This 80s cyberpunk anime scene will BLOW YOUR MIND | Megazone 23 - Part II (1986)

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[@areswiseman6475]

Wow old fashion anime so great good

[@IvanGarciaCastillo]

nothing is aviable in my location....

[@iangarrett3308]

The 1980s, "The Golden Age" of robot anime shows. The Japanese anime studios were DECADES ahead of their time with this type of free-style art!! Almost 40 years later, and it still looks incredible!!!

[@ijustbevibin0425]

Bruh the 90s is the golden age

[@mechanomics2649]

Spoken like someone who doesn't know anything about mecha.

[@GiacomoSorbi]

By common definition of "golden age", I would rather say the 70s: first super robot, first real robot, tons of influential titles published.

[@zorkmid1083]

​@@GiacomoSorbi No, I think the '80s are (one of?) the peak of mecha. The '70s explored new concepts, but the '80s developed those ideas more, and had better quality animation and designs. Also, having the record companies investing in anime didn't hurt (see: Macross).

[@Zehahahahahahahahahahahaha]

And it's all drawn from papers

[@us3l3ssknowl3dg3]

Perfect example of why hand drawn will always be better than CG Absolutely fantastic animation here 🔥

[@isaacsamuel7517]

No this is also computer animated. Older software but computer the BG is painted on canvas. But it's done using computer. Nowadays they are reducing frames at times, added lot of screen shakes, and using different colours that are shiny ofcourse the technology has improved giving clearly picture but the thing with colour those days is that these colours were choosen based on research for how human eye would interpret and nowadays they are using vibrant colours that they believe maybe more audience captivating. These animation movements are really great.

[@prcervi]

a not to subtle reminder why series of the past took bloody ages to get made and this is partly cg anyway, which ain't actually a terrible thing but it needs to be worked with a certain way

[@matthias4037]

​@@isaacsamuel7517 Those were hand-drawn cells. What are you saying?

[@isaacsamuel7517]

@@matthias4037 ya it seems hand drawn rendering was switched to computer around the early 70s. Perhaps research online. But it could be some were hand drawn. Now animation itself is hand drawn even till today. I mean the final line art and colouring. Sometimes i miss my own comments. perhaps. I could write a small book. I remember i missed this comment i made on using 2d animation and how it differed from 3d in the sense of a media.

[@brokencreationlordmegatrol3037]

@@isaacsamuel7517 I dont think CG animation in the anime became a thing until the mid nineties mate

[@James-wd9ib]

5:33 No, the Sergeant is NOT alright... he appears to have been slightly injured

[@blaxpoitation8528]

He got a lil something in his eye..

[@elliottheredia6810]

😅😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@kanehodder3459]

Walk it off Sergeant!

[@leighz1962]

Sergeant, fix bayonets!!

[@James-wd9ib]

This 80s cyberpunk anime scene will blow your sergeant

[@axehammer3850]

I love being a kid in the 80's! Best decade ever! Loved the mecha back then.

[@christianblair8663]

The 80s were the definition of pouring your entire life and soul into your work during the golden anime age. I love this style, but I also understand how stupidly hard and time consuming it was to make. Most productions at this quality were always gambling on bankruptcy of their anime failed to meet expectations.

[@kennethshiro9500]

yeah and lots of animators working 120 hours a week at 2 cents an hour.

[@Gunsight-One]

Talk about Synchronicity! I just watched all the MagaZone 23 episodes on Blu-ray just the other night. I absolutely love old school 80's anime. The animation and aesthetics of the time were truly inspiring. I mean look at all that hand drawn detail.

[@mindlessmeat4055]

This is the stuff I grew up on. I love it.

[@jh5131]

Nothing beats the old hand drawn animes

[@Gunsight-One]

@@jh5131 Agreed 💯

[@James-wd9ib]

Veritech veteran pilots unite

[@Gunsight-One]

@@James-wd9ib always good to see another protoculture addict! 😁👍

[@RomaTotti85]

Megazone 23 part 2 was one of the best mech anime’s of its time. Down to the soundtrack to the amazing action scenes.

