The Curse of Minky Momo

My computer crashed 110 times trying to edit this video. Kenny lauderdale (me) breaks down this genre defining series & talks about the history surrounding the most famous magical girl series ever made, magical princess minky momo. I also cover the bizarre circumstances surrounding the curse of minky momo, & the lost media status of it's english dub.
0:00 Introduction
0:23 What is Minky Momo?
1:45 Merch
2:04 Why it's Great
2:49 Why It was Cancelled
4:27 The Curse Begins
6:04 Sequels
6:30 The Movie
7:40 Harmony Gold's Version
9:00 Crossover with Creamy Mami
10:07 Sequel Series
10:56 Trivia
11:15 Influence
11:39 Lost English Version
13:07 Even Loster Media
14:14 Closing Thoughts
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[@doot6538]

I just feel like Japan has too many things going on

imagine you stop funding a company because you aren't getting enough money for some toys you're making and then a rumor starts about how you caused the biggest earthquake in japan

[@delightfulmoonie6446]

Big oopsie

[@chicken2844]

Actually it was stopped because only single adult males were buying the toys

[@sprigganfromffxiv]

Karma at its finest

[@vanguardtrainer924]

Haha boy, I sure do hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@ane6183]

@chicken for real?

[@SpookyWhispering]

Toy Company: Stops sending money Minky Momo: I'm going to end this whole country's career

[@Shiirow]

Do not anger our Minky Overlord.

[@GADJEMAN]

@@Shiirow mingcky momouse

[@milkygalaxy1797]

-and mine too

[@agvulpine]

I'd love to hear that she was brought back to life because the president of Japan begged and threw money at them, after his grand daughter became catatonic.

[@StormsandSaugeye]

The fact that your computer kept crashing while you were trying to make this shows that the curse of Minky Momo is true.

[@AgdaFingers]

I actually believe in curses despite everybody telling me they're just coincidences. There HAS to be some truth to them.

[@spungbopscarepans]

it don’t end there mate, some dude who died in a hiking accident had literal minky momo cassette tapes with him, and a girl who was a fan of minky momo live streamed her self-game over, and guess why

[@sakuraryuji01]

This has as much infamy as that one song called Gloomy Sunday. There just something’s the human imagination created that just give off unusual circumstances.

[@JTruong3rd]

My pc randomly reset itself while this was playing

[@damianplayz64]

@@JTruong3rd one time I searched onto this and the next morning I almost threw up

[@Kilud]

"Could you imagine if they ended Pokemon this way?" Yes, I can, because the same Takeshi Shudo was behind the show in its early seasons, and he was even thinking about ending it like something between The Birds and Planet of the Apes (the question is if Tajiri and other people in the production team would allow it). And maybe even ending it like Minky Momo would be better than how it really went after 1999 (let the main character hop from island to island never becoming the master, and kicking all the other main characters out).

[@Regigigas_YT]

(Genesect didn't exist back then BUT) Ash getting ran over by a Genesec using extreme speed sounds like a great ending now lmao

[@TheBonkleFox]

I mean he did become a master now and we've been able to move on.

[@armintargaryen9216]

​@@TheBonkleFoxBut now only the Pokémon anime "nerds", not even Pokémon fans in general, do care. Back in the day the Pokémon snime was a mainstream phenomenon

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The original ending of Pokemon anime ends with Pokemon rebelling against humans and Pikachu betrayed Ash. Yep. This is Animal Farm level of resistance.

[@Kilud]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 I know, but I doubt they would let Shudo do it.

[@tylove7992]

"My computer crashed 110 times trying to edit this video" Even talking about her is a curse.

[@astaroth_sasazaki_yt]

110 is also the emergency number for the Japanese Cops... just sayin'

[@durratulaishah3703]

@@astaroth_sasazaki_yt Oh shoot

[@princessevangeline410]

@@astaroth_sasazaki_yt oof-

[@Bee-of9uu]

Ty Love my power went out in the middle of this video

[@mimmim-wb6ec]

You still alive?

[@blackmould]

“Oh? You wanna stop funding us? Fine, we’ll kill the pink-haired-magic-girl” what an absolute *power move*

[@KaiTenSatsuma]

And do it with a Truck basically driven by your guy

[@afish2281]

Switch pink-haired-magic-girl with kid and you get a better threat.

[@Elyseon]

Dick move...

[@joseescobedo7899]

That literally something a book writier would do

[@MrTigracho]

Truck-kun.

[@rumiDVD]

I remember watching the last episode as a really young kid. It didn't traumatize me or anything. It was just my second earliest "SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FOCK IS HAPPENING" moment in my life. The first one was when my uncle died in a traffic accident and I saw his corpse in my grandpa's house but that's totally unrelated.

[@lilithcrawler-mj3xr]

You saw WHAT?

[@rumiDVD]

@@lilithcrawler-mj3xr yea I meant like, kinda funeral in my grandpa's house but it's more up close. It's different from western type of funerals. I was like, "Why people surrounds him? Why my mom and my grandma's crying? My uncle is just sleeping, right?" Then I saw him getting lowered in his grave. "Wait what he's... WHAT? WHY? WHAT THE FOCK IS HAPPENING!? UNCLE YOU GOTTA WAKE UP THEY TRYNA BURY YOU ALIVE!!" Took me a day to figured out he was not buried alive.

[@lilithcrawler-mj3xr]

@@rumiDVD lmao

[@lilithcrawler-mj3xr]

@@Doritoschiplivingthebestlife ???

[@anry5553]

i too say lmao to cope with this information, because what the fuck@@lilithcrawler-mj3xr

[@chrislaws4785]

I REALLY miss this entire era of Japanese animation, there were just SO MANY GREAT and crazy shows that came out of the 80s and even the 90s. They had a style both in story and animation that you just don't see anymore. I really wish they'd bring it back.

[@StriderVM]

Sadly the Japanese economic crash of the 1990's made sure it will never happen again.

