Burn Up! W | KYOTO VIDEO
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In the mid-90s, AIC resurrected a one-off to reboot it into a franchise. And while it was somewhat successful, it doesn't change the fact that all this reboot and had going for it was that it was louder, sexier and, above all else, dumber!
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Cycling through anime reviews barely scraping by as the Sundays scary hit and there beyond the horizon a sparkling Kyoto Video shows up my Oldtaku heart leeps
Ah the mid 90s endgame tone shift. Sometimes they work other times they really really don't.
*points to Moldiver and especially Master of Mosquiton*
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Gonna have to agree with Nanvel's adorable design.
I know it's a cliche but any 80s - 90s designs with twin hair buns and/or curtain bangs is instantly adorable. Same Shampoo and Chun-Li. Plus, love her color scheme of pastel blues, pinks & dark red with her tan skin~
I remember buying the DVD purely because of the tiny little screenshot on the box showing part of the bungie rope scene. Decades later, I still have it and still haven't actually watched it.
The interesting thing about Burn Up Excess is that it's more of a reimagining of W than a straight sequel.
It addresses a lot of the problems W had with a better-structured build up/pay off to the main villain's grand plan, the characters are given a lot more development (there’s a whole episode that delves into Maya's relationship with her mob boss father) and Nanvel has a lot more time to shine with her gadgets.
Fans of the original Burn Up still probably won't be won over by Excess, but as a goofy police action series (which, by the way, doesn’t have an insane tonal shift halfway through), it gets the job done. I would honestly recommend everyone just skip straight to Excess as it does pretty much everything W should have gotten right the first time round.
Burn up excess was my favorite
the good old 90s. Really miss those art styles.
Damn, they killed the hot nerdy friend
18:27 moment.
Despite your negative viewpoints on it, I'm still interested in checking it out. Never had a chance to see the OVA in full during the anime boom.
Can't you simply just thank God that Burn Up W was made?
I like Ryos look
A friend of mine claims the famous naked bungee jump scene was used to pitch the show and was THE deciding factor in it getting made. I don't know if it's true, but in a saturated market you have to stand out somehow.
a quasi spiritual successor to this along with bubblegum crisis and a sprinkle of masami obari is bein made by some cool dudes and its called constancy roa if anyone wants to check it out :)
_Burn Up W_ was my introduction to lewd and violent anime, and I will always love it for that.
As an anime fan in the 90s from a small, not at all culturally diverse town, the only anime I had access to was what was on the shelf at Suncoast when I went to a mall an hour away. So I had Burn Up W on VHS. I took what I could get.
Well, at least it's not boring.
Not gonna lie, Burn Up W is REALLY close to my heart. Sure it wasn't anything amazing, but I had so much fun watching it back in the day. Rio came off to me as Usagi from Sailor Moon if she became a Cop. I honestly think the biggest flaw of W is the dramatically abrupt Tonal shift in the last two episodes. For it to go from a light hearted Horny comedy to a grim High stakes drama is really jarring and kind of unearned.
I only saw a little bit of Excess though.
*Nanvel was one of my first anime crushes by the way.
You have good taste. Nanvel is top tier.
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That opening is sooo catchy though.
Moldiver is a Bubblegum-Crisis-Like? I have literally never thought of it that way, but I guess I can see it...!
A four-episode cyberpunk police comedy OVA that suddenly swerves into undercooked drama in its second half? Sounds like someone in the writing room watched Dominion Tank Police a few too many times.
(Speaking of, I'm surprised you haven't covered that one. Or is it just too basic?)
Burn Up W was the first Anime I ever bought, in VHS from ADV back in the days.
Fun fact, Rio and Yuji make an appearance in Tenchi in Tokyo. I think it's towards the end, they're in a park.
Y'all want to know how much I bought into the lazy marketing of Burn-Up W? I bought the VHS of this back in 2000... which contained ONE EPISODE of the whole four. ONE.
