Anime Abandon: The Wings of Honneamise

[@s0nnyburnett]

The longer I think about it the more I start to believe this is a forgotten masterpiece. The world building is outstanding, numerous themes about society and individuals woven together in the most human and believable character arc I can think of. The animation is gorgeous and the soundtrack is unique. I always though Star Trek asks the question 'what does it mean to be human?' and this one film asks and answers that question better than an entire series. The writers for the film deserve a ton of credit.

[@yohannbiimu]

I see the whole attempted rape sequence differently because shortly after Riquinni comes home following Shiro's day alone with the bratty little girl, and immediately after she removes her shoe to reveal that she's hoarding money in it, he sees her differently, and it hurts him to see that she's not as altruistic as she appeared to him. I don't see his attack so much as a matter of him just wanting to take care of his sexual repression as much as he's angry, hurt, and he wants to express how angry he is upon Riquinni. Also, notice that he hesitates when he looks upon her terrified face, and it seems to me that he then realized what a terrible thing that he was doing, and what he was about to do to her. So, it's sort of a shame that they could have given more of a hint of that realization before Riquinni clocks him with the candelabra. Anyway, that's my take on it. I see it more of an act of anger and resentment rather than one of simply being sexually frustrated.

[@Lifesizemortal]

hands down favorite anime movie. perfect execution of a science fiction setting that operates beyond window dressing. more of an alternate version of earth than a full blown in your face sci fi type plot

[@Irondrone4]

I keep forgetting that Bennett has to edit his audio. It's kind of jarring. Thanks, KZbin.

[@schl3kmapper750]

I think what Albert was trying to convey in his quote you mentioned is that we should safeguard idealism and not always rely on realism.

[@saigokun]

Great review. The launch of the rocket is one of the best animated scenes in anime history. The rape scene is an integral parto of Shiro's character development and cannot be ignored in my opinion. Does she really forgive him btw? The Japanese language can be very subtle and often these subtle and implied elements can get lost in translation into English.

[@RedJester68]

+saigokun I think she honestly forgave him and that is what led to Shiro developing further when Riquinni asked *him* to forgive her for attacking him when he forced himself on her. She was so selfless and willing to forgive him for attempting to commit such a horrible act, it made him look inside himself and try to better himself.

[@saigokun]

+RedJester68 Perhaps she did but their friendship was more distanced from each other then before his attampt, notice how they say goodbye to each other just before he goes to the harbour. Forgiving is a very important issue in Japanese society. But I agree with you that he was forced to look inside himself to make a change possible.

[@contrrob]

Bennet is love Bennet is life

[@aben5803]

asskisser

[@juda210]

Augustine Benitez look over your head........there's a joke

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

+King of Cosmos Micky D What if... Bennet was just Shrek in disguise?

[@Ravenex2]

Wow, this looks like a classic! I'm buying!

[@Likhos1]

You just convinced me to get a movie out of pure curiosity and not out of desire for a good laugh at it's expense. Good thing Wings of Honneamise was just rereleased in France (my living place) along with JinRoh, I can kill two birds with one stone.

[@Gamsterjeff600]

Has anyone noticed that some of sages old reviews end up having a audio quality issue half way through?

[@puppymolly123]

I actually thought there was something wrong with my phone

[@wretneck]

+Swindle Swashbucker what's happening is KZbin has cut the copyrighted music out of the video and compressing the sound to keep the dialogue in place... and yes, it's incredibly stupid. Television can play copyrighted music but youtube users can't

[@Luinta]

TV "gets away with it" by actually licensing the music so they can play it without being sued. But that costs a pretty penny.

[@KOTYAR0]

@@wretneck Do you remember, what music it was, he played as a joke?

[@Hermititis]

@@KOTYAR0 , given what he was saying right before, I'd guess it was either the Rocky theme or Eye of the Tiger.

[@Daxcheese555]

The 'scene' adds to the movie, not subtracts. It follows very logically, albeit jarringly, from the events leading up to it. IMO it was one of the best moments in the movie, not to mention the most startling.

[@piccolo56000]

i feel like the concept of this movie was beautiful and well made . it should be much more respected for its groundedness and uniqueness.

[@sugarskullbyte3773]

At the time I chose to watch this video, I was rather high on fatigue and I read the title as "The Wings of Hollandaise" ...yummy...

[@Ragitsu]

"Wings of Honey Mayonnaise" is a popular nickname for the film.

[@sugarskullbyte3773]

Ragitsu sounds like honey mustard's long lost cousin (twice removed) XD

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

isn't it possible she already forgave him for his actions. I mean she still hangs out with him, she hasn't kicked him out. anyone agree

[@gespenstmk-iii111]

Aye.

[@thephantomoftheparadise5666]

Kinda like Saturday Night Fever.

