in the unedited version, when Needy embraces Handsome Man during the rooftop scene and Sage excuses himself, he goes into a sketch where he breaks up with his "Big Book O' Gay Jokes". he handles it like a stereotypical melodramatic breakup scene, stating that the jokes would fall flat since Needy actually IS a homosexual character, and suggesting the book reconnect with an old flame... who turns out to be Jeff Dunham. why the sketch had to be cut is beyond me, but I'm not making videos for KZfaq.

SMT have some of the most insanely creative monster designs.

It could have been worse, Sage; This could have been a Megami Tensei movie featuring Mara.

Wait a sec, this is a Shin Megami Tensei anime! Literally.

Wait a second! At 4:32, he says Ose! That's what the demon is supposed to be called. How'd they get it right there and then switch over to Satan later!?

What pisses me off about this anime is the fact that they call Ose, one of the 72 demons of the Goetia, Satan. In the Megami Tensei universe (which this is set in, hence demons based on mythologies from around the world and the importance of Magnetite), Satan is a completely different and seperate demon from Ose. Satan is actually on the side of Law, in which God entrusts him with testing human being's morality, therefore being dubbed the Prince of Darkness. That being said, in Megami Tensei, Lucifer and Satan are different entities from one another. Lucifer resumes the role of the devil and Morning Star who fell from God's grace for wanting absolute freedom from his creator, thus representing Chaos. So if they were going to get Ose's identity wrong and name him after the supposed source of all evil, shouldn't they have named him Lucifer instead? That way, even if they're still wrong, it at least makes sense within the context of the franchise...

A character voiced by Steve Blum? Hearing that man's voice even in pure shit is like divine intervention

To be fair, Cerberus has always looked like that in Shin Megami Tensei. It's always looked more like a Chimera/Manticore

One of many times where bisexuality could have stopped this trouble before it started.

Shin megami tensai...honestly the idea of storing demons in 1980 computers with basically at most a couple of megs of memory always baffled me...But it still a cool series.

Mmmm . . . sexy Steve Blum character *gargles*. Seriously though, I felt like I was about to have a anime nosebleed when his character showed up, wearing nothing but underwear no less.

I dunno, I found most of the bullshit to make sense, but that's because I've played the SMT series. For instance, Magnetite is basically what demons use to form a physical form in the human world. Cerberus has always looked like a lion, except for the Persona 3 version of him. In the main SMT series, demons have always been summoned from a computer program that was created by a dude who totally isn't Stephen Hawking, no really. Him being bound to the main character's dog is a reference to the main character in SMT 1 fusing his pet dog to a demon, to get Cerebus (yes, he did that. The game's pretty fucked up). That said, a bunch of stuff like the ninjas and lesbians are new to me.

I have no idea why, but the line at 16:05 cracks me up. "Then listen to me, you nasty beast!" I need to start using that as an insult.

Dang, our protagonist looks good with his glasses.

Bennett imitating old man exposition with all his diseases might be one of my favorite AA gags.

Yay, Megami Tensei. Boo, Tokyo Revelations. Although, in its defense, magnetite and Cerberus looking like a lion with a lizard's tail is from the original books. Somehow they still screwed up Cerberus's design though because it doesn't usually have black stripes. Well, obviously the people behind the dub were given the license randomly and had no idea what series the movie was from by renaming Ose to Satan (The worst part is that Satan and Lucifer are two different being in the Megami Tensei games and Satan is on the side of God). As a fan of quality anime I hate this, and as a fan of the Megami Tensei games I hate this. Let's all just pretend Tokyo Revelations doesn't exist.

26:17 Bennett.exe has stopped working. Would you like to send an error report?

Trust me, there isn't enough magnetite in the world to maintain demons without a decent encounter rate... when you decide to try getting into megami tensei... through the first SMT... you learn to value it

I'm just surprised that Sage didn't nickname Steve Blum's character "Daryl Hall." Why that nickname? Because of the following 3 parallels: 1. Handsome appearance 2. Golden voice 3. History of taking part in (in Hall's case, harmless) occultism

So the gigantic leopardman is Ose from Ars Goetia. I assume that Birdface is supposed to be Gagyson who was a minor angel in the Abrahamic religions. So basically Satan is not in Tokyo Revelation

So, we have a Shin Megami Tensei movie, where there's a girl named Saki, whose main purpose in the story is to die, and a guy named Yosuke that has the hots for her. Why does that sound so familiar?

