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Chargeman Ken!

  • TV Series
  • 1974
  • Unrated
  • 10m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
87
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Chargeman Ken! (1974)
AnimeActionAdventureAnimationSci-Fi

Infamous among anime fans in Japan, this 1974 series by Knack Productions is known for its nonsensical plots, absurdly incompetent animation, and brutal 10-year-old hero. See young Ken Izumi... Read allInfamous among anime fans in Japan, this 1974 series by Knack Productions is known for its nonsensical plots, absurdly incompetent animation, and brutal 10-year-old hero. See young Ken Izumi gun down wave after wave of ineffectual aliens, while dealing with misaligned animation c... Read allInfamous among anime fans in Japan, this 1974 series by Knack Productions is known for its nonsensical plots, absurdly incompetent animation, and brutal 10-year-old hero. See young Ken Izumi gun down wave after wave of ineffectual aliens, while dealing with misaligned animation cels, repetitive music, and a near total lack of sound effects. The best joke is that none ... Read all

  • Creators
    • Tetsuhisa Suzukawa
    • Eiji Tanaka
  • Stars
    • Kazumi Tanaka
    • Setsuko Miyagawa
    • Yoshiya Nemoto
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    87
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    • Creators
      • Tetsuhisa Suzukawa
      • Eiji Tanaka
    • Stars
      • Kazumi Tanaka
      • Setsuko Miyagawa
      • Yoshiya Nemoto
    • 2User reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kazumi Tanaka
    • Barikan
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    Setsuko Miyagawa
    • Ken Izumi
    • 1974
    Yoshiya Nemoto
    • 1974
    Yuki Aida
    • Saori Izumi
    • 1974
    Noboru Satô
    • Maou (1974)
    • Creators
      • Tetsuhisa Suzukawa
      • Eiji Tanaka
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    8Flunky3k

    Archaeological Animation Greatness

    While many might ridicule Chargeman Ken, it is clearly an exquisite celebration of ancient Japanese zoetrope animation.

    Oddly centered around Western themed characters and futuristic childhood utopian visions, it never the less captures the indomitable spirit of Japan as they continuously crush their would be Juralian invaders.

    Using savvy, endless reuse of simplistic animation cells, typically at 2 frames per second, the series captures the visceral excitement that early projection novelty shows must have incited.

    Like a TikTok video, the pieces are short and self similar with disembodied voices. In that, we realize this show was oddly predictive of the future by way of rudimentary forms of the past.

    Bravo to Crunchyroll for continuing the presentment and preservation of this important cinematic treasure.
    1cainiwakura

    The most fascinating pieces of animation that I've seen in ages, despite the fact that it barely moves.

    There's no review of it so here ya go. First of all, i'm actually surprised that this meme machine from knack can get score even 5 in IMDB which is surpisingly high, meanwhile it's only 4,5 in MAL. it's a meme... So bad it's Good anime that turned into Japanese golden Meme!

    Okay so come into serious aspect, i don't think i will casually recommend this anime to my friends.

    The Animation: The animation is just decent at worst thing possible, if there's something i can praise about this show except how it turn into a biggest jokes ever, it's the animation that still watchable.

    The Story: Actually... what story ? you think you're ready for it but you're not. While normal tv anime need at least 15 minutes to 25 minutes to tell something, this anime not. (and you finally realize it's never a normal anime) Every episode telling the same story of bad juralian and chargemen ken story in his never ending quest of slaughtering juralian from the faces of earth.

    The Sounds and VA: The VA is surprisingly ok, but the sounds design of music and sfx is nah (there's even one episode where a scene doesn't have sound).

    The Conclusion: it's not a serious show that I normally will normally recommend to watch, but I will say you should watch it, not as a show but as a greatest meme ever. Every episode is only 5-6 minutes normally there's 65 episode of it's available in amazon prime and youtube. You're not sure to watch it ? it's okay don't waste your time but hey try watch eps 35 dynamite in brain.

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    • Trivia
      The series was the fourth animated television series produced by the animated studio Knack Productions. Despite the studio's founders including former personnel of the prestigious studios Toei Animation and Mushi Production, Knack Productions had a reputation for producing poor-quality imitations of concepts popularized by other studios.
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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1974 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • チャージマン研!
    • Production companies
      • Knack Animation
      • Tama Production
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    • Runtime
      10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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