Respect for Golden Bat

[@JBOboe720]

Hey everyone! I helped Kenny out a bunch with the research and script editing for this video! If you want a full list of the media mentioned, here it is: 黄金バット 摩天楼の怪人 / Golden Bat: Phantom of the Skyscraper (1950 film) 黄金バット / Golden Bat (1966 film) 黄金バット / Golden Bat (1967 anime) 紙芝居昭和史 黄金バットがやって来る / Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat Is Here (1972 film) 검은별과 황금박쥐 / Black Star and Golden Bat (1978 animated film) 스타짱가2 슈퍼 베타맨 마징가V / Star Changa 2: Super Betaman Mazinger V (1990 film) 영구와 황금박쥐 / Young-Gu and the Golden Bat (1991 film) 黄金バット MILLENNIUM VERSION / The Golden Bat: Millennium Version (2003? anime short) 牙狼 - GARO - (2005 TV series) There's a few things we cut for relevance and time, like "Dark Bat", Bat's rival in the '67 anime; or the monster Belobog in Shin Megami Tensei "if" having a cape and cane in direct homage. We found a lot of the history stuff on a Japanese Golden Bat fansite, "The Sarcophagus of Atlantis" (ogonbatter.web.fc2.com). Turns out there's a TON of pre-war Golden Bat kamishibai by different artists, all stemming from the original, created by Ichiro Suzuki (not that one), and drawn by Takeo Nagamatsu. However, thanks to the war and less-than-ideal storage, not many original kamishibai survived the bombings. The ones you see nowadays are largely either brand new or reproductions of old ones. Give that site a look if you're interested. Kenny was really great to work with, and I hope to work with him again on future videos!

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Is that pre-WWII stuff in the public domain?

[@JBOboe720]

@@KasumiKenshirou The character, name, and pre-war kamishibai are public domain. The '66 movie is owned by Toei, and the '67 anime is owned by Asatsu DK, which absorbed the show's production company in the 90's.

[@Gappasaurus]

If the 1990 film is "Star Changa 2", was there also a "Star Changa 1" of any sort, even if non-Golden Bat related?

[@JBOboe720]

@@Gappasaurus The first movie is called "Robot Star Changa", which like its sequel, ripped off the Iron Gear robot from Blue Gale Xabungle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZCWYqCiZb1mppI

[@Gappasaurus]

@Joel Adler 😳 Ok, i WILL be watching that movie! I have now learned TWO wondrous things today, cuz if my fascination with Golden Bat wasn’t enough, i’m also a big fan of Xabungle 😁 Stuff like this is why i love Korean bootleg films, ever since i saw Phoenix King (aka Defenders of Space) starring Diaclone Inferno years ago 😅 Thx for the additional info, and kudos to both you and Kenny for the outstanding work on the video! 👍🏼

[@adevilscupoftea]

A heroic golden skeleton who laughs like a villain? That's really amusing

[@psypokeslowduck2880]

Reminds me of skeletor

[@Zeon081]

and amusingly real!

[@neilru5172]

Definition of chaotic good

[@IgorGiganskiANtiatom]

@@neilru5172 Chaotic Good Lich Wizard Monk ?

[@Delphink]

Wonder if that's where the got the laugh from for the movie Danger: Diabolik, which was probably the reason why the one Golden Bat film was released as Diabolic in Italy.

[@bananabanana484]

I love the idea of a superhero who is just an esoteric force that no one understands or can control; he just shows up, destroys the villains without trying, and then leaves.

[@hoangkienvu7572]

That's why Superman is everywhere.

[@aben1466]

one punch man?

[@1Gengar]

I THOUGHT SAITAMA WAS COOL SCREW SAITAMA GOLDEN BAT BEST SUPERHERO

[@iamthetempest1054]

I AM THE TEMPEST

[@TheKingOfNachosTM]

@@iamthetempest1054 I am the law

[@epickduk]

The idea of a golden skeleton that laughs like a crazy person, beats people up with a stick, is hurt by absolutely nothing, and is basically omnipotent is so stupid that I'm immediately in love

[@KuperSpyronicStudios]

I knew about it already. My Dad told me of it.

[@MattAndImprov]

Is this the zenith of Johnny Depp? Is this what all that Johnny Depp has been leading up to?

[@provalone]

On this episode of 'Pimp My Isekai', we take Ainz Al Gown and give him the star treatment! ...we heard you like to laugh at your foes incompentence, so we upgraded your bones from boring ivory, to pimping gold plate... ...with the reduced weight from taking off those gaudy globes, we have made you able to sword fight any time, any place, and by pawning those suckers, we were able to get you a sweet deal on a brand new flying saucer!

[@surajsamuel1995]

There is a manga called wahman ,which similar

[@ex0duzz]

Sounds like skeleton from berserk.

[@chochootrain]

Lol Korean here. My dad was born in the early 60s. When he was a college student, his nickname was Golden Bat (황금박쥐) because he had this tendency to appear and disappear randomly, in seemingly impossible timeframes. Didn't know that the OG Golden Bat was basically an invincible skeleton.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Did he also laugh like a villain whilst doing so

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

Does your dad also steals peoples kneecaps?.

[@gabrielsyme4550]

Hahaha funniest nickname ever

[@johnnase2873]

황금박쥐: 홍길동의 동의어

[@thekusaja]

That's quite a nice trivia about it. Thanks for sharing!

[@zeff7472]

Golden Bat vanishing after creating the genre is weirdly fitting given his backstory.

[@Leoxxxxx5]

Bahahahaha true. Best comment IMO.

[@scienceme9794]

Shows up Invents an entire genre Laughs like a madman Refuses to elaborate Leaves

[@ginogatash4030]

The different iterations of the character in media, different names for different languages, the inability of the franchise to get a new mainstream outing despite its popularity while also being one of the more obscure characters and also managing to be referenced action serieses to this day, and the unfortunate amount of lost media, ironically adds to the feeling of legend and mystery of the character both in canon and real life.

[@iamthetempest1054]

I AM THE TEMPEST

[@TialMissed]

@@scienceme9794 manz invented the stereotype for the chaddest person

[@omarecheverria1748]

In México this character was known as "Fantasmagórico" and was broadcasted in the mid 70s, like it said in the video. Is one of those things that mexican fathers don't remember very well, because Ultraman and Princess comet was the icons for that generation, but if you casually mention a tv show with a golden skeleton fighting, they may respond with a spooky laugh.

[@flaviotrue]

Also, "Zeeeerooo", because the villain was named Dr. Zero in Spanish.

[@abrahamromero.]

My mom kept telling me this was her favorite show growing up as a kid! She's also from Mexico. Can't believe she's watched anime before and liked it growing up, like mother like son LOL.

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

In Puerto Rico he is called Fantasman.

[@बाघटाइरवॉ]

In fact, the vast majority of veterans in Mexico do not remember it.

[@otaking3582]

I bet some Hispanic parents were really confused when Phantasmagoria was released on PC, as in "Where have I heard that name before?"

[@shawnatlast]

A skeleton, that doesn't talk, is invincible, beats up and destroys all the evil, with a crazy laugh - the most brilliantly simple idea for a superhero.

