I Bought The Cheapest Anime on Yahoo! Japan (...it was not very good...)

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Like to help spread this chain letter to every corner of KZbin.

[@Claymann71]

You got it, dude! \[T]/ (This episode feels like a heavily RLM inspired one. Don't knock yourself out watching Schlock, not if you don't want to!) (This is superbly funny, tho!) ( *UNCLE SAM* 🤣 )

[@vladlock]

Is there a place to watch this treasure online? xD

[@sebastian53194]

Hey! Can you tell me how background music named?

[@Claymann71]

Dude, I just read the Description. You deserve all the free Sake & Gyoza & Oden for life!

[@Incrementium]

You make a fair few assumptions of quality which are within reason, but a few are slightly misinformed. When it hit this time stamp I felt the need to stop and start correcting assumptions. 13:21 - It's unlikely that they purchased music from a media library, but what IS significantly more likely is that at some point the creator or whoever owned the music went bankrupt and that it got bought and added to a media library after the fact. It happens a lot with old lost media and even with popular media like "The Sims 3" for example, it's main theme music is licenced out to dozens of documentaries and series for background music. You need to not make so many assumptions or provocative statements because of an absence of information or understanding of common practices in industries. Old media, especially generic components like audio, get recycled and resold.

[@stationminute]

The stupidest thing about that one single autumn leaf is that it's GREEN! Gotta appreciate the animator's commitment to making sure that every effort is wasted.

[@benjamingardner3314]

Almost intentional, like Cromartie High School, but even lower budget, which I didn't think an anime could get.

[@GreenTea-vy3fj]

They designed it to make the heads explode of anyone who wasted their money on it. Ken is the only one who survived. That’s why this anime is never heard of, there’s no info on it because those who would have known are no longer in this world

[@LordMoku]

They spared no expense in sparing expenses.

[@Claymann71]

THEY SPARED EVERY EXPENSE

[@BellowDGaming]

but the leaf was green! and it's clearly autumn time when they're at

[@anomymous1286]

Here I was going “oh come on this isn’t so bad for the early 70’s” and then you said it came out in the 90’s and I nearly spit out my drink.

[@remyhavoc4463]

This came out around the same time as Hajime no Ippo?!?!?

[@TheCubanIsIn]

Idk Even if this was 70s it would still be bad. Mobile Suit Gundam and lupin the third came out in the 70s. There was still a bar lol

[@anomymous1286]

@@TheCubanIsIn Gundam was 1979. Lupin III Part 1 is an analogous time period to my initial impression of this, and while it definitely is better, it's not THAT much better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYGQm52pjbyrb6s My guess was based more on the gekiga aesthetics and visual trends like harsh linework on still frames. Reminds me of a worse "Judo Boy".

[@justatoaster7476]

This would still be considered bad by 60s standards. Because at least then characters actually moved.

[@foggyfrogy]

i didn't expect anything and i'm still disappointed

[@cesariojpn]

To recoup the purchase price of the anime featured in this video.

[@The_child-catcher]

Bless you.

[@comettamer]

Based

[@emperorhadrian6011]

Bruh.

[@webmaristocrat4052]

keyed

[@uncle_esau]

1 yen has less value than a penny. Which is still too much for this film. You could buy like 300 copies of this for 2 bucks.

[@popbitzblast3649]

I feel like Kenny is going to end up like Saberspark in the sense where every time he finds something he can call “the worst,” there’s always something infinitely more painful just around the corner

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I can only do this one more time, two more times MAX.

[@SudrianTales]

Only thing missing is the furry fetish

[@comettamer]

True

[@comettamer]

@@SudrianTales LMAO Saberspark is DEFINITELY not a furry. DEFINITELY not. (I'm not being serious, just felt I had to clarify.)

[@jessicacarranza4010]

@@SudrianTales Like Sabrespark would said,”I’M NOT A FURRY”!

[@gregbrown8881]

I literally laughed out loud when Ken mentioned that the name of the animé literally translates to "Boxer". It's like they were trying to be as generic as possible.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

There was a British comic in the 80's called "Biker". But British comics were running on fumes by then, anyway.

[@Belgand]

Eh, _The Wrestler_ was a great and critically-acclaimed film. There are lots of works of media with very simple titles that are basic nouns.

