Japan's STILL Making Fun of It

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I exaggerated NOTHING. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYm5mmyhhMeWpZo

[@tashkent561]

Indeed.

[@SerbianSpark19]

charge man ken is an absolute giga chad

[@SerbianSpark19]

Ans so is kenny cuz he is still sane

[@TryinaD]

Thank you for introducing this beauty to my life

[@King_Thulsa_Doom]

Chargeman Ken is the Chargeman Ken of Chargeman Ken.

[@kathrineici9811]

“He shoots first, and never asks a single question.” That’s probably accurate to what would happen if you gave a 10 year old powers

[@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813]

Is like a japanese Jim West! 😂

[@odwrksboxedtrash3730]

I mean it's also accurate if you give someone wearing blue a gun too.

[@reverbthevocal421]

@@odwrksboxedtrash3730 You mean yellow.

[@odwrksboxedtrash3730]

@@reverbthevocal421 No no, I meant what I said.

[@reverbthevocal421]

@@odwrksboxedtrash3730 My apologies. I had no idea you were colorblind.

[@wingdingfontbro]

It was so bad that Japan made it a country wide meme that has lasted longer than rickrolling.

[@emancipator6364]

Ya I recently discovered the culture of people creating MAD vidoes of this anime. It's incredible.

[@k-leb4671]

Rickrolling's still a thing.

[@wingdingfontbro]

What I meant was that this meme existed before rickrolling and so “it has lasted longer than rickrolling”

[@Joko-zt8ui]

Get chargeman-ken'd lmfao

[@SakugaAsu]

@@emancipator6364 What're these mad episodes?

[@StudleySnargle]

Chargeman Ken is like when a villain tries to make a film that portrays himself as the good guy.

[@JHenry-nz7hy]

This is straight outta "Starship Troopers"

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Like Ozymandias?

[@sena167]

@jpala821 let it go buddy

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Likes Friend from 20th century boys

[@adamaus8770]

@@sena167 don't ya love it when anti SJWs act entirely like SJWs and bring up their social injustices up in situations that have nothing to do with what their offended by?

[@nivia-t6h]

happy 50th aniversary to the greatest anime of all time

[@Oblivitana]

50 years of greatness and popularity

[@TeamBelmont91]

50 years of Studio Knack crawling out of the molten depths of Hell, spitting up this abomination of an anime, not elaborating a single goddamned thing, and then crawling back into the fiery depths, never to be seen again. ...Until Kenny decided to watch it and tell his tale of the atrocities he had witnessed first-hand.

[@jasonwhigham335]

Chargeman ken feels like something that would've got picked up by adult swim and given an overly goofy dub

[@Earthstar_Review]

Maybe that's what drove them mad enough to take the cartoons and replace them with live action.

[@NoahGooder]

@@Earthstar_Review god the whole live action conversion for adult swim pissed me off for the longest time. till I found that some of the shows are kind of decent.

[@rita8274]

I don't even know if it would need a dub, it just seems like something I would see on LATE night adult swim loooool. I'm going to show my husband it bc he likes stupid stuff like this.

[@glennaschoeler]

imagine if it got the Ghost Stories treatment HAHA just let the VA's run wild

[@marie-camilleschaap2708]

Like in the ghost stories dub

[@Mythical4227]

The fact that they forced the kid to light houses on fire because it was funny is the most realistic reason anime has given.

[@saddocatto9245]

well... now with all of those insane tik tok trends... it's not suprising if that happened all over the world

[@shrimpshufflr7745]

@@saddocatto9245 so far I’m wining 😩

[@lasskinn474]

A lot of the plots as one sentence aren't that far off from tmnt or something

[@Mythical4227]

@@lasskinn474 I think it’s funny because of the quality and the time it was released, tmnt was more put together lol

[@shadowcruiser874]

I waited my entire life fo that moment kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHSTo6J7oNB-obM

[@MagillanicaLouM]

So instead of making a decent product that would eventually get forgotten over time, they made something so terrible that when it's terribleness becomes widespread, it becomes immortalized into Japanese culture forever as an icon of memery? Geniuses

[@TheTrueDiablix]

This 4D Chess move was outstanding on their part

[@moosesues8887]

Well yeh

[@flareongirl3606]

*outstanding move*

[@leme1294]

In other words, this anime is so bad that is successful in its own way.

[@RiderWithTheScarf]

They give Aizen a run for his money regarding their long-game keikakus

[@Surfink63]

The amount of criticism you gave it in the beginning to the sudden abundance of praise at the end gave me the same whiplash as an actual Chargeman Ken episode

[@brandonkoh8361]

He's just trying to get you to watch chargeman ken. He just doesnt want to suffer alone. Do not fall for the siren's sweet whispered words laddie, for they be a trick.

[@GIRru11]

Chargeman Ken is literally that one kid at the playground who says he wins at everything because of his made up rules that he changes on the spot to suit his needs

[@firegodessreiko]

'My power is to have ALL powers!'

[@Kat-bq8dc]

I was just going to say that this anime is a 10 year old boy's power fantasy. It doesn't have to make sense, and the protagonist is always right using the greatest amount of force possible.

[@tuluflulu]

And Jojo's

[@good__person]

Can we add "Chargeman Ken" as definition of Gary Stu?

[@tuluflulu]

@@good__person He's more like an accidental Villain Sue.

[@Outside998]

"Not because they couldn't do it, but because they thought it was funny." You know, I respect that.

[@MrJemoederopeenstokj]

Man's clearly been rolling around in the filth that is the normie side of internet his entire life, pokes his nose out once and goes 'insane'. What an insufferable normie

[@Nell_Hell]

indeed

[@Reddotzebra]

I mean, it's what I would do if I was an alien with unspecified but malicious intentions. It's right up there with "give competing warlords supertech weapons that stop working after two months and watch the fun."

[@VeryPeeved]

@@Reddotzebra wait, do you tell them they stop working after two months, or do you keep that a secret?

