What's in an OP? - Gamers! - Is that a Mother****ing PUBG Reference?

A way too deep analysis of anime openings. This episode - lots of video game references.
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[@Shockro]

@Mother's Basement June 3rd, 1989. Birthdate of the voice actor for Keita, Han Megumi. There's the answer to your mystery.

[@bmwdtm9899]

Nice

[@scoutobrien3406]

Realizing that 63 would be either June 3 or March 6 in the first place rather than June 6 might have helped Jeff figure this out.

[@dieblauebedrohung]

4:04 - Marth... *Marth...?* *MARTH?!* This is Lucina! Holy hell this is definitely Lucina :D

[@mothersbasement]

+die Blaue Bedrohung you just said Marth 5 times

[@Katsuya81]

What’s the difference

[@byakupe]

@@Katsuya81 the difference between marth and lucina is that marths sword is strong at the tip and deals knockback while lucina's sword is balanced through out

[@iamrepairmanman]

Keita was playing bowser in the smash bros one, you can tell by the swipe animation and the claws

[@Dharengo]

iamrepairmanman I was thinking of Wolf

[@SolaticSyot]

Pretty sure he wasn't playing a Smash Bros character. Looks like that was a reference to a character from a fighting game, Taokaka to be specific.

[@4kirb]

TAOKAKA!!! Give me food neow.

[@GuitarrAssassin]

Could be a double reference. Bowser's moveset being used for a Taokaka homage. Then again, if it was a reference to Taokaka, why wouldn't they just parody Blazblue? The studio obviously had the rights to Arc System Works' properties due to them outright using footage from the games.

[@jackrush1222]

but bowser makes more sense after he do the swipe animation aka the fair which is pretty laggy and I dont really think enough to get punished by marth's fsmash but I guess it works xd

[@eureka7km]

Ah yes Gamers...the anime where misunderstandings just keep piling on and on lmao

[@cookieglob]

i just wanna point out that in the smash bros segment of the op, when aguri fsmashes keita she gets a tipper fsmash (tipper being something exclusive to marth confirming that this is indeed marth), which explains why keita went from 172% to 195% as a tipper hit will deal significantly more damage and knockback than just a regular hit god i just love the attention to detail

[@eshan6297]

I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@annoy4nce648]

no, it was Marth's FSmash. Flare blade has an explosion.

[@dabage553]

CookieGlob I thought it looked more like Roy's F-Smash. Marth only holds his sword with one hand in all of his animations (to display his skill with a sword). Aguri holds the sword with two hands, and her charge up is almost exact to Roy's charge. her end frames are nearly exact too. It's kinda weird, she hits a tipper, but Roy only has his close sweet spot. It's possible they did this just in case Nintendo tries to fuck with the OP. So yeah, sorry for being that guy.

[@goku_dunker_420]

I like how they got the hit lag correct too

[@Phoenixmage50]

I actually thought it looked a bit more like the Melee sword breaker, but if not that, then absolutely F-smash.

[@ahmednoseir7433]

Let me guess the opening had a misunderstanding?

[@Ziirf]

That has to be a misunderstanding, or am i not understanding all of this?

[@RuiGigaChad]

That's the anime in a nutshell

[@iDaniel1030]

Misunderstand is the whole point in this anime

[@attentiondeficitpreorder5835]

"The only historical event that lines up with June 6th, 1989..." 1989/6/3 = June 3rd or March 6 Ya dun good but I love ya

[@mothersbasement]

+Attention Deficit Preorder yeah I misspoke. *June 3rd

[@gokuvegetagogeta]

If it's June 3rd maybe it's this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.:_The_Lost_Levels if it's March I don't know maybe someones birthday

[@stormtepas9768]

Overlord_kaname that's from 1986, not 1989

[@gokuvegetagogeta]

Storm te Pas Oops XD hey when was the power glove release on Japan?

[@sirrealgaming6913]

it might not be a date but a score or number that is well known maybe partaining to the Bullet hell Genre

[@ryxn.t]

I wish gamers have a season 2

[@caszelbrent8018]

true

[@Cucorin]

jus some months more....

[@RealSolerius]

No, it doesn't need one. It's utter shit i've ever watched in my whole life.

