fuu! (Magic Knight Rayearth OVA), and Tiff/Fumu!!! (Kirby Right Back At Ya!!!)...I love that voice actor to be honest...😶
SSB&AnimeCrossover - Actually, Kerry Williams (Rebecca Hawkins from “Yugioh”, Flora from 4Kids “Winx Club”, and Casey, Domino, and Sakura from “Pokemon”) was Tiff from “Kirby”.
The Otakutopian Ohh..
I could swear that this was released back in the late 1990s under a different name. Maybe it's just the Mandela effect.
Koumei looks like a Japanese Jafar.
Heck, Koumei didn't even have his signature fan. And missed opportunity for not having Shingen Takeda as Koumei's opposite number.
"Completely necessary bath seen." yes.
scene
Totally called the year before Bennett said it! Also this setup was done WAY better in Drifters.
Tallguy drifters is amazing love studio madhouse right now
I was a year off on my guess.
Now of only someone would get to making season 2.
The Borat joke was doubly hilarious for me, as I was making the exact same joke to myself as I was waiting for the video to load. =)
Holy shit! Sage, have you lost weight? I'm proud of you dude, keep it up!
Zydrake Shogun hah nice kiva and ixa pic
Shadow Spear Why thank you!
It's like really noticeable now isn't it?
yeah i was gonna say this too. Sage is looking thinner.
He's actually been slimming down for a number of months. He's clearly been working at it, and the effects are noticeable.
1
Dang Bennett. Someone’s been doing his sit ups. You lookin fine.
The title sounds like someone was trying to remember the title of a certain '98 Antonio Banderas film and gave up half way: "The Mask of... of... ya know... the guy? With the mask? Who writes Z on everything? Z-Guy! Yeah... t-that's him."
Had me in tears
You mean Zorro?
Wait,
"Sayaka" and "Miki".
"Sayaka Miki"........OHHHHHH!
Madoka Magica prequel Confirmed?
Or.."Sayaka" Yumi and "Miki" Makimura. Both are female characters from a Go Nagai-penned series, Mazinger Z and Devilman respectively.
Neo 9000 love your Kamen Rider Brave Taddle Legacy Pfp.
"Let me tell you something, Quinlan. Zeguy is un-fucking-believable!"
Who else thought Sage's weird high pitched laugh was the death chuckle of the villain?
I did, LOL.
I swear, I just keep running into Dan Green performances lately! I just decided to compare the dub with the sub of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and I was SO distracted to hear the first recurring villain sound like Yami Yugi (or Atem, if you prefer). Not to mention the new protagonist shares the voice with Tristan Taylor. Oh, and the Atem sound double? That's Ushio, the first guy that Atem mind crushed.
I was never clear on how far in the future it occurred. All I know is the sub has the Pegasus J. Crawford Memorial Foundation establishing Pegasus is dead. And the dub has Joey Wheeler's cousin, establishing not too far in the future. Plus Ushio of 5Ds and Ushio of Duel Monsters/Season 0 look like they could be the same.
ZZZZEEEEEEGGGGGUUUUUUYYYYYY!?!?!?!?
Dan Green was in the CPM 20th anniversary release of Outlanders and it is schlocky "fun" OVA for Anime Abandon and some scenes are Suave fodder. Plus that there is a Marvel type ending
Sean Bateman and Sean Schemmel played the male lead in that one
he plays another role in that dub too. Plus, there is some scenes that Censor Kaiser will be working.
And before making a mark as Winx Club's Bloom, Liza Jacqueline was Kham.
I swear I've heard that, "IT'S LIKE AN HOUR LONG JOKE!" bit somewhere in your other reviews but I'll be damned if I can remember it now. It bugs me because I have binge-watched your stuff numerous times but I just can't think of the other episode where you've said it. Anywhosits, Dan Green (Knuckles) and Lisa Oritz (Amy) in an anime; the Lord has blessed me this day~
Miki: "Hey, Himiko! Everybody says you're Zeguy, but I wanna be Zeguy, too!"
Himiko: "No way, you're just a kid! Maybe when you're older."
Impressive weight loss Bennett!
Looking good
Lisa Ortiz is my fave female VA next to Stephanie Sheh, Laura Bailey, Melissa Fahn, Erin Fitzgerald, Wendee Lee, Kira Buckland among others. Miki was rank 3 of 15 on a list of characters voiced by Ortiz.
Honestly the thought of Dan Green voicing a samurai is kind of cool to me.
