The Powerpuff Girls Have a Anime? | Powerpuff Girls Z

Come with me as we dive into the world that is the Powerpuff girls anime!

[@ThisguySL]

The thing I remember about this the most is how little Sedusa's design was changed. lol

[@Childishju]

The og concept art and original pilot are all hard to come by but there were alot of changes

[@CophinRuinz0rKestra]

I can't believe it took me like 20 years to realize that "Sarah Bellum" = Cerebellum. Literally just realized it.

[@Childishju]

Wait whaaaaaaa???!!! I didn’t even put that together, i was today years old lol

[@dukkemonterier3429]

Oh shit!

[@YuriTsukikage212]

it did air in latin america, it used to be infamous until the 2016 reboot came along and it made it look good by comparison.

[@Childishju]

Really? Hmm interesting, yeah I was suprised they didn’t do more with ppgz

[@that_himbo_femboy]

The weapons they have correspond to what toy the kids had/were playing with when the ppg saved them ( blossom - kid was using a yoyo, bubbles - kid was blowing bubbles, buttercup - kid was playing with some kind of board game that involves a little hammer )

[@Childishju]

HOW THE HECK DID I NOT NOTICE THAT???? Good eye!!

[@that_himbo_femboy]

it's honestly such a small background detail so it's understandable you accidentally missed it I totally would have too! I think the only reason I didn't was probably because I watched the first ep so many times as a kid 😂

[@rfart419]

I really want Discotek Media to eventually license Powerpuff Girls Z anime in America someday.

[@Childishju]

I’d love that!

[@vocalsam3608]

The fans doesn't realize that PPG Z shouldn't be the same way as the original PPG. Remember that Anime and cartoons have different options with the characters. Anime uses tropes and cartoons uses their own tropes Edit: I watched Sabersparks video about PPG Z. And the Z is a famous reference to DBZ

[@Childishju]

Completely agree

[@dukkemonterier3429]

The problem isn't the tropes or the lack of sense(which is normal and exist in many anime). The problem is the show is boring and slow.

[@bailey_selene]

I think Blossom’s weapon being a yo-yo might be a reference to Sukeban Deka a popular manga and drama series in the 70s/80s. Since it went on to influence a good bit of magical girl anime and manga that came after🤔

[@Childishju]

YES! I think you’re correct that actually makes perfect sense!!

[@BrothaKyo]

Was actually going to post that too!

[@tsurbwobniar20]

By any chance has anyone ever read a Webcomic named Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi? It's a Cartoon crossover Webcomic prominently featuring the Powerpuff Girls. Basically, Cartoon Network albeit Darker and Edgier. Plus characters like Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory), Jenny (My Life as a Teenage Robot), Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog), Jack (Samurai Jack), Otto Osworth (Time Squad), and many others are in it as well.

[@Childishju]

Whaaat??!! I’ve never heard of it but that sounds awesome!! I’ll definitely look into it:)

[@Tasty_Tango45]

@@Childishjuyou absolutely should, it started in 2004 and is still ongoing even now. Keep in mind it’s a bit darker (as the creators are known for that) than the average power puff content and deals with themes such as death and loss, but the action is fantastic and the story is alright (it gets more meh the longer it goes on), but I hope you’ll consider making a vid on it one day.

[@Childishju]

@@Tasty_Tango45 oh that sounds absolutely fantastic, and it is exactly the thing I would make a video on. So I’ll for sure write it down and check it out because that sounds like it could be really cool!!

[@that_himbo_femboy]

Omg i remember finding that as a little kid!!! (I was a completely unmonitored Internet kid in the early 2000s) That comic will be one of my core memories forever Lol (I still absolutely adore the art style)

[@brokeninfinitysonic1]

Ohhh you mean Bleedman comics. Yeah I read his stuff during middle school. It’s pretty cool especially if you were starting to get into anime. I haven’t caught up but it’s really cool.

[@smelly1060]

I actually watched this before ever watching the original

[@Childishju]

Really? Wow, what do you prefer?

