#Yoshio Urasawa

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1126

Episode 1126: "The Detective Who Lost His Mind”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

5 again!

Favorite screencap:

Kogoro: "This here is my assistant! Nevermind the fact he's in first grade!"

Favorite Moment:

The end cause it means this episode is over.

Least Favorite Moment:

Yeah I don't buy that Megure and Takagi wouldn't go out of their way to try to prove Kogoro's innocence. He's helped them on how many cases now??? This episode they're just like, "Well damn, you wore the same suit and don't have an alibi and fingerprints are on the weapon so MUST BE YOU!" Really??? You're not gonna try to work harder to prove Kogoro innocent?

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Kogoro introduces Conan as his assistant and for some reason the client doesn't question this at all and is perfectly chill with requesting Kogoro investigate her husband's cheating without batting an eye at the fact she's saying this in front of a 6 year old. Ahhh??? O_o;

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

That was not pleasant. 2.

EDIT: OOOHHH. Of course it was an Urasawa episode. No wonder the lady didn't bat an eye.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Kogoro on case

Investigates for woman

Ends up being framed

Next Episode: Episode 1127

Previous Episode: Episode 1125

[the-monkey-ruler]

Monkey Typhoon (2001) アソボット戦記五九

Director: Mamoru Hamazu / Osamu Sekida / Ittoku Tanahashi / Kyousuke Mihara / Takenori Mihara / Yoshiaki Okumura / Shunji Yoshida / Kazuo Nogami / Yoshito Qin / Hiroshi Haraguchi / Akihiko Nishiyama / Yuki Kinoshita Screenwriter: Shinobu Shinobu / Hashimoto Yushi / Nakaze Rika / Urasawa Yoshio / Kobe Kazuhiko / Shizuya Isao Starring: Kappei Yamaguchi / Tomoichi Seki / Masaki Iizuka / Takeharu Kunimoto / Nozomi Sasaki / Minami Takayama / Atsuko Enomoto / Shinichiro Miki Genre: Comedy / Science Fiction / Animation / Adventure Official website: http://mv.avex.jp/asobot/asobot.html Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2002-10-01 Number of seasons: 1 Number of episodes: 52 Single episode length: 23 minutes Also known as: Association Robot Goku / Asobotto Senki Goku / Five-Nine Wars / Aboto Senki Five-Nine / Monkey King Five-Nine / Journey to the West / Assobot战记五九 / 五九战记 / 阿波特战记五九 / 猴王五九 / 西游战记 IMDb: tt5916944 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

On December 31, 2052, in order to prevent the scientist Ryutaro from destroying the world, Xuanzang Jiuzou asked his son Xuanzang Sanzang to select some robots from 99 robots numbered 1-99. Sanzang finally selected five robots: Gokyuu, Tongoh, Jou, Suuji, and Mioto. On January 1, 2053, Ryutaro modified the program of supercomputer Eve and began to destroy the world. In order to protect Sanzang, Zero, the first generation robot manufactured by Jiuzao, was destroyed along with the robots Soichi Fujimura and Souka Fujimura created by Ryutaro. Robot Tai is Wujiu's opponent on the surface, but in fact he is protecting Wujiu and his group. In order to restore the supercomputer Eve's program to its original appearance and return to December 31, 2052 to stop Ryutaro, they must find 49 parts to save the world. Head east! For Abbot (a life form of opportunity) to coexist with humans...

One thousand years in the future, the world has lost its balance. All the giant trees up to 10,000 meters high have been cut down by humans as obstacles. The entire world has turned into a desert. Only humans and Abbot are left in this world that is heading for destruction. As if guided by fate, Sanzang and Gokyuu meet. Traveling together, Sanzou - a young man shrouded in mystery, Gokyuu - the strongest and worst Anbot around, Tongoh - an Anbot fond of drinking, Jou - someone who is great with machines, Suuji - a female Anbot thief, and last but not least, Mioto. And so, their journey begins to the boundless East, to the land where the sun was born!

Source: https://myanimelist.net/anime/3193/Asobot_Senki_Gokuu

Link: https://gogoanime.be/anime/monkey-typhoon-xDRN/

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Some 02 things you might think are dub-exclusive, but actually aren’t

This one’s written for anyone who’s only ever watched 02 through one of its dubs (especially the American English one) and hasn’t been able to verify any of this with the original Japanese version. Because dubs are known for cutting/censoring things depending on market or adding localized jokes (and especially in the case of the American English one, for which 02 was the one with the most aggressive joke-adding and dialogue changes), there are times you might watch certain scenes in 02 and think that this must have been the result of one of these instances.

