Japan's STILL Making Fun of It

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4 жыл бұрын

Kenny lauderdale (me), goes insane watching Chargeman ken, the most legendarily bad anime ever created. It's so bad it may actually be the best anime of all time. Dive into madness at 2 frames a second as chargeman ken defends the earth with all the animation of a tiger electronic wristwatch. It has every error in the book. Hilariously bad animation? Check. Badly DRAWN animation? Big check. People's mouths don't even match what they're saying, & this anime was made in JAPAN. They didn't need to dub it into english & they still couldn't get that right. The length of the episodes doesn't even make sense. The AMOUNT of episodes in this anime series doesn't make sense. NOTHING about chargeman ken is normal. Just being in the general area of this anime makes anime you thought were bad into masterpieces. Maybe if you watch this video, and that's what it is cause it sure isn't a review, it might make a LITTLE more sense. I doubt it though. I really do. So bad it's good? The most terrible anime ever created? Worst anime of all time? Maybe it's all three. You decide.
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@kennylauderdale_en Жыл бұрын

I exaggerated NOTHING. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb6GnJyctMjHn2w.html

@tashkent561 Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@GraniteFaun Жыл бұрын

That's true. It's really the kind of trash you have to watch on a watch2gether trash evening xD I just love how on the official website it says "this website is unofficial". Also the explanation for it given on Wikipedia is that they were given so little budget that they grew apathetic to the production, just done whatever and chilled on the beach most of the time

@SerbianSpark19 Жыл бұрын

charge man ken is an absolute giga chad

@SerbianSpark19 Жыл бұрын

Ans so is kenny cuz he is still sane

@TryinaD Жыл бұрын

Thank you for introducing this beauty to my life

@mateololero4091 3 жыл бұрын

The secret to saitama's strength is that he's wearing chargeman ken's suit

@gabsy_ferreira 3 жыл бұрын

FBI OPEN UP

@zairephenom1435 3 жыл бұрын

@derrenwood-peterson8518 3 жыл бұрын

You might ACTUALLY be right, though.

@bronzepkmn 3 жыл бұрын

Delete this now!!! They can't know his secret

@joaliyjudy3150 3 жыл бұрын

One punch man is like the better mordern version with an adult instead of a young child.

@wingdingfontbro 3 жыл бұрын

It was so bad that Japan made it a country wide meme that has lasted longer than rickrolling.

@emancipator6364 3 жыл бұрын

Ya I recently discovered the culture of people creating MAD vidoes of this anime. It's incredible.

@k-leb4671 3 жыл бұрын

Rickrolling's still a thing.

@wingdingfontbro 3 жыл бұрын

What I meant was that this meme existed before rickrolling and so “it has lasted longer than rickrolling”

@Joko-zt8ui 3 жыл бұрын

Get chargeman-ken'd lmfao

@SakugaAsu 3 жыл бұрын

@@emancipator6364 What're these mad episodes?

@logger1176 Жыл бұрын

that transition at the end when he went from ranting about how bad chargeman ken is to talking about how it's the best anime ever created was so smooth

@millianarakuzen Жыл бұрын

Man's sanity has broken so much he develop Stockholm syndrome 😂

@gabrielesolletico6542 Жыл бұрын

@@millianarakuzen Yeah! Aahahahahaha!

@booyaboibob 11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@petykash 2 ай бұрын

This show sounds awesome 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Surfink63 Жыл бұрын

The amount of criticism you gave it in the beginning to the sudden abundance of praise at the end gave me the same whiplash as an actual Chargeman Ken episode

@brandonkoh8361 Ай бұрын

He's just trying to get you to watch chargeman ken. He just doesnt want to suffer alone. Do not fall for the siren's sweet whispered words laddie, for they be a trick.

@CharlieFoxtrot 4 жыл бұрын

A boy named Ken who is age 10... Ken10

@MMumbles 3 жыл бұрын

And he even fights aliens.

@copy-rightedname 3 жыл бұрын

Wait ben10!?!?!

@BloopBloop-jb7ko 3 жыл бұрын

hOLY SHIT

@EightyFourThousands84000s 3 жыл бұрын

A ten named ken whose age is ben

@lungse.2565 3 жыл бұрын

SHIT

@knellpeek1920 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Chargeman Ken invented the Wikihow artstyle

@idrlc2123 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God your right

@SirChubbyBunny 3 жыл бұрын

Someone should make a meme with that, but replace the article thumbnails with Chargeman Ken stills.

@TheBonkleFox 3 жыл бұрын

@@SirChubbyBunny "part 1: accepting your death" *shows still from Dynamite In The Brain*

@SirChubbyBunny 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBonkleFox part 2: embrace it and get ejected out of a plane at maximum overdrive speeds.

@sai_lg1070 3 жыл бұрын

*OOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFF* *OOOOOOFFF* *OOOOFF* *OOF*

@runeanonymous9760 Жыл бұрын

I remember reading a theory that Ken killed the real Dr. Volga, and the reason the ship exploded wasn’t because he was a bomb, but just because the Juralians are too incompetent to make spaceships that don’t explode; the one that got kidnapped was the fake, and the “bomb” he heard was Dr. Volga’s pacemaker.

@SheepDog-hj4jx 5 ай бұрын

What the actual fuck? 😂

@gregthehedgehog0956 4 ай бұрын

X'D

@SsnakeBite 4 ай бұрын

I choose to believe this is canon.

@Devilot109 2 ай бұрын

Well, they were supposed to be the same Dr. Volga, just after being modified.

@jamst5913 Жыл бұрын

Props on you for pointing out the hair and then never letting it show up again.

@DigitalFulcrum Ай бұрын

I started noticing the hair and that is some of the funniest things I've seen on an anime. Yes I mean on the anime, not in.

