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  • @RedZeshinX
    @RedZeshinX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I really miss that breezy, charming, goofy and fun 90's anime aesthetic.

  • @ottagol1985
    @ottagol1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I think a buddy of mine (God rest his soul) summed up his thoughts on Carrot and his hormones with this quote from one of his old fan-fics:
    "When Carrot sees a pretty girl, he drowns."
    And he's the same guy that introduced me to Sorcerer Hunters back in 1999.

  • @thevideogamemafia568
    @thevideogamemafia568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I originally found this series due to the fanmade Jojo Golden Wind opening from 2005 that redrew over the opening for this show

  • @lazchurchyard1229
    @lazchurchyard1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Koala" was such a good visual joke, and I don't think I've ever seen something like it used since.

  • @barry-allenthe-flash8396
    @barry-allenthe-flash8396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I know I never heard of Sorcerer Hunters until maybe last year or two years ago. I don't remember if it was because I was randomly checking out Discotek's releases on Rightstuf, or if I was going down a retro anime rabbit hole just following TH-cam recommendations off of other retro anime, or if I was watching the trailers on the special features for another series I already owned, but that's literally the _only way_ I discovered this series. If this aired on Sci-Fi Channel's Saturday Anime or got some primo shelf space at SunCoast Video back in the '90s, I must've missed it. I knew as soon as I started looking into it and saw the Slayers/Ruin Explorers-esque art and comedic, fantasy adventure tone that I would dig it so I picked up the complete series, and I'm pretty glad I did! It may be uneven, but this definitely deserves to be better remembered by '90s anime fans... or remembered, at all, I guess.
    I don't know why this is so obscure (you joke about the window for "Sorcerer Hunters Brotherhood" long being closed, but hey, Orphen got a recent revival so who knows what studios are thinking at any time nowadays?), but I gotta admit, it feels pretty cool to unearth something like this when you _do_ find out about it. Here's hoping a few people come here to Kyoto Video and learn about it - and all the other series you cover - for the first time too :D

    • @HalcyonxTeatree
      @HalcyonxTeatree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sadly anime like this is made obscure because we're in an 80s and new gen only oversaturation

  • @michaelk8860
    @michaelk8860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Watching this review and hearing the song used in the end credits brings back A LOT of memories. I had pretty much forgotten about this series until watching this. Now, despite all its flaws, I want to go back and watch it.

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I honestly think I would've been a lot kinder to this anime had I caught it 15 years ago.

    • @michaelk8860
      @michaelk8860 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@KaiserBeamz I could be guilty of viewing it through rose-colored glasses, but there's only one way to find out.

  • @Lynn17
    @Lynn17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So in the early 2000s my friend was obsessed with this series, anime and manga both, and I remember her talking about both endings. I actually liked the anime ending focusing on the nakama aspect because at the time I felt like the manga went "and so it was a love story" but I'd have to watch the anime in full and re-read the manga to judge it again.

  • @funkmastaC
    @funkmastaC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This makes me remember soul eater a little to much. A popular series based on popular trends of the time and an anime ending destroyed by a lack of source material.

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The difference here being that the ending to the Sorcerer Hunters manga was actually good. Boosh!

    • @Hoshionifumo
      @Hoshionifumo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      people got short attention spans also anime was niche back in the day.

    • @warriorking4ever
      @warriorking4ever 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KaiserBeamz Oh wow, is the ending to the Soul Eater manga even worse than the one from the anime? O_O

    • @delete---7593
      @delete---7593 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry but how this and soul eater the "same" lmao.

    • @funkmastaC
      @funkmastaC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@delete---7593 we are talking about how the ending was handled in the anime vs the manga. In soul eater the anime ends on Maka punch! Because they got ahead of the manga right a the end. They ended the show 2 or 3 volumes shy of the manga material and came up with an “ending”. As Kaiser said the real ending wasn’t much to write home about either but it made more sense thematically to the story.

