Pet Shop of Horrors | KYOTO VIDEO

[@geardog24]

This is the type of horror we need more of, not just in anime but also film. No ridicules jump scares,or gallons of blood and body parts. Some thing supernatural with a touch of human sin.

[@Kolbatsu]

gotta love that sexual tension between nigh supernatural mystery man and the skeptical detective!

[@jasonblalock4429]

I was lucky enough to stumble onto this back in the day. I enjoyed the OVA so much that it became one of the few series where I went on to read the books too. Really unique series. Honestly, this is one that could be rebooted/remade today and it would barely even need to be changed. The stories hold up.

[@andrejg4136]

Much like the Twilight Zone, you'd only need to update the framing and the background setting. The stories at their core speak to human morality, and that's something we going around the block with since we first formed complex society.

[@pridefulmaster1390]

With all the talk of the writing in this anime, I just want to add that the writer of this adaptation being the one and only Yasuhiro Imagawa. As in G Gundam, Giant Robo, writer of Berserk '97 Imagawa. No wonder it was adapted so well

[@300DBenz]

If any anime was perfect for a reboot, this is it.

[@bd_bandkanon]

I remember being absolutely mesmerized by this ova as a kid. The rabbit episode still lives rent-free in my head to this day.

[@guardiansoulblade2673]

You’ll never see rabbits the same way after that.

[@andrejg4136]

Man just the cliff's notes version of the Rabbit story was enough to make me go "Hoo boy both the original writers and the adapters knew exactly what they were doing. Good show."

[@JoeyEsqueda]

This used to play so much on dish cable here in Mexico, so glad to see it covered here and finally understanding the full context.

[@konrambo1000]

One of my oldest favourite anime. Thx for your video

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

I never clicked so fast on a video lol i watched this anime for the second time recently and loved it! Just wish it was longer

[@heardofrvb]

Man, I remember watching the first episode back when cable have those "On Demand" channels. Pretty decent English dub.

[@Acesahn]

This was a great anime...

[@LowellLucasJr.]

The Medusa story is always so poetically tragic to me! Such a great short and a wonderful narrative! We could really use more anthologies like this besides the works of Ito! ❤🎃

[@Quincyishidaawesome]

I remember this one! It was officially made available with subtitles on KZbin for awhile around 2008 and my horror anthology loving ass ate it up like candy!

[@shikonaori]

I always saw this advertised as a kid but never looked further into it, kind of regretting that now bc it would've been right up my alley lol. Thanks for covering this, great stuff as always

[@Nexils]

Snakes are my favorite animals. Leading me to Medusa. Leading me to the Despair episode and the rest is history. Sometimes I forget this anime exists, so it's always nice when it crosses my path again.

[@Leodaire]

i never watched the anime but i do have fond memories of reading the pet shop of horrors manga with some highschool friends, it was such an odd horror manga but definitely one im still fond of to this day

[@VideoJockeyJoy]

I remember renting this and Magistrate of Darkness: Judge on VHS as a teenager. The lingering feeling of confusion an uneasiness never left.

[@Wing-Zero-si1eu]

Episode 2 with that guy being reunited with his wife, who came back as a Mermaid, just to get revenge for cheating on her with his ex girlfriend. Is my favorite of the OVA. The song of that episode was very haunting, that you’re stuck with it for a week.

[@criminalsen2441]

Oh man, this brings back memories. I actually don't remember when or where I watched it.. but the show itself is unforgettable

[@mandenmoris]

I watched that series in one of the direct tv channels called LOCOMOTION.

[@SpiderWitch13]

Dude you have really great taste in manga/anime. We truly need more horror content in the anime/manga industry

[@H-yf7mw]

I've owned the first volume on VHS for many, many years. I've always enjoyed it.

[@LynnHermione]

I BEG american anitubers to take ONE look outside their back yard. In Latin america PSOH aired ON TV. in the anime focused channel Locomotion, then Animax. And it aired subbed because that's how Locomotion aired anime

[@cloudtx]

I saw it for the first time on locomotion! Actually some of the most memorable anime from my youth I got to see on that channel!