@pollyisagoodbird 4 жыл бұрын

"I forced an AI to watch 10.000 hours of anime from the '60s and '70s, then told it to make an anime of its own. This is the result."

@ricktenner1336 4 жыл бұрын

I chuckled to this conment because it is accurate lmao

@strider4life696 4 жыл бұрын

And you created Skynet

@1337w0n 4 жыл бұрын

"I forced an AI to watch this. Halfway through, it killed itself."

@mateololero4091 3 жыл бұрын

After that i put it on a maze, three days in he still couldn't make the exit, there was two fake paths and one true

@FlowUrbanFlow 3 жыл бұрын

It seems accurate

@hueypautonoman Жыл бұрын

According to Wikipedia: "The low budget caused Knack Productions's staff to become apathetic toward the show and largely skip work on it in favor of going to the beach."

@chippy2023 Жыл бұрын

Dang, it was that bad? •-•"

@tacticsogreman Жыл бұрын

@@chippy2023 Apparently the budget was 1/10 of what one would normally have for a regular anime.

@hellbunniez3 Жыл бұрын

that random factoid and the way it’s written cracks me up lol

@UBvtuber Жыл бұрын

Bruh idk if this was normal for 70s anime, but it looks like a bad attempt to merge old anime with scooby doo. I know that american animation was going through the dark ages at that time, but dear god.

@popodumman6816 Жыл бұрын

@@tacticsogreman 1/10th of the budget for 1/100th of the effort

@jaodasilva7993 9 ай бұрын

Kenshiro, Goku , Guts , and the Doom Slayer look under their bed for Chargeman Ken.

@3AHoles Жыл бұрын

The creators were playing the long game. They made something so awful on purpose in anticipation of meme culture rising 40+ years later so they could live off of the royalties in retirement.

@user-xz6qc5ej2r 10 ай бұрын

it's a fun thought experiment. but Anime was just like this, dude. look at white lion kimba show

@3AHoles 9 ай бұрын

@@user-xz6qc5ej2r it was also a joke. They obviously didn't anticipate things like the Internet or meme culture. They just made a shit anime with no money.

@nappeywappey 4 ай бұрын

The creators uploaded the entire thing on KZfaq so your theory is right lol

@kathrineici9811 2 жыл бұрын

“He shoots first, and never asks a single question.” That’s probably accurate to what would happen if you gave a 10 year old powers

@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813 Жыл бұрын

Is like a japanese Jim West! 😂

@odwrksboxedtrash3730 Жыл бұрын

I mean it's also accurate if you give someone wearing blue a gun too.

@reverbthevocal421 Жыл бұрын

@@odwrksboxedtrash3730 You mean yellow.

@odwrksboxedtrash3730 Жыл бұрын

@@reverbthevocal421 No no, I meant what I said.

@reverbthevocal421 Жыл бұрын

@@odwrksboxedtrash3730 My apologies. I had no idea you were colorblind.

@CaitieLou 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like an anime that would be on the TV in the background of another anime.

@Tiffany-ov2jf 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@GenericProtagonist118 3 жыл бұрын

This is like a parody anime like you would see playing on adult swim.

@Emerald29 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like the background of a anime that is also a background of a parody anime from adult swim

@SNUPE_FOXX92 3 жыл бұрын

Fr, some shit Shin Chan would be watching 😂

@preetimantborabhowal704 3 жыл бұрын

Action Kamen is better

@faenethlorhalien 11 ай бұрын

The reason why this anime came out on April's Fools day is more pedestrian than you would imagine. Japanese school year and fiscal year both start on April 1st (in ancient times, the year started in April 1st, it's not as strange as you'd think, the Brits did something similar up to medieval times or so), so if it coincides with a Monday or whatever other weekday, then odds are an anime will be released that day, because it's time to start new series for that schoolyear.

@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14 16 сағат бұрын

April is also the start of the Anime “Wheel of the Year” marking the three months “seasons” of launching of new series (April, July, October, January).

@nivia-t6h 4 ай бұрын

happy 50th aniversary to the greatest anime of all time

@Oblivitana 26 күн бұрын

50 years of greatness and popularity

@GIRru11 3 жыл бұрын

Chargeman Ken is literally that one kid at the playground who says he wins at everything because of his made up rules that he changes on the spot to suit his needs

@firegodessreiko 3 жыл бұрын

'My power is to have ALL powers!'

@Kat-bq8dc 3 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that this anime is a 10 year old boy's power fantasy. It doesn't have to make sense, and the protagonist is always right using the greatest amount of force possible.

@tuluflulu 3 жыл бұрын

And Jojo's

@good__person 3 жыл бұрын

Can we add "Chargeman Ken" as definition of Gary Stu?

@tuluflulu 3 жыл бұрын

@@good__person He's more like an accidental Villain Sue.

@Outside998 2 жыл бұрын

"Not because they couldn't do it, but because they thought it was funny." You know, I respect that.

@MrJemoederopeenstokj Жыл бұрын

Man's clearly been rolling around in the filth that is the normie side of internet his entire life, pokes his nose out once and goes 'insane'. What an insufferable normie

@Nell_Hell Жыл бұрын

indeed

@Reddotzebra Жыл бұрын

I mean, it's what I would do if I was an alien with unspecified but malicious intentions. It's right up there with "give competing warlords supertech weapons that stop working after two months and watch the fun."

@VeryPeeved Жыл бұрын

@@Reddotzebra wait, do you tell them they stop working after two months, or do you keep that a secret?

@Reddotzebra Жыл бұрын

@SecaKaizen But since they get the cards back it doesn't seem as if any aliens got the hint.

