The Utter Insanity of Bobobo

[@coldeed]

Bobobo has a message. Just have fun. its a better message then most shows tbh.

[@big.venom.snake.boss.]

@@lugburz-shak4629 that same god drinks hog vomit

[@StAmander]

If one wants a “deep” and “philosophical” lesson or something bring up Absurdism and Albert Camus. But one could just boil it down to, “The universe is absurd, don’t try to make sense of it; Just enjoy the moment.”

[@christophermccutcheon2143]

I feel like this was the general message in the 90s.. love your friends and have fun. Toxic wasteland this has turned into with Pride and Feminisn

[@dagoth-ursbeekeeper9119]

Be weird, life is more fun that way

[@jimmymcgill7370]

I love how in the dub every time the characters see Japanese text they literally say “why is that written in Japanese” or “what are those weird symbols” 😂😂😂

[@zarikomarcer739]

get this japanese text off me

[@deletedTestimony]

@@zarikomarcer739 literally what I came here to post, thank you

[@Broomer52]

“I was going to answer the questionnaire but… IT’S IN JAPANESE! I’ll just draw a fancy doodle on it, that should be enough to get me noticed”

[@maxmanchik]

I really love how characters consistently break 4th wall

[@Chaoszest]

Get those japanese words off me

[@Crazyvampireman]

The best part about Yugi popping out of Bo-bobo's head is that is was drawn BY TAKAHASHI HIMSELF! The fact that he decided to collab on a couple of panels just makes it funnier to me.

[@StudioAlexOfficial]

Didn’t know that! That’s even better!

[@heartlessnobody1143]

"you know what? Why not just draw for this guy's comedy maga, its funny"

[@level3xfactor]

100%

[@GoldStorm07]

The manga author, Sawai, brought it up to Takahashi at a JUMP event as a joke, then before he knew it Takahashi had already sent him the drawing.

[@xzeroXL]

moge

[@HypercomboProduction]

I like to think that Bobobo's message was "Never stop being creative and have fun doing it".

[@MerkhVision]

Is that cyndaquil in your avi/pfp wearing a _tophat!?_ That’s incredible haha

[@HypercomboProduction]

@@MerkhVision Thanks! it is very hard to see, but he is also wearing a monicule as well.

[@THEGREATMAX]

Bobobo's real message is 3+3=8

[@umbridly_doodly_oodly4]

I really love how every “attack” is just a skit that fails and hurts their enemies or the person attacking gets frustrated and just punches them

[@nightlord5102]

It's called Hajiken.

[@paysoneast7296]

Actually though. This show earned the award for most scenes that made me laugh until I was out of breath.

[@StudioAlexOfficial]

Some of those scenes were incredible...

[@justdrav671]

When I was a kid, that scene when Bobobo turned into a carrot instead of stone murdered my lungs.

[@BSTVskilo]

Bro the amount of belly laughs I’d get from every episode I watched is probably the only reason I still remember this show so fondly.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@StudioAlexOfficial Unlike Adventure Time, though, Bo-Bobo doesn’t take itself serious, even if there’s a motivation on what they have to go through. Plus, there’s no character assassination, because Bo-Bobo and the gang know they’re in a surrealist manga, and are having fun with the idea. One more thing: Don Patch is suppose to look like an Orange Sun, and yet in the translated Manga by Viz Media, they translated his name to Poppa Rocks… why they would want to name him that, I have no idea.

[@MediHusky]

The bit about the narrator lying had me in tears. I always wished the cast of arrested development could hear the narrator but only when he was lying.

[@voltijuice8576]

The narrator often lied about the recaps of previous episodes as well. As well as lots of meta humor about the production, and IIRC even a multi-episode argument about when the announcer's vacation was supposed to be.

[@mogueraguh]

I love how the main cast always expressed remorse for assaulting each other only to hit back even harder

[@XSlimSxadyX]

Bobobo never feels bad for them tbqh

[@LazurBeemz]

great point to make about the visual gags, which most other anime don't rely on for comedy. Few shows are straight-up CARTOONS in the way Bo-bobo is.

