Anime In Real Life

From Dragon Ball Z to Death Note, here’s what your favorite anime would be like in real life!
Timestamps
00:00 Death Note
00:57 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
01:58 Fire Force
2:24 Dragon Ball Z
03:04 One Punch Man
03:46 Avatar The Last Airbender
04:17 Attack On Titan
04:40 Hunterxhunter
05:24 Cowboy Bebop
06:14 My Hero Academia
07:05 Behind-The-Scenes!
This video was shot with a very limited crew. All cast & crew followed all CDC and California COVID-19 precautions and filming guidelines.
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CAST
Ian Hecox // / ianhecox
Courtney Miller // / co_mill
Shayne Topp // / shaynetopp
Damien Haas // / damienhaas
Noah Grossman // / noahgrossman214
Kimmy Jimenez // / kimmydoesstuff
Jacklyn Uweh // / jacklyn_uweh
CREW
Director: Damien Haas
Written By: Sydney Heller, Olivia DeLaurentis and Damien Haas
Editor: Mike Small
Executive Producer: Ryan Finnerty
Head Writer: Monica Vasandani
Production Manager: Alicia Gaynor
Production Coordinator: Jacqi Jones
Production Assistant: Heidi Ha
DP: Brennan Iketani
Camera Operator: Billy Yates
Gaffer / AC: Dustin Bloodgood
Sound Mixer: Greg Jones
Art Director: Cassie Vance
Art Coordinator: Yasmeen Mughal
Art Assistant: Alex Aguilar
Art Assistant: Oliver Wehlander
Wardrobe: Lena Frostestad
Assistant Editor/DIT: Matt Duran
GFX: Brittany Metz, Winton Foulds
Content Manager: Kiana Parker
Stage Manager: David Hill
Executive Assistant: Sammie Miller
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[@mynameisalexa11111]

I love how most of this was just Shayne and Damien cosplaying

[@noewun5661]

Yup

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

These two are really fans of animes Both of them are really committed haha

[@mynameisalexa11111]

@@aaronlfcynwa2951 that's why it's so good

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

@@mynameisalexa11111 true true

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

@@mynameisalexa11111 before that it's was Ian and Anthony..now it's them

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

It’s surprising that Shayne can be himself in the world of attack on titan

[@shinthelightning]

OOOOOHHHHH

[@miss.dannitiger]

Oooooooweeeeee

[@tdsdumkid9627]

Oooooo

[@joshmclordcaliolio6820]

Oooooouwwwwwwewwwww

[@Nameless82284]

Except for the fact that most titans are males (including the women) and they won't step on you, they'll brutally tear you apart.

[@koalakaio]

The bit about One Punch Man seems pretty close to being canon.

[@dannysangree6304]

And realistic

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I love how dedicated they are to their roles And it's no surprise Damien's both the director and a writer

[@sarahwilliams8438]

I've said it before: you can't spell Damien without anime. Literally.

[@clovergum]

wait i never noticed 😭

[@piewright5756]

Omfg

[@chocoCo0kie]

😏

[@ottojablonka]

Well his name ain't danime allthough that would be pretty cool.

[@zellachan1265]

LMFAO

[@mesa5158]

This looks like Damien's fever dream being picked up by smosh.

[@SuperPiLover]

Well Damien did direct it

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

Yes, it does.

[@miguiq3990]

@@SuperPiLover Which is why it probably turned out as good as it did!

[@rosstheboss6266]

Shane and Damien doing Jojo poses is something I never thought I needed til now

[@spheryc1648]

I loved on how he chuckled when that guy said: 'Everyone loved Erci'

[@mattkidroske]

Damien and Shayne filmed most of this for themselves, before deciding it would make a good Smosh video

[@jrbehr4643]

This is just what they do off camera when their moms get them together for a play date

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

Definitely.

[@JeskidoYT]

As how Smosh videos should be

[@-Offstar]

This entire video was just an excuse for Shayne and Damien to do poses at each other as Jojo characters lol.