[@createmakestuff4694]

I see a lot of arguments in the comments here. As an animator myself, I'd like to say that every era has incredible stories. Each decade brings the influences of the artists and writers entire lives. Watching those stories play out in the acting, color choices, and concepts is a beautiful experience. Megazone 23's production history was a story within itself. I'm glad we can watch and appreciate these stories. My only wish is that the creatives who worked on these stories were truly appreciated ans got paid their true worth during and after release.

[@Germania9]

Animation fan, here. Thanks for this! Megazone 23's bts is just wild. For one, they changed character designers from Hirano's "kawaii" style to Yasuomi Umetsu's more realistic look for the follow-up, which is very controversial at the time. Btw, Yasuomi Umetsu would go on to make Kite, which is a very badass anime.

[@InvestedGman]

Man imagine growing up in the 1980s being a fan of Anime and you thought the future just like the 2020s now would've had advanced technology like robots or flying cars which we still don't have yet but Anime throughout the decades has improved with technology we have today since it became mainstream.

[@airixxxx]

Anime hasn't improved, it peaked in the mid 90's, after 2000 it was all downhill and the result is the crap we have today. 80's and 90's is the peak of the mountain.

[@lifelikezebra]

I don't know about improvement of anime - right now everyone looks like a 6 year's old with silly dances and instead of cool fully animetad action scenes we got shitty 3D. 80-90's was a peak. And it is not a nostalgia for me because I was born in late 90's, I saw majority of this old titles couple years ago.

[@jamescaulfield6632]

can you believe that this was actually in the movie theaters it is listed as Robotech the movie if that tells you how big Robotech was back in the eighties and for most of us it was a Gateway into anime

[@NyeMechworks]

Hey I'm trying to make the mechs and robo-waifus but it ain't easy by myself!

[@InvestedGman]

@@airixxxx Well yes and No because there are some Animes out there like My Hero, Demon slayer, jujutsu kaisen and a few others that’s very popular nowadays but nothing beats the classics of 90s Hand drawn Anime with all the details artists but into it with Aesthetic vibes to it.

[@Duranggobr]

man... i love the violence and the attention to the animation and drawings... miss the 80s, 90s anime style

[@Echosinfireify]

I love this channel introducing me to so many bangers

[@eddiesmith5617]

"Me and Anime" go way back to Star Blazers. I grew up on this stuff. I was 11 when I first saw this in 87. My best friend got it in Little Tokyo on VHS and he smuggled it to school lol. We watched it in the computer lab (where our work was done on TRS 80 computers lmao.) During that time, growing up in LA...The only way you could see cutting edge (for its time) chit like this was Little Tokyo or you had to go to Japan. American cartoons were remedial compared to Anime in scope. And African Americans like me were never exposed to it to the degree me and my best friend were. We were the "nerds" of our community and at that time, you were really on an island if you were Black and into Anime. And even mainstream Americans didn't really watch it that much. But it blew us away when we saw any kind of Anime, especially Robots. Akira was the first anime that went mainstream in the West. It even came out in theaters here and was reviewed by Western critics like Siskel & Ebert. We all grew up on Disney movies. The animation techniques of the West were better, more lifelike than anime back then...But the overall production and themes in Anime were far more expansive, daring, graphic, and when it came to "robots" and "sci-fi", the West didn't even compare. My favorite Anime of course will always be Macross. Megazone 23 was a close 2nd. I can't imagine what having KZbin back then would have been like. Another one you should check out is Dangaio.

[@rocketpunchgo1]

No need for weak clickbait titles ScreenCrush.. we already respect every single video you guys put out!

[@rickhouten1622]

That is megazone 23 part 2. Just epic hand drawn animation. There are parts where you can tell they cut costs but otherwise the animation was pretty impressive overall.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

"That scene" (when the space cruiser is preparing to fire their "big gun") will always haunt my mind. To be watching what is supposed to be a teenage adventure cartoon and for the film to shift gears into torture porn was quite shocking and barf inducing the first time I saw it. I was not prepared. PS: you may have made a note about it already, but the Sentinels from *The Matrix* (as well as some major plot points) were lifted almost wholesale from this series/film.

[@animationcycles7109]

Agree. I think I was 11 or 12 when I first watched this shortly after its release. I had seen Robotech, and that had a few deaths, but this was uplose, squeamish, and painfull to watch. Didn't vomit, but was about to. :D After that, I got used to and enjoyed the violence in anime.