[@Reddotzebra]

@SecaKaizen But since they get the cards back it doesn't seem as if any aliens got the hint.

[@bumblebeepicnic6917]

Nearly 50 years ago, a Japanese animator accidentally took a picture of his hand while rushing an anime to completion. For all we know, this split-second frame could be our only evidence of this person's existence. We don't know who he is or if he's even alive. All we have is a hand. Just imagine, your lasting legacy being tied to an animation error in Chargeman Ken.

[@farkbett699]

That's spooky

[@butterbungnaked1440]

@Salmon Ella why😕😕

[@user-gl7ry9pm5j]

@Salmon Ella Is this a jojo reference

[@Ramsey276one]

Good thing it was just his HAND...

[@NeostormXLMAX]

man thats sad i must do somethign to make people remember me

[@jonathanwilson4286]

Two years ago, I saw this video for the first time. After now having watched the series in its entirety twice now, I can say with absolute confidence that this man is speaking the gospel truth here 100%. Kenny, I applaud your courage to lay it out and tell it like it is. Bravo.

[@knellpeek1920]

I can't believe Chargeman Ken invented the Wikihow artstyle

[@idrlc2123]

Oh my God your right

[@SirChubbyBunny]

Someone should make a meme with that, but replace the article thumbnails with Chargeman Ken stills.

[@TheBonkleFox]

@@SirChubbyBunny "part 1: accepting your death" *shows still from Dynamite In The Brain*

[@SirChubbyBunny]

@@TheBonkleFox part 2: embrace it and get ejected out of a plane at maximum overdrive speeds.

[@sai_lg1070]

*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFF* *OOOOOOFFF* *OOOOFF* *OOF*

[@車食べたい]

On the reason on why it’s so bad, according to the Japanese Wikipedia page, it said the staff didn’t care for it so much that some staff went to the beach instead of working, I doubt this is the only reason though, it’s too magical to be this bad

[@cc0767]

This is my favourite trivia ever now. Japan the land of obnoxious work culture "lol thats trash lets go to the beach!"

[@mazimadu]

So, this was made by Yakuza?

[@Krystalmyth]

"Hey, what are you doing at the beach don't you have an episode to finish?" "Yeah but, I got Ligma." "Ligma?" " ⎝ ͡⎚◡⎚⎠ "

[@MarquisLeary34]

OH LAWD, now I wanna see a documentary about the making-of. It's probably even more cocoa pops than the show it'self, I'm talking Minky Momo levels...

[@KanchidoShinokyoufu]

From what I remember about this show was that it was meant to be just filler between two shows with weird run-times. Just like The Fuccons were.

[@pottasium7117]

chargeman-ken is truelly inovative and ahead of its time. Literally 2020 shitpost but anime

[@chrisw7047]

I agree. It basically forsaw Zoomer humor, 2020 nihilism, and meme templates.

[@MMumbles]

And it came from the 70's. How.

[@X3n0n36]

It came from the japanese, the founding fathers of internet meme culture, it probably has impacted today's one. Memes are just a distorted mirror of the past.

[@thetoad4912]

This comment has the like number of the beast, please don't like it any further

[@NeostormXLMAX]

literall pioneer of the internet

[@ahwhite2022]

That scream sound at 9:34 needs to be sampled an become the new Wilhelm scream. It's... beautiful.

[@grengar7763]

*UOAAAEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!*

[@Erok9]

"How is that 10 year old so good at killing us?" Says alien species with literal targets on there chest.

[@alvaronavarro4895]

Bruh LMAO

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

*their

[@stalecheez-it1034]

@@mr.cauliflower3536 Cool

[@Guywhosaysbooya]

😭

[@pollyisagoodbird]

"I forced an AI to watch 10.000 hours of anime from the '60s and '70s, then told it to make an anime of its own. This is the result."

[@ricktenner1336]

I chuckled to this conment because it is accurate lmao

[@strider4life696]

And you created Skynet

[@1337w0n]

"I forced an AI to watch this. Halfway through, it killed itself."

[@mateololero4091]

After that i put it on a maze, three days in he still couldn't make the exit, there was two fake paths and one true

[@FlowUrbanFlow]

It seems accurate

[@hueypautonoman]

According to Wikipedia: "The low budget caused Knack Productions's staff to become apathetic toward the show and largely skip work on it in favor of going to the beach."

[@chippy2023]

Dang, it was that bad? •-•"

[@tacticsogreman]

​@@chippy2023 Apparently the budget was 1/10 of what one would normally have for a regular anime.

[@hellbunniez3]

that random factoid and the way it’s written cracks me up lol

[@UBvtuber]

Bruh idk if this was normal for 70s anime, but it looks like a bad attempt to merge old anime with scooby doo. I know that american animation was going through the dark ages at that time, but dear god.

[@PopodumMan]

@@tacticsogreman 1/10th of the budget for 1/100th of the effort

[@keithg5473]

Happy 50th, Chargeman Ken! Rest in peace. Please, PLEASE rest in peace...

[@TheAlmightyJello]

"Should we be drawing Ken as a 10 year old boy or a 30 year old man?" "Yes"

[@jerrybaker9855]

or maybe a woman

[@arx3516]

A really short 30 year old man.

[@xfirexrainx6668]

This is an appropriate use of a mathematically correct answer

[@emilianoborselli9787]

Yes

[@poilaaliop]

Definitely a hobbit. He looks like a young version of Frodo from Ralph Bakshi's animated LOTR with way too much mascara on

[@xelestial_sky]

"Why do the aliens have targets on their chest?" So Ken knows where to shoot.

[@salimamari5371]

You just solved the most complicated thing ever

[@EarleTKG]

bravo! I would be offended if you didn't take my like.

[@hanakochan6597]

das ist gud

[@fairyfair6395]

He doesn't even hit it either!