"Big, round, _90s glasses_ " not what I expected.
I made the mistake of breaking between episodes 2 and 3 and on that second half like maybe the first half was a fever dream since the tone shifted so quickly.
Gotta be honest, I just can’t get enough of Burn-Up OVA
I admit to enjoying 'Burn Up W', but I agree that the later episodes are A tonal whiplash compared to the early ones. I would like to check out the original 'Burn Up'.
I remember the original burn up, the 3rd series had a jiggle meter 🤣
20:40
"Now Mario's dead! I'm killing everyone! Why couldn't Chisato have three lives like Mario!?"
Did not realize Ito Ogure had been around the industry for some time. Recognized his pen name from the Monogatari manga.
I remember this anime being on every preview section of nearly every ADV VHS tape I owned. Every time I popped in a tape of Evangelion I would have to suffer theough that same annoying preview of Burn Up W. I never once had a desire to watch this series due to the low quality trailers forced down my throat.
I was born Nov 8.of 79 and grew up totally addicted to the 80s and 90s anime from the cute girls to the over the top violence of Fist of the North Star
Remember seeing for the first time.in like th super early 90s on a series called Japanamation, all the Uber gore was blurred out. Even at 40.something still looking for a cute anime girl irl, I have actually found a few.
The robot is both a reference to EVA and Tetsujin 28 at the same time lmao
I remember watching this anime with my brother back in the day. I'm not sure if we knew what we were in for. I think one of his friends lent him the VHS tape. This anime looked like Tenchi Muyo, Evangelion or Slayers. This video helped awaken a hidden memory for me. 😅
When are we going to get a Bubblegum Crisis video, I need to know the story of the production.
Man, I miss ADV Films....
I mean they're still basically around.
They just call themselves "Sentai Filmworks" now.
To be fair, this anime frequently passes the Bechdale Test.
I remember watching this when I was 6
As much crap as Burn Up W gets it did lead us to getting Burn Up eXcess. But the latest Burn Up just didn't click with me like the 80-90's Burn Up
Forgot to point out that One of THEE WEIRDEST Cameos for/Connections between Burn-Up and Tenchi are when Yuji and Rio appeared having a date in one of the Final 2 episodes of TENCHI in Tokyo!
I'm serious, that was Weird ass Cameo to see for me.
BTW, I recommend a video on "Lupin the 3rd: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty" from 1989. Just finished watching it with the excellent English dub track and it was an excellent entry in the Lupin film series. Susan Sheridan, who does Michael's voice (the kid), actually had me nearly tearing up at the end with her heartfelt performance of losing the character's mother. As with all of the Lupin shows, there is a lot of unrealistic craziness, but it was still a very engaging and interesting story. On Tuesday, I'll be checking out "Lupin the 3rd: Episode 0-The First Contact" from 2002.
The tonal whiplash in the last episode is jarring as hell...
I think the liberties given to the VA’s really helped. It was absolutely ridiculous, but pretty self-aware and consistent. Also, the English dub is pretty quality - up there with Goldenboy for the 90’s - albeit very silly.
The Latin American Spanish dub was dubbed using the English version as a base, many dubs made for the TV channel Locomotion were done that way instead of dubbing the jpn version. It actually has a cast of VAs that are still active to this day
- Rio = Rossy Aguirre (Akane Tendo, Ami Mizuno, Hange Zoë)
- Maya = Circe Luna (Rei Ayanami, Sora Takenouchi, Belldandy)
- Lilica = Isabel Martiñón (Mimi Tachikawa, Ben Tennyson, Naruto Uzumaki)
- Yuji Naruo = Irwin Daayán (Yugi Muto, Jotaro Kujo, Dark Schneider, Lyserg Diethel)
I do need me some silver age anime and love that opening.
nothin like some good anime fan service slock to end the weekend on. 😎
This channel still hasn't learned how to avoid anachronistic reviews full of modern buzzwords and concepts. Why would anyone want a post-modern review that refuses to deal with the subject contextually and fairly?
