I'm SO tired of Genma Wars!

[@photonguro]

when animax launched here in brazil this was the first show that i watched there so shit scared me so hard that i wondered for the rest of my life if was real or just a dream.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Pablo I’m so happy to hear my dream came true

[@frartola4159]

Animax fue lo mejor que nos pasó!

[@MyDarkgaia]

Po meu mano, sempre achei que eu tavo louco tb kkk

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

"Some would call it...his magnum opus." (Insert confusing transformation scene) "I WOULDN'T."

[@Seek1878]

The English VA for Loof is Bryce Papenbrook, aka the VA for Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan. Guess everybody has to start somewhere.

[@MercuryFalcon]

He peaked with Loof TBH. This was actually his first role too, his father did voice-over work on the series as well.

[@Seek1878]

@@MercuryFalcon lol

[@الطالبعمار-ص1ذ]

@@MercuryFalcon Yeah rip bob But this wasn't bryce's first role It was in the dubs for cowboy bebop and trigun which bob starred in as well

[@imaginationless5131]

"Except that arc is great and this is Genma Wars" XD

[@BatoruKosakku]

Fun fact : Genma Wars was also Aired on Animax (Latino America), A Tv Channel which was pretty popular back then, and even managed to expand into other countries. And to be fair, the dubbing was Surpringly well done!. It was made by *Art Sound Mexico* Who also made the dubs For Naruto, Bleach and Evangelion.

[@BlackViperGX]

Si pero ni eso la salvo, es pésima no podía creer lo que estaba viendo jajaja

[@BatoruKosakku]

@@BlackViperGX Pero igual me sorprende que una serie tan mala como Genma Wars recibiera un doblaje de un estudio profesional como Art Studio, a pesar de que hay un monton de otras series alli afuera que no han sido doblada y son mejores que esta bosta

[@hellkaiser7018]

This seems eerily similar to the Mao Dante anime.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Yeah. Eve of Mythology in manga form is definitely better than its anime adaptation.

[@gabfreaklewoof1438]

@@SlapstickGenius23 How were you able to find the manga. Been having a hard time finding it

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@gabfreaklewoof1438 it’s easy, the manga volumes are on Amazon Japan and various other retail websites like the secondhand collectibles giant Mandarake.

[@gabfreaklewoof1438]

@@SlapstickGenius23 Appreciate it was able to find it now. Was hoping to find an English or Spanish translation but it looks like the amazon Japanese will have to do. It amazes me it did so poorly that it didn't even get translated online with so many manga online.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@gabfreaklewoof1438 the original manga is somewhat successful. The anime adaptation isn’t, because it’s pretty goddamn flawed.

[@jf4132]

Also I just love the passive aggressive tone throughout the video

[@THEAnimeHERO]

At 7:30. Hmmm, I wonder if Air Master Maki Aikawa & her little sis designs were based on Jin.

[@Pimpeaux]

This anime is the Dark Souls of Metal Gear games.

[@ricardodavis4730]

Every creator has a hiccup. No one is immune from creating something astronomically stupid. I wonder what compelled Ishinomori to make all the questionable choices in Genma Wars.

[@MercuryFalcon]

I found out later a lot of the sexual stuff was inspired by the Ralph Bakshi film Wizards which makes sense.

[@ricardodavis4730]

@@MercuryFalcon That explains a lot.

[@kidferocious]

@@MercuryFalcon Was there a movie that DIDN’T inspire him?

[@zak22wolftheultramanzenith35]

It makes me wonder what would have happened had he been able to actually finish the story.

[@crazyspider17]

i love this video so much, i always come back to it

[@Ash113Lynx]

I adore Genma Wars! The whole community of "so bad it's good" fans NEED to be speaking this in the same breath as Garzey's Wing or Mars of Destruction.

[@jasondphoenix]

No (2)

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Harmageddon is actually a good yet misunderstood movie though.

[@elijahguest1885]

Having looked it up this anime was directed by Tsuneo Tominaga who actually directed Wangan midnight, and Initial D fourth stage. Also directed Barom one and Cinderella boy. He’s done a lot of interesting stuff but seems he went off the map after 2009.