[@StudioAlexOfficial]

The comedy of Bobobo is such a breath of fresh air in the anime world

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

@@StudioAlexOfficial 3:03 what is this music? from OPM? its nt really from bobobo is it?

[@toongamer2810]

Maybe that's why it felt so at home on cartoon network

[@kingnothing8482]

@@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921 it’s ost from blue exorcist I think it’s called Cloud

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@StudioAlexOfficial Imagine seeing Bo-BoBo in a Death Battle; his toon force (which includes refusing to die) would be one of the strongest elements in winning the fight.

[@southofheck]

“These beans have spider webs in em” *spin kicks a tree* Holy shit I’m rolling

[@Clarkamadorian]

the beans have been ruined, destroy.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Sub: Natto. Dub: Beans wit spiderwebs. Dub wins.

[@mokisable]

Rofl King Nosehair... " I GOTTA LEARN TO SPEAK UP!"

[@nonotheteddybear1525]

If there's any life message in Bobobo, it's to not to take yourself too seriously and learn to laugh and smile more often. Life is too short to focus on constant negatives that happen. Especially when it can negatively affect others around you. As Allen Alda once said "If we all don't go crazy every once in a while, we'll all go crazy." But that's just my take on it. Rereading this, this sounds like I'm saying "Lighten the (car horn noise) up and go (insert Wilhelm Scream here) nuts every once in a while!"

[@newguy371]

"Life's too short to be hanging by a bungee cord. SO WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?"

[@sleepyhorse9817]

I tried watching this show stoned and my high ass legit couldn’t handle the randomness my brain just fried itself truly a legendary show

[@XSlimSxadyX]

Me and you can do that sometime maybe..

[@godrilla5549]

​@@XSlimSxadyX I want to huff jenkem with you

[@Scornfull]

Bobobo is actually incredibly intelligent in battle and in every way, he mostly just goofs off because that's where he derives his ability to wig out his most powerful ability

[@robbiewalker2831]

Like Drunken Style Kung Fu. Jackie Chan is famous for that type of gig, and the variant of Drunken Style is Monkey Style; hence he was casted as Master Monkey in Kung Fu Panda.

[@zilvoxidgod]

Also the best joke in the show is the narrator recapping an early episode and then gasping because the replay of soften doing a spin kick actually hit the narrator, winding him. THAT is how you break the fourth wall.

[@renatayaga]

If I remember right he also mentioned getting kicked in his "jewelry store" which always made me laugh

[@darkandose]

Poppin up to say that the spanish dub is also extremely great in the same way you explained for the english one

[@StudioAlexOfficial]

That's awesome!

[@pancholopez8829]

Man, I need to see it then. Only saw a handful of Spanish dub of anime. Now that I think about it, only 5. Dragon Ball Z and GT. Naruto and some of Shippudden. One Piece and Ranma 1/2. That's it. Man, I gotta expand that library.

[@kourii]

man, I need to check that out. it'd be interesting to see how they approached it/compare the differences

[@nativeseneca7181]

I bet the laughing is great in that dub

[@alalalal5952]

@@nativeseneca7181 "Por el poder del Cabello Nasal!"

[@DaniszAstronauta]

10:20 For me the funny thing here was, that at the start the guy didn't believe or know that there was a competition for that, and at the end he reveals that he was there and took 57th place xD

[@QuantumQuill455]

I just love how BOBOBO has just suddenly become very popular nowdays.

[@XSlimSxadyX]

It hasn’t. I’m part of the fanbase and it is NOT active at all

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

@@XSlimSxadyX I discovered bobobobo with the game I-star victory

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

@@XSlimSxadyX j-star victory. This manga has great comedy

[@D3xterJettster]

I would guess it's because anime nowadays takes itself too seriously

[@samanthagreen9639]