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

I always thought that 80s cartoons where hard for me to get into but I usually get easily into 80s anime Now I feel the opposite nowadays I don’t see myself get into anime of nowadays that easily but some recent cartoons where my favorites

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

@@StriderVMhow many crashes happened in japan ?

[@StriderVM]

@@ahmadmalaki8364 Technically only once. However the downturn is so severe it basically put people into two tiers of wealth back. I guess its like how boomers got it made while millenials couldn't even buy a house nowadays. Its kinda like that. But much earlier.

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

@@StriderVM damn that’s so rough

[@kirbykirby6136]

You've been hit by You've been struck by Truck

[@blueraspberry6741]

*B O W*

[@nekomitsu1801]

@Tokyo Leap 東京リープ 👁👄👁 excuse me wtf? lol

[@harrylarry6324]

Tokyo Leap 東京リープ WAT

[@thedoiz8029]

truck kun is the only path to an isekai world...

[@DarkwingGeese]

It was super effective.

[@TheIceLurker]

They ended a kid's anime show by killing off the main character by having her get hit by a truck? 80s anime was great

[@tabitapana9345]

Great plot

[@thelightingavenger]

Slogan: Momento Mori! buy our dolls

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

They probably gets influenced by devilman.

[@emmandelapena7008]

@@tabitapana9345 ... ikr

[@montajedelespectador]

Reboot/remake sequel series start in isekai?

[@ss16206]

Actually Takeshi Shudo who went on to become the head writer of Pokémon, intended to kill off Ash in the first ever movie as a finale but due to the sheer popularity of the anime, the ending was re-written at the last moment (you can even see how the writing must have been hastened when Ash turns into stone and Pikachu keeps shocking him and the hints of his death are there in the first ever Japanese teaser of the film) I read somewhere that he had depression and anxiety which made him have a bad outlook towards life and he intended to portray how Ash have to move on from his "childhood" dream because they are mostly unachievable. But thankfully the writing team eventually took a different narrative after his departure and Ash is now a world champion!

[@poet695]

Sir you have no idea how happy you've made me. Im 3yrs behind, but I have dug deep into my childhood memories to try and find this anime. My mom bought me one single VHS of this show somehow in like 2002 or so and i never ever could remember the name. Im almost 28yrs old and have searched for well over 15yrs for this show. I never could remember the plot or anything so IMDB'ing was impossible. Ofc Sailormoon and Sakura cardcaptor kept popping up and I was always like "NO DUDE...THIS IS A CHEAPER... OLDER VERSION!!" lol EDIT: I live in the U.S so i really have no idea how she got this tape lol

[@alpacheeto2589]

I am also 28 and in the US. Harmony Gold's Magical Princess Gigi and the Fountain of Youth was in the free kids movies at my local Family Video. I rented it almost every time I went. Maybe that's where she got it?

[@peachymunmagenta]

Does your mom still have the tape(s)?

[@-irumean-3919]

The answer is simple god was pissed off that they ended his favorite show.

[@SpiderPunk999]

Kerokerokeroppi *arianna grande god is a woman intensifies*

[@spwooks0032]

SquidMeat Ball I love your pfppp

[@gazzgaspay4841]

*checkmate atheist*

[@azachan1664]

LMAO

[@Zopikachu23]

y e s

[@vintagejk]

how the hell did momo, a show who was just made for children entertainment, turn into a literal cursed urban legend edit: this comment is getting sm attention 😭 i worded this wrongly but i was trying to say how it was very funny to see a harmless child show become a cursed urban legend ,, i know where most urban legends come from i promise 😭

[@skp1460]

because the people funding team of minky momo stopped funding even tho the show was going great, which made the team mad because merchandise wasnt selling well, so the team wanted to grab the funders' attention in special way because the team new that the funders dont care about which way the story goes, unless something "interesting " occurs to their loss. The team, therefore, killed mikymomo and in coincidence, an eathquake came, coincidently showing minky momo's dark powers (ofcourse it aint true, but look how big of coincident this is)

[@skp1460]

@amateur bobomb ik rorochan's case, but by kenji do you mean the guy who lost his way to motel on some hill and had sos message on tape? who got lost due to a boulder used to guide ways and looks exactly same which caused misunderstanding

[@theaseofbase5766]

@@skp1460 yeah, but he left two tapes, his cry for help and the soundtrack of this. These are scary coincidences.

[@skp1460]

@@theaseofbase5766yeah now THAT is something I did not knw. Thanks for sharing :)

[@theaseofbase5766]

@@skp1460 no problem :3

[@taniaroman5857]

The ONLY reason ive ever heard of Minky Momo was through an episode of My Life as a Teenage Robot where in the beginning of the episode ( I think its the one where Jenny goes to kindergarten), he starts singing the "Minky Momo song". Pretty sure the song in that episode is completely made up, but the song definitely did get stuck in my head

[@DarknoorX]

I remember this being one of my favourite shows as a kid over 25 years ago. She's called "Haneen" in Arabic, which is a real Arabian name. I still listen to their opening every few years. Such golden days.

[@hahahehehoho612]

Spacetoon?

[@bluehabs]

Homura: being magical girl is suffering Momo: first time?

[@Ryanisthere]

Being maguca is suffering

[@RenShinomiya121]

being meguca is suffering

[@cybrgtz]

being meguca is suffering

[@aunnobiitsu]

being meguca is suffering

[@alencar5843]

being meguca is suffering

[@Wignut]

Toy Company: We don't want to make toys anymore. Truck-kun: My anger won't be satisfied till the streets flood with the blood of anime protagonists.

[@randomperson1714]

Lol

[@00imz]

LMFAO

[@yeyeuo1065]

Truck kun is so awesome

[@makkosugar7894]

uh

[@eattheasslikeitsgrass5113]

Truck kun is the alpha and the omega. He startes the plot, but ends it too

[@ShadowArtist]

Minky from the term "mink" as is a mink fur coat, they're referring to how Momo's hair is "fluffy" like a mink coat, and Momo means "peach" , there is a type of Asian peach that are light pink in color. So the character's name is basically another way of saying she's like a "Fluffy Peach" Minky from "mink" a type of warm fuzzy cute animal/or it's fluffly fur, and sounds like "pink", and "Micky (Mouse)" pink+mink+micky = Minky

[@dopplegangerdavid]

It's so weird that this show was so influential. I lived in Japan for 10 years and I've never heard of it till now.