[@Miquel998]

Solerius, The Universal Failure *sound of disappointment*

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

@@RealSolerius I know but i still want one

[@hazelv.a.7976]

hey can't easy mode lv 1 be how kieta sees the game's speed

[@sirrealgaming6913]

I don't See anything particularly Wrong with this?

[@Valkenhyne]

hey what's up guys

[@KingBatiatus]

I Was Gonna Read More

[@alicethetransdalek7333]

Whenever people Type like this I think it is a haiku

[@Valkenhyne]

I love the haikus They are fascinating to me It's snowing on mount fuji

[@Coolio_Ash]

I think the last scene is just a reference to jrpgs in general, not a reference to anything in particular

[@discountpicasso3177]

you're wrong

[@RyuLightorb]

it's a reference to tales of phantasia using most of the character classes in there and obvious at that. Mint and Cress references

[@noname-kx4cu]

Coolio Ash I agree. although I think each of the characters designs is a different references.

[@Denied1213]

Please note that Dragon Quest 3 is one of the most influential games in JRPG history and iconic in Japan, a definitive title within a definitive series.

[@Notius]

Ryu: That is literally debunked in the video. The outfits are likely a reference to Dragon Quest 3. I do think that the scene in general is a Tales OP reference. I'm reminded in particular of the golem fight in the Vesperia opening.

[@rosey480]

Still waiting for Death Note op 2! . . . Still waiting.

[@Lem___________]

For this world to stop hating?

[@andrewwestfall65]

But the future refused to change

[@mayuresh1690]

DuoReview already did/done that 2 or 3 months ago....

[@jacobloong9556]

Mayuresh Patil I'm pretty sure he only did the 1st one but said he was gonna do both

[@JACKRAIDEN97]

Anutza WHITE PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLE

[@stormofscript719]

Just finished this show, criminally underrated on MAL. Happy to see it got some love during airing, even if S2 is basically a pipe dream at this point.

[@mokisan]

It will never get a s2

[@christianmh9549]

I just want an analysis of episode 6, the jokes in that episode are great and the punch line of the joke was constructed masterfully

[@nightshadow9683]

im glad jeff changes his outro phrase later to less self deprecating ones. but i still cant help but think of the old ones like this one and it just hits in a satisfying way. kinda like a hero yelling out attack names or something. i guess its almost like if his persona was like a fiction character telling us a story like cript ceeper and thend ending with the old phrase like if to say im going home now but in a semi villionus sorta way. soo words are hard i cant figure out say what im trying to say.... sept im thankfull for allways getting entertaing vids for so many years. i mean i awlays look through the feed and see a mothers basment vid and go. yea im ganna watch this and its ganna be good.

[@Ceser1999]

I'm relatively convinced by the Dragonquest reference theory The Golem instantly reminded me of the Golems you see in DQ9, where we AFAIK also have analogues for the Samurai armour and Gi at some point. This might make this a more general DQ reference than a direct DQ3 one but it might still be the case.

[@warman13x]

Ceser That's kind of how I felt too. The golem looks pretty similar to Dragon Quest's depiction of golems, and if we take the series as a whole, their outfits all have some pretty close parallels. And considering the extreme popularity of DQ in Japan, it's definitely not too far fetched.

[@rainingcomplete3018]

Daniel Hughes Yeah Keita looks alot like Erdrick

[@AndrewJasonQuan]

Game references aside, the big problem with this opening is that it has almost nothing to do with the content of the show. Or maybe the problem is that the show is called Gamers and barely has any games in it. Not going to lie, I felt a little cheated watching this opening, thinking this would have more game references, but turned out to be a stock romantic comedy.

[@Ziirf]

Andrew Quan It is too meta, you see, you misunderstood the misunderstanding of the entire thing. Therefore it was on point, clearly all the misunderstandings were clearly summed up in that opening.. Dont get me wrong i ranked this a 2/10, it was so great, they only used the misunderstanding troupe every... single... episode... much fun.

[@Dongzzzzzz]

Same shit with chuunibyou, the season 2 to be specific.