[@Darko79]

I agree

[@BauttAlt]

I mean it is awesome butt here is the hamon

[@Gordan1Freeman3]

That was Damien and Shayne? It thought it was just an episode of Jojo

[@Swifty_Joe]

@@BauttAlt well, the posing describes like everything

[@nash6568]

Turns out they were in the middle of an epic battle of stands 😊

[@ThePaulaj187]

"Young midorya, you will get the power of... WHITE PRIVLIGE" havent laughed that hard in a while

[@phoenix_0179]

Midoriya is Asian

[@ceydazara1942]

@@phoenix_0179 I feel like the joke is that Midoriya isn't white but now gets white privilege as a power because of it

[@whitepeacock7001]

@@phoenix_0179 Midoria is Asian but all Might was American and by getting one for all his Gene's pass through Midoria plus every one else who had it. edit just googled it turns out allmight isn't American huh always thought he was 🤨

[@Vogalos]

@@whitepeacock7001 Don't think he's American

[@MeXi20198]

@@whitepeacock7001 All might isn’t American. He did spend some time here though after his masters death to train. And his costume was probably influenced by the colors of our flag.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Imagine being the strongest person in the world, but you can't kill a mosquito

[@codedip7924]

Imagine commenting everywhere and someone says who's that?

[@officialtk53]

Never seen you with less than 1k likes lol

[@MeGoesBrrrrr]

Man I wish you have mustache

[@chaiman8554]

Yes sirr

[@averageperson4401]

how did you get here

[@vlahakisnick]

Me: "I bet Damien directed this." Checks video description Me: "yep. Makes sense."

[@kit-chan3052]

Yea 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rosstheboss6266]

I said the same thing

[@Jfkdabombk]

Same

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

Shayne really into it also

[@picklejar7715]

I feel like Damien always acts like he’s in a anime

[@kanghyunyoo6690]

me too

[@stygian.the.cryptic]

Damien IS anime.

[@Diversesoul29]

Right?! Sooooo this is just Damien in real life. Lol

[@patrickmcdermott9828]

I think a lot of us do.

[@AmityOhCramity98]

“Director Damian Haas” has such a good ring to it

[@tincanman]

"We're the police force, we fight crime by doing crime." - Police Officer 2021

[@Pixelcraftian]

"We stop crime, by _DOING_ crime!"

[@lindsey4808]

i thought it was supposed to be anime, not real life lmao

[@vio7z]

I will invest in your comment sir.

[@GiffyHD]

whats up checkmark

[@akiru84]

We stop cwime by doing cwime UwU

[@miss.dannitiger]

Too realistic XD

[@rexglucksburg]

It's official Shayne change his surname to bottomm. Now we shall call him Shayne Bottomm

[@romanofthesky9118]

underrated comment

[@InfinityZeroEX]

I think it’s much more ironic to be named Topp, but wants to be a Bottomm.

[@maem7462]

That would be great. Just to let you know his name is spelled Shayne not Shane

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

Shayne Bottomm heh heh, I like it.

[@sidder5559]

Is it actually true?

[@TheHolderOfTheStory]

Imagine Shayne and Damien having to sit down and explain each anime to the cast/crew

[@diegopansini3152]

We need a compilation of Shayne's "OOOOO" masochist character

[@galahad6300]

Shayne Bottom Cause his real name is you know what

[@diegopansini3152]

@@galahad6300 That’s perfect

[@galahad6300]

@@diegopansini3152 i cannot take credit for it, someone else came up with it, but it is perfect.

[@dhruvdingari5641]

literally Commander Pixis

[@DrFatesOrder]

They did deathnote back when it was just Ian and Anthony. Nostalgic.

[@Nobody-dw5um]

Ikr that one was so entertaining

[@Slenderslayer351]

I remember that... Good times...

[@rahin6052]

The videos now just feel weird the old ones were 100% better

[@Slenderslayer351]

@@MartyrmanX "The old switcheroo~"

[@teomankaya769]

Yeah good old times

[@BoomItsElliePrice]

Shayne and Damien were feeling themselves so hard during the JoJo bit 😂

[@terancechan6891]

Wish i could pose as good as them

[@levib8356]

No one: Literally no one: Shayne: OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH

[@williamshakespeare987]

1:45 this bit was a strange journey OR SHOULD I SAY A *BIZARRE ADVENTURE*

[@khamaelandrewborromeo2673]

OH COME ON

[@bruhify]

this is the exact equivalent of meeting a weeb in real life

[@borkboi4737]

Ok

[@kitcxt]

The original [name]ify

[@antoniopatru8123]

To the fine details my friend

[@dexterjustice8749]

@@borkboi4737 OK B00MMEER

[@andy19il]

y e s

[@apurvasharma6915]

It's not at all surprising to see that Damien directed this 😂

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

Guess not.