  • @coliecakes
    @coliecakes 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Discovering this video years too late. Sorcerer Hunters was (and still is) my favorite manga of all time. I discovered it when I was around 14 years old, and I had a very deep love for Carrot (so much so that my internet handle still involves his name to this day...not this handle, but the one I use elsewhere). You really hit the nail on the head with this video. The anime did have very good moments, very good voices, and THE BEST MUSIC, but it falls laughably short to how amazing the manga was. It's such a shame because there was just so much more packed into the manga than the anime had time for. It's a series I really wish would get a remake where they follow the manga more closely, like what they did with Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. It deserved so much better than it got...It also completely pissed me off that all of Carrot's flirting was for naughty because in the anime he never learned his lesson and evolved as a character. By the end of the manga, he falls in love with Tira, and she realizes she's in love with him as well. She had always had a knack for being able to see who he truly was underneath his perverted exterior, and I loved that. I wished it had been included in the anime...

  • @Rexodiak
    @Rexodiak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    new ahoy video *and* new Kyoto Video on the same day? let's gooo

  • @Cynicz13
    @Cynicz13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As one of the few Sorcerer Hunters fans in existence I can't disagree with your criticisms.

  • @yellowbelt
    @yellowbelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sorcerer Hunters is my childhood. I still have the original ADV DVD collection from my father. Though that nurse episode no idea it was that altered to literally to basically be fanfiction.

  • @auralunaprettycure
    @auralunaprettycure 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My gosh, when I saw Kenichi and Flip Flappers in that intro I had the biggest smile on my face…

  • @TheIronKoala
    @TheIronKoala 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I own the manga of this and I was apathetic towards it, I wonder if I might enjoy seeing it animated more

  • @es0516
    @es0516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a 90s kid I literally remember renting Sorcerer Hunters from blockbuster! And then just never seeing or hearing about it ever again. Like quite a few anime’s from that time. Feels like a fever Dream. I’m very glad I came across this video. It unlocked a core memory of my exposure to anime as a kid! 90s anime will always be supreme, even the bad ones.

  • @greentokyo
    @greentokyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I still remember it as Bakuretsu Hunters! Though I barely remember the story, I do remember it was funny and had awesome OP and ED songs!

  • @typhoon3d
    @typhoon3d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that intro and outro. Damn, those are fun

  • @Trilaan
    @Trilaan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I haven't seen this since the mid-00s and I had just decided to watch it again with my dad. I hope I still enjoy it.

  • @kevinkeene474
    @kevinkeene474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The complete series and OVAs are available on bluray from Discotek Media. Order your copy from Rightstufanime today

  • @wdcain1
    @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    15:20 Jessica Calvello voiced the dominatrix bunnygirl?! She does so many little girls that I had no idea she had a deep throaty voice!

  • @wdcain1
    @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If Sorcerer Hunters was made today, Carrot would be the typical nice guy generic protagonist who needs to unlock his literal god-tier powers to save the day with every girl wanting him (including Dota, Big Mama, and some female villains). The only interesting idea here is Tira and Chocolate would probably start out seeing him as a slave boy they'd bully/dominate before coming to genuinely care for him.

  • @marcross52-95
    @marcross52-95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just rewatched the end ep of this show a few days ago. Lupin III and Bakuretsu Hunters made me more aware of the shape and contours of women!

  • @ebonykitsune5031
    @ebonykitsune5031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I own all the manga for this series. It was one of the only complete series that I knew when I bought them at the book off in Japan. 20 years ago omg. 😳

  • @mkaplan1383
    @mkaplan1383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:12 CHOCOLATE! HER NAME IS CHOCOLATE! HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOU TO PRONOUNCE IT?!

  • @TerraFuu
    @TerraFuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder if Foster was behind Season 1 of Those who Hunt Elves. Season 2's Dub was way more tame.

  • @jirris
    @jirris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best part of this show is Carrot wearing the big shoulderpads and dancing around like an idiot.

  • @mazimadu
    @mazimadu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    29:39 KaiserBeamz: Guess what happens:
    A: They destroy the villain in 1 hit
    B: Villain gives up
    C: Their presence boost the protag into beating the villian
    D: It turns into an Excel Saga style musical
    ANSWER: NONE OF THE ABOVE!! NOTHING HAPPENS!!

