The Unreleased Anime That Almost Changed History

[@hhhazel]

here's my second channel, where you can find those followup videos i promised: kzbin.info

[@AmirKhan-se3ji]

Hey do you have a business email or someway to contact you about a partnership with a 100k anime discord server ?

[@hhhazel]

not interested in partnerships/sponsorships/discord servers

[@elijahjflowers]

@@hhhazel based

[@jrock69]

you don't understand the joys of tape trading anime in high school i had a rich friend who would buy it and copy it for me

[@hhhazel]

i understand the joys of saying "i want to watch this anime" and then watching it online immediately after

[@steampunkerella]

ralph bakshi of all people being disturbed by hentai is fucking hilarious

[@cloudstrife4534]

Seriously! Did he forget about his own body of work?

[@Miraihi]

I swear, everyone on planet Earth should've heard my laughter after that sentence.

[@gilon-xx1es]

He has to be trolling!

[@alec2733]

I mean probably he's joking or perhaps he sees hentai as mindless cartoon sex and nothing else Bakshi's use of violence and sex isn't just violence and sex, behind it there's an artistic vision

[@Miraihi]

@@alec2733 Well, yeah, he absolutely should've been making excuses like that for himself. But that doesn't make his comment less funny.

[@ramondelgado4927]

"If you were into anime , you were into every anime" No truer words have ever been spoken , you just jumped from Ninja Scroll to Sailor Moon to Cutie Honey to Gundam within the same afternoon/night

[@ShatteredTrousers]

* sigh * Yeah... it's never a golden age until past tense kicks in. What I wouldn't give to go back to those years.

[@nanahuatli2144]

I've watched so much garbage just because it was anime. And I don't really regret it.

[@Nekoszowa]

And now I grimace at even the slightest romance subplot in animes and can't stand watching mecha.

[@shermantankgaming7261]

Lmao so true. I got into anime recently due to the pandemic and I watched almost all popular 90s and 2000’s animes

[@statesminds]

Right I'd even watch bad anime lmfao

[@curryweek]

Knowing Ralph Bakshi's work and his fascinations, something about "Ralph Bakshi is disturbed by hentai" is a wildly funny quote

[@willowbarrelmaker8269]

Considering he was already pushing the envelope with his X rated work, I’m guessing seeing actual animated porn was just a lot for him at the time

[@piethein4355]

I mean, he waas probably being ironic. Like it disturbed me (but in a gooood way)

[@de132]

Seems like he was being cheeky for the sake of causing suffering

[@joemamacaprisun]

@@willowbarrelmaker8269 AYO SARA PFP

[@joer-tard2821]

bakshi made his x rated animated movies as a commentary on western spciety. he didn't make animated porn just to make animated porn. but at the same time i can see the irony in that statement. just sayin that bakshi had a message he was trying to get across. so i can see how hentai would disturb him. but that being said, wizards, his animated lotr, fire and ice, fritz the cat, most of his other films are just classics.

[@ZanraiKid]

Having seen Minna Agechau, it’s actually SUPER tame compared to what was being produced at the same time and a few years later.

[@Dynwyn]

Where did you see it?

[@Nekoszowa]

@@Dynwyn On the high seas.

[@yuddpudd]

@@Nekoszowa And that’s prob the only way to see it, I can’t find a VHS copy anywhere lol

[@icenine135]

@@yuddpudd you still VHS? Why?

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@Dynwyn Nyaa

[@baragouinify]

The thing that gets me about the "panties" controversy is that there had already been media released in North America with panties. Alice Cooper's "School's Out" LP came with a pair of paper panties wrapped around it originally.

[@samt3412]

And then there's the cover of Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones, which has unzippable pants on the cover

[@linashell2696]

@@samt3412 Or like when Cheech & Chong's Big Bambu album came with rolling papers lol.

[@somethingsomething9008]

Alice Cooper was pretty controversial though to be fair

[@CasualNotice]

@@linashell2696 It was titled Zig Zag and it came with a single 12'x12' rolling paper (there's a joke on the album about a giant joint).

[@cooperminion825]

I thought that was Pretties for You

[@nanahuatli2144]

If the cover says "Not for children", then that's that. There's no ground for any "family" groups to say anything, because it's for adults and adults can watch whatever they want. It's what drives me crazy about these groups (not to mention the modern internet), the idea that adults shouldn't be allowed to do adult things in case a child intrudes on that space and presumably gets traumatized or something.

[@Lucifronz]

It always hinges on the neglect of the parents, who aren't interested in watching their kids, so they need someone else to take the responsibility and blame for when their kids get into shit they shouldn't. "Why didn't you do more to make sure our kids weren't getting into this crap?" "You mean... parent *your* kids? That's not my job, I produce big-titty animes."

[@icravedeath.1200]

​​@@LucifronzI wish I wasn't emotionally neglected by my parents. Now I can't do anything with other adults because I find sex stuff incredibly triggering most of the time. I fucking hate how being exposed to that shit was put on my shoulders, I was fucking 12, how do you put something like that on the shoulders of a fucking 12 year old autistic loner. It's really frustrating, because they would be fucking pricks and bar me from playing 18+ games or movies but they batted a blind eye to me looking at porn because apparently that's ok for a child to see. I wish my parents actually knew how damaging that shit was to me.

[@icravedeath.1200]

KZbin fucking hates me

[@icravedeath.1200]

​@@Lucifronzmy parents were like that, even chastised me when I stumbled upon that stuff when I was too young, it's still difficult for me to disclose anything like that to them. My relationship with my parents is ***great*** what would make you think otherwise??????

[@SpellboundWolf]

I hate people sometimes, dude. Your comment is well written.