[@joshuafyb4114]

It was funny asf tho so stfu and keep your things to yourself bc no one cares what you think

[@renno2679]

Well yeah that was pretty much what the first episode tells you. "You think we're stupid enough to make an anime about competitive and serious gamers? Lmao what are you on". I'm pretty sure they even mocked the idea of a video game centred anime by introducing the club members. A top fps player in high school who acts totally cool? Lmao. To be fair, it is still about gamers.

[@DAshBFJEY]

The anime is called gamers! So they focused on the gamers instead of the games

[@chips409]

"The six digit could be a a reference to something" Me: Checking out nhe*tai Me after: I see what you did there.

[@dariusbrawl3759]

At 4:20 i realized he's playing *wolf* since if you look carefully, you can tell he has a tail

[@romitbhaumik2252]

Dragon Quest is the Jojo's bizarre adventure of rpg's. It's really popular in its home country and is frequently referenced, but outside of Japan not many people know about it

[@warman13x]

Romit Bhaumik I wish more people would start playing it in the West. It's such a phenomenal series of games, has Akira Toriyama as character and monster designers, and has really fun combat. (In my own opinion of course) If you want a simple yet great series of JRPGs, you can't go wrong with Dragon Quest.

[@romitbhaumik2252]

Daniel Hughes I know right! It's one of my favorite rpg series

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

I hardly hear of a western anime fan that does not know what Jojo's is. At least so long as they don't only watch One piece and Naruto. I know that is a very "your experience does not match everyone else's." statement but it is quite rare for someone into anime to not have heard of or seen Jojo's.

[@romitbhaumik2252]

Haruhiro Grimgar I know what u mean. In my original comment I meant more along the lines of "watched Jojo", but still I understand ur point

[@alicethetransdalek7333]

i think jojo is actually pretty famous on the west now after the part 3 anime

[@connie3944]

It's a mix of many games that's a fact that's enough for me to be happy with all connections made here and all of the opening is great for a die hard game lover and player like me to watch this show. So great work!

[@manamaster6]

The fight at the end of the opening reminded me a lot of Tales of Phantasia because of Cress and Mint, even though the fighter looks like the Final Fantasy 3 monk, while the rest of references look like they've just been extracted from Dragon Quest. Great that you spotted the reference to Phantasia on episode 2, it was a great game that was obscured by the FF series.

[@Kako_San]

I noticed that when that golem exploded showing it's lower body left, is similar to the anime Danmachi where Bell hits this giant monster boss, destroying it's body leaving the lower half left.

[@alexchurchfield2901]

I loved gamers so much. I still rewatch every so often

[@calzonecrusader7030]

These videos really make me appreciate the dedication that are put into some OPs. These are my favorite videos you make.

[@adark6498]

You all ignore the fact that tasuko is literally all of us watching the show and noticing all the awkwardness that's why he's mostly funny and identifiable

[@Hallogenex]

The visual novel reference is the game "If My Heart Had Wings" the UI is exactly the same and the character design is extremely similar (The mobile phone port UI though)

[@juuken8987]

If by "the UI is exactly the same" you mean it is completely different, then yes, it is. Chara designs are different too. Take it from someone who has played a lot of Japanese eroge, the UI used in the OP of「ゲーマーズ！」is original. It actually has greatest similarity to 「桜舞う乙女のロンド」in terms of: position and separation of the speaking character's name, location of the navigation settings below the text, and general floral design of the text box, while also being of a screen ratio of 16:9. Most modern (in the last 5 years) eroge UI follows current UI design trends, favouring regular geometric designs with flat, transparent, or gradient styles. The floral type design is proportionately more common in cross-dressing eroge, such as those by Ensemble and Navel, due to their inherent emphasis on femininity.