[@smelly1060]

@@Childishju I wish I could say I liked one better than the other(I hate when people say "everything has it's merit, it's not a competition🤡" but honestly both shows had their redeeming qualities. What I liked about Z is just the anime classic vibe KillLaKill magical girl tings, very whimsical. And the OG has great voice acting and I love that even the it's a kidd show the overall all message is that all your problems can and will be solved with VIOLENCE. Literally every end of an episode they bait you by faking some sort of peaceful resolution but they end up just wolloping the villain in the face with their stub for a fist; we honestly need more of that mentality earlier Adventure time is another show that did that alot😂

[@MisterJang0]

Yeah, good point. How come CN never aired this show in the U.S.? Even if they thought no one would watch it, they could've aired it at midnight on Adult Swim or something. I could picture like a dozen or so hardcore PPG fans staying up late for it. Or if they played it during Adult Swim's anime block, anime fans would watch it just because it's anime.

[@Childishju]

Yeah it’s almost like they expected it to fail from the start, unfortunate because it truly is a cool anime

[@joshuataylor7443]

What make Professor love for the girls interesting, it’s just endearing.

[@Childishju]

1000% trye

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

So for what I was investigating in the past they had so much ideas do the show, Ken was actually gonna be the professor as in like the same age he has in the anime, so I assume his name was going to be utonium. I haven’t decipher everything cuz it’s really hard but I read someone saying that he created the girls to be his siblings. I know by some of the prototypes designs they could’ve been sisters. Then they released the pilot episode than no one has found just some very bad few scenes and recording of it, and it seems the show was gonna then have a more mature take. Since the girls were teenagers (they look older than the current anime) and the action was more violent, even Mojo was cussing at them. So it’s interesting to see this show could’ve end up in so many many different ways and makes me wonder why they ended up like this. For once I think the professor wanting sisters or siblings seems pretty heartwarming ( also sad since I assume he was always alone, didn’t have friends due to most likely graduating really early from school) if that was the original idea, it would’ve bring the family feeling the show missed.

[@Childishju]

Woah woah woah…… WHATTTTTT??!!!!??? Are you serious?? How did I not know about literally any of this, that all sounds so freaking cool!! The idea of prefessor being a kid who just wants to make siblings works far better. That may be a better origin than the original grown man making babies in his lab. I need to do more research because that sounds amazing. Maybe I’ll even make another video on the topic. If I do I’ll make sure to shout you out, thanks for being that to my attention!!

[@jeshuarestituyo284]

@@Childishju it’s mostly speculations from Forums people trying to come up with ideas by looking at the prototypes! There’s some prototypes where the girls looked like fairies, one where mojo was gonna be younger and not old, or mojo being a human boy most controlled by a monkey who prolly was also mojo. Like they had so many ideas it seems. It’s fun speculating about this!

[@tsurbwobniar20]

Imagine if there was a parody or reference to the Powerpuff Girls in a Pretty Cure Anime. I bet that would've been pretty interesting to see. By the way does anyone know that Episode 38 of Powerpuff Girls Z had a Pretty Cure parody? You see when Fumika and Hanayo get hit by Him's black particles, they call themselves Follower Fumi and Follower Hana, and say "The two of us are followers!", which is a parody to Futari wa Pretty Cure.

[@Childishju]

Wow, I had no clue it was a reference to anything. That’s awesome!!

[@thesparklingfern1488]

this show honestly feels so much like precure to me, especially early precure like futari wa and splash star.

[@tsurbwobniar20]

@@thesparklingfern1488 By any chance have you watched or heard of the Pretty Cure All Stars F movie and/or the new Wonderful PreCure! Anime? If so what do you think about them? I'm just asking out of curiosity that's all.

[@thesparklingfern1488]

@@tsurbwobniar20 Oh I adored it. I thought cure supreme was super interesting, and wonderful precure is so cute with its premise. Komugi might be one of my new favorites, she's adorable.

[@eglol]

It's cool that there's a reference/parody/nod to Precure in the Powerpuff Girls anime

[@rfart419]

I'm disappointed and upset because our favorite childhood anime, Powerpuff Girls Z, never aired in America.