@ahwhite2022 10 ай бұрын

That scream sound at 9:34 needs to be sampled an become the new Wilhelm scream. It's... beautiful.

@keithg5473 4 ай бұрын

Happy 50th, Chargeman Ken! Rest in peace. Please, PLEASE rest in peace...

@Mythical4227 Жыл бұрын

The fact that they forced the kid to light houses on fire because it was funny is the most realistic reason anime has given.

@saddocatto9245 Жыл бұрын

well... now with all of those insane tik tok trends... it's not suprising if that happened all over the world

@shrimpshufflr7745 Жыл бұрын

@@saddocatto9245 so far I’m wining 😩

@lasskinn474 Жыл бұрын

A lot of the plots as one sentence aren't that far off from tmnt or something

@Mythical4227 Жыл бұрын

@@lasskinn474 I think it’s funny because of the quality and the time it was released, tmnt was more put together lol

@shadowcruiser874 Жыл бұрын

I waited my entire life fo that moment kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKlgpdJ20NGvm4U.html

@TheAlmightyJello 4 жыл бұрын

"Should we be drawing Ken as a 10 year old boy or a 30 year old man?" "Yes"

@jerrybaker9855 4 жыл бұрын

or maybe a woman

@arx3516 4 жыл бұрын

A really short 30 year old man.

@xfirexrainx6668 4 жыл бұрын

This is an appropriate use of a mathematically correct answer

@emilianoborselli9787 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@poilaaliop 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a hobbit. He looks like a young version of Frodo from Ralph Bakshi's animated LOTR with way too much mascara on

@IceGoddessRukia 10 ай бұрын

This show made the whole "main character is a villain" thing before it was cool- and did it unintentionally! I can't believe Hanna Barbara has more frames than this anime too. Breathtaking! :0

@KLegyyn 4 ай бұрын

50 YEARS OF CHARGEMAN KEN! . .

@StudleySnargle 4 жыл бұрын

Chargeman Ken is like when a villain tries to make a film that portrays himself as the good guy.

@JHenry-nz7hy 4 жыл бұрын

This is straight outta "Starship Troopers"

@koichidignitythief7429 4 жыл бұрын

Like Ozymandias?

@sena167 4 жыл бұрын

@jpala821 let it go buddy

@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 жыл бұрын

Likes Friend from 20th century boys

@adamaus8770 4 жыл бұрын

@@sena167 don't ya love it when anti SJWs act entirely like SJWs and bring up their social injustices up in situations that have nothing to do with what their offended by?

@xelestial_sky 3 жыл бұрын

"Why do the aliens have targets on their chest?" So Ken knows where to shoot.

@salimamari5371 3 жыл бұрын

You just solved the most complicated thing ever

@EarleTKG 3 жыл бұрын

bravo! I would be offended if you didn't take my like.

@hanakochan6597 3 жыл бұрын

das ist gud

@fairyfair6395 3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't even hit it either!

@thisisahumanlol8255 3 жыл бұрын

699 likes NOICE

@DeathMelodies 11 ай бұрын

"Your life can only improve after watching it-" as i sit in a depressive episode, this was weirdly very encouraging. Thanks for the laughs! i appreciate your air of pure frustration and mania.

@VersieKilgannon 4 ай бұрын

"it's offensive to all five senses and a few senses only found in space aliens" 😂😂😂😂😂

@ianfinrir8724 3 ай бұрын

Gotta love hyperbole.

@terryeubanks8797 4 жыл бұрын

"Why does everyone just let Ken do what he wants?" The real question is who could possibly stop him.

@heartattack8491 4 жыл бұрын

Another Ken

@SpheroJr3289 4 жыл бұрын

Rui Carvalho *Intense head nodding*

@vbgvbg1133 4 жыл бұрын

SpheroJr 3289 Single frame explosion time

@dycedargselderbrother5353 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Twilight Zone movie segment where a kid is in control of everybody because he warps reality in horrifying ways if you cross him.

@joadarium9605 4 жыл бұрын

Shit I'm convinced that not even Goku, Kenshiro, Saitama, or ANY powerful anime MC could stop the madman that is Chargeman Ken.

@user-fv8yo2eo7x 4 жыл бұрын

On the reason on why it’s so bad, according to the Japanese Wikipedia page, it said the staff didn’t care for it so much that some staff went to the beach instead of working, I doubt this is the only reason though, it’s too magical to be this bad

@cc0767 4 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite trivia ever now. Japan the land of obnoxious work culture "lol thats trash lets go to the beach!"

@mazimadu 4 жыл бұрын

So, this was made by Yakuza?

@Krystalmyth 4 жыл бұрын

"Hey, what are you doing at the beach don't you have an episode to finish?" "Yeah but, I got Ligma." "Ligma?" " ⎝ ͡⎚◡⎚⎠ "

@MarquisLeary34 4 жыл бұрын

OH LAWD, now I wanna see a documentary about the making-of. It's probably even more cocoa pops than the show it'self, I'm talking Minky Momo levels...

@KanchidoShinokyoufu 4 жыл бұрын

From what I remember about this show was that it was meant to be just filler between two shows with weird run-times. Just like The Fuccons were.

@numberseven1358 Жыл бұрын

I think a studio should make a sequel to this that just fleshes everything out. It’s quality is like 200 out of 10. Story, animation, and all that is basically perfection, and at the end of the season they direct watchers to this as the definitive prequel for what they just watched.

@annnichols3091 Жыл бұрын

I'm a 68-year-old American woman whose anime experience goes back to "Astro Boy" in 1963. Given the American made-for-TV cartoons that were available during my childhood, I'm sure I could handle "Chargeman Ken".

@wedran9225 7 ай бұрын

Since making this comment, have you tried, and if so could you? I need to know!