[@ShankMugen]

Skeleton Knight From Another World is almost a direct reference to Golden Bat it feels, including the laughter

[@flyingcow8171]

Sans

[@obobo08080]

skeletor

[@yanpink2116]

It's almost allmight from my hero academia

[@rule1413]

Overlord...? lol

[@commenteroftruth9790]

golden bat is like that one hero who doesnt require any credit or fame, he just purely does it because hes an absolute legend. And then he goes to obscurity when he isnt needed. Truly a character.

[@potahtwah9591]

Columbo moment

[@terpsidance.]

In the span of ten minutes I've gone from never having heard of Golden Bat to caring deeply about his legacy and desperately needing him in my life.

[@ohivonmenisunuoya]

lol same

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Same here.

[@thehermit8618]

You're not alone

[@Negamare1]

Same.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

I'm disappointed that Golden Bat Millenium didn't happen. That looked great

[@SeeASquaRE]

Golden Bat isn't revived yet, he's just chilling in his sarcophagus in the lost city of Atlantis waiting for his time.

[@theswampus670]

Considering how this year is going i really think we could use his help...

[@pinkfoxboi1331]

Dude then someone in japan should just digg him up and ressurect him come on we need a hero who literally laughs in the face of evil lolz

[@lightspaceman5064]

No evil has been great enough to wake him from his slumber so he's letting the new kids handle it.

[@nrggvrn5576]

Golden Bat ftaghn

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

@@nrggvrn5576 He and Cthulhu are locked in a game of chess that's been going on for CENTURIES.

[@Lakefront_Khan]

Gilgamesh: I'm the oldest hero in all of history. Golden Bat: Hahahahaha!

[@janedoe4316]

😭 lmao

[@elquintodecenio7155]

Patoruzú (1928)

[@Valkbg]

Gilgamesh is around 5000 years old. He is older than many civilizations

[@haxthehuman409]

😂😂😂

[@Shenaldrac]

@@Valkbg Yeah. Like, I get OP was joking but it's uh. It's not a very funny joke?

[@immortallen3159]

I just picked up the Japanese Batman manga and the first villain Bruce faces is a skeleton named Lord Death Man who is laughing nonstop and keeps rising from the dead. Pretty sure he's based on Golden Bat.

[@jackpijjin4088]

Booo. Golden Bat could beat Batman's aaaass.

[@maniacgreen8609]

​@@jackpijjin4088plus golden bat looks way more bad ass

[@Bananagans777]

Of course Dr. Nazo is one of the most evil characters of all time, his face is literally the draw 4 card from Uno

[@holdthetruthhostage]

Haha

[@blacklorgar]

Why he look like beta test Dr. Claw from Inspector gadget tho?

[@copperdaylight]

Aka the friendship breaker!

[@Dunkopf]

SHIT U RITE

[@sadsworth4605]

Nice I made it 666

[@midnightkiteflight6333]

"He fights as many creatures as SKELETONly possible" god i love you kenny

[@ajvark]

@penaldo chocking against lazio, ac milan and napoli I think that one was more of a coincidence; the character designer for Skeletor said the inspiration came from a boardwalk haunted house where they used a real corpse that the owners thought was a prop. (Source: The Toys That Made Us on Netflix)

[@worldcomicsreview354]

@@ajvark ...wait wut?

[@OmegaEnvych]

He does a ton of work... a SkeleTON

[@ajvark]

@@worldcomicsreview354 yeah no this actually happened. Sam O Nella also covers it in one of his "dead body hijinks" videos

[@NovaSaber]

@hErO HuNTER GAROU Probably not. But the "ghost of Skeletor" Scare Glow (who has a cape too, and just generally looks more similar to Golden Bat than Skeletor himself does) might be.

[@Hmty2383]

As you mentioned it, Golden Bat is known in Latin America by the name of "Fantasmagórico" and he is my dad's favorite hero of all time. Ever since I was a child, he told me the stories about this golden skeleton guy knight who emerged from the tears of a young lady in distress in the shape of a bat, and how powerful he was. He also mentioned his maniac laugh and how he wore a cape identical to Dracula's. For years, I've been trying to find some info on this character, but the only thing I could find was some of the very few remaining latin spanish dubbed episodes on youtube, because it seems the rest were burned in a fire caused by the 85s earthquake in Mexico City. If I knew his true name was Golden Bat, my research could've led me to him sooner. My dad has stated that ever since he watched this show, no other superhero have ever surpassed him before his eyes, and now I know he was saying the truth. Indeed, Golden Bat may be the greatest superhero of all time... Dad will be so happy to know his favorite superhero has such an important legacy :)

[@rossimitosis]

Gorgeous

[@Dunkopf]

This is great and awsome and wholesome. 11/10

[@giuliodf]

In italy was "fantaman"

[@MinatheRaichu]

Were you able to tell dad? How is he? I need to know!

[@Hmty2383]

@@MinatheRaichu Thank you all for your kind comments :) Yes, I told him about this and the true origins of his favorite hero. He was very happy to know he came to existence prior to all the other superheroes, and a bit surprised too. Now that I brought it up to him, he told me one big reason he loved Golden Bat so much was because "he didn't talk at all", giving him a more genuine and solemn image. I strongly believe my dad is very fond to the idea I like to call "The essence of the hero", which part of it is the capability to speak beyond words through actions, and I believe Golden Bat portrays that idea very well. He asked me if I could find the series for him, but unfortunately the original Latin Spanish dub version is lost. I found the complete series in Italian dub, perhaps I could make some Spanish subs for him.

[@vidalaac]

As a Brazilian, I knew him as Fantomas and he was indeed very popular in Brazil back in the early 70s... here the villain was called Zero, and his appearances were always announced by a menacing "Zeeeero"... what a trip down memory lane... thanks for bringing this long lost memory back to me.

[@jpsn9083]

cara vc n tem ideia o tanto que eu assisti isso quando criança, lembro de um dia meu pai ter voltado de uma feira com um cd dele, e dai em diante ele tinha se tornado meu heroi favorito, meu deus que nostalgia

[@entropiahelper]

Similar story here, only in Venzuela we knew him as Fantasmagorico,

[@flavioyuri6968]

Encontrei esse anime passando na televisão dia desses, que doidera

[@archeogeek315]

Its funny because fantomas is name of a very old french pulp character. I wonder if the use of the name is a coincidence or intentional ?

[@TheWorldDBZ]

One fun fact not mentioned in this video: before Golden Bat, there was a series of kamishibai featuring the protagonist named "Kuro Batto" (Black Bat) who is a bad guy and a phantom thief. In the final chapter of the series, he is beaten by Golden Bat who appears out of nowhere and is even stronger than Black Bat. It was the debut of Golden Bat, and the sequel featured him as the protagonist. The original kamishibai was lost during WW2 and there are no surviving images of how Black Bat actually looked like.

[@Amphibian42]

Noooo way that's so cool, and really sad as well

[@fuchainsa]

Haha, dude. Next time just watch the whole video before making half informed, assumed comments. Here ya go…9:16

[@Amphibian42]

@@fuchainsa i do not remember this being mentioned, and i was around that point when i replied originally

[@loglind5527]

@@fuchainsa The kamishibai your referencing is the sequel to the original from what the op said, next time read the comment more carefully before making half informed assumed comments.

[@bud389]

Another Fun Fact: The Shadow predates the Golden Bat by a year, so he's not the first superhero.

[@new_username4733]

I like how they didn't make him invincible because of some mysterious backstory that happened to him, he's just invincible because it's funny.

[@user-xf8xk6hw9m]

sort of like one punch man but somehow even less serious.

