The Truth About Takeshi's Castle and its Winners

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The truth about Takeshi's Castle winners is finally revealed in this "Shocking" video. Well not shocking if you ever watched the original show. In this video I, your awkward host and seminal Takeshi's Castle Fan, breakdown every winner that the show ever saw and finally answer questions.
Did the show only have 8 winners?
Have more people been to the moon than won on the show?
What happens when the host wins the game?
This and more will all be revealed in this special video essay.
And yes I made a video just to disprove a meme. I have no life. Now that I've made the joke it defeats the purpose of making it yourself :) .
I should note that I'm not a professional youtuber and this video was really made for fun and to disprove longstanding misconceptions about Takeshi's Castle. Healthy criticism is fine but please be kind.
If you want to know more about Takeshi's Castle feel free to ask any questions you may have in the comments below. If you want to see more of these type of videos about Takeshi's Castle, Ultra Quiz or any number of Japanese game shows, please make your voice heard.
If you want to listen to an interview I conducted with a Takeshi's Castle Showdown winner, the video can be found here:
• Takeshi's Castle Winne...
Special thanks to evilninjadev for making the title card for me.
Takeshi's Castle is the sole property of TBS. No challenge is intended with this video and clips are used under fair use.

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@Larry Год назад

Have you ever heard of a British TV show called "Clive James in Japan"? Its a docu series about his time in japan and one episode was about him being a contestant on Takeshi's Castle, loads of behind the scanes stuff.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Hi Larry, I did see the special at one point because it was online. It was cool seeing behind the scenes. He was in episode 42 which was a parent/child tournament. I suspect he was meant to be in episode 41 which was a celebrities special. Some of the stuff he said was inaccurate, though I bet it was for joke's sake. Let me know if you need anymore info.

@skeletorment Год назад

Hello, you.

@WallKenshiro Год назад

No I never saw that but I'm sure as hell gonna search for it. Thanks again for the facts Larry.

@mork6668 Год назад

Man,was just watching one of your vids a couple hours ago,and now here you are in a obscure comment section 😅

@allyourpie4323 Год назад

Don't get eliminated!

@AaronJLong Год назад

Even if you only count people that won multiple times once, we can't forget the person that won the most times out of everyone: Takeshi

@HolyClownFuckarus Год назад

Sensei

@lichylickyrick8864 Год назад

Noticed that pfp, its by felis right?

@abzinhoo Год назад

Very close

@Mephitinae Год назад

Interviewer: "How long have you been competing in Takeshi's Castle?" Minoru: "About 4 years now" Interviewer: "So you must be good then." Minoru: 😰

@jirolu6096 Год назад

Intense sobbing

@taylorcourville9193 3 года назад

Dude I loved this. Takeshi's Castle produces such intense feelings of nostalgia for me. What an incredible show.

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. Takeshi's Castle means a lot to me as well.

@Lessgo00 2 года назад

@@notundercovercop327 One question. How many contestants were there and why is everybody running and rushing?

@talamioros Год назад

@@Lessgo00Old thread, I know, but the idea is that they are an attacking army charging against Takeshi's forces to take his castle. Hence the run. Also, they've done a remake of Takeshi on Prime TV.

@stratabegood Год назад

its back

@kitsnap1228 Год назад

IKR

@Slade0120 Год назад

Takeshi's Castle had such a big cultural impact that it even made it's way to German TV. It's crazy to see there's someone so dedicated to it even decades later. Love the videos.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you.

@NETIERRAS Год назад

Ja man

@dazingamaine4318 Год назад

i didnt even know there where other final battles.i thought the laser showdown in the 90s was always the final battle. und ja in österreich waren viele japanische sachen in dem fernsehen. inuyasha und sailor moon und bam one piece japan fan für life XD we need a cyberpunk modern reboot with takeshis castle.

@greenaum Год назад

I think it's more likely that it was very cheap, rather than "cultural impact". Some of the UK's lowest budget channels showed loads of Takeshi's Castle. A 1980s gameshow that's already earned it's pay in Japan, in a foreign language that basically nobody outside Japan speaks, it's not gonna bring a high price. That's probably why it's been everywhere.

@azuremk__3101 Год назад

I used to watch it constantly (and still love it!) and I’m in Ireland! Unfortunately I don’t think it airs here anymore but cannot wait for the new episodes :)

@leap541 Год назад

Congratulations on being chosen for the attack team for the Takeshi's Castle revival!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank You!

@NeoJackBauer Год назад

Revival? 😮

@smilesfordays Год назад

@@notundercovercop327i happened to see your segment on the 45min trailer! So excited to watch! I hope you had a fantastic time! You’re living my masochistic dream! 😂

@vantheman1wald Год назад

@@NeoJackBauerso in case you haven't been told in the last couple of days: A new season is on prime video (at least here in germany). I coincidentally opened it yesterday which happens like 3 times a year and was so hyped to see it pop up. That's probably the reason the algorithm recommended this video to me now lol

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. It was amazing. @@smilesfordays

@turbo8628 Год назад

Takeshi's castle was wild. One of the greatest shows ever made imo cos it was just fun to watch and everyone just seemed happy to be there. No drama, no forced tension, just did what it did and was better for it.

