Anime Abandon: Hyper Doll

[@KawaiiVictini1]

Oh my God! It's an Alaskan. Bull. Worm!!!

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

WE SHOULD TAKE TOKYO AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!

[@KawaiiVictini1]

randomjunkohyeah1 That's just crazy enough....to get us all killed!

[@PrinsaVossum]

IT'S AN ALASKAN!!!!!!!

[@smjaiteh]

That's horrible!! (eats everything)

[@KaiKrimson56]

+KawaiiVictini1 I thought that too when I saw the giant worm. Lol. Kinda a shame this ova series isn't very good, was kinda hoping it'd be the Panty and Stocking or Senran Kagura of 90's anime. Oh well, guess I'll just rewatch Panty and Stocking

[@rosenrot234]

I'm still baffled Steve Blum can do a voice like that slug pizza thing. I remember being stunned finding out he voiced Guilmon. Kudos for that skill though that's amazing!

[@AntagonistChan]

The bit where the guy quickly yelled "Help!" as he fell past them made me break out into a fit of giggles.

[@Shintigercurl]

10:58 "Stilgar, do we have wormsign?" " Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even God has never seen."

[@ObsidianOx-GM]

10:58 RUN!! IT'S ALASKAN BULL WORM!!

[@koimonsterkhaos6329]

its fuzzy and pink!!

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

@@koimonsterkhaos6329 So is Patrick's belly button but I ain't scared of that.

[@180223]

I'm a simple man. I see a new video by OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR SAGE, I click like.

[@seanbinkley7363]

All hail him! Blessed me his name!

[@azabache6058]

Long live our lord high regent Sage long live Benatopia

[@stefanoneil6937]

may his reign be long , firm and full of harem Anime

[@kurvos]

... why harem Anime? Those are shit.

[@kurvos]

***** ... you seem to go under the assumption that every single person is male and heterosexual. So... congratulations on both being a sexist AND a homophobe.

[@RabbitHole20]

Soooooo fun fact here: The actress who plays Mew Fumizuki (the short blue hair girl) is played by Patricia Ja Lee a.k.a Melodee Lee, who is also Cassie Chan of the Power Ranger series. She played the Pink Turbo and Pink Space Ranger. She's also the current Jill Valentine.

[@Green-Raccoon777]

@Sailor Sedna Johnny Yong Bosh comes to mind.

[@aaronorenstein5963]

According to the cast list, Mew is voiced by Heidi Lenhart.

[@RabbitHole20]

@@aaronorenstein5963 Yeah I must of been high as fuck or something I must of missed cause how the fuck did I get that mixed up?

[@jamesbevan9939]

I actually had to check to see if the bleeps at 12:37 were in the original OVA or added by Sage.

[@mariawhite7337]

Let me guess they are part of the OVA.

[@wdcain1]

Were they?

[@jamesbevan9939]

Yep.

[@jamesbevan9939]

They are.

[@arthas640]

they bleeped out the swears but kept the talking anus mouth right after

[@baconbits4123]

"Detective Todo, what are you doing here?" "Just killing time until Butch Hartman calls me back about that fairy cartoon he's working on."

[@EpimetheusLC]

"Lovely Angels"? You don't know? Sage! Sage! Review Dirty Pair! This is Sage material if I've ever seen it and I always thought it was just buried in some archive.

[@DaBlueJay2001]

Keep up the good work bennett, I allways love your work man!

[@liama.c.lacthewatcher2590]

"Lovey Angels" I knew there had to be a Dirty Pair reference in there somewhere with those two... I was getting a serious Kei and Yuri vibe with those two sniping at each other.

[@TBoneTony]

I had brought this one almost 8 years ago. I enjoyed it much like two alien sailor girls who just don't take the magical girl job that seriously.

[@waterking74]

Man I wish sage watches the tmnt anime ova I swear he will lose his mind when he sees what japan did to the tmnt :-)

[@dubbingsync]

Why am I not surprised TMNT has had a Japanese version?