[@Noob-sf1ko]

1:29 'I have no idea, but it's the coolest goddamn I have ever seen. ' 😂

[@SaiyanRocker]

I can't believe Damien let the cast get away with doing the Avatar cycle in the wrong order.

[@icedpinkpeebles]

“oh damien probably directed this” *checks description* “YEP THERE HE IS”

[@elizabethannuk]

Ikr!!

[@robshot587]

Goku: “It’s Super Saiyan!” Me:”I don’t wanna know what happens when it reaches Super Saiyan 3”

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

What happens when it reaches 4? Does it grow red hair?

[@robshot587]

@@AscendedXSaiyan red hair and eye liner…

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

''It's over 9000!''

[@edwincamacho8488]

My dirty thoughts: It that a new carpet?

[@nickclimbsthemountain669]

Time for the Big Bang Attack

[@kiekasa9301]

I’m obsessed with how Courtney is Arthur for the fire force one, her hair is perfect for it

[@Yasuzume7]

3:20 he forgot to tell her the most important step, not turning AC on in summer, no matter how hot it is!

[@liambishop496]

Smosh 10 years ago: “We’ll never do ‘If Anime Was Real.’” Smosh now:

[@forkingsandkeys]

Tbf, they have more people who like anime on the cast now.

[@k1_cosplays517]

@@forkingsandkeys Mari, Wes, Flitz

[@possimga]

@@k1_cosplays517 Mari, Wes and Flitz are apart of smosh anymore

[@forkingsandkeys]

@@k1_cosplays517 yeah, for sure, but they were definitely more into separating smosh games from the rest of smosh back then.

[@chiyukileung1614]

I’m glad our local weebs Damien and Shayne are living their dreams

[@bloodgod2244]

Yep

[@liangdechen3690]

I’m a weeb

[@type_4410]

1:00 Dio and Young Joseph in the same place Me: Wait, that’s illegal

[@A_very_good_cheese]

Noticed that whit my hero academia too where midoria has the superhero suit (he gets it in season 2) but has yet to recive the powers

[@BBINCA]

I love that Damien directed this masterpiece…. That is pretty epic

[@siriusgray]

Not a single soul on the planet: Shayne: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@robinbuckley1762]

That made me laugh

[@engame3575]

what are you on about you freak?

[@godlovesjudah3701]

Shayne and Damien on the JoJo bit sound like Breath of The Wild characters

[@autumin6843]

Which botw characters exactly

[@hectorballesteros3908]

I love how Damien and Shayne dress up as dio and joseph

[@youngmasterzhi]

0:56 Quick, someone get the Life Note to revive Erci!! 3:02 How many times did they did this DBZ sketch again?

[@hdcfadden]

You know it's a good sketch when you've never watched anime and you still can't stop giggling.

[@matheus_brunelli]

because it seems like they wrote it based on the anime names instead of the actual anime

[@BauttAlt]

@@matheus_brunelli it is true to jjba because it is just anything but the plot

[@Lynn_4992]

When you accidentally kill Erci and not Eric

[@jishic1]

4:31 the return of the ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[@charleshardesty1828]

2:26 LMFAO! Add that to the "Krillin owned count" Team Four Star started!

[@Oliveoil93]

Only OG’s remember when Smosh did Death note

[@logan7224]

True 😭

[@Deathmare235]

Should’ve just reused that also they made the bald look convincing

[@fusbhas3191]

Only OGs remember when the comments weren't spammed with these kinds of comments (but, like new smosh is also good?)

[@TheGreenThunder1607]

Oh you mean way back with Peter right?

