Shinobi-Geddon: The 1980s Ninja Craze

[@DowntownDigitalUK]

The quantity, quality and originality of work and research going into this masterpiece of an essay is truly the work of a master Bad Movie Ninja🤺 .

[@protocoldroid7388]

Ninja movies aren't all bad tho.

[@TheBadMovieBible]

There are clips from over 150 movies in this video, but there’s still so much more to talk about when it comes to ninjas. One day. In the mean time; exclusion doesn’t = disapproval (and if any committed ninjologists want more there’s a longer version of this video on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/RobHill ). I’m imagining some potentially strong reactions to a few views on the cut-and-paste phenomenon. There’s misinformation as far as the eye can see (and in every direction), so certainty is a luxury none of us can enjoy, but I’ve done what I can!

[@mrblonde609]

5:50 Have you noticed that lovely voice? It's the dude that dubbed Pierre Kirby.

[@greenhowie]

Searching for the truth behind those movies would be a great story basis for a modern just-add-ninjas movie.

[@paulosborne6517]

Mike Abbot reminds me of a poor man's Vic Morrow, which isn't saying much... since Vic Morrow is typically a poor man's Vic Morrow.

[@DrWhom]

You may pronounce Bosphorus either with a FUH or a PUH in the middle. The latter is closer to the actual Greek name of the thing, Βόσπορος.

[@DowntownDigitalUK]

Is there, outside of Patreon or your book, a list of movies referenced in each of your videos? This could be plugged into an API linking the available ones to streaming or purchase services...and maybe even generate affiliate referral income for your hard work. Apologies if you already do this somewhere.

[@bughopdesigns1124]

"Shockingly high pressured circulatory systems" had me in such fits of giggles that my wife had to ask what I was watching.

[@sarlaccstapeworm990]

Dude.... My face really hurts due to all the smiling from ear to ear for the entire duration of this video!! 😁 I grew up on all of this EPIC cheese! I'm getting on up in my 40's now, and vividly remember the whole 80's ninja era! I haven't seen something to bring back THIS much nostalgia in YEARS! The world has changed so much, and unfortunately, my children (who were born in the early 2,000's), weren't fortunate enough to grow up in such a wildly experimental time in cenima. Where the special effects were almost always practical, and the action and fantasy elements to these films made little boys in almost every neighborhood across America twirl sticks, and yell out "hiya's", while wearing homemade ninja masks around their backyards everyday after school! Thanks for this buddy! It was a real treat!! 😆👍

[@juniorjames7076]

The local fleamarkets in Queens, NYC would have numerous shelves and tables filled with bootlegs (DVD copies of DVD copies!) of these kung fu movies in the 1990s! I was more just a browzer but I had friends who brought every one of them (5 for 10 dollars, can't beat that!!).

[@rhoadsy]

I remember pulling The Ninja book from my mom's bookshelf and reading it. Needless to say, it was a very steamy read for a 12 year old. As far as the movies, I was always a big Michael Dudikoff fan back in the day.

[@iaincowell9747]

Eric Van Lustbader right? I think there's around 6 books in that series. I've only read the first one

[@bob23301]

My late father would rent about 5 of these on a Friday from the local rental shop back in the early 1980s when we got our first rental vhs player, 50p each, take back on Monday, great days indeed.

[@capuchinhelper]

The Garfield phone in Ninja Terminator is the greatest scene in cinema

[@deathsheadknight2137]

any scene where normal people are walking along and suddenly spin jump to transform into ninjas complete with headbands that say "Ninja" on them

[@magicmulder]

34:10 For those looking for it.

[@BrainDamageComedy]

🤣🤣

[@zetetick395]

All true ninjas subsist on a diet of pure lasagne 🙏

[@ManOutofTime913]

Garfield phones themselves are the weirdest cultural artifact between Ninja Terminator and the French beach where they'd wash ashore from a lost shipping container.

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

Bravo once again Rob, your sacrifice to watch an endless stream of movies knows no bounds. Now I believe it’s time to grow a nice bit of facial decoration to become the U.K. Ninja.

[@lordcthulhu627]

What are you doing here! Get back to the Doctor Who soundtracks!!! :)

[@stevesmgt]

Can we appreciate the amount of time and effort it takes to put together a video like this!!!! Excellent work sir ✊🏾

[@BATCHARRO]

"Hey can you do the dishes?" "A ninja warrior can never get involved!"

