PC Engine Longplay [211] Ane-San

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A horrible beat 'em up. Music in the last level is creepy as hell. -
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[@Kwaj]

I never understood all the hate this game got. Yeah, the grunt enemies are repetitious and the AI is very easy to deal with, but the stage design, music, and visuals are pretty damn good. I like how you can recruit fallen bosses; that's sweet. Plus, the tunes are catchy. I like Ane-san, and I'm glad I own it.

[@TimelordR]

A video game featuring female street gang members beating up other female gang members just to conquer new turf, set to a pseudo-rockabilly soundtrack. Only in Japan.

[@ANDYCAPPSRAPS]

this soundtrack is fire

[@hanchiman]

Music was made by Koji Hayama, the same guy who did Cho Aniki series.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

At 31:00 "I need a HERO!"

[@bitteralmonds666]

YES! 🤘🏽🐔🤘🏽

[@fushigiman140]

The Photo tell story about Ai's life get beaten when she was kindergarten bullied by boys get threaten by Denliquents until rescue by a Girl then Ai become the Biker Leader and build Biker gang call EDEN to defeat the other Gangs

[@GuardYourFlanks]

Hahahaha... I love the music.

[@Toarcade]

7:37 Nissan Skyline R33 in the background.... NICE!

[@zombieplasticclock]

10:50 BGM sounds a bit like Kunio-kun, actually

[@moseslalmuanpuia8988]

I thought so too

[@Peratohtori]

This game is AMAZING

[@RokuroCarisu]

An amazing idea. Sadly it wasn't very well fleshed out.

[@RockEsper]

God this soundtrack is amazing.

[@dorpth]

Wow. That opening song. Who would have thought it would be possible to be so rocking yet so horrifying at the same time?

[@doctorx0079]

The title means "Big Sister". I like the unique designs and music in this game. It's too bad that it's all style and no substance.

[@Scott-fj9uf]

This game is amazing. I absolutely adore it. Top 15 game for me. No other game has such abandon and style like this one. No other game encapsulates the bosozoku subculture as Ane San does. Fantastic.

[@SHlNOBl3]

finally, a beat em up where a tough chick can listen to lollipop lollipop

[@parallaxcraze958]

Maybe not worth playing but worth watching for sure.

[@tim8182]

Rockabilly soundtrack?! weirdest stage music ever...

[@FUTURAGAEL]

Min 10:14 Plush Doll parody of Doraemon, Snoopy and Mickey Mouse min 7:33 Nissan Skyline Sport Car

[@Wintericecrystal]

8:36 YUGI-OH

[@edwardgaines6561]

Oh come on, are there really Japanese girl gangs?

[@osakatales9228]

Well, they do exist.

[@Xport9]

I like the soundtrack in this lol

[@Meteotrance]

this is pure gold like the game " Violent Storm " from Konami ^^ same rockabily background hahaha ^^

[@CobraBlade]

30:50 - By the docks while I Need a Hero plays... I totally just had a Short Circuit 2 flashback.

[@bitteralmonds666]

I'M GONNA DISASSMBLE YOU AND YOUR GANG! 🐔

[@khhnator]

i was "not bad for a pc engine game from 89 maybe 88?" then saw the title screen 1995 >_< was not even aware they made pc engine games that late

[@teckworks]

(9:34) SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE!

[@BreastsInspector]

The actual beat 'em up itself isn't all that bad. It's just the way the characters, including the goons, as well as the music, are what makes this beat 'em up weird, lol.

[@PonPonWeii]

why is nobody fan translating this

[@bquinn5891]

As far as I can tell, this is one of only 2 belt-scrolling beat 'em ups that were exclusive to the PC Engine, along with Riot Zone. The rest of the (still pretty sparse) beat 'em ups were either ports or straight side-scrollers with no movement along the Z axis, or both in the case of games like Altered Beast or The Ninja Warriors. I find this fascinating as both the Megadrive and the SNES/SFC had upwards of 30 or more belt-scrollers each, while there were nearly a couple hundred to be found in the arcade. Even the Gameboy had more exclusive belt-scrollers than the PCE. The console was a treasure trove of shmups but a desert for brawlers.