[@AKImeru]

I could not stop laughing at that baby voice

[@kidferocious]

Yeah, the actor sounds like he’s trying too hard to sound evil, only to sound bored or stoned.

[@nattoeater988]

THE SECRET OF YOUR BLUUUD IS IN GENMA CASTUUUL

[@markdavis1023]

I guess the ninjas are magical anarchists and the wizards are magical fascists. Awesome video

[@itszeronizer597]

That’s not the only difference, the wizards/ma tribe got monsters.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

"But they're anarchists so they'd want to dismantle the system but...they...want to JOIN it...and- IN THE NEXT EPISODE-!"

[@robertmiles1603]

my favorite part is that the ninjas are doing backflips atop the cliff for no apparent reason. like they're just doing it so theres stuff going on in the background for the sake of it. its like the part of the futurama episode where harold zoid tries to make a movie and for the sake of action/filler he wastes all the production money having people in the background run around yelling and waving their arms while throwing pies

[@Darkscream217]

Damn, Genma Wars looks like one of those "So Bad It's Hilarious" type of anime that kinda piques my interest. Damn shame it was made by the studio behind Slayers, which is one of my top favorite 90's anime!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Slayers certainly was their best.

[@sonic23233]

Same

[@sonic23233]

I really like Slayers

[@0LycanFX]

So whens the "Harmagedon" A.k.a. "Genma Taisen" review?

[@kidferocious]

I wonder if you plan on talking about Harmageddon, which was a movie based on the first arc of Genma Wars. What’s notable about it is that it has a soundtrack by Keith Emerson & has character designs by Katsuhiro Otomo, who did Akira & Steamboy.

[@nrein89]

This is great! I'm learning about obscure anime and laughing my ass off!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

MercuryFalcon The Ryu trilogy started with 10:28 what’s basically Planet of the Apes fanfiction! Its middle was a different story which spun off from its anime counterpart, but was similarly set in the prehistoric times. The finale was set in what was then the present day.

[@Redem10]

I know this because a group of French dubber basicaly made a parody dub of this where they merciless mock it by play-acting director commentary

[@Totalvermin51]

Where can i find it...

[@Redem10]

@@Totalvermin51 On Dailymotion it's under the name GotohWan La planète des monstrosinges. Sadly it don't seem to be on youtube, though a lot of the other parody dub by GotohWan are.

[@stuffedsomething1699]

That outro... A man after my own heart XD

[@ardenbob]

its killing me, what is the name of that outro song it sounds so familiar but I cant seem to place it.

[@jf4132]

Gemma Wars is probably one of my favorite bad animes ever made from the 2000s along with the Demon Lord Dante anime. Both have shitty animation, both have laughably awful dubs, both were based on Manga by famous mangakas, and both had manga that were canceled so the anime had to make up it’s own ending.

[@gabfreaklewoof1438]

I'm actually surprised that I'm having a hard time trying to find the uncensored and manga source material for this

[@MercuryFalcon]

I have it, took forever to download, not worth it.

[@gabfreaklewoof1438]

@@MercuryFalcon Makes sense. I strangely liked it, although it might just be because of nostalgia. Watched it in Spanish and it was bearable that way. Apart of me was telling me that the source material would be better but that was hopeful thinking. Either ways, it's definitely an anime that it's so bad it's good. My mind kept seeing parts of the anime that would have been great places to take off from and develop but ultimately I knew I was going to be disappointed.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

Your article on Genma Wars is gone, did you reupload it anywhere?

[@stillbuyvhs]

Message from Space was awesome.

[@venomouslizards]

Thanks for the help with getting the uncensored version, the only issue I have now is that no matter how many times I attempt to download it using the new torrenting app, it gets stalled at 72% and won't progress anymore. I'm not the most familiar with torrenting so the only explanation I have is is that only 72% of the file got sent, but I have no idea. Thanks in advance and I hope to be able to finally get this downloaded soon.

[@stanleyteriaca2184]

Harmagetton?

