Just a note: "Whoria" is actually "Horie", which is a relatively common Japanese last name. Actually, I believe she's specifically voiced by Yui Horie in the Japanese dub.

Now let's all agree to never fight creatively again.

“For instance, a large majority of the Asian population do not consume dairy.” And then on the complete flipside of that, you’ve got Mongolia and their population snacking on aaruul and eezgii even to this day. Hell, they can even make liquor and beer out of dairy. I dunno if I had a point to this, but there you go.

Actually, the tortoise and the hare story makes a lot of sense here. Both the sister and the hare were arrogant enough to willingly sabotage their own success, thinking they'd win regardless, while the brother and the tortoise just kept on going and doing what they did best. It's probably a bit of a stretch, but it makes sense.

And this year's "You can't Make this Shit up" reward goes tooooooo...

Fist of the North Mad Max Judge Dredd... ...I'd actually watch that

Pity this didn't make it further into the Kakugo No Susume storyline, where, while the series never STOPS being insane, it shifts more from "shock the viewer constantly" into "focus on developing these characters and the central mythos of this setting".

Not even JoJo and Bobobo combined has this intense of madness

The art style is kinda reminiscent of Osamu Tezuka. ...on drugs. And fever. And seen thru a deformed glass. And on LSD. And probably a zombie Tezuka drawing it.

I'll be honest, there's something...Inspiring about Apocalypse Zero. Say what you will about it, but you can't deny how utterly unique it is. It is, if nothing else, ridiculously creative. As an artist, I find that admirable, and it's even sparked a few ideas of my own. Personally, I like the art style and the off-brand-post-apocalyptic-Kamen-Rider hero. So, truth be told, I actually kinda like the film, disturbing demon tits and all. It's also the only place I can hear Mona Marshall saying "That old man's dick is useless." C'mon, you won't find pure gold like that anywhere else.

I know I've said this before, but I'll say it again. As batshit, stupid, and generally insane this Anime is, I can't help but love the MC of this. He fights rock bears with acid blood with his bear hands and doesn't flinch when he gets scares. Has badass armor. Tries to solve fights without killing the enemy at first, but isn't too much of a pansy to shy away from it if it's the only solution. And instead of being Distracted by the Sexy like so many other Anime Protags, he just bitch slaps the person who tries it on him. This dude is badass!

This was based on a manga, that's where the throw away henchmen that show up and are then forgotten came from. The art style is also based on the manga's.

"Hell, _you_ probably wouldn't touch the stuff if you realized that cheese was basically spoiled milk laced with stomach enzymes." *laughs in mozzarella*

This Is basically what if Garth Ennis teamed up with Gen Urobuchi to make a Kamen Rider manga.

14:17 The look of determination on Kaiser's face when he censors the nurse is hilarious. He's like, "NO! NO BOJANGLES! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!"

Well, I ordered Apocalypse Zero today, mostly because this review. I NEED it in my collection. Something this insane and ballsy must be owned and watched in it's entirety.

Finally, someone mentions those stupid zippers from KH

3:49 Those aren't iron balls. Those are BALLS OF STEEL.

"Ah the return of they Why Bonner. *WITH A VENGEANCE!*" - Alucard Hellsing Ultimate Abridged

I had a strong stomach. I say "had" because this was the first time Anime made me projectile vomit.

21:38 Admittedly that scene was kinda badass.

Apocalypse Zero is great - some creative character designs, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and has many wtf moments. The OAV clearly wasn't intended to be a single release, so complaints about piecemeal plot are a bit inapposite. Certainly worth a watch.

OH MY GOD I NEVER NOTICED SORA'S SHOE ZIPPERS

Also, the reason why you never see any of the people the movie name-drops is because this was 2 episodes of a planned 10 episode series. The rest of the series was canceled before any of the other elements of the story could be introduced.

Omg I read this manga years ago and loooooved it. I didn't even realize there was an anime.

Never knew Steve from American Dad was in anime

To be honest Whoria's singing is better then the singing in Love Hina.

My god, I fucking love the character design and the artstyle.

Actually, Horie is her family name. Her first name is Tsumiko, which sounds a lot prettier.

thank you censor kaiser.... thank you

Animated Censor Kaizer is kinda hawt.

....What the fuck did I just see...Even the Chaos Gods from Warhammer would be disturbed.