[@MoonshineAnimations]

What obscure thing will I learn today~

[@BoredGhostInk]

Omg you watch her too?? I love your work, have a great day! -Vick

[@MoonshineAnimations]

@@BoredGhostInk u have a good day too~

[@leafbladie]

Nice seeing you here

[@pattyking4024]

Oh yo dude you watch her as well neat

[@kawaiichan1997]

Oh hey :-3

[@RPG_Hacker]

The tragic thing about this is that Minna Agechau actually seems to be kinda unique within the Hentai space. It seems like something I could have enjoyed watching. I'm not usually into Hentai Anime, because they all seem to go into a very specific direction that I don't really care for, but this actually feels like something that be genuinely enjoyable to watch beyond just a quick wank.

[@dankwaifu2093]

It's rare, especially now, since most modern hentai anime's priorities are pretty squarely on characters banging in all ways imaginable, but if you look into some 80s and 90s OVAs, some hentai and not, you'll find some similar stuff. Or at the very least, you'll find hentai that have a lot more going on narratively, and feel more like anime with explicit sex scenes and nudity than porn that happens to be animated.

[@MordethKai]

Ecchi, not hentai. It's like the difference between a water gun and a proper handgun.

[@RPG_Hacker]

@@MordethKai Well, my point still stands. Even with the Ecchi space, the things I enjoy are still pretty rare, because Ecchi mostly go into the same general direction of appealing to a certain demographic.

[@Razmoudah]

@@dankwaifu2093 You can still find several ecchi titles that have a solid story with a few sex scenes thrown in, but it does seem that the full on hentai titles get translated more often these days.

[@NautilusSSN571]

@@dankwaifu2093 Berserk? It's pretty much a hentai to be frank, censorship is minimal.

[@Mortebianca]

This channel has a bright future ahead

[@tesmat1243]

E' la prima volta che trovo uno youtuber che seguo in un video a caso ed è una sensazione strana

[@monsoonmast]

yah, hazel's great

[@Conchobhar]

This kid's goin places

[@Oliver-dw7ts]

Mortebianca caught in 4K

[@geneticallytails]

Hi morte! For the non-Italian people reading the thread and not understanding what's going on: Mortebianca is a youtuber who covers the philosophy of manga/anime/videogames/series, who writes awesome creepypastas and sometimes talks about politics. Oh, and IRL he's a medic. Wish I had 1/10th of this guy's determination! P.S: he is a DI-SIN-FOR-MA-TO-RE (it's a community joke, don't worry)

[@rokushakubo1]

Just found your channel with this video. 45 year old, life-long, Anime fan and parent. And I am SO grateful for you doing honest deep dives like this about a media I and my spouse have always loved. I vaguely remember some of these stories, though I may have been too new to the scene to hear anything remotely close to the truth until now.

[@vasnormandy2]

Ralph- nobody is allowed to wear pants in my lotr adaptation-Bakshi (among so many other things) being disturbed by hentai is making my head spin

[@AnnDVine]

In Dan Olson's latest video he talks about how Bakshi thought that The Simpsons showed content as bad as Fritz the Cat. I don't know what was going through that dude's head. As Dan asks, "what does he think happens on The Simpsons?"

[@samt3412]

This guy made Fritz the Cat, popularizing the furry subculture in the process, yet is disturbed by anime booba. Hilarious.

[@samt3412]

@UC0enKbr-fwJsDcHXCcey1Qg oh yeah I'm an idiot, though there is a Russian bootleg of Felix the Cat for the NES that is also very weird

[@wallylimwicks4534]

@@samt3412 oh I never knew that lol, that does sound wacky *in case you're confused, I just deleted the comment since you fixed the mistake, but cheers ^^*

[@KOTEBANAROT]

Ralph- NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO DRAW BOOBA EXCEPT ME!!!!!! - Bakshi no but for real i legit think he's just insanely jealous and worried theyre gonna enroach on his sacred "the only adult animation in US" ground

[@kingbash6466]

This is one of the strangest rabbit holes I’ve ever fallen into. And I’m a fan of both Kingdom Hearts and the Fate series.

[@bugman7077]

your video output is insane for the sheer lengths of these masterpieces haze

[@lizardasslick]

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[@travisbewley7084]

I really love well researched videos where people with an obvious passion talk about it. But holy crap did you impress me with the depth of research and diligence. Great video, can't wait to see more.

[@RayOfTruth]

Never heard of this OVA but this whole history lesson was thoroughly interesting. Hazel is filling a niche anime youtube needs.

[@dandywaysofliving]

Where there's a niche there's a way and where we find a way we find people, but mostly we find ourselves and those around us.

[@dandywaysofliving]

In context to reality. I love people who do this. It's always an instant sub for me. I wish to follow this path of explosions but sadly I'm not there yet. Irl is killer and I'm just not there yet but for every piece of gold I find like this. Brings me hope. I appreciate the people who do this so much because 2 yrs from now or whenever this was posted. It never shows up the same day it's uploaded but the fact it exist. Proves 1 day it's worth it. Why am I saying this? Because I found a couple of things that have brought me back to better places but only because I can see that people care about what they do

[@popgothika8078]

Finally someone has the same theory as me that Minna Agechau was a rush job. I've looked into this so many times and it's the only thing that makes a lick of sense. This video had so much information packed in and every time you said some new piece I was delighted.

[@sneakyskunk1]

I am a fan of Ralph Bakshi, but he is the absolute last animator on the planet in any position to attempt to take the moral high ground regarding animated raunch. I enjoyed this look back at the early days of anime localization in the west. It was very well put together and extremely informative. I really miss some of the old translation teams.

[@StarLine317]

He didn't want competition. At the time, the adult animation market in the US was basically all him...he probably that audiences would prefer anime over his rotoscoped, gritty films.