[@pkj2148]

@@Belgand Yeah, but it wasn't generic. If you're going to have an uninspired title, be good at the very least.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Not even THE Boxer, it's just called...Boxer 😂

[@teacup4561]

ONE YEN HE BOUGHT THIS FOR ONE YEN do you know how much a single yen is? One yen coin is literally made of aluminum and floats on water. One yen is worth $0.0074. Yeah, less than a penny. That’s how comically little this is worth.

[@deadpanjelly2913]

And it's worth every penny - Obligatory Dad joke

[@teacup4561]

@@deadpanjelly2913 *yenny

[@HellecticMojo]

And yet it feels like a rip off

[@syphonwarlock7685]

Should've paid him.

[@rinber13]

Yes, I was wondering how is it even physically possible to buy anything for 1 yen. How deep into hell did he have to descend.

[@BlueSkyBS]

"I Bought This Anime For One Yen" You were overcharged. Overcharged Man Kenny.

[@Nightweaver1]

You could say he was... Overcharged Man Kentoshi.

[@mightyfilm]

The offer should have been, "will offer you 1000 yen just to haul it away."

[@joezar33]

@@Nightweaver1 is that the actual name for this anime *Kenotshi* ? He says the name for a split second then went on a rant lol

[@hunterculpepper1973]

​@@joezar33 kemtishi means boxer is hilarious

[@NonRandomUser]

New patreon idea: round up every "bad anime" whose protagonist is named some variant of "Ken" (Kenji, Kentarou, Kentucky, etc.) and use them all to drive kenny insane.

[@quagernag]

That just sound like makings of Ken’ the Monster

[@MMumbles]

*Kentucky*

[@otaking3582]

Kentucky Fried Anime

[@hieioni3354]

After that, Kenny will change his last name from Lauderdale to Laudanum, because of sanity slippage lol

[@Jay-ln1co]

Does Barefoot Gen count?

[@ninja644]

EVERYTHING Kenny said is true. EVERYTHING. I watched the first episode of this and .... WOW. This legitmately shouldn't be called an anime. There is a story. It exists, but this is the roughest thing I've ever seen... Chargeman Ken is better animated than this by far

[@abbadon9693]

Eh, How. How is that even remotely possible. Chargeman Ken is legitimately a meme for its shear terribleness.

[@kreatona4219]

​@@abbadon9693 because at least Chargeman Ken is a funny kind of bad. This anime is just exhausting and boring to watch

[@tomhsia4354]

@@abbadon9693 Chargeman Ken is so bad it's good, it fails absolutely spectacularly and you get to laugh at its absurdity. This...entity... is so bad it goes beyond "so bad it's good" back to being bad again. Also, Chargeman Ken was unique, this is as bland and generic as possible. Chargeman Ken did not use actual photographs, this does...

[@Gatherway]

The fact that they named the main character KEN RYU-ji absolutely floored me. Like, "what the hell should we name our fighting guy?" This is incredible.

[@yuki97kira]

Punch fighting..the guy that punch and fight...mr mcpunch punch the punchy man

[@queenismyfavoriteband9904]

FISTDRAGONMAN!!!

[@mrdropkicker1]

I’m sure that’s one of the fake names the MST3K crew gave Reb Brown in Space Mutiny

[@it1970]

MCs from Street fighter

[@Colonel_RamRod]

@@queenismyfavoriteband9904 DRAGONFISTERRRRR 😂

[@JeradBenge]

Having seen this, I'm confident that the $28.37 in my pocket, and a head full of bad ideas is more than enough to make my own animaybe.

[@rokamayonoh3rt362]

"animaybe" lol that's good

[@mycycleminorities]

@Alaska's Meme Storage Don't make it like this pls and thank you

[@Sorrowdusk]

*Do it.*

[@hunterculpepper1973]

​@@mycycleminorities don't worry he's got a bigger budget and refrece what not to do with this

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@rokamayonoh3rt362😂 still funny

[@stripedhyenuh]

Out of morbid curiosity I looked this up on a streaming site, and after watching less than 5 minutes I feel like I'm about to have a panic attack. You're a god for being able to watch the whole thing

[@GregReavis]

This anime should come with a warning. Should only be watched by professionals.

[@OtioseFanatic]

Nothing pisses me off more knowing that this anime is on a streaming site, but my favorite anime of all time Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi remains dvd only to this day.

