Magic Knight Rayearth: The U.S. Saturn Swan Song was a Winning Strategy for Games and Anime in Japan

[@Turbo_Waitress]

I still have my copy. I loved this game so much in middle school.

[@GTV-Japan]

Which disc do you have?

[@DJ-Krimson-Steele]

I'm so glad you're covering this game, and the anime. Such underrated gems.

[@GTV-Japan]

This is the BIG one! Every year I choose one topic to put everything into and make it the best possible! So basically since last December it’s been planned and worked on!! Let’s hope it’s gets 200k like the Sonic video!

[@superfunforce8052]

Yes I hope they port it to the switch!

[@mraaronhd]

CLAMP is one of my all-time favorite mangaka groups. They also created X, Cardcaptor Sakura, XXXholic, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles, and they made character designs for Code Geass.

[@jeremyhall2727]

Ikr ❤ i love them

[@igodreamer7096]

Magic Knight Rayearth (As Guerreiras Mágicas de Rayearth, in Brazil), I remember to watch on TV and like it a lot. Never knew about the games, quite interesting how Sega put so much money and effort in those projects. I'm very curious about they comeback in 2025. Great video like always, GTV man! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey thanks for watching! It’s kind of funny to see who only knew these things as a game or an anime. Here’s to 2025!

[@veghesther3204]

About that while Wendee Lee is still alive Clamp may end up replacing her and having someone else voice Umi in the English 2025 dub but I'm not sure if Sandy Fox would want to return as Presea/Singing the Opening Theme to the 2025 English dub reboot.

[@GimblyGFR]

I had no idea that a new anime of Magic Knight Rayearth was in the works! The original anime, OVAs, and manga were quite popular here in South America. I never played the Saturn game, even though I always intended to. I'm no fan of Working Designs localizations, but there is the Unworking Designs patch. The Unworking patch they made for Popful Mail on Sega CD was amazing. Maybe it is time to give this game a chance. Thank you very much for the video. It was excellent, as usual.

[@GTV-Japan]

The only info so far is one trailer but I’m excited! I’ll certainly share it when it’s ready to go

[@GimblyGFR]

@@GTV-Japan The new adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin is amazing, so a new MKR has the potential to be great. I'm, however, eagerly waiting for the new Hokuto No Ken anime they announced last year. HNK is one of my three favorite mangas of all time, and the classic anime was too censored and had too many fillers. The animated movie was incredible, though.

[@GTV-Japan]

@GimblyGFR the future looks bright!

[@lhfirex]

There's something about 80s and 90s animation in general (not just anime) that has a lasting appeal to me. I don't even think the more CG heavy stuff from the 2000s and on looks bad. But this review made me nostalgic and I've never even seen the show!

[@GTV-Japan]

There is beauty in imperfection that comes from hand made things. CG can never replicate this.

[@lhfirex]

​@@GTV-Japan Definitely true. That might be part of the appeal.

[@Azuris190]

It looks often too clean, same with CGI

[@superfunforce8052]

Yes Im totally over modern CGI its getting stale and lousy to watch 💯 retro animation FTW

[@Unquestionable]

Saw this got posted and immediately squealed a bit in joy. In the summer of 2002 a friend of mine was working part time at Gamestop. It was his dream job for that age, being fresh out of high school and our only cares being gaming and girls. One day someone came in and tried to trade in a Sega Saturn. Of course they weren't taking them anymore so my buddy offered the guy something like $50. Didn't come with any games so we started bidding on different stuff on eBay. That entire summer we played through Dragon Force, Albert Odyssey, Shining Force 3, and of course Magic Knight Rayearth. Even it being half a decade old or so at the time it still blew up away with the quality of the sprite work and all the effort that went into it. I rarely see that friend anymore. It's been over 20 years and occasionally we'll run into each other in town or at a reunion or (sadly too often) funeral. Every time we meet it's like we pick right back up from when life took us down different paths. Last time I saw him I actually brought up the Saturn and all the hard to find titles we hoarded that summer. He said he still has it all in storage and I made sure he had my information to contact me if he ever wants to sell. While I could easily get my own set up it's about the memories made with that specific system and games, of that long ago time when my world was filled almost exclusively with friendship and fun.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow what a nice story! I remember back then each of these were “only” $100 or so!