6:08 I really want to see Sage cover Bible Black at some point.

Magnatite, That sounds like a Poke'mon.

Even as a MegaTen fan this seemed really weird to me. Even more WTH moments than the original Digital Devil Story OVA. I'm also surprised that he didn't mention anything about Gagison (the bird-looking demon) and his weird lip-sync issues.

actually that matches smt it always demon summoning and fusion summoning. usually some demon or deity decides for some reason to give humans the ability to summon a demon and fuse said demon. (not praising the movie just saying) and the sense is SMT logic lol

It blossoms and dies...and blossoms....and dies....and blossoms...and dies...and... ...Ehhhh, Screw it.

.... i ship Needy and Handsome Man

i am straight and theres nothing wrong to be complimenting another person of the same gender , i think its common sense handsome guy voiced by Steve blum , sexy enough.

To be fair in the Megami Tensei metaverse Cerberus for some reason is often depicted as lion like creature which baffles me to this day.

Sage's inexperience with the MegaTen series is really funny, trying to jump into it like this. If he thinks this is confusing, he should try playing SMT2, or maybe "Strange Journey."

This was, weirdly enough, one of the first anime I ever saw. They broadcast this lunacy on the UK Sci-fi anime block. I've always had this weird soft spot for it, partly because it's bizarrely well made for something so crazy, partly the themes, and partly the....impact it has on people I show it to. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again. Blossoms and dies, dies and blossoms again.

Chop Suey for the win. Also, the sudden opera at the end there damn near killed me.

It's the end of the world as we know it and he feels... indifferent?

Dude why did you have to show that skeletonized and still alive unlucky sod from Apocalypse Zero? I was trying to FORGET that!

The main protagonist looks like Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00, but with glasses.

Sage.exe encountered a critical error.

This is a Shin Megami Tensei anime, and I can't stop giggling

Still not the weirdest thing I've seen in the SMT franchise. Six words: Evil sorcerer Adolf Hitler boss battle.

8:06 Hipster Cultist.

Reasons people like this anime: -It's part of the SMT franchise -people like it ironically -???

About time someone gave this justice! This was one of the first things I looked up to get into the Megami Tensei series, but this plot went all over the place and made little to no sense that I stopped caring.

I caught that Animal House reference. Well done, Sage. Well done.

As part of Thank You day, Thanks for the videos!

oh thank you, thank you, thank you, i cannot for the life of me get cideos on his website to work for me, or when i do i can't pause them or skip or go back without it stopping, thanks for the upload

Now that laptop scene brings a whole new meaning to Daemon process, sorry windows folks you probably won't get that one.

Man my childhood was weird this is Stephen is kings poetry on crack Great memories watching this

Is that Cerberus supposed to be a manticore? That would explain pretty much everything about its appearance.

Oddly enough, I stumbled upon this anime on KZfaq while I was binge watching SMT1. Out of curiosity, I checked it out, figuring 'a full SMT anime?! Fuck yeah!' As I watched, I was expecting music from the games to pop up, only to be disappointed the whole way. In short, I saw an entire anime on KZfaq expecting everything from the games to be in the anime, only to be disappointed. And before you ask, yes, I saw the whole thing... Even the ending...

Tokyo Revelation was released on VHS by Sony Music Entertainment in two parts on April 21, 1995 and June 21st 1995. The two episodes received a combined release on DVD on June 15, 2000. It was licensed in the United States by Manga Entertainment and released on DVD in August 27, 2002.

I had to watch that ending to believe that this wasn't edited... and oh my god that went 0-90 in like a second.

Sage.exe has stopped working.

Probably the funniest ending I've seen to an anime in my entire life.

Wish there was a full-on anime for either Nocturne or Apocalypse. And pray it doesn't turn out like the Devil Survivor 2 anime...

5:25 is honestly the funniest moment in the entire series.

It's a good thing this isn't canon to the Shin Megami Tensei cosmology, otherwise we'd have to start explaining all that shit about YHVH, Law and Chaos, The Axiom/Great Will and Stephen-fucking-Hawking.

As a HUGE SMT nerd, I can attest that knowing about the lore surrounding the series will not help you make sense of this garbage fire. Its only tangible connection to the games is the Windows 98 title Giten Megami Tensei and if you never heard of it, it's because it's one of the least remarkable entry in the series.

I played the english hack of the SMT for the SNES. I recognized some characters from it, but the writing was way way more solid than this piece of sh't .