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

Genma Taisen the actual manga/novels is probably much better than either of its animated parts. Although Harmagedon 1983 does at least have some nice looking scenes, the soundtrack is a guilty pleasure (Keith Emerson was high/drunk when composing, lol). Nice to hear the Soul Blade theme song btw

[@biropgrules]

yeah, that happened to me once. i saw a movie(live action) that some of the most gruesome apocalyptic alien inviasion story imaginable. featuring lobotomy, mind control, spores that destroyed the body inside out, and all the other gruesome stuff you can imagine from an downer ending alien invasion story. ive tried to find out what the hell the movie was, but to this day, i havent been able to find it. which might be for the best.

[@angah82]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

[@itszeronizer597]

Here’s a theory that probably isn’t true, my theory is that maoh king/wizard king is the same person as jo azuma, the protagonist of the previous genma wars series, my theory goes that the previous characters died, and that jo blamed himself for their deaths, and joined the great genma so he wouldn’t have to deal with his emotions. Again, I’m probably wrong, I have this AU scenario where meena doesn’t die (she’s the character that looks like artimus from cyborg 009) but loof does, telling her to raise their unborn child, she gives birth, and names him ryu who becomes the protagonist of this AU scenario, Jin succeeds maoh king/wizard king and transforms into a demonic skeleton like creature with four horns and its up to ryu and a band of psychics to defeat him and a fully grown dar/ great genma, which they do successfully.

[@RyuToken]

What was going through Ishinomori's head???

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

A lot, I bet!

[@JohnathanEnder]

Yen signs

[@TsukiCondor]

Idk what the manga is like

[@e.treacy7724]

Was that a thinly disguised Reinhard from Logh?

[@Takimeko]

I was gonna mention before fully watching the video that the dub for Genma Wars reminded me way too much of Dark Cat. But it all makes sense now

[@ssasuke125]

Was the manga version any better by any means just asking anyone who read the original. It feels like adaption didn't help things or was the source material that bad?

[@leogg1402]

A ghost ship controlled by nuclear power is a great idea

[@SirenRunner]

This is just pure humor I love it

[@danielramsey6141]

Believe it or not. But this anime and other Shotoro Ishinomori Manga adaptations before 2015 were all being produced by Akira Tsubaraya! Son of Eiji Tsubaraya! The Man responsible for Godzilla and Ultraman! Akira really wanted to get into anime, but it was clear that even though his intentions were noble, he still screwed over a lot of Go Nagai’s and Ishinomori’s works due to how limited his knowledge was on Anime, the Industry and the considerable amount of Money he had to put into the projects, only for all that effort to really be Bottom of the Barrel due to how constrained the budget was.

[@MercuryFalcon]

You should check out my most recent video

[@sonikmuff]

I have the titular line AND the title line for Genma Wars. I was a stowaway on the bird. And the main Character was learning how to drive. And I'm a stowaway because I'm always stowing away and I come out And I say 'boy. im just tired of all these Genma wars'

[@edhenshuusha4666]

13:36 funny how this actually happened in my country, but not on Adult Swim.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Sounds like the coolest show ever!

[@kidferocious]

Given how crazy the source material is, I think that Genma Wars is cursed with not getting an adaptation, which is somewhat understandable. Out of all of Ishinomori’s works, this one might be his most infamous & most unknown.

[@Awsomeisimo]

Why was lee van cleef a part of history tims

[@austinvoelker9270]

The bit at the end, very much remind me of when that happens to me. And suprisly they were FlCl and Fullmetal Alchemist.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Flcl and fma are nothing compared to super milk chan

[@austinvoelker9270]

@@MercuryFalcon I mean, I agree that show is very crazy. But when I watch these show, I was at the age of 7. And from what I watched, they give me that creepy sense of a David Lynch movie.

[@MD_Chaos]

Out of the Genma Taisen stuff, I've only seen the 80s Movie by Rintaro, which I like. This adaptation of Genma Taisen looks like a hilarious mess of epic proportions. Relating to the studio, I did some episodes of Tri Zenon which wasn't bad for what it is, although the subs that are out are pretty terrible. also big kudos for using Southern Cross and Soul Edge's OP in the vid.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Gotta use the best music I can that won't get copyright

[@austinvoelker9270]

May I ask where you founded that picture of "The Starbow", I've looked everywhere and I can't find it at all. except for the link on the video.

