WAKFU: The best anime from France (@RebelTaxi)

[@RebelTaxi]

Been on a long break. Feel shame for being away too long. Got a graphic design job commission thing going on. If this vid does well (hence the click bait thumbnail) I'll be able to compensate for the lack of views in the upcoming Anarchy Reigns Vid I wanna do. Been wanting to do that review since 2014. Tho maybe I will change it to a more tame thumbnail. I dunno. I need views for Anarchy Reigns.

[@IamSenpaiNUTELLAISREAL]

good luck pan!!! :D

[@ryancarless7921]

It's cool Pan. I'd love an Anarchy Reigns video. Saw the stream as well as the podcast and Toon Clash. I'll see whatever you got

[@bobnick355]

It's ok to take a break pan

[@BugsyFoga]

I started watching a few episodes of the wakfu dub in preparation for this review , and i must say it's certainly INTERESTING.

[@BugsyFoga]

French hentai is the best hentai 😄👌

[@colibri224]

French cartoons are way less restricted when it comes to nudity or sexual allusion then in the US (Kirikou, Last Man, The Black Mor Island etc). I think it's a cultural thing, in fact we are more reserved when it come to money and religion then nudity.

[@shanthegamer21]

That was Zone Archive. We know that scene he used was by mistake. And hey, what kind of little kid wants to see another kid naked? NOBODY LIVING ON THE SURFACE OF THIS ENTIRE GLOBE AT ANY SECOND OF TIME!

[@samburger6739]

I feel like France just doesn't give a shit about sexualisation as you could see tities in a orange juice comercial in the 90s

[@Anna-fp9lu]

@@samburger6739 Well tities are just a body part, it doesn't have to be sexualized in every situation. Money, religion, guns are indeed more shocking subjects here

[@EndaTheStar]

ToonyWorld! are the worst french animated movie ever made

[@colibri224]

@@EndaTheStar Never heard of that movie...

[@specsdabeast2948]

When you recognize Wakfu but not from watching the show.

[@crystalore]

I know right. Playing the game 😎

[@noodlekadoole4726]

Ahh yes

[@hibandit-h9z]

I know that video

[@leafeatingcow1109]

Yes... The game.... Not from anywhere else

[@EpicGamer-fl7fn]

@@crystalore oh god he doesnt know

[@FlameOfUdun96]

That vine bondage scene gave me serious Newgrounds Teen Titans parody vibes...

[@solomonthekaijudemon344]

Zone did do a Wakfu parody...

[@HeilRay]

Solomon the kaiju demon So the legends were true

[@IPODsify]

@@solomonthekaijudemon344 that thumbnail IS from the zone parody

[@FlameOfUdun96]

Solomon the kaiju demon time to do some research

[@the123joker]

I actually though that was a Zone animation for a second

[@uramiurami7026]

I'm French, and it's amazing to listen to a Wakfu review on an english channel. This anime is a great childhood memory, it was beautiful and the French dubbing team was giving it all !

[@lesnake59]

Je ne comprends pas que tu sois surpris de leur French Bashing, c'est des anglomerdes.

[@shanthegamer21]

If I had my company right now, Wakfu will get a PROPER dub with PROPER actors that could PROPERLY fit their voices PROPERLY! Because I PROPERLY care about people’s needs.

[@anthonyrubel4057]

its a cartoon not an anime :P

[@errorsansglitch208]

Anthony Rubel it’s an anime, it comes from an mmorpg, has a detailled storyline, and a manga.

[@zecle]

@@anthonyrubel4057 anime is the diminutive word used by japan to describe a cartoon. it's like saying it's a comic, not a manga. we all understand each other but the information is ultimately the same. also it's not an anime nor a cartoon it's a série d'animation if we need to be jerks about it.

[@Віктор-с5щ3м]

*cant find footage of the show without logo *incorporates footage of the hentai Cue “Modern problems require modern solutions” meme

[@Astrhal]

i instantly saw that something was off when the image came in am I that perverted ?

[@adonaibarrocks4391]

the fucking zone tan animation

[@jase276]

Cue...

[@Віктор-с5щ3м]

jase276 задоволені моєю англійською, зараз?

[@ChaosKnightMatthew]

Yeah the first exposure to this series was a hentai scene between two of the girls. Never knew it was an actual anime series o.o' but I'd watch it if I could find it.

[@famous305matrix]

I’m the one that requested this review through his Patreon review raffle. Wakfu has always been such an underrated show that no one talks about and I thought what better KZbinr to cover it than the pizza man himself. Thank you Pan for finally delivering. Also I always feared that pretty much 75% of the comments were gonna be mentioning Zone and hentai.

[@WorldsBestSpy]

Zone and hentai

[@iliterallycanteven5347]

You the real hero

[@Yama-qg3il]

you feared right my dude, you did

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

Sub Zero from Street Fighter you are one of them lol

[@sonikku956]

Thank you, oddly yellow Sub-Zero. Wakfu is an amazing show that should be known by as many people as possible. Just not the English version (besides season 3)... Also the amount of high quality rule 34 is amazing

[@ajohn4957]

"I'd rather have Netflix dub this than Evangelion." If only he knew he was so right.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

I season 3 hugo has the same voice as kurapika, Kyoko, venti, Shinobu, kaede, yumeko, siune,

[@narudayo5053]

This is why France and Japan are culturally friends. 👌

[@Tsukinotaku]

More like Japan is delusional about our trash country lol. Ever heard of the Paris Syndrom?