[@sneakyskunk1]

@@StarLine317 Holy crap! That never even occurred to me! Thank you for your very excellent point;)

[@matthewgagnon9426]

I know, right? He made a movie that was furry porn well before the internet was a thing, he really never had any room to talk.

[@sneakyskunk1]

@@matthewgagnon9426 Talk about a real pot meet kettle black situation. Did you know that Robert Crumb hated the Fritz the Cat movie so much he actually killed the character? Any pearl clutching from Ralph Bakshi comes across as laughable at best.

[@almond3066]

@@sneakyskunk1 to be fair alot of Bakshi's changes to Fritz is understandable, even if Crumb hated it Stuff like taking out the part where Fritz participates in the assault of the Hippo girl, if they had made it the exact way Crumb wrote it, it would have made Fritz a totally unlikable protagonist and arguably could have been hard to sit through I'm not sure if that was what Crumb's intention was, but it might have been a bit too much for an already pretty dark movie

[@ScatteredCollector]

13:50 This is the issue I have with older and even newer convention footage/pics - its always the cosplay contest, and not the dealers room. I'm studying convention history, especially the earlier days of cons, and its such a pain trying to find any type of footage from the dealers room of any kind from these long bygone conventions. Its great we do have that single shot, but it would be great if we had more shots. (BTW - this is why I take pics/videos of every con I go to, especially anime cons for archival purposes and memories sake)

[@chasewighton4064]

I can't get over the fact that *Ralph Bakshi* of all people said he's "disturbed" by hentai

[@willowbarrelmaker8269]

@@LikaLaruku if I had to guess, I would say that, since his X-rated work was already pushing the envelope, seeing actual straight up animated porn was just a lot for him at the time

[@cyncynshop]

It’s misquoted from the article as a summary by the article author. Bakshi’s actual quote is about how the market doesn’t appreciate these kind of work.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

The man who released "Fritz the Cat"?!

[@JohnDoe-og2bt]

Why is that so hard?

[@SerAbiotico]

@@cyncynshop i was sure he was took out of context by the newspaper 🗞️

[@drrichyrichr1517]

I love this woman, she tells it how it was growing up in the early days of anime in america. I was still nervous telling some i watched anime when i was young

[@neo_b]

I LOVE HISTORY LESSON WITH HAZEL!! gosh your videos are such a joy to watch and learn about new stuff! and what i appreciate is that you summarize and give your lovely opinions on more animes that aren’t the main attraction of the video (eg 1+2=Paradise section, i was so glad you decided to cover it too and not just leave us in the dark about it!)

[@Goodroosters]

This is honestly where I realised how much ass you kick. I feel like there are very few people who are willing to discuss the things you are on their artistic merits with how well you are able to. I think too many people are in the camp of "fan service in anime is gross and if you like it it makes you a bad person" or similar arguments, or they're on the extreme opposite of that. I watched a lot of your videos, and now I'm rewatching them and drawing to them and it's been such a nice weekend just enjoying that.

[@marc0s158]

growing up as a Christian in south western Canada, focus on the family is everywhere to this day. they have survived many crusades and are constantly miss-steping, even among conservative christians. cool to see they haven't changed much

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Its funny that my parents tried so hard to make me a very shallow normie-type Christian that their efforts became overbearing, backfiring to the point were I abandoned all they tried to turn me into.

[@marc0s158]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 as an Ideology, Christianity has a lot to offer. it's a shame that ignorance and toxic traditionalism has poisoned enough of it to impact an entire generation. I have seen it done right, and it is damn impressive when it is, but when it is done wrong it is just another prison.

[@kennnnny]

@@marc0s158 I grew up in a pretty tolerant and chill Catholic family to the point that we hardly ever celebrate anything mildly religious aside from Christmas and etc. Fotf sounds like a case study. I get asked to pray by my grandma occasionally of course, but it’s not like she’s standing over me as I sleep to make sure I do, and the rest of my family doesn’t seem mortified at thought of me not being straight- Au contraire I don’t even think they give a shit in the first place. I’d honestly go as far to say they were the kind of people Christianity was supposed to produce. I always have to remind my self that a lot of people go through hell with their not-so-chill families and I find it fascinating to hear so many nightmare stories about conservative Christians. Crossing my fingers I don’t go nutty fotf-esque and break the cycle once I’m older, but it’s not like my parents were faithful towards their original religious beliefs they were raised with in the first place.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

I grew up with my single Christian mom she was the polar opposite of what you expect of a Christian mom she's a down to earth stoner who loves death metal music any who my mom was chill with me watching anime as a kid but she was strict with certain things like some R rated movies and extremely violent video games

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@marc0s158 The prejudice as a result of Christianity is from the Bible. The moderate Christians are the new ideas, not the prejudice. I greatly prefer those people, but they often get bullied by more staunch Christians for "not being christian enough" the Prejudice isnt new, the moderatism is.

[@Gong030]

Holy shit I was at AnimeCon 91. I remember this OVA. I remember it being raunchy, but sorta softcore raunchy. IIRC there was a showing of Urotsukidoji there too. Good thing the reporter didn't walk into that one lol!

[@DebbieGarciaa]

This was a wild ride, from an early 90s otaku anecdote to dissecting a weird guerrilla ad to a very poignant speech about the dangers of censorship. Very cool.

[@NevsTechBits]

GIRl I'm LOVING what your throwing down. I swear the age of this Anime is almost completely forgotten. You do a wonderful job covering it!