[@GoldLight73]

In an age of reboots and remakes, why the hell hasn’t this guy been brought back yet? I just learned about him and I immediately want to see a modern take on Golden Bat.

[@1erickf50]

just watch Overlord :v

[@GoldLight73]

@@1erickf50 I did, once upon a time. Then the Foresight Arc happened.

[@charlesneal1774]

I think Japan is embarrassed by some of its early attempts at animation.

[@bigchungus7870]

@@charlesneal1774 I honestly can't blame them tbh

[@freelancerthe2561]

@@bigchungus7870 Which is why they need reboots to clean things up. Theres a metric f*** ton of concepts and influence from the anime boom in the 80s and 90s that could be better adapted with this generation's production teams and techniques. And alumni that statistically worked on or around the original projects, and some insight into the directors original story beats. After seeing Devil Man Cry baby, I'm convinced the "weird anime" period has so much untapped potential and legacy just waiting to be brought into modern anime. Maybe not as direct adaptions (a lot of them were pretty LSD fueled and marginally coherent by the last half), but many can be reworked to keep what made it unique, and build a working story around it.

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Bro, you're doing the lord's work by introducing people to unknown characters and stories like Golden Bat. I had no idea he was a precursor to Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai

[@logicalasian284]

Kenny: “instead he’ll just laugh in your face and throw an entire building at you” Me: my hero

[@Kelsenellenelvial]

Then check out Aladdin the anime, they throw mountains and shit

[@lrgogo1517]

Was _The Misfit of Demon King Academy_ pulling a mf Golden Bat reference all along??

[@michaelrahaman9297]

My n!&&@

[@devinweathers7520]

Ballsy move

[@wiphinmagus7943]

@@lrgogo1517 Oh shit!

[@ArkayeCh]

I like how this started with an obscure anime and proceeds to explain how Golden Bat is responsible for ALL MEDIA SINCE THE DARK AGES.

[@LycanFerret]

If we're talking "dark ages", we technically have Gilgamesh, Herakles, Beowulf, King Arthur.... And surely many more less popular classical heroes. Golden Bat seems to be one of the first modern retakes on these old stories, that in the 1960s exploded into the superhero scene.

[@Superabound2]

@@LycanFerret Gilgamesh was actually based on an old cave painting of Golden Bat

[@0brokeJaw]

Gilgamesh isn't even from the dark ages and is about the oldest hero known from the Epic of Gilgamesh which is from the time when the Babylonians were around, so around 3000 something B.C. How is that even close to the dark ages? Hercules is from the time of the Ancient Greeks, which would be around 1000 something or 500 BC. King Arthur and Beowulf are the only ones from around the middle ages. What does anyone on here even mean? I at least know the first guy, Arkaye Ch. was making a joke. Lycan Ferret you ruined it in a bit of dumb way even though the joke is already kinda dumb

[@0brokeJaw]

The only person right here is Yeah Right

[@NoahGooder]

I am honestlly shook

[@arclain67]

Google: “The first superhero ever is The Phantom, created in 1936.” Golden Bat 1931: “HAHAHAHAHAHA!”

[@AshrafAnam]

The Scarlet Pimpernel predates everything

[@affsteak3530]

@@AshrafAnam You're right! I didn't realize the Scarlet Pimpernel predated Arsène Lupin and Judex.

[@caldw615]

@@AshrafAnam Greek Mythology set the bar for a lot of modern superhero themes and tropes. Tragic backstories, overcoming the odds, stories about passion/love etc

[@culturia3555]

Jesus Christ: "hold my beer"

[@Cythil]

I would hold The Phantom as a Costume Hero. Since he do not have any superpowers. But costume heroes lead to superheroes. And of course the lines get a bit blurred with some superhero really being costume heroes using super science. But I guess the key there is super science.

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

This is a character that purely exist because *_why not? It's funny_* and is honestly one of the best characters ever. I've met him for 10 minutes and i already love him and want him to be more well known

[@Warbandit100]

I'm from Italy, and we had tons of old anime represented (due to low-budget for local TVs), and Golden Bat (was about to write Fantaman) was still aired on TVs till 2010/14, and since i watched a LOT of the episodes, here's the general episode layout: Something happens People die Good doctor with kids: oh no, people are dying, what a shame Little girl who woke Golden Bat up gets in slightly danger from afar: GOLDEN BAAAAAAT!! Golden Bat arrives and beat the heck out of everything and everyone while laughing it off Golden Bat flies away Doctor and kids: another job well done

[@ultimatek9940]

Oh, and let's not forget Dr. Nazo proclaiming "THE WORLD IS MINE!"... not sure if it's in the Japanese version to tell the truth, but in the Italian dub, he kept screaming that at least once per episode!

[@bethanybrookes8479]

that sounds awesome...

[@hemidas]

And once again, the day is saved by Golden Bat!

[@MDG-mykys]

Fosse sono troppo giovane, ma dove l'hanno trasmesso?

[@SuperJinzou]

@@MDG-mykys Penso su Italia 7, Telenova, o Antenna 3... Tanto erano quelle le reti dove di solito trasmettevano quei cartoni ;)

[@adrianamurillo5810]

I've only met Golden Bat like 7 minutes ago but if someone doesn't bring this skeletal, evil laughtin, chaotic, pre-historic hero back, I'll have no choice than to do it myself

[@Pills2]

Come on, do it!

[@tavi265]

papayrus from undertale's laugh would suit him tbh

[@tobeornott]

he goes into public domain (in US copyright) in 2027. WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN

[@Pills2]

@@tobeornott we can do it? NO! we will do it

[@Oxygen1004]

@@tobeornott 4 years

[@FourOf92000]

0:54 "quick, we need a sea monster and we have like two days" "uh... let's just rotoscope me wiggling my fingers in the air" "Genius."

[@Fanimati0n]

Thank God I'm not the only one who saw a hand

[@Yamcha1717]

@@Fanimati0n This is truly a hand, it appears in the first episode of the 1967 anime.

[@justsomenonbinarywithamust8006]

Director: good and hidden enough! Now motion blur!

[@MegaZeta]

@@Fanimati0n Good, because it's supposed to be a hand in the cartoon.

[@heckinmemes6430]

Attack of the fingi-fish.

[@slook7094]

I actually got to see a live kamishibai of Golden Bat in the International Manga Museum. The worst part about it is IT NEVER FINISHED. The original author never finished the story! So we were left with "To be continued..." I was so sad. 15:29 Holy shit, yes I DO remember Daicon IV. That is some deep fucking lore. Thank you for sharing that with us. My mind is completely blown to smithereens.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Golden Bat's original story never being finished is honestly in character for him.

[@Unclaimed_Username]

14:26 For some reason Golden Batman's shit-eating grin as he's running is perfect. It's like he's saying "Yeah, I'm a bootleg! What are you gonna do about it?"

[@liamvautier944]

I just imagined Solid doing a comedic video with Golden Bat on his classic comic batman dub with this dialogue and now i cannot (mentally) un-hear it.

[@AmazingAutist]

I can hear it in either Matt or Pat from 2BFP's voice.

[@cyndaguy]

the original sonichu

[@icegangsta5161]

I shit you not 😂

[@zzzzz333-z5x]

​@leandroaude6926 ?

[@nidhal6675]

I can't see why TOHO does not reboot the series, it has a really cool looking character design that could stand out to this day. What a waste

[@blueseanomad7435]

No, we need more idol anime (eye-roll).