[@rafterscott]

Working Design games for Sega back then (either Sega CD & Saturn) were so good even if you never heard of the game you KNEW you wouldn't be disappointed. Still have my copy of MKR all these years later.

[@GTV-Japan]

Truth! They didn’t waste time on junk! 👍

[@davidscott9257]

right on. Lunar on sega cd was my first obsession lol.

[@neogotham2k39]

Magic Knight Rayearth is a great underrated series!

[@veghesther3204]

They/CLAMP supposably want to make a REMAKE of Season 1 but I'm still not sure if their going to use Wendee Lee to voice Umi anymore when IT gets a anime Reboot and Sandy Fox I'm not sure if she would want to return for a reboot of its anime version.

[@darinherrick9224]

@@veghesther3204 It's still massively under-rated in my opinion. No one understands how gorgeous this show is and just how good the plot and characters and pacing and music is. Esp since it's been remastered and looks the way it always should have.

[@Underhownd]

I bought the anime on Blu Ray out of curiosity since I knew it was connected to the Saturn game, and was pretty surprised with it. I liked the story, characters, and visuals and hoped to track down the game someday. I finally found a copy (the Umi disc BTW) and it wasn't cheap. Hopefully the new series delivers.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m excited! I thought about waiting to include it but I’m sure it’d just get a strike.

[@dalekxic5690]

New series?

[@raptorskilltor4554]

I keep forgetting the fact that Sega was big with anime next to tokusatsu funding evangallion and what not

[@mmpsp693]

RIP Kodoma

[@GTV-Japan]

TMS also did the animation for some Saturn games later on!

[@eduardoalvarez4457]

Funding Evangelion? That explains why Asuka plays a Saturn on her friend's house.

[@pablocasas5906]

​@@eduardoalvarez4457product placement at its finest. Interestingly, Asuka played with a Bandai WonderSwan in the Rebuild movies, despite the fact that the console was discontinued in 2003

[@GTV-Japan]

@eduardoalvarez4457 in Dinosaur King the kids have a Dreamcast

[@Louis-wp3fq]

This is why I love this channel. MKR was always a mystery to me, a Sega kid who was never able to own a Saturn (but who loved adventure RPGs and Working Designs). I saw many screenshots, but that's about it. Never got a chance to play! Thanks for the rundown.

[@GTV-Japan]

I recommend getting an ISO and trying it out yourself!

[@darinherrick9224]

Based on an anime based on a manga. One of the most beautiful anime and beautiful manga ever made.

[@bluebaron6858]

This games production is quite magic

[@RyanParreno]

Well CLAMP is still working. This seems like one of those key licensed games that gamers don't expect to come back. I hope CLAMP and SEGA are seeing the success Capcom is having with their Marvel vs. Capcom collection and Konami has with their TMNT collection. Bringing back RayEarth would definitely be worth it, assuming everyone is on the same page on expectations, budget, royalties, etc

[@DroWarriorOfLight]

Hikaru is my first love ever funny enough. But also when I rewatched and read this 15 years later, I noticed how straighttforward they were with the "this is just like those RPG games!" you could tell that the inspiration and setting came from the vibes of that type of adventure and they weren't hiding it or anything 😅, so it's a perfect fit to attach to a game

[@GTV-Japan]

Nice way to put it!

[@BeIlG]

I had no idea of this! so freaking cool!!! Thank you for covering this!!!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Only stop when I die!

[@SunnyTacos]

I always wanted to play this game since I'm huge fan of the anime, it had the Sailor Moon feel but different, sadly I never owned a Saturn since the console flopped in America, I did get to play the SNES one which was cool, shame Sega never released it for modern consoles leaving the game forever locked in the past.

[@GTV-Japan]

There’s always hope! And emulation!!!

[@suluturnip]

You know it’s a good day when there’s a new GTV episode.

[@GTV-Japan]

You know how to have a good time! 🍻

[@redknight4]

glad to see the sfc Magic Knight Rayearth rpg got a mention

[@sorakat42]

I remember seeing this game for sale way back when it launched. Kind of wish i did pick it up. But back then I was a newly graduated college student with my first real job. I didn't own a Saturn and had bills to pay. Hence why I passed it up. Kind of wish I did just drop my credit card down then as i could have had it for MSRP. Such is life at times.