[@thisisahumanlol8255]

699 likes NOICE

[@gibblet7041]

I love how exasperated Kenny sounds throughout the whole thing, like this is his magnum opus and he's going to expose it to the world.

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

Can't wait for him to discover more hidden garbages. I loves this channel.

[@mikabreto]

This is how I want all video critiques to be presented from now on.

[@skullduggery6665]

@d0lanCL Same he made this sound like it was more insane that it actually was. This is nowhere near that insane

[@galaxy9310]

@@skullduggery6665 I'm curious but, you watched it?

[@skullduggery6665]

@@galaxy9310 Yes. His review and the cartoon

[@jaodasilva7993]

Kenshiro, Goku , Guts , and the Doom Slayer look under their bed for Chargeman Ken.

[@無教会内村]

The joke (as in Keroro Gunso) of Ken being insane has given rise to the meme that the "K" on his shirt doesn't stand for "Ken", it stands for "Kichigai" [気違い] (Madness)

[@gerardsaintosirisch]

so that's the reason I often see Ken being called キチガイ

[@genericyoutubechannel6180]

This is amazing😂🤣

[@ClayDress]

Or krazy…

[@AE-jo2fy]

No joke I googled the Japanese text and a Chargeman Ken image was the second result 😂

[@kinglymajor1465]

Haha thanks for that information

[@serhiid3758]

About "hair at the edge of the screen" - That is not a hair, actually - it's a threads from pressure frame. When you do a classic animation, you put a transparent sheets with drawings on a photo table, and use a tool, named a "pressure frame" to put them together. It has soft borders to prevent damage of the sheet. In USA, France, Germany and Soviet Union this soft borders were made from rubber or some synthetic materials like latex. But in Japan, for some reason, they were making them from few layers of silk cloth. And after some use, it can give you this result.

[@NarffetWerlz]

Way to bring everyone down with a knowledgeable, fact-based explanation that actually teaches us something and makes us better people. You bring shame and dishonor upon Chargeman Ken.

[@elleofhearts8471]

the little silk thread is like a hidden Mickey. it doesn't change anything relevant to the show but it's just neat to seek and find it.

[@Digitaaliklosetti]

I have no idea whether this is bullshit or not, but I will spread it as fact from here on

[@Phantomsangel]

That makes me feel less grossed out lol.

[@Bellonging]

oooo Intresting!

[@terryeubanks8797]

"Why does everyone just let Ken do what he wants?" The real question is who could possibly stop him.

[@heartattack8491]

Another Ken

[@SpheroJr3289]

Rui Carvalho *Intense head nodding*

[@vbgvbg1133]

SpheroJr 3289 Single frame explosion time

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone movie segment where a kid is in control of everybody because he warps reality in horrifying ways if you cross him.

[@joadarium9605]

Shit I'm convinced that not even Goku, Kenshiro, Saitama, or ANY powerful anime MC could stop the madman that is Chargeman Ken.

[@faenethlorhalien]

The reason why this anime came out on April's Fools day is more pedestrian than you would imagine. Japanese school year and fiscal year both start on April 1st (in ancient times, the year started in April 1st, it's not as strange as you'd think, the Brits did something similar up to medieval times or so), so if it coincides with a Monday or whatever other weekday, then odds are an anime will be released that day, because it's time to start new series for that schoolyear.

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

April is also the start of the Anime “Wheel of the Year” marking the three months “seasons” of launching of new series (April, July, October, January).

[@penguasakucing8136]

So THERE is the origin of the girl with the knife

[@theonlycatonice]

Your pfp matches this comment

[@SpencerLemay]

@@theonlycatonice When did people start saying pfp instead of avatar?

[@verdakorako4599]

@@SpencerLemay just now.

[@SpencerLemay]

@@verdakorako4599 The first time I saw it was 2 days ago and now I am seeing it again. I don't like it.

[@stefanm.734]

@@SpencerLemay The image next to a person's name has always been called a profile picture. Shortening it to "pfp" is a more recent development, with the first time I saw it being sometime back in 2016.

[@CaitieLou]

This looks like an anime that would be on the TV in the background of another anime.

[@Tiffany-ov2jf]

Lmfao

[@GenericProtagonist118]

This is like a parody anime like you would see playing on adult swim.

[@Emerald29]

It looks like the background of a anime that is also a background of a parody anime from adult swim

[@SNUPE_FOXX92]

Fr, some shit Shin Chan would be watching 😂

[@preetimantborabhowal704]

Action Kamen is better

[@anxiousArtisan]

Honestly, the plot of this anime makes perfect sense if you just imagine it was written exactly as dictated by a four year old.

[@anxiousArtisan]

@mathismagic7428 sir this is a wendy's

[@dwqafaefa...]

@@anxiousArtisan no it isn't

[@anxiousArtisan]

@@dwqafaefa... oh :(

[@Dst4r]

​@@dwqafaefa...yes it is

[@dwqafaefa...]

@@Dst4r prove it

[@IceGoddessRukia]

This show made the whole "main character is a villain" thing before it was cool- and did it unintentionally! I can't believe Hanna Barbara has more frames than this anime too. Breathtaking! :0

[@kelinator2000]

To be fair to the Aliens the concept of Aliens forcing children to commit arson for no reason is pretty funny.

[@exzyyd392]

I feel like "pretty funny" is a bit on of an understatement. Shapeshifting, space faring aliens infiltrate human society and use their otherworldly powers, technology and wisdom to make a random kid commit arson WHICH HE WAS ALREADY DOING

[@krunkle5136]

Seriously most of the ideas from the show could be legit with better writing.

[@azuroslazuli6948]

*[Chargeman Ken wants to know your location]*

[@arx3516]

@@exzyyd392 imagine the trial!

[@Sir-Cletus]

This anime is awesome. It makes no sense but it is wacky. Jojo makes zero sense for most seasons yet pwople love that. I prefer Jolyne's season than the rest.