  • @ReiDuran
    @ReiDuran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video. Always thought it was hilarious that the main villain for this series was named Sacher Torte which literally translates to "chocolate cake". Sorcerer Hunters names are weird. Also, was great to see the Martian Successor Nadesico mention and I'm hoping you'll do a video on that, eventually. It's one of my absolute favorites and the English voice cast for it was so damn lively that it sounded like they were all fed pure sugar before being shoved into the recording booth.

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A Martian Successor Nadesico is probably gonna clock in at 40 minutes minimum because the story has some THEMES

    • @ReiDuran
      @ReiDuran 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KaiserBeamz BOY, DOES IT. I remember watching it in high school and was completely floored and entranced at how what I thought was just a silly jokey anime hit me in the face with some REALLY serious subjects. It's just kind of sad that the series ends on the Prince of Darkness movie which is kind of completely out of tone with the series and honestly just felt more malicious in tone, to me.

  • @carmineknight9123
    @carmineknight9123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wait a sec, was that Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles music??? Now that's a godly OST.
    Also, this seems like a show I can only barely remember but feel like I remember seeing a dvd/vhs cover of as a kid...

  • @sameash3153
    @sameash3153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this series. I just finished it.

  • @TheElixing
    @TheElixing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was my favorite series back in the day. I still love it.
    But agree with most of this. The anime is dumb fun, but the manga was GOOD. The storyline was funny but more cohesive, emotional, and well-rounded.
    Millefuille was my favorite character and I’m still not over how horribly they did with him in the anime…even his *voice* was terrible. The OVA did WAY better at staying true to the manga.

  • @JesseSlater
    @JesseSlater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, just watched the first episode of this the other day while laid up after my 2nd COVID shot. Crazy timing.

  • @Maioly
    @Maioly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    huh, what a coincidence
    been going through some old fantasy anime recently, in particular lodoss war, then thsi video pops up :P

  • @greatrey
    @greatrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorcerer Hunters is one of my favs. Got the whole series.

  • @DrRESHES
    @DrRESHES 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey dude.
    Do you have any more of.. *sniff*... more of that Fantasy 90s Animes extravaganza ?

  • @bluebaron6858
    @bluebaron6858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope you can do a mon colle knights video?! Interesting about past fantasy anime

  • @TBoneTony
    @TBoneTony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seems like Sorcerer Hunters would have been better off being a 6 episode OVA series like Golden Boy was.
    When you try to make an Anime aimed for the Widest Broadcast Audience, you limit yourself to the lowest common denominator of Cesorship.
    There is a REASON why Naga the Serpent worked so well in the Slayers OVA and Movies.

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have the entire manga series and you're probably right. 3/4 of it is standalone funny stories. The only time it breaches out is when Zaha gets involved.

  • @user-ue5sg9nc5g
    @user-ue5sg9nc5g หลายเดือนก่อน

    Better than most webcomics I’ve seen

  • @AuroraOokami
    @AuroraOokami 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this series and I think a lot of my love is the nostalgia. I’m now glad you made this so I can show my friends who have never seen it when they ask should they watch it LOL cause I took struggle with recommending it but have to say I personally love it.

  • @rockdesu
    @rockdesu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I get excited when I find a great channel... And you are my new favorite channel. I feel like I grew up with you watching the same anime. I bet we could have been great friends.

  • @davidharrison4632
    @davidharrison4632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video and a real classic and I loved Sorcerer Hunters :) the characters are all brilliant and you produced a great in depth video. cracking job :) on that note with most of the animation style in Sorcerer Hunters could have possibly led to another forgotten Anime Bubblegum Crisis?

  • @DeidaraSanji
    @DeidaraSanji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For some reason, your videos never appear on my recommended despite being subscribed for over a year

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe click the notifications bell?

  • @gutsmcgordan4184
    @gutsmcgordan4184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's definetly a special feeling i get from 90s adventure anime like no other. Even though sorcerer hunters does fall flat in alot of ways one thing i do love about the series is the OST (especially) the op.
    Speaking of other 90s adventure stuff, will u cover the old orphen anime (although its not as good as slayers it is compared abit)

  • @SilverShieldLegion
    @SilverShieldLegion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is that the crystal chronicles ost I hear? Good taste!