[@kap1117]

wow I didnt realise so many different animators directed such a short sequence. Wow I find it really quite amazing

[@Kanthide]

I stumbled on gamers when i was bored and have been enjoying it alot. Hope theres a season 2 👍

[@tukul79]

Kanthide lol the plot don change from the start to the end it just get boring moar

[@hunterzoom3672]

john tukul well fuck you

[@stickanimator1764]

@@tukul79 hey doesnt mean he doesnt like it shet face get alife otherthan shitting on others comments

[@loneghostone6883]

Thanks for the video! i'm looking forward to your next video on Gamers! Personally while i'm not well versed in fighting games similar to that last scene in the OP, i feel that it's not a reference to any game, and more of a reference to the character's growth in the show and the fun they have when they're all together. The fight with the monster can be seen as their group defeating the misunderstandings which keep arising in the show (and why Uehara gets knocked out instantly since he only contributes to the misunderstandings). If you also note, each game previously in the OP was seen from the perspective of a person playing the game, while this last one is not from any specific perspective.

[@TheBanned0ne]

I think they Golem scene is just a combination of general JRPG classes mashed up into one battle (Priest, Witch, Monk, Warrior). They all don't really match any video game in all aspects, but do match the general stereotypes in terms of clothing etc. Having said that, I freaking LOVE these analytic episodes of you and am ALWAYS hyped when I spot a new one in my sub box

[@DuelistRL]

Not much depth to this OP other than references.

[@icehellionx2226]

Fun thing with the Street Fighter Continue screen is it is almost the exact line art of Ken's beat up continue look.

[@wickedraven]

6:52 Doki Doki Literature club!

[@keiran9114]

No?

[@ichijou_raku159]

Bad end

[@ateliermink6340]

That fight with the stone giant is probably just a mix of Tales of Phantasia and Dragon Quest references...I love it either way.

[@sp1r1t31]

The last reference I believe is that it's just to reference MMORPG's in general. For example Tera, BDO, Guild Wars 2. You have the healer, dps= sorcerer, brawler, (maybe) samurai, knight, Tank = Samurai (maybe) knight (maybe). Standard party size of five too. Like Tera there is supposed to be 1 tank, 1 healer, 3 dps

[@Ikcatcher]

Geoff you seriously need to do a “What’s in a scene” on the confession scene, it’s just too hilarious to ignore

[@prince_nocturne]

I'm going to say the Smash character is Star Wolf. The battle against the golem reminded me a lot of the intro video from Final Fantasy 4's DS Remake, or possibly something from Tales of Symphonia, though none of them match up exactly. There are a lot of JRPGs that have that team faced off on a cliff against something shot, though, so it's probably just that.

[@LacerdaIsAWeeb]

Looks like Gamers! creators know about games *cof cof Reki Kawahara needs to learn with him cof cof*

[@alicethetransdalek7333]

Is this Reki guy the creator of shit art online?

[@LacerdaIsAWeeb]

yup

[@alicethetransdalek7333]

ok, i'm already bad with remembering the name of creators of things i like, so i usually don't even try to remember the name of creators of pure shit

[@bobalinx8762]

3:34 That’s actually a reference to Parodius Da’s version of the Moai boss fight, specifically the NES version.

[@Jackalope904]

The first time I saw the OP without seeing the characters much yet, I thought of Keita's opening face turn in the get beginning as a "dafuq?!" face and couldn't forget it as that from then on

[@meganmartin3373]

I mean, I _thought_ it was referencing Dragon Quest 3 at the end, until I actually watched this video and finally noticed that Tasuku was also there. It even seemed to me to tie in neatly with the earlier DQ3 parody: not only did the party consist of Keita, Karen, Chiaki, and Aguri, but looking closer, all of them have MP except for Aguri; this is consistent with the idea of Keita being the hero, Karen being a priest/pilgrim/cleric, Chiaki being a mage/wizard, and Aguri being a martial artist/fighter. I viewed it as having a sort of continuity: the party was wiped out by Tasuku/Zoma, but were brought back to life by the Street Fighter continue screen, which was then represented by Karen's resurrection spell. But, as I say, Tasuku being there throws all this out the window because DQ3 doesn't have any classes that fight with spears. Goddammit, Tasuku, you just _had_ to make even the OP more complicated.

[@GlowingSpamraam]

fun fact in the intro keita is wearing a lvl 2 helmet at the pubg moment and is hit by what looks like a m16a4 or m416 (due to the black color) wich does not 1 shot headshot lvl2 helmets but the akm does either keita was on less than 100 health or they forgot this small thing

[@manamaster6]

The dating sim being reference on the opening, judging by the UI and the school on the background seems to be Princess Evangile or a game made by the same company.