@annnichols3091 7 ай бұрын

@@wedran9225 I just watched the first episode and was not fazed in the slightest.

@wedran9225 7 ай бұрын

@@annnichols3091 You absolute champion.

@annnichols3091 7 ай бұрын

@@wedran9225 Heh. Look up made-for-TV barely-animated cartoons of the 1960s. That's what I grew up on -- yes, even the infamous "Clutch Cargo" and "Space Angel".

@JanusHoW 7 ай бұрын

@@annnichols3091Your next challenge is to watch the whole thing.

@penguasakucing8136 4 жыл бұрын

So THERE is the origin of the girl with the knife

@theonlycatonice 4 жыл бұрын

Your pfp matches this comment

@SpencerLemay 4 жыл бұрын

@@theonlycatonice When did people start saying pfp instead of avatar?

@verdakorako4599 4 жыл бұрын

@@SpencerLemay just now.

@SpencerLemay 4 жыл бұрын

@@verdakorako4599 The first time I saw it was 2 days ago and now I am seeing it again. I don't like it.

@stefanm.734 4 жыл бұрын

@@SpencerLemay The image next to a person's name has always been called a profile picture. Shortening it to "pfp" is a more recent development, with the first time I saw it being sometime back in 2016.

@E100Omega123 3 жыл бұрын

"We forced an AI to watch every anime from the 1970s. This is what it created."

@simont390 3 жыл бұрын

Tfw the anime is so bad you have to use force to make even a computer watch it all 😂

@moochtheyarddogg9795 3 жыл бұрын

Thus the increase of sentience in robots, who someday will murder us all.

@specterknight873 3 жыл бұрын

Ah so that’s how Glados went insane.

@randomtinypotatocried 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that would be considered abuse to AI systems everywhere

@rahulrt6396 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder Skynet launched those nukes...

@GlobsterAGoGo Жыл бұрын

Ken holds a special place in my heart, always and forever. ...No, wait. Oops, that's actually dynamite. Looks like I've been turned into a human robot. Nice knowing everyone.

@user-zu8jn1fj4w 7 ай бұрын

Oyurushi kudasai!

@Andulvar Жыл бұрын

I was introduced to this series a few decades ago at an anime convention which was around the same time I was introduced to Otaku no Video. There was always one person at the club who would always be like "I want to show you how great this old anime was!" and proceed to show you stuff like this.

@VOLAIRE 4 жыл бұрын

Japanese to the Japanese: _I'll never forgive the Japanese!_

@cardprophecy97 4 жыл бұрын

You’re just everywhere, aren’t you?

@ogungou9 4 жыл бұрын

@@cardprophecy97:Plot twist. Or maybe, just maybe, you're a stalker ...

@user-ek9dd1cc2b 4 жыл бұрын

Wickednative yes.

@ashah8656 4 жыл бұрын

-Joseph joestar

@Plazmasoldier 4 жыл бұрын

Is that a Jojo reference.

@narf-narf 3 жыл бұрын

This anime is like the kid that makes the _bare minimun_ for the school project.

@emancipator6364 3 жыл бұрын

Least there are creators who are putting full effort into creating insanely trippy videos based off this anime. I have a playlist of some of them check it out.

@Siliziumwesen 3 жыл бұрын

Like making the project while presenting it

@user-xb1wh5mt4l 3 жыл бұрын

I once wrote a last-minute essay at school and got an A! Well, in Russia we have a different system, like A is 5 B is 4 C is 3 D is 2 E is 1.

@sirurchin7187 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-xb1wh5mt4l ABCDE

@alfalldoot6715 3 жыл бұрын

Oh so I made this show then

@jonathanwilson4286 3 ай бұрын

Two years ago, I saw this video for the first time. After now having watched the series in its entirety twice now, I can say with absolute confidence that this man is speaking the gospel truth here 100%. Kenny, I applaud your courage to lay it out and tell it like it is. Bravo.

@f1r3hunt3rz5 10 ай бұрын

I gotta give credit where its due- which is miniscule for this show- I kinda dig the realistic art style. Wish it can pop up again in modern times.

@bumblebeepicnic6917 4 жыл бұрын

Nearly 50 years ago, a Japanese animator accidentally took a picture of his hand while rushing an anime to completion. For all we know, this split-second frame could be our only evidence of this person's existence. We don't know who he is or if he's even alive. All we have is a hand. Just imagine, your lasting legacy being tied to an animation error in Chargeman Ken.

@farkbett699 3 жыл бұрын

That's spooky

@butterbungnaked1440 3 жыл бұрын

@Salmon Ella why😕😕

@user-gl7ry9pm5j 3 жыл бұрын

@Salmon Ella Is this a jojo reference

@Ramsey276one 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing it was just his HAND...

@NeostormXLMAX 3 жыл бұрын

man thats sad i must do somethign to make people remember me

@MagillanicaLouM 3 жыл бұрын

So instead of making a decent product that would eventually get forgotten over time, they made something so terrible that when it's terribleness becomes widespread, it becomes immortalized into Japanese culture forever as an icon of memery? Geniuses

@TheTrueDiablix 3 жыл бұрын

This 4D Chess move was outstanding on their part

@moosesues8887 3 жыл бұрын

Well yeh

@flareongirl3606 3 жыл бұрын

*outstanding move*

@leme1294 3 жыл бұрын

In other words, this anime is so bad that is successful in its own way.