I sought out surreal, comedic anime because most films, shows and cartoons are so depressing, political, commercial, sexual, violent, mean, ultra serious and phony preachy. I JUST WANT TO ESCAPE REALITY AND LAUGH. I miss innocent, playful, humorous, fantasy entertainment like Gilligan's Island, The Flintstones, Wonder Woman starring Linda Carter, 3rd Rock From The Sun, HIghlander and movies like The Goonies, Escape From New York, Foxy Brown, 9 to 5 and Silverado. I'd kill for Sunday afternoon TV showing RERUNS of Bob Hope movies, musicals starring Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers and THE THREE STOOGES and SHAW BROTHERS KUNG FU movies! Bo Bo may not be popular but then again NOTHING is really popular anymore because everybody watches stuff RANDOMLY, sporadically, all at once or in weird stages. Fandom doesn't really exist anymore because everybody argues so much over make believe characters and owners have become hypervigilant over content that has become just extended commercials and marketing ploys. I think I am attracted to Bo Bo because its so ridiculous and super silly that it cannot be labelled or properly SOLD to anyone. It has no worth beyond bringing smiles and laughter to its viewers. BLESS THE CREATORS!

[@GarryDKing]

Bobobo was probs my favorite childhood anime, namely for the pure insanity the show was. it's also kinda funny how in the japanese version, bobobo is shares a voice actor with Dio, but the English version it's Joseph Joestar's VA. Honestly it's so insane only one modern anime has ever come close to the insanity of Bobobo: pop team epic.

[@J-manli]

Old Joseph right? Cause I don't remember him sounding like Numbah 1 from Code Name: KND haha.

[@spiralgodking9877]

@@J-manli Yeah, old Joseph Richard Epcar.

[@XSlimSxadyX]

Pop Team Epic was ass so..

[@Cindy67917]

@@spiralgodking9877 As well as Batou in Ghost in the Shell and Daisuke Jigen in Lupin the 3rd.

[@mimzeeable]

Bobobo-bobobo-bobo is literally so based it’s meme god tier

[@alalalal5952]

Why you called BoBoBo that? If you a god, you are not based, he is absurd, where you see oportunity to call it "based"?

[@SeveralGhost]

​@@alalalal5952 spoken like a true bobobo character

[@mainamba161]

Bo-bobo is the only anime dub that wins over Ghost Stories for me, simply because they actually translated and sang all the insane songs. I still can’t get over the insane amount of loc talent that went into this dub!

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

This anime is so batshit insane, in a sea of animes where existential crises always exist, shows like this are needed

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Bobobo’s Bizarre Adventure

[@kendrickcooperofmarshalltx2757]

That's what they should have named it!!!!

[@PatrickStarfist]

I NEVER stopped laughing reading this manga. This manga is the epitome of pure insanity. Just crazy idea over crazy idea on every single page

[@mimzeeable]

I really appreciated the crews for English dubs of the early 2000s. They would adapt it to English jokes sometimes it didn’t work but when it did it was gold like this show! Or even like the original flcl

[@N._99]

FOOLYING AROUND COOLYING AROUND

[@justanawkwardnerd]

This was why Saiyuki was so good despite honestly sucking. The crew was having fun with each other. I liked few dubs growing up, largely because many English voice actors took me out of the scene by sounding like the _really_ didn't want to be there, but BoBoBo's and Saiyuki's VA's were clearly having a blast. What's not to enjoy in that?

[@jonny727272]

I remember seeing this as a kid back in the early 2000s. I don't remember it being so hilarious, but I'll have to go back and rewatch it now!

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

Theres one reason to read the manga. Bobobo literally beats one arc villain by summoning motherfucking yami yugi from his afro to beat said villain with slifer the sky dragon. You mention it but. Seriously. No anime or manga scene will ever beat it.

[@odinkiller727]

“He hurt me. He must be really famous” god now I wanna reread bobobo again

[@moosesues8887]

Built different

[@nathangamble125]

If you think Yami Yugi beating villains with Slifer the Sky Dragon is something no anime or manga scene will ever beat, boy do I have the perfect anime and manga recommendation for you...

[@spiralgodking9877]

@@nathangamble125 Well, what is it?

[@justanawkwardnerd]

@@spiralgodking9877 Took me a minute, but they are probably telling you to just read YuGiOh

[@rashanmcrae9166]

This show was pure chaos and me and my two sisters loved every second of it.

[@Jason_Altea]

6:09 "Dragon Ball Z parody about people who fight using only rock paper scissors." I-... is this not basically just the original Dragon Ball?