[@STFU768]

4:42 authentic music for once, gaijin always portray bosozoku listing to dumb punk metal or some shit

[@ZroDfects]

By the way I am not trying to dis the PC Engine, I love all retro gaming machines as I am a collector, 8-bit / 16-bit will always be my favourite compared to Xbox and PS3 etc. Most early Amiga games were Atari ST ports, such as Outrun etc which could easily been alot better on the Amiga as it is more than capable, the Atari ST made many Amiga games look crap. The audio alone for Atari ST is embarrassing, even NES is better in that department.

[@Mechazaurus]

I actually kind of want the soundtrack to this...

[@gc3k]

And people say there weren't stronk woman protagonist games in the old days

[@ZroDfects]

Actually the Commdore Amiga kicked the fuck out of everything, even today. :)

[@DaedalosC9]

LOL it's like a River City Ransom genderswap like

[@anothergol]

There should be a term to describe games like this. Weird isn't powerful enough.

[@triplestar100]

good gaming by NPI! the premise of this is actually cool: gangs of female juvenile delinquents battling and assimilating the beaten gangs into their own, a premise later implemented by Capcom's BeatDown. but like BD, it fails badly due to choppy animation & wonky controls. on the plus side, that cameo in the mag by Adon & Samson from Cho Aniki @ 9:55 made my day...tho that's not saying much!

[@nate567987]

music is by the guy who did the cho aniki games so yea

[@osakatales9228]

Honestly on an emulator or an actual PC engine, I don't see nothing choppy for the animation nor horrible controls.

[@stage666]

lol so cute

[@chuckls]

Is this music for real???...I want!!

[@tyfp3854]

bikerwomen...........what the hell has happend?

[@Mittens_Explains_It_All]

And now I know that Quinton Tarantino had a PC Engine CD.

[@Peratohtori]

I want a sukeban of my own

[@1985dossantos]

At the start, I guessed this game very strange but, knowing its backstory, I think it is hilarious.

[@devonwilliams5738]

What is this game's backstory?

[@1985dossantos]

@@devonwilliams5738 Ai, Chika, and Makoto have long been friends; as children they were ruthlessly bullied by other girls until one day a strong and cool girl gang boss named Yuko beat their bullies senseless and taught them how to stand up for themselves. Since then, they have followed in her footsteps. However, after a recent gang war, Yuko has gone missing! Our heroines set out to find out what happened and establish their gang, "Eden", in other territories.

[@HammytheDevourer]

I wanted to se Hirame fighting... :/

[@DJeimaXe]

This game is stiff as f*ck compared to Burning Fight... When Capcom has started it first; and that it was the only authentic feel of the beat'm up genera.

[@planetX15]

a video

[@paxhumana2015]

@Donnie(eiaXme), Sega just said hi with their Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle Trilogy and Capcom said hello with Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.

[@BakiX]

What a weird.fucking.game.

[@leonardazizulariffarisco8073]

Ruri Similiar Rise Kujikawa Because They are Same call Superstar Idol & Weapon Microphone

[@danielhao5790]

I came here from thumbnail...

[@LvK138]

Man, I know the AI in this is horrible and it's almost mean how severely you trounce them, but slaughtering the blind chick at 36:36 is like another level of fucked

[@Shishizurui]

10:00 is that snoopy!?

[@reignick1133]

Yes , a parody of Snoopy, a parody of Mickey Mouse and a parody of Doraemon...

[@toryficarola]

I need to sample something this kickass music on my laptop. What kind of twisted j-pop band played this???

[@sageoftruth]

Just to add to that list, there's also the fact that you fight mere palette swaps of the exact same enemy for the entire game until you get to the bosses, who can usually be beaten in a single combo. Maybe if I knew what was going on I'd find it more interesting.

[@thewanderingidiot2642]

It's a sukeban/bosozoku beat em up game. With the funny rockabilly music.

[@austinreed7343]

Is it just me or does our protagonist look kinda like Shantae? Are there any other beat em up games on tg16?