[@vlanoik]

I can see the battle scene being a mishmash of various JRPGs to make a nod to their differences in their taste for games, and what games mean to them, but still have a similar underlying theme

[@yourshadow91]

Ryu Nakayama - previous works include Barakamon, Macross Delta, and Flip Flappers. Explains why Chiaki's attack had the exact look and feel of a Macross Missile Massacre... Satoshi Saika, contributed to Kabaneri, Blue Exorcist, and Re:Creators... Contributions from animators from Fate franchise, Littlewitch Academia, Monogatari... seriously we've got talent from Shaft, Satelight, KyoAni, AND Trigger, all in the OP alone. Someone paid stacks to make this show.

[@kilogram_]

gamers an anime that shows our parents and friends we gamers have life as well

[@Flantomas]

Would are friends and parents really watch Gamers? Would they think we have a life if we recomend them to watch this anime?

[@traumabum]

Matias Ahumada I know im 7 months late, but no

[@braincellnull6535]

I am unsure if this is worth noting, but fight scene in the OP against the golem may be paying homage to various portions of the dragon quest franchise. The party composition is very similar to that of the party Comp in the opening for Dragon quest XI, with a warrior, healer, mage, and a monk. The monk garb shown looks to resemble a more feminine version of the monk garb in Dragon quest XI. The basic outline is the same as well. It starts with the healer healing the warrior class, followed by an attack by the monster, and finishing with the warrior applying a finishing blow. The Red samurai armor may be a reference to a pretty late game set of armor you can get in Dragon Quest 8 and the golem shares very similar shape to those with in the Dragon quest series.

[@mytube25988]

I dunno if someone already said this, but in the smash bros reference keita is wolf, his arms + that swing attack seems like it.

[@Oddball1go]

I'm not sure if it's just me, but the main character pisses me off so much. HE'S ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST WIMP I'VE EVER SEEN.

[@SilverAuron]

You clearly need to see Jumpei Manakafrom 100% Ichigo... He sucks so bad it physically hurts... years from exposure...

[@cristiano5606]

Oddball1go Ever heard of Yukki from Mirai Nikki ? F

[@ten1086]

Cris Ever heard of Tsuna from Katekyo Hitman Reborn?

[@TheWrongPerspective]

Cris well nah at the end he became fucked. And I don't blame him at the start tbh.

[@TheWrongPerspective]

Oddball1go His actually a bit like me tbh 😂😂

[@fadasd]

Did you ever consider playing the whole OP at some point of the video? Potentially at the end. The abrupt ending always trips me up.

[@TaigaXsenpai]

my favourite quote " He should fly a helicopter made by Capcom" XD

[@Somethingnapalm]

Another point for the last shot being a Dragon Quest reference is the the Stone Giant looks a bit like the DQ Golem.

[@UnholyAngel755]

The dating sim segment looks like its from a dating sim called the sound of her love with the op taking backgrounds straight from the game

[@drawingstuff6660]

Made in abyss is better

[@Squiddlezz]

The fight scene is everything SAO wishes it could be.

[@hopefulhyena3400]

*jeff says that parodius is obscure* Me: ha ha try again

[@Morrolan420]

Im pretty sure my biggest thought for that final battle sequence being inspired by Dragon quest would be the design of the golem they're fighting...that face looks a lot like the Dragon quest golem enemies

[@frankwalker3362]

I personally think that its sucks. I dont like that nonesense teenagelove drama(there are plenty other ones). It would be much cooler if it were like K-On only with games. I continue watching it nevertheless, because of hopeing to see more Guilty Gear, BlazBlue and P4A.