[@Oliveoil93]

@@TheGreenThunder1607 yeah

[@queenserialnumberq5u4ex7yy5]

The way they summed up JOJO is Soooo fucking accurate when I was first in the fandom

[@danielwhitehurst8432]

Nahhhh it's still accurate further in the fandom😭😭😭

[@pegallen5308]

And they did get jojo fans accurate aswell

[@avghooper594]

ikr but some of the poses aint even from joseph and they are shit at doing jojo poses. And that did not really sum up jojo that much its just something that is in the anime to making the protagonists and antagonists more menacing

[@Laporch]

Every single one of these were like CLASSIC Smosh bits 😂

[@emlabty]

6:07 Don't Worry I'll Listen To You.

[@mezf]

“Director: Damien Haas” hell yeah!

[@jeffjason9100]

h>asApp> m>e>on+128130617>5 🇱🇷🇱🇷interested in Çry:'pT0 drop m.e.ss.age.👆

[@daltonhosford9073]

“Curse the parents named me Erci!” 😂😂😂

[@imabonker1660]

I love how most of was just shayne and damien cosplaying

[@gianibarrola5064]

I come back every now and then to admire kimmy in her cowboy bebop outfit, don't mind me.

[@theworstsofar923]

The Jojo part is actually they do the most of the time, they're not wrong tho

[@doctordreamcast2093]

*^Godzilla had a stroke reading this and fucking died ^*

[@KingOtama]

I can confirm

[@aarushparikh5744]

ONLY FOR JOSEPH FRICK JOSEPH

[@octave1]

@@aarushparikh5744 i love joesph

[@aarushparikh5744]

Blastboys // Octave me too he just so annoying when it comes to showing off

[@cyber_nuggets8302]

3:58 so that's why the fire nation attacked...

[@anmeansbean]

Can we just appreciate how Courtney looks just like Arthur from fire force.

[@loganhill5902]

Please let Damien direct more things! this was brilliant xD

[@zstephens6519]

6:14 I can tell that Damien was really excited to do that bit. Also the best part was the JoJo bit

[@gigalulmansur]

6:40 OMFG LMAOOOO Did not see that coming

[@joh8059]

It’s funny that the first skit was my impression of the deathnote anime compared to the live version. More dramatic in just writing a name 🤣🤣🤣

[@dogwithamustache4357]

We all know this, this video was just a chance for Damien to geek out and do poses with shayne

[@gracechristie4669]

“you stupid idiot fork you” “eric that’s it you asked for it” *pulls out death note* IM DYING THAT IS SO MY FRIEND

[@Nomorevidsonthischannel]

Lol

[@slug9378]

You need a new friend

[@slug9378]

I cant speak

[@Alyssaishunting]

Damien did an incredible job directing this video! He truly has the power of god and anime on his side 🔥

[@8Rincewind]

I love that ending blooper.

2:07 Sergeant Anous

[@khamaelandrewborromeo2673]

Stop right there!

[@detektiv9196]

4:18 return of shayne's masochistic OOOOOOOO character

[@diegopansini3152]

We need more of him

[@syra1541]

yeahhhh masochistic....

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

I need more

[@jamesterrell2613]

I feel like this was mostly written by Damian

[@baconcat8846]

Sunscreen

[@ThatTsuiBoy]

Well, he was director, and a co-writer on this video.

[@aulorarusk6818]

I loved this video 😂 the cosplaying and reenactments were hilarious. Some of these wigs actually didn't look that bad on them. Lol. And everyone really fit their role 🤣

[@Alucard-mj6yj]

I’ve been waiting for this ever since the Instagram post!!

[@josukedagoat]

shayne as dio is the highlight of my day

[@yakisobadreams3947]

As someone who never got into Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Shayne and Damien's representation of JJBA being beefy men striking vogue-ish poses feels very accurate to me.

[@Yuni_o7]

As someone who has watched the entirety of JJBA I can confirm, that is 100% accurate.

[@MrGksarathy]

It's pretty accurate.

[@iamhimithy]

is anyone else gonna wonder why they put avatar as an anime bruhh

[@officialgreenhero1435]

You see Japanese symbols in the background in avatar so people mistake it as an anime

[@poggerlord474]

I love how the jojo part is so accurate

[@lichtheimer]

The Death Note one was infinitely better than the Live Action movie version. Erci will be remembered. We all loved Erci.