[@TheBeastBandit]

Hazel’s blessed us undeserving scrubs again; let’s fucking gooooooo

[@sidra4725]

LETSSS GO OOOOOO

[@monsoonmast]

LETS GOOO

[@sharkydumbass]

*Nux fans spotted*

[@gilliebees]

I love the dignity, attention, and research you give to your presentations of these stories that otherwise would have been lost to obscurity over time. I always feel like I've been let in on some interesting trade secret or hidden lore or something and it's phenomenal 👌👌👌

[@JackalK3]

I'm really happy that creators like you are here.

[@fishflake]

i had never heard of this ova before and honestly have not watched anime in years but i absolutely adore this video, it's so well done and you have a great style of narration!! i cant wait to dive into the rest of your channel!!

[@pig3292]

I just finished reading all of 1+2=Paradise! Each volume ended with a mini-essay about how ecchi isn't harmful and how girls enjoy it too. I thought that was really interesting but I didn't know it was a reaction to a specific controversy.

[@hhhazel]

is it translated anywhere? i could only find it raw, i'd love to read those afterwords

[@pig3292]

@@hhhazel no, unfortunately I read the raws. Double unfortunately the afterwords were probably the hardest parts to read because they used much bigger words than the main story 🥲

[@cadehuff7936]

I was in an anime club in college back in the 90s. Every weekend, we had an anime marathon showcasing one series. I was introduced to anime that I had never heard of. The stories were good, fair and poor...like every show :) It was the best time ever!

[@ClaireSunshine]

So basically Harenchi Gakuen became Tails gets Trolled at the end

[@spaghetti_dm]

This feels like the Hazel +Kenny Lauderdale collab I didn't know I was waiting for.

[@JRock424]

Except Unlike most of the stuff Kenny talks about, you can easily find Minna Agechau on today's internet.

[@bitteralmonds666]

@@JRock424 The subtitled tape itself would be very raer 📼🧐🤔

[@KOTEBANAROT]

Ah yes kenny lauderdale. The nostalgia critic of retro anime (i mean it in a derogatory way btw)

[@lillith7257]

@@KOTEBANAROT why? there's nothing wrong with kenny?

[@mirelle_mojena]

@@KOTEBANAROT dawg what did kenny do? 😭 /genq

[@Razertas]

"Games have come a long way since Pacman" just gives me flashbacks now,, i never thought i would say this.

[@chuckhaynes9166]

A month late, youtube rec'd this to me, and...thanks, this was very nostalgic. I attended the 91 anime con, and was as you say, none of us had ever heard of Minna, but it played in the dealer room, and it attracted a lot of eyes. I still have my copy of Dominion, but passed on Minna. I dont know if it played on the Closed circuit TV loop anime con had going...I recorded much of it on VHS EP, but didnt see Minna. The anime scene, though those guys won't admit it, was a college thing at the time, cliquey and they were pretty unfriendly to people that were outside of the college orbit in my experience, honestly avoided cons for years after the very first ones over it. I found many of the new industry people to be great though. Tapes were hard to get unless you knew someone, lived in LA/SF, or had access to japanese video rental...which was my route. I also attended the shrine conventions, which were the others you refer to, including the first subs of Dangaio and Gunbuster from US Renditions...which were affiliated with Books Nippon....never heard of a raid or any illicit thing. The shrines doubled as selling old back issues of old porn, among other novelties. There was a huge room and screen for watching anime at the shrine, like a theater and I remember the now forgotten Giant Robo being a huge hit.

[@frydfish4934]

Idk why but this channel just makes me so happy? I dunno, it's just got this energy I love which is people deriving joy from niche topics. Makes me happy too

[@joseaugustodasilvagoncal-su5fu]

god, these videos are too good. I'm not even that much into anime, jrpgs, nor have I lived the early internet, But this is channel is so cozy I just can't bear it. It's like a massage to all of my senses. The music helps a lot too

[@torgospeetza]

I’m actually in this video at :34 seconds. That quick clip is from Dallas A-Kon in 1991/2 (can’t remember off the top of my head). Pinesalad Productions was showing off Dirty Pair Does Dishes/BD’s Revenge. We all crammed into a small room and laughed our butts off. The scene then in Dallas was a great community to be a part of.

[@redactedoktor]

I’m glad to hear about anime, manga, and even hentai and ecchi’s long history! It’s strange hearing about such a supposedly modern concept having fan groups and conventions back in the 80’s and 90’s, not to mention litterily everything else! It has such a deep and rich and kind of convoluted and mysterious history with such retro vibes, and for some reason kinda old newgrounds vibes, I don’t know why, but I absolutely love it!

[@issacthompson330]

You mentioned Megami Tensai and I immediately dropped what I was doing for a solid few seconds for a double take. That is a hilarious yet inconciquecial bit of trivia I loved personally.

[@limelantern5637]

"Some people claimed the anime isn't dirty at all" Said people made this claim solely on a still of the characters fully clothed in one scene.

[@Deneteus]

Man you dug up some dead bodies making this video. Respect! I wish I could have gone to that con. At San-Japan this past weekend I was talking to someone about how Hastings got all of these anime and people were renting the hell out of it until some management change where they decide to throw them all in the trash. I ended up with like 15 huge trash bags of VHS tapes.

[@raphaelhemery152]

This is one of those rare channels where it doesn't really matter to me what is being discussed. If I was not initially interested in the subject, you WILL make me interested. I feel enriched about knowing this niche footnote in anime history.

[@TheXoomfarr]

My dad was a VA with VIZ and was in many early english dubs including Sanctuary, inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, maison ikokku and many more. (and you had a few seconds of my dad in your video :)

[@TheXoomfarr]

@Janeiro I Robert O Smith

[@TheXoomfarr]

@Janeiro I Thanks! I will always remember him though! I have Genma/Panda Tattooed on my arm!