[@MaelZack]

@@Tsukinotaku it's more than that.. there far more things in collaboration works ... Superiority

[@nathanjora7627]

Tsuki no Otaku because you think French aren’t delusional about Japan ? ^^

[@jinhunterslay1638]

They are!? Since when!?

[@nathanjora7627]

@@jinhunterslay1638 Since french are enamoured with samourai, ninja, anime, manga, and various other japanese cultural manifestations, since japanese are enamoured with their glamour vision of french, france, and french culture (architecture, food, knights, etc), and since japanese and france are two allied since... Well, quite a long time in fact. If you don't take into account WWII, cultural and commercial exchanges between french and japanese are very old, and there was french and japanese cooperation to modernize their army in the 19th century. There were also events like french officers "defecting" from the french army to join different japanese factions during the second empire (Napleon the Third). "defecting" because the Emperor was... Let's say "very lenient" towards these officers. Basically, "The Last samourai", but it was a french and not an american.

[@Nyanroro]

As a french viewer, seeing wakfu not being adapted properly for the west does not surprise me, from little english footage i've seen in this vid i can guarantee you that the characters in the original sound nothing alike and the original voice actors are top quality. However ankama is known to focus solely on the French market, since it is where their main income comes from. this series is a very good one but i would definitely recommend to watch the subbed version of it at least, bad voice acting can really ruin moments by not portraying the grief, anger and sadness expressed by the characters in the original. if you liked wakfu, i would also recommend watching the Dofus movie, it features brilliant animation, storytelling and character designs with a much higher budget than wakfu ever got. It is also part of a multimedia series accross games, books, mangas, movies and pretty much any media available currently, with Dofus being a prequel series that has the same reputation and respect that runescape has, but in europe.

[@redhawk1014]

J'aime la VF

[@quentintournier5807]

@@redhawk1014 la même

[@MsHyeven]

Heureusement que vous aimez la VF, c'est la version officielle. o.o

[@memorizedvisions]

I watched this show since it first came out, when i tried to rewatch the whole thing in english I switched it back to french so fast.....

[@ohmaplaymaker]

A partir du moment ou y a Dorothee Pousseo dans le staff de doublage, c est bon c est une bonne serie xD

[@JustinY.]

I'm pretty sure everyone knows this from the hentai.

[@mano7636]

First Reply!!

[@dylansullivan380]

I’m happy we’re all on the same page, Justin.

[@lnas1892]

15:57 right?

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Ah a fellow anime fan and celebrity how are you?

[@michaelcunningham4739]

NIGGA YOU'RE EVERYWHERE I SAW YOU ON GOREFIELD'S COMMENT SECTION JUST A SECOND AGO

[@EidolonSpecus]

France is actually where the term "animé" (meaning, "animated") started being used to refer to animated shows, so it's good that french animé is getting some attention in the anglo world. From the 1980s to the late 2000s, francophone television worldwide was filled with collab projects between French and Japanese animation studios, like _Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or_ (Taiyō no ko Esuteban), _Les Trois Mousquetaires_ (Wan-wan Sanjushi), _Ulysse 31_ (Uchū Densetsu Yurishīzu Sātīwan), _Valérian et Lauréline_ (Varerian ando Rōrurinnu) (which inspired the much worse Hollywood film _Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets)_

[@MrLookpro]

the original voices are 100x times better, and i'm not saying that just because i'm french, the english voices just sounds... bad and fake. I think the most shocking difference is the voice of Nox, in the dub he doesn't sounds like a psychopath at all.

[@anarshit5451]

Nop nox is not the most shoking one.........i mean have you seen ruel's english voice 😑

[@MrLookpro]

@@anarshit5451 yeah it's pretty bad too, he doesn't sounds old....

[@Tzith666]

@@MrLookpro or you can watch it with polish dub. Great idea, isn't it?

[@vickyshinoa1270]

I noticed that

[@MajorNyberg]

Nox voice is one of the gems in the English dub, it fits his character perfectly.

[@PlagueOfGripes]

Wow, that English fan funded dub was.... not good.

[@mealybugs7994]

It is literally the same thing except in another language I get if you dont like dubbed songs but shows are the same thing happend

[@pote2frouifruite81]

@@mealybugs7994 honestly, I'm french and I watched the whole show in french, now I hear scenes in english on youtube and most of the time it just sounds mega off...

[@mealybugs7994]

@@pote2frouifruite81 oh ... Tbh. I always listen to dubbed because I don't like when I can't understand what the characters Are saying

[@pote2frouifruite81]

@@mealybugs7994 understandable, I can watch american shows in english but it's also nice to watch it in your own language if it's good enough

[@pote2frouifruite81]

@DiabeticDaiper that's a great way to learn a language

[@henriqueabreu9706]

Wait. Wait. That picture in the thumbnail... _Oh God._

[@Renkencen]

To make things worst, 15:56 !

[@henriqueabreu9706]

@Ahmad and skullton No, it's not. It's from a Zone Hentai parody called... Wakfuck. And is a lesbian hentai animation. Yup.

[@drstraw1368]

@Ahmad and skullton zonetan? Live under a rock or something? Pretty respectable artist in my opinion.

[@AceWerewolf]

@@drstraw1368 fuck that guy, zone tan is god

[@giornogiostar3214]

The Chad Zone vs the Virgin Shad. *Ironic*

[@Slipy61]

15:56 That's not from the show, that's a Zone adult parody if anyone was wondering. They even have a top comment on this video

[@Rhino-Prime]

It's in all the comment

[@mansematheo4501]

NO THAT YOU SAI IT WHY DO I RECOGNISE THIS VIDEO WHY DO I KNOW THE VIDEO

[@imtootiredforthis7694]

wait, Wakfu is french!?! FINALLY AN ANIME I DONT NEED SUBTITLES FOR!!!