  • @danielanjos1986
    @danielanjos1986 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Her some good fantasys to review: ruins explorer,dai no daibouken 1991,ravemaster,tower of druaga,utawarerumon and itsuwari no kamen

  • @katiaplantscientist
    @katiaplantscientist 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm disturbed by how much the main male character looks like Van Fanel from Vision of Escaflowne...

  • @melasnexperience
    @melasnexperience 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember watching this in college, and I think I was the only one embarrassed by how stupidly horny it was. You can't go from episode after episode of the same handful of sex jokes to demanding we care about stakes & plot. I don't know if my friends stuck with it to the end, but I dipped. (Strangely, they were more into this than Slayers, and thanks to that, it's still a void I need to fill in my viewing.)
    Along with all the gay jokes about Gateau (every single one was "Haha, he's a dude who's into other dudes, isn't the mere concept of that hilarious?"), it hasn't aged well. At least the OP remains an absolute banger.

  • @JesseSlater
    @JesseSlater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Did you happen to watch the OVAs? Are they just fluff that doesn't add much aside from more manga accurate costumes?

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm saving my thoughts on those episodes for a future video.

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The OVAs really follow the manga in spirit and structure - way more hijinks and cheeky fanservice.

  • @CAL_91
    @CAL_91 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was one of my first anime - they had the first 6 episodes at blockbuster lol - it was 🔥 I own the full series now

  • @andrewpytko4773
    @andrewpytko4773 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I fucking love Mon Colle Knights.

  • @ozmul5810
    @ozmul5810 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Felt much the same way you did. Thoe I'll admit that end song was pretty good!

  • @robertnessful
    @robertnessful 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the rest of the party would want to keep Carrot in demon beast mode because it would be easier than dealing with constant horn dog shenanigans.
    The one picture you showed of Lord Potato Chip looks like Trump.

  • @Wilkidw
    @Wilkidw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i bought into this series for its cheesecake fanservice. I knew what I was about when I bought that first dvd. Gradually I collected all of the series including the ova over a few years, so I don't think I had time to burn out on it as badly. I don't think I ever sat down and binged the series either so it never really sank in just how off it could be.

  • @ohw5306
    @ohw5306 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great recommendations even if you don't think it is one ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @dwainsimmons3447
    @dwainsimmons3447 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Adv is a comedy type English dubbing company.

  • @Innubee
    @Innubee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Carrot was annoying and useless. I loved the songs, Megumi Hayashibara as always, because she's amazing. and I was obsessed with Chocolate and Tira's looks and action scenes 😍 But I agree with what was said in the video. It's not a long lived anime

  • @LORDSofCHAOS333
    @LORDSofCHAOS333 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:29 slayers and this show was before kabasuba let this sink in .
    We need crossover

  • @cz1310
    @cz1310 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good

  • @LORDSofCHAOS333
    @LORDSofCHAOS333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay maybe be i will read the manga first and then check out the show .

  • @leonakalife
    @leonakalife 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was pretty cool. One subscriber coming up.

  • @Tanteikid94
    @Tanteikid94 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks

  • @buddyzilla4557
    @buddyzilla4557 หลายเดือนก่อน

    24:37 -It's surprising how often this is a thing with one main character in a manga/anime. Some even show some great potential but are ruined by that juxtaposition going too hard to enable the sleezy pervert trope. I guess it CAN work with characters like Master Roshi who's emotional intellegence is feared more to his pupils and opponents but is clueless to general behavior around women. It doesn't conflict so bad and can be properly transitioned as ge shifts mindsets. For some reason however, most of these cases are supposed to romanticize these asshats as deep and sensitive toward women. Which doesn't make sense. It feels like fanfic from an incel. One of the most agregious examples to me is Sanji from one piece. I LOVE his backstory with Regleg. It even seems to set him up to be more like Roshi where he is lecherous as a character flaw but can also snap out if it to be understanding of the unifying plight of starvation on the sea. Then they minimize this aspect and build up more that he is a genuinely deep guy toward the individual situations of women while further amping up his perversion. You can't pull off making a character a respecfullijg understanding romantic AND someone who sees every girl as just a flavor of the minute piece of meat to drool over by cranking both to 11. It's too conflicting and only makes them extremly unlikable. Add in he us a HUGE transphobe and nothing about him being a decent human with emotional intellence is believable.

