Anime Abandon: Armitage III

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10 жыл бұрын

If you thought Elizabeth Berkley sucked in Showgirls... Check out www.benthesage.com/ for more old-school anime goodness.

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@SquishyProductions 3 жыл бұрын

For little 14 year old me, who had never seen a cartoon deeper than 90s Xmen, watching this on the Sci Fi channel blew my freakin mind

@NorseCrusader1 9 ай бұрын

This was on the Sci-fi channel? I think that I missed that day.

@pyrolee17 8 жыл бұрын

"I'm half robot too, but I know a true heart when I met one" ........damnit all I can think about is Venom Snake saying that line with his prostatic arm

@papersamurai00 9 жыл бұрын

The plot point of Mars needing their own native population is actually kinda interesting. Especially if they factor in Mars's planetary conditions as a problem point with earth-born biology. Hell, sold as a medical and political need for Mars to be a real stand-alone world that could have been a pretty good direction for the story to follow.

@gaminggoof1542 4 жыл бұрын

Did I miss something though? How do robots procreate if they are robots. You can't manufacture a uterus to my knowledge

@anjetto1 2 жыл бұрын

@@gaminggoof1542 yeah, but we can't build sex robots either. When we can do one, we could do the other

@WTFisTingispingis 6 жыл бұрын

I find the cute pink pistol to be hilarious, in a "haha you died from a pink gun" and it's great. Reminds me of D.Va's sidearm.

@setsers1 8 жыл бұрын

"And he rapes her." That's just almost about every villain ever. ALMOST every villain ever.

@wrayday7149 7 жыл бұрын

So it was kind of explained in the movie. Earth didn't want Mars breaking away so they came up with the robot wombs... I would say in order to hide them they made them seem very human. So when Harrison Ford shows up and asks them their are you human questions .. well they have a history, their neighbors remember them growing up. If just one day some lady showed up and did nothing but make babies she would stand out. The movie goes on to say that the robots would trigger a war with Earth and Mars wasn't ready for that so they hunted down the robots to destroy them. So in short.. our secret plan worked but it was discovered and now we need to shut it down before anyone on Earth truly figures out whats happened.

@grugnotice7746 4 жыл бұрын

Berkley's performance was excellent for the time. It's a shame she didn't get more voice work.

@Mecks089 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, I was under the impression that the angry anti-robot protesters were the ones who set that painter 3rd lady on fire, Billy practically set the wolves on her.

@Existence_denied 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a bootlegged version of the OVA sometime ago the Bootleg Edit of the film added more scenes and edited the OVA to make more sense and had a re-dub they re-dubbed by unknown indie voice talent and in the beginning of each OVA said it was a College Project

@madmaddiesmadhouse4062 Жыл бұрын

Any idea what that was called or where it could possibly be found? I think there are a lot of good points to this OVA and I'd love to see it be the best it can possibly be.

@jamesbevan9939 8 жыл бұрын

6:48 - I know it's dumb, but I just love the expression and Elizabeth's I-don't-give-a-shit delivery of that "I 'unno".

@eareimaj 8 жыл бұрын

A cyborg killed your partner. #notallcyborgs

@blixer8384 8 жыл бұрын

Remember me Eddy? When I killed your brother, I talked JUST LIKE THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS! First thing that popped into my head.

@Likhos1 8 жыл бұрын

Suddenly there is a "feminist" movement to prevent the creation of sexbot in our current days. So... This anime actually predicted an event that's currently going. Weird.

@Charvale 8 жыл бұрын

+Likhos1 If you think that's weird, imagine a 1950's television show that accurately predicted cellular telephones, flat screen televisions, and the potential of equality of nations, races, and sexes in society.

@PinuyashaRPG 8 жыл бұрын

Jojo predicted 9/11. Anime is just so prophetic. Magician's Red CAN melt steel beams.

@kayleighbrown459 7 жыл бұрын

Except that's a little more "That's creepy and sexist" instead of the issue here which seems to be more of a "THEY TOOK AR JAWBS!" kinda deal.