4:22 Wait Sayaka, Miki...... this anime is stupid, so stupid.
6:54 OH GOD THIS IS DRIFTERS!!!
In a far better Anime that's where!
Nah Wanabe version of the Fate Franchise.
1TrulyMad I Was Looking For This Comment XD
Its A Really Funny Coincidence That Those Two Names Are In Another Anime And the Two Main Characters
8:40 I totally thought that the line would be, "The true priestess of Zeguy is MEguy....."
Brian Blessed is my power animal.
DIIIIIIVVVEE!!!!
The most brilliant review you've done Bennett!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Another of my favorite reviews to watch.
Man, every time somebody says "Mask of Zeguy," I burst out laughing. I cannot help it.
Wait, no "M.A.S.K. Series" Joke? M-M-M-MASK! No One Knows What Lies Behind The Masquerades!
DasKame M-M-M-M.A.S.K.! Always riding hot on V.E.N.O.M.s trail!
Recently found your channel and binged watched a lot of vids. Congrats on the weight loss.
I was laughing in unison at the epic blood splatter at the end. It was really delivered with such perfect comedic timing too.
The roles "Barry Banner" takes will never stop amazing me.
Hey Bennet, I know this would break the format of your regular show, but I'm really interested in knowing what your thoughts are on Devilman Crybaby. Given your previous exposure to the source material, I'd like to see your thoughts on how the new adaptation compares to the OVA's from the 90s
according to his twitter, he expressed his feelings with a disaproving grunt/groan
twitter.com/BennettTheSage/status/952061165202423808
It is not really comparable to a short lived OVA series. you can only compare the first couple of episodes.
"Why do I get the feeling that the voices she hears in her head echo?" That's it. That's my new favorite insult. I'm using it, it's mine now.
HOT DAMN another AA review already? c: Best thing ever!
Ok that creaking door gag was golden. Well played, my good sir!
14:23 OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH, so Seth MacFarlane was referencing Flash Gordon in the Family Guy Episode "Road to Germany", that "clearly referencing something but i don't' know what" joke was bugging the crap out of me FOR YEARS now, thanks for clearing that up MR. Bennett
Dear Lord, is there a New York dub that Liza Ortiz ISN'T in?!
LG GM replace Lisa Ortiz with Dan Green and your answer is.... no.
Amon Saga, Wrath of the Ninja, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, and Yu Yu Hakoshu.
CPM still proved that New York voice actors are awesome.
11:20 Electric shit?
Isn't that also what the Gungans from Star Wars - The Phantom Menace use against the droids?
This actually premiered on the Syfy channel in 94 I’m out of felt a lot of enemies when I was younger appeared on the Syfy channel in the 90s
You know what Mask of Zeguy is missing? A talking animal sidekick, like that s**thead rabbit from Madara. :D
That would make it better
Sage saying “Zeguy” makes me think of the guy from the Because Science shorts on Nerdist saying “ze goo!” when talking about the black liquid from Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
3:10 Wait, wait, wait... THAT guy's Zhuge Liang? Zhuge Liang was a conniving, yet benevolent strategist of Shu! This dude looks and acts like a sleezeball Nobunaga Oda!
Although, he DOES look like Zhuge Liang a bit.
The fact that I guessed the year right. "victory music plays"
Yay! I'm always up for some more Go Nagai (I probably spelled that wrong)!
Actually I would really like if you do a yo-gi-oh 0 review .
I had to rewind a few seconds just to be sure.....but, why does that box read Iron virgin?
What, is it like the iron maiden and virgin mary combined or something? WTF? XD
It's the perfect $1 store anime. Something sold on the cheep and you view it once.
Is it weird for me to like Dan Green's performance as Knuckles from Sonic X? Though he was good as Yugi. Those were the days.......
Thank goodness !! new Anime Abandon !!
Walking through the backlog. I want to say you're inspiring me to lose weight. Seeing someone do it is great.
Wow I was only 3 years off with when Zeguy was released.
Finally gotten the Manga UK dub VHS of it about a month ago. Dan Green voiced by Angel Cop's Adam Carolla (Jeff Harding), UK Nene (Barbara Barnes) voiced Flojo.
Somebody lost tons of weight
Hey Sage, can you find the Voice Actor who did the voices of Jin Kazama in Tekken: Blood Vengeance and Ragna the Bloodedge from Blazblue for me.
Nice video and great job on the weight loss
So as i revisited the series Fighting Foodons, I sat in my chair pondering to myself. Will the sage do a month long look at Saturday morning cartoons.