[@OmegaEnvych]

Victor Warmflash or more isekai.

[@ed_Skynight]

Nah you guys are silly, we just need more tits, cringy romance filled with oblivious simps, and series that are essentially porn, who needs fun action pack series with comedic characters and wholesome moments? I don’t.🙄

[@MizantropMan]

@@ed_Skynight We still get that, but with 60+ shows each season and news spreading mostly through memes, it would seem that the only things coming out are low-budget Isekai LN adaptations, fanservice shows and established manga adaptations with sole purpose of getting more people to read the source. Also, at least one more FULL season of SAO a year, because of course, but the meme is dead so I don't even bother mocking it. No, "Kaguya-sama" and "BNHA" are not "the best shows with modern history" just because they are on the front page of social media meme accounts. Popularity =/ quality. I get it, throw enough shit at the wall and see what sticks, but come on, 60+ shows A SEASON!? No wonder most of those are garbage!

[@KhayJayArt]

The main character is an adult and he doesn't have a harem of undraged girls so it won't be popular with otaku

[@dardanik]

Chargeman Ken: Unstoppable Force. Golden Bat: Immovable Object.

[@hariman7727]

One Punch Man: "Finally! A challenge!"

[@bowserjrimacasualshutup6754]

ok so Chargeman Ken vs. Golden Bat vs. Saitama

[@chriswentz5197]

Is that a Diana a Go Go Reference!or more exactly *A J o J o R e f e r e n c e ? ! ? ! ? !*

[@JustinBird2012]

Moral of the story, we all lose

[@catoticneutral]

@@bowserjrimacasualshutup6754 The hair wins

[@BunByte]

So thats why Tuxedo mask had a cane, to match the iconic black and red cape! Or Dr.Robotnik, Ravio (TLoZ,) taking inspiration from Nazo. Man this is so cool to see the history that inspired all the shows we've grown to love, can't wait to explore the golden bat more.

[@trurlCXC]

This character perfectly fit the description of a show my parents used to watch. In Poland it was known as Fantomas and apparently aired at night with all the more brutal/edgy stuff. My mum told me once, she fainted from the excitement, when once she hid in the closet, to watch it with the adults. Kinda hilarious if you ask me

[@trurlCXC]

@projectrei(just take into consideration, that I'm not 100% sure that was it.) tylko bierz pod uwagę, że ja nie wiem czy to na 100% było to.

[@trurlCXC]

@projectrei i just didn't want to suddenly jump to polish in fully english comment section ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@hectorbarrera8046]

She has good taste.

[@MegaZeta]

Fantomas is a different character created earlier, a master thief and what we'd know today as an "anti-hero", but a character that heavily inspired the family of scare-the-crooks-senseless hero to which belongs Golden Bat, The Shadow, The Phantom, and the hero that brought it into the superhero age, The Bat-Man.

[@trurlCXC]

@@MegaZeta thanks, I thought it may be some other character 乁| ･ ･ |ㄏ

[@MizantropMan]

Movie: *gets classified as lost media* Nigerian storehouse: "I can fix that."

[@l0sts0ul89]

Probably

[@Nio744]

Was that a holes reference ?

[@MizantropMan]

@@Nio744 No, a "Doctor Who" one. A lot of lost episodes from the earlier days of the show had been miraculously found in a Nigerian storege room.

[@neoqwerty]

@@MizantropMan I'm not sure which way lost media got un-lost is better: the one where some of our old TV shows bounced off something in space and came right back 20 years later, or just randomly finding lost episodes while cleaning a storage area.

[@Abdega]

@@neoqwerty Wait… we received some old episodes by having it bounce back from space?!

[@ghosttrick2374]

My dad always reminisces of “Fantasmagorico” he was born 1959 in Dominican Republic. He said it was huge back then and everybody watched it, often compares it with how big Dragon Ball got here in Latin America. I like when dad talks about it because he gets very excited and i can see how much he loved it.

[@KanishQQuotes]

That is him

[@BJGvideos]

I trust that means you showed him this video

[@ghosttrick2374]

@@BJGvideos absolutely

[@BJGvideos]

@@ghosttrick2374 Awesome. I imagine he was very happy.

[@ghosttrick2374]

@@BJGvideos yes thank you for the quality content!

[@cousinted]

Many writers are worried about making their main characters too powerful or competent for fear that it will make their stories uninteresting. Golden Bat thinks these people are cowards and cackles madly as he beats them with his stick.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

One Punch man proved them wrong ages ago. It's funny seeing evil destroyed so effortlessly.

[@natsume-hime2473]

@@kennylauderdale_en And the best part is that a huge influence for One, when he created One Punch Man and Saitama as a character? It was almost certainly heavily inspired by Golden Bat.

[@Your_Degenerate]

Marvel: We have Dr.Strange Mattel: We have Skeletor Japan: Interesting...

[@AshrafAnam]

More like Dr. Fate

[@Intheknow12]

@@AshrafAnam no

[@souljastation5463]

Skeletor is a newborn baby compared to Golden Bat

[@khaixinsipa8007]

@@Intheknow12 what?

[@leetorry]

Man that pfp is nostalgic

[@sungahymn]

Kenny: "You probably know about this and that" Me: "No, I really don't"

[@quagernag]

penaldo chocking against lazio, ac milan and napoli I’d guess Everything leads to this Golden lad... I mean Bat.

[@stefanosolari6989]

This is the first time I do know. This was my father's favorite series from his childhood

[@mrpurple11]

@penaldo choking against lazio, ac milan and napoli not really. If you're interested i suggest looking for the story of Elmer McCurdy's corpse and then watched the episode about Heman in the series The toys that made us to know how his corpse was the inspiration for the main designer of Skeletor

[@TheElevenFirst]

I love the idea of a hero who just laughs at their enemies. Nothing else, they could be giving a speech and the hero just laughs the whole time. This needs to be done outside of golden bat

[@commenteroftruth9790]

as theyre talking golden bat walks up laughing and just cracks their knees open with his scepter lol

[@azula2722]

You mean All Might? Lol

[@Joural0401]

Listen to some old Shadow serials, he has a tendency to just laugh as he kills the bad guys. Not always, but it's pretty common.

[@WakoDoodle]

skeletor : ahehehehe! golden bat : ahahaha! skeletor : oh? Wise guy eh?!

[@KanishQQuotes]

He laughs because he is extremely powerful. The laugh is at the futile attempts at those who think they can attack him.

[@lordspork]

I rewatched this video because Golden Bat just got announced as a playable character a board game called Unmatched Adventures and I didn’t expect to ever see him pop up in any modern media.

[@reimendigo3412]

I'm from Brazil and I was born in 2005, my father always told me and showed me many old animes like the Eighth Man and Fantomas/Golden Bat himself, I feel proud to know these legends from the past and I must certainly thank my father, I will show this video to him, for sure he will be very happy.

[@flavioyuri6968]

Um dia desses tava passando na rede Brasil, achei por acaso, nunca tinha ouvido falar kkkkk

[@satansjihad6353]

Uma esmola pra vc, mendigo.

[@euqinemor]

Minhã mãe tmb falou algumas vezes, quando ele disse Fantomas, veio um estalo imediato na minha mente.

[@art-fw7ci]

Some Exu Caveira statues remind me a lot of the Golden Bat.