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

you know i never did think of it that way but bobobo is the strongest anime character in the entire universe. having the power to break the 4th wall and completely change everything. yeah hes got pretty much every one beat.

[@jasartstudios]

Absolutely seen it. The show was gone too soon. That show reignite the idea of "family t.v. night." It aired on Toonami, Saturdays at like 9PM...and my brother and I would literally carve out that time slot to watch. The saddest part about the show is that it's no longer airing. Otherwise, I definitely would still be watching, and we'd probably even have streaming parties or something now that we're both moved out of the house.

[@D_0_S]

Finding it is harder, but it's just that much more insane that it's on the internet archive only

[@BSENKevin]

I one time went to a convention and the VA (Richard Epguard) for Bobobo skyped in. He said it was a great experience to voice over, and he was kinda sad it ended.

[@Eltrio2]

This show can be best summed up with this: _"How many drugs did you take?"_ *"Yes."*

[@PurpleMaleFroslass]

1000% yes. Bo-BoBo is a prime example of a Dub that just had to work with what it had and it managed to nail the unhinged tone of the source material. It shows when people ask for a sub and even the most diehards are like "just watch the dub it's actually good lol"

[@mohamadparadox2453]

it's from this video but it's funny as hell "the beans had spiderwebs in em" it's the simplicity of it

[@SirEvilestDeath]

This is almost a perfect live letter to the series. I say almost because it was so short with so much to talk about. Great job on this video and well said for most everything presented. Good if not great job on making this.

[@datboyomunky]

When this was on toonami I would watch it, I tried to bring it up at school and was made fun of for watching a show "that kills braincells." My hands down favorite comedy parody anime to this day, next level humor through out

[@level3xfactor]

I LOVE BoBoBo! Thanks for the great video celebrating the insanity of this classic!

[@cnlbenmc]

11:52-13:27 this is perhaps the most concise and clear explanation of the difficulties with Anime Dubs I've ever run across and I wish more of the Sub shall we say "Purists" could realise this. This of course does not excuse the mindnumbingly dumb/wierd script choices 4kids have done (and they should forever be used as an example of what NOT to do in that arena, like the infamous "Jelly Doughnut" meme).

[@fullofcool]

Excellent video, I must've rewatched this a few times by now. Though I disagree that there's nothing to learn about this series. Perhaps this is simply being derived from my love of this series, but it taught me, or rather reminded me, not to take everything in life so seriously all the time and to have fun while staying true to your truest-self and uphold your values even in the face of adversity.

[@TheFurrLord]

Your talking points on this leads me to believe that you'd probably really enjoy Cromartie Highschool if you hadn't seen that. Its another show that plays around with anime tropes, has a ludicrously great English dub, and has a ton of visual gags throughout it. One of my favorite gags with the show was something I didn't even notice until re-watching where one of the main cast members who is a part of the group who shows up later in the series, actually has a speaking point in episode 1-2 episodes before he's introduced. You wouldn't realize that he's not supposed to even be there since its fairly early in the show and you don't know all the characters that well, but he's just randomly there for a single scene to give a comment on something like he's already a well established member of the group.

[@TakeAway69]

the bad thing is that after watching it. i dont think anything ill watch will be as funny as bobobo it just topped the list and destroyed the list in the process

[@EvyDevy]

5:06 - 10:36 This was one of the best analysis of comedy I've ever seen. That was a funny intro. Knew it was coming but still laughed.

[@deletedTestimony]

"IT'S IN JAPANESE! I'll just put a fancy doodle, that oughta get noticed."

[@bwowzah]

Great video! Bobobo is the only anime that I have watched twice. I've never even watched single episodes more than once from other shows.

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

Great show

[@C-moss]

One quote from the dub “get those Japanese words off of me”

[@brace110]

I once almost choked laughing when Don patch was guessing "Big egg!, Big egg!' in some sort of gameshow episode they did. I had to clean up afterwards LMAO

[@zzgundam182]

This was on my for you page. And i loved it. This was my childhood. I agree with you completely! Bravo man!

[@slimjim5288]

Definitely one of my favorite anime from my childhood.

[@finalfantasylord1]

"one more ride on the spaghetti slide!"