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

Japan: "Hey maybe we should broadcast this old magic girl anime." Minky Momo: "JUST LET ME DIIIE!!!"

[@algordo1997]

They can't. You're " too profitable".

[@Myusername499]

Never

[@larrychilders6599]

Ok * brings out the Isekai truck

[@netizenkuripangistanyolo3339]

I AM TOO PERFECT

[@andhikabirdboi7014]

Years later, Minky Momo became a brainwashed minion thanks to ZAURS.

[@thatonemoominfan]

Momo is just like: "hit me with a truck again and you'll soon learn that nuclear war avoidance is a privilege, not a right."

[@lexrim1102]

THIS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD PLEASE I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT

[@thatonemoominfan]

@@ocelotlesbian y e s

[@corslibrary]

Ah- I wanna like but it's at 420.... Please tell me someone if it changes to 421 or more

[@lobeliaowl2482]

@@corslibrary I hope me telling you isn't bothering you!

[@thatonemoominfan]

@@corslibrary it's good bro

[@andyjay729]

Momo looks a little like Madoka Kaname, whose anime became associated with the most powerful earthquake in Japanese history; the 2011 Tohoku quake, which struck the day after possibly the highest-rated episode of the show first aired. Maybe it was also a victim of the Momo Curse, due to the protags' resemblence?

[@karolinakuc4783]

I see it more as retelling of Sailor Moon coz in both anime there is this alien that looks like cat

[@georgeseal8463]

Harmony Gold's version of Minky Momo might still be lost media, but Crunchyroll just uploaded the subbed Japanese version today. Just saw the first episode. I'm in South America, so I'm not 100% sure it's available in NorthAmerica, but it should be. Will finaly get to experience the curse first hand! And yes, everybody here knows her as Gigi. This is a great channel. Hope you can upload more content soon! Greetings from Chile

[@Superluigi881]

That's one way to get back at a toy company. "Hey you remember that cute magical girl you decided to abandon? Well she's dead now. She's dead and it's all your fault."

[@Takano8508]

Lol

[@Tokuijin]

Damn

[@LilXancheX]

Dark

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

It really seems like a Dick move lol... i mean, dont even consider all the fans, all the children... just how they feel about their paycheck which should have been a legal isssue, not a reason to make a whole generation of kids cry.

[@Kirito_2016]

@@Glitch-Gremlin Fuck them kids. They learned a hard lesson about life that day.

[@bigbigboi81]

Yeah shes a magical girl, they just didn’t mention its black magic

[@ericleiva]

Racist comment...

[@oliviarose3513]

Eric Leiva no u

[@Eclin]

Eric Leiva ???

[@matkeri90]

all magic are black magic...there's no white magic

[@kristysedlakova8357]

M. Yie lol idk if ur joking or not but ok haha

[@jackylee5850]

There's a very easy way to tell the 2 Momo apart, the original (called sky Momo) has the star hairpin, while the sequel (called sea Momo) has the heart hairpin I don't get Shudo's mindset, was he trying to guilt trip the toy company, who probably thought: What do I care if you choose to kill off your own main character, it's no sweat off our backs.

[@Signerdragon123]

Yeah. Honestly when thinking about said mindset, I can't help but mutter to myself "Really Shudo? This is a kids magical girl anime, not Captain Scarlet."

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

"But it was so traumatizing that it is said that Minky Momo's energy leaked into the real world where it manifested as an actual event" *I am going to SHIT MY PANTS that is so insane*

[@bswitzer1727]

more insane one episode is based on dr strange love complete with riding the bomb! another is William shatner as a shuttle astronaugt with a lolicon fixiation with the little match girl ect

[@goosegalileo]

*666 likes*

[@poweredbymoonlight9869]

Now this is what could be called "cause and effect".

[@aolson1111]

See a doctor.

[@Kayavod]

I was six when I watched that show. I was in love with her. I remember every time I got to choose what to draw, I would draw her. It was awfull when she died, I cound't understand. Then she came back, but it wasn't her, it was something like "this would have happened if she would have lived, but don't forget she's dead". I had many nightmares about it. I don't remember when I stopped drawing her. Many years later I remembered Gigi again, and I ask my friends if they knew her, but nobody knew who she was. And I repeated: the girl with pink hair, who transformed into profesional growned women, and died hit by a truck. I tought I was crazy. Until I discovered my 1° Grade school notebook at my grandma's attic and effectively, it had drawn Gigis all over it. So she was real. When Internet became a thing Gigi was one of the first things that I looked for. 0 results the first times. Years later I found out her original name was Minky Momo, and could download a couple of pictures. And after that more information become available. Thanks for explaining why the hell I lived traumatized all my childhood. I don't know if I feel better now, hahaha.

[@moonbug7252]

Jesus Christ dude, this is fucking dark.

[@Kayavod]

@Piriathy in Argentina.

[@itiswhatitis1883]

Well in my country she was called Hanin. I was 5 years old at the time and I used to watch this show regularly. I was so in love with her character and I would imagine myself going on those adventures with her. I spent a whole week crying when she died...

[@missmaku]

@@Kayavod la vuelta de la democracia y la muerte de minky momo, creo que voy a preguntarle a mi mama si alguna vez vio en esa época este anime

[@Kayavod]

@@missmaku Ja, dale. A mí por lo menos, Gigi me marcó más que Alfonsín.

[@ruthiewitter569]

The two momos have different color hair. Idk if everyone else can see it, but classic has a redder hair color, new one has a bubble gum pink hue. It’s a subtle difference, and not everyone can see color that clearly. They should have made the colors more accentuated.