[@Babyboo186]

Honestly, starting at 25:15, that might be the finest one minute of editing I've ever seen.

[@joshslater2426]

Everything about Death Warrior made me laugh uncontrollably: - the chaotic editing - the unashamed stolen footage from Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever - the intense lack of continuity in some areas - the fact it plays Bond ‘77 over and over as the only background music for one part Turkey clearly got some of the best shoddy knockoff films ever made, alongside the Philippines.

[@TheBeird]

This overview of the Ninja craze - especially the Frankeninja stuff - makes me think history has repeated itself but on a grander scale with the super hero genre. The oversaturation, the decline in quality, and the hint of it being used for money embezzlement seem eerily familar. Fantastic video

[@TheBadMovieBible]

Thanks. And I think you're absolutely right. Maybe what's unusual about superhero movies is the whole thing was played out on such a grand scale. But it's the same thing.

[@Nova_Afterglow]

@@TheBadMovieBiblei hear they grabbed mamoa off the street. he was the least drunk long-haired guy, which is saying something because there were rumors of him drinking on set for aquaman 2

[@bigdaddydons6241]

​@@Nova_Afterglowno, he's been acting for over a decade now, a big role of his from years back was stargate Atlantis. I hope you get your brain-rot cleared up soon

[@Jerry_Gallo]

like every genre: western, horror, action...

[@11555Rambler]

Those movies are actually filmed as one movie though so it isn’t really analogous at all tho

[@Shunks]

I like how frequently you have to show the "I didn't edit this" text that you've made a neat little logo to replace it lol. These videos are incredibly fun and well researched! Keep up the good work

[@tb18761]

Oh my god. I can’t thank you enough for bringing my childhood Sunday afternoons back in amazing fashion. I grew up watching these movies. My ten year old asked me if I really watched these ‘stupid’ movies. Yep. And I love every minute of them 😂

[@alasdairduncan7348]

I've never been a "so bad it's good" kind of film watcher, but dammit I really wanna watch some of these ninja movies.

[@AntonXul]

The only so bad is good movie I always recommend is Samurai Cop. It’s hilariously bad but incredibly entertaining. It’s not a ninja movie, but a “good bad movie”.

[@jmdesantis]

That's how it starts. 😅

[@aidy6000]

Best place to start is the mentioned Ninja Terminator

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

I loved all this as a kid. Now everything is either unintentionally comical or extremely cringe 😂 The "NINJA" headbands, the Gardfield telephone, the dialogues, the acting... 😂

[@skeaneable]

Godfrey Ho's infamous ninja z movies where he splice ninja sequences with an obscure asian movie from either Taiwan,South Korea,Philippines etc

[@asdf9890]

Back then, boys, myself included, aspired to gain ninja skills! 😂. Stormshadow, Snakeeyes, and TMNT!

[@daakrolb]

That Garfield phone 80’s the HELL out of that!! 😂

[@iaincowell9747]

No it isn't, there are genuinely some really good movies

[@FezTheSpaceBiker]

Now you love it even more.

[@paganarh]

Thanks for this video! Must have been quite time consuming to put together! Ninja craze even swept over the soviet union. We didn't had anything commercially released or shown, but black market was overflown with horrid pirated copies of all the different movies. I remember how in the middle of 80's when we were young kids, most common birthday party invitation to other boys was cards with stenciled ninjas on them. Mock kung-fu fighting was rampant. Ninjas were my childhood.

[@ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239]

Fun fact: The Sega Shinobi franchise was heavily inspired by The Ninja Trilogy and comic franchise (Enter the Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The Domination) and Pray For Death. 2009's NINJA ASSASSIN is also a homage to the Sega Shinobi franchise.

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

Cool, I know that Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat have some direct inspiration from the One Armed Boxer movies which had for example a yoga master with stretchy limbs and a fight above a pit of spikes.

[@blaxpoitation8528]

Ahhh the Sega Shining games... i remember those. Classic stuff. Also, Ninja Assassin was DOPE! I really wish they had made more, or spawned /inspired a whole genre of similar movies.

[@robwalsh9843]

For myself as a little 80's kid, Sho Kosugi was among the elite of 80's action. I remember watching Revenge of the Ninja and being astonished and horrified at how he was dragged along the street by the van, but still fought on. Along with Arnold and Sly, he was one of the greatest tough guys.