[@Childishju]

Yeah it would have been a lot more popular if it aired in America

[@technnicalvapor007]

I remember looking at this Around 2010, I Adore Both of Them the og and this one. To November to december of 2023 I Manage to found it on some Websites, It was Nostalgic since i Couldn't finish it when it was running Somewhere in 2012 Before The dark age began *COF COF TTG...* Actually im writtting a Fanfic Crossover related to Them.

[@Childishju]

Yeah I enjoy it too, and join the discord! I’d love to hear about your fanfic and people like to share their own in there sometimes too

[@technnicalvapor007]

@@Childishju sure, After all i'm looking for Co-writters And Beta-readers.

[@HopeIsADrug11037]

i used to be obsessed with this show. i still love it tbh, its super cute

[@Childishju]

It really is cute and I was a lil too harsh in this video, genuinely I thought it was a adorable anime

[@HopeIsADrug11037]

@@Childishju it has its own charm even if its not necessarily incredible

[@sophiarafferty]

I loved powerpuff girls z

[@Childishju]

I really like it, I should have shown it more love

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

I saw it on Mexico, it was actually great, it touched really great themes like disabilities and abandonment Its very very serious and its actually beautiful

[@Childishju]

That’s really sweet, I think I should do a proper follow up video

[@Dumbsvillefan]

3:08 looks like a character Lupin the third would try to steal from

[@Childishju]

Lmaooo truee

[@Mespoina]

I love this show so much! I remember this airing all the time where I'm from and Cartoon network Philippines apparently has a different schedule from the rest of CN Asia so maybe that's why this it went under the radar but it was still really fun and I loved it, I was kind of confused at frist but I was going through my magical girl phased and I had just discovered the tagalog dub of sailor moon and I wanted more! And when I saw that cartoon network was making an anime adaptation of the powerpuff girls...I.was.SOLD! And before you say anything, the professor in the anime did have a close relationship with the girls which i think got more fleshed out in the Manga but yeah I didn't like that they weren't sisters and I don't know if you know this but there's actually a bit of discourse on the anime's portrayal of Blossom...a lot of fans thought she was too dizzy and didn't like that she was a lot more Geeky and it might have something to do with the color coding associated with magical girl archetypes pink means you are the main character, blue means you are calm and collected and any color other than that is anyone's guess but personally I didn't mind this change, in fact I might be the only person in the fandom who perfers this version of Blossom....which is insane I know! But I always saw Blossom as a bit of a comic book geek because of that liberality Bell persona she made in the original cartoon and I always thought the anime wanted to exaggerate that aspect of her personality because other than being the smart one blossom was always the most heroic of the three girls and i guess the anime tried to translate that into a love of comics and superhero media because obviously this version of the girls weren't born with their superpowers but maybe I'm just making excuses because this incarnation of blossom was a little bit closer to how i acted and what i liked and because of that I could relate to her more....IDK! I just love this version of Blossom and as for her weapon being a yo-yo I think it's a sukeban reference... But yeah I think cartoon network really hit it out with this show, they even got Toei animation to help develop it and if that name doesn't ring a bell they are like the pioneers of early magical girl anime they've literally been around since the 50s and PPGZ came around in 2006 which was the Studio's 50th anniversary so I'm suprised it's not a bigger deal Needless to say the show was a phenomenon and i definitely think CN and other studios should have anime adaptations of their own I would LOVE a Ben 10 or Danny Phantom anime adaptation but have it be targeted towards older audiences! Heck! I think an anime adaptation of Dexter's laboratory, following a teenage Dexter would be a fun idea as well, but I guess we kind of have that already with Powerpuff girls Doujinshi (but man does that manga have issues) and if you want a more 'Official' anime version of Dexter theirs always Fusionfall Dexter (who actually had a story arc but the Fusionfall manga only ran for one issue!) But hey those are just my thoughts Anyway thanks for coming to my TED talk lol

[@Childishju]