[@Icarus975]

@@TheXoomfarrrest in peace to your dad man :( He was AMAZING as Genma I loved his works so much, I really hope you enjoy the Ranma remake when it happens

[@judahosborne8868]

US reacting to Minna Agechau: DISGUSTANG UNHOLY GARBAGE GET IT OUT GET IT OUT US reacting to Redo of Healer: eh 🤷‍♀️

[@AdachiCabbage]

Mezzo Forte and Kite: Hold my beer

[@keraatkins7833]

We grew up some as a society

[@elly.a4153]

@@AdachiCabbage Those OVAs got some god-tier sakugas

[@augustuzmoon3814]

Do you mean the USA or us as in me and you? Plus old stuff looking outrageous because tame with today media becoming more outrageous

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

There was like, 30 years between those two anime. Lol of course they were more conservative in the nineties.

[@NoyahFrequencies]

God, this is an excellent video! Not often do I find content that is this informed, and well spoken. I absolutely love learning about the days gone by in the anime scene, seeing how it's evolved and so on. Hearing about the con scene from the early 90s is a trip, thank you for this.

[@doreenlarson5849]

God, every one of your videos is so well done, they always make me feel relaxed and comfy and in the perfect headspace to properly absorb the information I’m going to learn. You’re one of the youtubers who’s videos I put aside to enjoy when eating or drawing so I can enjoy them the most

[@elgaycesaire4009]

Minna Agechau OVA is online subtitled in English just in case you were looking to watch it with subtitles. They also made a live action Japanese movie back in the 80's i believe of this by the same name

[@NightcoreJones]

Wow! Can't wait to dig into this generous video! Thanks Hazel. ~Nightcore Jones

[@birdwine]

Thank you Nightcore Jones.

[@notmyfullname598]

epic core night comment jones you thank

[@jamzee_]

Thank you Nightcore Jones.

[@beatrice8821]

Thanks nightcore Jones

[@vivixion]

Thank you Nightcore Jones.

[@mikabreto]

I commend your exhaustive research and extensive notes like the map from the Anime Con to Pomona that back up your statements about Focus on the Family never organically learning about this title. Well thought out, and nicely illustrated. This is the anime equivalent of a Ken Burns documentary about the Civil War. Now, excuse me while I get run over by a campus shuttle bus.

[@no-man_baugh]

I dunno if it counts, but I got a copy of Scott The Woz Presents: The Mysterious Game Of Crypticism and that comes with a singular sock

[@bb010g]

it's a good sock

[@DrewDoesThings]

technically underwear, so it counts

[@no-man_baugh]

Now this guy; @@DrewDoesThings gets me

[@pinhead8433]

Something about this channel and your voice is so calming to me. I feel like i could watch these videos all day. Your storytelling and video style are so satisfying. And the little tangets and life stories sprinkled in are so nice. I got really happy when i saw an upload after a long day at work ☺ keep up the great work!

[@OneMoreMeme_INeedYou]

I'm impressed with your rate of production on quality video essays on both a writing and editing level. I very much enjoy your storytelling/structuring as well as your prose, and your videos are consistently audio/visually engaging with smooth pacing. This kind of anthropologic research and documentation of anime - and all things weird, transgressive and nerdy, for that matter - is important and fascinating, despite it's obscurity, and I, as well as other weirdo nerds, appreciate your dedication and passion to the cause. I look forward to your future work!

[@redactedoktor]

You know, I kinda miss the old OVA style of anime. A big part on watching a new anime for me is how it’s art style is different from others. One of the primary reasons I was so hyped with JoJo’s, even at part 1! The OVA style of yee ol’ days is just such a breath of fresh air, and I want to see it more often!

[@RedRust]

HEY HEY HEY don't think I don't hear that freaking armored core music in the background Hazel! Your vid is SO STRONG! (Gitaroo man?! What the hell this is so choice.)

[@stephennootens916]

When of the things I have always a bit surprise about is how rare it seemed that anime and manga had run ins with groups like focus on the family. I started watching back when Dragon Ball was big thing and was on every afternoon, my brother had us stop at a Barns and Nobles because he wanted to check out their comics (I was never a comic book fan they sort of miss me) and that's when I saw what was Dark Horse's reprint of Akira. It looked so cool and i wanted it so much that I grabbed the second volume (the didn't have the first one) that day. Later I got the first volume for Christmas along with the movie and bought the rest of the series as it came out. I grabbed the last volume with joy at the Boarders that opened in my town around the same time, it was the same store were I bought my first adult manga Dance Till Tomorrow. I'm still a sucker for the some what older stuff like the latter works of Osamu Tezuka such Insect Collection and Ode to Kirihito and Rumiko Takahashi's Urusei Yatsura which I got hook to when I saw Beautiful Dreamer as free on demand movie. This is a long wind way of saying I would love to see Shameless School come over here, Cutie Honey was release just a couple of years ago and so was Devil Man which both are some what requisé so it makes to sense.

[@fmsyntheses]

Ralph Bakshi pearl-clutching about anime is pretty funny.

[@Osoweeb]

8:50 “if this sounds familiar..” * panic * “Its because it’s a old Famicon jrpg” * relief *

[@mee7er]

Thank you so much for these look back at history in the fandom. I wasn’t in the states until the mid-late 90’s and it’s so interesting to see how the media I grew up watching was being fetishized and turned into weird cultural touchstone.

[@buttercupghost]

The moment I heard "focus on the family" be brought up, I said yikes out loud. I remember that organization. Very homophobic! Was a bit surprised to hear it, but maybe I shouldn't have been.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

I used to be a very loyalist and very homophobic Christian. My de-indoctrination was gradual, but I think one of the biggest things that made me change was my realization that I care more about art than obeying orders to cower and prey.