[@temporarybackup5077]

Sho Kosugi is active on KZbin, has an active KZbin channel 😊

[@fabianandrade3768]

The algorithm has blessed me with the best 80s ninja craze retrospective ever. Thank you, sir.

[@rushaholic]

An early Christmas present? For me? Oh you shouldn't have, I didn't get you anything...uh...here's a like, I hope that's okay!!

[@JamesWilliams-jj6su]

I thought that was awesome lol😅 I like that one 😂🎉

[@drelium]

I'm honored you used my Joseph Lai picture (26:16) to illustrate him. Finally there's a "most exhaustive (bad) ninja movies video" on YT. Great and Hell of a cutting work, as usual. Robert Tai forever!

[@apexapey]

The amount of the Word "ninja" per minute in this video is of the charts!

[@meskinYT]

For me, Sho Kasugi was *the* representative of that era. He was pure magic to the kid in me.

[@thelostone6981]

It’s been said so many times before, but this is the most under subscribed channel about film on KZbin. The amount of time put into these videos has to be immense!! Of course, I could sit around and watch crappy ninja movies all day, but take them, pull out the entertaining bits, write a script around them and edit is very admirable. Can someone tell me where else the music used at @21:55 in Death Warrior has been used? I’ve been sitting here for 5 minutes replaying it over and over trying to place it and I know I’ve heard it in something else.

[@felonfrost3268]

It’s from the start of The Spy Who Loved Me, when 007 skis off the cliff 👍😊

[@thelostone6981]

@@felonfrost3268Thank you!! I knew it was something I had scene dozens of times, but the old brain just isn’t work as well anymore. One of the coolest stunts ever. “James, I need you” “So does England”

[@DemstarAus]

​@@thelostone6981you scaw it with your own eyes.

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

I just watched 'Dwild Wild Weng' because of this video. It is the best 80's action movie I have ever seen. Pure 80's exploitation bliss.

[@patton2773]

The scene in Sakura Killers where ninja speedily burrow along the floor under the motorway bridge is burned into my childhood memories from the 80s, and I can confidently say I have absolutely no intention of revisiting the full movie as an adult.

[@DJGrantRichards]

In case you change your mind , it's on amazon prime

[@Buck3366]

And if I can tempt you even more… it’s on KZbin for bugger all. ( Disclaimer: It’s pretty rough, and I watch some shite!!)

[@DrWhom]

as a kid, these weird illogical things seem imbued with the sense they must surely make to grown-ups, and they become mysteries haunting your dreams... and 40 years later you realise that is was just very silly shite so good call, don't revisit that movie

[@KingofCrusher]

You should do a follow up about all the awesome embossed ninja movie vhs covers on these movies. The rental boxes were so insanely cool that you always got tricked into renting them.

[@binghamtonblows]

Damn the sheer dedication and investigation you put in to these is amazing

[@Prockski]

Some of these sound effects are just taking me back to some classic Wu Tang Clan songs.

[@b.w.22]

Good god, brother - the work involved in creating this bonafide piece of reference material has to have been enormous. Great, great work. I can only offer my thanks as a member of the Purple Ninja Clan and to repeat the words of our Ninja Code: “Friends for eternity - loyalty, honesty. We’re on top ‘cause we play to win.”

[@chucheeness7817]

Blood debts answering the garfield phone is one of the most left field and funniest things I ever witnessed in any horrible b-movie

[@ninjaconsultantsixshot]

The tiny robot in Ninja Terminator appears to be the toy that would be released in the Transformers toyline as Omega Supreme.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

The true ninja writes “ninja” on their rainbow headband.

[@vengeancepack6493]

Awesome Video....The Godfrey Interview, where he sits in the chair in front of a window is by us, by the way. Out on our "Lethal Panther" Blu Ray Release (Germany). He was interviewed by our friends Mike Leeder and Arne Venema in Hongkong. Keep up the good work!

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

Honestly I've watched this at least 5 times. I laugh harder everytime. Only a Ninja can kill a Ninja, mustache or no mustache.

[@jonathanhoush2384]

This video got me through the worst cold I've had in a decade. Thank you, Mr. Hill!

[@MisterSensitivity]

I'm blown away by your dedication, your work is nothing short of art itself. Thank you for such amazing commitment and for the hours of entertainment.

[@WilberforceWooster-uo2bl]

Your videos are quite simply some of the best on KZbin. I don't know why they don't have millions of views, especially when you consider some of the unutterable rubbish that does. I've just signed up to your Patreon, because work of this quality must be supported.

