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Crimson Wolf | KYOTO VIDEO
From the mind that gave us Riki-Oh comes something that just might be even crazier. Just not in the way you expect. Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest…
Rhea Gall Force | KYOTO VIDEO
The Gall Force trilogy ended with two main casts dead and their race annihilated. But that little factoid was not gonna stop a big producers like Sony from…
The Top 25 Years in Anime RANKED | KYOTO VIDEO
This is a video I've been brainstorming ever since I started this channel. Going over the vast expanse of anime history and figuring out which of them are…
The Lasting Legacy of Looney Tunes | THE MERRIE HISTORY OF LOONEY TUNES
FINAL EPISODE The Termite Terrace may be over but the story of the Looney Tunes does not end their. What came after is practically its own tale to tell…
Digital Devil Story: The First Megami Tensei Anime | KYOTO VIDEO
Learn the history on how a popular novel trilogy birthed one of the most-influential JRPG franchises of all time and a good-looking but flawed OVA film at the…
Idol Project: Pretty Looking Noise | KYOTO VIDEO
Before they made they made the crowd go mild with Wild Cardz, Studio OX made a genuine stab at a multimedia franchise with idol-packed project Idol Project. But…
Boogiepop Phantom: Unsung and Unnerving | KYOTO VIDEO
Happy Halloween! I bring you a much-loved yet still under-discussed psychological horror masterpiece. Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest episodes of KYOTO VIDEO and more: https://www.youtube.com/kaiserbeamz Donate to my Patreon:…
Puppet Princess | KYOTO VIDEO
Manga legend Kazuhiro Fujita once wrote a series of short stories and somehow, one of those got animated. Tune in with KB to see how an anime with…
RG Veda: Clamp's Dazzling Debut | KYOTO VIDEO
The possum gets around to talking about the four ladies of Clamp and the obscure OVA of their debut manga that helped launch the shojo anime renaissance of…
Gunbuster | KYOTO VIDEO
ORIGINALLY POSTED: March 6th, 2018. Reuploaded due to copyright. Before he made thousands of teenagers depressed with Evangelion, Hideaki Anno fired them the fuck up with the OVA epic…
Grenadier | KYOTO VIDEO
KB takes a look at the big-chested gunslinger shonen from 2004 Grenadier. Can it overcome a messy production and obvious parallels between another Western-inspired anime about a blonde,…
The Cockpit: Leiji Matsumoto's WWII Anthology | KYOTO ANIME
80 years after America's victory in Europe and the Pacific, no doubt many heroic tales have been written about the victors. But what about that war's losers? What…
Battle Arena Toshinden | KYOTO VIDEO
A toy company makes a shockingly innovative 3D fighter. Said fighter is an immediate success. Said company proceeds to milk the franchise dry, but not before bankrolling an…
Ninja Cadets | KYOTO VIDEO
Today, we look at Ninja Cadets, an anime OVA that has a surprising amount of technical craftsmanship. But unfortunately, is let down by the state of both ninja…
Lost Universe: Slayers' Forgotten Sci-Fi Spinoff | KYOTO VIDEO
It's 1998. The anime landscape is rapidly changing but Slayers is still white hot. So hot that it was decided that Hajime Kanzaka's sci-fi "spin-off" series should get…
Crying Freeman | KYOTO VIDEO
Kazuo Koike is a legend and pioneer in the field of seinen manga, but you wouldn't know that from the less-than-stellar anime adaptations of his work. Can Toei's…
Hyper Speed Grandoll | KYOTO VIDEO
Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/kaiserbeamz to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed OVAs…
The Star of Cottonland: Anime's First Catgirl | KYOTO VIDEO
Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest episodes of KYOTO VIDEO and more: https://www.youtube.com/kaiserbeamz Donate to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaiserbeamz KB is their name and talking about old animation is his game!…
Lupin III - The Legend of the Gold of Babylon | KYOTO VIDEO
We're back with Lupin and we're taking on the wild era of the 80s "Pink Jacket" era. See how the most divisive era of Lupin III is exemplified…
Original Dirty Pair | KYOTO VIDEO
We see the long-awaited return of the Lovely Angels as we delve into their OVA series/second season. And after the missteps of Project Eden and Nolandia, does this…
Patlabor: The Movie | KYOTO VIDEO
The Patlabor franchise finally takes the next big step with its big screen debut. See how Mamarou Oshii and the rest of Headgear turn the normally mundane police…
Transformers — Scramble City: The Mobilization | KYOTO VIDEO
Because of its vast success in the West, some people have made the assumption that the Transformers owe everything to America in its success. That's completely wrong. We're…
Unico in the Island of Magic | KYOTO VIDEO
It's time to check in on Unico again and witness him going on a super psychedelic adventure that was guaranteed to give childhood-you nightmare. And you can all…
The Girl From Phantasia | KYOTO VIDEO
The Girl From Phantasia is another footnote of anime history could've easily been swept under the rug as an Urusei Yatsura rip-off... had it also not been produced…
Virgin Fleet: Oji Hiroi's Creepy Cringe-fest | KYOTO VIDEO
Unearthed from the hellyear of 1998 to present to the hellyear of 2024, we have the ill-reputed Virgin Fleet. Bafflingly born from the minds of two of the…
Lily C.A.T. | KYOTO VIDEO