[@aceotaku]

in said OVA, the TMNT and shredder gain the power to transform into uber masculine armoured warriors

[@HeilRay]

That special NEEDS the Nostalgia Critic collab.

[@HeilRay]

***** Their powerpuff girls was a mess compared to the original, but it was a masterpiece compared to the recent reboot.

[@waterking74]

+otakuploader in the ova they had a fairy side kick and the turtles turned into the power rangers :-)

[@jkw22]

lovely angels was a reference to dirty pair

[@pikamario99]

yep, that alien pizza slug definitely has Guilmon's voice alright

[@hunnykun101]

I want to say Pre-Panty and Stocking...but Panty and Stocking has alot more class then this

[@kairussell6635]

+0utta S1TE and dancing in a stipper poll

[@fucker661]

hunnykun101 no it didn't it is shit

[@GaijinGuy36]

Ha! I love the Deadpool quip.

[@uanime1]

The Hyper Doll's anime is very different from the manga. In the manga they're a lot more motivated to save the world, while in the anime they won't do anything unless ordered to. The intro in the anime is a very condensed version of volume 1 of the manga. In the manga they make references to Parasite, Guyver, and Dragonball Z. I think they were just parodying everything. I would summarise the plot but the last 2 volumes were never translated into English, so I don't know why any of it was happening.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Dare I ask if the manga is also a fiesta of equal-opportunity fanservice? 😂

[@uanime1]

@@autobotstarscream765 The heroines fight wearing more clothing in the manga. Also I don't think there's any nudity.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@uanime1 From what I've seen and heard so far, it looks and sounds like yet another case of the anime adaptation of a manga being a cash-in hatchet job that doesn't live up to the source material and tries to paper it over with extra skin of females and males alike, along with making Mew bluer so she looks like Sailor Mercury to trick people into buying it and ride the pigtails of the Sailor Moon phenomenon along with so many copycats of the time.

[@uanime1]

@@autobotstarscream765 That seems likely as it seems that they made this anime before the 5 volume manga was complete. Also it omits most of the plot from the manga.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@uanime1 Who needs plot when you have boobs and man thighs to sell your products? 😂

[@warrirornunluv801]

Deadpool, he makes everything better

[@warrirornunluv801]

Yes. Including Marvel Zombies. ^^

[@LaineMann]

Of course!

[@theblocksays]

My dream is to see a live action Frisky Dingo crossover with Ryan's Deadpool, just perfect pairing. LOL

[@darthlazurus4382]

Counter point - Wolverine Origins.

[@WobblesandBean]

Welp, so much for sleep

[@HaythamGruxton]

lol, I had the same thought, especially if I start watching this anime.

[@otakon17]

you too huh?

[@LaineMann]

We meet again Amelia

[@CodeBlazeFate]

The Alaskan Bullworm from Spongebob looked more threatening than the worm from this show.

[@nicobambino191]

You would think terrible anike would have scarred our beloved Sage after many years, but he has finally found. Otaku bliss. He is the wisest among us.

[@nicobambino191]

anime. Dang phone

[@Kamenriderneo]

11:03Inserting the Prophecy song from Dune was a nice touch

[@txcforever]

I missed a huge part of the 90s era, anime wise, because only a handful of them came to my country.. Even good series from the time like Rurouni Kenshin and Slayers, I saw on TV much later (almost mid 2000s), while at the local DVD rental stores I only found bottom of the barrel echhi/hentai movies/ovas. The weird thing is that in the 80s we had a ton of anime rushing in the rental stores, stuff that in the US never heard of until much much later. Macross, Voltron, Getter Robo, Akira, Mazinger, Plawres Sanshiro, Kabamaru, are just a few that I remember from back then, and I saw tens of others that I barely remember from the era. But from the 90s? Basically only Dragonball and Dragonball Z and a couple others like Crayon Shin-chan. Not sure why they stopped importing anime during that decade.

[@cheshirekat3050]

Because when you think of "strategically important locations to have two super-soldier aliens who are assigned to protect Earth, stationed, you think "high school".