[@GTV-Japan]

At least you saw it! I was so busy with work I went to k-mart one day and found all the Saturn stuff gone! They just threw it out! I’d have happily taken it!

[@sorakat42]

@@GTV-Japan It was at a mall store. Something like Electronics Boutique or the likes that were around back in the 90's. Back then I liked to browse and I would occasionally treat myself to something for my PS1. Ended up getting the two Lunar PS1 games brand new and I still have those. And ouch on what K-mart did. Though I am not surprised. I worked at one back when I was in college and let's just say I can understand why they don't exist anymore.

[@Waifu4Life]

For those playing on an ODE, emulator or FPGA, there's an fan undub version of the English version.

[@GTV-Japan]

I have no opinion about the “Un-Working Designs” series of patches out there other than it’s funny there’s so much effort to make them!

[@Waifu4Life]

@@GTV-Japan We'll be getting two official ones with the Lunar collection coming out.

[@GTV-Japan]

@Waifu4Life I know!! Heck is thawing !!

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@GTV-Japan, this gives me the slightest bit of hope that Megaman Legends 1&2 will be remastered some day

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I still have my US copy that I bought in 1999 for $20. It's funny- I worked at FuncoLand back then, and I've seen at least a few dozen copies. Most of my friends still have it, too, because we were all super into the Saturn and snapped up whatever we could get our hands on. I beat it back then and enjoyed it. It's pretty solid and a fairly brisk playthrough. It can feel kind of linear for a game in this style, but that's probably necessary given that it was attempting to follow the anime. Good stuff.

[@GTV-Japan]

Maybe it isn’t so rare after all!

[@stupidbluebird]

alright, you've convinced me to finally dig out and play a copy of this i burned to cd-r a while back!

[@GTV-Japan]

Woohoo

[@jarfdrzaly]

Cool fact there was an attempt to bring MKR to the states with fox kids in the mid 90s by Summit Media Group. But since sailor moon struggle with gaining rating(really surprising tbh) they shelved it. There's also the ocean dub with the pilot episode they dubbed with their reworked names before the one the English dub we would have

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah it gave WD some headaches too. Would have been cool to have this series on tv to push the game but….

[@mraaronhd]

@@jarfdrzaly well, it wasn’t really surprising that Sailor Moon was struggling in the mid 90s. Anime, in general, just wasn’t big here in the U.S. during that time period. It would take the combination of Pokemon, Digimon, and Toonami (where both DBZ and Sailor Moon found their audiences) in the late 90’s to finally help push anime into the mainstream. And with streaming, it’s finally made it culturally acceptable to be an anime fan.

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Accidentally broke the disc in my pocket one day (inside a normal CD case) walking home from my friends house after a friend picked me up and bear hugged me. I cried when I got home and found out.

[@GTV-Japan]

Aw noooooo 😭

[@PaperBanjo64]

Oh no!

[@saynotop2w]

I had no idea Rieko Kodama was involved here too. Rest in peace, you absolute legend.

[@veghesther3204]

I prefer the SNES Rayearth THAT one unlike the Saturn/Genesis version actually WAS a TURNED based RPG WITH a actual LEVELING up system but I'm not sure if the SNE game actually left Japan since by 1995 the SNES barely had any games made for it anymore because of the PS1 existing.

[@DannyDeVoid]

Always enjoyed the work of Clamp growing up in the 90s. Although it was a little embarrassing to admit to my Dragon Ball Z watching friends that I enjoyed watching all this girly stuff. But I truly enjoyed MKR especially when they were in those big ass mechs. Also thankful to Working Designs for believing in the Saturn and giving us so many good releases at the time.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s not really girly but I get what you mean

[@Ghaleonh41]

I still have my copy! Great video!

[@GTV-Japan]

Everyone in the comments seems to have one ! Maybe it’s not so rare…? Thanks for watching! 🍻

[@noname-zf1rh]

One of my fav jrpg of saturn. Still have all anime in hdd.