@RiderWithTheScarf 3 жыл бұрын

They give Aizen a run for his money regarding their long-game keikakus

@takikomi-kurigohan 3 ай бұрын

April 1, 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Chargeman Ken broadcast. Congratulations! Enjoy Chargeman Ken, praise each other, and give one star at the end. This is the universal way to enjoy the Chargeman Ken😊🌏

@BierBart12 11 ай бұрын

I fucking love old shows like this where the protagonist is just an absolute maniac who simply does not care about morality. Speed Racer is another favorite

@AGoofyJester 11 ай бұрын

Those types of characters are the ones I write about

@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v Ай бұрын

Weird.

@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v Ай бұрын

@@AGoofyJester😑

@BierBart12 Ай бұрын

@@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v Yeah, it's prolly a weird sense of humor

@outfoxies 4 жыл бұрын

Aliens: *exists* Chargeman Ken: So anyway I started blasting

@Blackshadow164 4 жыл бұрын

Fatt Mox nice meme

@faisfaiz4353 4 жыл бұрын

Gorefield: *exist* *Plot armor leave the chat* Gorefield: bullets don't work ken

@AssistantCoreAQI 4 жыл бұрын

ChargeMan Ken Is An Accurate Representation Of The Entire 40k Fandom.

@lolno8370 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao 666 likes.

@jabberw0k812 4 жыл бұрын

They literally have targets painted on their chests.

@Garrettcube 4 жыл бұрын

Chargeman Ken: “So anyways, I started blastin’ “

@ewancreskeyallan1403 4 жыл бұрын

But I don’t see too good, so I miss.

@mrjanemba 4 жыл бұрын

Anyway, you guys all think i'm a hero, and i'll accept that responsibility.

@roger_combatevolved 4 жыл бұрын

Someone photoshop this meme.

@justinnelson5960 4 жыл бұрын

@@ewancreskeyallan1403 and then i fired, and i missed. and then i fired, and i missed. and then i fired and i fired and i missed. i missed both times!

@ewancreskeyallan1403 4 жыл бұрын

And then I ate a popsicle, and then I passed out

@Kyndurr01 4 ай бұрын

This video intrigued me so much that I wound up getting the bluray for Christmas. Thank you for expanding my horizons (for better or worse)

@AwesomeJellyBean 10 ай бұрын

Love how it sounds as though you’re genuinely losing your mind as the video progresses. That’s the kind of passion I like to see in a video essay.

@kelinator2000 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair to the Aliens the concept of Aliens forcing children to commit arson for no reason is pretty funny.

@exzyyd392 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like "pretty funny" is a bit on of an understatement. Shapeshifting, space faring aliens infiltrate human society and use their otherworldly powers, technology and wisdom to make a random kid commit arson WHICH HE WAS ALREADY DOING

@krunkle5136 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously most of the ideas from the show could be legit with better writing.

@azuroslazuli6948 2 жыл бұрын

*[Chargeman Ken wants to know your location]*

@arx3516 2 жыл бұрын

@@exzyyd392 imagine the trial!

@EmperorOfChaos 2 жыл бұрын

This anime is awesome. It makes no sense but it is wacky. Jojo makes zero sense for most seasons yet pwople love that. I prefer Jolyne's season than the rest.

@pottasium7117 4 жыл бұрын

chargeman-ken is truelly inovative and ahead of its time. Literally 2020 shitpost but anime

@chrisw7047 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It basically forsaw Zoomer humor, 2020 nihilism, and meme templates.

@MMumbles 3 жыл бұрын

And it came from the 70's. How.

@X3n0n36 3 жыл бұрын

It came from the japanese, the founding fathers of internet meme culture, it probably has impacted today's one. Memes are just a distorted mirror of the past.

@thetoad4912 3 жыл бұрын

This comment has the like number of the beast, please don't like it any further

@NeostormXLMAX 3 жыл бұрын

literall pioneer of the internet

@user-zu8jn1fj4w 7 ай бұрын

The person who wrote and sang the lyrics to Volga Dynamite also wrote the lyrics to Pekora Usuda's music for hololive.

@kankeydong2500 Жыл бұрын

I'm starting to believe Chargeman Ken is actually an SCP specimen.

@Lumberjack_king 8 ай бұрын

He would be a great scp

@taniaroman5857 3 жыл бұрын

Chargeman Ken in a nutshell: So aNyWaY, I sTaRtEd BlAsTiNg

@slbrah7375 3 жыл бұрын

100th like

@echidnut6602 3 жыл бұрын

Its literally what will Charlie make if he became a mangaka

@Zancibar 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect comment. Underappreciated.

@staydetermined6717 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@applebonker141 3 жыл бұрын

@@echidnut6602 Nightman: the anime

@jasonwhigham335 2 жыл бұрын

Chargeman ken feels like something that would've got picked up by adult swim and given an overly goofy dub

@Earthstar_Review Жыл бұрын

Maybe that's what drove them mad enough to take the cartoons and replace them with live action.

@NoahGooder Жыл бұрын

@@Earthstar_Review god the whole live action conversion for adult swim pissed me off for the longest time. till I found that some of the shows are kind of decent.

@rita8274 Жыл бұрын

I don't even know if it would need a dub, it just seems like something I would see on LATE night adult swim loooool. I'm going to show my husband it bc he likes stupid stuff like this.

@glennaschoeler Жыл бұрын

imagine if it got the Ghost Stories treatment HAHA just let the VA's run wild

@marie-camilleschaap2708 Жыл бұрын

Like in the ghost stories dub

@OnionManSteve Жыл бұрын

I think that the order that it was released on DVD was different to the initial broadcast order (for some reason), which is why the episode about him losing his powers in the dark is before the one where the aliens try to figure out his weakness. This entire thing feels like I've eaten 3 boxes of Benadryl, even the Hatman doesn't know wtf is going on

@LegendaryDorkKnight 10 ай бұрын

I planned to listen to this in the background while working, but what you were describing was so unhinged and insane that I kept tabbing back to this video every 10 seconds.