Hey mia! I was looking forward to your comment! If I’m being honest I was maybe a little too hard on it, I know I expressed that I thought it was fun but the more I watch the funner it gets. This show has such a sweet and charming vibe to it. Unfortunate it went under the radar and never aired in America because I think it could have gained a much bigger audience if Cartoon Network would have had a little more faith in it. And yeah the professors relationship with the girls has definitely grown as the show goes on but it is a different relationship then what came before, I’m just so used to these girls looking at him as their father so it’s just weird seeing that it isn’t the case. And you know what? I like this blossom but fans are actually right, she sometimes acts like how I would expect bubbles to act. She can be pretty irresponsible like when she almost told her classmates about her powers which were supposed to be secret. I do agree with you though I love that she’s a comic book geek and a superhero nerd. I think that really suits her character really well and I think it’s a good change. It does make sense for her character with her being the most willing to jump into battle and be a hero. Her being a nerd is totally relatable. I also don’t despise the yo-yo I just find it funny that the other girls get such cool weapons and she pretty much has a toy. I do think Toei animation did a good job at making a unique show that isn’t just a stereotypical anime rehash but is its own unique being. I really wish America got this because whether people liked it or dislike it wouldn’t matter people would be drawn to the idea already I think. And oh my gosh I would absolutely love it if Cartoon Network or any other studios would go outside of their comfort zones like this. It would be so cool to see a Ben 10 or a Steven universe maybe even adventure anime!! I’m also thinking about doing a fusion fall video because I don’t think that got the attention it deserved either. But omg thank you so much for your comment, I love the passion you have for this series it’s so much fun! And I LOVE hearing your ideas for content so comment anytime!! (Also if you’re still into magical girl anime’s space patrol luluco is a pretty cute short series. Not exactly magical girl anime but carries that type of vibe)

[@Mespoina]

@@Childishju yeah well I really fixated on this anime as a kid and my love of magical girls kinda rocketed from there so yeah I'll probably check out space patrol and yes a fusionfall video is a really good idea my one regret is that i never played gamed when it came out because it was such an ambitious crossover between all of the existing shows at the time it was like early 2000s endgame but for Cartoon network and I wish they had capitalized on the manga in order flesh out the game's lore and story but who knows maybe a fan will make an unofficial continuation (for nostalgia sake) and while were on the topic of Nostalgia....Maybe you can consider making a Flapjack video? I loved that show as a kid and I watched it all the time, it sucks it's pretty much been forgotten, without Flapjack we wouldn't have so many beloved Modern cartoons and that alone is a pretty good reason not to forget that show and it's able to stand on it's own as something unique

[@Childishju]

@@Mespoina oh don’t you worry, a flapjack video is 100% in the works. I’ll probably touch on every cartoon from that era eventually and maybe even some live action Nick and Disney sitcoms too but flapjack and fusion fall are definitely on my list! I love that show so much!!

[@Mespoina]

@@Childishju yey!

[@SofiaPreCure]

Powerpuff Girls Z looks pretty cool I remember it on KZbin!

[@Childishju]

It’s really fun!! I’d recommend it

[@charmianernest1449]

Bunny and blisstina will be in this version

[@stolenbythestars]

I did research on this show a while back and it turns out the show was made by CN Japan and Aniplex and was animated by Toei animation. This show has a certain charm to it that I can't forget, it was so cool to little me to find this show while I was scrolling through KZbin on my families computer. Also with the talking dog, it was (and still is) a staple in magical girl shows to have a talking mascot of some sort that's not human. The main example being Artemis and Luna in Sailor Moon.

[@Childishju]

I do really appreciate this anime, it’s super cute. And I actually don’t mind the talking dog, it grew on me:)

[@stolenbythestars]

@@Childishju that's good, I always found the dog charming but that's probably just nostalgia!

[@Childishju]

@@stolenbythestars yeah I think I was maybe a little too hard on the poor doggo in this video but once I got the feel of what they were going for I started to enjoy it

[@Pinklarz]

I remember this show!!