[@PinkyDango]

Focus on the family have recently been attacking books about trans children that I wrote a paper on in my literature for children class

[@liviwaslost]

@@alexfc679 no u

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

They're still around. Some of these orgs have rebranded themselves, and are having more success.

[@chesterstevens8870]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 Cringe

[@aggersoul23]

"Hentai professor" Now who wouldn't be proud of having such a title attached to his/her name..??

[@morganhay3968]

The one-two punch of 'Knights of Ramune trailer' and 'U.S. Manga Corps intro' around a minute in has knocked my soul right out of my body. (Watching the rest of the video from the astral plane.)

[@thehorsecharles]

I found your channel randomly and I would like to say how refreshing your takes are!! This fills a void I didn't know I needed filled as nobody ever talks about 2000s anime culture IMO.

[@cookiesyruplover]

I can't believe you scoured through so many forums just to get the research done. Your deduction on why the craze even happened in the first place is *_chefs kiss_* . We don't deserve you, this video is too good!

[@OtakuLad999]

Great documentary, Hazel. I had no idea about the whole Minna Agechau controversy, but found it highly enlightening. Nice to see the old animes again. Loved seeing the Kei and Yuri cosplay glimpse from an early con as well:)

[@lihan1234]

12:39 u had me ROLLIN on the floor fucking gut-busting from laughter with this delivery

[@GoldCogIronMachine]

honestly, you continue to make the highest quality anime content on youtube. just when i think your work and research can't get any better, the next video is already out. keep doing what you're doing, you are incredible!!

[@otakumangastudios3617]

Another great anime KZbinr I would suggest is Kenny Lauderdale

[@Gossamer24]

The amount of work you put into these deep dives are really fascinating! I won't repeat what everyone else has already commented here but I really admire your dedication to hunting down the facts and weighing them against theories. Thank you for your entertaining and informational videos! (Also after this I watched Minna Agechau and really enjoyed it, it was very cute for a sex comedy.)

[@punkitt]

20:32 god hazel you just say things out loud and it's so good

[@highwire4]

Your editing and well researchedness on such a niche subject with such enthusiasm sold me. Subbed

[@alanhorton7300]

The Ralph Bakshi part was what brought this to the next level. We've got this coked up neanderthal who had just spent the past 20 years cramming as much violence, sexual assault and whatever other edgelord shit he could think of into his films looking at a wholesome romantic comedy about a young couple finding their sexual chemistry with each other and thinking "this is disturbing!"

[@jimmyzbike]

a great deep dive into the myth and truth of one from the early days of anime in the states. Great work. subbing hoping for more. I was part of this first wave of anime fans and have been called bent more than once, LOL I also remember fondly being able to have seen every anime here in my town. Hanging with Koji my Japanese exchange student friend and 'reading' mind-blowing manga from Japan

[@mrmariofull]

Man, after this and your Vlad Love video I am just ITCHING to hear you talk about Urusei Yatsura. Heck im not even familiar with it myself, you're videos are just so interesting that I really want to hear your thoughts about it and its history! Either way, fantastic video, engrossed me start to finish!

[@n.o.9838]

This is such a cool video, the Wild West early days of anime are a really interesting era where fans ended up getting good jobs with distribution companies and other media simply because they had started out of passion and there was just little enough oversight for the money people to say “ah fuck it you want to do this for a paycheck now” Interesting post-script: whenever I hear about the LA Times in the late-80s and early 90s I always think of how integral some of their reporters were for the highly sensationalized McMartin Preschool trial. The LA Times was one of the media outlets that actively worked with prosecutors and concerned parent groups to demonize people who would later be found innocent in a court of law, whose reputations never recovered due to the severe and graphic nature of the accusations. It got to the point where one of their regular columnists won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism on the back of the articles he wrote chastising the media and in particular his paper for their response and inflation of clearly false accusations. I went back to the original article you posted and googled the author’s name to see if they had any connection to that reporting and discovered that Chuck Phillips apparently did not write about McMartin. In 1991 he was a freelancer for the paper; they would later hire him in 1995 and he too would win a Pulitzer Prize, this one in 1999 for beat reporting he did on pervasive sexual assault in the music industry. He *also* gained notoriety later for his writing on the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, which was part of his beat as they happened. In 2008 he claimed to have found new evidence of who actually killed Tupac. The LA Times published his reporting about this new theory, which was retracted a month later when it turned out that his source forged fake FBI documents. Phillips stood by his reporting despite this, which led to him leaving the LA Times later that year. All in all a very eventful career: the highest of highs, the lowest of lows, and in the middle accidentally fucking up an anime tape release because his reporting led to Focus on the Family getting involved.

[@terra-byte]

OH HELL YEAH NEW HAZEL VID

[@ersatzandartifice]

50 minutes too!!

[@SunjayVideos]

"heard of focus on the family" oh honey i grew up southern baptist in the 90s and 00s they had their own animation division

[@alienby]

Having grown up in a conservative Christian environment I’m all too familiar with Focus on the Family’s ridiculous crusades! 😣 But your vids and anime recommendations have helped me celebrate my own queerness and come to terms with being non-binary. Thanks, Hazel!