@WTFisTingispingis 6 жыл бұрын

Likhos1 To be fair, once we start having sex robots that pass for the real thing we are DOOMED.

@Mr3DLC 5 жыл бұрын

Look up tl dr sexbot feminism If the video has a road sign with a cartoon teal deer you found the right one

@TimmyTheNerd 8 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I checked Armitage III, The Complete Series, out of the public library recently and I liked the OVA and the Second Movie. Kinda feel the first movie shouldn't exist though.

@ArtoPekkanen 8 жыл бұрын

+TimmyTheNerd the OVA is made of awesome and win.

@amadorcortinas2749 2 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't the OVA'S we're far better!

@driftercarbon 6 жыл бұрын

Billy Idol: "Snaaaake! This isn't over yet!"

@kittyanya 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, now I’m glad I got to watch the original uncut subbed version. It made a little more sense back then.

@Nagoragama 8 жыл бұрын

*review briefly mentions feminism* *comments turn into a shitshow*

@joewright1262 8 жыл бұрын

I know right?

@bubblegumgun3292 8 жыл бұрын

funny how that is actually a feminist position

@Nagoragama 8 жыл бұрын

BUBBLEGUM GUN What ever do you mean

@bubblegumgun3292 8 жыл бұрын

Nagoragama getting rid of sex robots because they see it as a threat , where have you been living under a rock

@Nagoragama 8 жыл бұрын

BUBBLEGUM GUN feminists see sex robots as a threat, I seem to have missed that one

@baronagony4767 2 жыл бұрын

For all plot points about the thirds being able to reproduce how come none of them seemed to even have any children in the first place? Only one was pregnant and the others seemed to be childless

@meganabaja 6 жыл бұрын

Who ever thought it was a good idea to cut a fight scene?

@SilverFeet 9 жыл бұрын

I agree, if they had framed the martian government as being more corrupt, framed the creation of beings like this as a crime, and framed the murders of these beings as a further crime to cover up what they've done the film would have been more resonate. Feminists wouldn't be mad at robots "usurping their biological duty" because most of them think that the idea that women exist to make babies is garbage. They would, however, take issue with creating people with the soul intention of making them have babies, thus why the government would try to cover it up.

@tomtinker8220 8 жыл бұрын

+Brian Jensen on the other hand, some women against sex bots argue that such things would allow for breeding of misogyny from men. similar arguments have been made with artificial wombs. that said, i'd appreciate if the controversial topic of feminism was replaced with something else, like a matriarchy.

@JeffreyPiatt 8 жыл бұрын

lets not forget it's run on techtv on Anime Unleashed

@Spikey_Buddy 8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffrey Piatt Glad to see someone else remembered Anime Unleashed. TechTV back in the day was the shit. Abenobashi Shopping Arcade and Lain were my faves.

@AnonimusQualquer 9 жыл бұрын

Feminism aside, artificial wombs would partially solve the problem of abortion if you're able to pass the unwanted fetus to another womb. It would raise other problems, like increasing the amount of children in orphanages though, but it could solve that by shipping all those children to mars, it seems.

@GenaTrius 9 жыл бұрын

AnonimusQualquer Artificial wombs would open up some interesting possibilities, but the logistics and consequential ethics of actually developing them make it unlikely that they'll be made any time soon. Prenatal development is a very "sensitive to initial conditions" scenario, so trying to grow humans in an experimental artificial womb would very likely result in a lot of horrible miscarriages. Even if there was plenty of animal testing first.

@AnonimusQualquer 9 жыл бұрын

Gena Trius High rate of miscarriages doesn't sound like a big problem, it sounds just like a normal prenatal development with its 10-25% of miscarriage chances (and the porcentages is on the recognized preganacies, some women miscarriage without even realizing they were pregnant). Chemical pregnancies may account for 50-75% of all miscarriages and no-one complains about their low chance of success. I agree that artificial wombs would bring many discussions, but I doubt miscarriage would be the worst side-effect. Afterall, I commented that artificial womb would be a better option for a woman with an unwanted pregnancy, it's better to risk the art. womb rather than abortion, right? However, I can see art. wombs bringing other problems, like a manufactory of babys for something like organs (there are even books and films about this theme). Or, like in this Armitage III, just send those children to conolize Mars.