[@yoshaosaxofonista]

Eu so conheço esse anime de matérias de revistas antigas, tipo a Ultra Jovem

[@coachrenaldo]

“He’ll just laugh at you while throwing an entire building at you” All the while never moving his mouth...

[@gelatinocyte6270]

that's just a mask iirc

[@MrTheil]

It’s like if Skeletor was touched by Midas

[@mooster4080]

Now that your saying it skeletor looks and sounds like golden bat

[@DaJokurr]

"jokes on you I'm into that shit!"

[@zerochrome85]

O wow is Skeletor another homage to Golden Bat?

[@maymay5600]

i was saying the same thing as well too, i'm wait he laughs like skeletor as well too

[@maymay5600]

@@mooster4080 yeah, he does, hmmmm, he does have a staff and he does wait... he might be!

[@garion7433]

He's also a playable character in the amazing fighting board game Unmatched (tales to amaze set)! The game features characters from all across media, legend, history, and myths and all of them can fight each other!

[@12fuzzyrats]

"Aren't you going to wash your hands?" "No! 'Cuz I'm evil."

[@rolay7730]

*hand

[@spaicklesauce754]

I miss that show so much.

[@molybdaen11]

"Im so evil, Im going to kiss 100 persons today - on they mouth - ha ha ha ha."

[@zaicol850]

❌ Gil's laugh ❌ Kyouma's laugh ⭕ Golden Bat's laugh

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Where does the Laughing Salesman fit in there?

[@timhulsizer]

penaldo chocking against lazio, ac milan and napoli Please stop spamming your Skeletor comment on every damn reply to this video. We saw it, we hear you, calm down.

[@pleaserespond3984]

I fucking love it. Other heroes: "Stop, villain, I will now explain how you are wrong and why the power of friendship will..." yada yada Goldenbat: F U H A H A H A H A H A _bonk_

[@geburgtorf]

What about Naga The Snake for The Slayers films?

[@worldcomicsreview354]

The weed of crime bears bitter fruit...

[@OsamaCanella]

"Thankfully they never call him unless they have too." Shows Golden Bat running for Japan on the olympics.

[@KuperSpyronicStudios]

What episode was that anyway?

[@nicksrandomreviews]

Japan wasn't going to let America beat them twice in the same century.

[@rossimitosis]

@@nicksrandomreviews xD

[@TheAngmarbucket]

Well they had to.

[@ガイマデン]

great news for all of you GOLDEN BAT is making a full-fledged comeback in Japan for the first time in half a century! 😆 The Japanese manga magazine will be serialized on March 19th as a work set in Japan during the Taisho period (1912-1925) by manga artist Kazutoshi Yamane! I've been waiting for this day as a fan! I'm really happy 😂

[@epickduk]

That's great! Thank you for telling us.

[@mariya_tortilla]

really?!?! YAY!

[@JanusHoW]

Proof?

[@slook7094]

Golden Bat came out during the early Showa Era, unfortunately.

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Golden Bat is rising again from his sarcophagus!

[@KPURPLEKiNG]

This character's design screams more villain than hero. >big gold skull face >big creepy cape >magic cane >crazy powerful >was asleep for 1000 years until resurrected >only speaks in maniacal laughter Are we sure Dr. Nazo isn't the hero here?

[@Mari_Izu]

Don't ever judge a book by it's cover.

[@helen9289]

nope he was a superhero

[@thefallenfighter5330]

Considering Dr.Nazo turned people to dust after they built a robot is proof he isn’t the hero

[@fluffysheep8999]

Dr.Nazo commits war crimes

[@Edagui97]

@@thefallenfighter5330 Did he do that or did he just teleport them to a tropical paradise to enjoy their well deserved vacation?

[@GundiMike]

It turns out that the story of Gilgamesh is just mistranslation of Golden Bat.

[@charlieterry8506]

this genuinely made me laugh out loud, thank you

[@mrpurple11]

I loved this comment

[@casperchristiansen2458]

Georgiou Tsoukalous: I'm not saying it's Golden Bat....but It's Golden Bat!

[@MrDrManPerson]

Turns out the ancient Chinese were watching Golden Bat.

[@bluesap7318]

I laughed at for no reason it ain’t even that funny

[@yoggy5224]

He's like the Gilgamesh of superheroes. Nothing but big respect to Golden Bat.

[@starboy35tcoos]

Holy shit he basically is! Oldest hero that not many know of but is super powerful!

[@ThatStache]

Good point lol

[@metaloom]

Well technically Gilgamesh is the Gilgamesh of super heroes....but I see your point lol

[@officalkingkrab1912]

@@metaloom yeah lol

[@SportyMabamba]

Golden Bat, a Hero! In Nippon.

[@higado2]

Holy shit! Some absolute anime history here! Many thanks for reasearching it for us Kenny!

[@lrgogo1517]

"Even Osamu Tezuka once wrote a manga about Golden Bat!" You really gonna one-sentence that fact and move on?

[@anonymousx1101]

And osamu drew moomin in one of his adult friendly comics!

[@rftt6y7tr]

@@kennylauderdale_enSo it’s Astro boy’s creators teenage fanfic subject. Cool 😎

[@kingchickenwing4887]

@@rftt6y7tr But how is that possible if it came after Astroboy?

[@kingchickenwing4887]

@@anonymousx1101 What? The guy that made Astroboy made hentai?

[@kylereece5511]

The whole “evil-looking guy with a hammy evil laugh who is actually a good guy” thing reminds me a lot of The Shadow.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

?

[@kyon813]

_What evil lurks within the hearts of men?_

[@baronkarza2939]

@@kyon813 The shadow knows hahahahahahahaha

[@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre]

The Golden Bat was born in 1930.

[@thewoollywizard3762]

I wonder if there could have been some kind of influence there. Less likely given the year and goegraphic distance, but maybe possible?

[@Anon_Spartan]

I did not grow up with Golden Bat and it has left a laughing golden skull-shaped hole in my heart.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

Don't worry, at least we got Ainz Ool Gown as a consolation prize.

[@commenteroftruth9790]

@@BertoxolusThePuzzled theyre nothing alike, theyre both skeletons, thats it. But I love overlord, so it doesnt really matter lol.

[@2006HondaCivicD]

@@commenteroftruth9790 I get what you mean, I love Overlord to bits (a bit obvs innit?) But there isn't enough skeleton good guys in this world

[@danvol3835]

I grew up in Japan with this. One of, if not the, coolest characters. It was kind of a joke, because the mysterious girl would call him by saying, "Bat-san, help us" (Kohmori-san, tasukete), which became a jokey catch-phrase for us kids when things were screwed up. But the Golden Bat was never anything but the coolest. All he did was laugh that sinister laugh (which was something everyone mimicked as well) and kick butt. Everyone from those days knew the opening lyrics from the cartoon: Where, where, where does he come from, Golden Bat? Only the bats know. (Doko, doko, doko kara kurunoka, Ogon Batto? Kohmori dake ga shitteiru.) Ah, memories! LOL

[@OckhamAsylum]

It's amazing how far the cultural ripples can reach. Somehow the impact of some guys on a street corner doing what basically amounts to a puppet show for a handful of kids at a time has reached and influenced me, some dude in an American cornfield on the other side of the planet almost a century later. Makes you wonder if we'll have some kind of impact on the world we weren't anticipating long after we're gone.