[@1massboy]

As with James said. “Cocaine is a hell of a drug.” 😂 But to be quite honest with you. Even though a lot of these movies are bad. And I mean really bad. I absolutely love the ninja craze era of film so much. 🤗

[@RyuHayabusa99]

What a time to be alive. They need to bring back the 80s Ninja Craze.

[@RecMirage]

Haha😂 I totally shot the footage at 25:13. It’s from an interview Mike Leeder and myself did with Godfrey. Godfrey is very cool btw.

[@robhill3698]

Nicely done! It's one of only two interviews I could find with him that had decent picture quality! (There isn't a credit because I found it on a 3rd party YT channel and couldn't identify where it originally came from. Happy to add something to the description if you let me know.)

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

Ninja!🥷🏻 Sh-sha SHAH!!! 😆 Man, this takes me back! I was born in 79. My family’s from Ireland and my best friend at the time just immigrated here from Nigeria. We used to watch all those movies and beat the heck out of each other playing Ninjas. We would cut ninjas star shapes outta cardboard and spray paint them silver and throw them at each other. And of course, like every kid in America in the 80’s, we took karate. What’a fun trip down memory lane this video was. Thanks! 🤜🫷 😂

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Whatever the tune is that starts at 25:18 is freakin funky as heck!!😁😁🤘🤘

[@guyknights5444]

Yeah I would love to know what that song is, it rips

[@Calculon3000]

Wow another great video. I can't imagine how much work they take, but its really appreciated! Keep up the hard work work and thank you again!

[@elrondhubbard9127]

Thank you for briefly showing the DVD cover for Pocket Ninjas. That movie changed my life.

[@shable1436]

I thought I've heard of every ninja movie ever since growing up, my little brother was obsessed with ninja movies, he was an encyclopedia of everything ninja, so im impressed

[@felipel.6742]

This channel is a masterpiece

[@TreadwellJay]

I had the misfortune of seeing Ninja Mission in the theater in '84, and the only thing I remember is a shot of a line of stealthy, invisible ninjas, in their black outfits, climbing up a snow-covered hill in broad daylight.

[@YokRzeznic]

The music at 25:18 is absolutely fkn boss and I need that soundtrack

[@Ideo7Z]

Sho Kosugi and Michael Dudikoff were the Deniro and Pacino of 80's western ninja movies and you can't tell me otherwise...

[@bloodrunsclear]

Ninjas and Shaolin movies are my comfort food. I am never not entertained by at least one guy in black pajamas doing crazy martial arts in broad daylight.

[@thomas_2285]

Who else here were kids in the 80's and bought cheap ninja throwing stars and/or nunchucks? I know I did. Me and my friends had a lot of much fun playing ninja in our backyards. Between these things, bb guns, and pellet guns I'm so glad all of us made it out of that era with our eyes intact lol.

[@boscopit]

Oh yeah. I had all the ninja crap.

[@inisipisTV]

The Sho Kosugi’s Shuriken belt buckle is wicked.

[@ObsidianOx-GM]

Calling all commentors, calling all commentors, be on the lookout for trespassing ninjas.

[@Alexalicious]

Another amazing piece of work! The effort you put into these videos is absolutely insane; I can only imagine how hard this one was in particular with all the Frankeninja movies and alternate titles.

[@einokeino303]

Revenge of the Ninja was the first ninja movie I saw. Increadible how far ahead the quality was beside all it's flaws, when compared to others in the genre. I appreciate you mentioning how it defined many of the ninja tropes, especially the weapons arsenal demonstration was a big win. And the soundtrack by Rob Walsh is very mucho kick-ass.

[@modelcitizen1977]

I will always love the fact that Dudikoff had no martial arts training and went on to front several top grossing schlock martial arts films of all time.

[@yellowprime8491]

I must have watched the first "American Ninja" 100 times as a kid.

[@coreycohencomedy]

I’ve come to love your channel, Rob. Thanks so much for these deep dives!

[@Immerich666]

Oh My God! Already watched it twice and i just cant get enough of it. Brilliantly edited and written. You are a genius.

[@opticintake3399]

The was so incredible. What a sterling effort. The absolute confusion with all those Richard Harrison films & the multitude of varying poster artwork has driven me mental over the years. Let alone the original films that Godfrey Ho utilised, has made this specific area of genre one of the most confusing & erratic. You helped put it all into focus. Thank you. Super job Rob.