But no, sometimes 02 really does have moments like these, because why not.

Welcome Milk

“Milk” (from 02 episode 12) is such a strange thing for Starmon to offer the kids, and given that dubs would often censor things like smoking or alcohol or anything particularly disturbing, could it have possibly been originally...?

Nah, it was just milk. For some reason, Starmon just loves to offer everyone Welcome Milk. There was nothing weird in the milk and the milk is pretty much entirely irrelevant to Starmon’s plot, it’s just milk that Starmon offers, because why not.

Honestly, any episode written by Urasawa Yoshio is just kind of like this.

The 8/1 “fraction”

(Thanks to @vethica​ for the reminder on this one!)

Daisuke’s “idiocy” is somewhat exaggerated in the American English dub, and the Japanese version does have him have a bit more common sense to the point he sometimes asks questions that are too grounded, but nevertheless Daisuke is still very simple-minded and isn’t great at complex topics, so the joke about him misreading the “8/1 Plan” (Odaiba Memorial) as a fraction comes straight from the original. Actually, in the original, it’s even worse because he inverts the fraction and accidentally refers to it as the “one eighth plan”, which of course the others tease him for. (Even scriptwriter Masaki Hiro implicitly teased him about it earlier this year.)

“Disappear” just means “disappear”

A morbid one compared to the more humor-based ones in this list: it’s sometimes been incorrectly reported that Ken outright wished for Osamu to die (in the flashback in 02 episode 23) and that this language was toned down in dubbing. Not true at all -- Ken uses a word that literally means “to not be here anymore”, so Osamu outright dying is supposed to be effectively monkey’s paw wish-granting rather than anything Ken explicitly wanted.

Daisuke asking Tortomon to wash his hands

Yes, Daisuke, on the verge of potential death by Tortomon in 02 episode 22, decided that the best course of action was to at least beg for Tortomon to wash his hands before killing them so they could at least die hygenically.

What did change is the context; the American English dub censored the portions where it was indicated Tortomon was angered because Daisuke and V-mon had accidentally spotted him peeing (or “happily peeing”, as they put it), so this probably contextualizes a bit better why Daisuke was concerned about dying unhygenically. But on the flip side, Kiuchi Reiko’s delivery in the Japanese version makes it all too apparent that Daisuke isn’t saying this as a ploy to distract Tortomon, no, he’s completely serious and genuine about having concerns regarding Tortomon killing them with bad hygiene. That is, indeed, the level of pure-hearted, genuine idiocy Daisuke is perfectly capable of embodying.

(As you might expect, this is another Urasawa episode.)

The Inoue siblings mistaking Miyako’s troubles about Ken to be about her love life

Considering that the Japanese version of 02 was pretty ridiculously subtle about anything in the way of romantic stuff (even including the one-sided and shallow crushes), and the American English dub is the one that inflated anything to do with it all over the board, one might think the moment in 02 episode 25 when the Inoue siblings hear out Miyako’s troubles and mistake it for being about a boyfriend would be one of those additions. Nope, that was in the original Japanese version too.

The only difference is mild context; the original Japanese version includes an implication that part of the conversation happened offscreen, so instead of the Inoue siblings jumping completely to conclusions, it’s implied that Miyako tried to explain the situation as much as she could without giving away the exact details of the Chosen-Kaiser territory war, only for them to take the incomplete information and assume it must be about a boyfriend. The purpose of the scene is probably to make sure it’s apparent Miyako’s investment in this issue is not because of the shallow crush she had on Ken back in 02 episode 8, but rather a very serious one that’s eating at her.

Archnemon throwing a tantrum over a split end

The animation probably gives it away since you can see the hair strand falling off, but Archnemon absolutely did create a Dark Tower Digimon (in 02 episode 26) to terrorize the kids over a split end. She really is that petty.

Yes, there was a stone in the Chinese soup spring

Again, I feel like the animation gives it away here, but 02 episode 36 is about a Chinese soup spring housing a Holy Stone in it. No further context as to how on earth this situation came to be is provided. (Once again, as you might expect, this is an Urasawa episode.)

Well, to be fair, while 02 didn’t show off these factors as much, it’s not like Adventure hadn’t already established that some factors of the Digital World are just bizarre and out of place with no need for explanation.

Takeru and Hikari (and Mimi) deliberately trying to make Daisuke jealous with their New York trip

Since the American English dub loved to inflate anything to do with the (borderline nonexistent in the Japanese version) Daisuke-Hikari-Takeru “love triangle”, and because this is the one movie where most of the world got something closer to the American English dub than the original Japanese version, one might wonder if the part where it was stated Takeru and Hikari’s trip to New York was to make Daisuke jealous would be yet another dub joke...but nope, we even see the email in question written by Mimi to provoke this!