[@sleeplessindefatigable6385]

It looks weirdly western, though, and that's the strangest thing to me. Like somebody saw Jetsons or Scooby-doo and said "we want that, but so much worse."

[@rubyy.7374]

Well anime in general started off as a cheap knockoff of American cartoons before coming into their own - look at Astro Boy or Speed Racer, the western influence really shows.

[@sleeplessindefatigable6385]

@@rubyy.7374 Huh, well I learned something new. I always assumed anime just kinda happened in a bubble.

[@Shimlarian]

Betty Boop was a big influence in anime.

[@rubyy.7374]

Sleepless Indefatigable I’d recommend Fredrik Knudsen’s Down the Rabbithole video on the topic. It goes into great detail on what spawned the genre.

[@rubyy.7374]

Sleepless Indefatigable Also, it didn’t start in a bubble, but with a mushroom... Two actually. Anime stems largely from the American occupation of Japan in the postwar 1900s, where American media seeped in through cultural osmosis. Would anime exist without the world wars? Probably, but this definitely sped the process up. Same with America busting through to yank Japan out of its 200 year isolation and into an industrial revolution. I’m beginning to see a pattern here.

[@DarkwingSnark]

You know, I almost wish the reason the anime's plot was all over the place, was because the whole series is actually Ken writing his self inserted stories.

[@proverbialloaf]

He is not concerned with a cohesive plot, just the parts when he gets to blast stuff

[@lesigh3410]

The plot reeks of being written by a ten year old anyways

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

@@lesigh3410 it does seem like it.

[@shmillbe3390]

Or maybe he's actually a diluted genocidal murder and is rewriting his own life, to fit his own delusions

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Not gonna lie this sounds like the percect anime to watch while high on drugs

[@DeathMelodies]

"Your life can only improve after watching it-" as i sit in a depressive episode, this was weirdly very encouraging. Thanks for the laughs! i appreciate your air of pure frustration and mania.

[@mateololero4091]

The secret to saitama's strength is that he's wearing chargeman ken's suit

[@gabsy_ferreira]

FBI OPEN UP

[@zairephenom1435]

No

[@derrenwood-peterson8518]

You might ACTUALLY be right, though.

[@bronzepkmn]

Delete this now!!! They can't know his secret

[@joaliyjudy3150]

One punch man is like the better mordern version with an adult instead of a young child.

[@choog2752]

Imagine you are at school and this kid in a yellow shirt with a K on it his helmet and pulls out a gun while saying “THERES A ALIEN HERE”

[@VidelxSpopovich]

And then he shoots your Puerto Rican friend.

[@thehermit8618]

Chargeman Ken is the quiet kid confirmed

[@tablescissors]

Excuse you, undocumented Earthlings.

[@wolfegirl1013]

Ah I love America; happens every day

[@marialuke2116]

Im certain the classroom snark would go "Yeah, im looking at him" and the other kids would laugh. (and then we'd all die because angry kid with gun)

[@narf-narf]

This anime is like the kid that makes the _bare minimun_ for the school project.

[@emancipator6364]

Least there are creators who are putting full effort into creating insanely trippy videos based off this anime. I have a playlist of some of them check it out.

[@Siliziumwesen]

Like making the project while presenting it

[@ВасилийМорозов-л7х]

I once wrote a last-minute essay at school and got an A! Well, in Russia we have a different system, like A is 5 B is 4 C is 3 D is 2 E is 1.

[@sirurchin7187]

@@ВасилийМорозов-л7х ABCDE

[@alfalldoot6715]

Oh so I made this show then

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

I gotta give credit where its due- which is miniscule for this show- I kinda dig the realistic art style. Wish it can pop up again in modern times.

[@paulyguitary7651]

I feel like Adult Swim missed out on not airing this as one of their April Fools pranks before it became a cultural phenomenon in Japan.

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

In 1974?

[@paulyguitary7651]

@@OscarLangleySoryu according to the video it only fairly recently became a cultural phenomenon.

[@MartianCandies]

@Amalaric GoTH which one are you referring to in the last one lmao

[@megahedgehog2039]

@@MartianCandies i think the 2012 toonami reboot

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Ever heard of Clutch Cargo?

[@outfoxies]

Aliens: *exists* Chargeman Ken: So anyway I started blasting

[@Blackshadow164]

Fatt Mox nice meme

[@faisfaiz4353]

Gorefield: *exist* *Plot armor leave the chat* Gorefield: bullets don't work ken

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

ChargeMan Ken Is An Accurate Representation Of The Entire 40k Fandom.

[@lolno8370]

Lmao 666 likes.

[@jabberw0k812]

They literally have targets painted on their chests.

[@LadyofTheSummer]

When you mentioned the hair, I thought you meant the hair of the characters, so I was confused. When I realized the actual hair sticking out of the sides of the screen though... I can't believe that was left in.

[@LilLadyAy]

Same

[@LilLadyAy]

I like how the modern skits included it 🤣

[@uniqhnd23]

Timestamp?

[@BreakinMIk]

@@uniqhnd23 13:13

[@Mtyugi]

Omg i have to go back and watch cuz i was confused as well!!! 😆😆😆😆

[@annnichols3091]

I'm a 68-year-old American woman whose anime experience goes back to "Astro Boy" in 1963. Given the American made-for-TV cartoons that were available during my childhood, I'm sure I could handle "Chargeman Ken".

[@wedran9225]

Since making this comment, have you tried, and if so could you? I need to know!

[@annnichols3091]

@@wedran9225 I just watched the first episode and was not fazed in the slightest.

[@wedran9225]

@@annnichols3091 You absolute champion.

[@annnichols3091]

@@wedran9225 Heh. Look up made-for-TV barely-animated cartoons of the 1960s. That's what I grew up on -- yes, even the infamous "Clutch Cargo" and "Space Angel".

[@JanusHoW]

​@@annnichols3091Your next challenge is to watch the whole thing.