[@goergebobicles1351]

I'm not sure if I would classify it as torture porn, but the mecha genre has often included the horrors of war to varying degrees. In this case we have the Dezalg of whom use automated weapons and probes to do their fighting. they're brutally effective, but will not hesitate to go straight for the kill when it comes to pilots and bridge crew with their drilling tentacles designed to pierce and rip apart ship hauls from the inside out. We never see the Dezalg in person and never see their perspective, but their absence hints at a cold hearted complacency to let their automated machines of war do their dirty work for them. I've always viewed it as a bit of a cautionary tale to a degree.

[@poetsguide]

Well made 80-90s anime have such a great aesthetic

[@raymonreiz]

:o Always loved Japan Mecha Anime, but it wasn't easy to watch because internet and digital media wasn't advance back then. Wow thanks for showing this on KZbin

[@animationcycles7109]

Megazone 23 (part 2) was one a huge following for me. My only real gripe was how crappy some scenes were simply because one cut had very high shading and reflection detail, and the next cut of the scene was dry, single colors. But it still holds up overall in my heart. (All though Macross 84, probably retains the highest quality overall, for that Era, before akira was released.

[@jervishorton7372]

THE MEGAZONE 23 SOUND TRACK was the apex of J POP IN THE 80S ALONG WITH MACROSS AND AREA 88.

[@DavidB75311]

I was just thinking how breathtaking and time consuming the animation looked only to snort laughing at 1:27 when I saw where they cut corners for their budget! Incredible animation overall

[@FadingDuch]

I still like this kind of animation. Thought it doesn't blow my mind. I've seen guy racing that fast he got his body falling apart. I've seen other guy riding on a back of a naked female cybord (moving on 4 limbs) shooting lasers from eyes. It's hard to impress me.

[@xays8145]

the 80s pure gold retro anime ,was a wondeerfull age for anime :D

[@pay2000]

The 80-90s were the pinnacle of anime.

[@dvornyak]

absolutely gorgeous animation with gore and guts to do it!

[@NEONTRASHPRODUCTIONS]

Another home run retro clip guys!

[@twentyeightstabwounds7761]

Back when characters in anime had normal haircuts. Ah, good times.

[@TheGorillafoot]

Just watched this other day. Good watch! Nothing better than old school Anime to get your mind off of how insane the world has become.

[@blaxpoitation8528]

Facts on facts

[@josecantu5605]

Wow the hand drawn look when done on this level makes cgi look wack asf I'm blown away by the color and sharpness of it all. You can tell this is a quality production.

[@shadymaint1]

I loved Robotech and a couple other mecha cartoons when I was a kid in the 80s.

[@Vottotoiono]

Did you know that Robotech was not even a real title? It was made of _three different Japanese shows compiled together_ for USA television: *Super Dimensional Fortress Macross* (main plot source), *Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross* and *Genesis Climber Mospeada.* I don't think it was about making show longer -- Macross itself was long enought to last until 2009... But I'm not surprised considering how hard USA censored and edited even shows as harmless as Pokemon and Sailormoon🤔

[@rdwn1999]

Robotech is not a thing

[@TK-IV]

I want to thank you for setting up a channel to devoted for this. I'm subbing.

[@jimmyju76]

god i love how detailed old school looks

[@johncreed-sy3jd]

I loved watching anime in the 80's best time for anime

[@ren7a8ero]

Love the suggestion! And it leads me to some packs, I guess I found way more than I was looking atm. Thanks!

[@EyFmS]

5:54 That wink will give you nightmares.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

That looks mental.

[@arto2928]

yes! I just started watching it, I'm 2 hours in and its pretty entertaining. Gonna try to watch all cyberpunk animes according to the list on wikipedia.

[@hitachicordoba]

In addition to the obvious ones (Akira/Ghost in the Shell/Edgerunners/Bubblegum Crisis/Alita) I highly recommend Blade Runner Blackout 2022/Black Lotus, Vivy: Flourite Eyes, Akudama Drive, Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Ergo Proxy, Appleseed, Black Magic M-66, Patlabor, Robot Carnival and Cyber City Oedo.

