Salamander OVA Episode 1

[@CatOnTheCouch]

Classic OVA from the golden age of anime, the opening theme is just spot on.

[@TheFancyCrawdad]

I was thinking to myself man gradius would make a dope anime well here we go!

[@ApenBaard]

This was way better than I expected! I really enjoyed this, thanks Alex!

[@chaoticus06]

This. Is. Awesome. I played the game alot growing up, but I never had a chance to see this OVA. The musical compositions are the same as in the game too, and I gotta say, I enjoyed the music about as much as I enjoyed playing the game!!! Thank you so much for posting!!!

[@rinima858]

Amazing that they managed to come up with such a story and characters with rich personality from a side scrolling shooter!

[@ikagura]

Pretty impressive indeed

[@chengyunma4497]

It's one of the best video game adaptation. You can clearly see there's heart in this OVA.

[@fangoDcompose]

and the music chills all action

[@gjtrue]

Check out the little bit of canonical lore the games and its spinoffs have. Some surprisingly interesting stuff there and an actual timeline.

[@lordraptor5042]

My entire life, my entire fucking life! I NEVER KNEW they had an anime series for Gradius. ( Life force, Salamander ). This is just too much. I know what I am doing todaaay!!

[@erul-kun5869]

I have been watching this a lot of time ever since 2014, not gonna lie, first time I watched it, I never thought Gradius has an anime adaptation. Good Old Days (probably the only oldest anime I have ever watched!)

[@rellmonshade3241]

So I wonder how this would fit the canon in Zone of Enders

[@Forgemno]

Where has this been all my life....I love finding old skool stuff

[@wavstudionet]

Beautiful subtle movements. 0:29 fire serpent 37:11 Chair swivel 46:38 Eddie's death

[@marioghernandez4960]

That analogy of the Bacterians just being one single creature actually makes a lot of sense.

[@JOEmega64]

This is weirdly fucking awesome.

[@HayTatsuko]

100% awesome. thank you loads for posting these!

[@kyonchannel6333]

小さい時に宇宙に対して憧れがありました。昔レンタルビデオ店で借りた宇宙が舞台アニメが印象的だったのですが、コピーせずに返したのでどんなアニメ化は覚えていません。沙羅曼蛇も火の鳥宇宙編もそれに近い名作であると言えます。 そして、辻谷さん鈴置さんご冥福をお祈りします。

[@kyonchannel6333]

名作アニメですが、主題歌をカラオケで歌えないのが、残念です。最期にエディが玉砕覚悟で戦う姿が泣ける

[@Andreazor]

Heavy influences from 2001: A Space Oddyssey. The whole excavation site is almost exactly the same.

[@gpla-ster9032]

Otaking Animation's Retro Arcade R-Type led me here.

[@BalsticMaker12]

A nice watch. The show's pacing is too quick for me to fully care about Eddie, though. RIP Eddie.

[@CatOnTheCouch]

That's why the second episode is set before the Salamander event(Gradius I) and Eddie's character got much better development, so if you watch the series in the order of Ep2 -> Ep1 -> Ep3 it would feel much natural.

[@gary9346]

I could have sworn there was a series or movie before this...

[@今井メイズ]

千光年の彼方より…って言う文章、ゲームのサントラに入ってた文章と同じだった(笑) 何故か今でも全文章を覚えています。

[@lukevankleef4245]

0:09 A light year is not a measure of time, its a measure of distance.

[@lukevankleef4245]

***** That's true I suppose.

[@serbiseedafos4272]

It makes more sense

[@ChopsticksMcguffin]

Light has a constant speed, so it's both.

[@ruruk2533]

It's a translation mistake. The japanese audio says "thousands light years far away". So a basic mistake, I doubt if this really is a official sub..

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@ruruk2533 I'm sure this is a standard fansub.

[@UNJustice13]

ﾃﾞｽｸｪﾃﾞﾓｰ

[@murmirr]

Oh my god!! Life force/ salamander was the first game I played as a kid, and I still play it, it just brings so much nostalgia

[@DaylenAmell]

12:01, it's "Thousands of light years away" not "Thousands of light years in the future".

[@Alienboi2005vidsandstuff]

I loved it

[@Ravens93]

Masterpiece ♥️

[@commandervile394]

RIP Eddie! Altimate, Seahawk and Succula will avenge you!

[@aliultimate009]

Well hello there 🤣

[@commandervile394]

@@aliultimate009 Good hearing from ya man.

[@neokimchi]

uhhhh i didn't realize this would actually be pretty good lol

[@tianxiu]

This sure brings back memory.

[@mario_maelt]

Eddie's speech before leaving the palace was so sour it made my cringe meter explode.