[@djrobotnik299]

This anime had the same impact in Japan as the CD-I Mario and Zelda games did here in the states. Animation so bad and nonsensical, it had to be meme'd on.

[@-kenik9629]

I hope they had an equivalent of YTP for it too.

[@notopianne2906]

@@-kenik9629 Well, they have a YTPMV equivalent for it

[@Thanatoastt]

@@-kenik9629 If you look up Chargeman Ken MAD there's a fantastic list of insane videos from Japan. That was how I found out about this show in the first place

[@-kenik9629]

@@Thanatoastt That was glorious, thankyou.

[@1lamouna]

Well excuuuuuse me princess

[@taniaroman5857]

Chargeman Ken in a nutshell: So aNyWaY, I sTaRtEd BlAsTiNg

[@slbrah7375]

100th like

[@echidnut6602]

Its literally what will Charlie make if he became a mangaka

[@Zancibar]

Perfect comment. Underappreciated.

[@staydetermined6717]

Lmao

[@applebonker141]

@@echidnut6602 Nightman: the anime

[@helliagaming6255]

can we just appreciate Japan's response when Chargeman started leaking online, they didnt avoid it, they embraced it and celebrated it for being Terrible

[@Ramsey276one]

Kono kanji TFW XD

[@emancipator6364]

Ya those MAD videos of this show are a true blessing on this Earth. I love them!

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Japan: We are so, so, so sorry.

[@k-leb4671]

Why would they avoid it? We don't avoid stuff like The Room.

[@FoxIord]

@@k-leb4671 By "we," who do you mean? Because I legitimately cannot figure out what nationality Tommy is. I've tried, but his accent cannot be placed.

[@AwesomeJellyBean]

Love how it sounds as though you’re genuinely losing your mind as the video progresses. That’s the kind of passion I like to see in a video essay.

[@oniplus4545]

the biggest mystery of this anime is ken's sister, knowing that around 90% of humans in this series are shapeshifting aliens and ken is literally feeling suspicious to people with slightly off hair color but he isn't even being suspicious with his sister having different colored hair in his family, not to mention she tried to kill ken with a knife once before in an episode

[@lilyhudson8470]

😂😂

[@Bubbble_Bear]

my headcanon is that ken and his family are so insane that they kill innocent people and to cope they perceive them as the same shapeshifting aliens they hunt everyday

[@rembrandtdavinci6410]

@@Bubbble_Bear That could actually be a good concept for a David Cronenberg type movie.

[@elmersbalm5219]

@@Bubbble_Bear that perfectly describes far right conservatives in the 50s to 80s. Shape-shifters and zombies were placeholders for 'communists'.

[@mydogbrian4814]

> Nothing that *FAMILY GUY* doesn't do on a regular basis. - We see Stewie killing his mother. Mother killing her infant sun. Dad shooting his family dog in the head in the car. All done for laughs! *> So why am I not laughing?*

[@LordZolgonark]

The way Japan took to this really reminds me of those 60's spiderman memes that cropped up back in the day.

[@maxwellbowman4084]

Or the Japanese remixes of the “Cheetahman theme.”

[@VorpalStorm]

I was making that comparison the entire time I was watching this.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I wouldn't be mad if anyone decides to just meme the shit out of this anime.

[@manhathaway]

They had it on Netflix for a lil while

[@redking36]

This reminds me of Japanese Spider-Man.

[@thedeadcannotdie]

"kids eating mushroom in the woods" I feel like the writers got inspired by their own experiences while making this anime

[@Xport9]

If you were to think about it, up to modern era, no one would've thought about it. But lo and behold, we got one from Japan in the 70's. They clearly have surpassed the future.

[@alphaeligon9540]

Marijuana?

[@nothing00164]

I visualised that bad

[@rembrandtdavinci6410]

Ayahuasca or one of those psychogenic mushrooms.

[@KLegyyn]

50 YEARS OF CHARGEMAN KEN! . .

[@abyssbun444]

This deserves a ghost stories level of dubbing. Or a horror remake where Chargeman Ken is the villain and everyone is scared of him.

[@Nothing-1w3]

Lmao yes

[@Ghostbat007]

Someone do it please

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

He is definitely a psychopath

[@elgatochurro]

Fans should do that, it'd make more sense of the plot

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

@@elgatochurro what plot?

[@ikmnification5737]

That wasn't an accidental hand photograph, that was proof of life by a father telling his family he's made it to Episode 23 and he's okay... for now.

[@pixelcrunch300]

Can someone translate the message for me, please?

[@pixelcrunch300]

Seriously, translate, pls.

[@michaelmartin9022]

@@pixelcrunch300 He's implying that the animators were chained to their desks and forced to work really hard like slaves. Only if that was the case, wouldn't the animation be, er, good?

[@Garrettcube]

Chargeman Ken: “So anyways, I started blastin’ “

[@ewancreskeyallan1403]

But I don’t see too good, so I miss.

[@mrjanemba]

Anyway, you guys all think i'm a hero, and i'll accept that responsibility.

[@roger_combatevolved]

Someone photoshop this meme.

[@justinnelson5960]

@@ewancreskeyallan1403 and then i fired, and i missed. and then i fired, and i missed. and then i fired and i fired and i missed. i missed both times!

[@ewancreskeyallan1403]

And then I ate a popsicle, and then I passed out

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

I planned to listen to this in the background while working, but what you were describing was so unhinged and insane that I kept tabbing back to this video every 10 seconds.

[@hewhodestroysmorale764]

Kenny attempted to understand Chargeman Ken. He hurt himself in his own confusion.

[@MissBarker93]

"Why do the Juralians have targets on their chests?" Simple. To make it easier for Ken to shoot them.

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

I felt like i had a stroke seeing the alien name typed out

[@kaijupvppy]

honetly I'm not surprised that I did too at this point

[@Cami-wd4rw]

In the whole anime he never missed.