[@marin0the0magus]

you can also watch miraculous ladybug fwiw (?

[@thibautisserant]

@Salivar Ravilas Hardy har har, go watch Wakfu, you'll get to see people never surrendering

[@optionmarshall]

@Salivar Ravilas you are so original

[@peachiryuu9515]

Wtf i watched wakfu when i was 8 years old on tv,yeaH THAT'S FRENCH DUMBASS

[@jeanmahmoudventilateur3480]

T'es sérieux toi

[@ianmoone2488]

The French dub is pretty much better so I highly recommend it. The language has a more fluid flow to it with the animation.

[@horaciosi]

Nox's voice is the only good one in the dub.

[@anthonykelp6541]

@@horaciosi I second that. That man needs more exposure

[@dingousoop64]

Im honestly suprised how long it took for a cartoon youtuber to make a video about Wakfu. Also Ruel is easily the best character in the show.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

After Nitro Rad made that video about French cartoons, I wonder why nobody was talking about a majority of those he covered.

[@madengineerkyouma]

Ruel and Nox are the best. Grougaloragran and Tristepin are great too.

[@cj6498]

Rip Patrick Béthune

[@stevemclovin1566]

Kabrok is mine, I really like that cranky old bird.

[@PsychoMagnet]

Percedal*

[@queencancerous5332]

Nox is such a complex villain for a kids show, I’m impressed.

[@damainortiz]

Nox is one of the greatest villains.

[@Takato]

Zone really does a good job on promoting some animations out there, doesn't it?

[@GBlastMan]

yeah even if said autor send Zone a DMCA for doing those lewds, kinda ironic *ISNT IT* ?

[@OdaSwifteye]

Sure helped the Modifyers didn't it?

[@wyattbooth9918]

Zone = discount Shadman

[@thesin8900]

@@GBlastMan whats DMCA?

[@supracraft]

Maybe in your country yep ^^'

[@RolandTheJabberwocky]

You're not sly Pan, I saw the shots you took from *ahem * "fan" animations.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Oh it's good. You could say it's in the "zone".

[@spark154]

I didn't Watched Zone Tan parody of Wakfu, yet even I was able notice them. Master of subtlety Good 'ol Pan!

[@kyonkochan]

English cartoons: we have to be wholesome so we can market toys to as wide a demographic as possible French cartoons: we have to be as perverted as possible so we can market to as wide a demographic as possible

[@maximo8066]

French Cartoons Wins! Flawless Victory!

[@ShadowWolfRising]

French Cartoons: Also we gotta blend Western Animation and anime as perfectly as possible and actually make it look amazing.

[@maximo8066]

@@ShadowWolfRising French Cartoons Wins! ************************* Flawless Victory! FATALITY

[@jacobcordova3825]

France gets it

[@ShadowWolfRising]

@Brandon Roberts Honestly, I wish Japan and France (And Maybe South Korea) would just do a shitload of Collaborative shows together. Together they could create some of the best shows ever that none of them could do alone.

[@m-9648]

I love noxs french version. He sounds crazy (which he is)unsatisfied sad and conveys emotions so well

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

The dubbed voice is also good. And the Netflix version. But I did want Marc daison to play him, but kaiji tang was great.

[@titansjojo1445]

Wakfu has been a fun ride. No one can animate in Flash as amazingly as Ankama. Everyone needs to see the Dofus movie. It's gorgeous.

[@titansjojo1445]

Go watch Dofus Livre 1:Julith

[@CutieMoli]

LMAOOOO This is shitty Flash animation OMG. Gumball is a lot better and it's animated in Flash. Heck, my first animation was in Flash and looks better. I'm not sure this is animated in Flash, and if it is, they cut a lot of corner to get this kind of sloppy animation.

[@zillauniverse7208]

@@CutieMoli a Troll

[@badreddinekasmi8919]

@@CutieMoli I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure your comparing a show that is 10 years old to something that was do much more recently. Gumball started airing 5 years ago at best ?

[@CutieMoli]

@@badreddinekasmi8919 Gumball is from 2011, Wakfu is from 2008. The fun thing is that with 2D animation, the age of the show has no meaning. Snow White is from 1937 and has a better animation than Wakfu. It's traditional so it's not the same technique but the principle of animations are still the same. But if you wanna look at shows from the same era, you have Johnny Test (2005) or Shuriken School (2006).

[@lib3686]

Wow they made a hentai into a real anime!

[@Yama-qg3il]

^most people in this comment section, it's kind of absurd how Zone was better at promoting the cartoon than Ankama itself

[@oisinowens7786]

You joke but that's how Zone got hired to animate for Skullgirls.

[@furydeath]

It's a joke but that's just what utawarerumono was a hentai game that got turn into an anime

[@WraxTV]

The Fate series is probably the biggest and most successful example of a hentai series going "legit".

[@furydeath]

@@Yama-qg3il Don't forget that one cartoon the mod something somethin?

[@MissAshley42]

I'm amazed by the enormity of this franchise. I didn't even know it existed until a few years ago after seeing the Arena Kromaster game at a PAX. I've thought about watching this for a bit, and I'm liking what I'm seeing here.

[@CulturedDegenerate]

Give it a shot. As long as you stay away from the season 1 & 2 dub it's a great series

[@meikastudios]

You mean frenchise

[@sethleoric2598]

I only learned of this from when i watched it on Toonami as a kid

[@AkatsuKiky]

Yugo is best boi. Love him and Adamai forever.

