Destroy All Podcasts DX Episode 168 - Samurai Pizza Cats: The Movie
Hosts: d'Arcy, Jeremy, Zuey
This is about feudal Japanese politics, android cats making pizza, and drinking.
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More after the cut!
Okay, so the American designed VHS cover for the compilation kind of sucks.
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| Posted 27 December, 2010 - 03:42 by Destroy All Pod... |
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Comments
4 comments postedI waited a few day before commenting since I wanted to see if anyone would say what I have to say.
The script and music was totally done by Saban. One of the VERY few times it improves the original. Very witty and well written humor.
The original anime was part of a short lived fad in the late 80's/early 90's have SD robots with armor. This was due to the popularity of SD Gundam and Saint Seiya.
I'm reminded this cartoon was originally produced by Sotsu Agency (who have handled the Gundam shows previous) and Tatsunoko (Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Yatterman, etc.). It's rather sad though if most of the episodes to the series are not available in Japan due to the acquisition by Saban when they were producing SPC. I wouldn't be surprised if the deal is how Jeremy described it.
They knew they were in a cartoon, so many puns & play on words, and the narrator frequently broke the 4th wall. Plus it was all in chibi style (SD FTW), and I was totally into Power Rangers at the time, so the multi-colored team with armor upgrades and giant transforming robot was right up my alley. (I can't remember, did we ever get any toys from the show in the US?) Yeah, it's a little more painful for me to watch it now, and I've forgotten a lot about it, but... good times, good times.
Hrmm- maybe I should download the podcast before I comment? Oh, well.
I don't remember any toys for it myself. Best I remember was seeing it air around 1996-97. At the time, there was an hour block of Saban shows that was aired in syndication that included this along with Eagle Riders (Saban's version of Gatchaman II and F) and Dragon Ball Z (the first English version where Goku goes to "Another Dimension"). Where I lived it was aired around 8AM while I was on my way to school so I couldn't see it other than programming a VCR to tape it. For how it was adapted, I would say it was probably one of the better shows Saban had done for it's time.