@kayleegregory770 6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. First world problems

@longrider42 8 жыл бұрын

Funny, I like this one too. Got the DVD of the OAV and the movie. And I have the soundtrack on CD. But then again I am old.

@milestrombley1466 9 жыл бұрын

Still robot giving birth to human babies can be creepy.

@jasonolin8706 9 жыл бұрын

The OAV for this show is much, MUCH better and far more complete. Ignore the 90 minute movie, at least until you've seen the oavs. The movie does have a few scenes the oav series does not, but it is still 50+ minutes shorter...

@PKMN37 8 жыл бұрын

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is what I would say it the original source material wasn't as broken as its patchwork.

@Julathegreat 6 жыл бұрын

Friggen Armitage. Never saw it, but I remember it - it was featured on the cover of the issue of "Animerica" that introduced me to Berserk, and now I can't think of Armitage without thinking of Berserk and my crummy high-school town.

@m.ma.l174 8 жыл бұрын

Eddie voiced by Walter white

@SMAXZO 8 жыл бұрын

+max walter Yeah, Bryan Cranston has done some voice over work in anime before. He was Fei Long in Street Fighter 2 movie and he's also Isamu Dyson in Macross Plus, arguably the best entry in the series.

@johnellizz 5 жыл бұрын

5:54 How does he not get that it's Rutger Hauer?

@dah3071 7 жыл бұрын

check that armatage is officially 5 foot 4

@saltygeorge1855 6 жыл бұрын

I first saw this movie back when I was like 8 or 9 now I know why I like pattenko so much 🤗

@scorponicdragonm.p.t. 9 ай бұрын

What's the beef with Keifer? I think it's cool also that Elizabeth Berkeley had a shot at anime. It shows a great range of interests.

@ZombifiedDuder 7 жыл бұрын

I still fail to see how this anime is anti-feminist. It seems to just show feminists as part of the overall plot, not painting them as antagonistic, but simply a neutral plot device.

@polasamierwahsh421 4 жыл бұрын

22:04

@CrazyJean 3 жыл бұрын

Is true, in this OVA, if feminists are not out on earth for majority, the Mars politicians won't have to kill all thirds, that's why.

@captainautobots 2 жыл бұрын

This really highlights the importance of editing to maintain consistency. Otherwise, anime like this becomes confusing so that no one can follow - *EDIT* - and that's why Angel Cop is actually better than Cowboy Bebop.

@amadorcortinas2749 2 жыл бұрын

There is no way Angel Cop is better than Cowboy Bebop!

@zillafire101 9 жыл бұрын

8:26 So that's why the Tech Priests use Machine spirits.

@ssbac98 7 жыл бұрын

1:41 Sailor Moon is that you?

@yamiblade 10 жыл бұрын

So maccannon is a Pretender?

@xcannibalrabbit 8 жыл бұрын

Butler billy idol has the same voice actor as Byakuya Kuchki

@thcollegestudent 8 жыл бұрын

There is no Brazil on Mars...and you can clearly see Olympus mounds..... ...I'm going I'm going.

@b3rz3rk3r9 Жыл бұрын

On the bright side, this anime franchise did inspire Beast in Black to create my favorite song, "Moonlight Rendezvous," in their third Cyberpunk-centric album "Dark Connection."

@hunnykun101 8 жыл бұрын

I do wonder if your going to review Dual Matrix sometime

@tarrker Жыл бұрын

Bennett got a few things wrong but, overall, I agree with his take on the Armitage film. It's hard to explain what it felt like to watch this back in the 90's. It was so unique and, beautiful and, fill us with so much emotion. That ending with the soulful music left us all with tears in our eyes.