[@whitemoonwolf13]

just finished season 3. adamai has a LOT to make up for if he's gonna be best boi again

[@buster2195]

whitemoonwolf13 lol where that season 4 at

[@ThePreciseClimber]

> Yugo is best boi. Funny you can say this about both Wakfu and The Promised Neverland.

[@spiderace7994]

Season 4 news www.wakfu.com/en/mmorpg/news/announcements/1170010-road-wakfu-season-4-percedal

[@bestboi3163]

No, I’m best boi

[@AfroNinja360]

Don't know if it does anymore but Wakfu did get broadcast on CN in New Zealand, only seen a handful of episodes but it's a dang good series

[@compoflask6262]

AfroNinja360 same for Australia!

[@DidgeAvi]

I also live in NZ, and I'll say this. We in NZ use the same feed as Australia in a lot of our channel feeds, due to both countries having sky network. I watched Season 1 through cartoon network here, so yeah

[@matthewthiellier7231]

Thats how i saw the entire 1st season and a few of the second one

[@Ryeven]

Ayyy same!!! I thought this cartoon was a fever dream but then I also realised none of my American friends saw this XD

[@sadvec6328]

I actually remember a lot of people on LA making campaing for dubbing Wakfu in spanish

[@alexlemonds2838]

Please review TMNT 2003. Show's gotten overlooked alot in recent years because of Nick Turtles & Rise.

[@sirgentlebread7302]

Agreed

[@alexlemonds2838]

@@sirgentlebread7302 Loved Nick Turtles & Rise is enjoyable in small bursts but I think I prefer TMNT 2003 (seasons 1-5).

[@monkeymind8924]

He isnt going to review something for you just caused you asked him to in the comments

[@skunthundler]

Tmnt 2003 is hated for a reason

[@Ninjaman50]

I grew up with TMNT 2003 so that's some hard nostalgia there. I understand that it's definitely a lot edgier than the 80's series and arguably every other series after it and we all know that edginess nowadays mostly results in cringe but I still think it was a pretty decent reboot. Also had 2 kickass video games.

[@devonwilliams5738]

I knew you'd use zone footage eventually.

[@captainobscurity491]

Devon Williams a time honored tradition around here.

[@gamma2589]

What?? When did he use it??

[@KevinTheKevinable]

@@gamma2589 Probably the tentacle scene.

[@devonwilliams5738]

@@gamma2589 At around the 15 minute mark I think.

[@captainobscurity491]

@@gamma2589 Starts at 15:55 to be precise.

[@MikeDaddy]

We all recognize THOSE two girls from the same place 15:56 Yes that’s the one

[@axeldude7051]

Mike-Daddy ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jinhunterslay1638]

What even *IS* going on there??? Is that actually a fan animation, or it's actually in the show and French people are just that perverted?

[@MikeDaddy]

Jinhunter Slay plant, that’s all I can say

[@991yugioh]

@@jinhunterslay1638 Look up Zone Tan

[@jinhunterslay1638]

@@991yugiohOkay! Look forward to it!

[@randomperson20]

These. designs. are. so. *T H I C C*

[@TsukiCondor]

You think these designs are thicc?,But google "Kind of Magic" a different French cartoon kzbin.info/www/bejne/hna0c61vgd2Ilbs Look at the main female

[@s7robin105]

Could be thiccer

[@claudiolluberes111]

I love it, they even acknowledge how thicc they are, french don't give a fucc.

[@HeilRay]

S7Robin Google Pandawa Queen

[@XALKEMPORAS]

Wakfu is full of waifu material

[@acidpunk955]

'I only consume media if it has a zone adaptation'

[@kosmikme]

French hentai, my favourite

[@T-Jex]

Le wankeur

[@y0urs03pic]

" Bonjour, Senpai "

[@tchitchouan]

Le big mac

[@KingkyLeor]

i am french and i don't feel safe rn

[@skeleytonz5319]

watching this show as a tiny boy child sure was wild. Too bad I never saw the ending.

[@cracktoon_powerscaling]

It has a manga so nobody seen it I guess

[@capnsteele3365]

Get netflix

[@naomi7918]

It’s on Netflix now even the three ovas

[@d4s0n282]

@@cracktoon_powerscaling wait what? it has a manga? since when

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

@@d4s0n282 2012 lol

[@MrLookpro]

15:56 oh c'mon, that's Z tv don't put that here people gonna think it's from the original show xD

[@asadd2]

rebel is one sneaky bandit

[@HarrysDogmalaysia]

slide me a link

[@asadd2]

@@HarrysDogmalaysia just look for ztv news on youtube and then follow the stench of destroyed childhood

[@0whatman]

hahahaha

[@electriczap9615]

was gonna comment about that, atleast I wasn't the the only one

[@obaytheface]

hopefully this gives wakfu the exposure it needs to get that redub and a 4th season ;-; thanks pan. heres to hoping!

[@TheMegaman0]

It has a season 3 on Netflix with new voice actors for each character. Maybe the creators can take the original 2 and redub them withe new voices

[@jonsnor4313]

Ruels voice actor is dead. Not a chance they will make season 4. Its like Shimoneta another gem cancelled because one departed main cast member. But the redub is a good idea.

[@zadovrus1624]

Dude, they said they won't make season 4 (

[@eleli23art32]

Hello, im just here because of your profile picture

[@theoverlordofcats5511]

They can't because of some shitty deal with France4 i think...

[@KingShinyRotom]

Until 15:56 for the Zone parody footage? You restrained yourself pretty well, PanPizza

[@FoolsGil]

And the thumbnail.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Did anyone really not see that coming?! And when it showed up we were all glad it did.