[@afropowa1598]

Honestly they should had hurry up and release the anime series in North America once they seen the success of Sailor Moon. Shoot, Cardcaptor Sakura was release many years later and still was somewhat a hit in North America. The fact that Sega didn't have exclusive rights to make/publish games for this IP just show how incompetent Sega is in business. I believe they also co-own Neon Genesis as well and those games were being release to other platforms while Sega was still making their own consoles. It's funny that they did a small amount of games on animes that they co-own yet did a bunch of Bleach & Hokuto No Ken games which they don't own at all. That's classic Sega for ya! Wow, thanks for telling us the name of the Tail's creator. I didn't know that before this video, lol. People really need to stop hating on Working Designs! Alot of the time the original Japanese dialog is really boring like Popful Mail was.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad to see all the WD defenders are out!!

[@PaperBanjo64]

That Magic Knight Rayearth opening is pure kino.

[@alenofbellwood]

The Magic Knight Rayearth crew also are present in some of the latest Super Robot Wars games, with the easiest one to aquire in the US being SRW 30. The girls have an easier time fighting Zagato with long range support fire from space battleships and mecha.

[@drinkerson3451]

Man, I really hope we can someday get a remaster of this criminally overlooked hidden gem.

[@GTV-Japan]

The comments agree!

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Just a mention- Sega’s classic anime RPG Lunar 1 & 2 are finally being remastered properly, yes I know Lunar 1 has been re-released but by itself and not together. The games are supposed to be released next year.

[@overkill1473]

Love this game. One of the best 90s games.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m surprised at the response! It is a great game but I’m really surprised it has this many fans! It’s great!!

[@skyMcWeeds]

Back in the day this was one of my most awaited Saturn games featured in EGM magazines a whole lot. mid90's was also the time I got into anime as much crap Working Designs gets they had done a good job with MKR seeing as the original code for the game was lost forever

[@GTV-Japan]

They only get crap from people who weren’t there! Thankfully EGM stayed the course. The same month had the 1999 buyers guide with a nice eulogy for the Saturn too!

[@Gay_Luigi]

for those who don’t know, CLAMP is a pretty big deal-especially in the doujin space. they made cardcaptor sakura, xxxholic, chobits, and that one infamous jjba yaoi doujin where kakyoin lays an egg and has his and jotaro’s child

[@a.e_man78789]

They're also the lead character designers for Code Geass.

[@BeIlG]

I wish they would do a new release of the final game. It looks incredible!

[@GTV-Japan]

With new designs for the new series in 16:9 an update using all of that would be great!

[@fnjesusfreak]

I got a "consultant" credit on the BD release of the anime. XD (I helped dig up some of the bonus features from previous releases.)

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow! Nice to meet you ⭐️!

[@fnjesusfreak]

@@GTV-Japan A friend of mine (also credited) was a big fan of the series, and I read some of the manga as a kid and liked it, so it was kind-of a pet project for us.

[@GTV-Japan]

@fnjesusfreak that’s super cool!

[@CushionSapp]

Working Designs sounds like a cool company

[@GTV-Japan]

They were! A part of all of us died when they shut down. 😔

[@BlueMageWithSoulEdge]

Oh! I had no idea that Sega was behind Magic Knight. I remember seeing a glimpse of it in a Japanese magazine, along with a vol or strips of the manga, at a flea market when I was young. That's how I got hooked on the series. I couldn't even read it, but I did like the designs and art. Learn something every time I watch one of your videos.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m happy to deliver!

[@batman3217]

That Game REALLY should be Rereleased.

[@GTV-Japan]

For sure! Maybe remaster it with 1080 widescreen and better difficulty

[@veghesther3204]

I prefer a REMASTER of the SNES game since its a actual JRPG the Sega versions not so much.

[@PaperBanjo64]

​@@veghesther3204make it a twofer with the Super Nintendo and Sega Saturn games

[@JGrove303]

I picked up this game and Pazer Dragoon Saga in 2005 and enjoyed the heck out of them both. Had to sell them on in 2012 under financial distress, earning my investment back, $75 and $150 respectively. When I see what they are worth now…

[@GTV-Japan]

It's hard to believe! Good job!

[@mightyfilm]

That is an aggressively 90's looking anime, right there. I probably have seen a few episodes somewhere at some point, though I preferred Slayers.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s so 90s their eyes don’t connect with their faces half the time 😆

[@mightyfilm]

@@GTV-Japan I'm more of a fan of the 80's anime aesthetic as well as 60's era gag manga, myself.