[@MilkyCao]

@@OtioseFanatic Cough cough look harder it's out there cough cough

[@Abyss-Will]

@@OtioseFanatic a 10 secconds search revealed that Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi is on a streaming site, in sub and dubbed versions. It's just that it's not a paid streaming site, those have very small libraries.

[@SakuraAsranArt]

This isn't an anime, it's an SCP!

[@neogiu000]

It's like the dude that sold this to you was trying to get rid of a cursed object that had been haunting him for 30 years, and now you're the cursed one.

[@PHOENIXGUNDAM]

There better be a hot anime waifu crawling out of my TV in a week because of this or IMMA THROW HANDS KENNY 📺😡😡😤

[@bureidokaiza2829]

This sounds like a Gintama episode

[@yuki97kira]

Id like to imagine all bad anime reviewed is cursed...ans every night, theres this guy...in nora outfit

[@NewtrendsMe]

Like Jumanji!

[@runeanonymous9760]

my mom and that yardsale mirror she got for free

[@sunflour]

the build up of jokes eventually broke me, made me cry laughing at "HeeEEEeeEE the FIGHTER". bless your work kenny

[@DANNY74125]

*HeeEEEeeEE'

[@vladlock]

I aspire to end up on a milk carton. Seriously though, one of my favorite videos. They way your jokes just progress towards the surreal is great.

[@Agpicklefeet]

Animation in "one take" would probably be what we call straight-ahead animating! That just means animating without the use of keyframes or boarding, one frame informing the next! It has its merits! This looks worse than that!

[@local_cryptid]

Watching animators do this on Gratic Phone actually yeilds better results than.... whatever this is (gestures vaguely)

[@iantaakalla8180]

This would be people who cannot draw or animate playing animation in Gartic Phone

[@RazorsharpLT]

Did... did you just inform us that you"gestured vaguely"? You're weird @@local_cryptid

[@sunderark]

I'm pretty sure the cutscenes from those CDI Zelda games were full on straight ahead no boards no scope. Those are way more entertaining than this.

[@juannunez1929]

This looks much older than 1990. If you told me this came out in 1977 as a quick cash in for Rocky, I would believe it.

[@Lele-nr3fq]

For a sec I actually thought it's Ashita no Joe, which is indeed is a 70s anime

[@trigunn3414]

@@Lele-nr3fq rocky joe is the best shonen ever made writting wise i thought he talked about it for a second lmao

[@cosettapessa6417]

@@Lele-nr3fq same

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@Lele-nr3fq The problem is, Ashita no Joe actually has good animation.

[@abyssGazerTV]

I think the fact that this anime costs money retroactively devalues the Japanese currency somehow.

[@mousesteam7882]

This anime is worth less then the electricity used to watch it

[@AnimeSunglasses]

This anime is the reason that Japan's economy collapsed in the 90s. This anime is the reason none of the cyberpunk Japan-owns-the-world futures came to pass...

[@LibertyMonk]

To be fair, one yen is such a low amount that it's indistinguishable from free plus shipping.

[@Stettafire]

@@LibertyMonk 1 yen isn't even 1p

[@Kinkajou420]

This anime is what I would expect to be playing in the background of a TV show because they needed pictures on the screen but didn't want to pay more than $2 for the rights to air it

[@FizzieWebb]

12:16 "It doesn't matter how fast I make it, half the time it *doesn't MMOOVE!* " The emphasis he Kenny puts on the "doesn't move" is just hilarious to me.

[@PommyDragon2525]

This review has a larger budget than the entire Anime in question.

[@santiagokamerbeek5374]

This is the first time I hear Kenny shouting. Not just raising his voice. SHOUTING. IN PAIN. Let that sink in...

[@kadosho02]

That is a rare occasion. You never, ever hear that happen. Holy cow

[@TraphouseTCG]

same, tracking the descent into madness w glee

[@Kozoku]

Pretty sure in the Chargeman Ken video he raised his voice a bit.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Shouting Kenny sounds uncannily like Ross Scott.

[@neogiu000]

@@jonothanthrace1530 this! Holy crap, it's so similar

[@lapisfengari2428]

This anime looks like one of those intentionally bad fake shows in a sitcom, but even then that might be too much of a complement

[@pwnorbepwned]

The intentionally bad anime in the background wouldn’t have all the effort put into it to make it look so disorientatingly poor quality; that’s the part that makes it feel so painfully real. xD

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

It looks like the kind of fake anime that would be playing on a TV in a PS2 video game.