[@otakumangastudios3617]

Japanese culture has been way ahead of Western culture for a long time

[@augustuzmoon3814]

@@otakumangastudios3617 Eh depends on what you like and what you dislike Japan and the west aren't to different one being not effected by people wanting there to be a pregnant disable woman who's also an unknown ethnicity for "diversity" there both suffering from problem especially Japan with it's high suicide rates and toxic work culture and america with it's capitalistic culture

[@otakumangastudios3617]

@@augustuzmoon3814 I don't see a problem in not adding someone of random non-popular ethnicity or making them disabled or whatever. I think honestly we have something to learn from japan, because if you talk to actual Japanese people, you will see how clueless most are about bringing attention to race, and most really don't see it as a huge aspect of someone's character as a human being. Now if you mentioned the possibility of spreading awareness that people like that exist and all of that the person might become supportive, but if you just say there should be more racial diversity and not so many white people you are definitely going to get a confused reaction. To me there's nothing more politically correct than not giving a fuck about race and just creating characters that are even nondescript or are something specific but you are so firm on your own political correctness that you don't constantly look for lack of diversity and wanting to fix it. That's a very American thing, other countries don't do that so much. Also about what you said in terms of the high suicide rate, it really bothers me when people act like it's a Japan problem like please don't believe what the media says, it seems to be making us all forget that there is also high suicide rates in the US right now, and in fact there's been a spike in you th suicide in the past 5 years or so, youth meaning under the age of 12. I don't know about you but that sounds pretty darn frightening, and I think scapegoating or pointing at one country for having that problem is problematic in itself, as it relates to nothing specifically about Japanese culture, it relates to the fact that Japan just so happens to be a developed country with a fast-paced society like every other first world country like you know, america? By the way if one was to argue about the hard-working environments can we take a moment to finally remember that the workforce in America is disgusting and not just that the workforce in Japan as we know it today was actually introduced by the US between the 50s and the '80s? There's a huge surge of it in the 80s especially, so corporate Japan is actually an exact replica of corporate America, and I don't know how people can forget that to this day corporate America is sexist, racist, classist, everything. Yeah sure they might accommodate your pronouns, but you still have to work overtime and live on 2 hours of sleep and coffee and have no life for the sake of your job. If you don't believe me, my father has been living on 5 hours of sleep and that's a lot of sleep for him because prior to that he was living on literally 2 hours of sleep per night, and yes he is a part of the American work force. He's also told me again and again about his frustrations with the company overloading his schedule and just adding more more work to his workload and how he can't handle it and how frustrating it is because he just wants to be able to do his hobbies for once and enjoy life, but he also doesn't want to stop having his job because he gets a reliable salary. How can you say that this isn't an issue in america? Sorry I've just met so many people who will one point be talking about how horrible the situation in the workforce is in America and then talk about how it's an international thing blah blah blah but when Japan is in the scene it's all Japan Japan bad blah blah blah. The truth is though, this is something that every first old country has to deal with, it's not a Japan problem, it's not an American problem, it's a first world problem that needs to be fixed pronto. Sorry kind of went off there, it's just really bothersome to me when people start talking about suicide rates and seem to forget America is going through the exact same thing. The thing is though, the difference is that Japanese culture is proactively trying to do something about it while American slack off complaining about everything. For example you can literally get a prescription from your medical doctor for Forest bathing, AKA slow and leisure hiking. There's actual scientific studies from Japan that proves that improves not just your mental health, but your physical health as trees release certain essential oils into the air that helps strengthen your immune system and other things potentially.

[@skulIastica]

@@otakumangastudios3617 "Japanese people don't care about race." have you even been to Japan? Like Japan has a long history of xenophobia, and if you literally talk to any Japanese person that mixed, you'll find out that Japanese people very much care about race. I'm friend with a Japanese person with Brazilian ancestry and she has talked about not being let into a bar because of the way she looks even though she was borned in and lived in japan all her life.

[@otakumangastudios3617]

@@skulIastica like I said, racism isn't non-existent in japan, it definitely exists, but as a whole, people aren't going around talking about what race people are or being generally disparaging. I'm sorry about whatever happened to your friend, that is for your information a bit more unusual for straight up xenophobia to happen, not that it doesn't, but it's a lot less common than people make it seem it too. I'm not saying your friend is trying to manipulate you, I think they are very genuine in their experience, and again I'm very sorry for what they went through, but it's not everyone, and for the average lay person who might go there, there are several behaviors that might be common amongst Japanese people that others might perceive as xenophobic, for example not wanting to sit next to you on the train. This is actually considered a courtesy in Japanese culture, plus if you're a large american, you likely are going to ooze out of the seat and they really don't want their thighs squished up against yours understandably so, so that's why no one really wants to sit next to you in japan, it's not personal, either they don't want to be physically uncomfortable or make you physically uncomfortable at all. Again I do not doubt that there are people who are xenophobic and act upon it, but as a general rule, people don't think about race nearly as much nor carrying around the same divisive mindsets that Americans do on a daily basis. Like I've said before and I'll say it again, this does not disregard any racism that a Japanese person might present, it can and will happen, and I feel like people either are looking for it, or they're expecting complete perfection and then when somebody does something, they flip out because they expected everyone to be nice little angels, because the stereotypes of Japan is either a really horrible country that is just horrible and backwards, full of suicide blah blah blah, or it's such a wonderful country that no harm can be done and then someone the slightest thing happens people freak out. I also know the thing of rejecting people out of restaurants, while it might seem out of xenophobia, again I don't know about the case of your friend but I know generally speaking, stop out of xenophobia, it's out of an unwillingness to deal with language barriers or potential language barriers with foreigners. Many other travelers have talked about this phenomenon, talking about how if you don't if your japanese, some places, the servers might be a bit intimidated to what you went, because they don't have to deal with any sort of issues of confusion of your order or any other potential language barrier problems. There's a lot of restaurants that are not nearly as prepared for tourists from outside the country as many tourists expect, because in a lot of for example European countries, they are very prepared to deal with all kinds of people and all that. Japan isn't so much, there are definitely places you can go as a foreigner, but there are some places that if you seem like you come from another country and therefore might not have Japanese as your first language, the people who work at that restaurant might get intimidated and so it might come off as xenophobia and that they dislike you because of your race, but it's more that they're afraid because you look different you're probably from another country and might have culture clashes and or language barriers that would make it very hard to communicate your order and your other needs. Again especially Americans are not used to this concept, and with racism constantly being a topic of conversation, it's always assumed it's out of hatred and xenophobia, when it's really just out of lack of preparedness of the potential of customers that don't speak the native language or immediately understand customs