[@Xerazal]

I just saw this movie and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. To touch on the controversial scene, I think it actually plays an important part towards showing Shiro's character. I think its there to show that Shiro isn't a perfect character. He's a good guy, but he is still flawed as a person. He had been stressed out by the constant training, questions about the point in space travel, views of how the money going into the space project is affecting the populous, learning how that money is being acquired, and being shot down by Riquinni. I'm not justifying his actions, but i'm saying that his actions show that he is flawed and that's what the movie was trying to portray. He realizes what he's doing during the act and stops himself, knowing that what he was doing was wrong and understanding that he's flawed and that all this stress coming down on him is affecting him. It's after this scene that Shiro seems to be reinvigorated in his goals to becoming the first astronaut once again, showing that now that he has an understanding of his flaws, he'll do what he has to do in order to make amends for his actions. The way I took it, if that scene had never happened Shiro may have returned to space force anyways, but may not have done it to make history or to spread the idea of the project being for peace over all else.

[@Asterra2]

Even today, anime that's been given the 4K HDR treatment are a rarity, but this is one of them. It's always the oldies but goldies.

[@sheppo]

Agree with everything in this video.. Such a great, underrated classic, that would be better without THAT scene.

[@J1M5L0AT]

A great movie, still the Japanese dub on VHS, one of the very first anime's I've seen as a kid, just by the visual look it's breathtaking, and the music is just incredible.

[@wiggie666]

Great video, does anyone know the background music that starts @9:59 in the video, i love it.

[@rossenator101]

Just watched this movie. This is a very underrated masterpiece, and now it's my 4th favorite anime movie behind (in order of greatest) Ghost In The Shell 1996, Akira, and of course my all time favorite Spirited Away. Really awesome movie!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😎😎😎😁😁😁😁

[@ianwilmoth]

This movie makes me tear up every time..

[@teoteous]

Wings of Mayonnaise?

[@Okanehira]

Thanks for uploading these here, keep doing what you are doing man I love it.

[@hitandruncommentor]

Wow so many people not only know about this awesome movie but have watched it! I feel younger!

[@MultiFortunatus]

Oh wow, "that" scene was cut from the version that I saw.

[@themollymachine]

Yo you are the God anime KZbinr I've been looking for all my KZbin life

[@DanielLovesPatois]

The Wings of... "Anamaisu"?

[@sylvesterwallace6965]

One of the best animes period. However I'm shocked that you didn't get that particular scene with all your knowledge (knowledge?).

[@agentofxehanort]

I finished watching it a week ago and it was great.

[@puppymolly123]

Just bought the DVD. Now I'll know all about "that scene"

[@davidwilson6758]

Excellent review of my favorite anime of all time,(subtitles only). My take on the attempted rape was that Riquinni was in fact, prostituting herself; (eg. The money hidden in her shoe). And as a man whose aimless, daily life ended in a nightly tour of the red light district, this must've been a major let down for Shiro who'd come to regard her as the one innocent fixed point in an otherwise decadent society. Her 'religion ', helps her attain some sort of absolution at having feed Mana and herself in so base a manner. She feels dirty and ashamed; to the point of apologizing to Shiro for a justifiable act of self defense. That said, I'm happy to have stumbled across your channel. You're thoughtful and intelligent, unlike the 'Def Comedy Jam millenial wannabes infesting the web.

[@notwithoutincidence]

Great review, thanks for the upload! :)

[@theanimedad7318]

The Rocky comparison is spot on. I couldn't put my finger on it but that's definitely a good analogy. Even to correlate it w/ the sexual assault scene, in Rocky I there's a pretty infamous scene where Rocky goes over Adrian's house and Rocky gets between her and the door in a fairly aggressive manner when Adrian wants Rocky to leave. Obviously the Royal Space Force scene is much more graphic and takes it much further but it's another parallel. Side Note: I found this film hilarious, the humor is subtle but extremely clever and well timed. The street sweeper scene reminded me a little of Roujin Z, maybe Otomo was taking a little influence from Gainax.

[@retroanimemike]

I'll have to watch this one again, its all sorts of good but theres just so much going on it didnt connect for me what the point was. Anyway seeing Bennett do such a serious review so early in his career is quite refreshing.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

I tried following the uncut link but there’s no video there just a picture of an astronaut staring at a monolith.

[@SoulcastProductions]

you could just edit out THAT scene you know and warn everyone to edit out on their own as well

[@kerbal666]

Reminded me of the Soviet space program when first watching it. I mean even the rocket looks like Vostok 1 the one Yuri Gagarin flew in.

[@TheNeoLoneWolf]

Any chance of you reviewing "Jing, king of bandits"? I don't know why, but some the clips you showed reminded me of it.

[@jamieriley8444]

This is a movie I've been looking for. I remember an anime film about religion and space travel, on an alternate world. And at the end, the first astronaut makes a big speech about God and stuff while he's in space. It was probably in 2007, that's when I was watching anime films all the time. I sorta liked it and sorta didn't. I'm not exactly religious, so I didn't like that it was about finding God and stuff. Now it sounds fascinating, so I gotta see it again. I can't believe how long it took to find and watch Steamboy again after seeing it once or twice in 2007 and loving it to bits. I don't even remember the rape scene. I think it was just put in there to make the main character more flawed and human, rather than being a perfect paragon of virtue. But it was clearly overkill anyway.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

Some of the English language dubs actually deleted that scene although to my mind its kind of necessary to the plot

[@tugger]

Bennett, the unedited link is a dud!!