[@Dragonpit]

You know, if there is one old-timey, nostalgic anime I would love to see Sage tackle, if there is one masterpiece that I feel could truly make him stare at at just what he is watching (though not as much as the likes of Mad Bull 34; that's a tough contender), it is this: *SAMURAI PIZZA CATS!!!*

[@connorrivers995]

The main character sounds like a geekier version of Dib. I can already see his classmates saying that his head's too big for his body.

[@IronicCliche]

that "They Might Be Giants" reference

[@nicobambino191]

I agree. TMBG rules

[@Iceteague1]

9:24 That reporter is voiced by David Hayter because even if he was doing Metal Gear Solid and writing the screenplay for X-men (2000), he was doing anime for the ADR studio, Animaze inc who did dubs for Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. But for Hayter, he did Lupin in Castle of Cagolistro and Bernard Wiseman in Gundam: War in the Pocket for the company and still having great respects for those roles (especially Lupin).

[@JDarkley]

10:55 Anybody else hoping the gag was "Anya, it's a giant worm! They're sinking cities with a giant worm!"

[@Otterino]

Watching this 6 years after its release, and only now do I understand the joke about the worm claiming to be a doctor.

[@Foxpawed]

Haha, I only just now coming back to this recognize the Countdown music for the zinger spree. I'd not seen it before my last time binging through.

[@RarefoilB]

7:57 - 8:00 "Lovely Angels"... is that a reference to Dirty Pair?

[@WilliamHungVEVO]

Probably not. Don't see a whole lot of similarities, I'd like to think that it was a random comedic bit, but it could very well be a reference to some other famous duo that I've not heard of.

[@darkchii30]

Yes thats a Dirty Pair reference. The Dirty Pair's actual codename was The Lovely Angels.

[@Gomai]

It absolutely is, given when this was released.

[@WilliamHungVEVO]

darkchii30 Oh yeah, lol how did I forget

[@MichaelAarons1701]

I immediately thought that too when I first heard it. I thought Sage was about to speak about Dirty Pair when he was saying he was desperate for a reference lest it just be madness...

[@wdcain1]

This is Japanese Invader Zim: Uncaring aliens wrecking earth, idiot townspeople oblivious to obvious danger, and the one guy who has brains is treated as the butt of every joke. The only difference is IZ is funny and has real talent while this doesn't.

[@nathanclark2424]

wdcain1 Also Zim doesn't always win and get away entirely with things he does

[@LazerPunches]

I swear I've gotten more enjoyable anime experiences from watching the OVA's, movies and shows Sage doesn't like then the ones he did. I love it.

[@LunaPrincessNinjato]

wow these girls are just as bad as Panty and Stocking...I love this!

[@autumbreeze1129]

Only one can enjoy Panty and Stocking's antics. These 2 brain dead bimbos? Aside from their looks, there's nothing flattering about them at all

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

"We have worm sign!"

[@KnightofChaosDeck]

8:27 ... People bitched about KLK's character design...and no bat an eye to an anime with more stripping than Panty and Stocking.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Kill la Kill looks like the costume designs and transformation sequences of this show applied to something _good._

[@superbad8008]

Nice Doctor Worm reference.

[@lemonZzzzs]

necro-posting, but ya. it was a nice Dr. Worm reference! something something bangin on some drums.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

is Spike Spiegal working for freaking Dr. Eggman?

[@sethleonard3102]

I had a mini-heart attack @ 15:30 because I thought that that was the dvd cover of Hyper Police, an anime so comedically exploitable I have made countless MST3k-like references to it when I riff anime.

[@fatalrob0t]

FATHER! THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKENED!!

[@DoReMi123acb]

Dune anyone? I can't be the only one who thought that when looking at the thumbnail.

[@cheshirekat3050]

I think that that's where Sage got that music clip from.

[@antediluvegan7236]

I think the slug boss's second appearance is from an okonomiyaki, which I am told is like a pizza pancake.

[@remia1]

sadly the DVD left out the live action skits that were on the VHS tape release of the OVA. They did (sorta) tie into the anime episodes, and were TRULY painful to watch.