Sage. Bro. I know this anime may have melted your brain by this point, but by 25:45 there's no reason that your common sense would have bailed on that. The reason that Headdad is mentioning the whole Tortoise and the Hare thing is meant to be a hint to victory. More rigor sets into the body, the easier the fight will be, so if he delays he just basically has to punch a statue. The thing that's confusing ME about this scene is the Tortoise and the Hare is more of a western thing. Admittedly it's a rather common fable of Aesop's, but I would have figured they'd have used a japanese analogy of similar message for this.

Who else cried when Censor Kaiser blew himself up? :'( We love you Kaiser-sama!!!

The voice actress that voiced tactical evil megumi the nurse. Also voiced edward in cowboy bebop the dubbed version. lol

Sage, I have to say, your "Violence Jack" stuff is terrifying and gets me every time. Serious props, man

I feel like now that I understand Bennett was characterizing himself as an overly cringy critic who focuses too hard on the negatives (him being inspired by the rest of channel awesome), I can appreciate his work on a deeper level.

I love 90s anime and this one is so crazy I love it 😹

If there is something positive that can be taken from "Kakugo no Susume" is that Zero inspired Jin Saotome. The one Capcom character that deserved to appear in more crossovers than just Marvel vs Capcom 1&2. And also, Tsumiko Horie is named after and played by singer Mitsuko Horie, who usually performed intro songs for *tons* of mecha anime back in the day (70s-80s). Horie's singing segment in this OVA sounds beautiful in the Japanese version, by the way.

I was more surprised about the fact that this was not only based on a manga but the manga itself got a reboot by the same artist and took on a more serious tone without the completely insane bullshit. Makes me wonder what happend in between development of the concept...

My favorite thing about this episode has to be the use of a cover of Funimation's "SSJ3 Goku Power Up" from Dragonball Z over CensorKaiser's rebirth. You can barely hear it until he starts shouting, but damn is it a treat for someone like me =)

I love the Sandman graphic novel Corinthian reference when he changes his eyes into mouths. Awesome little detail.

Power Rangers on LSD and Acid... and LSD... and ACID!!!

You know thats interesting, the sage said at the end that the Story about the rabbit and the turtle is totally pointless, but weiredly enough thats probably the very same story they are telling in thia anime. Look, in the fairytale the rabbit is so overly confident in his victory over the turtle that he willingly sabotaged his race by taking a nap. The "siter" here is supossed to be so strong that she could flatten her brother in seconds but she decided not to but instead reduces her chances to win up to the point where she looses, just like the rabbit. Sounds strange but after this review i clearly see this connection.

Kaiser blowing up. Was that a Brave Little Toaster reference?

1:50 Nowadays, citric acid and alikes are mainly used. ... And it's not actually spoiled milk, since cheese isn't technically milk, since the milk fat and most of the proteins have been separated from the whey (the liquid). And when a cheese is aged, it's to allow certain chemicals to add flavor.

Thank god: it's the weekend, and I just lost my job. I'm not gonna be sleeping for a few days just seeing what I've seen. Excuse me while I take a nice hot shower and then find the most disgustingly cute character I can to burn into my retinas.

Also on the subs there was a line on the succubus "Get your ass off my counter!" smack!

I think, that I went insane at the Dick-Microphone-Part.

5:54 Now lets all agree to never be creative again.

ah, so that's why censored kaiser looks different from the old and new ones.

Note that the scene where he's using 'sleeping gas'? That ain't sleeping gas. He's using chemical weaponry - i.e. sarin gas. In the manga, he uses it to wipe out an entire army of demons.

10:50 mark....I will never sleep again....0_0

I loved that Brave Little Toaster Reference

I'd have been interested to see you review this after either reading the entire manga or the Wikipedia article talking about the manga and the anime. When this was made, the creators thought they were gonna get budgeted for 10 episodes but unfortunately the project got shelved after only 2. That's why there are so many seemingly unnecessary characters that don't have anything to do with the plot because they come up much later in the storyline. Sadly, this anime suffers from the same fate that a lot of anime in the 90's did because of the recession in Japan. There just simply wasn't enough money to finish a lot of these projects so they ended up incomplete and were abandoned.

for the longest time i had this anime in the dark corners of my nightmares but could not remember the name. thank you for this

i actually like whorias design

Sniff thank you censer sama you truly are a hero

12:40 *snap fingers* I got it, Brave Little Toaster reference. Ha, couldn't let that one slip by

Very proud of Sage for making a Brave Little Toaster reference.