@Erok9 3 жыл бұрын

"How is that 10 year old so good at killing us?" Says alien species with literal targets on there chest.

@alvaronavarro4895 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh LMAO

@mr.cauliflower3536 3 жыл бұрын

*their

@stalecheez-it1034 2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.cauliflower3536 Cool

@choog2752 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine you are at school and this kid in a yellow shirt with a K on it his helmet and pulls out a gun while saying “THERES A ALIEN HERE”

@VidelxSpopovich 4 жыл бұрын

And then he shoots your Puerto Rican friend.

@thehermit8618 4 жыл бұрын

Chargeman Ken is the quiet kid confirmed

@tablescissors 4 жыл бұрын

Excuse you, undocumented Earthlings.

@wolfegirl1013 4 жыл бұрын

Ah I love America; happens every day

@marialuke2116 4 жыл бұрын

Im certain the classroom snark would go "Yeah, im looking at him" and the other kids would laugh. (and then we'd all die because angry kid with gun)

@eeriekekashi419 Жыл бұрын

I bet the animators of that show saw the success and were like “what the fuck”

@AardvarkSnoot 4 ай бұрын

Happy 50th anniversary Chargeman Ken. Always relevant in how to NOT do an anime.

@serhiid3758 4 жыл бұрын

About "hair at the edge of the screen" - That is not a hair, actually - it's a threads from pressure frame. When you do a classic animation, you put a transparent sheets with drawings on a photo table, and use a tool, named a "pressure frame" to put them together. It has soft borders to prevent damage of the sheet. In USA, France, Germany and Soviet Union this soft borders were made from rubber or some synthetic materials like latex. But in Japan, for some reason, they were making them from few layers of silk cloth. And after some use, it can give you this result.

@NarffetWerlz 4 жыл бұрын

Way to bring everyone down with a knowledgeable, fact-based explanation that actually teaches us something and makes us better people. You bring shame and dishonor upon Chargeman Ken.

@elleofhearts8471 4 жыл бұрын

the little silk thread is like a hidden Mickey. it doesn't change anything relevant to the show but it's just neat to seek and find it.

@Digitaaliklosetti 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea whether this is bullshit or not, but I will spread it as fact from here on

@Phantomsangel 4 жыл бұрын

That makes me feel less grossed out lol.

@Bellonging 4 жыл бұрын

oooo Intresting!

@courtroonegg 4 жыл бұрын

When he said hair I thought "Hmm just looks like average anime hair." But no. He meant *hair* on the *film itself* I lost my shit.

@vay5540 3 жыл бұрын

H-how does that even happen??? Tell me, how?!

@innactive8909 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. And when I did see the hair, I thought it was on my screen and tried to wipe it off.

@lv26Phoenix 3 жыл бұрын

@rexsupreme1840 considering these were only 5 minutes each, I would say it's very possible they scanned them in batches.

@bashfulwolfo6499 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice the hair at all, I had to go back and rewatch the scenes because of this comment

@Bane_Amesta 3 жыл бұрын

I had to hide the subs to look for it, and now I CAN'T UNSEE IT xD

@williamnailen6640 11 ай бұрын

Chargeman Ken is actually an incarnation of the King in Yellow. It's obvious. And now you know. Not that it helps. Nothing helps. All hail the King in Yellow.

@HezrouDhiaga 3 ай бұрын

Idk what was more hilarious about this anime: the fact the team behind it was so done with it that they'd skip to go to the beach instead or the fact that some 50 years later, long after the people behind it are likely dead and gone, that it is now a meme icon so legendary in japan it sells shit as well as fucking astroboy or any other legnedary anime. Its like its made tf up but its real and i cant decide which is funnier to me 😂

@helliagaming6255 3 жыл бұрын

can we just appreciate Japan's response when Chargeman started leaking online, they didnt avoid it, they embraced it and celebrated it for being Terrible

@Ramsey276one 3 жыл бұрын

Kono kanji TFW XD

@emancipator6364 3 жыл бұрын

Ya those MAD videos of this show are a true blessing on this Earth. I love them!

@carlycrays2831 3 жыл бұрын

Japan: We are so, so, so sorry.

@k-leb4671 3 жыл бұрын

Why would they avoid it? We don't avoid stuff like The Room.

@FoxIord 3 жыл бұрын

@@k-leb4671 By "we," who do you mean? Because I legitimately cannot figure out what nationality Tommy is. I've tried, but his accent cannot be placed.

@abyssbun444 3 жыл бұрын

This deserves a ghost stories level of dubbing. Or a horror remake where Chargeman Ken is the villain and everyone is scared of him.

@Nothing-1w3 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao yes

@Ghostbat007 3 жыл бұрын

Someone do it please

@Silver_Sonic_23 3 жыл бұрын

He is definitely a psychopath

@elgatochurro 3 жыл бұрын

Fans should do that, it'd make more sense of the plot

@Silver_Sonic_23 3 жыл бұрын

@@elgatochurro what plot?

@JonathanThe501st Жыл бұрын

My favorite trope in this show is when someone has their head messed with, they look like their writhing in agony. Feels like it could be projection from the animators

@opo3628 Жыл бұрын

I can't stop laughing how the aliens are designed with *LITERAL TARGETS* on their bodies.

@gibblet7041 4 жыл бұрын

I love how exasperated Kenny sounds throughout the whole thing, like this is his magnum opus and he's going to expose it to the world.

@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for him to discover more hidden garbages. I loves this channel.

@mikabreto 4 жыл бұрын

This is how I want all video critiques to be presented from now on.