[@LuminousLead]

Golden Bat looks like a pretty fun superhero. He's basically Japanese golden Skelletor Superman with the laugh of the Shadow.

[@shadowknowsjo]

And...the character is just about as old as the Shadow too.

[@Abdega]

@@shadowknowsjo Not just the Shadow superhero, but actual shadows. Dude’s ancient!

[@CantusTropus]

@Bruh Moment The Shadow is one of the oldest and greatest of the pulp heroes, the proto comic book heroes. He's particularly well known as the precursor to Batman, to the point that the first ever Batman comic was downright plagiarized from a Shadow story, to the point of having traced artwork from it. For a quick introduction, look up "the Shadowcast" KZbin channel.

[@autisonm]

@@CantusTropus Are they the same hero that the Fallout 4 "Silver Shroud" side mission got its inspiration from?

[@LuminousLead]

@@autisonm Yeah. You can actually still listen to some of the first "The Shadow" broadcasts (circa the 1930s) collected on youtube. You'll have to listen through a couple of advertisements for home heating (Blue Coal!) which is so hilariously out of date that it's a joy to hear in and of itself kzbin.info/aero/PL6MV2PUAFsCH9ISJDBcCHyg5Wto1gV1pO

[@insectdroid1676]

I never felt so emotionally connected to a skeleton than I am now. I need him more in my sad lil life rn

[@szylaj]

YOHOHOHOHO

[@tsm688]

Don't worry, you will always have a skeleton inside you.

[@CaresAndAsked6176]

@@tsm688 is it golden?

[@davidbaigorria5847]

Loved medievil from the PlayStation 1, now i have 3 skeletons LMAO

[@tsm688]

@@CaresAndAsked6176 it's kind of an ugly dark cream.

[@judylovejoy5891]

I've never heard of this character, but this was fascinating. You did a great job at presenting the lore in an engaging and interesting way

[@rodney2x48]

Golden Bat should get a comeback. He’s an indestructible golden skeleton. That’s fucking rad!

[@tanknomaniac]

He is the God Emperor of Mankind, clearly.

[@l0sts0ul89]

Raise his power to Gold.

[@GetterBane]

@@l0sts0ul89 He was og rising your to gold

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@GetterBane Fscts

[@air1744]

that's explain the imperium's obsession with skulls and gold

[@kur0742]

Last week i went to the Kyoto Manga Museum and saw Golden bat in the Kamishibai section, just thought of him as a funny little character. I had no idea this character had that much history behind it. Thank you Kenny, very cool video.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

I really need to do that some day. That's so cool.

[@slook7094]

Saaaaaame. Except they explained it to us about his historical significance about being Japan's first superhero and how kamishibai influenced manga as we know it.

[@fuchainsa]

If you want to me technical, “Golden Bat” would probably be considered the first “Modern Superhero”. The first “Superhero” would be considered “The Epic of Gilgamesh”. The first recorded hero of literature. He had supernatural powers, fights “evil”, goes on epic quests and adventures and even learns lessons that make him a better leader and person when he comes back hime from his adventures.

[@_jackeronii3039]

now i'm imagining a hammy 60's cartoon about Gilgamesh and Enkidu, that would be so cool

[@comeradecoyote]

@@_jackeronii3039 Honestly Ancient mesopotamia is an unexplored source of inspiration for modern media. The most recent show to even reference it, was like stargate prior to 2008.

[@kerokerostvincento9263]

You are technically correct, the best kind of correct

[@vm_duc]

either a fateverse nerd or a history nerd, this guy

[@rh7474]

Gilgamesh would not be considered a "superhero" as that's a modern term. He would just be a "hero". It's a very different type of story.

[@J.C4rI0s]

Brazilian here. Golden Bat (for us, "Fantomas") was actually very popular in our country until the early 1980s. There isn't a single person in their forties who doesn't know him.

[@gregbrown8881]

"Oh did you think that was an obscure reference? Well just hold on, because here's one more!" I can't believe how much content tied to this character ended up all over the world, only to practically disappear over time. It's like if we all just forgot about Mickey Mouse or Superman.

[@terpsidance.]

Kind of like Oswald the lucky rabbit?

[@nichoudha]

@@terpsidance. Yeah, Time takes away all, it seems...

[@natha99]

So the Eldlich archetype in YuGiOh TCG not only feature a "boss" monster with the titular name that reference the legends of El Dorado but also lent its design of a golden skeletal lich to it from this character? *mindblown*

[@ThiagoMedeirosGeo]

The character is very popular in Brazil, among people in their 50s-70s. My dad (born 1949) used to tell me about FANTOMAS all the time when I was a kid, and I had seen pictures in magazines. My dad said he was the most powerful character ever, and now I see what he meant. Had no idea about the character's history, many thanks for yet another fantastic video! My dad is sadly no longer in this world with us, but watching the video made me remember him fondly. Heck, maybe he is in heaven, where all Golden Bat lost media is freely available... cheers Kenny!

[@BigBoy257]

All lost media goes to Heaven

[@vickie-u5w]

God bless his soul

[@StarHorder]

Inbet they have new episodes of golden bat in heaven

[@reimendigo3412]

Meu pai também me mostrou o grande Fantomas, é muito bom ser uma das poucas pessoas que conhece o lendário herói fantasma

[@CentralNexusPrime]

Born in 1960 Kansas, and following superheroes for most of my life, I've NEVER heard of this before. Granted my anime exposure has been limited until the last decade or two, but this was TOTALLY new to me.

[@eyebrowthief8283]

My dad collected a lot of old movies and when I showed this vid to him he got that spark in his eye thinking he had it somewhere. We ended up watching the 66 film when I took him out on vacation that year. Very dumb, very fun. Just occurred to me today that was the last dumb movie binge I did with him before the big C got him. You inadvertently made a good memory for me Kenny. Thank you for that.

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

Aww maaan... I'm so sorry for your loss... (I h8 this 🍳demic...) But I'm glad you got to have that priceless bonding, & that you found just the right video to contribute to that, just in time. It's heartwarming to know that the Golden Bat connected you both, & you got to know at least one more new thing about your Dad that you can carry with you into the future. May both of their legacies live on.

[@sarahbaer1593]

Upload it bro

[@heckinmemes6430]

Good guy Golden Bat. >Establishes long lasting lore. >Entertains millions. >Sets the foundation for a global media genre. >Doesn't elaborate. >Leaves.

[@meb4224]

Golden Bat feels like he could have *endless* crossover potential. (For some reason Spawn was the first that came to mind, despite me only having a basic knowledge of that franchise too. Maybe it's the whole, "caped hell-being fighting for humans" aesthetic?)

[@l0sts0ul89]

He just shows up as a cameo, beats up the final boss and leaves away without explaining why.

[@paulandreotti1639]

@@l0sts0ul89 While *laughing*

[@Hektols]

Both of them are undead heroes who fight evil.

[@alessiomasala9417]

Funny, the background music in your video comes from the Italian version of the anime(called Fanta-man) from the early 80's, I remember watching the cartoon as a kid :) .

[@darby2314]

I love how intertwined art is. Art influencing art, influencing art, influencing art. The lengths to which things can be traced backwards is phenomenal. Most art can trace influences back to pre-record history. Just folk telling a good story around the campfire.

[@yahboisquishy5561]

Kenny: "Golden Bat is one of THE most invincible characters that I have ever seen." Chargeman Ken: "FINALLY, a worthy opponent, our battle will be LEGENDARY!"