[@wdcain1]

I subscribed to Mixx-Zing Magazine back in the late '90s which published Rayearth. I bought the anime VHS box but couldn't find this game at all. No one sold Saturns where I lived.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m sorry to hear that

[@carlossoria2773]

This game is amazing it's one of the reasons to get a Sega Saturn

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s funny to think it was shown off on the first day Sega announced the Saturn and in America it’s where we said our goodbyes.

[@BrownElectrons]

Another great video man!

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey there old friend! Thanks for swinging by! Glad you liked it

[@andrewwood2556]

Your Phantasy Star series coverage is the best coverage of that series on KZbin. I sure do wish you'd cover Shining Force 1, 2 and 3. Maybe one day eh?

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes soon I’m sure. This is kind of like the next step in the story after Phantasy Star. It will continue from here and end with Skies I guess

[@andrewwood2556]

@GTV-Japan that would be amazing!

[@GTV-Japan]

@andrewwood2556 I kind of hint at things in videos so if you look at some of the older ones including PS4 and magical hat I talk about rayearth and some other things!

[@mjdf122]

I’ve seen and have all from 1980-Now I have every console and tons of games what a life of gaming throughout the decades

[@gumballdarwin2330]

Don’t forget it make debut on Super Robot Wars also

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

This is a good video, man, kudos

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for watching on day one! Have a good weekend 🍻

[@MrBelmontcain]

Great video. I missed this game but was aways curious about it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Go grab an ISO and try it out

[@pixelklubben6453]

Amazing, thanks 🤗

[@GTV-Japan]

You got it! I’ll make sure to do one or two more anime/game vids next year. I’d do more but copyright is always a problem ya know!

[@KungPowShrimp]

This should be on the Switch.

[@GTV-Japan]

It should! And not just because I already have one…

[@PaperBanjo64]

I agree it would be nice not to have buy a repro disc to play it.

[@calculateddeclination5534]

My favorite saturn game. ❤

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m really surprised to see the turnout! Woohoo Rayearth fans unite!

[@insertclevernickname]

Cyborg hunter was my favorite game for the MS, didnt know it was part of a anime but it makes sense.

[@GTV-Japan]

I made a full video about that a while back, really interesting stuff!

[@trycon40]

we desperately need a modern port of this game, the remake tv show is coming out next year so i think a port will generate hyp for the show

[@bluebaron6858]

Say it louder!

[@FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe]

Awesome video and insights have a great day / week

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! I will try 🍻

[@PaperBanjo64]

I just discovered the anime on Retro Crush because I knew the name because it's a rare and expensive Saturn JRPG and I love it!

[@Dariothehungry]

Despite the intro I had to explain to my wife, that was a very engrossing video GTV! Had me hooked the whole way through.

[@GTV-Japan]

Awesome! What did you have to explain?

[@Dariothehungry]

@GTV-Japan oh, ha ha ha! She was very started by the intro talking section. "Oh, what are you watching!?" 😅

[@GTV-Japan]

@Dariothehungry oh haha! Well this year I decided to start with a quick 3-5 second intro with something from the topic. Usually a sound effect combined with a custom made screen that looks like an advertisement from that topic when it was new. Soon I’ll put all 20 of em in one video!

[@GTV-Japan]

@Dariothehungry oh and this time that was a clip from one episode where they talk about life being an RPG and is very meta and 4th wall. And therefore hilarious

[@Dariothehungry]

@GTV-Japan always look forward to your content good sir 🫡

[@PrinceCity007]

Great documentary man! 👍👍

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks I’m glad you liked it!!

[@kendallmasterssank369]

Didn't know about the SEGA anime connections

[@StoneCresent]

Magic Knight Rayearth also made appearances in Super Robot Wars T and 30 using the visuals and original characters from the original TV anime.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! That’s pretty cool too

[@veghesther3204]

That game also used their Respective Japanese DUB voice actors but that game didn't really Have a Official English release but that Robot Wars game did through in English Subtitles for those cut scenes.

[@MrVariant]

Good breakdown. I only knew of the super famicom rayearth. 12:52 cool game gear. 19:32 a shame cosmic fantasy collection on switch is $50 without quality of life. 25:30 is why backwards compatibility helps a ton, so stuff at the end of a console's life cycle isn't left for dead, let alone waiting for new games. 27:30 genre shift first old games like Albert Odyssey. Interesting.

[@GTV-Japan]

There’s a microscopic sliver of hope the Saturn game can get a re-issue on eshop. Ya never know!

