Fun Fact:

Why is Mega Man 6 afraid of Mega Man 7? Because Mega Man 7 8 Man Mighty No. 9! *gets crucified on a cactus*

Now, as a fan of superheroes, I always treasure the heroes who live by strong, pure morals and show physical restraint, but using excessive force on criminals DOES NOT make you worse than said criminals who massacred a football stadium's worth of innocent people.

The Anime equivalent of Frank Miller's take on the Spirit.

There were 7 attempts before 8 Man became a success. I wonder if the previous attempts were as horrifying/hilarious as the failed prototypes scenes in Robocop 2.

This reminds me of a conversation I once had with an old school Valiant comics fan and how he was upset how after Acclaim took over they basically started replacing certain hero characters in inappropriate ways. So similar to 8 Man After, Jack Boniface was replaced with Mike Leroi in Shadowman with the previous character being unceremoniously being killed offscreen. Miles Morales and Pre-Flashpoint Wally West is how you do legacy characters right everyone.

Something just occured to me. If the original 8-man was called that because he was the 8th attempt shouldn't this new 8 man be called 9 man by this shows logic?

Y'know, I've watched this review before, but only now watching it again do I realize that "Tobor" is "Robot" spelled backwards

It's like they've read Miracle Man and Watchmen, yet were not talented enough to achieve Alan Moore's level of wit/writing.

Lazy tacked on honorifics are the worst.

So a cop (kind of) faced with murderous criminals who are killing by the tens, does not kill every one of them and just destroys their arms, making them enable to harm others (his visor shows the football players' heads and upper torsos as green) is a monster worse than murder-hungry psychopaths.

is Linkara magical? Everytime something nerdy is mentioned he appears from thin air... My god, reading so many comic books has given him super powers of his own!

Man you're reviewing almost every Anime from my teen years that made me a fan.

Eight years after watching it for the first time (and 8 Man, coincidence? I think not) and April still pisses me off like the first day.

I feel like Linkara co-wrote this considering all the comic book superhero references and the fact that he guest starred.

In July of 2020 there's going to be a brand new 8-Man manga which is a crossover with Cyborg 009, aptly titled 9-Man Vs Cyborg 009. So we can official chuck this OVA into the garbage where it rightfully belongs.

You missed a bit with the Football team, wannabe tarkin didn't give them the drugs, quicksilver guy did, specifically to fuck him over since he was already planning to usurp him. They weren't supposed to go berserk, it was a villain bait and switch.

13:30

You need to tell them! TOBOR IS ROBOT BACKWARDS!!!

If you thought that was a weird take on football, you should see Eyeshield 21.