[@waaaaaaaaaaaah]

My parents loved this show when they were kids and they showed me and my sister an episode of this once when we were younger. Little did we know about how it ended... 😬

[@fel293]

"Saving the world doing the basic magical girl stuff" At the same time, she destroys a missle and transform it into loving hearts. Holy shit

[@raynalldoprime]

And then there truck kun

[@ramsey276]

Typical weekday

[@parkchimmin7913]

syaondri That’s Lotte (don’t worry, you didn’t spoil anything for me. I already did I shed the anime)

[@MXaliant]

@@syaondri oh hey look Little Witch Academia's best gal on the pfp.

[@TheGundamDude8045]

@@syaondri I was just thinking about it too! Only a big smile. The trigger folks did their research.

"Minky Momo even got a release in America! That's right! It aired right after the season premiere started and you wouldn't guess which day Toonami decided to air Minky Momo... that's right, September 11, 2001..."

[@kyberebellion980]

Seriously???

[@sophiayamagughi]

this show is fucking unlucky man

[@SangerZonvolt]

Did they recently release it somewhere else? Might explain Corona.

[@ShadeATV]

At the exact time the first plane crash began

[@jugsjudy5930]

no way, seriously???

[@ViolentSock]

The only reason I know this anime is bc of the song Rurus Suicide Show on a Livestream, where it talks about Roro, a girl from Japan, who committed suicide by jumping off a building. She was known for running across busy streets, jumping from high buildings to other high buildings, and her livestreams full of comments telling her to off herself.

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

Dayum

[@shinigamisouleater14]

The joke you made about Minky Momo growing up to be Haman Karn was hilarious. I love Zeta Gundam and seeing the series get referenced brings me joy.

[@user-cf5dt7qq5r]

I walked into my house and found my sister watching Minky Momo. I snorted mockingly and at that exact moment my mother tripped in the kitchen and almost shanked herself with the knife she was cooking with..... I never disrespected Mistress Momo again.

[@onnan0k085]

Oh no that's unfortunate, is your mother okay? I'm worried

[@SnoppleWopple]

@@onnan0k085 big gay

[@rinreborn7364]

Snopple Wopple this guy gets it, big gay

[@SnoppleWopple]

@@rinreborn7364 ur mom

[@rinreborn7364]

Snopple Wopple ur mom is gay

[@CosmosProvider]

It's called Gigi in french and they didn't air the followup to her death, leaving the french youth traumatized. Absolute gold

[@chango_wero]

How 'bout that, the exact same thing happened in latin america

[@pamelqtaylor8335]

Children are resilient!

[@macaronicheesecake9210]

Woooo! :0

[@ammerlyhernandez1685]

I was completely traumatized when Gigi passed on. I remember crying my eyes out, things were never the same after that. 😔😢

[@frogystan7849]

I remember crying so hard i was like wtf they can't just end the show on that

[@eudesodoroidefrance9643]

OMG Kenny, I Cannot Believe A Western Man Talks About One Of My Favor Cartoons From Japan ! 😱😱😱😱 My most favor one is " 魔法の妖精ペルシャ " , it freed me from a very boring high school life (in Taiwan) and it still influences me in some way. The theme song, " 見知らぬ国のトリッパー " so greatly matches the storyline. Do you happen to have any vidéos about " 魔法の妖精ペルシャ " ???? (Please say yes ! 😉😉😉😉)

[@eudesodoroidefrance9643]

I believe US banned all cartoons from Japan at that time along with the ban on inexpensive digital products from them. 😉😉

[@gigaslave]

Truck-kun's debut in the 80s was a big one, no wonder he kept getting recast in isekai series.

[@cursedex80]

"Momo needs to stop Peter Pan from childifying all the people, stop a war from between every nation on Earth, and have a dogfight for good measure. I know this sounds boring but..." wut?

[@olianims]

Boring my asshole

[@KyuubiNoNeko]

That's the kind of sentence you don't think you'll ever hear in your life

[@FantageMoviezInc]

wut du fook

[@intricatic]

It sounds just insane enough to be interesting, tbh.

[@bswitzer1727]

that's the 3rd peter pan the frakenfurter one don't dream it be it the frist one was peter tan created as part of daisy fantasy world to be a companion to her dead kitten given rebirth as an inmaginary friend where daisy is the queen when she was a lonely mafia princess when she had a dream of them peter traped her in the dream reality putting her in a coma making momo go into daisy dream he's part drop dead fred and freddy kruger hn he hulks out as and adult form to compete with adult form momo its not pretty the second one she meets peter in a park as a old man kinda looking like artie Johnson dirty old man waldo from laugh in! he takes a bullet for her from daisys fathers goon who destroys her wand in the early episode minky momo discovers that captain hook is the bramuda triangle

[@brycenlanager1216]

Imagine remaking the series? “We are considering cancelling your show” Writers: do you really want to take that risk?

[@Stellermeerkat]

The earth apparently loves Minky Momo and throws a fit when you cancel it.

[@vampiradeathrockerbatxq762]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@im_learning_bicth]

Stellermeerkat the earth: We don’t do that on this timeline

[@bellabesei]

@@Stellermeerkat So that's the Magical girl series Terra-mama was talking about. huh

[@mcdanzy8379]

*Writers:* *so you choose, death*

[@leyrua]

Wait, if they weren't being paid, wouldn't that mean that their contract was null and void? Otherwise the moment you sign a contract you are basically free labor if they decide to stop paying you.

[@melvinkerk8789]

Found this channel a few days back and I have been so intrigued by these videos. I love finding things I didn't know existed that look like I coulda stumbled apon them scrolling the TV early 4 am by waking up in accident. Old TV was amazing sometimes.

[@thomaslamson299]

Toy Company: "Momo gotta make more money." Shudo: "Then I diagnose her with dead."

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

Shudo was a crazy fucker. Drank himself into a depression because of what they did to Lugia

[@will0wtr335]

LMAO

[@TokyoXtreme]

She did died.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 for reals?