[@MercuryFalcon]

I don't think it was ever translated so I found it by searching the title in Japanese: ザ・スターボウ

[@austinvoelker9270]

@@MercuryFalcon Thanks

[@neogen7084]

Personally, Genma wars was the strangest anime ive ever seen. But, one question; in what part of the plot, the manga end?

[@yeahsamweller8671]

Hilarious! Also, What is that song you play at the end of the video?

[@MercuryFalcon]

Soul Edge theme

[@frartola4159]

¿Que los magos no son humanos y que los magos tienen muchísimo más poder que los ninjas?

[@Seek1878]

I know this series because it was an "extra" on an anime DVD I once bought, lol was it bad but I kept watching kinda out of amazement.

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

I'm not sure if Ishinomori was drunk when he came up this manga. This is nowhere as good... or coherent.... as something like Cyborg 009.

[@saintsheepy6682]

Either that or he was high. It's hard to believe that the guy who came up with Kamen Rider and did its manga (which I got today) came up with this, this mess is just nonsensical.

[@doodlebugfour7070]

Two words: Kazumasa Hirai

[@joaomotta7791]

​@@doodlebugfour7070 Could you elaborate? Got really curious and finding english sources is a pain in the ass for me.

[@doodlebugfour7070]

@@joaomotta7791 Kazumasa Hirai is the writer for Genma Wars.

[@shynedolls6090]

I really liked this story. It's so weirdly stupid that it's interesting to me. took me a fe years to remember what this is called

[@edkwon]

This not only manages to look like an anime production from the 70s...but a knock off Korean production from the 70s

[@thebladezmanII]

I wonder how many of the voice actors list this on their resume? Geez, it's demoralizing hearing great voice actors like Bryce Papenbrook give performances like this.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Wendee Lee actually gives a terrible performance as Meena. I never thought she could do a bad job especially so late in her career but its terrible.

[@thebladezmanII]

I think it can be chalked up to the voice director Ruben Arvizu because almost any dub by him sounds terrible.

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

@@MercuryFalcon Probably down to piss poor voice direction. It came before the first role I ever heard her in (Soul Calibur II, as Xianghua)

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

Richard Epcar shows up, but he has TONS of credits to his name. Amongst other things, he dubbed someone from a Shin Megami Tensei anime in the 90's (Tokyo Revolution or something like that), the Native American psychic from Harmagedon (another Genma Taisen animated work, but compared to this series it's...infinitely superior, mostly due to far more competent people working on the animation. Rintaro and Katsuhiro Otomo, amongst others), and he was in Kingdom Hearts too. Oh and Baofu in Persona 2.

[@the-NightStar]

@@thebladezmanII EVERY bad anime dub you've ever heard comes down to poor direction and nothing else. Usually. But yes, if you give the most talented voice actor ever NO direction as to what they're doing, it's like blindfolding a mensa member and asking them to build a rocket in the dark out of play-doh. No matter their qualifications, it's just not going to happen.

[@DeltaRayTrill86]

I needed this laugh oh my fucking gawd lmao 🤣😂😭

[@fernandaps2]

Why do you kinda sound like rocco from mega 64 in this vid

[@MercuryFalcon]

The next episode of John’s Gems will be done when it’a done. There is no set schedule. In case you didn’t know...

[@bmxkid1319]

0:05 she's being abused by Jin , CALL THE POLICE!

[@Balevolt]

Ok I have to read this manga

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

im wondering why its listed that harmageddon is related to this

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

Because Harmageddon was also part of the Gemma Taisen franchise, adapted from the manga and several of the novels. Genma Wars is adapted from a late 70s manga that's an alternate universe of the Gemma Taisen franchise called Eve of Mythology.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

@@VaatiOfDarkness the manga any good?