[@nawankcrossline]

DAMN!!! QUALITY BEYOND THEIR AGE

[@TheBlueboy7777]

I love cyberpunk~❤

[@Rightfist83]

I want anime like this back!

[@SuperMrHiggins]

It's got everything, girls, guns, bikes, and giant fightin' robots.

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

It's still and always be better than crappy CGI. 👍👍👍

[@N1GHTSTRIKER-45]

What A Fine Recommendation From KZbin! Nice.

[@rarulk]

they made a game recently that was very inspired by this work, the 13 sentinels, impressive game

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

The story in this anime is out of this world! LOL :P

[@stephensteele2844]

The dust on the cells makes it feel real lol

[@stanlee2200]

somewhere in japan a huge robot is being built and tested and perfected..they are too obsessed with the thought of being able to to not be.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

This stuff is the bomb. I don't get enough japanese sci Fi anime. Can't get enough 👍👌👌👌

[@Dsturb85]

There's something about hand-drawn animation like this that just feels so much more visceral and authentic than modern animation.

[@ivanchootaking]

Who needs CGI when you have a hand drawn mastepiece anime like this

[@PaleSalad]

There is CG in this scene. Lmao

[@mobi8046]

@@PaleSalad where?

[@jadenepia5960]

@@mobi8046 in his mind

[@BeyondDaX]

Who needs CGI? The animation studios to afford these animations heh

[@PaleSalad]

@@jadenepia5960 Heaps of the backgrounds are CGI... It's not hard to notice.

[@crisj45]

That’s Kaneida being a badass.

[@jervishorton7372]

1985 or 1986 is when I 1st saw MEGAZONE 23. RAW JAPANESE ON VHS/VCR NO DUB/NO SUBTITLES

[@Sargonarhes]

The scene just before the activation of the ADAM system as the ship approaches earth.

[@saiberunato]

The anime that introduced me to anime genius Yasuomi Umetsu...

[@panicfarm9874]

You were right man, that was sick!

[@DOI_ARTS]

They really love their Light and Shades in the 80s, now animes are almost flat looking with vivid colors

[@DarknessEmperor359]

3:36 If Megazone back to SRW and meet Gundam Witch of Mercury That guy and Guel Jeturk will be mistaken each other as twin brother

[@darkfent]

Bring back 80s rock sci-fi

[@Ericvl2102]

the name SHOGO brings back fond memories of the S.H.O.G.O Armored division game.

[@marquitoanton9871]

5:36 That scene really blew my mind before 🤯🥶🥵 (NOW, not so much) 😜

[@DickDarkie]

Huzzah!! A man of culture I see!!!

[@jashardwallington]

Imma add this to the list

[@Evangelionism]

If any future animator here is reading this, please know that the world NEEDS more traditional, hand-drawn animation and will forever love it above all else! Nothing replaces or matches the soul and grit of lovely 2-D animations. ❤️

[@misteryman526]

If you're going to make a motorcycle that can turn into a mecha suit, maybe consider putting some actual armor plates on it so some chick doesn't ventilate you with a lousy machine pistol.

[@iangarrett3308]

This anime was quite brutal and bloody for 1986 by-the-way!!😁

[@Joshua_N-A]

OVA is the the way if you wanna go pass censorship especially back then. Home video is more lenient than tv airings.

[@iangarrett3308]

@@Joshua_N-A I am and 'Old School' anime otaku and I have a HUGE library of video laserdiscs and DVDs from the 1980s and 1990s on Japanese anime all direct imports!! A very expensive hobby of mine, but I am very proud of my collection!!!😄👍

[@Joshua_N-A]

@@iangarrett3308 are anime video cassettes rarer and hard to find?

[@iangarrett3308]

@@Joshua_N-A Probably, but you can do some treasure hunting and can find some through eBay. I know that they still exist out there. There are alot of Japanese sellers with alot of cool and rare stuff for sale. I purchased a NEO-GEO videogame system made back in 1997 with some Japanese arcade games titles.

[@nekrataali]

_Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend_ came out a year later in 1987 and finished in 1989. I don't think Japan gave a single shit about obscenity in the 1980s lol.

[@ernestshuma8654]

The good stuff always remains in Japan..