[@Monarth]

Bobobo's been the only anime I couldn't finish. I've tried twice, but both times it broke my brain somewhere around episode 25 or so.

[@fireblast133]

Out of context bobobo is makes more sense than in context bobobo and that is a hill I will die on if I have to.

[@Hexagonal_Orangus]

Bobobo is still the only anime that makes me laugh to the point of having a headache

[@hgoggs]

“these beans have spider webs in them” killed me 💀

[@bobalinx8762]

I’m actually aspiring to be a surreal gag manga artist! This video’s great because I want to emulate this kind of comedy in my works.

[@StudioAlexOfficial]

I wish you luck!

[@BrutallyDigital]

Bobobo: Plays Beach Volleyball Also Bobobo: Pulls a rocket launcher out of nowhere Literally died laughing.

[@rondonscorcho5516]

I will always love when bobobo turns a portable ramen shop and a salary man customer into mecha armor.

[@forrestannis909]

Remember when he transformed into a woman? Big Sailor Moon reference there.

[@marvelous_jack5228]

I've always meant to read/watch bobobobobobobo, maybe this video will finally seal the deal and make me watch it Edit: this sounds like the funny moments of Gintama on crack lmao

[@PeachShortcake_]

It's definitely worth a watch!

[@elgatochurro]

Well if it helps... The show starts with a weird character called Mr pickles Most fans like me forget he even existed... They write him off the show as a joke I also remember a fight scene where it was a tv broadcast, the whole fight There's so many jokes I forget them but even after all these years I feel I could enjoy it today

[@LucasSantana-ws8po]

Try to read it!

[@moosesues8887]

Literally best anime

[@pianoman7753]

This is best show. No arguments, or Ill make you do your vegetables and eat your homework! You heard me!

[@Forbiddensirenz]

I love how with context Bobobo still doesn’t make sense when you find clips lmao.

[@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2]

You're recommendation are fantastic ♥

[@iantaran2843]

Bobobo being a giant fist of the north start joke makes it even better

[@nidonemo]

“Sexually assaults a calendar” You’re already curious. Don’t lie to yourself.

[@JoJoFan87]

Bobobo is literally the Deadpool of Anime.

[@Ixmore]

12:35 I took a class in German and that's one of the very first things I picked up on. You need to take liberty when translating words or you'll end up with the English translation of Zero Wing or "All Your Base Are Belong To Us." Translations is something of an art form that require bending or breaking the rules of both languages.

[@ellimiller8620]

5:40 I'm pretty sure is the visual representation of tsukkomi-bokke comedy, where one person is the unapologetic fool and the other is the exasperated and sane 'straight man' who interrupts (突っ込む) the fool's strange monologues

[@dittomario]

bobobo is my childhood show, i love it to this day

[@Yuki_Ika7]

The amount of weird, bizzare and multilayer comedy in this show reminds me of the series "Xavier renegade angel" , i love both shows

[@JilutheFang]

The broader message is that aliens wouldn't see a difference between our cultural conflicts and the "story" of Bobobo bo Bobobo.

[@TheoneStanband]

Some of the best laughs me and my brother had were when they were building a stairway out of houses and when bobobo had his afro cut in half and there was squirrels having a tea party

[@Hive-Mind-BBX]

When you absolutely, positively, MUST have complete incomprehensible randomness and brainsplosions, this show... hands down, and if not this then Arakawa Under The Bridge. CAUSE NEITHER SERIES MAKES ANY GODDAMN SENSE!!!

[@SamTheGumMan117]

This anime is so anime to me if that makes sense and Bobobo makes me laugh so hard it's crazy. Don patch is true protag and Halekulani best antagonist easily

[@joseph011296]

So what happened with the Manga is that Viz decided to keep going where they had stopped with the US Shonen Jump Magazine releases. They also decided to restart the volume and chapter numbering. Viz "volume 1, chapter 1" is actually Volume 11, chapter 110. It's absolutely deranged that they did this, and really showed just how little Viz gave a fuck at the time. The only way to have a physical copy of the earlier Bobobo chapters is to collect the monthly magazine.