[@runeanonymous9760]

maybe it was that for a very high quality show that wanted to be in-depth but then it escaped into the wild

[@djprincegrandmasteryrjdalo2905]

Is this a reference to the Nazca anime that shows up in Malchom in the middle?

[@anenemystand5582]

Just imagine how excited the guy selling this show was

[@revenevan11]

19:56 "Every planet eventually develops their own boxing anime* that prevents them from progressing as a species! ...And this is ours" -Kenny Lauderdale, 2022

[@mnemoniclight8813]

I legit wouldn't be surprised this was made before the bubble burst or was at least in production just to make some quick cash and then whoever financed this called out the studio

[@fattiger6957]

He did say it was released in 1990. I'm pretty sure the big recession hit Japan not long after.

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

Totally. The amount of glut and disposable income are the true culprits of that era.

[@fripplicious7466]

I read this as "this made the bubble burst" and I find the idea of this tanking the Japanese economy so funny

[@otaking3582]

@@fripplicious7466 Oh please, everyone knows that the Japanese economy actually collapsed because a former yakuza member gave advice to a politician regarding taxes.

[@fripplicious7466]

@@otaking3582 real

[@ZeroDurability]

At least Charge Man Ken was indescribable because of how crazy it was but being so *boring* you can't describe an anime? I firmly believe this was made by a man, that man realized how mind numbing it was, found out how to access the backrooms, clipped it into the backrooms, where it was then *rejected* by the backrooms, and has been sitting in the auction house ever since.

[@craigusselman546]

Chargeman Ken is funny this is just dull...

[@MrSirHenryMF]

It's always nice to see someone slowly losing it while Deadly Premonition plays in the background

[@darkhierophant4914]

I was hoping someone caught this. Lol

[@SpikeRose]

A No More Heroes name, a comment talking about Deadly Premonition. Very good.

[@death1019]

I was very distracted and needed to watch the movie twice because of it XD

[@normalgraham]

How did I know just by looking at his face that the protagonist was going to be named Ken? Serious question. Why was everybody named Ken back then? Edit: OK, so I just googled it and this was the first result 'One of the most common origins of the name Ken is from Japanese culture, where it can be written using several different kanji characters. One variation of the name Ken in Japanese is 拳, which means “fist” or “power.” Another popular kanji combination for the name is 健, which translates to “healthy” or “strong.”' So people probably just liked the sound of it because it correlated with a word that meant something cool in their minds. Like how so many American characters seemed to be named "Max" in the 80's and 90's. "Max" can be short for "Maximilian" but it's also a synonym for "maximum." Homer Simpson basically ruined the name forever with "Max Power" and you really only see it for over-the-top characters like Max Payne nowadays. Speaking of which, "Payne" is another name you only see used when the writer is feeling particularly cute and punny, as with "Major Payne" and "House of Payne." This is a truly a rabbit hole with no bottom

[@antonydrossos5719]

7:04 My gawd, I had to rewind this part 3-4 times to make sure I was seeing it right. She's not walking, her hips are rotating!

[@Livvylol42]

Woah that's an interesting optical illusion

[@thecatladytm7172]

What the hecK 😂

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Oh my god, what the actual hell?! 😂 Like everything else about this show, that's so damn cursed!

[@fattiger6957]

This got me thinking. Has there ever been an anime as a front for yakuza money laundering?

[@kennylauderdale_en]

the 70s doraemon comes to mind.

[@battra92]

I'm sure there are examples of the Producers like scams.

[@ChibiKami]

wouldn't surprise me. Yakuza running the censorship bureaus are the only reason we get mozaics on H and JAV, otherwise censorship of media is against Japan's constitution

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Not unlikely, back in the day of devastated Asian economies due to WW2 and it's various followups, comics were read in rental libraries, which became (or at least got the impression of being) delinquent hangouts. Doubtless some dirty money found it's way into those, and might have stuck around.

[@SyxxPunk]

@@kennylauderdale_en Excuse me, what?

[@skemono]

Oh, hey, the VHS cover does call the theme song "He's the Fighter" with an S.

[@edrikhtg]

You can physically hear how much souls he lost watching this anime.