[@strayiggytv]

Love this ova and the wack @$$ manga that spawned it. Soundtrack goes so hard

[@HereticalKitsune]

Such a cool show for sure, great concept and writing from what you've shared with us!

[@ithydoodles]

I rented this at the local family video back in jr high or high school thinking it was an anime version of little shop of horrors.😂 It was awesome .

[@zachberry4742]

The detective was my favorite. He was saying what I was thinking the entire time.

[@naomithornhill2079]

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. This is like the Japanese version of are you afraid of the dark and goosebumps

[@newlifecoollife]

i have the manga for this one, its one of my faves!! seeing this in my notifications made me really happy :)

[@Fairyslash]

oh hey, I remember watching one episode of this and then bookmarking to watch it later. (I never got to it later, lol)

[@canalsincontenido]

Where did you find a mention to Apple Mystery Monthly as the magazine serializing the original manga? Wiki says it was Missy Comics DX which is hard to research in the west and other sites say it was Horror M which would make more sense since it was a horror shoujo/josei magazine competing with Nemuki, where Shin would be later serialized. For some reasson this contradiction seems super interesting to me.

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Anthology format is an excellent form of Storytelling and works great for Horror and Anime.

[@Ineedgames]

So he sells Gremlins?

[@jasonhunter2819]

and she sells sanctuary

[@andrejg4136]

Not quite since the pets do fulfill the stated desires of the purchaser. The knife-twist comes in the fact that it's clear the desires are either misaimed or downright ruinous. Such as the old couple not being able to properly let go of their now deceased daughter, especially the mother.

[@ConspiracyOpossum]

Always enjoy the channel. It's nice to hear about some near forgotten anime . Have you seen M.D Geist 1&2 they are short and I remember enjoying them hope you do as well

[@nikosaric6264]

I can't belive Violence Jack was 3 years ago

[@djnekroman]

I'm usually someone who likes to watch the entire video before liking it, but that Information Society joke got me good! LIKED! Now to finish the video...

[@cloudtx]

One of my all-time favorite anime. I love the character designs, the music, the dark stories and Count D specially! I wish they would give us a proper Blu-ray instead of that garbage "standard definition on blu-ray". Maybe it will never happen but if it did? It would be a day one purchase for me.

[@bricy6437]

Your dad and mine are old friends! Your dad is staying with my parents this weekend. He told me about your channel so here I am checking it out. Pretty awesome! So anyways heyyy!

[@sonder420]

Cut the madam butterfly crap is the only line I remember from this dub. One of the few animes I remember having a commentary at the time.

[@UrzuaTroskenia0369]

Owned a bit of both types for a while, I will say until now I hadn't heard the Japanese dub, I managed to view up to the manga referrence to a notable cooking cuisine the Count treated the Detective to whom couldn't tell it apart from meat, C. Dee explained something real from mainland China in a certain province specializing non animal imitation, some stuff is tasty, but I'll say it's an advance cooking method along with some exclusive ingredients.

[@michaelk8860]

Fantastic.

[@otaking3582]

8:03 I thought her name was Milk Morinaga? Or are there somehow two different yuri mangaka named Milk?

[@juliagoodwin9510]

Really disappointed this series didn’t get a new anime. So much wasted potential...

[@BigEOT3]

The fact that we have a new Rurouni Kenshin and not a new Pet Shop of Horrors is depressing

[@juliagoodwin9510]

​@@BigEOT3Reality sucks.

[@StephenRansom47]

Is the ‘Dangerous Petshop’ a trope of the Far East? Or is a coincidence? Gremlins does predate this and it’s Manga, still I remember reading Chinese Detective novels that have hints of both and predate them by a couple of centuries. Thanks for sharing, and as always, Well Done 🦇 Have a Happy Halloween 🎃

[@ExtremeWreck]

A bit late, but there was an early 90s British cartoon that did this trope called Dr. Zitbag's Transylvanian Pet Shop.