[@nickclimbsthemountain669]

Also Erick, Ericc, and Eric

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

I acknowledge that it was funny, but having the joke hinge on getting a core element of the lore wrong seems like a blow to every weeb who ever weebed.

[@NintendoJoe64]

@@christianboehlefeld5168 yeah having the face of the person in your mind while writing their name is a pretty big part of the story

[@ninje3512]

00:14 “you know what Eric you asked for this” *pumped up kids starts playing*

[@elysefarber6316]

Ah yes I too pump kids up with helium

[@error-cg2hg]

Ladies and gentlemen the famous song: pumped up ✨kids✨

[@anthonyharper5686]

Omg Jackie breaking had me dying lol, but everyone also nailed it, love you all at Smosh

[@noface3641]

Shaynes OOOO character can literally take me out every single time. its SUCH a good character. 😂😂

[@j.robertomartinez8419]

Remember those days when this was called: "If [Blank] Were Real" Damn, that was some Good Days

[@TokuBoyStudios]

Remember the couch intros, oh the good old days

[@michaelpagano7819]

“You know how stupid it would be if, If blank were real, was realistic.”

[@sheontialam3377]

And those “Shut up” ;(

[@thatis202]

at least they kept the music somewhat similar to the original :P

[@briellewhalen]

i love how they didn’t even try to make ian’s bald cap look real

[@chocolatecake2448]

First Smosh video in a LONG time that i've really been invested enough to watch the whole thing and like!

[@Vergil_SonOfSparda.]

1:07 Hey ! It's like buffed shaggy from the second movie of scooby doo !

[@hendraadyasa6863]

"Oh ho you're approaching me ?" "Instead of running away you're approaching me ?"

[@ImpalaGhoulOne]

I feel this video was just an excuse for Damien and Shayne to weeb out lol it’s adorable

[@slade2860]

This is best Damien and Shane, sketch

[@da_bachelor]

Ian being actively present in this video and the way everyone acted sorta gave me nostalgia...almost like 2014 just minus Anthony

[@k_Emptyhead]

Damien did a great job directing this 👏👏 He is the best guy for these types of sketches. Also, gotta admire, Noah still has the baby face 😍

[@user-gc7zd9ww1w]

Damien does a very good All Might.

[@Zachary-Hensler]

My favorite bit of all time has to be Shayne and Damien's my hero academia scene 😂

[@terendril]

This was GOLD. Watched it multiple times

[@makima8976]

Coming Soon: How would hentai be if it were real?

[@TokuBoyStudios]

Demonetized

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

I don't think we need to see that.

[@Skeetawn2ndacc]

no man it would be alabama everywhere

[@darthvidar-spiller5343]

@@Skeetawn2ndacc What do you mean by ''alabama''?

[@Skeetawn2ndacc]

@@darthvidar-spiller5343 just as a way to say there would be more incest irl than there already is because of hentais

[@bobacat870]

Damien as young Joseph joestar and Shane as DIO is awesome

[@TheJWRB]

shayne's 'OOOOOOO' bits will never not be funny xD

[@renthehag]

Good GOD I’m SO looking forward to more of these sketches

[@emilyclaire28]

This video's description: "The Director of this video was-" Me: (pressing a finger to the video description's lips) "No, you don't have to say anything... I know."

[@cohosalmon9399]

Directed by Damien Haas!!

[@maggiemaearndt]

shane as dio i’m SOBBING

[@uncommonmythic3404]

This has to be Damien’s favorite video

[@pegallen5308]

They got jojo and us jojo fans down incredibly accurately

[@jamesmichael1446]

No

[@pegallen5308]

No about what

[@jamesmichael1446]

@@pegallen5308 you know what you said don’t lump us all together

[@pegallen5308]

It was just a joke and everyone has done a jojo pose after watching the anime

[@jamesmichael1446]

@@pegallen5308 I know I’m just fucking with you lol relax

[@HridayTyagi]

Would've been so cool if ian said "these kids and their bath salts" in his old man costume during the jojo bit

[@sbrock657]

that would have been such a great callback

[@allycatkittycat]

I’d love to see all the bloopers from this!!

[@AnimeToons]

Avatar isn't an anime :v