@goatshow 9 жыл бұрын

I only saw the movie back when sci fi channel had anime saturdays. The movie (or my memory) left out all the stuff about feminism and was just humanity vs robots from the robots' point of view. The series is on hulu+ so I rewatched it and was surprised how different it was from my childhood memories.

@KangaKucha 9 жыл бұрын

This seems like a guilty pleasure at best.

@gaminggoof1542 4 жыл бұрын

22:48 I knew Hilary would've made a horrible president

@MforMovesets 8 жыл бұрын

Wow so the anime was aware of tumblr before tumblr?

@louisduarte8763 11 ай бұрын

7:32 Too bad, that tune popped right back into my head.

@TheRougeItaly 8 жыл бұрын

why did I get a spanish Downey ad for this vid?

@Asehpe 7 жыл бұрын

It's funny how labeling something as "feminist" or "antifeminist" (or "sexist") in KZfaq tends to generate a knee-jerk set of answers mostly about how SJWs are wrong, even if this had nothing to do with the topic of the video. I suppose some people are really easy to trigger.

@chocobitties2595 4 жыл бұрын

So you are saying SJWs are right? I don't think you'd be using words like trigger if you agreed with the comments.

@Kazuharu 8 жыл бұрын

Well this explains where the movie with the daughter came from....... I think.

@ChipCJ Жыл бұрын

I'm probably the only one but I feel like this show is just filled with forgotten anime that could be great if they were remade nowadays idk maybe it's just me but I kinda want to see what good versions of this series would look like.

@sclf 8 жыл бұрын

.... Feminist do want to take away sex bots lol.

@jankostrhun8725 8 жыл бұрын

Given feminist protests about sexbots and artificial wombs and increasing number of crazy stereotypical feminists.... no. I really don't see this plot point too stretched.

@The_Foxymew 8 жыл бұрын

+Jan Kostrhun Art prophesising future, I guess.

@jankostrhun8725 8 жыл бұрын

Foxymew It would be nice, if (for once) those prophecies were taken as warning instead of instruction manual.

@The_Foxymew 8 жыл бұрын

Jan Kostrhun Maybe, but hey, let's look at it this way. There's a lot that HASN'T happened in real life after happening in art, right? So let's just say we took it as warning. Yes. Totally.

@jankostrhun8725 8 жыл бұрын

Foxymew Everything is hey ok... it's all ok.... somebody help us all.

@MforMovesets 8 жыл бұрын

This, But Sage looks like the typical white knight who just needs a fedora to tip, I guess he doesn't dare comment on this.

@Animeaddiction 8 жыл бұрын

You should review Armitagw Dual Matrix.

@attackofthecopyrightbots 3 жыл бұрын

kiefer sutherland in metal gear makes sense now

@Spikey_Buddy 8 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this on Anime Unleashed. The only poignant thing I remember was that Billy Idol seemed damn near unkillable.

@p6mkq 9 жыл бұрын

Hey,I liked Naomi as a kid !

@Melvinshermen 4 жыл бұрын

Great

@guitargodthor2 3 жыл бұрын

"The last country music singer is dead!!"

@batman200 7 жыл бұрын

is he ever going to review the sequel?

@Melvinshermen 5 жыл бұрын

Ok i want a the man in the high castle anime now

@hunterthewerewolf 2 жыл бұрын

Bennett may criticize the feminism plot point of the feminist government being threatened by the "Thirds", but given the current climate of the world that plot point in this "science-fiction" anime MAY BE more real than he would like to admit. This movie may have inadvertently given us the solution to some of the feminists out there whi have gone off their rocker: sexbots that can give birth! That'll give them a wake up call! Lmao

@justinjones5616 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, let's rumbah!!!

@mimkyodar 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if the David Ogden Nash is a flub, or a deep cut. I approve even if its the former.

@TheMathis2010 4 жыл бұрын

Lay down by the fire

@ishmael802 5 жыл бұрын

Opinions are like assholes everyone's got them. The series was fucking awesome. End of story.