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@flyingstonemon3564 Yup

[@mehmeh3894]

Covid-19 happened after someone watched the last ep of Minky Momo

[@thepinkwaifu3703]

Oh my god. WE CANT GIVE THE SHOW AN ENDING THATS THE THING

[@shedjr_]

sorry, sorry everyone

[@thepinkwaifu3703]

@@shedjr_ *danganronpa apology music intensifies*

[@bug5244]

WHO KEEPS ON WATCHING MINKY MOMO

[@gooberuw]

Listen man I was curious

[@GrantNelson1]

Wow! Childhood memory unlocked! My sister had several of these toys, like I strongly remember a plastic necklace thing just like the one from this show. She kept it with her (original) My Little Ponies and Popples things. We were both 80's kids in the US, no clue how she got them.

[@DesireeV]

CrunchyRoll just added this to their lineup and I had to make sure you were notified because upon seeing the title, I had flashbacks to seeing your video. XD

[@Evilrose0611]

"It was harmony gold, try to figure out what they were doing in the 1980s" Cocaine. If it's the 80s it was cocaine.

[@NaviciaAbbot]

Unless you worked at Imagic. Just look up "Fathom" for the Atari 2600.

[@oneandonlysound3453]

I think even TFS got that. Piccolo saying "My cocaine!" in the 2.9 joke garlic jr saga moment and saying he was on cocaine instead of the black water mist sounded accurate to harmony gold's bizzare totally lost anime and existence of whatever they were aiming to do then.

[@joseayala6142]

Roro chan died with a Minky Momo reference in one of her usernames. This 80's anime really is unlucky....

[@cookiesandpudding8485]

Also her profile picture too I think

[@tsu942]

Cookiesandpudding Yeah. Her profile picture was Minky Momo.

[@FitzMeFine]

Was looking for this comment

[@FitzMeFine]

@@bee5310 lol, "maybe"

[@cookiesandpudding8485]

@@bee5310 we all know that...were just mentioning how the anime can be connected to bad incidents.

[@brn2pil928]

Everything comes together now! the truck the isekai the crushed dreams of magical girls

[@Sylkis89]

I'm fairly sure the most important magical girl anime that almost nobody amongst modern western audiences heard of (unless you're from Poland like me when in the 90s the newly created private TV stations after the fall of Soviet occupation would air all the old animes cause they were cheap) is Majokko Megu-chan

[@ruikirisame1744]

Jesus: dies and is resurrected after a few days Minky Momo: dies and Japan is immediately struck by natural disasters And they say God doesn't pick favorites Edit: I saw my fuck up and I blame autocorrect

[@louschwick7301]

minky momo: natural disasters jesus: overcast weather and a torn curtain

[@birdomurdo]

Now just imagine Minky Momo and Jesus dies in the same timeline.

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

@@birdomurdo everyone is killed by an earthquake and revived 3 days later

[@yasha886]

When jesus dies there is an earthquake too!

[@carloseduardoklein7246]

@@yasha886 yeah matthew 28:2

[@Used__Napkin]

It’s like those old japanese stories where someone died and all their nagative emotions got sealed in a sword or building, except the negative emotion was so powerful that Minky Momo entering the airwaves created a natural disaster.

[@inuyasha]

Must of been the combined negative energy from all the depressed Japanese after Minky Momo died.

[@wicked2429]

is that nonon

[@Abrahambinzz]

the negative energy are from all the kids who loved momo and are heartbroken after seeing her died on TV so... make sense HAHAHA

[@shellyislost9258]

Nagative XD but anyways, ya dats scary .w.

[@wilsonclaire3352]

There is no way that's true

[@charliepea]

I used to see that very pink haired character around in my childhood, yet I never knew her name. That girl sure is a curse with the earthquakes and double lost media. It's like her magic managed to enter our realm.

[@javierrico1996]

The funny thing about this is that the head writer on the show, Takeshi Shudo, eventually got to be the head writer of Pokémon up until mid-to-late Johto. Had Pokémon not been the cash cow that it is today, he might have killed Ash Ketchum in the same manner. EDIT: After two years of this comment being up, I'd like to mention that he said that Ash couldn't become the Pokémon master because the show would end. And it made me think of an ending for Pokémon where Ash dies after winning the Alola League Tournament: While running out of the stadium, Ash doesn't look where he's going and gets hit by Truck-kun. Every companion he's ever had, every rival he's been on good terms with, the one-offs that reappeared in specials, and even the Team Rocket trio visits his hospital bed. Pikachu goes through a depressive episode and offers himself up to be taken by Team Rocket, but they decline because it just doesn't feel earned. No plot contrivance, no legendary Pokémon comes in to save the day, we just get to witness Ash's life flash before his eyes as he dies happily, his life fulfilled. That would've been my ideal finale, a real tear-jerker.

[@gunsou911]

Javier Rico pretty sure ash is already trapped in the dream world of minky momo, giving him the curse of immortal and always chased by bad guys.

[@lunatpr5594]

Then the series gets rebooted years later, as an isekai featuring anime girl versions of Pokemon.

[@cookiecrumbs8262]

Javier Rico Pokémon gotta catch em all

[@rvmp2ka]

U know Ash has actually died on several occasions during the first 3 season

[@vleedingrainboom3618]

the movie came painfully close...

[@Edelwater1234]

“Unluckiest magical girl” *madoka magica vibes intensifies*

[@biancascream4745]

Madoca saved the word from the witch’s I don’t know what your talking about!

[@thesgscout6112]

@@biancascream4745 he/she meant all the 5 girl in madoka, expertly Homura

[@alias4795]

The suffering in meguca isn't exactly bad luck though. Most of it is because of their own fault.

[@seanwilliamd1268]

hell yeah, finally someone mentioned it.

[@Newnenwne]

*Meduka Meguca*

[@mehganrickman7237]

I had so many tapes with that kid explaining the tracking!! I was just thinking about it the other day, what a trip to have it pop up here!