[@21Arlon]

I will admit for the tales of reference, it's a small thing but running up the golem arm did remind me of cless when he returns to the resent time, Chester getting knocked out of the fight against Dhaos. If I remember Archie used a rock spell and he runs up it to attack in a similar manner in the Tales of Phantasia Animation they did (not the Op of the game but animation much like how Symphonia got a series of them). I know it's probably a weak reason, but when I first saw it, it reminded me of that scene

[@ThePCguy17]

I think the enemy from that final fight is also reminiscent of Dragon Quest, though I only ever played Dragon Quest IX. Still, there was a golem-type enemy that was pretty much exactly the giant they were fighting, just a lot smaller, because it was a basic enemy. And looking them up, they appear to be a staple of the series. dragonquest.wikia.com/wiki/Golem

[@SIMIFU]

I don't know, I feel like forcing games onto animes are the most depressing thing in the world Like, MOST of the gameplay is disabled for viewing. Kappa :3

[@potentix]

this might sound weird but when im outside talking to my friends and somebody calls me they hear my ringtone and the worst part is the OPENING from the anime "gamer!" is set as my ringtone so they laugh when they hear it OOPS

[@1mattzone]

I always believed that the end of the OP is the grand daddy to all rpgs, Dungeons and Dragons. The healer is a cleric, the mc is a paladin with his divine smite ability at the end, the magic user is either a wizard or a sorcerer with the classic magic missile spell, the samurai armour is the fighter class as a tank and the karate girl is a monk.

[@daniilpashuk6017]

Maybe the last fight references "The travel to the east". The red armored boy looks like sun wu kong, and the others also looks like chars from it

[@pablija5]

Tsuredure children > Gamers

[@omaranimationsbr]

Tbh they both sucked

[@takeru3159]

I could be wrong but I think they could be referencing March 6th, 1989 which was the release of Final Fight. However, the Japanese normally list dates as Year/month/day so that is why I believe I am wrong.

[@manaphyshipper]

Ya goofed at the 198963 part. I slight speaking error you said that was the 6th of June, when it's the 3rd. xP

[@shayoko6]

*Thoughts* I liked the opening and several jokes i didn't care about the romance,characters or "story" Overall this was a meh series that didn't know what it wanted to be. if it wasn't for me liking the art i definitely would of dropped this.

[@Flantomas]

you mean, you would HAVE dropped this.

[@topspeed6278]

Time for that one knitpicky comment that says you got something wrong. Aguri was actually Ike in the smash brothers section of the OP, you can tell by the exact damage % that was dealt and the way she swings the blade down, Ike's uncharged side smash dealing exactly 23%. Attention to detail is insane in this OP, I swear to god.

[@Blurns]

I don't care about references. References are easy. What's in this OP?: videogame references & nice animation. There, I spared you 16 minutes.

[@StarMiners0416]

Anime has become a cesspool of references and unoriginal story tropes that for some inane reason still remain because animators know they work and they don't have the resources and time to experiment. Whenever I see a video that praises an anime for its references or comments on how fun it is, the facepalms just get that more painful.

[@rumfordc]

thank you

[@Leah-tb9yf]

Blurns k

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I am not sure what people expect of OP's... I mean, if we are going to scoff at nice animation and references to the show hook/quirk, should an OP be a work of Dadaism, with a drawn soap box and ear rape?

[@ThePageofVoid]

I'd say that the final sequence is a pastiche of JRPGs in general. I personally feel that Aguri's costume resembles a palette swap of the Black Belt job from Final Fantasy III

[@wooba849]

Dude, I hate this show. The entire plot. I agree that the OP is pretty cool, and the animation is superb, but the show barely has anything to do with video games and the plot is entirely based upon everyone in the show refusing to talk to each other.

[@renno2679]

the👏first👏episode👏establishes👏that👏its👏not👏about👏video👏games

[@traumabum]

Wild Doggo so true though 😂👌 nobody seems to understand that point when saying the anime is trash

[@kmphysics]

Oh really? They should change the title to "Misunderstandings" the anime then. Recovery of an MMO Junkie was way better.

[@traumabum]

kmphysics last time i heard the anime wasnt called gaming but gamers which is exactly what its about is the gamers life

[@kmphysics]

Traumanacle "Misunderstandings" is what this anime is about not the life of gamers, yes the gaming references were awesome and what kept me around but the actual romance is awful. When Tendo & Keta got together I was like "FINALLY we can have an actual relationship!" but no even after that, the misunderstandings constantly kept coming, look if you like it that's fine but I had enough of that shit.

[@zealousobject9952]

I haven't watched the show nor have I played many jrpgs, but when I see the golem fight scene all I can think of is a tabletop rpg grand finale boss fight.