[@XelchanTheBrave]

Oh shit, it even has a reference to Namenekos. If only the gameplay was good...

[@DigiPen92]

Dang, the way that they drawn to make the faces in that mini game looks pretty creepy.

[@manaphylv100]

... WTF is this?!

[@hirorin3510]

Kamikaze Girls？

[@Blo0dAnhell]

PcEngine is a beast

[@Ofecks]

I believe the term you're looking for is "batshit".

[@phj9894]

artwork, animation, soundtrack are all so strange.

[@KLONOA105]

japaness as fuck XD

[@devblue510]

i'll just change the sound track and im good to go

[@XelchanTheBrave]

I too want to challenge my friends in a ugliest face contest!

[@lkskun]

Oh my lord what kind of intro did I just see?

[@alifelesscritic]

this some sick shit. quite possibly the greatest beat em up game ever.

[@tannerlion1994]

40:13 Magnificent Chanting called... Hannya Shingyo

[@sylvianraccoon]

(9:40) .....!!! wtf???

[@sadusete]

WTF

[@RegularGamesPlayer]

Very strange game.

[@DGneoseeker1]

What in the hell. All the female enemies look like men except in their portraits.

[@8781nori]

サントラとしての価値の方が俄然高い作品

[@PuffZombie]

Why her hands so short ?

[@lordkaicer]

In this game the player is overpower.

[@AshuroS]

I hope someone uploads this game's ost.

[@wingnut4427]

0_0 ??? what the hell did I just watch ? lol

[@IMPROVISADOR]

YAKUZA GAME

[@DGneoseeker1]

OK I have no idea what I just watched.

[@Linkonpark100]

Yankees. Female Yankees fighting each other for gang supremacy.

[@DGneoseeker1]

Linkonpark100 ... Female "yankees" with Japanese names who look like men except in their portraits, and are often armed with japanese wooden swords and fighting in front of shops with Kanji symbols on them? ... Uh...

[@Linkonpark100]

Anything can happen in the 80's.

[@STFU768]

+Linkonpark100 this game was made when female bosozoku where becoming more popular and more gangs were showing up. When bosozoku started in the 70s girls were either seen as mascots for the gang or they were groupies. calling them "yankii" would mean they have no gang affiliation meaning they're just lone delinquents. Gang and turf fights were very common, those who fought the most and gained the most territory would become notorious and have more control over illegal business (drugs, illegal items ect.) but eventually in the late 80s female bosozoku gangs were declining being that they were easy targets compared to the growing male bosozoku gangs. The fate of most of the female members is they would be forced to join the gang that conquered them or raped and forced into prostitution, very few female bososoku got out of the lifestyle scott free

[@wansimon2266]

+Linkonpark100 Idiot...

[@TheBlackStar999]

They should have called this game "In-Sanity"

[@chaosgreyblood]

Is this from an original manga?

[@stillgaming]

42:07 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

[@PrismaticRabbit]

Music reminds me of the Neverhood

[@leonard316]

come on come on come on !!

[@tavanijorge2175]

Daidouji sempai

[@GargoyleGreenGiant]

Has anybody managed to rip the music from this game yet?

[@nate567987]

it's a cd audio game so yea

[@fotakatos]

This is fucked up. But the music rocks! :D

[@tjodo1148]

Bosozoku Power

[@PrismaticRabbit]

What.The.Hell.

[@gamergeek7482]

Omg holding out for a hero XD

[@animalchandler]

I'm liking this, I'm liking this a lot.

[@arcticfox04]

this is goes in the LOLWTF section.

[@DaedalosC9]

u know, that oldschool rebel feelin

[@kagon01]

lmao!!! at the staring contest!

[@ryanprentice]

Great soundtrack

[@chickenracer25]

lol, where are the ganguro girls? :D

[@GELTONZ]

chickenracer25 This was YEARS if not a full decade or two before that was even a thing.

[@uptown710]

Ok... Wtf did I just watch?

[@ASTERISK_P]

音楽が小粋でいいね

[@ItachiUchiha1611]

7777 viwes

[@evildarkleo]

31:00 I need a hero!!