[@VaatiOfDarkness]

@@attackofthecopyrightbots I really don't know, there's no English translation anywhere, not even a fan made one. Western audiences don't seem keen on this franchise, maybe because of how the two animated installments turned out...

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

@@VaatiOfDarkness damn

[@gabfreaklewoof1438]

@@attackofthecopyrightbots I bought the manga and got to read it (without knowing Japanese). All I can say the manga it's slightly better. It cuts down on the rape, (Mostly of the weird king's part) and there was a lot of slight changes. 1st- The manga doesn't go that deep with the mom's backstory. (Anime definitely makes her dying sadder) 2nd- The monkeys have guns and not swords and that one monkey boss was never turned into a doll and never got to introduce the vain girl. 3rd-Wolf dude was never shown to be transformed nor his 1st pupil killed. Also his bottom half was completely blown off during his death. 4th- Filler episodes include the added aristocrat and Meena's hometown. 5th-Wizard King was never killed. He just straight sent them back in time with Dah not being a major villain. 6th- The Skull city arc had WAY TOO many changes. Luna was a cat lady and not a biker girl (she also never became one of the twin's lover) and she also got to live with the biker boyfriend (travelled though time with Dah and the Twins). The twins actually left the lady who cared for them to die in the nuclear explosion. Monkeys weren't even a thing in this arc. There was too many changes to this arc to compensate that the manga ended with the twins, dah, the biker dude and Luna travelling through time) I probably skipped thought a lot of other minor changes but honestly non of them were really major. The manga gave me closure that it wasn't as bad as the anime but not by much.

[@0ldBen]

The titular line from Genma Wars...

[@maplecolor1]

Awesome video

[@pillager6441]

3:59

[@VuNguyen-fv5jl]

How did this inspire Akira lmfao

[@MercuryFalcon]

You're thinking of Genma Taisen: Harmegeddon from the 80s based on Ishinomori's original run of the comic with the film adaptation directed by Rintaro and character designs by Katsuhiro Otomo, this is Genma Taisen Eve of Mythology from 2003 based on Ishinomori's late 70's run set in an alternate universe from the original.

[@personamithulu]

The more I witness this show the more bat shit insane it becomes.

[@chadwickjdillon]

Its like... a plot cliche randomizer. Every third paragraph changes the whole world. This is amazing.

[@pridefulmaster1390]

Dear god, this show is as much of a mess as I've been told. So much WHAT alone in this video my brain can't take it. I haven't seen any Ishinomori stuff aside from Gilgamesh, but this is a travesty. More than the Kikaider anime, no matter what BennetTheSage says. I would like to apologize on behalf of all of humanity for the poor treatment Harmagedon got. Seeing what came afterwards we didn't know better. Interesting fact about this show: it was one of many produced by Akira Tsuburaya, the son of the creator of TsuburayaPro. Many shows from many creators were chosen, from Leiji Matsumoto (Gun Frontier) to Mitsuteru Yokoyama (Babel II: Beyond Infinity) and even Go Nagai (Demon Lord Dante). Barom One was also a part of this. With the exception of the Matsumoto shows, all these shows apparently sucked and were farmed out to minor end studios like E&G. The whole thing ended with Tsuburaya getting into legal trouble for one reason or another. You can read more here: landofobscusion.blogspot.com/2018/02/akira-tsuburayas-retro-modern-anime.html Another fun fact, these shows were sublicensed to Enoki Pictures (as you mentioned), who in the early 2000's struck a deal with Media Blasters to distribute some of their shows. Babel II & Genma Wars were licensed after MB's success with other Enoki shows like Zenki & Gokudo. But they flopped so hard that MB quit the deal and never worked with Enoki again.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Kikaider the Animation is awesome. Gilgamesh was just boring as hell. The manga is a weird dark comedy, its at least funny. Cyborg 009 2001 is amazing. If you're looking for more ishinomori stuff Kikaider the animation and 009 (2001) are great starting points. Fair warning, the Kikaider OVAs fall off on the last 2 episodes, but the Inazuman crossover is spectacular.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Sorry, those second two paragraphs were hidden. Thats actually great information to have, appreciate it.