[@StephenRansom47]

@@ExtremeWreck 🥂 I’m sure there’s more … the trope is so obvious a goldmine. Pandora’s Box 🗃️ 🤔 Like Q branch in bond.

[@Wergoheb]

Night Gallery but NOT Boris Karloff's Thriller? Bold choice.

[@dfess6463]

Oh good. You still make content. So...about that Read or Die The T.V. review...

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Count D...is your uncle a Vampire Hunter?❤

[@DesTheMagicDog]

I've seen the name of this anime through "totally legal" anime sites before

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

I gotta physical copy of this for 4$. I haven’t watch it yet.

[@lrgogo1517]

I’m having an easier time seeing the pet that looks exactly like a human girl as a rabbit, than that winged… thing which perches on the Count’s shoulder. 🤔

[@GrimatheFelldragon666]

Doesn't the laughing salesman have the same premise?

[@aaronorenstein5963]

Huh. Wonder if Stephen King or R.L. Stine would appreciate a series like this...

[@erichfiedler1481]

I wouldn't be surprised if they said they loved this horror anime

[@3L_B4R7O]

Nice

[@ZekBlast]

Looks interesting

[@erichfiedler1481]

Welp, another October of covering horror anime is done, time to get weird again, time for something bouncy, something curvy, something sexy, it's time to return to ecchi anime, and what better way than by covering either one of the two well-known OVA's based on what many consider the prototype of magical girls, the warrior of love: Cutie Honey

[@level9drow856]

You should review Twilight of the Dark Masters.

[@ashes898]

Where can I watch this tho?

[@EllisJ16]

here on youtube

[@TweakinAddy]

Do angel sanctuary!

[@juliamavroidi8601]

I wonder what's the implication behind making Count D being Chinese instead of Japanese? It seems like a significant choice.

[@fishsticks634]

I think it’s because of the setting. New York is where the show/manga takes place and there is no ‘Japan town’ there. Chinese people immigrated to America in big numbers several times. (Japan didn’t open its boarders till 1853) A lot of those immigrants liked to settle down with peeps who spoke the same language and ate the same food. Let’s not forget that people were suuuuuper racist back then, so a lot of the Appeal of china town was protection in numbers.

[@what1fun1v3rs3]

I think for me this anime's eng dub was terrible but you convinced me to check out the manga

[@someuser4166]

I really like the gothic aesthetic. It's a shame pretty much only the female targeted animes seem to use it since their types of stories and or homoerotic writing very rarely gets me interested. This one, black butler and another one I don't remember the name of. I don't know what demographic empire of corpses is geared towards though.

[@retroanimemike]

Pet Shop of Horrors is a very well known and much loved manga. I read it this year and ultimately hated it. Not for the stories, and certainly not for the art, certainly a very stylish manga, but for the setting. How does an author think up so many surreal and symbolic fairy tales, and decide to put them in the modern day, in a big city inundated with science and technology? How do you write a greek tragedy and set it in a modern day Middle eastern monarchy, when the setting you have is realistic enough for people to be bothered by no such monarchy existing in reality? And each of the stories breaks the outward realism of the world further, with new fascinating impossible creatures that are confronted by the real world of science and reason for there to be no conclusion. The impossible demonstrably exists yet science and daily life are unaffected. You could see them as unconnected individual stories so whatever change these impossible things cause in the world are simply outside our scope , but the characters have a continuing evolution, events and interactions that mark the passage of time. These characters live in the Twilight Zone, and they hardly even notice. Most every chapter Orcot will have an almost realisation or very strong doubt but he always just dismisses it. The world just falls apart, could not stand under its own weight. Still, it is all well crafted and stylish, and that is why it makes me angry - if it was just bad all around, I could just dismiss it altogether. This way I have reason to remember it and always be reminded how irritating it was to read.

[@jenniferbruno7965]

Yay trans positive