@AnonimusQualquer 9 жыл бұрын

Sage: "Let's just say there is no Brazil on Mars" Did I heard it right? Is it a reference to Carnival? Just want to be sure.

@emmared1426 9 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he was just talking about a Brazilian wax. Which I can confirm by that one android in the background he forgot to cover up

@AnonimusQualquer 9 жыл бұрын

Emma Red Thanks, I didn't know that.

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 6 жыл бұрын

AnonimusQualquer No, he meant that the lady didn’t shave her bush.

@philmcwonder8173 9 жыл бұрын

...Whats up with the glove?

@louisduarte8763 11 ай бұрын

13:42 Anything from METAL GEAR SOLID V in there? 15:59 I try the same thing with January Jones' closet every day, and I'm always disappointed. A friend of mine got me the DVD of this for my birthday, years ago. I still have it on my shelf, but now I'm ambivalent about actually watching it. And not one actual Billy Idol music video clip? For shame!

@pronin329 8 жыл бұрын

Everytime I hear Ross talk I always think of Big Boss from MGSV.

@magnos_decimus 8 жыл бұрын

at 3:40 why would you smash your guitar against a switch that's an expensive way to waste a perfectly good guitar

@trevtall1094 5 жыл бұрын

Lol this guy seems to be really triggered about the feminist don't want sexbots given it was only mentioned once in the ova and film and has so little to do with the overall plot. The cherry on the top would be feminists nowadays really are trying to ban them irl.

@marley7868 4 жыл бұрын

bennet tends to ramble on bits that bug him tipicaly fun to see him go on and on though

@ArtoPekkanen 8 жыл бұрын

... am I the ONLY one here who actually fucking loves this OVA/movie? :D 4/5 because 1) awesome female protagonist 2) kickass action 3) sweet love story 4) "feminists haet sex robots"

@hunnykun101 8 жыл бұрын

+Arto Pekkanen I did enjoy it from what I remember it back in 2008 I thought it was interesting

@ArtoPekkanen 8 жыл бұрын

***** high five mate :) glad to see I am not the only person who thinks this anime is actually worth it.

@RIPtvanDamme 8 жыл бұрын

+Arto Pekkanen 1) Protagonist is awesome... give no shits whether it's male or female 2) yes on the kickass action 3) love story... who can ever deny such things? 4) no interest what "feminists" think. I enjoyed Armitage.

@YolandaKikou 9 жыл бұрын

Cool

@naterivers6107 9 жыл бұрын

I watched the original OVA on Hulu and rather liked it actually. I'm likely not to watch it again, but I'm glad I did see it at least once. Making the whole thing 90 minutes though is cutting out a whole episode worth of content. How the hell did they even manage it with a plot already so tightly put together? PS: I fucking hate Armitage's "new" voice. What was wrong with the original voice? Seeing how it's just an ass of an edit why not just edit the original?

@butchdeadlift10 7 жыл бұрын

Really hoping you will do the Armitage sequal.......mostly because 1) I got it with the original in a 2 pack and 2) because the original was called "the 3rd" I thought I was supposed to watch the second before it. Same thing happened with Fatal Fury.

@EllRiver 8 жыл бұрын

I really Like Armitage III. some of the dialog for Armitage about her identity is heavy handed and rushed as all fuck. But I forgive it for that.

@EllRiver 8 жыл бұрын

+metallavery Mind you the movie is still garbage.

@DarkKnightofAnime 7 жыл бұрын

to be honest with you it's a little hard for me to get too mad at this series as it's the first anime film i ever bought and the first series that introduced me to the cyberpunk genre but I can also acknowledge that looking back on it some of the ideas and concepts in both the film and ova series do kinda make you question the validity after a while

@ajnapalm 3 жыл бұрын

Wait wasnt there a rick and morty ep about this?

@shanehudson3995 6 жыл бұрын

Considering the feminist outrage over sexbots? This movie is fucking prophetic.