[@MariaSilva-mv8bc]

Fun fact: i remember watching this show when I was young (and this was already in the 2000's). It passed on TV in Portugal. But i barely remember, and i did have an impression something heavy happened in the anime. The truck scene and i remember an episode with both Minky Momos which also felt spoky for me, but i cant remember why.

[@g-chanthesage79]

This was Truck-Kun's first ever role, look how young he was

[@LinkEX]

*low-key chuckles at the toy truck*

[@blugill2273]

no ita his first experience he havent have his calling at this time yet

[@SenthilKumar-hi4oc]

How *CUTE*

[@ShiroCh_ID]

So the truck kun meme is begin in minky momo

[@g-chanthesage79]

Unless there was a scene that predates, yes that's Truck-Kun's first victim

[@hanako-kun4418]

*r o r o c h a n.* *''Rest in peace.''*

[@iloveyourmom907]

*Who that*

[@iloveyourmom907]

SharpSleeper's Classmate Oh

[@Ilovebbnomula]

@SharpSleeper's Classmate she didn't fall. She jumped. Well in a way she did fall

[@pocky5867]

Cries

[@tokiiyo7398]

@@Ilovebbnomula the worst thing is that she lived after the fall... but sadly passed away in the hospital

[@nostalgicseries3899]

The fact that this video recommended to me 3 years after is really just a coincidence 😅

[@countcampula]

What I learned today: Japan has a lot of earthquakes

[@taotwinkleamv257]

it all sounds like it's from a creepypasta

[@ImmaLittlePip]

I put in the miki momo vhs tape and Peter Griffin and the nostalgia critic bled at me

[@xord6286]

Minky Momo asked who Joe was

[@xord6286]

schro JOE MAMA

[@yuo3670]

@@ImmaLittlePip plz get off of KZbin if you are under 13

[@IKnowThatFeelBr0]

@@yuo3670 You obviously aren't getting his reference.

[@thehermit8618]

Fun fact: "Momo" is one way to say "Pink" (among other things) in japanese, so its possible for Minky Momo's name to be translated as "Minky Pinky" and im gonna refer to her as such from now on

[@morganolsen432]

Momo is peach lol

[@Japanthewoman]

@@morganolsen432 Yes, momo means peach. And in Japanese culture the color of a peach is equivalent to what many western cultures considere pink. That is why the word for pink is momo-iro.

[@morganolsen432]

@@Japanthewoman Yes, I know. Thank you for clarifying that. Still peach colored is different than Pink colored. I basically was getting at if her name is Momo I'm pretty sure it pointing to her name meaning peach rather than pink.

[@loonloon6860]

So in one of anime to love Ru also have named momo . same pink hair style. Is that could be momo ?

[@lobstrosity7163]

One in the pink, one in the mink

[@mebibyte9347]

What an amazing store. Lost content is so fascinating, everyone just assumes everything gets saved forever somewhere in some big archive but I really isn't so certain

[@EeliusAstaroth]

Lol random recommend for this yt n checked it out. It was pretty interesting~ had to comment about the tracking thing. I actually came across a few VHS in my childhood that had the tracking explanation. It never bothered me cause it was an easy fix, and never thought much of it. Now I know why they did it so thanks 🤣 I think a lot of the VHS tapes my mom would get were originally anime. I was blown away when I found out The Last Unicorn, which I saw when I was 5 (now 33), was originally animated by a Japanese company. Same with the 1970's version of The Little Mermaid, Panda and the Magic Serpent, Scamper the Penguin, Wee Wendy, and a few others I can't think of. I was blown away and realized why I loved anime so much when I grew older watch what Toonami and Adult Swim had to provide, and why most other things even now don't quite compare to that "Golden Age" era of anime and cartoons. Thanks for the video it was entertaining for something I haven't ever heard of til now!

[@EmblemSnake]

A man named Kenji Iwamura got lost and died in a mountain while hiking. A tape recorder was found with 2 tapes. 1 being his cry for help and the other was a soundtrack from this anime. Unlucky.

[@I_am_a_man_of_science]

Holy Shite

[@chrisnobel2386]

Wait, is this real? Edit: I just found out that this is real

[@Fisinocean]

@@chrisnobel2386 HOLY FUCK THIS IS REAL????

[@chrisnobel2386]

@@Fisinocean yes, you can search it. I also shock at first but this was really happened. Guess it just a coincidence.

[@ToscaTee]

Ok this legit terrifies me

[@historiador1976]

Minky Momo is legendary here in Latin America because the horrific "ending" that traumatized an entire generation of small tv viewers. Here it was called "Las Aventuras de Gigi" and because of never explained reasons, the last season of the show was never dubbed in spanish, so the "run over by a truck" IS the last episode of the series! That's right, for all the little latinos viewers, the final fate of cute Gigi/Minky Momo was dead by a truck! Only decades later, by the dawn of the Internet era, many grown up latinos viewers finally they got to know there was one extra season of never dubbed episodes of the original series and that their beloved magical girl was actually alive and well. You can read the comments section of any latino spanish dubbed videos of "Gigi" on KZbin and it looks like a PTSD therapy group, still reeling from the shocking "finale" and needing a hug.

[@donhuea447]

donde mierda estaba este anime cuando yo estaba creciendo

[@xrinxdarkx7493]

But she got reborn-

[@historiador1976]

@@xrinxdarkx7493 yeah but we didn't knew about that years later. What we saw in the anime original run was "she is hit by a truck"...and that was the end of this series and it was replaced by another different anime soon after. The "reincarnation" season was never dubbed in latino spanish.

[@xrinxdarkx7493]

@@historiador1976 ohhhh

[@michii_1a]

Lmfao my cousin told me about that and she said that after she was traumatized by Gigi getting hit by the truck, her mother would say that she would get run over like Gigi if she didn't stop crying or something.

[@BlackSeranna]

Wonderful documentary, thanks! This is fascinating!

[@frankthesauce]

This was actually solid! Good stuff.