[@PantsMasterPlays]

Wait, you mean that intro WASN'T the parody?

[@dustwarewolf5532]

This video would have been removed by now if he hadn't.

[@themysteriousface7633]

Oooh boy

[@martinszymanski2607]

this shit was my childhood, thanks for telling me what it's called

[@nomercyformayhem4774]

15:56 Did Pan seriously put a ZTV scene in his videos AGAIN?!?!?

[@Renkencen]

Inb4 Zone Toons (Zone Sama/ Archive) make her apperance!

[@cob3060]

Why is your comment 3 days old when this vid just got uploaded

[@nomercyformayhem4774]

@@cob3060 I am a patreon for Pan so i get to see the video a few days earlier

[@renovevo]

It his trademark. He did it like 3 times before.

[@Renkencen]

Reno Neno Yeah but didn't the last one he did that got him into some serious trouble to the point he said he wasn't going to do it again? Granted he does need the views and the usual clickbait, I don't blame him but I hoped, he won't get demonitize or something?

[@Taz_E_Waz_E]

Look, we all saw that scene, we know where it came from, we all knew pan was going to put it in, do the comment section a favor and not mention it.

[@TehBloodyYank556]

What the hell did you JUST do?

[@muffetmissulena6540]

fuaad Mohamoud. Just look up “Zone Tan Wakfu” on Google and know this wasn’t Pan’s or our fault.

[@adamkhan3191]

I’m a simple man. I see RebelTaxi I clicc

[@claudiolluberes111]

To see the thicc

[@doriandotaus]

the title looks like they tried to spell waifu but slipped on the keyboard-- great video btw!

[@timbomb374]

Seems like the french have really good animators. I like that the characters have fairly simple designs, it makes them more memorable, iv'e seen them like a couple of times before in adds for the games and stuff but their designs still stuck with me. Unlike allot of modern anime and such that just throw as much crap on the character as possible.

[@bakaarion2219]

The fact is that there is a lot of great animators that study in France, then go to work to the US because French people consider animation like something for kids, and French TV or theater never search for this kind of stuff. Even documentaries about lemon production on Zimbabwe has better chance to be funded than a French animation. It still exists just as an exception.

[@masamoon1887]

@@bakaarion2219 Yeah. Sadly, while US or japan were making their pop culture (including anime and comics) flourish during the 2nd half of the 20th century, France kind of went through a wave of cultural elitism where those things were considered as "for kids" and dismissed by the general public. I still have such hard time to imagine that during the 60s (or around that period), France was such a big deal in term of SF literature/movies. Now we barely produce those...

[@Biouke]

@@masamoon1887 Yeah I remember an itw of the scenarists explaining how they were limited by French TV producers (their deal with Fr3) and couldn't really explore more serious and mature themes they had in mind for S3 (and part of S2). Du coup c'est bien la merde :/

[@guillaumepouget9008]

Fun fact: france is the third biggest cartoon maker in the world and the second biggest manga reader in the world

[@YTHandlesBlow]

These character need some belts...MORE BELTS, EVEN IN UNEEDED PLACES! BELTS! I know this mostly only applies for video games characters but I will always find it funny

[@Cartier-jc4ze]

As a French fan listening to the English dubbed was awful

[@pamplemoo]

Nox's english voice is just... Sh*t

[@skyoukat]

yeah

[@Cartier-jc4ze]

Hard-To-Watch gang

[@jackchase5727]

As a viewer for the original sub, the English dub was awful.

[@LittleSparklingStars]

there has been done like no editing at all

[@indritgjonku4851]

Season 4 of Wakfu is going to happen, man. One of the creators of the series, Anthony "Tot" Roux said in an interview that "in his head, the season was to have 26 episodes but only got half of them out due to budget issues and problems with France 3". One day at a comic con, a fan of the series suggested that he should launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund the animation and voicing of the remaining episodes to complete the series. The campaign amassed over 1.5 million euros, with people from all across the continent donating.

[@yueyaiba3083]

Tbh, as a french dude i can tell you they failed the english dub so hard, even if you're not used to french, watch it subbed, im not an elitist "watch only sub" type of guy but for wakfu, yeah dont watch it dubbed...

[@pote2frouifruite81]

completely agree

[@matijasostojic4288]

I live in croatia and i remember the version i watched on TV sounding much better than the english one. Maybe that's just nostalgia though.

[@john_o]

This was flash animation in 2008? Remember when we all said My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was the pinnacle of flash in 2011?

[@ElArto95]

We were stupid, didn't know any better

[@quarreneverett4767]

Dont count me among them please

[@sharlockshacolmes9381]

Nobody ever said that... hear me? *NOBODY*

[@misskobeyoshi2500]

Remember when people said flash was stupid? Because most didn't know how to use it correctly.

[@ptlemon1101]

It was pretty popular in Portugal. We have similar tastes to France. The dub was also pretty good, with the most famous portuguese dubbers envolved. I enjoyed the show.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

I love the original dub too It was underrated

[@SlamTF2]

It's hilarious how Zone's parodies are often much more well known on the internet than what they're parodies of. That being said, this show kind of deserves it seeing as how much official NSFW art/storyboards there are from it, specifically I remember a webm of like the two main girls taking a bath where there's censorship from various objects / camera angles but in the storyboard they're just straight up drawn naked with no censoring.

[@solimm4sks510]

Man I remeber watching Wakfu when I was a kid (I live in Serbia), this shit is FIRE. The story is so good and the characters are so loveable it outranks some great anime imo (whether you consider it itself to be one).