@k.r.99 Год назад

Sounds like the result of one of those conspiracy theories, where the matrix is set up to keep us busy, lazy and entertained with simple, brain dumbing content. Takeshi's Castle = modern gladiator fights

@phoenixboyz Год назад

No game show in the world currently is as awesome as Takeshi’s castle. What a great show after dinner every weekends

@Olothur Год назад

Taskmaster.

@ravinraven6913 Год назад

I imagine you mean currently in production, as my recording of a 20 year old game that isn't played anymore, is still considered "currently" but a game show is better when they try to hurt their contestants.

@multatuli1 Год назад

Sasuke is good too

@notsoberoveranalyzer8264 Год назад

@@OlothurIt’s pretty good. But, the epic and sheer wildness doesn’t match Takeshi’s Castle. But there’s a couple unfavorable variables for Taskmaster. When TC was airing, there was just not much like it especially for non japanese audiences. And Taskmaster is far more controlled.

@Agent-ie3uv Год назад

You could play takeshis castle now on PC but as a cute little beans named fall guys.

@user-11Il10I1 3 года назад

Grow up watching Takeshi's castle as a Filipino child back in the year 2000s. I didn't even know there was a backstory and I always thought the general was Takeshi. Anyways, I admire those great collections. Keep up the good work on making this vid.

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. Challenger of Fire video coming soon.

@suiken3149 2 года назад

Takeshi's castle has been aired in the Philippines since the 90s. Anjo Illana and Smokey Manaloto as Takeshi were the host in SBN 21.

@notdon245 Год назад

@@suiken3149 I'm not sure if it's lost media or anything but I really wanted to see at least one episode of it.

@notdon245 Год назад

Actually, one fun fact too, there were Filipinos who joined as contestants of Takeshi's Castle during both the 1986 and 1988 International Special. Sadly, I did not identify who they were and where they failed. Wish I'd knew too honestly :^)

@OperatorMax1993 Год назад

I grew up watching Takeshi's Castle as a Greek kid too! I even I had a dream of one of those challenges (the bridge where they try to shoot you with a ball launcher)

@FujiRoku Год назад

I always found the random mismatched clothes the contestants wore hilarious. It was like when you forgot your PE gear at school and had to wear whatever was left behind by other kids lol

@bensouthall2612 2 года назад

The real intro has so much drama. In the UK edition they made no attempt at that, a lot of the story that seems to be in the Japanese original was cut, no-one had a clue what was going on, and we all just sat back and laughed as people fell over, a whole generation of kids introduced to the legend that is Craig Charles through the narration.

@Alexalexdave 2 года назад

Well put. We had no clue what was going on in the UK but yet still one of my favourite tv shows.

@Alex-cw3rz Год назад

I disagree a bit I and my family and friends knew what was going on, it wasn't that confusing they did challenges and then had to attack the castle as the final challenge.

@75190255508 Год назад

In Sweden it was even worse as we didn't even get full episodes. There was a show called "Dumburken" playing random funny clips and some of them were from Takeshi's Castle.

@SuperMegaFudge1 Год назад

Remember he called the guy General Lee 😂

@DjDolHaus86 Год назад

What a wazzock!

@gsampson97 Год назад

I loved the UK version of Takeshis castle with Craig Charles. I only recently found out that the base game show is re-dubbed in each country it's called something like MXC in the US and other places and after seeing a few clips I'm glad we had the UK version

@edwardaugustus9680 Год назад

Takeshis Castle... Robot Wars... and oc Red Dwarf... Craig Charles was a big part of my childhood. Truly a national treasure.

@jamiesmusic Год назад

They were great, I heard they just stuck Craig in a room with a pile of mexicola and let him go at it. All the episodes are on the internet archive btw.

@ignaziolanari4646 Год назад

I always felt bad because I thought that nobody ever won anything, thanks to you I feel happier.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad I could make you happy.

@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming Год назад

I loved Takeshi’s Castle. The number of cruel pranks on those contestants, the way they would get pummeled and slip off something, or just try running through what they thought was a paper doorway and instead running into the wall. I would laugh so much. I can never remember anyone ever winning.

@paladinnine859 Год назад

This was very informative and fun to watch. My only knowledge of Takeshi’s Castle came from watching the comedic re-dub of MXC (Most eXtreme elimination Challenge) on Spike. So knowing the backstory was really helpful and puts a lot of things in context. Thanks for that!

@ravinraven6913 Год назад

if you didn't know until now...I am willing to wager you never actually watched the Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Its only stated how many times? at least once per show?