The fact that I actually guessed the release date shocked me.
lol Komei from Ikki Tousen shows up. I too now think of those versions whenever any Three Kingdoms names show up in anime
This reminds me of Big Trouble in Little China more than anything...O_0
You know, often times people complain about how they keep remaking really good stuff into less good stuff... but I think the things that really deserve a chance at a remake are stuff like Mask of Zeguy. Because you're absolutely right, if this were redone with more self awareness, tongue firmly in cheek, maybe with a bit of parody even, it would be crazy fun. It has plenty of great elements, it just does nothing interesting with them. It's like if they made a Mega Man game with a bunch of really creative new bosses and weapons, but every level was just a flat plane with a single Telly chasing you.
That "Stains like the Dickens!" line made me chuckle.
10:55 : Still makes more sense than Discovery's spore drive. ^_-
Okay the premise of this anime with the inbetween connected to all times dimension would make for a great Musou style game.
Hi Bennet, great review! Could you review Nightwalker sometime? I think it would be great to hear your opinion!
I like to imagine that the hellsing mangaka sees this and sat "I can do better with this concept" thus Drifters was created.....
The joke you wanted to make was, "...but here on Anime Abandon, it's the Merry Month of Meh."
Are you sure this was released stateside in 2004? Because I recall I rented it from Blockbuster around 1998. I can place the time because it was in batch of videos I rented with some friends for our weekly anime night after I had just moved into a new place.
iron virigin jun,another crazy yet on of the most unintenationally hilarious anime.
Zee-GUY!!!
And yeah, Gennai is the Japanese version of Tesla...completely overshadowed of course. Which is why they probably keep on throwing him in these things.
Wait.
Sayaka and Miki?
Miki Sayaka?
Sayaka Miki.
IT WAS A SEQUEL THE ENTIRE TIME
Rayearth OVA dubbed has Tara Sands, Amy Birnbaum, and Lisa Ortiz as Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu in the early 2000s.
Oh I'm so looking forward to Iron Virgin Jun. You Go Nagai!
when are you gonna review kai doh maru or cb: knocking oh heavens door? please!?
Who was the nurse girl with green hair that appeared next to sage?
Based on the name alone, I'm expecting next episode to be gloriously silly. Looking forward to it.
Oh come on Miki! Don't lose your head!
So is the alternate title of this OVA "Dan Green does awesome shit"?
Zeguy de not no de wey
Oh my f**king God NOOOOOO! O_O
Zeguy Toucha mai Spagett!
oh boy here we go again xD
Best way to describe this OVA...Dull Surprise.
I love this ova
Hey why don't you go and review Zone of the Enders 2167 Idolo and Dolores I.
Because they aren't either that bad, good or even meh? After one joke from "cock pit" there is literally nothing to say about those. Games are way more interesting.
Kaiba!
What is it Zeguy?
I came... to this city to give you a message...
WEREWOLVES ON MOTORCYCLES!
I still can't believe you haven't reviewed Big Wars yet. Out of all of the obscure anime movies you review, that one is actually worth checking out.
So it's an isekai following the exploits of actual historical figures after their deaths?
Can't believe I get to make this reference.
In the distance:
"Driving, twisting,
Turning sideways.
I can't take this pressure no more.
Got a Love like a hurricane."
"And I got love.
I got this love.
I got ky hurricane."
Amy day I get to reference Drifters is a good day indeed.
Fairly certain I saw an earlier English dub. It was just called Zeguy and it's been years since I watched it, but I picked up a few differences in lines given.
Like when the faecal matter is used to bomb the sandbag wolfmen and scientist dude explains what it is, the Lass said "YUCK! You mean shit!" and the old dude told her off for her language. Was there an English (country) dub as well? Because I am very certain I saw this back in high school which was in the 90's.
god i cant take anything seriously when i hear the name of the anime in the voice of borat.....
Iron Virgin Jun! Holy Shit! Considered perhaps the worst of all Go Nagai anime. Still amusingly bad though.
I can't believe they actually made an anime out of it
Some of the more risque scenes from the manga are cut. Like the butler serving as Jun's "piss boy" and running around with a piss bucket for her to use. Even Uncle Go wants to rip off Mel Brooks.
Hey, I'd take the worst of Go Nagai over the "masterpiece" of today.
Oh shit! A new episode of anime abandon four (technically five days because it was posted before midnight) days before my birthday. Happy early birthday to me!