[@Childishju]

Yeah it’s pretty obscure

[@ZaireErnest]

Blisstina:an exchange student she would be hit by both black and white z rays after saved a kid that was playing with a toy shield Bunny: will an Android ken older sister her weapon is the anti z ray Naturalizer

[@Childishju]

That would have been really cool to see!

[@charmianernest1449]

It has some easter eggs sailor moon and lady bug

[@Childishju]

Really? I gotta look for those

[@Count_Courage]

Shoulda had Akira Toriyama on the case. Knowing what the Powerpuff girls is about its a no brainer. I think some drama aspects could give another side we barely see. Studio Clamp would go in tandem. their work in Tsubasa reservoir shows this. Wasn't much advertising or promos either.

[@Childishju]

Akira Toriyama would have been absolutely perfect. Yeah I wish the show would have taken some of its drama more seriously too

[@pilarbetancourt-martis1341]

I honestly love the anime. It’s very cute.

[@Childishju]

It’s absolutely adorable

[@berriebri3736]

I’m surprised I haven’t heard of this until now?!

[@Childishju]

Samee

[@alessandrobarcio7614]

I didn't know the Powerpuff Girls has a Anime

[@Childishju]

A lot of people don’t unfortunately, but I do recommend it. All episodes are on KZbin

[@calebglasscock7392]

I honestly thought Powerpuff Girls Z was pretty cool and if it had done better with ratings, they probably would have made anime versions for more Cartoon Network shows like Dexter's Laboratory Ed Edd n Eddy and Courage the Cowardly Dog.

[@Childishju]

That would have been really cool, there’s still hope for that. It could still happen one day!

[@calebglasscock7392]

@@Childishju I guess there is always a chance they could be made but after all the stupid choices they made with Cartoon Network over the years I just want these classic shows to treated with some respect.

[@besti2715]

I love power puff girl z

[@Childishju]

I’m starting to love it too, it’s really cute

[@OriginalMariAnnaWolf]

It's way better then the remake.. just like remake of teen titans.. what is this modern world just ew 😓

[@Childishju]

Yeah I enjoyed it

[@anthony_rivera4735]

Where can I watch powerpuff girls Z?

[@Childishju]

I watched it on KZbin because every episode was uploaded but I’m not sure where you could officially watch it

[@jeremyhall2727]

It was bloody awesome 👍🏾 i was shocked how rhey changed a lot around. But i so wished they would've kept the family part in it. But it was a great show. The new designs of all the cast looks great. I don't remember what kid dud at all. He had two or three episodes about him...but i didn't care for him at all. The acting was great

[@Childishju]

I agree completely, even though the family aspect isn’t there as much I still had a lot of fun with it! I hope they try doing Powerpuff girls in anime again some day

[@thehedgehoggamer8471]

Ppgz is a hiden gem fight in the comments let's go>:]

[@Childishju]

I agree!

[@erichousley448]

It's a good show. Just don't Is compare them to the classic Powerpuff Girls show. But the robot dog is too much

[@nathanblevins158]

I honestly rather watch this show over the horrible reboot.

[@Childishju]

Not a bad choice lol

[@ayanasheree_]

The Japanese opening slaps But, I did lose interest while watching the anime

[@Childishju]

That’s completely fair, it was a little basic and bland but it’s fun for a few episodes. And you ain’t lying, the theme is so good

[@brokeninfinitysonic1]

Didn’t they air the anime vers on boomerang? the dub….🫤😬😶 It’s like every magical shoujo in the anime. I mean it’s cute but they had to tone down the violence bc it’s not very polite to punch baddies…I think? I’d watch this over the reboot. But the OG will be better bc little girls beating the sh!t outta bad guys is just funny.

[@Childishju]

I don’t remember it being aired on boomerang but I’ll definitely look into it. And yeah I like the anime but the OG Powerpuff girls will always be the best. I’m glad Craig is bringing the show back, hopefully it’ll be just as good and just as violent lmao

[@brokeninfinitysonic1]

@@Childishju really? He’s bringing it back??? No joke?