[@EGOS42]

I wish you could've seen my face during this video. Very contorted.

[@DelRio1991]

This looks awful I want it on DVD

[@TVOR]

This is the weirdest anime show i've seen.

[@joshuachapman247]

I feel for you, this is the strangest anime I have ever heard of and I have watch One Piece.

[@AdventDoom]

So we got poor animation, an asinine plot, and an awful dub. Sign me up!

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Made in crude digital animation!

[@burntyper]

Really good video review

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Even if they made this a hentai I'm not sure it could be saved 😒. Maybe if it was Yuri hentai for 20 minutes or so it would be good 🤔.

[@MavsAreBetter]

#MutekiOTryXenon

[@ZeeOwlMan]

I didn't even watch it dubbed. Its even worse??

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Damn.

[@saintsheepy6682]

Hard to believe that this was by the same guy who created Kamen Rider and Super Sentai... I'm only five minutes in and I'm starting to think that even Garzey's Wing made more sense than this story (and by the logic of those foolish otaku weebs who think Genma Wars is Ishinomori's "magnum opus" [have they ever heard of the *Kamen Rider manga* of all things?!], Garzey's Wing is Tomino's magnum opus!)... and I don't think its awful anime is entirely Akira Tsuburaya's fault in this case. 😵

[@venomouslizards]

Is there anyway to watch this show uncensored? If I’m gonna watch a shit show, I at least want to see the intended version.

[@MercuryFalcon]

Venomous Lizard I posted on twitter a bit ago that I found the uncersored version but it has no dub or subs

[@venomouslizards]

MercuryFalcon Sorry to bother you again, do you have the link to your torrents? I found your Twitter post, but couldn’t find the actual torrents. Thanks in advance.

[@MercuryFalcon]

@@venomouslizards dont tell the government mega.nz/file/3pEGBAZC#VqivICwc3wIyYJslwL6l7S98yIYXNlTNIouQQmaZXjo

[@venomouslizards]

MercuryFalcon Thank you very much.

[@venomouslizards]

MercuryFalcon Sorry to keep bothering you about this, but I couldn’t figure out how to get the MEGA file to download. I have an account and the app but when I download the torrent, it says that it’s only 219KB and won’t play anything. Thanks in advance

[@frartola4159]

Míralo en japonés y déjate de kejar x la sensura

[@the-NightStar]

THIS FUCKING SHIT WAS MADE BY THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ANIMATED THE SLAYERS WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANIME EVER? The hell you say.

[@juliox9]

yea these one bored me a looot, i called it questions the anime, since 90% of the time we have the main characters are just asking stuff.

[@thexdatabase]

i watched the 1st part of this .....

[@erickblu4882]

if you hated it, why did you watch it...all through the end of it...lol

[@MercuryFalcon]

Someone had to

[@erickblu4882]

@@MercuryFalcon nope...lol

[@giffica]

Did you mistake this for the Rintaro film lol??? Tf this ain’t considered a masterpiece by nobody.

[@MercuryFalcon]

I watched this because I was watching every Shotaro Ishinomori anime adaptation.

[@giffica]

@@MercuryFalcon I'm not questioning why you watched it at all, i'm merely questioning who, or "what" calls this a Masterpiece my man. I'm a big Shotaro Ishinomori fan. Kamen Rider manga is one of my favorite mangas.

[@MercuryFalcon]

@@giffica Its joke. That why I said "some might call it his magnum opus (shows god awful animation)... I wouldn't."

[@giffica]

@@MercuryFalcon Hey fair enough I'm autistic and don't get jokes. Great video in general. Always like learning about obscure anime even if they are dogsht.

[@NerdXZ-pn4nt]

DA FUCK IS THIS STORY

[@KanaevM]

what the fuck

[@SanFran51]

Wow. The Animation IS TERRIBLE.

[@ATSucks1]

Wtf is this lol?

[@diosnelfrica7589]

Both the Animation and the dub are so bad 🤣

[@autobotfan11]

This show seams awful

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Yes it was. It definitely is so bad, it’s conveniently horrible.