[@adevilscupoftea]

Imagining Minky Momo's energy materialize into the real world causing natural disasters is scarier than Nora's constant frame skips and the Laughing Salesman's smile. Good luck Minky Momo.

[@reynaldipangestu259]

Laughing Salesman's Smile? What about his life-ruining Monkey Paw deals with deceptively easy limitations?!

[@Rhyusfox]

From what I had read, early Laughing Salesman deals were the sort of thing where... well, they were bait to catch types who thought they found a loophole...

[@bluemonster5235]

What anime is nora from?

[@reynaldipangestu259]

@@bluemonster5235 Twinkle Nora Rock Me

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Oh boy.

[@spoopyd.8910]

"And then she turns into Blackjack." Yeah, it's a classic.

[@von.deezy1]

Oh hey, first reply.

[@hayleyscomet3447]

Spoopy D. My thoughts exactly

[@jackylee5850]

This was one of the many earlier shows that catapulted Megumi Hayashibara's popularity into the next level (not the original '82 series though, that Momo was voiced by Mami Koyama) Coming off 2 years after Ranma, her most successful breakthrough role to date, shows like Minky Momo continues to boost her popularity through the roof Since she had done Himiko from Mashin Hero Wataru 3 years earlier, she's an expert at the cutesy voice style character, which made her an ideal choice for Momo

[@TheJayRoth]

Loved this it was great!

[@caseyc5135]

All I'm saying is that the Covid-19 virus was literally emerging right as this video was made. We will NEVER be free of Momo's terrible curse.

[@amartya3986]

WAIT MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT

[@ghostryda789]

no Covid was first reported on Dec 31st.

[@loitla]

@Ghost Ryda no, that is when it was announced in the U.S, in China its been around since late september

[@EthanMeatan]

@@loitla holy shi-- Edit: got a terrible fever after watching this. Im scared.

[@I_am_a_man_of_science]

@@EthanMeatan Bruh! I am watching this while I have fever and my whole body is hurting. What more could--, I ain't gonna say anything more, I ain't gonna challenge Murphy.

[@OrderRed]

4:05 it's a bit ironic that you said that if they would have ended Pokemon this way, fans would have rioted. Takeshi Shudo, the writer for both Minky Momo and the Pokemon anime was originally planning to end on a darker note with the Pokemon rebelling against their trainers.

[@user-qv6fg1zr6y]

Kuro Yasha - I’d pay to that lol

[@greendayfecer]

peepee poopoo right? I mean, most of those Pokémon are cohabitating like it’s no big deal. I wouldn’t have mind seeing the show end in a not happy way. Now, its just dragging on. Ash Ketchum should have achieved his dream by now?! Or he’s a freaking professional ten year old student. With no worries. Wtf man. I mean after Ed and Alaric completed their mission. They moved on. Ash is forever stuck as a 10 year old. He’s never gonna get a girlfriend, settle down, and do other stuff. He’s just forever stuck as a ten year old boy.. Why?!

[@rodrigopereira7104]

@@greendayfecer Ash is cursed with immortality.

[@totallynoteverything1.]

@@user-qv6fg1zr6y watch the streets filled with enraged pokemon fans while eating Onigiri

[@totallynoteverything1.]

@@rodrigopereira7104 and then one day he will stop thinking too

[@WhyHandlesIMeanFroggchamp]

I always come back to this video, this show really feels like a phenomenon

[@aequoreavicq]

Some people’s last moments might’ve been minky momo in the disasters of the last episodes

[@karpcrossing7192]

So, fun fact pertaining to Takeshi Shudo also being head writer of the Pokemon anime for a while: According to iMDB, "While working as head writer of Pokemon (1997), Shudo had envisioned an ending to the animated series where the Pokémon would rebel against their trainers, with Pikachu as the lead and Meowth as the mouthpiece." So he really was gonna try to traumatize another generation of kids lol

[@kennylauderdale_en]

he almost killed Ash at the end of the first movie. It's kind of his thing.

[@Apudurangdinya]

The equivalent of, "kids these day got too easy, let me introduce truck-kun to their life"

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

@@kennylauderdale_en After much research, I think I figured out why Amazon axed the Minky Momo dub before anyone noticed. Someone at the company probably heard of the curse of Minky Momo and realized that if a large enough group of ppl started to livestream the truck kun moment at the exact same time, which is pretty easy considering it's Amazon Prime Video, the energy of Minky Momo would reawaken once more and, like a bolt of lightning, escape Japan, cross the Pacific, and cause the Yellowstone Supervolcano to erupt.

[@sandystudios223]

@@kennylauderdale_en I guess he loves traumatising little kids, what’s next for gen z and gen alpha?

[@ilyysm]

i would watch that

[@cutelilly1000vedios]

“The unluckiest magical girl.” Madoka Magica: *Am I a joke to you*

[@koweedate]

Actually: Madoka Magica: The unluckiest magical girl Minky Momo: Am I a joke to you

[@malacara1335]

I mean at least minky only died once.

[@binhs6776]

Yeah madoka suffer and died thousand times and she doesn’t even know it. Legend said that till now,she’s still suffering in school thinking about Homura.

[@sabunkompas]

Madoka's airing caused tsunami.

[@SuperFirstSecond]

Its less than Minky Momo suffers from bad luck as a character, but that bad luck is connected with her in real life.

[@SchaleDude]

YOOOO Thank you for reminding me of this anime!

[@barnykirashi]

4:35 An Earthquake in Kanto region of Japan "Amagi, No!" "Excuse me, commander, did I do something wrong?" "Sorry, force of habit."

[@Furo_kun]

Me, watching this video: "The curse can't be real!" Minky Momo: *Destroys Japan with Typhoon Hagibis*

[@flash4354]

It's like the "--- doesn't exist, it can't hurt you" meme, but IRL.

[@juanpablorobayo9891]

"Hey it's a magical girl show, they're not really known for their stories." *The Precure Franchise throws it's collective head back and laughs like that seagull meme*

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Well, I was talking about magical girl shows made around the same time as Momo. Like majokko tickle.