[@Nightweaver1]

He sounds like he just died to Ornstein & Smough after failing to get back his 90,000 souls.

[@otaking3582]

This is what happens when you don't save your progress before a boss fight on Dante Must Die difficulty.

[@dragonmaster3030]

@@otaking3582 this is what happens when you use a save point to soon in ninja gaiden

[@KonpakuYoumu2003]

@@Nightweaver1 yeah and he is also Cursed AND hollow

[@JorgeAraujo97]

The height problem was also common in the classic Woody Woodpecker. Sometimes Woody would be as small as a Sundae glass and sometimes half the size of a full grown man.

[@Blazbaros]

Just the emphasis put on "HE' the Fighter" just had me rolling for a solid minute

[@runeanonymous9760]

Maybe it’s not supposed to be “He’s The Fighter” but rather “He, The Fighter”

[@pleasecallmedoku7215]

I've never seen someone so genuinely upset over an """anime""" before but he makes such a good point I don't think I can call this overreacting

[@Bluecho4]

It's weird to feel nostalgia for the days of internet reviewers overreacting to bad media. Especially in this age of Real Life problems just piling on top of one another to the point where it looks like society is going to collapse and the planet be reduced to an unlivable wasteland. But sometimes, you just need to listen to a guy say, "Man, I had to suffer through this, so you have to as well".

[@hoseki4031]

forcing yourself to watch or do something you don't like does that to you

[@Scornfull]

@@Bluecho4 You're being a bit dramatic

[@BossRedRanger]

@@Bluecho4 sounds like you need some RedLetterMedia

[@raccoonchild]

@@Scornfull Sadly he's not.

[@roxtrox7]

Okay but “animaybe” is a great term and we should all start using it. Also I enjoy the whistling behind the rant. Really got me laughing. Another great video! Thank you!

[@Verdgilion]

Animaybe sounds like a term for western animation inspired by anime, like Avatar and such.

[@saltyazteca5989]

The whistling tune is Life is Beautiful from Deadly Premonition. Which is a trip in and of itself.

[@DurielMoore]

@@saltyazteca5989 Thank you for this because it’s sets me at laughter easily.

[@panaskw]

@@saltyazteca5989 thank you SO MUCH

[@SMAXZO]

Actually a buddy of mine and myself watched the whole thing raw and tried to piece together the story...we had fun watching it. They're trying to tell the entire story...with whatever budget they can find under the couch cushions was our running gag.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

The real reason I've never heard a KZbinr bring up sound design while discussing a boxing anime is because I've never watched a KZbin video about any boxing anime before today.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I'm sorry this was the first one you watched.

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

@@kennylauderdale_en It's my own fault for clicking on it. Besides, this video is actually very enjoyable.

[@-Raylight]

That's probably the best 1 Yen you'll ever spend. Can't even get one candy with that 🤣

[@doop4wow540]

Your gonna die 3 days from now your tv do to you falling

[@thenumberquelve158]

Imagine seeing somebody selling this anime, and being able to actually pull out a mini-Reese's cup, toss it at him, and say "Keep the change." And it'll probably work.

[@davizi6146]

@@thenumberquelve158 A mini Reese's is worth more than this anime legally and objectively. 100% of people would also say subjectively. Burn this cursed tape

[@Himmel.Himmel]

"Silently he works out in a back alley street." - 80's Japanese Billy Joel.

[@novelezra]

I think the feeling you are describing Kenny is one that I've also felt. It's kind of like 'media loneliness'. It's a sort of melancholy that arrives when you realise that you watching something that no one else has (to your knowledge). It's kind of spooky and sad; that feeling that you can't talk to someone about something. Can't moan, can't gush. It's like if you watched Twin Peaks and you wanted to talk to someone about how amazing it is and there was literally no one else who had seen it. Not even online. Not being able to share an experience with someone can feel very uncanny and it's the reason that MST3K works so well. You feel like you are watching these lost movies with a bunch of friends. Could you imagine what it must have felt like being someone who had seen Manos the Hands of Fate on their own, before MST3K covered it? Pretty fucking lonely I imagine.

[@straightupanarg6226]

This feels like an entry in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

[@novelezra]

@@straightupanarg6226 I'm not aware of what that is?

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

Oh hey, as someone that's mostly into obscure games and such, I can relate

[@Nephritesword]

I've had that happen. It's not fun.