[@Indalord.]

A story about Sega in the 90s, it seems that the Three Wise Men have come early this year... I remember seeing screenshots of this game in the video game magazines of the time, which always had a section where they talked about Japanese games, especially JRPGs, which really caught my attention because of their aesthetics, which reminded me of the animes I watched on TV. The story of Working Designs is also quite interesting, and has a few anecdotes, like when at some point they considered turning "Popful Mail" into a video game of the Sonic franchise, starring a supposed sister of the hedgehog, something similar to what was done with Puyo Puyo and Dr Robotnik mean bean machine. The truth is that with how active the Megadrive scene is, I wouldn't be surprised if someone released a project rescuing the idea, or maybe it already happened, and I haven't heard about it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah one thing I forgot about was that EGM and Gamepro had dedicated RPG sections. They also had Sports ones too. I guess it made sense to divide it up. But now it’s much easier to look for things when it goes by system. Thank the Lord they had that game index thingy on one page! Have a good weekend man! 🍺

[@MegaManNeo]

That was super interesting to watch since I stumbled across this show few times already but ignored it entirely. To hear SEGA pushed it and CLAMP too is responsible but Rayearth makes me very interested.

[@GTV-Japan]

I have no info about the new series except that it’s being made. But if it’s like the new Ranma 1/2 it’ll be the original episodes word for word with new animation which would be pretty interesting. I didn’t go into it because copyright would not let me run a lot of animation without tricks and without sound but the original English dub is… hmm not awful but… very 90s. Anyway we will see soon!

[@mjdf122]

Still have my copy to this day perfect/excellent condition

[@GTV-Japan]

Nice! Never part with it!!

[@mjdf122]

@@GTV-JapanI’m being buried with that my Crusader of Centy Kuon Haunting Ground Rule of Rose Tail Concerto Valkyrie Profile and many other RPGs throughout the decades from 1980-Now I have

[@deepstothepeeps]

I remember being a fan of Rayearth as the manga was translated in Mixxzine (later Tokyo Pop). At the time, I had to choose between getting Panzer Dragoon Saga and Magic Knight Rayearth for the Saturn. I went with Panzer Dragoon, and am glad I did, but I've always been curious about MKR.

[@GTV-Japan]

Tough decision!!

[@chrism2027]

Magic Knight Rayearth: The U.S. Saturn I Love the Mangas and the Video Game of Segas Power Saturn House.

[@jaysonocampo6472]

Can't wait if they're really releasing a remake of this game. I never knew they made a game for this anime. This is one of my favorites back in my elementary days.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’d love to see it. But who knows for sure?

[@fattiger6957]

Was Sega also involved in a similar way with the Sakura Wars franchise? The original games were only on Saturn and the recent PS4 game was published by Sega (I think there were some PS2 games as well)

[@GTV-Japan]

Yep! Short story a very similar deal. But I’ll make it a video someday soon!

[@marcellosilva9286]

I love Magic Knight Rayearth, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu are possibly the most likeable anime characters I've ever seen, their chemistry is amazing.

[@GTV-Japan]

It really is! Masterful writing!

[@Arcanua]

I REALLY hope CLAMP redoes Tsubasa...they never finished the anime for it and they have been teasing new art for that series for over a DECADE DX Still no word, if they're only now doing Rayearth maybe X will go after since it's nearly 30 too. Can't wait for the next video, always fun to see how these did in the US since I don't live there

[@kendallmasterssank369]

This looks really good

[@bluebaron6858]

Abroad daring dreams!

[@GimmeTOKYO]

Not me finding out thru this video that they’re doing a new anime! 😳

[@GTV-Japan]

I wish I could say more but the trailer I use in the video is the only info so far. So just gotta wait!

[@bento7914]

I gotta check this out!

[@GTV-Japan]

Get an ISO and play today!

[@yosukerechain2000]

Love that Anime 👍

[@joshfacio9379]

I love how in the us version if you hold a certain button combination the intro fmv has a very bad imitation of mariah carey-ish song instead of the usual song.