[@valence_drive]

I posted something similar to this in your Elfen Lied video, but it bears repeating in a different way: I not only enjoy your videos for how uniquely entertainingly informative they are, but for how often I may catch Armored Core songs being played in the background, especially AC4 - AC:fA. If opportunity ever presents itself, I would love to hear your story on how you came across FreQuency's work, as they're weirdly near and dear to my heart. That aside, great video on an obscure anime controversy I've never heard of before. 80s - 90s anime always seem to have some wild stories both in and around them. lol

[@Salomonkey_]

"to my knowledge, we've seen a drought since then" you said it like it was a tragedy

[@hhhazel]

it is

[@thisithis]

Parent groups were known for taking down tons of shows both cartoon, Anime, and even live-action in the '80s and '90s. I've only seen a few shows like the 93 US anime-inspired cartoon ExoSquad with their massively mature storylines no sex since it was a Saturday morning cartoon, but still got away with a lot of deaths and other adult storylines. Now it rests in NBCUniversal Peacock streaming Service in the kid's section, well at least it's free to any subscriber that refuses to pay.

[@ronn201]

I'm really impressed by your sleuthing! Good job! All of this anime panty talks reminded me of my own anime panty story. I went to convention back in late '00s or early '10s, and found a vendor who made plushes as well as shimapans (the horizontal-striped teal and white Vocaloid Hatsune Miku pair). Bought a few to gift to my friends, got the cheap laugh I wanted, and he carelessly threw it into the back of his car... ...which was found weeks later by his then girlfriend. The fight wasn't big, as anyone with a brain could inspect it and see that this was closer to a prop rather than for use, but what I would've given to see him try to explain away his hobby, as well as the suspiciously small size of it... Ah, who am I kidding; he blamed it all on me, lol

[@StarDuhst125]

Never thought I’d see the day someone would be using Rule of Rose ost as background music. Made me have a Vietnam flashback to all the fucking doors being shut on me and my sister in the airship.

[@fairervessel8794]

Your videos always cheer me up, thanks Hazel!

[@joniivee]

This was wildly interesting and well put together. I find myself more and more enamored with your aesthetic and video topics with each upload. Great work!

[@osakanone]

Guy: I'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR STOCK [PRECIOUS PARK INTENSIFIES]

[@Horsaz]

Hearing you say that Bakshi was disturbed by hentai made me audibly go "what?" Of everyone in that list I assumed he was going to love it.

[@Guruc13]

This is one of the deepest rabbit holes I've seen someone gone on. Truly a wonderful and unexplored warren for us to see! Thank you to our excellent tour guide!

[@OniNoSweeney]

I was at my first Otakon in 2003, and they were really pushing Najica Blitz Tactics. Next to the dealers booth, they had a tricked out white car with the anime's logo all over it and "blitz babes" posing for pictures with the car, who were wearing the underwear that came with the DVD and would flash them to you on request; the logo was on the front and the models were wearing some kind of tiny dance pants under them so you could not see through them. The panties themselves were white and made from the thinnest, cheapest fabric ever devised. If you sneezed next to the person holding them, they would disintegrate. Paper would have been a more structurally sound upgrade. On top of that, if you ever did get around to watching the copy you got, you know the series sucked, and I cannot fathom why they pushed it so hard. Also, just found your channel, I love it, gonna subscribe and binge all the videos!

[@azirys]

i love your niche topics !! they somehow are always right up my alley of interests 💗

[@hanabi64]

just curious because i’m hispanic, what country are you or your family from?

[@higon99]

For me, Minna Agechau is just a classic comedy manga with some childish adult humors in it, drawn by 24 years old boy. It's so subtle it can make generic Hollywood love story movies at the time look obscure. The author, Hikaru Yuzuki, is still alive and still drawing the same thing over and over and over again. do you know how old is he now? You really have a good taste to put it a center of this story. It's a comic my father had and I've learnt a lot more about it today. thx, hazel :)

[@insertteahere3162]

another banger video can't get enough of hazel talking about weird anime history, inject it into my veins

[@DarkTemplarKain]

"i watched hentai from a purely anthropological perspective" i have never chuckled so hard, i don't know if it was what you said, or how you said it so non-chalantly.

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

So I have seen the 1+2 Paradise OVA a few years back, for research purposes of course. It was boring mostly but did make me laugh out loud a few times at its utter absurdity. So I guess I am a degenerate. Oh well. I really enjoy these deep dive vids that examine obscure anime. I have been watching anime for at least 25 years and I always like to learn new things about the medium and Hazel does a fantastic job at exposition. Keep up the wonderful work. I will keep watching silly and stupid anime rom coms that go to absurd lengths to make us laugh.

[@laboon344]

Do you watch Kenny Lauderdale ?

[@bemodreamy]

Ralph, baby, have you watched your own movies?

[@serisothikos]

I love learning how annoying people were back when I was a kid and didn't know to be suspicious of the family-values squad.

[@rolanslide8509]

"you may have heard of focus on the family" Me, a born and raised Colorado Springs resident who gets letters from FOTF several times a week: yeah

[@nattmazzoni]

I was wondering why this video about a thing I had never heard about was making me nostalgic until I realized that the music playing on the background is from my favorite childhood game

[@robertsyrett1992]

Wow, I am loving the deep cuts you are finding! That early Go Nagai art style is a real trip.