[@takengrinendmmar]

"Juralians" That's gotta be the most stupidest sounding name for an alien race I've ever heard of. And it's not like the anime explains why they're called the Juralians right? Besides, it doesn't sound the least intimidating :/

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

Chargeman Ken is the ultimate anime. It has everything. Every trope, every everything, before a lot of that was even invented. It's pure, unadulterated anime in its final form. In 1974. What a show.

[@basil8924]

a masterpiece of visual entertainment

[@Carlos-ne3zf]

@@basil8924 The dream created by breaking traditional styles. The work, which becomes a new genre itself

[@Anotherchild_lol]

Even the elbows-up-while-you're-against-the-wall pose?

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

@@Anotherchild_lol _Especially_ the elbows-up-while-you're-against-the-wall pose.

[@Anotherchild_lol]

@@St4rTr3v1Ut10n alright, good.

[@LilacMonarch]

Ken: "I guess not all aliens are bad." "Good" alien: "So you'll stop killing us indiscriminately right?" Ken: :) "Good" alien: "So you'll stop killing us indiscriminately, RIGHT?" Ken: "So anyway, I started blasting"

[@jamiecarlston2543]

Just think about this: This anime got a higher quality bluray than any of the many Dragon Ball Z releases.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Jamie Carlston don’t tell me Discotek released this on Blu-ray in the US.

[@picc9000]

@@TheRealNormanBates yeppp

[@DecimusYna]

@@TheRealNormanBates yaaaas.

[@Kiyosuki]

Chargeman Ken is more important to society than Dragon Ball Z. Sorry, but its true.

[@skullkid6439]

Kiyosuki Can't wait until someone gets wooshed by that

[@guytorie]

Kenny: "So lemme talk about the hair" Me: "Cool, let's discuss the chicken-scratch lines on the badly drawn hair." Kenny: "It shows up on the screen randomly" Me: "Oh wait."

[@lrgogo1517]

I took me a while to realize he wasn't talking about in-universe hair. That could have been resolved early on with at least one zoom-in effect on a hair.

[@Theonixco]

@@lrgogo1517 why ruin the surprise?

[@MathewRenfro]

help me out here; i dont understand the hair bit...

[@redholm]

@@lrgogo1517 Same. I was looking around to look at some strange hair style.

[@MF2X360]

@@MathewRenfro One of the animator accidentally left REAL hair in the scene of the animation and recorded it on-screen.

[@1SpicyMeataball]

When he said hair I thought "Hmm just looks like average anime hair." But no. He meant *hair* on the *film itself* I lost my shit.

[@薇vern]

H-how does that even happen??? Tell me, how?!

[@innactive8909]

Same here. And when I did see the hair, I thought it was on my screen and tried to wipe it off.

[@lv26Phoenix]

@rexsupreme1840 considering these were only 5 minutes each, I would say it's very possible they scanned them in batches.

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

I didn't even notice the hair at all, I had to go back and rewatch the scenes because of this comment

[@Bane_Amesta]

I had to hide the subs to look for it, and now I CAN'T UNSEE IT xD

[@kankeydong2500]

I'm starting to believe Chargeman Ken is actually an SCP specimen.

[@Lumberjack_king]

He would be a great scp

[@ChristianRodriguez-hz2qb]

All the aliens even have a target on their chests. They just asking for death at that point.

[@crackedemerald4930]

At least their god is merciful.

[@irfanburningowl]

basically MMPR right?

[@E100Omega123]

"We forced an AI to watch every anime from the 1970s. This is what it created."

[@simont390]

Tfw the anime is so bad you have to use force to make even a computer watch it all 😂

[@moochtheyarddogg9795]

Thus the increase of sentience in robots, who someday will murder us all.

[@specterknight873]

Ah so that’s how Glados went insane.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

I'm pretty sure that would be considered abuse to AI systems everywhere

[@rahulrt6396]

No wonder Skynet launched those nukes...

[@Vieweer]

"No fucking way you met a nice boy, he's gotta be an alien." Ken's sister: "Ken please 😢"

[@nemnem2342]

Rule 1: don't fuck with ken's sister

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

"No sister of mine is gonna be happy!"

[@kspsafe]

@@nemnem2342 You... Might want to rephrase that...

[@nemnem2342]

I meant what I said.@@kspsafe

[@ArtisChronicles]

​@@BioGoji-zm5ph you don't fuck with Ken, but you especially don't fick with Ken's sister

[@gregthehedgehog0956]

If you're wondering why the characters look familiar in style, Chargeman Ken had one of the lead character artists from Speed Racer on it for a bit

[@general_electrics]

_Sees child wielding knife being held back in thumb._ Can't *not* click.

[@KemoneArmstrong]

That's exactly why I clicked lol

[@franciscorodriguez8915]

Same 😂

[@brentc2411]

guilty

[@GreenEyedPsycho]

That kind of thumbnail *BEGS* you to click

[@andret3739]

I've never seen this channel before, this showed up in my recomends and i clicked precisely because of that

[@Fanimati0n]

"Dr Volga. You were murdered!" "What?! When!?" "Right now!" *ejects Volga from his ship*

[@Marisanrisa]

“Dr. Volga, Please forgive me!!”

[@elafimilo8199]

😂

[@YGO_SirDark]

Lol

[@sparklingraine]

Margaret says gay rights

[@pomelo9518]

obligatory 'volga sus' comment

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

A boy named Ken who is age 10... Ken10

[@MMumbles]

And he even fights aliens.

[@copy-rightedname]

Wait ben10!?!?!

[@BloopBloop-jb7ko]

hOLY SHIT

[@EightyFourThousands84000s]

A ten named ken whose age is ben

[@lungse.2565]

SHIT

[@AardvarkSnoot]

Happy 50th anniversary Chargeman Ken. Always relevant in how to NOT do an anime.

[@n3gi_]

Well, in their defence that's exactly how a naive 10 year old kid will act if you make him omnipotent.

[@GiddyVideo]

Somebody should take Invisible Detective Akira, draw Akira into every frame, and then release it without explanation. I reckon it would become a surrealist masterpiece.