[@pricture]

Love Is A Rose Pruned By Aphids Eating A Thorny Danish.

[@fullshark09]

I'm spanish and I can confirm that absolutely everything you said about how the dub makes it even better applies to our dub as well, point by point, and I think the reason as to why dubs of these series are so good is not only because of talent but because the voice actors were invested after growing attached to the show as much as we were back then. The joke conversion thing is one of the aspects you mention that I learned to appreciate as I grew older too. Great, great series. PS: Tennosuke was an instant laugh for me as a kid.

[@LVCRFT2023]

I forgot about this show entirely since i’m 30+ now😂 but this used to be on tv when i was a kid a lot

[@PNWTraveler]

Loved this series.

[@IzNebula]

Visual storytelling while very difficult to pull off, if it's done right, can make a scene so much stronger and much more unforgettable. One perfect example of this is from Arcane: League of Legends, specifically the fight scene between Echo and Jinx, while it was short, it detailed so much about each character, their journey,their feelings for one another, both good and bad. That scene, much like the show, was a masterpiece. It had absolutely no dialogue, but so much was conveyed to the viewer. If you haven't, please go watch Arcane. I was always holding off on watching it because the game wasn't to my liking, but the show is a gem in my book. Amazing characters all across the board, all giving just the right amount of love. Go watch it!

[@superpaytonmars8852]

So Bo-bobo is one of Goku's old masters. Nice.

[@brakorinspaceo81]

Samurai Champloo had amazing visual comedy imo

[@TheInfallibleChase]

Bobobo is basically Uncle Grandpa

[@SeanLaMontagne]

I was around 6 or 7 years old when I first saw this show. And I peed myself crying from the first episode. My parents were still together then. Ah good times.

[@jpeckdraws3932]

I loved this show when I was younger I'll have to check it out again

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

Bobobo is my favorite Chaos God.

[@ivanshulika5359]

10:26 - one more joke there - protagonists HAVE HAIR. IN FRONT OF 3 BALD HAIRHUNTERS.

[@slyfox7452]

I never watched or heard of bobobo when i was younger. But its still funny

[@dusty3364]

Definitelly gonna watch this show high

[@wyrmofvt]

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: "Explaining doesn't help."

[@ExMedal]

Bobobo is kind of like the Tex Avery of anime, and I wish I knew more shows like this

[@WEAREALLJUSTMEAT]

I saw the first season or 2 on CN but barely remember it.

[@str4tsune]

7:44 I completely agree, a great example of both concepts is the Mr. Incredible uncanny meme

[@Yng_Roshi]

Its bizarre how my generation (Gen Z) that grew up on Cartoon Network, doesn't even remember Bobobo but remember Pokemon and DBZ.

[@lukefurno1151]

I never watched a lot of this show when it was first around but I remember the little I saw quite vivdely, thanks for resurfacing my memories of this Bizarre show If you think Jojo is Bizarre you ain’t got nothing on Bobobo

[@DaRoachDoggJR.]

When this popped up in recommended I had to watch it. Bobobo was my favorite show when I was a kid, my mum would watch anime like dragon ball or pokemon or one piece with me, but would always be so annoyed with bobobo saying "it's too weird", which is funny cause that's exactly why it's great

[@pincopallino1135]

I experienced the same, my mom complained both about this and gashbell

[@tssteelx]

The life lesson is have fun.

[@mcwhirlpoolinc2641]

The narrator is the funniest character

[@axel2632]

I blame this show for my broken humor

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

Lmaooo

[@5h4d0w5l1f3]

This always has and always will be anime Johnny Bravo to my ignorant brain but thank you for trying

[@ryszakowy]

i love absurdity and amount of references in one fight they get serious for 10 seconds and bobobo appears behind enemy like any shonen anime ans says "too slow" music goes up, enemy get's nervous and bobobo pokes him with his knees... AND IT WORKS it's a parody done right dubbing waters down some jokes or adds one extra joke where was one effectively making both not land but it's fine

[@luliby2309]

I would say that Bobobo has the message that it's okay to be silly and funny, and that you should be silly and funny.

[@fluffdafire157]

I believe the morale of Bobobobo is sometimes it's better to not take things seriously