[@SirChubbyBunny]

I'd pay to see that showdown

[@yahboisquishy5561]

@@SirChubbyBunny As would I

[@nanba009]

My money is on Ken, He got Dr.Volga and pubic hair on his side after all.

[@rufrox9947]

In latin america he's called "Fantasmagórico" (Ghostlike) and I think it was one of my mother's favorite cartoons when she was a child.

[@DDantohi]

My dad loved it, along with Capitan Centella in the 70's

[@rayo_0098]

Dude, im so sure I have heard that name but I dont remember anything of it, maybe my grandma or father talked about it but I dont remember any of it, if there is some footage of it in spanish that will be so funny and cool

[@edwardgeronimo1018]

Im 42. It was brodcasted in Dominican Republic in early 80s, is one of my oldest TV memories. I dont now it if was my first anime, but may be a tie with Astroboy.

[@BlueSatoshi]

Sounds like "phantasmagoria" (Phantasmagorio?)

[@Mari_Izu]

In Brazil he is called "Fantomas".

[@georgemaragos2378]

Hi just came across this as recommended by Titangoji At age 63, and based in Australia, i can still hear the girl say " look it is the little golden bat - we are saved " And the common image on phantoma running and jumping over the hurdles - that was always shown in the commercials.....and the laugh At school the catch phraze was was either Thunderbirds are go Birdman SpaceGhost HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Regards George

[@theotherjared9824]

Golden bat was made at a time when Japan was on thin ice with everyone. The great depression ruined their economy, but their military was stronger than ever. They got very imperialist, slowly taking over more of asia. Golden was a very clear product of the time. Citizens were in dire need of some quick entertainment, and Golden bat being invincible embodied the japanese military, the one good part of Japan at the time. Even the musketeer outfit was a product of the time, as Japan had been obsessed with European culture due to the Dutch being the only outsiders allowed in for centuries. The shift towards the "modern" design came after the second world war, when American forces brought their comic books and cartoons to Japan, which rubbed off on creators.

[@Nico-pg7qr]

Released in 1.967 After ww2

[@blackjackgabbiani19]

@@Nico-pg7qr Watch the video. Movies were '66. Character was created as a sort of slideshow comic in '31.

[@001suisen4]

There are people in this world who have no qualms about telling lies, people like you. You're saying that America brought manga and anime to Japan after the war? There was already a lot of manga and anime in Japan before the war. They are properly exhibited in museums. The idea that everything has its roots in America is a kind of illness.

[@zen-chan9732]

Golden Bat was born before Superman.

[@PrekiFromPoland]

I'd say that Dr. Nazo is half-scientist, half-UFO, and half-cat.

[@rockk9753]

Right how is he not going to mention he is a cat

[@iug5672]

He has 4 cat eyes tho, is he really just "half" cat?

[@dongypooh]

That's, like, 3/2. That's enough math-ing for the day for me.

[@MatsubaAgeha]

1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 1 (Golden Bat Mathematics)

[@PrekiFromPoland]

Nah, that's a reference to Polish web series Kapitan Bomba, which is chock full of absurd humor. In one episode two aliens talk about a very tasty fruit and one wonders if it really exist. The other responds - half-legend, half-truth... half-lie.

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

Predating Superman? Now that's something else. Holly shit.

[@FajrulEmirullah]

well i had same think if DC buy this franchise, maybe we don't never see thing like joker (or maybe not)

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Technically there's an unpublished comic called "the super man" from 1933 if you wanted to get super specific, but Golden Bat still predated that by 2 years. First super hero worldwide is (I THINK) is springheeled jack from the penny dreadful comics.

[@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS]

@@kennylauderdale_en my dude bringing up Springheeled Jack 👊 I'm not a full blown otaku or anything but I do have a healthy love for anime and manga as medium, but I am also a bit of a fanboy for classic pulp and you really don't get much more classic than Springheeled Jack.

[@SangerZonvolt]

@@kennylauderdale_en Kinda hard to find a good definition for that. There have been plenty of Heroes and Superheroes since the begining of human history. Gilgamesh is about the oldest one I can name.

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@SangerZonvolt Isn't Hercules older?

[@GlenGarcia1961]

I saw Dr. Nazo in that old Daicon IV animation, and always wondered who he was, because I liked his design. Thanks so much for sharing and expanding my knowledge of anime, Kenny.

[@janusan89]

"Hmm Golden Bat, I don't know this guy but the looks is familiar..." "In italy he goes for Fantaman" "OOOOOH FANTAMAN, YEAH I REMEMBER HIM, the intro we got is funky too!"

[@souljastation5463]

Il mondo è mmmmmiooooo!!!

[@Krystalmyth]

Italy always got the best intros. The music they made for Sailor Moon still makes me laugh from just how ridiculously good it is. Like they just had to get to a 6 to be perfectly acceptable and they just up and went and rolled perfect 20s because they could.

[@souljastation5463]

@@Krystalmyth That's true, although we consider the 90s a dark era when it comes to anime TV openings. The golden age of Italian anime TV intros went from the late 70s to the middle of the 80s. For a number of reasons, by the 90s (and beyond) ALL the TV intros were cheaply made with synthesizers by a tiny group of the same people, Sailor Moon came out at the height of this era. If you want a taste of the how things were before I'll leave this here: Gattiger> kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn7QlnyZgJaKpK8 Gundam> kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnexnKyqiZJ2h5I Blue Noah> kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKemZKmHmtGpb7s Captain Harlock> kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6nSZKalmNGelaM Daitarn III> kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqiwnX1-qtqXjbM

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Well, the English dub intro to Phantoman has utterly infringing similarities to the intros of many Hanna Barbera shows. The similarities between said intro and such songs are some of the reasons why it got deleted off the face of this world!

[@janusan89]

@@SlapstickGenius23 Ah that makes sense. "Fantaman's" intro was actually different, as we usually rewrote all intro songs ourselves and made entirely new intros (Heck during the 90s and early 2000s, sailor moon had 5 different intros, and all very good too if I may add)

[@chpsilva]

I remember watching the 1967 version here in Brazil, aired during early 70's. The dubbers renamed it to "Fantomas" because back then we had a popular evil character with a skeleton face as part of a lucha-libre show that was aired at the same TV channel (boy TV was weird back). Also Doctor Nazo was renamed to Doctor Zero, and started all his lines with a sinister "ZEEEROOOOOO".

[@basimaziz]

2:35 I actually had a hearty laugh. I love it. Just throws a rock and laughs like a psychopath. S rank content. And your videos in general are pretty dope too.

[@1Gengar]

SAMEEE

[@basimaziz]

@@1Gengar pog~.

[@harrytakeuchi]

Congratulations for the great video. Golden Bat was a program that had so many random reruns and every one had seen the anime but nobody really knew what he was nor his background nor what Dr Naze wanted to do besides being evil. We knew about the Kamishibai but Kamishibai and rental manga was something out of the previous decades. So i had not actually experienced it. Great research.

[@Titleknown]

Things that are interesting: Golden Bat may be public domain, at least, the original Kamashibai version. Given how, under the Uruguay Round Treaty, stuff that hasn't been exported and was PD in its country of origin when the Treaty was signed (1998) was considered to be PD in the US. And, given the inherent nature of Kamashibai and the fact that Japan's copyright was 50 years at the time...