[@kurtmager1626]

I love this movie and I think that as unfortunate as it is, the famous scene was necessary to the Shiro's and Riquini's development within the story. I recommend though that you watch the movie with the original dialogue, and subtitles on. It isn't just that the dub has bad dialogue (sorry Bryan Cranston). The English dub is also a completely watered down version of the story. There are complete sections of dialogue that are missing in the dub, and there are jokes that were genuinely funny in the original that are just plain dumb in the dub. It's almost a different movie.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

This was the first major work by Studio Gainax and funded by Bandai Visual.

[@Zimonov]

"removed through a fan edit" Or just watch the MANGA-video release. that removes the scene.

[@Amestrian]

It's too bad that you have to sell a kidney to afford the DVD. Last I checked on amazon it was nearly 200.00.

[@rgd963]

Dare you to review Angel core!

[@slimyweasles4973]

What other positive reviews did he do? I've only seen negative reviews from him, and would like to see some stuff like this.

[@slimyweasles4973]

Chris Lin Thank you! :)

[@DavidAtomic]

+Slimy Weasles Don't forget Video Girl Ai and Fist of The North Star

[@sofija1996]

+Slimy Weasles He kinda enjoyed Fatal Fury and praised Cutey Honey.

[@lafeelabriel]

Probably should watch this again some time, as the last time I did it's slow pacing (comparetively speaking) did not interest me as much as some other flashier anime did..

[@Fluffykun08]

I should probably correct myself, while i did feel similar to Lafeel i didn't miss a beat for Wings of Honneamise. While i respect the bond between Shirotsugh and Riquinni as being one of the best male female pairings i have seen. It ends up feeling a tad wanting at times. And I feel the scene you mention is what brings up that puzzlement on how to rate this series in the end. While... certain scenes like this doesn't bother me in particular and can sometimes manipulate my emotion in a positive manner towards a series. I felt it was just thrown in and holds no relevance to the story overall. The music is another issue i had with the film regardless of the year i felt it didn't hold enough impact as it could have. While i certainly do remember the musical direction being on time when it needed to be which is honestly highly creditable in itself. I felt perhaps a piano or a violin just one instrument lightly played in certain areas could have really put so much more color into this film. Also these positive reviews of yours are my favorite you ultimately changed my opinion on this series as well as *Perfect Blue* keep them coming. And a shout out goes to Crest of the stars for being the best anime pairing i have seen period. Coincidentally, Lafeel Abriel is one of those characters.

[@nbahn]

your link doesn't work benthesage.com/reviews/aa/anime-abandon-the-wings-of-honneamise/ EDIT: What spoiled the *entire* movie for me was not the attempted rape, but rather the scene when Riquinni apologizes to Shiro. Unforgivable.

[@NintendanGX]

What happened to the audio?

[@Robert-ji5dk]

KZbin copyright happened.

[@NAVEMAN3]

Robert McMillan Thank goodness he's brave. I delete my vid as soon as I get a claim so I wouldn't gamble on getting a strike.

[@tacticalsweater5119]

Anyone know all the anime used in the intro?

[@ssbac98]

Mein kampf There was Evangelion, and Devil Hunter Yohko

[@ryankramer]

I spotted Neo Tokyo - Running Man short, Wicked City, and Ninja Scroll (All Madhouse Studio films)

[@BinaryDood]

this movie would be inferior without that scene

[@karry299]

Wings of Onnemais ? Mayonaise ? USianfuckupais ?

[@elbarto6668]

Nice

[@gaminggoof1542]

I still don't get the rape scene, it really gets to me with what this movie really is all around it. The director was either out of his mind when he wrote that one scene or maybe something else, but it completely destroys their relationship in my view, rape isn't good in an universal use. What's worse is that I kind of appreciate he tries to get her to forgive him, she doesn't even acknowledge it and acts like she's in the wrong; even a nun would grasp that being raped is on the rapist's fault. I don't think it fits the MC at all considering his development

[@Bgh583]

11.53 time mark.... nice stolen argument sage. what? did it take you 5 whole seconds to google that?

[@gigginbig3]

So did shiro die?

[@dasaggropop1244]

Oneamisu

[@altercell_]

I don’t think you’re pronouncing the name correctly but who knows it’s such a weird spelling

[@henri3170]

I heard the creators only wanted it to be called Royal Space Force. This apparently wasn't marketable enough for the sponsors.

[@altercell_]

@@henri3170 that's so crazy bro think about

[@literaldeville5382]

The acting is... kind of flat though.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

I remember first watching this and then saying "oh sage likes this so Im gonna try watching it again" so boring terrible anime same with jin roh and then of course since you like it you have to overanalyze everything. ughhhh just cos its animated well dont make it good