[@Alcadria]

The fight scene is probably an homage to the Tales of series always showing the party fighting a massive monster of some type in every single modern opening that the series has had, Vesperia shows Judith fighting a Golem, Xillia and Xillia 2 also have a fight that was similar in style, as well as Zestiria, Abyss, and so on. So I don't really think it's referencing any one Tales game, bot more or less all of them.

[@dodgechance4564]

"favourite anime of summer 2017" people like you might be what is wrong with the anime industry tbh

[@SovietRipper]

the elitistic comment of the day. You know that something doesn't have to be objetively good to be a favorite of someone, do you know that right? My favorite anime is highschool of the dead because all the references to classic zombie movies and vietnam movies, fanservice and good detailed guns. No, but i guess you don't get that logic, people should be blamed for like what they like, yes, of course, sound logic right there, yes i will force myself to watch something objetively better even if i don't like it FOR THE GREATER GOOD. Ah, yes, comments like yours reminds me people complaining about fanservice and bouncing boobs when you can go to animes from fucking 1989 and find the same thing, anime has barely changed over the years. In fact Hideaki Anno before making Evangelion made a couple of fanservice shows, and the mangaka of Berserk loves Idol games, so now they're also whats wrong with the industry? both of those guys had made masterpieces but they also can enjoy and like weeby stuff as well.

[@dodgechance4564]

This video is about Gamers! Not highschool of the dead.... i liked highschool of the dead, i don't like gamers because its garbage, cliched, cringey, fan-service covered and boring. I don't see how me calling Gamers shit has anything to do with Highschool of the dead and to say that anime has hardly changed over the years is just disingenuous and plainly wrong. Yes such fan service animes existed in the past, obviously. But it is undeniable truth that such animes have greatly increased in number as the years have gone by and by continuing to sing the praises of such shows the anime industry will just be further incentivized to create boring cliched stories filled with fan service instead of actually trying to make something new and be creative.

[@heckingbamboozled8097]

@@dodgechance4564 yawn. It's easy to claim that a show is generic without explaining. Gamers! However is a show revolving around taking the piss out of the misunderstanding trope in anime all the while establishing growing friendship in their group. It accomplishes both of these things. If you aren't into the misunderstanding bit, just say that. It's easy to not sound like an elitist asshole when you actually think

[@scarletletter4900]

I don't know if the date June 3, 1989 has any actual meaning with the context of the show, but a lot of games where released in 1989. Maybe the date references a game release.

[@horriblebadwolf]

11:58 that girl custom is from game called Street figthter!!!!at least learn more about games then talk!!!

[@lytre_2983]

really?

[@horriblebadwolf]

Lytre_ yes

[@Ari-hc1vr]

I don't understand what you mean. I don't normally care about grammar, but I actually don't understand what you're saying because of your poor grammar.

[@failurextreme7084]

Why would it be a street fighter reference when the rest are fantasy RPG specific?

[@wolfmaw11]

Because Agari herself is way out of tune with video games in the first place, possibly just choosing her outfit based on whatever she happened to see first in an arcade or something

[@Roxas4ever]

I think I just sort of assumed that the group fight against the golem was a generic RPG reference rather than a reference to a specific game. Then again, I'm not the most knowledgeable of gamers, so there were a couple of different references in this opening that went over my head.

[@SSRranque]

This is my favorite anime its just like telling a real gamers life and how no one is perfect at games and how relation ships are like irl.I hope this anime goes on many episodes cause the story and characters are different and are not super powerful like the other anime so this is the first anime that im happy about cause this anime is real amazing!Hope you guys watch it too.

[@calvinpell1738]

6:48 I'm pretty sure it is referencing doki doki literature club, as the character design has a very similar style to that game. The background is exactly the same style and the dialogue box in that game is also a shade of purple with shapes behind the text. I'm surprised no one has suggested that. But it's just speculation. Very good game though, check it out.

[@coredumperror]

Awww crap, I wish I hadn't gotten so far behind on my subscription list. I missed the No Game No Life premier!