[@Prodmullefc]

Realy great doc, dude. I love this series. After I got into Dragon Ball and started learning Japanese, I used to go to the Marukai in my state (US) and they had just a ton of Rayearth stuff there. I was captivated by how beautiful Fuu is (and I loved girls in glasses ever since), and between this series and Slayers, it was one of the manga that wasn't Dragon Ball that I began collecting the Japanese copies of for the day in the future when I'd actually be able to read it. The anime was really good too, but I find the second season isn't quite as good. Season 1 had a great story and the twist at the end was actually unexpected and really [spoiler]sweet[/spoiler]. I never got the american release of the game but the fact that the JP version is so cheap just goes to my theory that it's easier to just learn japanese and play game's in the original language than it is to collect rare, expensive american versions sometimes. Finally (sorry for the wall of text) I wanted to say about one of your last points, that you kinda changed my opinion on goofy 90s localisations. In one of your earlier videos you compared that to the way japanese 80~90s RPGs used to regularly include pop culture references and timely jokes. So in a way Ted Woolsey and his infamous choices, like writing Beavis and Butthead into FF6, were actually totally in line with what you said about the original versions of the game. I still don't want to hear twitter slang in current year dubbed anime tho haha

[@GTV-Japan]

I like those kinds of touches in games. It makes them feel like they are a fabric of the culture and not this thing out on their own. It’s weird because the demand word for word translation and when something is off they have a tantrum. But when there’s muh Indie RPG (tm) like Dragon Fantasy or Bob’s Game where the weirdness goes off the rails and it’s not funny anymore they lap it up! Well how is that different from WD? It’s not! Oh god and Dragon Fantasy don’t get me started! Every battle has that oh so clever text that never ended and was never funny!

[@GTV-Japan]

And I watched slayers too! Good stuff

[@bluebaron6858]

What should localizes do when Japanese slang shows up...

[@GTV-Japan]

@bluebaron6858 whatever the most annoying keyboard warrior thinks is correct I guess 😂

[@Prodmullefc]

@@bluebaron6858 that's a tough question because it's like asking how you preserve wordplay from one language into another. But they should be really careful about how they render the words because today's funniest word that everyone is using on English social media quickly becomes tomorrow's cringe boomerspeak. I think if there isn't a handy direct analog, like with ザコ and _small_ _fry_ it's best if they just make up a word on the spot lol. The Super GALS dub did it haha

[@davewebster5120]

I remember seeing ads for this in Gamefan magazine. the magazine went out of business a few years later, but I wanted to play every sega saturn rpg in the ads,. Such great anime style in all these games and all I had was final fantasy, Lunar, and legend of the dragoon. But nobody I knew had a Sega Saturn and I couldn't afford one. All those interesting titles are forgotten now. Sega was ahead of the game as far as hardware, they just didn't have the right games. There's only a handful of Dreamcast titles that are interesting to play. House of the Dead, Ikaruga, Powerstone, some Sonic stuff. It's a shame it didn't take off when its specs rivalled the PS2 years before it was released.

[@GTV-Japan]

I used to like gamefan a lot too!

[@SpinyPuffs]

Thanks for reminding me that I have to finish watching the anime.

[@GTV-Japan]

Go for it!!

[@dodgykebaab]

Always surprised this didn’t come to Europe. Considering the Saturn was more popular here than in America.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s saying something! But I guess too little too late!

[@PaperBanjo64]

Saturn was bigger in Europe?

[@dodgykebaab]

@ Sega was big in Europe. In the UK Sega was a giant. The Master System demolished the NES, Mega Drive beat the SNES and the Saturn sold well enough the get many games that didn’t come out in the US.

[@ivancastro365]

I saw this anime!

[@CharlesK-n6q]

In the mid-1990s, I had the Japanese version of the game, all three 12-inch dolls (mint-in-box), and a Mokona plush.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow! You went all out!

[@neko_samurai]

Crazy how your videos always hit when these games or franchises are on my mind. I recently found out how much this game is going for on eBay. Around $900-1200 USD. I was considering selling mine and using the funds for a PS5 Pro, but do I want to get rid of it? …for that money, maybe?

[@GTV-Japan]

At this point just emulate! $1000 can be used for something so much more useful. Starve the resellers! In Japan the ps5 pro is 120,000¥!!!! 🤯 it’s exchange rates back to 700 us but to earn and spend 120k is equal to 1200 us. So nooooo way for me. Never.