@michaeltheundeadmariachi4494 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like if this becomes relative to Infinite Warfare, I would be hearing a lot of "Mar Aeterum"

@Potterformers 7 жыл бұрын

the dense is most likely Overkill

@concordetconstabulary219 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Bennet you poor naive soul. Thinking feminists wouldn’t hate robots that could procreate. Boy did that not age well. Word of advice. Never underestimate the insanity and the hatred of feminism.

@goggleheroomegamaple820 4 жыл бұрын

this begs the question......how are the eggs produced if theyre androids!?

@93corollausa94 3 жыл бұрын

they can turn any cell into an egg cell in order to clone an animal, its the same thing

@robkrol1101 9 жыл бұрын

that was good show 7/10

@alvinderama3196 7 жыл бұрын

Haven't seen anime before. What's this, a poor man's Alita?

@jmann6130 Жыл бұрын

More like a poor man’s blade runner with the robots replacing humans and surprise they can get pregnant

@javiermichel7097 7 жыл бұрын

Omg... When Kiefer Sutherland talks the only character i can see is only Big Boss.

@DanielGause Жыл бұрын

I don't care about your opinion on this i still love it

@cheezemonkeyeater Жыл бұрын

I really don't think that moment was very pedantic. But I guess I'm making up for that now.

@ellnats 9 жыл бұрын

why do you have a glove?

@joewright1262 8 жыл бұрын

For dissection

@1ggssxxrr 2 жыл бұрын

OK OK I do agree in what you are saying I am sorry and totally agree

@halifaxsteppenwulf7980 9 жыл бұрын

While Ghost in the Shell was heavily influenced by Neuromancer and manages to carry its torch, Armitage III can only manage to steal the name of one of Neuromancer's main characters.

@Melvinshermen 5 жыл бұрын

Blade runner meet tumbler that should be a movie

@thegayghost872 7 жыл бұрын

If Thirds are baby factories, why is there a male?

@Trooololololllolollo 6 жыл бұрын

Ghostwriter i feel he was just a side experiment for da lols

@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 6 жыл бұрын

Ghostwriter Transgendered robots?

@c-puff 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I like Armitage's character design and the art at least.

@SMARTBOYSRCOOL1 10 жыл бұрын

I know this is kinda off topic but i can't wait for MGS 5 and kiefer sutherland to voice big boss!

@lahnhedberg3403 8 жыл бұрын

One thing to say excuse me FIIIISSTTT MEEEE DADYYYYYY!!!!

@Kamenriderneo 2 жыл бұрын

21:45 I mean...the birth rate and 0 population increase is kinda reminiscent to when the french first colonised North America. For many years, there was no increase in population aside from imigration. To counter this, the french goverment decided that every orphan girl who reached the age of 16 and didn't get adopted would be shipped off to Nouvelle-France and would wed a colonist to bare him children and thus increase the population. These girls came to be known as "Les filles du roy", king's daughters.

@c-puff 2 жыл бұрын

Population increase in North America or Population increase in France?

@Kamenriderneo 2 жыл бұрын

@@c-puff North america

@KN1GHT2000 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel! LOL i sub and thumps up! :)

@Ghostblood1334 9 жыл бұрын

i liked this movie when i was a kid. i saw the ovas later on and understand why the movie was poo

@GenaTrius 9 жыл бұрын

Huh, Armitage was the name of an android featured in Fallout3. I wonder if there's a connection.

@filipinowhiteboy 8 жыл бұрын

+Gena Trius I don't remember an android with that name. Only Harkness comes to mind.

@PunkMetalero9666 8 жыл бұрын

+filipinowhiteboy zimmer's bodyuard

@filipinowhiteboy 8 жыл бұрын

Punk n' Metal Oh that guy. Never talked to him and he never said anything to me.

@Julien-Limosino-87 8 жыл бұрын

+Gena Trius Probably there is Fallout reference in Mad Max Fury Road (Aqua Cola) and i don't hink it would bother any author to see a reference of his doing in something good.