[@carriefernandez8705]

@@novelezra it's a site where someone makes up words for hyper-specific sad things.

[@failgeckoo]

Bruh. The saga that has been the evolution of this video's name has been amazing. I've easily seen this video renamed, what, like 5 times at this point? Love your work, Ken-Chan. Keep it up!!

[@thenumberquelve158]

That voice crack at "He' The Fighter" was absolutely legendary. 17:15 really DOES sell this as a potential creepypasta. What kind of voice was that anyway?? It sounded like a 14 year old boy in his first acting class trying to sound girly. You can potentially argue that there is less animation effort in this than there is in the average Dingo Pictures cartoon. It's amazing, just watching this video has made me totally forget what quality animation looks like.

[@saintsheepy6682]

Not just Dingo Pictures, even the infamous Zelda CD-i cutscenes look like classic Disney compared to this.

[@stuffmancer]

Nostalgia never had an opposite until Kenny Lauderdale and not a day goes by without our 1 frame per hour gratitude.

[@ElEscolta]

16:45 i feel like you just challenged some evil mastermind to make an extremelly bad fake anime, put it on VHS, sell it in an auction and then make a paper trail on the internet just to screw with you...

[@AnAverageGoblin]

Your name: John Boxer Your mission: to box harder than you have ever boxed before within the 1 yen budget

[@RainbowUnicorn.-.]

This anime deserves to be abridged. Make the story wacky, poke fun at the inconsistent height and horrible animation quality, and have fun making this 1 yen anime into the shitpost it deserves to be.

[@tbe9790]

Hearing Kenny be so frusterated over an anime is giving me life

[@Sabrowsky]

Wait. 1 yen? Thats like 0.007 dollars That shit less than a cent Bless you for doing this, Kenny, I recall asking you to "make video, video man" in the comments when you posted a bit of this, and you did, good job

[@Nightweaver1]

Kenny, just take some comfort in knowing that your review finally made this anime worth something. Your comedy actually made it entertaining.

[@NewtrendsMe]

That's some real talent right there.

[@azurehanyo]

The way that chick's legs rotate at 7:05 absolutely cracked me up. She is getting forward momentum as her thighs orbit one another. Incredible!

[@THE_Dodge_Morningstar]

😂😂I didn't even understand what was happening. It was like my eyes were trying to focus on what was going on, but my brain refused to have anything to do with it.

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

"It doesn't matter how fast I make it... _it doesn't move!"_ A lot of anime is bad, but you know that - on some level - it's kind of *amazing* when it doesn't give a single f**k about the laws of time & space! 😆🤣😆

[@__dane__]

I can’t even believe this was on an auction site. It feels like something Kenny won by playing a crane game that grabbed the tape out of a trash can

[@rosskwolfe]

Less than 8 minutes in and Kenny's already losing his mind. Are we the baddies for making him watch such dreck?

[@harbl99]

Kenny: * Clockwork Orange screaming * Us: "Nah, we're not the bad guys. Kenny likes anime. This is anime. Where's the problem?"

[@otaking3582]

He's the one that decided to listen to us. Kenny has no one to blame but himself.

[@ChibiKami]

we can make it up to him by voting for kickass sukeban shows

[@Dong_Harvey]

Oh boy, we the baddies.. Yumm, cone get some baddies boys

[@empoleonmaster6709]

Yes, yes we are.

[@MrJuneyZ]

When you want to make a rocky anime but you only have $1.25 in budget.

[@LatitudeSky]

Remember when imported anime goods sold for "a penny per yen" in the 80s and 90s? And how THAT price was outrageous because the exchange rate at that time was like 300 Yen to the dollar? Imagine what would happen if we had the internet we have now and 300 Yen to the dollar. Holy shi

[@ianfinrir8724]

Current ¥135 = $1

[@venonat80]

8:47 it’s pretty impressive to make a dance scene worse then Twinkle Nora Rock Me

[@sanfransiscon]

I've had this video on a backlog playlist and I swear it's changed title and thumbnail every couple hours

[@TheonormalMBV]

Why is he doing it, is he trying to get it to trend?