[@jmssun]

Mega zone 1 has incredible ost

[@testcase72]

Good snippet from the movie, but the FX-101 battle scene is over-the-top insane.

[@ali10833]

80's anime are far better than towadays

[@DubbedJey]

Most young guys don't even acknowledge these masterpieces.

[@Psx806]

For real. Every kid on that mal forum seems to think anime from this time period hasn’t aged well when it’s the complete opposite anime has only gotten worse.

[@DubbedJey]

@@Psx806 I think for the most part, most Anime of the era has forgotten the core essence of Anime.

[@Psx806]

@@DubbedJey I agree nowadays the biggest discussions are about waifus and dumb fanservice tropes. Looking at the new stuff like shield hero vs something like inuyasha is very telling same genre but somehow everything’s crappier and when you point this out some kid with a cat girl profile picture tries telling you you don’t know what your talking about and saying modern anime relies too much on selling mex and nothing of substance they get offended. Very few anime now do that only one that I can even think of that didn’t do that was violet evergarden.

[@vernj613]

@@Psx806 Agreed 100%

[@warriorclassmedia]

This is the type anime I grew up on

[@kadesoutherland3648]

my irl reaction: *jaw drops* his motorcycle just turned him into a gundam!

[@JON-mv1hu]

Had all 3 and let some one barrow them one at a time n down one Awsome series they actually progressed the artwork the characters aged. And changed

[@tylerdooks2055]

Best channel ever

[@punkeasy]

My epilepsy caught epilepsy watching this!

[@DGneoseeker1]

Bakayaro does not mean asshole. It means "complete idiot" or something along those lines.

[@Scapestoat]

Mind unblown.

[@SneakyToaster17]

Lol this is basically a VR game called Runner…. Very fun game

[@LuteFrontier]

I love the 80s

[@thorocomments]

This movie was such a trip. Not what it seems.

[@Restless_69]

Hello I’m very early! Yay!

[@tonyguzman6798]

Holy hell this looks amazing

[@Scott.Sandifer]

That's wild how the quality differs shot to shot. Wow, that looks awesome! Ooooh, ouch. Hey, that's not bad. Ugh, how awful! Hey, that's pretty cool!

[@rickmarr8784]

I was an 80's kid, so growing up with these anime was amazing. All I saw from the U.S. was dumb down cartoons like Scooby-doo and The Flintstones. Hated watching those, especially after I've been watching anime like Hoto No Ken, Bubblegum Crisis, Saint Seiya, and Dominion. Kids now a days just don't know how good these classics are, all I hear from them is "One Piece".

[@custos3249]

Man. And in only a few short years, we'd go from this level of detail to "she's a different character because her hair is a different color."

[@weaponizedconfusion]

Didn't really blow my mind but it was okay

[@hamhockbeans]

Thought this look familiar. I have this three part series. Each with different animation styles.

[@nattatron]

1:06 paquita la del barrio is a badass

[@v8matey]

They complain about capitalism. But 80s was peak capitalism and look at all the awesome content that came out in that era.

Cara...que anime fantástico!

[@gwadamit8116]

Man even after loosing all investors they still did a great job of this anime

[@comeasyouarent]

3:18 Son Goku... is that you?

[@MLFreese]

I miss gritty cyberpunk anime of the 80's and 90's. That aesthetic sort of died after the year 2000...

[@Stefan-yz5lr]

You bitch ass kids let it die with all your garbage anime fan service. Disgraceful.

[@spark-tz7ph]

This is Matrix! (Ghost in the Shell was only a small part of it)

[@user-ew6rs1tm7z]

In the 80's america still had robots like in The Jetsons

[@zippo718]

Advanced military transforming mecha getting taken out by handguns lol

[@krisridge1985]

Damn that's good

[@enderlain385]

Instead of vehicles that transformed, it was the people that transformed.

[@CavenBeard]

señores esto es cine

[@rashyre1519]

Ni q lo digas amigo, no sé q tiene pero ver esto te da una sensación distinta.

[@福田達也-h8n]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@RenartRegal]

I tried to look for this series on the app, but I wasn't able to find it. Are some series on a rotating basis? That said, finding a LOT of other stuff to binge watch and enjoy regardless.