Not only was it from the Japanese version to begin with, it’s actually more prominent because even Mimi is in on it -- and as it turns out, it went way beyond just provoking Daisuke about the Takeru and Hikari issue, all the way into the other photos about New York sightseeing that Daisuke didn’t get to participate in. Mimi inviting Daisuke to make it up to him sometime is presumably why Daisuke takes her up on that offer and goes to visit her one year later.

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what was Yoshio Urasawa’s obsession with human/alien relations.

[wolfofwoods]

Friend I think you mixed up episides between your summary and rating/reaction. That reaction seems to be for episode 976, Follow Them! Detective Taxi, written by my favorite-to-hate of their screenplay writers Yoshio Urasawa

Episode 988: The Feuding Girls

Anime original

Plot in five keywords:

In a shopping mall, there are idols who promote plush seals

Seems like the idols don’t like each other a lot

Later, one of them is found dead

Looks like an accident

But the items found at the accident scene make it look like murder

Important plot development:

-

Rating:

1/10 armadillos

At the beginning, we’ve had some funny scenes, but the rest of the episode is actually quite stressful to watch. Can these two guys please stop singing and the taxi driver has to shut his mouth, please. So many nerv-wrecking people. I wanna shoot myself. What is this?!

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Directors and Writers of Digimon Adventure

So, I thought it would be fun to look at the Wikipedia Page for the first season of Digimon and see how many episodes each of the writers and directors got credit for.

Writers:

Satoru Nishizono, number of episodes = 11

Reiko Yoshida, number of episodes = 3

Genki Yoshimura, number of episodes = 8

Hiro Masaki, number of episodes = 13

Yoshio Urasawa, number of episodes = 7

Akatsuki Yamatoya, number of episodes = 3

Atsushi Maekawa, number of episodes = 9

If the writing process for Digimon was similar to that of many American shows than it’s likely they all knew they had certain plot points they would have to hit. Also, every writer might have had a hand in every episode with the credited writer just doing a bigger portion of the writing, such as coming up with the general idea and writing drafts of the episode before presenting it to the others (the whole “writers room” concept)

Directors:

Hiroyuki Kakudō, number of episodes = 10

Tetsuo Imazawa, number of episodes = 6

Takenori Kawada, number of episodes = 9

Takahiro Imamura, number of episodes = 8

Hiroki Shibata, number of episodes = 9

Harume Kosaka, number of episodes = 1

Keiji Hayakawa, number of episodes = 4

Junji Shimizu, number of episodes = 3

Mamoru Hosoda, number of episodes = 1

Tetsuharu Nakamura, number of episodes = 1

Takao Yoshizawa, number of episodes = 2

This makes me wonder how much involvement Kakudo had in the show, since he only directed 10 episodes. I wonder if he was in the writing room or if he had to approve each script. 

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Kamen Rider's Hidenori Ishida helms Ganbareiwa!! Robocon with Super Sentai writer Yoshio Urasawa

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Nintama Rantarou Movie BD Subtitle Indonesia

Nintama Rantarou Movie BD Subtitle Indonesia

Alias: 劇場版アニメ 忍たま乱太郎 忍術学園 全員出動！の段 / Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantarō Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan Sutradara: Masaya Fujimori Screenplay: Yoshio Urasawa Musik: Kouji Makaino Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works Rilis : 2011 Genre: Comedy, Shounen Tema: ninja Credit: Panayangan | Meongs

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1119

Episode 1119: "The Four-Person Class Reunion”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

So I swear I watched this episode (and the other two I'm about to post) the week it aired, but somehow I forgot I hadn't made a post yet? ^^; Uh, it's Urasawa, so I think at the time I was thinking a 4?

Favorite screencap:

Kogoro: "Oh man, Urasawa's writing is hilarious! We've got to keep getting him to come back."

Conan: "Riiight."

Favorite Moment:

OH good, it's over.

Least Favorite Moment:

Uhm, OKAY. That's all it took for you to snap? D-didn't you love him? You're not even gonna talk about this before resorting to murder?

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

This episode was oddly not as off the wall as I would have expected? Did the staff rein in Urasawa?

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

Uhm, well, it's still Urasawa. 4.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Ill will between friends

Blackmail victims had enough

Blackmailer is killed

Next Episode: Episode 1120

Previous Episode: Episode 1118

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1089

Episode 1089: "The Genius Restaurant”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

Ahhh, 5?

Favorite screencap:

Conan: “Oh jeez. This episode is written by THAT guy, isn’t it?”