@skullduggery6665 4 жыл бұрын

@d0lanCL Same he made this sound like it was more insane that it actually was. This is nowhere near that insane

@galaxy9310 4 жыл бұрын

@@skullduggery6665 I'm curious but, you watched it?

@skullduggery6665 4 жыл бұрын

@@galaxy9310 Yes. His review and the cartoon

@sleeplessindefatigable6385 4 жыл бұрын

It looks weirdly western, though, and that's the strangest thing to me. Like somebody saw Jetsons or Scooby-doo and said "we want that, but so much worse."

@rubyy.7374 4 жыл бұрын

Well anime in general started off as a cheap knockoff of American cartoons before coming into their own - look at Astro Boy or Speed Racer, the western influence really shows.

@sleeplessindefatigable6385 4 жыл бұрын

@@rubyy.7374 Huh, well I learned something new. I always assumed anime just kinda happened in a bubble.

@Shimlarian 4 жыл бұрын

Betty Boop was a big influence in anime.

@rubyy.7374 4 жыл бұрын

Sleepless Indefatigable I’d recommend Fredrik Knudsen’s Down the Rabbithole video on the topic. It goes into great detail on what spawned the genre.

@rubyy.7374 4 жыл бұрын

Sleepless Indefatigable Also, it didn’t start in a bubble, but with a mushroom... Two actually. Anime stems largely from the American occupation of Japan in the postwar 1900s, where American media seeped in through cultural osmosis. Would anime exist without the world wars? Probably, but this definitely sped the process up. Same with America busting through to yank Japan out of its 200 year isolation and into an industrial revolution. I’m beginning to see a pattern here.

@Inkan1969 2 ай бұрын

My impression was that they wanted to create an anime for children that makes them want to buy the yellow costume and toy gun. Also, that 5 minute length predicted KZfaq videos.

@spikedwallman Жыл бұрын

"I've never seen an anime series air the episodes in the wrong order" haruhi suzumiya did it deliberately

@Nyerguds 6 ай бұрын

Was looking for this comment, lol.

@anxiousArtisan Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the plot of this anime makes perfect sense if you just imagine it was written exactly as dictated by a four year old.

@anxiousArtisan Жыл бұрын

@mathismagic7428 sir this is a wendy's

@dwqafaefa... Жыл бұрын

@@anxiousArtisan no it isn't

@anxiousArtisan Жыл бұрын

@@dwqafaefa... oh :(

@Angrybird_Ringpop Жыл бұрын

@@dwqafaefa...yes it is

@dwqafaefa... Жыл бұрын

@@Angrybird_Ringpop prove it

@SherlocksLeftNipple 4 жыл бұрын

Not going to lie, a lot of those alien plans sounds like plotlines from Totally Spies.

@LaineMann 4 жыл бұрын

Except that show actually makes sense.

@monikamatas9340 4 жыл бұрын

Don't insult Totally Spies, that show's a treasure

@MrAnonymousme10 4 жыл бұрын

lol i cant remenber how many times i jerk on that cartoon.

@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrAnonymousme10 you made a good idea

@charleslynmartin795 4 жыл бұрын

At least Totally Spies had some decent plot and storyline.

@Mick_92 10 ай бұрын

0:53 looks like a mix of Speed Racer and that bad cover art for the original Megaman game.

@rossthebesiegebuilder3563 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised there wasn't one mention of how much he looks like Speed Racer.

@oniplus4545 Жыл бұрын

the biggest mystery of this anime is ken's sister, knowing that around 90% of humans in this series are shapeshifting aliens and ken is literally feeling suspicious to people with slightly off hair color but he isn't even being suspicious with his sister having different colored hair in his family, not to mention she tried to kill ken with a knife once before in an episode

@lilyhudson8470 Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Bubbble_Bear Жыл бұрын

my headcanon is that ken and his family are so insane that they kill innocent people and to cope they perceive them as the same shapeshifting aliens they hunt everyday

@rembrandtdavinci6410 Жыл бұрын

@@Bubbble_Bear That could actually be a good concept for a David Cronenberg type movie.

@elmersbalm5219 Жыл бұрын

@@Bubbble_Bear that perfectly describes far right conservatives in the 50s to 80s. Shape-shifters and zombies were placeholders for 'communists'.

@mydogbrian4814 Жыл бұрын

> Nothing that *FAMILY GUY* doesn't do on a regular basis. - We see Stewie killing his mother. Mother killing her infant sun. Dad shooting his family dog in the head in the car. All done for laughs! *> So why am I not laughing?*

@kingsleycy3450 6 ай бұрын

I love that Ken seemingly dropped the robot professor out of the sky before the professor even processed the revelation

@quistan2 4 ай бұрын

I just picked an episode out of a hat. Episode 45, where his sister is hypnotized into trying to kill her brother, the sister at the end plays the piano and says "I made a mistake" that last line was like a synopsis for the entierty of the anime.

@ikmnification5737 4 жыл бұрын

That wasn't an accidental hand photograph, that was proof of life by a father telling his family he's made it to Episode 23 and he's okay... for now.

@pixelcrunch300 4 жыл бұрын

Can someone translate the message for me, please?

@pixelcrunch300 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, translate, pls.

@michaelmartin9022 4 жыл бұрын

@@pixelcrunch300 He's implying that the animators were chained to their desks and forced to work really hard like slaves. Only if that was the case, wouldn't the animation be, er, good?

@neko281 3 жыл бұрын

So basically a kid that commits various atrocities and war crimes against alians and humans

@WobblesandBean 3 жыл бұрын

And butterflies!

@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 3 жыл бұрын

@@WobblesandBean not the butterflies!!!

@wildfire088 3 жыл бұрын

What the fuck is your name 0_0

@peebay3515 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but it's okay because he has a spiffy suit and a cool gun. Duh!