[@ヒルネーカミンスキー]

ブライトさんボイスの王子を殴ってその意義を説くのはさすがに笑う

[@Alienboi2005vidsandstuff]

46:52 It's the zelos force

[@josesantiago5858]

sound track of Salamander background, awesome,15:16

[@WillRobinsonDanger]

And the name of that piece my friend is "The Power of Anger"! You should also listen to the Otodemius Excellent/Gorgeous version of this. I have been playing this series ever since Gradius, the beginning!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vasrob7758]

You had to believe in Sexo or a missed opportunity.

[@Knightclsh6]

Compared to the Anime of today this is a lost art.

[@devyn.]

9:29 🗿

[@dragonjames4500]

they did a good job even though its a video gam anime

[@jameslong9921]

30:16 Wait for it... 🎆💡🎆

[@gjtrue]

Shame this never came to the USA....

[@volfir]

It´s not 1998. The true year is 1988.

[@aphoch]

D'oh! You're right, I typo'd it. I'll fix it! Somehow got it right on eps 2 and 3 though.

[@vvortex157]

finding myself on this side of youtube and looking on anime industry nowaday I wanna cry

[@chikenstew666]

Lord of the Rings meets 2001 A Space odyssey.

[@hirohicchanchan]

なんで出撃音楽がドラえもん調w グラディウス沙羅曼蛇グラディウスⅡプレイしてた小さい頃レンタルビデオ屋でこのOVA3部作を観てハマったけど、まさかダーンがシーブックアノーの声優さんでブリティッシュ王子がブライト艦長の声優さんだったなんて…。小さいながらにエディの特攻が悲しかったなぁ…。 さらにEDの曲が良い！

[@qwertasdf-ch5zj]

別の世界線のジオンみたいだな。 ブリティッシュがシャアにしか見えない笑 声はブライトという笑

[@kameoba]

沙羅曼蛇は奥田しおりたちは森山千夏

[@kameoba]

DGRQ

[@marioghernandez4960]

I wish it at least got a fandub

[@the_charlotte8888]

I love salamander

[@tokuchan0525]

40:25 唐突に始まるドラえもん

[@kuroviper15]

Fact! This OVA is made by Studio Pierrot! ;)

[@joshuaramey7375]

Seems like Studio Pierrot did a lot of cool projects in the old days. They did the Sonic OVA too!

[@片岡かなた]

オープニングのナレーションがどう聴いてもゼーバにしか聴こえませんね。

[@BubblegumCrash332]

Is this OST available anywhere?

[@user-cj5tg3rc2s]

沙羅曼蛇にアニメがあったんだ 知らんかった

[@josesantiago5858]

woman space pilot are really cool

[@seigwardofcatarina5776]

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[@ホーナスワグナー]

it the great voise acter casting

[@ブレイヴフェンサ]

They predicted Oumuamua? 3:23

[@the_charlotte8888]

Lord swagga!

[@alessagillespiesh1]

no uh that's not an obelisk but a moai, even got a game for the nes titled moai kun!

[@aliultimate009]

I think what they mean is the kind of Statue ... not the actual name.

[@MeWantHoneycomb]

80s space animes were always the best. it's too bad the guardian legend never got any kind of anime, IREM is being a dick by not releasing the rights to compileheart.

[@kameoba]

沙羅曼蛇の蛇🐍だぜ！💫

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Advert.

[@ドワルダー]

仲間のエディが犠牲になって死んでるんだから2人はもっともっと悲しまなきゃ。ドライすぎるよー。

[@mario_maelt]

a bit stretch-y but still very original

[@chengyunma4497]

They made it as if beating Life Force without dying was easy...

[@madd74x]

It is easy... just remember... Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A!

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

@@madd74x And you can still die. You just get 30 retries.

[@madd74x]

@@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69 When I was playing this on NES back when it came out, that was all I required!

[@apocalypse930]

It's not hard, NES Life Force is a pure memorizing game, just like Contra Hard Corps on the Genesis. Remember what to expect, remember how exactly to deal with everything, and you can beat it like it's a routine work.

[@NintaitoPro]

42:49

[@fooly592]

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[@DakuZero258]

Whats the name of the song in the Intro (Orchestra).

[@madd74x]

The Salamander Prologue... www.ost-center.com/ost/anime/salamander-ova-1-bgm-ost-7337.html

[@GODIERGENOUD1135]

ナディアいなかったｗ

[@kameoba]

藤宮あかりちゃんたちは森山千夏ちゃん可愛い！wwwwwwwwwwwww 幸林由樹菜ちゃんたちは森山千夏ちゃん可愛い！wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@Slice9878]

They speak too much and too fast.

[@user-zk4nh2el7h]

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[@amsilver47]

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