Favorite Moment:

Blushy Conan, I guess.

Least Favorite Moment:

...Urasawa. Please. Why, why, why do you write such WEIRD episodes?

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Apparently the term for these street performers is chindon’ya.

Mr. Urasawa. Sir. Your episodes all have one thing in common and that's that they stand out for their weirdness. That said, I went back and tagged all your episodes so we can continue to see this progression of weirdness.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

It's an Urasawa episode. Like....where do I begin with what seems to be a fever dream? 1.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Super weird plot time

Conan vs. a famed chef

Seems to be a dream?

Next Episode: Episode 1090

Previous Episode: Episode 1088

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1067

Episode 1067: “The Shopping Center in Love”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

-headtilt- That's certainly a title. Uh...3?

Favorite screencap:

Kogoro: “She said WHAT to Ran!?”

Conan: “Eh, don’t worry. Ran doesn’t get around to fighting her, otherwise that’d be an obvious murder case to solve, and not one I’d like doing.”

Favorite moment:

Ran figuring out why on earth Kogoro would agree to referee a pro wrestling event with old shop owners while Kogoro uses signs to tell Conan to make up a lie. ^^;

Least favorite moment:

Ah, I guess just the reuse of an overused theft...trope? It felt obvious what was going on as soon as the manhole was shown and drawn attention to.

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Cutie Mimi is probably a reference to Cutey Honey for the name, the tiara is probably Sailor Moon inspired, and the addition of the feather calls to mind Magical Princess from Akazukin Chacha.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

Amusing, but predictable once the manhole was shown. Not the first time an anime original has pulled off a Red-Headed League inspired theft. 5.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

An attempted theft

Fake pro wrestling tournament

Revealed in the ring

Next Episode: Movie 24

Previous Episode: Episode 1066

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1057

Episode 1057: “Bad Guys”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

Another 2x speed anime original! Go! 4!

Favorite screencap:

Conan: “I would never eavesdrop. What a horrible thing to accuse a little boy like me of.”

Favorite moment:

This interaction and just Conan's expression. ^^;

Least favorite moment:

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Oh lord. I knew 2 seconds in this was gonna be another weird one. It's that one writer, isn't it? -looks- Yup. Yoshio Urasawa, the Tokyo Barls dude. =w=;

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

This writer is always so weird... =w=;; 3.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

A sad son-in-law

Actually dangerous

Insurance money

Next Episode: Episode 1058

Previous Episode: Episode 1056

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1028

Episode 1028: “Ballad of the Woman Who Loved Cake”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

How about a 5?

Favorite screencap:

Conan: “Cake...is serious business.”

Favorite moment:

Conan acting like a brat to lure the husband away to tell them his plan.

Least favorite moment:

Hoo boy, this culprit is up there with “I don’t like how people treated a fictional character!” for motive.

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Death by drowning in red bean paste is certainly a new one I hadn’t heard of before.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

Actually kinda a fun watch. 6!

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Sweets president killed

Couple protects each other

Cake lover to blame

Next Episode: Episode 1029

Previous Episode: Episode 1027

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1010

Episode 1010: “The Idol Whose Smile Disappeared”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

6!

Favorite screencap:

Yamasato: “What do you mean, ‘Yoko Okino is the greatest idol ever’!?”

Ran: “Kayoko is a great idol, but I don’t think you’re going to convince my dad, the ultra Yoko Okino fan.”

Favorite moment:

Conan’s reactions this episode, especially this bit where he suddenly has to turn to hide. ^^;

Least favorite moment:

That was...quite the scream. >_’

What's one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn't before?

Sir. This is not Akira.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

...Uh...well...that...was different. 5?

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Policeman with case

Asks Kogoro for some help

Dine and dash idol

Next Episode: Episode 1011-1012

Previous Episode: Episode 1009

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Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 997

Episode 997: “Intrigue at Smile Village”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

5!

Favorite screencap:

Conan: "So once again, I've been sort of kidnapped. Yaaaay."

Favorite moment:

The villains' exasperation at the old ladies.

Least favorite moment:

Uh, wha?

What's one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn't before?

The ladies are singing "Donguri Korokoro" ("A Rolling Acorn") which is a Japanese children's song.

The kids' names are on the fans. From left to right it's Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

...Wh--what on Earth was with the writing this episode? Like...this totally feels like Saturday morning cartoon levels of over the top. 1.

Celebrate it!

Since I don't have access to a tablet and am too lazy to scan a drawing, have a (not exactly) summary haiku.

The Detective Boys

Are taken to nursing home

To meet their old fans

Next Episode: Episode 998

Previous Episode: Episode 996