Nice
Chef kiss at 18:20 for saying the Julius Cesar line and following it with the intro to that episode of "Clone High". Great setup and execution. Made my day 🤣
What episode was that?
I was wondering if you would ever cover the science fantasy ova series Eiyū Gaiden Mozaika by Ryousuke Takahasi. It’s pretty obscure but a pretty fun watch, even if it doesn’t have a proper ending
I know about this anime cause the trailer was in the ADV sonic ova dvd
15:10 - 15:36 In other words, the Friedberg/Seltzer approach to parody.
To be honest, I prefer Excess over W. I wasn't really a fan of W for the reasons you mentioned regarding the last episode of W. The sudden change to drama and the ending was really jarring to me. I know that you may not like Excess, but I'm not lying when I say that it's a guilty pleasure of mine. Yes it's horny and dumb, and yes the character of Maya would NEVER work in today's world, but dammit, I can't help but enjoy it for what it is.
I only saw the original Burn Up and I barely even remember that one. Maybe Id remember this one better on account of it being so impressively bad? I am curious about that EVA 01 tho, do they really just have it there for no reason? Then again, Great Dangaioh from 2001 lifted scenes and manerism from EVA for absolutely no reason, so i guess it was just one of those "let me put some anime in your anime" moments.
18:05 Oh Yeah, I remember seeing this. Yeah this was pretty bad storytelling at this point, and honestly I'm glad Burn-Up Excess is the superior version to this OAV. But at the same time I can't help but feel this could've been revamped, sure, this character was a one-off Frigid girl, but there honestly could've been room to add her into the Burn-Up cast. But I guess, there was already one self-sufficient glasses wearing babe in the show. I guess have 2 was just too much for the Team of 5 and their leader.
Sort of makes one wonder if the dub cast thought the same. I mean, there are times when actors question the material they're given.
I've a feeling Excess won't be in your crosshairs given your opinion as laid out here, but I could be wrong...
Hold up how are you watching this 23 hours ago? Its released ten minutes in my region.🤔
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Ghost Stories is one.
The OVA was really good, the original ova, then, they come out with burn up and it was bad i mean when i was younger i think was good now i know it was bad, when i watch again, i cant beleive it
Have you reviewed Weiss Kreuz on this channel yet?
Woohoo. :)
I remember seeing burn up W A long time ago and was like really disappointing in it and forgot about it as soon as I got done watching it I saw the earlier OVA way later and the first didn’t make the connection until I watched burn up W again and I was surprised how much The first OVA was so much better the size being released so much more earlier and I was surprised burn up W was responsible for the series in the manga they’re just really bad and lazy they should’ve base it off the first OVA
Please do the series.
Yes please
watching this… it almost seems like the design of the characters is identical to Saber Marionette J.
Isn’t it? am i taking crazy pills!!?
Nah. Crazy pills. This is the Amazing Nurse Nanako/Divergence Eve artist. But I'm a huge fan of both character designers so I'm sure there's some kind of taste overlap here.
@@GELTONZ I'll be damded... ur totally right :(
Also thanks thanks to you i find many good ovas and i have nice time watching anime as i no longer watch long series, maybe i am no longer so intrest in long series but i love ovas and several you recomend are amaizing
People are clearly CRAVING earnestness and sincerity. That's the secret sauce that's missing in most moovies at the moment: both sincerity AND catharsis. The presence or absence of minority groups or certain political angles is not the critical factor that some folks want to think it is.
Not a fan of the animation style for the reboot. The original was way better since it was closer to the classic "Bubblegum Crisis" series. The ridiculous outfits the girls wear in the reboot are beyond stupid, since there is no police outfit anywhere that would allow that, so seeing it in a anime is just weird. One of the things that always bugged me about this anime style is the tiny highly pointed noses on girls. Why is this a thing?
aw boo, so much complaining and criticism - you're no fun.
the only bad thing about this anime is the smug english dub...