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

LOL! The height inconsistency was hilarious! And is it just me or does the Eddie character kinda look like a really old Clint Eastwood haha. Keep up the great work Kenny

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

Clint Eastwood has been old since the last century

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

@@AndreLuis-gw5ox But now he's really old haha

[@PHOENIXGUNDAM]

Million Dollar Kenny

[@ninjabreadman8166]

You really can put a price on bad anime, but the content you provide us that comes from it is priceless. Thank you, Mr. L!

[@fableagain]

I'd argue that you can, and that it's 1 yen apparently.

[@hieioni3354]

1 Yen back to keep insanity away.

[@dylanpelo]

@@fableagain plus shipping!

[@dragonmaster3030]

@@dylanpelo plus handling and international shipping

[@Jay-ln1co]

Kenny: Why Anime Keeps Disappearing. Also Kenny: And Why It's A Good Thing.

[@faithtinywishes8232]

Losing your mind over the single leaf was the final straw. This video broke me-I’m laughing so hard, and I almost want to watch it and almost want to spontaneously die at the same time. The punching sounds, the theme song, that one reused clip, the insane fast-forwarding clips WHAT THE HECK IS THIS DANCE SCENE??? I’m just DONE with this I CAN’T.

[@MusingsMuses]

It's REALLY telling that the most realistic punch sound in the anime sounds like the effects guy just asked a buddy to limp-wrist slap him for a while to get the sound they needed

[@apeaape]

Have to give it to Ken, he's dedicated to the bad anime craft and we're all better for having to not watch these.

[@LikaLaruku]

Space Thunder Kids & Diatron 5 were at least so-bad-it's-funny. I don't even want to imagine one that's so incompetent that it can't even make you laugh unintentionally.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@LikaLaruku they’re two films from South Korea.

[@christophersummers1939]

even if there was a flight of stairs for him to run up, the scene would just look like he's just riding up a chinese escalator

[@Portponky]

These DALL-E creations are getting more elaborate by the day.

[@DukasFiguliras]

They're not. This is much worse than the worst thing DALL-E could ever spit out with the worst prompts someone could think of

[@aariachang24]

19:03 I low key love when old anime's do that fucking PowerPoint slide animation it always cracks me up, usually toei does it a lot

[@AnjnShan]

This is the channel that keeps pulling my ass out of Tartarus. Without humor like this, I would be jumping into deeper holes, instead.

[@DavidCowie2022]

"This anime is why we aren't having Mecha battles on the moon."

[@genyakozlov1316]

The theme song describes the plot perfectly: Fighting man gotta fight. There's not much you can add to that.

[@dr1295]

And it doesn’t even rhyme lol

[@Blurns]

Gotta disagree with you about the sound design. A punch doesn't always sound like a punch. In Jojo it can sound like a shotgun. In Hajime no Ippo it can sound like a jet engine.

[@jruler93]

Either way, a punch is supposed to sound like it has some sort of force behind the impact, but the punches in this anime sound like they impact with the same force as those little rubber stretchy hands.

[@otaking3582]

And in the Adam West Batman show, punches sounded like a horn section

[@HiSodiumContent]

Some of those punch sounds sound like they were ripped from a tape recording of a sound test for snes Streets of Rage or something.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Hollywood punches come from the sound of a bouncing golf ball.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@@otaking3582 At least they put up captions telling you what it was meant to sound like

[@zinstone7286]

As a wannabe sound designer, I feel challenged to make a review of every boxing anime. 10:35

[@thisisanameyoudontlike9226]

Please get angry more. This is literally my favorite video you’ve made.

[@tiffany-chan1235]

One thing that I would like to mention is that it’s made by the same production company as “Hoshi no Ko Poron” and featured an early in her career Kikuko Inouse provide the voice of Meg

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Holy crap!

[@HermitMongoose]

10:41 - THEY PUT THE REFEREE ON THE WRONG FUCKING LAYER LIKE HOW DO YOU FUCK UP THIS BADLY

[@sam007695]

Sir you are officially the leading expert archeologist of lost anime and media. No matter how cursed or primitive the modern world must know. Good video

[@serpenttailedangel]

I just watched the episode of Keep Your Hands of Eizouken where they discuss sound design and show inappropriate punching sounds before coming to this video, and I got so excited for the Nonsense when I head sound design and punching brought up.

[@Nhblubird]

Wait... Ken Ryuji, Chargeman Ken, and Ken Lauderdale...

[@erreve1120]

I haven’t laughed this hard for the entire duration of a KZbin video in years. Holy shit Kenny. This is top tier.