[@ilyannattv]

On the topic of the RPG reference at the end of the OP. I think that its not really supposed to be a specific reference and more of just the cast in a jrpg setting. My reasoning for this is kinda abstract: The OP seems to be divided up into 4 distinct chunks, with the music separated to match. All the video game references are packed into the second section (spanning from the 25 second mark, to the 50 second mark in /watch?v=lBYkMFGkZNc). The first and final section are the bookends, then this 3rd section is a distinct section of its own, instead of being part of the video game reference montage.

[@domenicomediatore6568]

I think that tosuku's armor is an attribute to the series of fire emblem, because It looks almost the same as the enemys's armors

[@hiygamer]

Keita's claws and the animation used for his forward airial attack, I believe he is meant to be Bowser in the Smash Bros clip.

[@onlywalicia2139]

Was the gamers analysis ever made? Because I cant find it

[@HAWXGaming1]

I think the last clip is just a bunch of different references because that golem is straight out of shadow of the colossus

[@Timtam9000]

Augiri is possibly referencing Ryu's player two Costume in SF2 Champion or just Ryu in general under the Brawler class Tasuku uses a lance weapon rather than sword, split second of him holding it Could possibly be a mix of Fire Emblem's Spear fighter and myrmidon/swordmaster classes

[@Artista_Frustrado]

yeah I think the final fight is probably a mishmash of various games, that samurai armor is pretty similar to the armors in Fire Emblem Fates

[@TheSecondInfinity]

I dont necessarily think the final game is tales of fantasia, but i do think it's a Tales series in general reference, especially to the OP section of games like Zesteria

[@levigrady3040]

I think the final image is a reference to Final Fantasy you have a white mage, black mage, warrior, monk, red mage/ samurai which are all classes found in the staple parts of the series and the general non clearness may represent the overall non conformity of the series as a whole.

[@silferysky]

I think the final scene is just a mash of JRPG character archetypes. The classic Hero and Cleric, with the more obscure but still quite common (originally from JRPGs if I'm not wrong), Mage/Wizard, Monk and Samurai. If I recall correctly, most JRPGs only include Archers as a last resort, and prefer different types of mages as backline support.

[@canadianbacon7964]

June 3, 1989- World's first HDTV broadcast in Japan by Analog. probably has nothing to do with the numbers in the beginning but would be interesting if they were.

[@djdjinn6340]

I think it's a bit of a JRPG Pastiche at the end there. HOWEVER, as a big fan of JRPGs, I can easily recognize a number of nearly-shot-for-shot scenes from it that come from all of the various animated Tales of Openings. In particular, take a look at Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Symphonia to see nearly identical giant-monster fights. The minor costume parallels to Dragon Quest strike me as more coincidental and 'generic JRPG' than actual references, but I won't discount them since Dragon Quest is THE Ur-JRPG and an easy visual shorthand for calling those tropes to mind.

[@kazekamiha]

Pink Hair's (Forgot the name) outfit in the end looked like she was dressed as the Black belt from Final Fantasy.

[@Hailstormful]

I'd say the last game is referencing Dragon Quest 3, mostly because the giant monster resembles the DQ Golem design...

[@IAMUtubeSockPuppet]

The JRPG battle could be Dragon Quest 9 or Dragon Quest 10. Both games have original class armor designs that match the ones missing from DQ3, and have DQ3 reference class armor sets as well. Both 9 and 10 have strong multiplayer functionality too (9 lets other players join your party over WiFi, 10 is flat out an MMO), which would explain why the group is fighting together in that shot.

[@knight7780]

Anyone notice that the golden memories dating sim has the same background as the dating sim the sound of her love or something like along those lines.

[@Kambiguous]

This video made me go back and binge through the whole show which I had originally stopped watching after the first episode because I thought I wouldn't like it. Thanks for that I really liked the show and I laughed the whole way through. I can't wait for more episodes to come out.

[@WannaComment2]

I think the sakuga bit at the end is supposed to be a mmorpg not a single player game, but I don't really have a reason for that. I also think the characters are supposed to represent generic classes in very clichéd costumes, Which is why it looks similar to a lot of things but not like anything in specific.

[@meaninglez100]

It's Bowser judging by that side attack, but with some of Wolf's design elements for some reason.