[@Emily-mb2it]

Was there a serbian dub of the show there

[@solimm4sks510]

@@Emily-mb2it Hmm, I don't quite remember, thought I think that there was.

[@raiyoku]

For the audio, just watch it in french it's so great :D

[@randomperson20]

I have found a new appreciation for France... Thanks for the hentai

[@NihilistAlien]

We liked manga and urotsukidouji and crazy hentai stuff since 1989, before it was cool! Heck, jodorowsky and moebius invented hentai before it was even created.

[@Trainlover1995]

Ash Kitt The first two seasons and OVAs, at least. Season 3 replaced the whole cast with anime VAs like Keith Silverstein and Kira Buckland.

[@unitkilla5967]

Don't you idiots censor everything now because of political correctness?

[@RegalPixelKing]

@@unitkilla5967 It's only censored in Japan, and it not because of PC bullshit, it's because of retarded Japanese laws prohibiting genitals to be shown in any form in media.

[@legendskitty2121]

Wow, do some research before calling an entire country idiots. Boo hoo, my porn is gone!

[@peterv367]

It's hard to find words that can accurately express how happy I am Wakfu finally got the review/exposure it deserves. Thank you so much, dude!

[@pepkin88]

Important, order of watching on Netflix: Wakfu season 1 and 2 Wakfu: The quest for the six Eliatrope Dofus Wakfu season 3 Netflix just played me season 3 after 2nd and that was a mistake. In the season 3 they kept referencing "The quest for...", a.k.a. season 2.5, and I didn't even know that it existed.

[@brittanyfuller3607]

I MADE THE SAME MISTAKE

[@brittanyfuller3607]

Me watch the six elitrope dofus:PLANTS AND ICE DONT GO TOGETHER

[@d4s0n282]

WAIT, there is a 2.5? why dont I remember this?

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

@@d4s0n282 The 3 wakfu's OAVs with Ogrest

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

I was literally thinking "Its Tuesday, that means Rebel tax-" and then boom! notification.

[@HandmadeGoose97]

This show sounds great, once again Pan you gave an idea of a show to watch, too bad Legend Quest ain't going to be happening anytime soon

[@moyluna1589]

My favorite part about your Channel is the Toonami esq segments you give each show

[@RedPandaBearGaming]

This show is amazing! I just watched season 3 for the second time and it still makes me wanna go back to watch the other seasons again and the OVAs

[@ZackWolfboy]

I'm so glad this show is getting more exposure thanks to Netflix. I love this show

[@bigboyjimbo4523]

I loved Wakfu when I was still in primary school,the Polish dub aired on Teletoon (we had that in Poland,it sucked,but hey,it had Wakfu and Dofus on it) ,I'm really happy that you made a vid on it,now I'm all nostalgic and giddy~!

[@olotocolo]

Not to mention polish dubb was pretty ok generally speaking. I think I prefer french one, but Rubilax and Ruel were better in polish

[@SleeplessProphet]

FINALLY SOMEONE COVERS WAKFU!!!!

[@MrIkariam2]

French here ! Some info about season 4 : In a recent interview on a French youtube channel, TOT, the lead writer and creator of Ankama gave more details about the possible season 4. Basicly, the season 3 we got was only thefirst half of it. As Netflix, wich co-produce this third seaon only accept 13 episode show of this type. So TOT thought "well, this season will work and I'll get the greenlight for the fourth !" BUT ! During the production of the third season, the TV channel of broadcast change, going from "France 3" to "France 4", wich has way less budget for producing shows. And also, Netflix said that thewatch number of season 3 wasn't good enought to produce a fourth season. That's lead to another issue, as Ankama isset to release a new MMORPG, Weaven, wich is supposed to happen after the event of Wakfu season 4. So TOT is thinking about releasing the story freely as a webcomics, until he got the funding to make the fourth season. The interview, fully subtitled : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIPcY61-hZykhNU

[@alejandroronderos1053]

Man I really hope season 4 comes out, I really enjoyed the show.

[@Allanbuzzy]

It doesn't help the fact that France Televisions have just announced they're planning on closing France 4 in the summer (although, I believe they may delay it due to Coronavirus) and all they've got now is two online brands, "Okoo" and "France-TV Slash" Does this remind you of certain broadcasters believing that a younger audience would do better online and then open the hatchdoors, kicking them from a linear presence and the only broadcasters who have done this are DR and the BBC? *cough*, sorry about that tangent there.

[@MrIkariam2]

@@mikkaMMD Okay ! UPDATE ON SEASON 4. Ankam, the company behind Wakfu, has announced a kickstarter to be launch in June for the fourth (and final) season of the show. More info on their social media page.

[@plumebrisee6206]

@@MrIkariam2 Modifie le commentaire original en mettant le lien du Kickstarter .

[@MrIkariam2]

@@plumebrisee6206 je fais ça demain ouais

[@topramenray]

I remember watching a hentai animation of this lol

[@claudiolluberes111]

wak *F U C C*

[@JealotGaming]

@Ahmad and skullton You really don't like that one, huh? Some kinda homophobe up in here?

[@y0urs03pic]

**FBI OPEN UP**

[@這種情況]

rmc234 yeah it was on pornhub

[@goblinmode1959]

THANK YOU. WAKFU NEEDS MORE ATTENTION. (P.S. Dofus aren't just dragon eggs.)

[@nicjet08]

15:56 I wish I could say god dammit pan, but I know that if it can be done, it must.