[@neko_samurai]

Yeah, even $700 is kinda crazy when performance results are so mixed. I could fly somewhere with what I’d get for this game. Crazy how expensive retro gaming has gotten. And here I bought this for $59 at Walden Software back in ‘98.

[@GTV-Japan]

@neko_samurai lucky break! The one store near me cleared out the Saturn stuff before the game was out so I missed on a lot of stuff

[@davidscott9257]

another killer video! any plans to cover the Lunar games?

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes! One for the series and then one for the remasters coming soon

[@Thekowaikaiju]

I actually played this on a whim relatively recenty.

[@miketate3445]

I bought this game when it released, but I never got around to playing it. To this day, it's still in the shrink wrap. Don't tell me it's a good game! I can't have anything tempting me to open it!

[@GTV-Japan]

What? Good games should be open and played!

[@Fizalx]

I had this game, and in my younger preteen days, I broke it in half in a fit of rage. ...idiot... for the record, it didn't break in half it exploded.

[@GTV-Japan]

😭

[@bobbynick5358]

I hope the make a remaster of the Saturn game. and don't have to the redraw sprites but playable for all modern consoles and pc, but have option to have original saturn fmvs or high-quality dvd ones.

[@GTV-Japan]

Someone on KZbin upscaled the animation with AI and since it’s already kind of widescreen it doesn’t look so bad! The profile faces when they talk in towns could be redone and the font could be sharper. In game they could even go like the recent Zelda game and look like figurines. It would be awesome! 🙏

[@bobbynick5358]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah maybe an option a play to the game with optional choices, Original graphics to HD would be good.

[@GTV-Japan]

@bobbynick5358 yeah!

[@joshfacio9379]

4:56 was sega using a video clip and not the games fmv clip? I dont remember it looking that clear when you play, it had tons of pixelization artifacts.

[@GTV-Japan]

It probably was the tv show now that I think about it. I’ll go back and see the whole tape.

[@Ratralsis]

I can honestly say that I never even knew this game existed, or any of the other games based on the series. I did know about the anime, assumed there was probably a manga it was based on, and could have guessed that it would have had games because so many popular anime/manga do. But that it was the last one on Saturn, and that its English release was after the Saturn was discontinued, was totally new to me. I'm a little curious to see if I can find a way to play it now that I know about it, though.

[@GTV-Japan]

Saturn games are easy to emulate if you have a Mac. Use open emu! Windows? Dunno but there’s something

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

I hope that the reimagine of the anime comes wiht a rerelease of the video games in a collection. Or at least the Saturn game. Oh who am I kidding... the reimearging of old anime never goes hand in hand with the games. I gotta fire this up on an emulator at some point.

[@GTV-Japan]

My emulator of choice is openemu but whatever gets the job going!

[@danielscott70x7]

Fantastic overview of this mixed media franchise, GTV! Alas, the Saturn and its library of games continues to feel out of reach. Hopefully we’ll get a modern port eventually. Looking forward to watching the anime in the meantime, though!

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m excited to! It’s hard to wait for it!!

[@nikotechtv3441]

Magic Knight Rayearth & Wedding Peach❤

[@GTV-Japan]

These are two things seen on GTV! It's true!

[@Mohammed1000real]

Working Designs made the localization kinda crappy and made the game harder for no reason. Although it's still worth playing and reliving this beloved classic that Magic Knight Rayearth! Also there's an undub patch online for anybody who wants to play the game with the Original Japanese dub and English text. Although the English opening and dub is also pretty amazing for its time!

[@GTV-Japan]

They often changed the difficulty in games I never understood why

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

Maybe I'm on the minority regarding Rayearth, because I'm more inclined towards the manga than the anime, mainly because Presea doesn't die in the manga. And I have both editions of the manga that were published here in Brazil, the first one being in Half-tanko (Yes, it was a common practice here that mangas were published in half of the japanese volumes until mid-late 2000's when full volumes started to get massively distributed) which used the Dub names (Lucy, Marine, Anne and Priscilla, instead of Hikaru, Umi, Fuu and Presea), and the re-release, wih improved translation and original names, which was in full tanko.. I never played the saturn game, mostly because I didn't had a Saturn and my neighbour who had the console, never bought the game. However, I played a fan-translation of the game gear one, and even played the Super Famicom one, which was one of my formaion games in the RPG genre on early 2000's (god bless fantranslations and emulators)