[@yuki97kira]

Seeing as he took his clothes off....akira might have to be naked and i dont think im ready to see that

[@Koscacio]

@@yuki97kira just give a dude a micro pp, After Charge man Ken, anything fly

[@mikaeruu0309]

@@Koscacio or a giga pp. so big it doesnt even look like one

[@FerreTrip]

@@mikaeruu0309 Furry here to tell you that's a lot -harder- more difficult than you think.

[@Lollol-ty2nx]

E

[@devillass6025]

Here's a twisted version of this series I imagined: Chargeman Ken is a delusional psychotic little boy. In his world, aliens are accepted as normal beings, a lot of them have immigrated to Earth and shapeshift into humans so that they are more pleasing to look at and won't unsettle the beings they are coexisting with. Ken decides he hates aliens and finds a dangerous vaporizing ray gun, and discovers deadly powers. So, he takes matters into his own hands and tries to eliminate the alien race one by one, seeing them as dastardly fiends when they are just minding their own business. Both alien and human forces have tried to stop him but he is too powerful with his numerous abilities. His friends and family are scared of him and pretend to like and support him so that he wont send them to the shadow realm. His adventures are him terrorizing alien civilians and avoiding detainment by the government.

[@mar10ssj1]

Now that sounds like something I would watch as oppose to all the crap that is coming out nowadays.

[@monsieurnaggert3134]

@@mar10ssj1 Maybe ask a Studio nicely to adapt that Idea?

[@mar10ssj1]

@@monsieurnaggert3134 nowadays is all about isekakais. The market is just saturated with them.

[@ischeele7203]

Sounds like Stardust the Superwizard

[@ThatGuy-tc6uv]

Or, you could go the opposite way and even vindicate Ken and his family by having their sociopathic tendencies stem from intense paranoia that anything could be a Juralian plot (including each other, given how often they've been brainwashed or replaced by clones). This show is extremely easy to deconstruct and I'm morbidly curious as to what a psychological thriller version of Chargeman Ken would look like.

[@BierBart12]

I fucking love old shows like this where the protagonist is just an absolute maniac who simply does not care about morality. Speed Racer is another favorite

[@AGoofyJester]

Those types of characters are the ones I write about

[@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v]

Weird.

[@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v]

​@@AGoofyJester😑

[@BierBart12]

@@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v Yeah, it's prolly a weird sense of humor

[@Soldantae]

"Ken! You can't go shooting random aliens with a laser gun. You don't even know if they're innocent or not!" Ken: *haha laser go pshoo pshoo*

[@strangent404a7]

Morals? What's that?

[@Soldantae]

@@strangent404a7 Never heard of her... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@cherrycordiaI]

...Then it turns out that Ken has an older sister named Nora.

[@alieneko_nyo]

omg XD

[@prawnchips9461]

they both have vague super human strength and from vague futuristic inter-planet world with low FPS. Nora is Ken's sister that running from home to avoid all this super hero responsibility and live whatever she wants. She also helps an old bald detective for free and for her own entertainment.

[@demy4176]

Underrated comment

[@Masterge77]

This is my headcanon now and nobody's going to tell me otherwise.

[@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407]

Ken is the ultimate lifeform

[@nathanerickson5703]

Them actually putting the hair onto the poster for the play is probably the most beautiful meme detail I have ever seen. Bravo.

[@philipsmith3968]

I showed this to an anime fan who has extensive knowledge on the subject. He said that the card under the photographed hand was there to tell the film editor where to cut the film. It looks like he didn't cut it in the right place. It reminds me of the bit in "Manos: The Hands of Fate" in which we see the director using the marker board. Phil the Cat

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I've seen this happen in a few unfinished anime, but it usually gets sorted out in more modern series. The 1970s just had no real quality control.

[@bloodyidit4506]

Chargeman Ken is realistic. In that if you give a kid a powerful ass raygun plus superpowers and pit him against aliens who want to fuck up every aspect of human life, that kid would go absolutely psychotic about at most 3 encounters in.

[@michaelschneider8201]

Thinking about that, why are aliens necessarily supposed to have humanlike motivation? Or any motivation? Or is their motivation supposed to be comprehensible to anyone human, including the authors and the viewers? I mean, when you want to ACTUALLY show someone whose motivation cannot be understood by a human, you better not make your viewers understand it (or even see where it could be), and the easiest way to do so is to write no motivation at all :)))

[@aellojohalo8928]

so short ah

[@harrisonlee9585]

Chargeman Ken the stage play sounds like a ritual to summon something unholy

[@jolynekujobackfromprison744]

It's a collaboration between "Are We Cool Yet?" and Gamers Against Weed. (Note: I hope someone gets this obscure reference.)

[@Jupiter__001_]

@@jolynekujobackfromprison744 It certainly wouldn't surprise me if that were the case, given the show's ability to force viewers to question their own sanity.

[@potatoheadpokemario1931]

0:53 that's literally the Megaman cover art

[@berryford]

“Then theirs the hair” - wait the hair doesn’t seem as bad as anything else...oh god wait he means actual human hair lmao

[@kierebeats8619]

Its gokus hair😂

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

It also took me a while to notice.

[@Hihi_02]

Haha, i couldn't see it at first because my screens cracked

[@fernandafernandez1897]

That's exactly what happened to me. "Well... The animation itself is a problem but, why pointing out the hair? It looks as normal as it could be." - a few seconds later, Kenny points out the hair that shows at the sides of the screen - "wait... What the hell?? Is that hair???" Also, I didn't notice it because I had the Captions on.

[@tylabs6766]

IT took me soooo long to realize the hair !!

[@arthorization]

Everyone is talking about how the girl with the knife is the best character. I say that the Human Hand is a very powerful character. Kenny has dedicated 30 seconds over that hand because it is such a powerful character. Edit:[cliche “Thank You!” to show my appreciation and generosity.] I guess this was the power of the hand.