.... Maya's voice is grading...
I think both versions are very neat, each in their own way.
There's room to appreciate both.
None of your criticism change my love
So are we just out of non-horny properties to discuss or something?
looney tunes
Subbed! Great review for a not-so-great OAV. Thanks, didn't need to be reminded of W. LOL
I wanted to like this and maybe there are parts to like but gotta be honest the opening scene where someone gets their breasts groped was kinda gross. As a trans girl I know I can't expect older media to portray trans people in a great light but to the representation of trans people in the first like 5 minutes was really awful. You're Under Arrest also featured a trans character, and at first they sort of did her dirty, playing on bad hurtful stereotypes but there is character development and everyone grows to accept who she is and love her. I don't think that is happening in this show. No knocks to people who like this ova, I was interested in it probably for similar reasons you are but it crossed a line for me. I'll definitely check out the og ova and see what it's about.
Is sad when the villan is the best character in the serie
Welp here is FIRST DISAGREEMENT hope not be a trend.......1000% sorry disagree, yes it might too dramatic unnecessary at the end of the ovas, but still I will never put Burn Up W as a bad anime, and I discover Burn Up THANKS to this one, violence and switch is tones in an ANIME is like bread and butter, you have to expect those, you start watching something cutesy and all sudden, genocides happen, not get your criticism on an anime that was made for adults audiences in mind and was based on another anime who have sex traffic as part of the theme, not understand the sensibility here, to me Burn Up was just silly action fun with ton of ridiculous fan service, is not 10 out of 10 masterpiece, let´s been honest this have plot holes galore but so many 80 and 90´s animes, have to disagree hard on your opinion here, hope be the last time but I guess we will see.
That sudden swerve into drama is awful and sadly not the worst that 90s OVAs delivered. Moldiver was pretty bad but Master of Mosquiton should go down in history for worst dramatic swerve. A shame as I ADORE Episode 2 of Burn-Up W. Also, yeah, this (or rather Excess) was probably the best anime Toshinari Yamashita worked on. I love his character designs and watched every anime he did and...yeah...they're all really bad. Second best is Grandoll. Divergence Eve is unwatchable. Also ADV can't dub their way out of a paper bag and I blame them for my hatred of dubs (especially since ADV's stuff dominated the shelves at Sam Goody).
Also, did this genre just vanish or something? You know, the inexplicably hyper specialized strike force of sexy babes genre? I miss those.
#1 reason why I can never respect your opinion and I never will.
Excel Saga was ADV. And was not only the best dub THEY ever did, but the single greatest English Dub of all time. Single-handedly proves you wrong, and makes your opinion look laughably worthless and completely uninformed.
I actually remember the blond police girl being used as random stock art for an ad for a " win a honda civic Si" contest that TheAnimeNetwork, some 24 hour anime channel way back when I guess, were doing in I believe 173rd issue of electric gaming monthly. I remember having a bit of a crush on that picture when I was way younger and always wondered if she was from something. Found out she was from this show I think a year or so ago but never got around to it, always made me wonder how they got ahold of a stock promo image of her for that ad and if this show made money through doing stuff like that. Is it like normal for anime companies to just sell art of their characters as stock art?
The Anime Network was owned by ADV so that's probably a lot of it.
I also remember seeing her used in billboards advertising some orange drink called Mistic back in the early 2000s.
I enjoyed W as dumb fun but I grew up in Japan so the jokes land more for me. OVA1 parodied Matsuda Seiko who to this day poses in lingerie ads. Why do you inject 2023 USA political criticism into a 90s show set in Japan where police brutality & diversity are non-issues. W/Excess is set in 2023 & parodies politics that are relevant in 2023. Excess has an episode about Transgenders that would anger both Wings of the insane asylum that you call American politics. W had the foresight to joke about parasocial AI idols & the validity of their personhood which used Yuji as a punchline who repeats the reddit/4chan belief that AI are people, rather than just code. AI & E-celebs are both relevant 2023 politics but you'd rather focus on a capitalism critique as if the existence of Team W weren't a joke that points out Policetown's mismanagement due to crony capitalism of their HQ superiors which is exactly why Team W is both understaffed & underpaid. Even their security team is understaffed which led to a bloodbath of the administrative support since the higher ups most likely deemed them as expendable.