[@superninja252]

it should be, probally it is good

[@johnburt7935]

Tread carefully, and use only the earliest version of "Ogon Bat" however, the one in the 17th Century hat that, interestingly, makes him look a trifle like V for Vendetta....

[@johnburt7935]

@Morahman7vnNo2 pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Public_Domain_Super_Heroes

[@gronkiusmaximus]

At this point it's better to start crowdfunding/commission fan animated projects about Golden Bat rather than wait any longer

[@l33tg4m3rl0lz]

Kenny I think you're working at RetroCrush because they now have Minky Momo, Creamy Mami, and Chargeman Ken. If Golden Bat appears on there then we need a confession video.

[@Gappasaurus]

Nah, they just know that if a show’s been blessed by Kenny, it must be the shizz 😄

[@Peannlui]

Could be both!

[@menkomonty]

Golden Bat's legacy goes so far back, Adam and Eve would've heard of him.

[@animeking1357]

God himself was inspired by Golden Bat when he made us. He was hoping we could be heroic like Golden Bat.

[@Peannlui]

@@animeking1357 But for Golden Bat, it was half the First Day.

[@hectorbarrera8046]

@@animeking1357 Adam's skull is obviously a direct reference to Golden Bat's head.

[@henzy7397]

@Virtual Sky Tate Dude, I'm also an atheist but people like you are absolutely *insufferable.* Can't you just respect people's beliefs without resorting to backhanded remarks and getting into flame wars every time you dip your keyboard and press enter? That shit isn't hard to do, you know.

[@henzy7397]

@Virtual Sky Tate I'm not trying to label you dude, because that's literally what you are: An atheist who decides he's not going to be forced into believing in religion while forcing your principles and beliefs onto other people, and you genuinely believe that what you're doing is actually helping people when a big reason why people are religious is because it helps them. Being a self-righteous prick about what you are and what you want people to believe isn't helping anyone be a better person here.

[@ApocGenesis]

This sounds like "Journey to the West" but with science. Golden Bat is Sun Wukong. He's got a magic staff, basically unlimited powers, and fights a monster of the week. Beating a monster so hard they change back into the animal they came is also very Journey-esque and I'm pretty sure it happened a bunch

[@tylercoon1791]

GOLDEN BAT IS GOKU!!?

[@WhatDillionYT]

@@tylercoon1791real

[@SlapstickGenius23]

@@tylercoon1791 yes, he surely is Goku’s predecessor from the early Showa period.

[@Lordx718]

At some point I was expecting Kenny to say "But wait it goes even further! there's a page in the Kojiki (620) that references Golden Bat as well"

[@Tsukuyomi28]

Emperor Jimmu and his famous companion Golden Bat.

[@Tsukuyomi28]

A golden three legged bat led him to yamato

[@angelodelia1700]

Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa seems to be at least partially inspired by Golden Bat and one of (spoilers) plot points is that Billy Bat is ancestral, having been represented in cave walls

[@lucasyouell]

I'd say that OK KO also has a lot of references to this. Lord box-man is a guy with a claw hand, flying desk and one normal and one red eye. There is also a mystic caped skeleton.

[@Fanimati0n]

The creator of OK KO worked on Steven Universe for a long time, so its possible that he could be responsible for some of the Golden Bay references, but Rebecca Sugar is an ascended weeb herself so it may be unanimous

[@stompchunkman4248]

Golden Bat Bubblegum: Trying to chew it, dump it, destroy it, hammer it, melt it will result in failure, as the tiny squares of gum do the iconic Golden Bat laugh at your puny attempts.

[@leonardotube]

ahahahahaha

[@sunnytheworm1423]

“He’ll just laugh at you and throw a building at you.” Ok I’ve never heard of this dude but he is now my favorite character.

[@hoyitsmiguel]

Every 2 Minutes or so Kenny: Think that's all folks? Well, let me blow your minds with even more insane trivia/by going even further back in time, that's just how insane a golden stick-wielding archaeological laughing skeleton superhero can be

[@maririntsw1517]

"the anime is good, but the kamishibai is better" is my favorite sentence from now on

[@Doomroar]

"And you don't even get candy at the end?" Anime was truly a mistake, now I really understand Miyazaki.

[@KniGhTKrawLeR9]

I think it could have saved the negative perception of "End of Evangelion" if everyone got candy at the end.

[@mrpurple11]

🤣 he was right and we were all judging him

[@differentlyabledmuslimjewi4475]

@@mrpurple11 yeah, honestly true fans of japanese media watch kamishibai.

[@winrylust6947]

@@KniGhTKrawLeR9 ?

[@Blackheartzero]

@@KniGhTKrawLeR9 "Sure, I watched all my favorite characters either die or be assimilated into a giant eldritch horror, but I got a couple of Fun Size Snickers bar out of it!"

[@iksarguards]

Those earliest Golden Bat designs were so cool. He's like some kind of Victorian era aristocrat but also a golden skeleton that laughs at you.

[@ssths]

Saitama from 1 punch man is literally modern man Golden Bat. Gold Suit, Cape, wind power with said cape, Bald head, skeletal looking face, Invincible as heck, Very unbothered demeanor... The similarities are too close to be coincidental. Saitama's cape was even supposed to be red, originally, but was changed to white once the series got picked up. Golden Bat's 6th name is Saitama.

[@wise_thaat]

Yo. Actually 100% accurate.

[@sierraarmstrong5163]

You're totally right ! 🤣✨ One punch man was my first thought

[@ssths]

@C.R.E.A.M. originally it was supposed to be red. But your right it is white now, and his gloves are red. I'll update the post.

[@pokesonav]

Saitama is actually based on Anpanman instead.

[@albertamalachi3560]

@@pokesonav Anpan man is a nod to this character tho, so it still carries some legacy vibes.

[@justeenflores7890]

Golden Bat: "I'm an overpowered undead skeletal mage whose abilities are beyond human comprehension." Ainz Ooal Gown: "Father?!"

[@Walks-With-Fists]

legit wouldn’t be surprised if Ainz Ooal Gown was inspired by Golden Bat lol

[@saip.]

Ikr

[@ChimeraMK]

Pandora's Actor: "GRAAAAAAANDFATHER!!?!?"

[@justeenflores7890]

@@ChimeraMK Noice!

[@lukelim5094]

Otou Sama.

[@greenghoul157]

Golden Bat predates the god damn Phantom who predates Superman, this guy is literally the first superhero

[@gabrielgarcia7529]

That would be gilgamesh

[@TheCapedArtist]

@@gabrielgarcia7529 was gilgamesh really a hero though? He killed Humbaba who was just doing his job protecting the trees from the humans who want to cut them down. It's really interesting what the term "hero" meant in the past. A hero was just a powerful person with a great story, and they're usually morally ambiguous or just evil. Look at Achilles, he's definitely a war criminal lol. Thor was racist against the jötunn and he killed them just because. Perseus killed Medusa. Medusa was raped by poseidon, and turned into a monster by athena because she had sex with poseidon, even though unwillingly. Idk

[@gabrielgarcia7529]

@@TheCapedArtist he was he broke the limits of nature and helped humanity advance for better or for worse . He was a morally corrupt hero

[@purplespottedkangroos9956]

Not really though, if you don’t count Hugo Hercules, there’s the Scarlet Pimpernel which came quite a bit before

[@anitamihholap5926]

Zorro comes to mind...