*Finally. Inspiration. I have walked this earth for centuries in search of it.*

This definitely did not blossom, but it did die.

This could be a megaten movie "Demon summoning program" damn you stephen Megnatite the stuff that powers demons Akito likes computers and the occult like hikawa Ose is called satan In smt cerberus only has one head

It's really weird how Ose is a villain in the movie...and yet he is also a possible companion summon in Persona...it's like, yeah sure, we can team up with the ultimate evil... XD

"Are you certain you wish me to alter your fate?" Then a dewback somewhere in the vicinity is disturbed by the prospect.

The ending was the best part of the review.

It blossoms and dies again

I felt like Captain America in the Avengers movie when he mentioned Birkenhead Priory. "I got that! I got that reference."

15:01 That's Kenshiro from the dubbed version of Fist of the North Star (tv series)!

My dad has it on DVD he got it from a bargain bin sale somehow and I don't know why but I can sit down and watch this as a brain off flick.

I was looking for this anime for years due to the naked resurrection thing.

25:59 reminds me of Know Your Enemy "ALL OF WHICH ARE AMERICAN DREAMS!!" (x20)

weird that Ose is the Final boss considering in all the megaten games I've seen him in he's usually just a mid to high level mook.

6:09 Just 🤢🤮 a little seeing that

11:32 Was that Haruka and Michiru from Sailor Moon?

Bennett on the TSA it is called a smartphone or tablet.

I laughed my ass off at 2017. That meltdown!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 10 hour loop it!

Acctually i think Magnetite was mentioned in SMT as a rock that could summon demons. Though i don"t really see any purple rocks here. Also as a added bonus one of the first demons you summon is cerberus and you use a computer to summon it.

At least this show has more going on than in "Megami Tensei."

This needed the phantom thieves

the credits are giving me a HEADACHE!!!

16:55 you just said it, "mistress" cerberus will probably be torture by her when he is sent back to her.

7:57 is that an episode of Girl-Chan in Paradise?

do this one Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 1987

I'll never hear Kenshin/Legato Bluesummers the same way again.. .

thanks for curing my depression!

The ending is true to the games. The blossom and dies is all about reincarnation. Megami tensei means Resurrection of the Goddess

11:33 Holy shit is that Sailor Neptune & Uranus ???????

Wow and I thought that the Mega Ten series was nutty before. Don't get me wrong, love the series to death. Hell Persona 4 golden is the reason I bought a Vita, but still, how could I have forgotten most of the loony tunes antics that go on here? Admittedly I only saw this once, on KZfaq, with the subs because they were the only ones I could find. Also Handsome God looks like Dio Brando auditioning for Sergent Kabuki Man. Sure this might have been a nutty pile of poo, but still to everyone watching this, play the games, especially if you have a PS3, most of the really good games from the PS2 era are on PSN for lower then $10.

You know, just adding on top of his pointing out voices from other anime and that one guy looking like Yusuke from YuYu Hakusho, pause it at 11:34. Is it just me, or do those two ladies look like Michiru and Haruka from Sailor Moon? Honestly I think they just pulled a lot of people out of the Toonami anime line up back when it was a day time show and had all those shows in it's line up at one point or another. XD Not to mention I think Needy is voiced by the same guy who did Ken's voice from Digimon Season 2 dub. Seriously, how did they get ALL these people to voice for something so stupid? They could of used this sort of star power for a great anime series with a decent amount of episodes. XD

@BennettTheSage (or anyone else), 2:56 - what anime is that clip from??

The whole thing with cerberus is, that they took the design from megaten where he looks just like this, any other look would've pissed off fans even more

Steve Blum also voiced as Sub Zero in MKX and MK11

And dies and blossoms again

huh didn't know this was an SMT anime...neat

May as well add Kenshin's VA to the list of things from other 90s anime

The Jack Chick comparison surprised me, that's hilarious.

I feel like this a sequel to something. Like did Atlus make a game about all these characters meeting and it didn't sell enough for video game sequel, so they got a studio to make an anime sequel to it or something like that?

what is the name of the outro theme ? I can't find it in the credits

I had completely forgotten i saw this until the words "Lesbian orgy / Cyber demon posession" Then it all clicked. 17 year old me had low standards for entertainment.

I feel like I watched this..maybe,I watched this when I was young on scifi channel.

Has Bennett done Boku no Pico yet?

Eh, like the certain peeves to Zero Punctuation and Linkara, it's no surprise to have the title sound so badass, when there doesn't need to be.