[@donweatherwax9318]

I always wondered where Nintendo got the idea for Master Hand

[@neko281]

So basically a kid that commits various atrocities and war crimes against alians and humans

[@WobblesandBean]

And butterflies!

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

@@WobblesandBean not the butterflies!!!

[@wildfire088]

What the fuck is your name 0_0

[@peebay3515]

Yes but it's okay because he has a spiffy suit and a cool gun. Duh!

[@JonathanThe501st]

My favorite trope in this show is when someone has their head messed with, they look like their writhing in agony. Feels like it could be projection from the animators

[@ReelNoble]

It’s funny how the creators know they made a terrible anime and probably made it as a joke. Now they are sitting at home making unexpected millions.

[@PointsofData]

Are they? Do people actually buy chargeman ken stuff or just meme it? EDIT: nevermind, really should have waited till the end

[@sunshineskystar]

they are probably already dead, but whoever hold the license now sure is lucky son of a bitch.

[@A_itsar]

That's big brain

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

Nora: Who are you? Chargeman Ken: I'm you but with more memes.

[@Nightweaver1]

Nora vs. Ken let's go death battle.

[@serhiid3758]

We need a sex scene of Ken and Nora.

[@eins2001]

Chargeman Ken is worse than Twinkle Nora Rock Me

[@Orochi97Jr]

@@serhiid3758 No! That would be the brithday of the Ultimate bad anime!!!

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

@@serhiid3758 That would be shota hentai

[@aestheticcherryblossoms8274]

When ever you first talked about the hair I thought you were talking about a hairstyle or something. Then I saw it was an actual physical hair on the side on the screen.

[@sainova8932]

Omg I only realized after I saw your comment. And now I can't unsee it!

[@murielleladouceur6414]

Oh the horror, the horror 😫

[@tarrker]

Same here. I was like "What hair? Bad 70's anime hair? What?". But then I too saw IT O_O

[@flaetsbnort]

I only understood what he was saying when I read your comment.

[@kerlowsc3397]

Lmaoooo I thank you I couldn’t figure out what he meant

[@takikomi-kurigohan]

April 1, 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Chargeman Ken broadcast. Congratulations! Enjoy Chargeman Ken, praise each other, and give one star at the end. This is the universal way to enjoy the Chargeman Ken😊🌏

[@thetopcats.9154]

Ken's design looks like they put Speed Racer's head on a haunted child doll body. Considering the nature of this show, even that may be possible.

[@lauraschantz9058]

Yeah, but that's the style of anime from the 70s. In fact, if you took one of the better-animated frames of this abomination and put it next to Rose of Versailles, you'll see that they have the same exact artistic style. Well, Rose of Versailles looks like the animation style that Chargeman Ken was AIMING for, and might have hit if the animators had cared even the tiniest little bit about the show they were working on, anyway.

[@bikoman813]

Looks like those girls with weird makeup

[@miunya]

And astro boys powers

[@Zcccide]

Looks like woody anime boy without spots

[@ihaveaquestiontothegodwhy1669]

I think this will be in my cosplay list, just for fuck all.

[@liendrawing2991]

With me being an aspiring animator, this show gives me hope and teaches me not to be ashamed of my own work, because there was once an entire studio that collectively animated worse than you ever could.

[@jcrowellz2000]

Kinda shows you that as long as it's entertaining it doesn't matter how badly animated it is. May take a few decade for an audience to see it and marvel at have hilariously bad it is, but eventually it happens

[@batatachan847]

search "vídeo brinquedo" It's a company from my country

[@nikotine1030]

@@batatachan847 I’ve seen countless people talk about their movies. If that counts as animation, then so can anything else.

[@NFITC1]

I wonder if this was the reason it was created. Was it an after-school club that made it as a senior project and wondered what exactly they could get away with?

[@Mintimiruku6369]

How about compare your work to a good anime instead of shitty one? You want your work to be seen as a joke like this anime? This mindset gonna get you nowhere.

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

His weakness is that he's powered by being a prick to everyone close to him.

[@cameron-yo6zp]

That sounds pretty normal actually

[@kingsleycy3450]

I love that Ken seemingly dropped the robot professor out of the sky before the professor even processed the revelation

[@TheDeldiz]

Hell, this makes their previous anime "Invisible Detective Akira" look like "Akira"

[@TheDeldiz]

@@kennylauderdale_en Senpai noticed me! 83

[@mysticalfreakshow7055]

😂😂😂

[@NA-AN]

@@TheDeldiz He will never notice us, stop trying.

[@Lim_Louis]

The tone of this narrative is just brilliant. Edit: I looked up this anime on the wiki, and this is part of his description: "He kills Juralians indiscriminately, even if they are not attacking or are running away. There are several instances of his dispensing with large amounts of hostages in ruthless attacks on Juralian fortifications and transports."

[@mellow_mallow]

Chargeman Ken is indisputably a war criminal

[@Lim_Louis]

@@mellow_mallow Definitely!

[@nonymouswisp8176]

It it comes from space, annihilate it's race

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

He's a real hero!

[@nginroom8108]

Based

[@리주민]

"Why does Ken have a car?" Because the police won't pull him over lest they get vapourised by ken.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Why does Ash Ketchum, a perpetual 10 year old, get to go on wilderness adventures unsupervised? BECAUSE ANIME.

[@리주민]

@@commandercaptain4664 The world is owned by the pokemon corporation. Advertising is geared towards children and excessive education eats into the company's profits. Best to send them off early in life to make money for the corporation through tournaments and merchandise sales (eg pokeballs)

[@MrCompassionate01]

"You're pulling me over because you are an alien" *pulls out lazer gun*

[@littlecake453]

2:05 I've seen anime that last five mintute long, but they usually are gag comedies that perfectly fit into a 5 minute format... But it's an action series... In a 5 minute format??? No surpise the story makes little to no sense.