When combined with Maki scolding & defying her superiors you have enough subtext to logically conclude that Policetown's upper management are either incompetent or corrupt bueracrats. OVA3 & 4 are implicitly criticizing crony capitalism through the actions of the plot.
Like most Americanized people, you seem to require a talking head that quotes Wikipedia copy & pasted philosophy in order to comprehend the why & mechanics of the episodes' events. Burn Up is a dumb show, I agree but you don't seem that bright yourself when so much subtext just goes over your head which leads to you mischaracterizing the writing.
Every single episode of W & Excess tackles a different political issue but they use it as a punchline with only W OVA3&4 becoming as dark as it did.
One of the episodes lampoons the House of Saud succession wars which was very relevant during the 2010s. The Yakuza episode is about local businesses selling out to MegaCorporations, gentrifying & destroying the local culture.
If you want politics, Burn Up W & Excess is filled with it.
You're very Americanized so you seem to only comprehend a myopic performative pastiche of what you believe politics to be so you don't even notice that the OVA & tv show are a lampoon of political issues which weren't even relevant in the 90s but actually are relevant issues in 2023 which is coincidentally the year of W & Excess's setting.
I find that somewhat impressive that Burn Up's writers were able to correctly guess a lot of 2023 era politics, 30 years in advance.
Does the political parody make it deep? Hell No! I'm just pointing out that Burn Up W/Excess's writing structure is implicitly political as just a mere affect of the nature of Team Warrior's job.
DO NOT EXPECT THE POLITICAL COMPLEXITY of GHOST IN the SHELL SAC. Politics in Burn Up are merely a set up to more Booba & attempted punchlines & jokes that either land or don't depending on your culture.
Excess does tell you the identity of W's villainess (Miss Ruby) so that's an unfair criticsm when her unknown identity was intentional.
I do not understand your criticism of the virtual reality headsets when in real world 2023, we have a metaverse which is to be connected to smart cities. I don't trust Zuckernerd, Bill Gates or Elon Musk & I view their virtual reality & AI ambitions in a similar light to how I view Miss Ruby, as an enemy of the people.
TLDR: Burn Up W/Excess is a dumb show, with good music. A lot of the politics that the episodes are structured around are shockingly far more relevant today than they were when it was originally written as a joke in the 90s.
oh boy another one of those douchebag conservative wackjobs that CLAIM "hurr durr why u gotta insert dem politiks dont u no dats cringe bro?" out of one side of their mouths, but only ever seem to bring that up when it's specifically politics that upset THEM that they can't address in any other reasonable way, and just happens to be on the side OF politics they DON'T wanna hear, and thus will cherry pick any mere discussion of anything reasonable by attempting to gaslight it away with this blatantly obvious tactic that reeks of suspiciously unsaid between-the-lines bias.
It's like every time something like gay depictions in anime will come up in a video it's always "WHY ARE YOU INSERTING YOUR POLITICS IN ANIME BRO?" and then will turn around and go watch 30 Glenn Beck videos to make themselves feel better because that's the particular echo chamber they DO want repeated back to them. Just don't start thinking that anyone here is falling for your bullshit but yourself.
Only person to comment about political parallels but your comment makes you seem insane. Can you rewrite this or something?
Trash review. Enjoy it within the time frame and proper context next time
Yeah I'm gonna watch this and be like "Hey I watch anime and Jerry Springer. That's not funny!" Like dude we don't have time machines we literally can't watch this in the right time period. Take your comment to your local BlockBuster or library and complain about this anime that just came out there.