Celebrate Halloween by seeing how, out of all the Alien rip-offs that came out in the 80s, Lily C.A.T. might be the better ones. And also learn if…
Bio Hunter | KYOTO VIDEO
Gorey special effects and other production materials have become intertwined with horror movies since time immemorial and people have given praise to their craft. So, it should make…
The Beautiful World of Kino's Journey | KYOTO VIDEO
The early 00s saw the emergence of the light novel adaptation. And one of the early success stories was an episodic, philosophical romp done by the Serial Experiments…
Slayers Gorgeous | KYOTO VIDEO
Back from vacation and I need to get back in the swing of things. So about our annual Slayers video. This year, we look at the final entry…
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer: Masami Obari's Blank Check | KYOTO VIDEO
Before I head off on a much-needed vacation, let's take a look back at a bygone era. An era where Masami Obari wielded so much power and influence…
Battle Athletes: A Retro Anime Retrospective | KYOTO VIDEO
Since the Olympics are around the corner, let's take a look back at a sports anime that I can tangentially relate it to. One with lots of wack-a-doo…
Kimera: Taking the Boy Out of Boys' Love | KYOTO VIDEO
Boys Love's popularity in the States is more recent than you think. For this reason, one company decided to try to turn a boy's love anime straight in…
Fake: The Gay Cop Anime | KYOTO VIDEO
In honor of Pride Month, we're doing a first for KYOTO VIDEO! We're doing a video on a boy's love anime finally! One of the first boy's love…
Battle Royal High School | KYOTO VIDEO
Ichirō Itano is a a true talent in his field of animation. But his directorial work has always been divisive due to it proclivity towards hardcore violence, even…
The Kawaii Counterculture of Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space | KYOTO VIDEO
What happens when two musicians make an independent anime film about cute, rebellious kitty cat in space? You get 2002's Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, a…
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01: How It Changed Anime History | KYOTO VIDEO
Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest episodes of KYOTO VIDEO and more: https://www.youtube.com/kaiserbeamz Donate to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaiserbeamz WORKS CITED: The Secret History of Animeigo: https://web.archive.org/web/20190630013113/https://www.animeigo.com/about/secret-history-animeigo/ Kabukicho Wars: The Metal Skin Panic…
Labyrinth of Flames | KYOTO VIDEO
Fifteen years after Project A-ko, creator Katsuhiko Nishijima wishes to get back to his gag-driven roots by turning a pitch for a samurai drama into something more his…
Space Family Carlvinson: The Forgotten Family Comedy | KYOTO VIDEO
Nestled within the "hyper-violence" era of the OVA age was this weird cute little comedy about six aliens trying to raise a little girl. It was released and…
Horus, Prince of the Sun: The Film That Made Anime | KYOTO VIDEO
Today, we go back to the first true decade of anime to look at a film that helped make the artform truly unique. In a class struggle of…
Wild Cardz: When Good Animation Can't Save You | KYOTO VIDEO
Good animation counts for a lot in the anime world, but what happens when that isn't enough? 1997's WILD CARDZ is here to lay its cards out on…
Otaku no Video & the History of Otaku | KYOTO VIDEO
For my 6th anniversary, I wanted to take a look back at an anime that's more of a historical document than an actual anime. Through a …
Crystal Triangle| KYOTO VIDEO
What initially begins as a rip-off of Indiana Jones transforms into something truly mad. But is it enough to make an forgotten OVA movie like Crystal Triangle watchable?…
Tokyo Godfathers: An Anime Christmas Classic | KYOTO VIDEO
The ultimate anime Christmas film has turned 20 this year. Here's why you should care! Subscribe to KaiserBeamz for the latest episodes of KYOTO VIDEO and more: https://www.youtube.com/kaiserbeamz Donate to…
Outlanders: A Divided History | KYOTO VIDEO
In 1986, an anime flopped in its home country. Years later, it became a big-selling title off the momentum of being one of the first official manga releases…
The Animatrix: A Retrospective | KYOTO VIDEO
2003: The Year of the Matrix. As part of a hype cycle mean to promote the two sequels to the 1999 blockbuster that year, the Wachowski Sisters released…
Slayers Great | KYOTO VIDEO
ORIGINALLY AIRED: May 12th, 2023 It's time for our annual trip to Slayer-town again and this time it's gonna really silly, even by Lina & Naga standards. On the…
Pet Shop of Horrors | KYOTO VIDEO
In 1999, the nascent genre of "josei horror" finally got its moment in the sun. And while it was brief, it's certainly good enough to look back on…
Dark Cat: The Worst Horror OVA Ever? | KYOTO VIDEO
Shoujo horror was big in the 80s and early 90s, but that was not reflective by the OVA market. Especially not indicative by a past-its-prime movie studio choosing…
Arion | KYOTO VIDEO
The European sword-and-sandal genre seems quite unlikely to be found in anime, right? Wrong! Yoshikazu Yasuhiko directed and animated a big budget epic in the 80s steeped in…
One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack | KYOTO VIDEO
One Piece is pretty popular right now, so now is an opportune time to do a video on it. So we go back to before the anime's…