"If you knew how cheese was made, you'd probably never touch the stuff." Ohoho, no, Sage. I've eaten haggis and blood sausage. I've gutted salmon and butchered pigs. I know perfectly well how my food is made, and it don't bother me one whit. Cheese? Cheese's process of coming into being is a relief to hear about compared to other kinds of food.

This channel is still my guidebook for my underlying addiction to horrifyingly trash anime. Its all so goodbad

17:15 Someone call Dream, tell him we found the Corinthian.

That's like Tokyo Gore Police mixed with the character design of Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama playing mahjong with delusions with the style dozens of times of Excel Saga and the Vagineer riding the wild wacky action bike.

I watched this review several times now, but yesterday I decided that I'd watch the OVA for the first time. Aaaand...It's kinda fun. Some things are obviously better explained when you get the full context, others get even weirder. (Like how he bonds with his armor for the first time, making friends with it by warming it with his naked body while locked in some kind of walk-in freezer by his dad) It's just two movies a 40 min, so I'd reccomend giving it a watch. You can actually find the un-censorkaiser'd version on youtube.

I recognize that Brave little toaster reference

I think I now know where Cannibal Corpse get their lyrics from XD

I think the fight scenes are still very well done.

Ok after that absolute bitch slap he did to the succubus I think hes my favorite anime protagonist

I loved this anime lol

I'm going to need to binge-watch all of Michael Bay's movies to erase the trauma from my brain...

7:11 OMG WE GOTTA GET BOB ROSS OUT OF THERE, HE NEEDS AIR...…. ……….and a LONG shower, do they even make water hot enough for that?

Suddenly I realize that Gurospooo would fit in PERFECTLY in this twisted "Sentai" universe LOL!

I kinda like the art style. It gives me a retro feeling and I love the art of old animes But like....I don't think I'd last too long in the first episode

10:33 People will likely call me fucked up, but I must not be the only one who laughed at this scene. ...Right?

I pause these half way to look for it and watch it, then I came back.

That Brave Little Toaster reference was GENIUS.

4:32 was that the T-rex roar from Jurassic Park?

This reminds me a lot of the monsters in Devilman and Cutie Honey.

17:00 dang it, Sage. You went and summoned Cthulhu!

On an anime binge with some disposable income, I picked this up a few years ago... ... and I can never get that time back.

If only I hadn't lost it a long time ago. Springtrap, you've gotta hold onto life! You'll be alright, everyone... everyone's right here by your side!

I recently got done watching the entire first half of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and that show's not nearly as bat shit insane as Apocalypse Zero is. I love that in Ghost in the Shell, you get the tinge of sitting down and thinking to yourself about the theme of a given episode, this... Is pure insanity at it's best. Not even a anime like anything on Crunchyroll is like this at all..

Dear God! I remember this now! I accidentally downloaded it as part of an anime collection.

Awesome review!

This is the anime equivalent of a Blaxploitation movie.

awesome review!

My brother bought this anime back when I was younger without knowing what it was. He was disgusted by it and handed to me. Once I watched it I gave it to a friend and told him to give it away after he was done with it. The cycle continues...

I agree not to fight creativity, but I’ll fight to the death about eating spoiled milk laced with stomach enzymes. Cheese is just plane good!

I love these reviews. I can't believe I never heard of this one. I wonder if he'll review Iria Zeiram some day.

12:40 Brave little Toaster reference. Awesome :3

I quite enjoyed the apocalypse zero manga, then anime. Only outrage I feel is that the localization of the manga was left unfinished, and that there isn't more of the anime produced.

This is like a Japanese version of Adult Swim except in this case they would blink.

It's a damn shame the Golgo 13 review is now blocked, no doubt for some bullshit reason. I really enjoyed watching that one.

I just gotta watch this purely to see how crazy this shit can get.

&...... This review is a week worth of nightmares. Thank you sage!💕

I’ve recently came across Apocalypse Zero and I actually like it.

I just realized, I think this anime basically took its plot more or less from Devilman, perhaps the latter half or whatever(except the main character is a sentai hero)

I love wtf anime, it is magically amazing

I now know what real madness is.