  • @Mnemoniforma9.00
    @Mnemoniforma9.00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I dunno, I think the Foster dub sounds a lot more funny.

    • @sameash3153
      @sameash3153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know bro, anime fans always prefer the original dialogue even if its boring as fuck, never got why these people hate humor.

  • @LORDSofCHAOS333
    @LORDSofCHAOS333 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big mama
    Uf the vampire queen from New resident evil has a new challenge to deal with it

  • @MegaMegajennifer
    @MegaMegajennifer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    which show came first? the sorcerer hunters, or beatlejuice? cause both mcs sang "i gotta be meeeeee!"

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beetlejuice came out early '80s so that line from Carrot was probably a shout-out to it.

    • @MegaMegajennifer
      @MegaMegajennifer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wdcain1 carrot?

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MegaMegajennifer Yes, Carrot Glace is his name. There are a lot of food puns in this series.

    • @MegaMegajennifer
      @MegaMegajennifer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wdcain1 lol

  • @elbarto6668
    @elbarto6668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @mazimadu
    @mazimadu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This sounds suspiciously like fairy tail

  • @learningchanneru4856
    @learningchanneru4856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    may i know what is that opening of yours from?

  • @striderhiryu2
    @striderhiryu2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Xebec made all.the animations for megaman x.

  • @zenone9698
    @zenone9698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Kauserbeanz You should check out Gokudo anime.

  • @SerifSansSerif
    @SerifSansSerif 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please do Genshiken and Paradise Kiss?
    Also again, Heroic Legend Arslan.

    • @SerifSansSerif
      @SerifSansSerif 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Arslan got a remake a few years ago, and it stood out against Lodoss War's story. Whereas I didn't care for serious high fantasy it stood out.
      Genshiken was huge and I remember NewType covers showcasing it, but now? I doubt anyone at all would even recognize the title.
      Paradise Kiss, I just bought the 20th anniversary edition of the manga, and it was FANTASTIC.
      The anime's "veridian collection" is up for resale at $284 on amazon as of writing this with no real belief that it'll get reprint. :(
      If you want another relatively unknown 80's/90's title that is highly artistic, got a hell of a story, and is unknown AF, Spring and Chaos is worth a watch.

  • @MegaMegajennifer
    @MegaMegajennifer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    reverse isekai :o

  • @flynninfinite9116
    @flynninfinite9116 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you like The Hakkenden?

  • @LORDSofCHAOS333
    @LORDSofCHAOS333 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's this slayers 2.0
    Just asking because on joke skels it feels in this way

  • @ze9140
    @ze9140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:53 anime?

    • @KaiserBeamz
      @KaiserBeamz  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check the credits. All featured anime is listed in order.

    • @oldfan4049
      @oldfan4049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KaiserBeamz Now would you kindly DO the Trigun?^^

  • @retroanimemike
    @retroanimemike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Too bad the story doesn't work, but that won't stop me having some fun with this show. Like yelling at the screen "what? Did you seriously!" And laughing xD i mean they have food names like Dragonball xD

  • @juliagoodwin9510
    @juliagoodwin9510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That anime ending.... what the hell were they thinking?! (Flips the Double Deuce)

  • @carlbloke8797
    @carlbloke8797 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Carrot will never be as cool as Yakko Warner or Johnny Bravo when it comes to being womanizers

  • @CornishCreamtea07
    @CornishCreamtea07 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The show was OK, but I much more preferred the OVAs.

  • @RyukinJakka
    @RyukinJakka 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tried to watch this and failed badly 😂

  • @douglasbrownell2704
    @douglasbrownell2704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite fantasy sword and sorcery anime is record lodoss wars and its sequel. For me the slayers and this series just went way too silly for my tastes. To be more fair for the Slayer series the first season was fine heavy on the action and very light on the comedy but starting in season 2 The comedy just devoured the action and that's when it lost me. Simply put I'm more of an action person and I really don't care for that much comedy.