[@juanpablorobayo9891]

@@kennylauderdale_en yeah yeah, just giving you a light ribbing. Honestly, this video was so well done, I appreciate it. Also Kenny Lauderdale responded to one of my comments EEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@magicarp79]

@@kennylauderdale_en How about Hana no Ko Lunlun? I think it aired a couple of years before Minky Momo.

[@Kieorasama]

Sailor moon also!

[@HolHorseMain]

I'm honestly disappointed that no one mentioned madoka magica

[@sammmmmp1455]

The Great Hanshin disaster happened in 1995. The first release of the final episode was in 1983, so while two years wouldn't have been improbable for a rerelease, 12 years is.

[@BQD_Central]

The beauty of KZbin videos is that they can last for a very long time. This video was uploaded in 2019, and now in 2024, I can confirm that Crunchyroll has 30 Episodes of Minki Momo as of February 22th. It is not the Harmony Gold version though, as one would guess. It is the original Japanese release licensed by Crunchyroll, meaning its sub only. They are problably still in the process of subbing new episodes as the first batch came out in January 2024.

[@petr79]

Even creepier was the episodes where out of revenge she got esp powers and was ready to hurt people . First dark magical girl anime.

[@racist2708]

what

[@althea7181]

Which one?

[@emmastarr5242]

Elaborate?

[@X7RYQ]

Huh?

[@themyofmy]

@@racist2708 your name singlehandedly killed me on the spot

[@justaregularoldpileofsnow6877]

Fun fact, the theme of this song has been involved in the death of atleast 2 people. 1. Ro Ro chan 2. The SOS incident

[@emmastarr5242]

Wait...how was the THEME SONG involved with Rorochan?! I've seen the suicide footage, and I don't remember any music playing...

[@hi-so2ic]

@@emmastarr5242 it was her favorite anime and she sang the opening on her Livestreams

[@pheniox6934]

Whats the sos incident?

[@microwave8931]

@@pheniox6934 another comment gives some information. Basically, a Japanese man was found dead and used logs to write "SOS". He had 2 video tapes. The first one was his cry for help. The second one was the Minky Momo soundtrack.

[@crow1247]

What was the ro ro incident?

[@MatsuyoRific]

There's also a reference to this show in My Life As A Teenage Robot. In the episode where it's revealed that Jenny is technically 5 years old, we hear Brad singing a song called Minky Momo.

[@deadbread5736]

So what you’re telling me is she: - transforms - is pink - has a wand - animal companions - saves the day - magical …Kirby?

[@HYrBatata]

Best comment

[@basara5496]

Don't forget the case of the mystery SOS in Japan. A hiker got lost, and was only found because of a large SOS on the ground near them that they didn't make. Then further investigation found the five year missing remains of another hiker who was partially identified from the cassettes with Minky Momo and Macross music they had in their stuff. And THAT person didn't have the means to make the SOS either.

[@ericgolightly8450]

Are you sure about that

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@ericgolightly8450 Yeah it’s a real thing

[@01jiratjiampoonsap80]

wtf

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@01jiratjiampoonsap80 The “My Favorite Murder” podcast had an episode about it

[@nagabe6394]

Mr Ballen once talked about this I think

[@nanami_akumudeadchannel7115]

Description: My computer crashed 110 times trying to edit this video *HOLD UP-*

[@aniahliepard]

Minky Momo didn't want us knowing the truth

[@alexanderavila8488]

@@aniahliepard what

[@aniahliepard]

You heard me

[@alexanderavila8488]

@@aniahliepard with all the paranormal things people keep mentioning and the evidence there is to support the theory it is quite disturbing. It's like if you say something bad about her something can happen or something but if you make comments like this or anything that's not related to putting her in bad light it seems others haven't had problems.

[@aniahliepard]

It is admittedly a creepy coincidence yes

[@Wolvenworks]

I saw this before and i have no idea what it’s called. Thank you algorithm gods.

[@ToxicAtom]

This can't be the same Minky Momo that Brad sings about in a random episode of My Life As A Teenage Robot without any supporting context, can it?

[@alfianfahmi5430]

"You either die as Minky Momo, or you live long enough to become Haman Karn." - Red-haired Char.

[@gochem3013]

Haman Karn: Don't call me Minky Momo. Because, I am a different kinda woman.

[@alfianfahmi5430]

@@gochem3013 Tsundere Haman be like 👆

[@notdwaddler2013]

I choked on my fucking drink. Thanks for that

[@jacobpdeleon2747]

Nu Gundam Wate de ja nai!

[@alfianfahmi5430]

@@jacobpdeleon2747 Ano Mobiru Suutsu wa bakemono ga!?

[@cagedcreature439]

Fun-fact: in the My life as teenage robot episode, “I was preschool dropout” Brad sings the Miki Momo theme song

[@ArtemisBianco]

OMG! I thought the name Miki Momo sounded familiar but I knew I never watched it. Where I must have heard it was on My Life As A Teenage Robot. Lol thank you.

[@nowheredude4204]

Curse: Cancelled after 2 seasons

[@cagedcreature439]

@@nowheredude4204 Funny I kind of thought that part of the miki momo curse was part of the episode’s plot. After brad sang the theme song and had a talk with Jenny. Jenny gets shipped off to kindergarten due to a misunderstanding. But that’s just my theory.

[@tonyhakston536]

It really didn’t sound all that similar, actually.

[@CutieRingoJoy]

preschool dropout?

[@megaman37456]

Everyone talks about Truck Kun, but they forget who the original Anime Killer Truck (train) is, the Mammoth Car from Speed Racer.

[@Lunarrabbot]

Good luck, Minky Momo! I had heard of Princess Gigi, but had no idea how deep the rabbit hole went. I’ll definitely have to watch the Japanese versions now.

[@syd91]

"I guess after isekai'ing a magical girl with a truck, you can get away with anything" I'm ded

[@momokokami2771]

Not as dead inside as she is after you know what ..

[@BassGosple]

Roadkill