[@Asehpe]

Actually, I wouldn't say exactly a "parody", looks to me more like "comedy", period. You have two super-heroines who prefer to bitch about girlie things, but who will fight evil if need be and if they aren't tired... and there's the pizza slug. Relax and enjoy... no logics, no continuity, no self-awareness, just jokes.

[@autobotstarscream765]

How does the manga stack up?

[@JW-do2wc]

"THE WORM IS THE SPICE, THE SPICE IS THE WORM!"

[@lorddalek]

4:33 This joke makes way more sense when you remember Bennett is a Giants fan.

[@Sethmetro]

fuck yeah! I still have my A.D.Police VHS!

[@bombermanefx]

Nice touch adding music from Dune in the worm revile.

[@Poki3]

Hey, at least some of the jokes made me let out a louder chuckle.

[@OtakuNori]

marathon all your anime abandon videos, awesome stuff :3

[@HORRIOR1]

Anyone remember how long its been since the previous counting gag? Your not supposed to repress a counting gag!

[@goemonbeatsnaruto]

nice use of the countdown theme, sage

[@dennisroy6282]

Maybe it's me, but I get the impression that they were aiming for something halfway between URUSEI YATSURA and DIRTY PAIR. Well, at least they tried.

[@joe95883]

You know, the Marvel Civil War comics... Maybe we should bring up the Super-Human Registration Act in the Anime Universe so these Hyper Dolls would do there jobs right.

[@matthewgnepper3201]

The Heavy Metal reference has made my day.

[@jagarcia0705]

One Punch Man would have already "punched" the giant jellyfish & locusts.

[@Itracy1000]

Ready for some late night review!

[@TheProJobber]

The Hyper Dolls' Boss is Guilmon from Digimon Tamers

[@visoredgruntR34]

This anime looks like it could be pretty funny if it has all the references that this OVA has

[@CruelestChris]

7:58 "Lovely Angels is already taken," they're referencing Dirty Pair.

[@Gamsterjeff600]

that deadpool reference was great

[@marshalhammel5065]

The Pupa to me also sounds like something that would be covered on Anime Abandon.

[@mzpurplemist]

Huh... Man, I remember buying this years back, 10 or so, at my local Big Lots for $3. I've always like finding the odd anime at that store. :D

[@101anima]

Why is watching this giving me "Sins of the Sisters" flash backs!?!

[@kagato3]

Did he really not get the Lovely Angles (aka the Dirty Pair) reference ?

[@forbiddenrose3700]

4:17 That alien thing is a design ripped straight from Metal Slug (the martians). Lmao!

[@FireroseNekowolf]

"...coming from a giant asshole, and I mean that literally." I see someone was watching the movie of Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

[@atlanime]

Hyper Doll came out in America YEARS BEFORE Trigun!

[@Tommylop1982]

I think he was just using that to reference the fact that if you wanted a good anime you also had to take several crappy ones.

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@Tommylop1982 And even when the package deal gave an extra winner instead of dead weight, that was no guarantee of good results if the studio in question wasn't equipped for it; 4Kids hit the jackpot when they scored the massive *ONE PIECE* in a deal for what they actually wanted, and they ended up botching it because they thought the funny-looking cartoon must be a kid's toy commercial and were infamously in the mindset that any anime they dubbed must be aimed at that goal, the goal they knew.

[@SMAXZO]

Steve Blum doing a Gilbert Gotfried impression? No, no...that's Steve Blum doing a Charlie Adler impression..and a damn good one too.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

8:08 come on Bennett, clearly it is a reference to dirty Pair.

[@josegustavocruzbonilla]

A.D Police..................you caught my attention young man.

[@3dpprofessor]

I never saw this one, but for some reason it reminded of Moldiver. When's Sage reviewing that one?

[@KumoriGurasu]

Not sure if you knew about it, Sage, but I can't believe you forgot to mention the earthworm's Tony Pope, a.k.a. Goofy. But the Mr. Ed joke made up for it.

[@andrewollmann304]

Disney's Goofy? Because that Goofy has always been played by Bill Farmer.