[@frostyfaustidian]

As someone who watched all 3 seasons and OVA, I gotta say, Dally's dubbed voice is not manly enough

[@krisisgod666]

YES! Finally this show gets some of the recognition it deserves! I’ve been a fan since it’s first season popped up on Netflix a few years back. Thank you for the review of this great show! 😁

[@dw9524]

Same. I love wakfu too. I saw it on Netflix early last year👌🏽😂

[@XALKEMPORAS]

best french series by far huge fan really hope they make season 4

[@ThePolishGent]

The whole feel of WAKFU kinda reminds of what the context of the Harpy Gee webtoon is in regards to bright fantastical worlds that are bounded by powers of mythology and cute anthropomorphic creatures that often get treated as the sidekicks of comedy relief.

[@epochthekid]

I watched the porn. Zone-Sama if you read this I love you

[@MrSai-mn8wz]

I to watched this after i was finished releasing my children i go to youtube and then they was like HERE WE HEARD YOU LIKED THE HENTAI SO WHY NOT KNOW MORE ABOUT IT ENJOY and after that i was like "ok so i just beat my meat to a french anime huh"

[@_nevine_556]

1:30 "Yago" Exuse me *WHAT*

[@asdfg3046]

Yay go

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Where's Jafar?

[@shadowgirl1615]

@@ThePreciseClimber That I-ago XD

[@josu309]

It's yugo not yago

[@KayderimGameplays]

My ears hurt so much when i heard that.

[@tygonmaster]

7:45 This short kickstarter skit has a better dub than the entire show....yeah.

[@rubyrue69]

wait, they seriously didn't have wakfu in america? yall are missing out

[@ShadowWolfRising]

We didn't get it until the Kickstarter and later Netflix. And after watching it on Netflix (Months or possibly over a year ago.), Yes we did.

[@MrSafior]

@A Gamer Aaron Said no one ever.

[@Dgero]

My first experience was with the Zone parody

[@Teyoto]

Originally it was only in France xD Then the success made it to go internationally

[@TheMegaman0]

I forget where I first saw it. I haven't seen the Zone animation

[@Floreum]

Ankama actually has a Studio Ghibli veteran working for them, who worked on both Dofus and Wakfu :) Look up Masako SAKANO and you can see her pencil tests for the series!

[@tomclanys]

I've watched the whole show in polish dubbing at it's really well done. Every character has it's own personality in their voice actors, you can feel it. I must say, the animation quality is great, and the world is interesting. Many plottwists, even if the story is sometimes lacking, the overall world is huge, and you have to sometimes wander into wikias and shorts to know how some story elements became what they are. 9/10 would watch third time

[@d4s0n282]

god I gotta go rewatch it lol, I have watched it prob like 5-6 times now but I remember enjoying it so much

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

Same I like the English dub too

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

This show deserves so much more recognition than it currently gets. It is a very entertaining, well animated action adventure show. I also recommend looking up other spin-off media based off of the Wakfu universe, like Dofus: Treasures of Kerubim, and Dofus Movie 1: Judith. The latter has some of the best 2D animation of this decade and it came out only a couple of years ago. Please, check them out, you will not regret it! :)

[@ferdinandfoch7816]

10:40 ZA WARUDO, TOKI WO TOMARE!

[@ratchetexperience8379]

MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!

[@TheVnator]

He already used that joke in that video of live action nickelodeon movies, so I guess that's why he didn't use it here. I was honestly expecting it, though.

[@MathMasterism]

iS tHaT a MoThEr FuCkInG JoJo'S ReFeReNcE?

[@KnightSlasher]

Did you just attack my waifu you are the highest level of weeb

[@isaiah5200]

hello bruddas

[@whodatninja439]

that's an odd way of spelling oh yeah yeah

[@tomtheconqerur]

Wait SpongeBob I thought you worked at the krusty krab, why are you working at UNATCO?

[@whodatninja439]

@@SwearfoGod. deus ex

[@darkholeaverynegativeperso5925]

The main reason why it’s the best anime: It doesn’t have any insanely weird moments in it

[@chillking2936]

Cap detected

[@vincent9413]

I got to watch this show a couple years ago on French Cartoon Network while on vacation with my family. I always looked forward to watching it and it's a shame because most CN shows in America didn't do that for me.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

I was cringing everytime you showed a clip of this show. I knew the english dub was bad but I never knew it was THAT bad.

[@jopdancing7320]

season 3 dub is good tho.

[@jopdancing7320]

@Catmandu101 yea hopefully NETFLIX do the rest just need to supporter it so they get the message.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

jop dancing Is there a way to contact netflix? Maybe if enough of us do it, they’ll listen.

[@jopdancing7320]

@@c0mpu73rguy honestly i don't know but supporting is the thing that maters the most plus word of mouth helps too.

[@Sacron1143]

Good thing you did'nt watch the brazilian one. God, my ears bleed just from remembering the op in portuguese

[@Germania9]

There are *SOOOOO* many French anime way before Totally Spies. We haven't even touched upon Clementine, Cupido & Reporter Blues (TONI IS A GIIIIIRRRRRLLL....!!!!)

[@maximillianlylat1589]

And the french-japanese collabs like ulysses 31 and mysterious cities of gold

[@Germania9]

@@maximillianlylat1589 The ones I've mentioned were also French-Japanese collabs.

[@xirensixseo]

the part about stadium conversations is really accurate

[@birdboi85]

15:56 I was waiting for that Pan, through the entire video I was waiting for that.. You do your father proud boy

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*I thought Ratatouillie and Oggy and The Cockroaches are the best French anime of all time. Change my mind.*

[@celeste3761]

Ahhh man of culture

[@DEFxRECON]

Friendship ratatouille is the cowboy bebop of baguette land

[@RaptureFart]

life was good on hot dog stand

[@clippygoat]

Holy fucking shit Someone know oggy and the cockroaches -and the fact that there’s a lack of Rule 34 of olivia existing-

[@BugsyFoga]

Oh Please , this doesn't even hold a candle to the fetish tastic Totally Spies .