[@xoof89]

Ninja in Dragon Denn is one of my favorite ninja martial film starting young Hiroyuki Sanada(Scorpion from MK) and Conan Lee. A rare Chinese/Japanese collaboration that showcases two different styles going head to head. Very well choreographed especially.

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Also has the best movie intro in the HISTORY OF CINEMA!

[@xoof89]

@@Fastwinstondoom totally

[@DBSG1976]

Your videos are gold! So highly entertaining and hilarious, Thank You!

[@dennisrounds1996]

I feel deprived of a childhood not having seen these on weekend cinema or having the chance to rent them of VHS.

[@monsieurmagic]

Please never ever stop producing video essays.

[@theviciousheadsociety4923]

This channel is like a warm blanket ❤

[@theflyingninja1]

I've seen a lot of documentaries about the ninja craze and this is by far the most definitive. It almost seems wasted as a KZbin video. It's worthy of its own Blu-Ray.

[@BillsOldandNewGaming]

I remember watching some of these on vhs as a kid. When I visited my aunt on my mums side I'd get to rent out ninja movies. My aunt on my dads side was all about the horror so I got to see some great stuff. Seeing the ninja movies now and they are mostly terrible but the horror remains with me. Watched Shogun Assassin later on in life and love it. I really need to watch all the lone wolf movies to see it in all its glory.

[@Rapamaru]

Nostalgia hit me hard.Thank you so much for this,great video!

[@Blas4ublasphemy]

As hard a the stuntman in American Ninja hit his face off the windshield in the botched motorcycle jump they left in the movie, easily the most rewindable scene!

[@LieshaCichol]

Meanwhile in Japan, there was tokusatsu TV show titled World Ninja Jiraiya (1988). In the show, the protagonist was 34th clan master of Togakure Style Ninja. Takumi Tsutsui, the actor who played the role, became real life 35 clan master of Togakure Style in 2019.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Omg!!

[@oldblinddarby2498]

You mentioned this as upcoming on a comment i made a while back, and you did not disappoint. This is possibly one of your best yet... keep it up, I love your stuff!

[@andrewgwilliam4831]

Someone needs to go through these films and digitally add Richard Harrison's moustache where it's unfathomably missing.

[@fredfredburger5150]

I remember "that scene" from Ninja III very well.

[@TT-md7mm]

Bro, you never miss! Consistent high quality and very interesting videos every single time man! 💯

[@steventregoning6870]

The first time I watched Ninja Champion at the end when the red Ninja explains in detail the movie we just watched, and it still makes no sense! Then the fight in the play ground. Supurb. It was love at first site. No turning back. Ninja Terminator is awesome. Tiger Wong/Jeong-lee Hwang is the man. Pretty sure the Mission Impossible 2 fight scene in the sand is ripped from this. Come to think of it, duelling motorcycles? Pretty sure John Woo is a Godfrey Ho fan.

[@Aonshix]

This is not a genre I have any personal affinity for, but nice job bringing out the different eras of film making. What an amazing bubble.

[@foongpei]

i will be your friend forever if u make a mega compilation of every martial arts student yelling "teacher!" overdubbed from that era

[@ΑποστόληςΤσιακίρης]

About twenty years ago I watched Tomas Tang's ''Battle for the treasure''(the Greek translation of the tittle was ''The last commando'').I had one of the biggest laughs I ever had.Up to a point,as we watched it,we couldn't make out what was happening.No clue at all.But something happened at a certain scene and all the frustration we had turned into an outburst of laughter.I''ll never forget it!You can find the movie on youtube.Gather your friends and enjoy irresponsibly!

[@Adam-xd9tr]

Of all things to connect most of these movies, I was not expecting it to be mustaches.

[@weirdcinemashow]

Excellent work! It’s very easy to fall in for a lot of the IFD/Filmark disinformation out there, but you did a great job on avoiding that. Also, great editing as well! A lot of great clips and montages I wish I’d have thought of when I covered the subject a long time ago. Kudos on a great video!

[@csmadisun]

Another incredibly entertaining and informative video about a genre I know nothing about. Glad this is my introduction - it's ninja-riffic.