[@OfficialAnimeCitizen]

I bought one from Good Will. It looked colorful, but story sounded confusing. Gonna watch and review it soon

[@thisusernameisalreadytaken5132]

What's the name of it?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

What’s the anime’s name?

[@zenmastakilla]

@@thisusernameisalreadytaken5132 Kentoushi

[@deadwaterd]

You're a god for the Orlando Wilson/Bill Dance gag. I'm dying.

[@yamil8003]

11:05 If you close your eyes, it kind of sounds like a Ride Armor from the X series walking slowly before picking up speed.

[@punderlord]

This is Kenny's MGS2 moment. The 4th wall breaking, the stock footage of New York City, the slow descent into madness. He even called it himself with the stealth camo reference.

[@pimentx3253]

I thought the title was like a joke, but no, it actually bought this for 1 yen, and after seeing the video it makes sense. Great video as always.

[@dc9662]

You've nearly reached the "Minimum Viable Product" of the anime world. I feel like it can somehow get worse.

[@LibertyMonk]

Nope, this isn't a viable product. A viable product would sell for more than ONE single yen thirty years later. At minimum, you need to have a frame per second. This doesn't. This is less than a slideshow.

[@Noobmaster6900.]

Original title: “i bought this anime for only 1 yen”

[@pwnorbepwned]

It’s possible that song was supposed to be “He, the Fighter” and not “He’s the Fighter”, but that’s still funny.

[@wtfaiwpodcast]

8:55 Hey, it's the Batman Beyond opening credits.

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

That's exactly what I was reminded of. It just lacks the kickass music over it.

[@austincde]

🤣

[@UncensoredScion]

watches entire video, knows Kenny is correct, my brain: "it CANT be that bad, I wonder if I can find it." and "eh, wonder what the Manga's like."

[@rinber13]

Oh you like to live dangerously?

[@UncensoredScion]

@@rinber13 personally I think I just like to punish myself lol

[@crtwenty7294]

Watching Kenny slowly lose his mind over the course of this video was the best part

[@Simon_Electric]

4:42 that picture is actually the Civic Areana aka Mellon Areana in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. When it was constructed it was the first of its kind to have a retractable roof. I grew up in the area, that building was a huge part of my childhood.

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Random guy: I want to make a boxing anime! Cheap animation agency: What is your budget? Random guy: Let me see... I've got a crumpled up 5 $ bill, a paper clip, a button, a half empty gum pack, 3 cigarettes butts, a bunch of lint, a lighter, a bottlecap and some loose change... Cheap animation agency: Deal

[@mrgarneau4895]

The way the dance scene was animated reminded me of the comment on the Twinkle Nora Rock Me dance scene, where somebody said something to the likes of "If you blink it looks like it's properly animated" The transitions from scene to black and white almost make it look like they're trying to simulate the blinking

[@staceykimbell9324]

You could use a strobe light but you'd have to time it properly or you would see nothing

[@Belgand]

It was simulating a strobe light. Which is actually a pretty good cheat to save money on animation.

[@OtakuD50]

8:48 The time-tested tradition that is "Everybody Disco-Dancing!" 14:26 Novice mistake. That's a prime symbol. The correct reading of the song is "He Champion Edition The Fighter."

[@kennylauderdale_en]

That scene goes on for two minutes straight.

[@kadosho02]

@@kennylauderdale_en Jesus Mecha Christ That is way too long for sanity 😰

[@romajimamulo]

If it was a prime symbol, it would be really "h•(de/dx) The Fighter "

[@polrealfake]

No, no, no, it's supposed to be an acute sign, making it "Hé the fighter".

[@Mardanzo]

8:29 if you think that's bad Clamp has a series that is literally called "X", yes, a single letter title

[@wwefan11222]

Oh god, I remember someone here on KZbin who reviewed it, the nightmare man.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

I wonder if there's a J-Pop song called "s", which at least ensures the one from this show's title track isn't wasted.

[@elusivemayfly7534]

I was not ready to hear “He’ the Fighter” at the end there. Now I’m dead

[@Pillarofcreation1]

As someone who can box just a little bit I absolutely hate the punching animations. That's not how any of that works.

[@-Minuano-]

The proper descriptions for these so-called “animes:” Money Laundering Schemes.