[@Swordflash4]

This was animated with Flash?!!???!?!? That's amazing! I actually thought Wakfu was all 3D animated!

[@sonikku956]

There's even parts with traditional animation too! It's a multimedia show, using Adobe Flash, 3D CGI, and traditional animation.

[@coreylineberry8557]

But it's about 97% Flash. Considering the time of release and what else was out at the time.... Holy shit why didn't we get this show?

[@sonikku956]

@@coreylineberry8557 97%? I'd say it's more like 75-80%, there's too much CGI used for it to be that high. And I know right? This could have been Cartoon Network's "Avatar".

[@coreylineberry8557]

@@sonikku956 I don't know... We don't have the stats. But yes. It could have been so good... Instead we got the equivalent to fecal matter (and Flapjack, which I actually enjoyed) until 2010, when we got Adventure Time, Regular Show, and even Mad (I enjoyed it.) But knowing this is what we could have had.... Makes me sad.

[@sonikku956]

@@coreylineberry8557 Mad? Now there's a name I haven't heard of in a while. For me, that was a hit or miss show. And I know right? Well, because TV is slowly dying, let's hope the younger generation gets to finally enjoy Wakfu on Netflix.

[@stainedred3348]

I love wakfu but the English voice acting makes me want to diE. But it did get WAY better in season 3

[@unevenprankster]

>you only know of this series because of Zone's porn parody Feels weird, man.

[@mediawatcher9225]

I knew this was the thumbnail you would use

[@claudiolluberes111]

We all knew... This was my childhood but I can't be mad, the thiccness is justified.

[@dustymax56]

Okay, Wakfu is good, but the Dofus full cartoon (not an OVA) is amazing. This is good use of Flash but Dofus doesn't even look like it's made using Flash, and the story is nice and fun. It's how I found Wakfu

[@caannonyt]

I was 7 when I watched this,it was actually my first and still favorite

[@JonathanLeon]

I’m getting rule 34 flashbacks

[@lworthy2518]

Hey Pan, are you going to do a retrospective on Scooby-Doo? His birthday is coming up this summer, making this cartoon mutt 50 years old. Just curious about your thoughts on this series/franchise.

[@lworthy2518]

@Salivar Ravilas Just curious... why would Shaggy demand anything?

[@therideneverends1697]

@@lworthy2518 Do not question him, for he can destroy our reality with a mere 7 percent of his power

[@lworthy2518]

@@therideneverends1697 ... and so Shaggy's quest to be OP meme-able continues 😯😒

[@NegativeLegend]

I hope we get season 4 also, because season 3 was kind of a disappointment. Still love the series, though.

[@CulturedDegenerate]

I thought season 3 was great! It's just that ending...

[@DarkyChuu]

There will be a season 4 to introduce the world of their next game Waven, btw.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

Season 4 isn't happening. France 4 is shutting down next year and Netflix wasn't satisfied with the amount of viewers watching it. So all of its plot is being fused into Waven.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Apparently, season 4 is already written. And I don't think Tot (Anthony Roux, the main writer) is the kind of guy to give up that easily. If France 4 won't finance it, there's a ton of other TV channels that could. I just realised, Tot means death in German. I wonder if he did that on purpose.

[@DarkyChuu]

@@c0mpu73rguy I hope they find another way to finance it and bail from TV, it's too restricted for their humour, and the type of content they want to do, they've always mentioned how France 3 and such would reject most of their ideas and how they almost couldn't do Dofus Kerubim because of them. I just hope if they ever ask a crowdfunding that the financing campain doesn't suck like the Wakfunding for season 3 did. Well it didn't suck too much, but, they might want to avoid making ceeertain types of promises. We never got some of our prizes. That, and fixing plot points and avoid another "oops, we forgot Harebourg, guys !" x'DD

[@_Xerota_]

I think Wakfu was on tv here in Australia, not 100% sure.

[@foodham3277]

Yeah it was. I think I swore it on GO! in 2014 early in the morning after Pokemon but I'm not 100% sure on that.

[@_Xerota_]

@@foodham3277 I was thinking GO! as well.

[@swampgoblin8789]

Yeah, I used to watch it in the morning

[@TheVampirePredator]

French animation was influenced by the 70s Japanese Mecha anime like Mazinger and Grendizer. They were the first western animators to start to produce in the Japanese style.

[@greatbiglummox8431]

Man, the nostalgia generated form this show makes me so dang happy

[@nayuren8519]

Bad Audio ? Just watch it in french, there, problem solved.

[@kittennoodlesyar8490]

Thank you! I hate the English Dub

[@nayuren8519]

I'm not saying that because i'm french, but there is more balance in the audio if you watch it subbed

[@kittennoodlesyar8490]

@@nayuren8519 it's better in every way. Also, the French makes it feel different to other shows.

[@nayuren8519]

I know, i was just trying to hide my bias 👀

[@kittennoodlesyar8490]

@@nayuren8519 don't worry 'bout it

[@errorsansglitch208]

I feel sad for the english viewers who hadn’t the pleasure to hear nox’s french voice 😭😭.

[@akiraevangelionultimateali5199]

What, nox’s voice is great dubbed

[@johnderat2652]

I feel the same... especially for Qilby's french VA, Erik Colin. Erik was the best voice actor the show ever had. His acting was 10/10. He passed away in 2014 unfortunately....