[@JoseBronxRican]

I'm a kung-fu-ologist myself, mostly owing to the action and even more so to the funny English dubbing, and so I had to come here and see how many times the most familiar voiceovers turn up: 5:37 Trying to find out Voiceover Man's name... ALL his roles sound like that!; 15:41 Matthew Oram and (wife?) Elizabeth; 16:23 The infamous Rik Thomas!; 31:19 Mike Abbott is awesome, mostly because even the people who dubbed him found it impossible to cover up his bad acting. Also: 55:43 - Props for not missing anything! Just when I wanted to mention that it's hard to tell how amazing Alex is because of all the film undercranking, you acknowledge it! I understand most Chinese/Asian names can produce a mess of different transliterations, a scramble of English letters with no logic behind it. In my content, I have to pick one and concisely explain why I did. In this guy's case, I use "Alexander Lo Rei". I'm not sure where the pronunciation of "Laa-oo" comes from; in Mandarin it's more like a fast "Loo-aw", and in Cantonese it's usually written as "Lo".

[@kev1n726]

Very comprehensive work. Great watch. IFD repackaged some of their ninja movies into 32 TV versions called "Ninja Myth". These are the Richard Harrison ones. Think I added this detail to Godfrey Ho's Wikipedia page many years ago. Don't know if any TV station has shown this. Unsure if this is something separate to what you mentioned at 42:49

[@derManeken]

50:47 Nine Deaths of the Ninja was a huge theatrical hit in the USSR. I remember my dad took me to the cinema to watch it and how difficult it was to get the tickets 😅

[@fractalmusicj]

once again you have suffered through many hells to deliver this one, but to find only one of the outer rings, great stamina to watch so much and get so little in return, great vid, Im sort of happy I didnt know that this exists.......

[@DonnieBrook69]

As always, your efforts are much appreciated. Always a good day when there's a new BMB upload!

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

This was a fantastic watch...and it was great to see Pierre Kirby getting a mention. As a long time fan of Brad Jones AKA The Cinema Snob I actually really enjoy watching Godfrey Ho's "Cut & Paste" Ninja films...even though they are (for the most part) absolutely awful. By any chance have you seen Ninja: The Mission Force? Might be worth a watch.

[@SheaSheaWanton]

This is the holiday ninja video I both needed and deserved. Thank you British bad movie man!

[@quadders9198]

Great channel bringing back many childhood memories of trips to my video shop and the random stuff i used to rent. Great narration and research and to top it all off the ad before it started was the Ninja food maker!! Perfection!

[@lavaeater]

Your videos are among the best videos on all of this, period. I am just so happy I've found your channel. Good work!

[@UNSTABLE111]

Yeah thanks to you and Space Ice...I have been watching as many bad movies as I can..and sometimes you really do find gems amongst the trash..

[@cagedraptor]

Love the 70's and 80's Ninja movie craze. Have spent most of my life collecting those movies, first on VHS, then DVD now MP4 format. I have thousands of them in dvd and mp4 format I kind of ditched the vhs long ago.

[@weldonwin]

The whole "White man with a moustache" thing, suddenly makes the web-comic Doctor McNinja MD make a lot more sense

[@baalaagaa]

I was clean shaven when I started this video, now I have a bitchin' mustache & a crippling cocaine habit. RIP Leo Fong.

[@brent2073]

This is one of the best KZbin videos I’ve ever seen.

[@ThreeToesofFury]

OMG. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as a childhood fan of ninjas in the 80s, and one whos loved them since, this is amazing.

[@OrbGoblin]

This was some brilliant work, just a fantastic gateway for anyone wanting to get into the genre.

[@Koofumhead]

I love how naff words like ninja and turbo seem now. But then, the were key to 80's entertainment. As for the Franken-movies, the bad bits were the most fun. Often the English dub would add so much more to a baffling plot. I miss those days.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

One more thing.....and in no way am I picking on you. You have created a masterpiece here. I just love this genre so much that it is always playing rent free in my head. Now I have another hour an 6 minutes to add to it.... There was an Australian ninja boom in the 60s I believe with the dubbed tv show from Japan renamed The Samurai. It was actually pretty cool for it's time, too. Also....one more thing. I helped Leo Fong put out a movie around the mid 2000s when I ran a small mom and poo video store. The movies are God awful, but they are fun, and he is an amazing individual that does not get the respect he deserves in regards to the history of Martial Arts in America. He is definitely more than a footnote. Sadly he passed in 2022. Super nice guy. Again. Great content. So stoked to be subbed to this channel. Soon I promise I will donate to Patreon after the holidays. Stay safe, my friend.