[@KumoriGurasu]

For about eleven years, Tony Pope did Goofy (he was probably an understudy of Bill Farmer's, but he could do the voice pretty well). In Disneyland, several rides do use his voice. But a better example of Tony Pope would be Jumpstart, actually. He was Mr. Hopsalot and Frankie if you played those games, but it was more-or-less Goofy's voice that he used for the earthworm.

[@saintsheepy6682]

There's actually a manga this anime is based on. It's out of print, but it's actually pretty good, albeit nothing too special. It has a backstory for the villain, and the Dolls have more character than in the OVA where here they're pretty much the same character. The anime here, feels like it's just another "at home" anime rather than an adaptation of the manga (the opening just breezes by actual monsters/villains in the manga as a "READ THE MANGA" advertisement), in this case, the kid wants both Dirty Pair, hence the reference at 7:59 and Sailor Moon (the latter being because Mew here looks like Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury with shorter hair, even though her hair was *green* in the manga), but Dirty Pair and Sailor Moon are already at home.

[@ursidae97]

What if Kraang's voice were Brad Garret fading to Gilbert Godfried? That'd work!

[@spartanxp]

man i love old random animes...

[@FatalKitsune]

Sweet They Might Be Giants reference, Sage.

[@GingerKing1439]

10:00 OK, the writers are clearly measuring BMI or area density, or any calculation involving mass divided by area.

[@zeroryoko999]

*Dune Music Plays* Sage: "Don't look at me right now!" Me: "I am looking at you and saying thusly: nice musical choice and Dune... really wasn't a bad movie."

[@LaineMann]

Yes it was

[@Katarn84]

Look! It’s the Hyper Dolls! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

[@captainautobots]

So if we want to remember anime for what it was, we should watch anime that no one remembers? That's deep, man.

[@chumly-unterwegs]

So.. exactly how many pepole died in this anime? with all those explosions and stuff . :D

[@gettingannoyedquick]

Not enough

[@ShadowWolfRising]

probably not as many as Man of Steel or Batman Vs. Superman.

[@Asehpe]

How about Dirty Pair?

[@RobynRLiden]

11:12 Does it perhaps like to play the drums?

[@whiterabbit75]

Pretty sure it was a parody of monster-of-the-week sentai shows.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Hey Sage. Hey Sage. Did you know Go Nagai made something called "Iron Virgin Jun"?

[@otakon17]

God the Dune joke got me giggling.

[@michaeliv284]

The "lovely angels" bit could be a parody of Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

[@cantbejawsome]

Actually, I think that's Dirty Pair. Panty Stocking wasn't out at the time.

[@michaeliv284]

Family Video Oh.

[@ZeldaEd123]

Is the short haired girl voiced by Akane from Ranma 1/2? She sounds a lot like her. Every time she talks I keep waiting for her to start beating the shit out of Ranma for doing something stupid.

[@stargazer3424]

Haha! Oh Sage, you actually think we'll still be alive for the day when your cutoff is able to cover One Piece.

[@captain_hat6247]

Say what you will about the Hyper Dolls and their disinterest in defending the Earth. At least they're better than the Charmed Ones.

[@josephcross8464]

10:58 I swear, I've heard that chorus somewhere before but I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it.

[@sofija1996]

Dune?

[@mechredd]

I've been waiting for AD Police. I've seen it sitting on the shelf in the background for a long time and was hoping you'd get around to reviewing it.

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

Sounds like that angel things could be reference towards Ah! My Goddess

[@legendaryrat]

Worm you say. You called?

[@Visions557]

So it's like a proto-Panty and Stocking

[@azabache6058]

Given the lovely Angels joke it does make me think that this may have an influence for panty and stockings

[@theivace9705]

I believe the Lovely Angels part is a reference to Dirty Pair.

[@Green-Raccoon777]

@@0uttaS1TE At least this doesn't have Jamie Marchi.

[@Hinatachan360]

Loving the big Okinawan kid in the background. Hate how his voice sounds like Grimace the purple monster.