@rapusukarion2043 Жыл бұрын

9:32 first off great video, makes me want to watch the entire series. second, when you mentioned the screaming an ad for gopro played and a bunch of people were screaming; that was perfect ad placement and will probably never happen again lol

@XxBruh2xX 4 ай бұрын

I saw this guys banner and then immedietly subscribed

@hewhodestroysmorale764 4 жыл бұрын

Kenny attempted to understand Chargeman Ken. He hurt himself in his own confusion.

@general_electrics 3 жыл бұрын

_Sees child wielding knife being held back in thumb._ Can't *not* click.

@KemoneArmstrong 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly why I clicked lol

@franciscorodriguez8915 3 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

@brentc2411 3 жыл бұрын

guilty

@GreenEyedPsycho 3 жыл бұрын

That kind of thumbnail *BEGS* you to click

@andret3739 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen this channel before, this showed up in my recomends and i clicked precisely because of that

@tjzero0008 4 ай бұрын

This video's still worth a rewatch, this video introduced me to this channel and a whole swathe of anime I'd have never heard of otherwise. Chargeman Ken always makes me smile lol

@NutmegFox Жыл бұрын

14:26 Cartmen in anime form XD

@ChristianRodriguez-hz2qb 4 жыл бұрын

All the aliens even have a target on their chests. They just asking for death at that point.

@crackedemerald4930 4 жыл бұрын

At least their god is merciful.

@irfanburningowl 4 жыл бұрын

basically MMPR right?

@cherrycordiaI 4 жыл бұрын

...Then it turns out that Ken has an older sister named Nora.

@alieneko_nyo 4 жыл бұрын

omg XD

@prawnchips9461 4 жыл бұрын

they both have vague super human strength and from vague futuristic inter-planet world with low FPS. Nora is Ken's sister that running from home to avoid all this super hero responsibility and live whatever she wants. She also helps an old bald detective for free and for her own entertainment.

@demy4176 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@Masterge77 4 жыл бұрын

This is my headcanon now and nobody's going to tell me otherwise.

@adamtaurusragnathebloodedg8407 4 жыл бұрын

Ken is the ultimate lifeform

@Clarity_OSRS Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the editing here! Talking about music, show the characters covering their ears and a record playing. It matches well.

@Crysis1soldier Жыл бұрын

I very much enjoyed this record of your descent into madness. I feel I have learned everything I could possibly want to know about this Anime and I thank you for suffering through it so that I did not have to. God Bless...

@LadyofTheSummer 4 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned the hair, I thought you meant the hair of the characters, so I was confused. When I realized the actual hair sticking out of the sides of the screen though... I can't believe that was left in.

@LilLadyAy 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@LilLadyAy 4 жыл бұрын

I like how the modern skits included it 🤣

@uniqhnd23 4 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@BreakinMIk 4 жыл бұрын

@@uniqhnd23 13:13

@Mtyugi 4 жыл бұрын

Omg i have to go back and watch cuz i was confused as well!!! 😆😆😆😆

@guytorie 4 жыл бұрын

Kenny: "So lemme talk about the hair" Me: "Cool, let's discuss the chicken-scratch lines on the badly drawn hair." Kenny: "It shows up on the screen randomly" Me: "Oh wait."

@lrgogo1517 4 жыл бұрын

I took me a while to realize he wasn't talking about in-universe hair. That could have been resolved early on with at least one zoom-in effect on a hair.

@Pheonixco 4 жыл бұрын

@@lrgogo1517 why ruin the surprise?

@MathewRenfro 4 жыл бұрын

help me out here; i dont understand the hair bit...

@redholm 4 жыл бұрын

@@lrgogo1517 Same. I was looking around to look at some strange hair style.

@MF2X360 4 жыл бұрын

@@MathewRenfro One of the animator accidentally left REAL hair in the scene of the animation and recorded it on-screen.

@UrMom-yf2nr Жыл бұрын

The first episode was aired on April 1st. Someone must’ve took the April fools joke too hard

@tylermitchell185 10 ай бұрын

The audio driver on my computer crashed and I thought it was just part of the existential dread building up in the video

@devillass6025 4 жыл бұрын

Here's a twisted version of this series I imagined: Chargeman Ken is a delusional psychotic little boy. In his world, aliens are accepted as normal beings, a lot of them have immigrated to Earth and shapeshift into humans so that they are more pleasing to look at and won't unsettle the beings they are coexisting with. Ken decides he hates aliens and finds a dangerous vaporizing ray gun, and discovers deadly powers. So, he takes matters into his own hands and tries to eliminate the alien race one by one, seeing them as dastardly fiends when they are just minding their own business. Both alien and human forces have tried to stop him but he is too powerful with his numerous abilities. His friends and family are scared of him and pretend to like and support him so that he wont send them to the shadow realm. His adventures are him terrorizing alien civilians and avoiding detainment by the government.

@mar10ssj1 4 жыл бұрын

Now that sounds like something I would watch as oppose to all the crap that is coming out nowadays.

@monsieurnaggert3134 4 жыл бұрын

@@mar10ssj1 Maybe ask a Studio nicely to adapt that Idea?

@mar10ssj1 4 жыл бұрын

@@monsieurnaggert3134 nowadays is all about isekakais. The market is just saturated with them.

@ischeele7203 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Stardust the Superwizard

@ThatGuy-tc6uv 4 жыл бұрын

Or, you could go the opposite way and even vindicate Ken and his family by having their sociopathic tendencies stem from intense paranoia that anything could be a Juralian plot (including each other, given how often they've been brainwashed or replaced by clones). This show is extremely easy to deconstruct and I'm morbidly curious as to what a psychological thriller version of Chargeman Ken would look like.