@dethvyper3136 Год назад

@@ravinraven6913 .......The American comedic dub is nothing like the full Japanese version. The American dub version is stupid.

@The8merp Год назад

@@dethvyper3136 agreed the commentators are loud, annoying and not that funny and worst of all they edit the show haphazardly instead of letting the episode play out, completely unwatchable

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

@@The8merp Actually, most foreign versions of Takeshi's Castle were edited haphazardly. MXC never presented itself as Takeshi's Castle. It was it's own show that utilized Takeshi's Castle footage.

@joshuapuntcom Год назад

Just watched the Prime reboot and now I unexpectedly clicked on this video! So nice to see that you actually went to Japan! I hope that you enjoyed it, greetings from the Netherlands! :)

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Dankjewel! It was an amazing experience. I loved being on it. 2 of the best days of my life.

@carloscresswell Год назад

Just did the same as above, you did It bro! 👏👏👏👏

@Jonathan.D Год назад

@@notundercovercop327It was great! I was so happy that they stayed so faithful to the original. I can't get enough of Japanese TV. I'm also a huge Sumo fan and enjoy watching it with my kids. You did a great job with your video, and we liked it very much!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Feel free to share!@@Jonathan.D

@Smoses_senpai Год назад

@@notundercovercop327happy to hear that 😊

@Epizephyrian 3 года назад

As a huge fan of old japanese tv, this was such a cool find to stumble across today. Thanks for making this!!

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.

@dangerx2278 Год назад

This was a part of my life, i used to watch it every night at 11 pm on pogo (Indian Cartoon channel) while doing dinner, that was a fun time but nowadays there are no Takeshi's Castle reruns and no good shows, old nostalgic days ♥️

@hapicab-brawlstars7033 Год назад

same br0......miss those old nights of takeshis castle

@siroshcelot Год назад

You ate dinner at 11 pm??

@TheDGAF06 Год назад

@@siroshcelothaha,that’s exactly what I was thinking.

@avinabamandal6999 Год назад

@@siroshcelotyeah. Most indians do have dinner at that time

@Anrai_MMV Год назад

And not to forget the iconic commentary of Javed Jaffrey!

@g57yg 3 года назад

would definitely be interested in more gameshow history/fun facts videos

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. We'll see what happens.

@Abhinsane 2 года назад

A generation of kids like me (from India) watched Takeshi castle in 2005-2008 (some still do watch re-uploaded archives) as it was a tv show over which a famous comedian did funny commentary, and it became like a cult. Was always curious as a kid how the show's winnings and technicalities took place because in majority the show just ended with credits rolling and rarely did we get to ever watch an episode where someone did win, the objective of the show was never clear 😂 but was all in all a wholesome experience watching how much the participants had fun playing it. Thanks for clearing a lot things for a small (5 - 6 years old) kid from that time.

@notundercovercop327 2 года назад

You are welcome.

@Ra-Hul-K Год назад

Jaaved Jaffrey's commentary surely was icing on the cake..😂 i never realized the show was this old.. i always assumed the contestants where just paid actors/acrobats having fun.. didn't knew there was prize money for winning.

@masroorahmadbani1712 Год назад

Javed Jaffrey is a legend. I suppose he also commented on the Hindi version of Japanese ninja warrior.

@rosePetrichor Год назад

Craig Charles didn't even notice when they had a winner one time, he was so used to them failing..! It's great that people like yourself do the hard work of cataloguing and archiving this stuff. One thing I always wondered; in the British coverage Craig would say after each game that ' go through to the next game' but that always seemed like it must be wrong; almost every contestant failed almost every challenge and yet more than half seemed to make it through every time. Sometimes the footage showed more people failing than would be possible..! Did every contestant play every game, or was it just a subset of them on each challenge?

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you, I am passionate. This comes straight from the producer of the British edit, they didn't have any notes or any numbers from the original series. Everything they had was what was on the screen. The numbers Craig said were made up. Sorry if it ruins the illusion. How it worked on the show is everyone would do the opening game (wall, perfection, ect). The people who made it through that would then be on line to play the next game. Once they were satisfied and had enough footage, then they would move to the next game. Average constant who made the cart battle usually played 3-4 games, including the opening game.

@americanbadger6986 Год назад

Craig is funny but I’ve been watching the British version and I swear he always says they lost!

@kieranbennett7453 Год назад

@@americanbadger6986i remember him celebrating a winner one time but could not name which episode it might have been. I doubt theres much of a scene to catalogue the british dub of the game show since it is so abridged compared to the japanese version, but it would be nice to know if every episode was translated or not

@rammers2802 Год назад

I remember seeing them win once, and Craig said they won absolutely nothing prizewise

@HDreamer Год назад

The original german version tried very hard to tell the story as it was intended, though I have no doubt they made up numbers in between for the same reason. Unfortunately later on a different channel aired a more garbled version that was totally confusing and now it's hard to search for the good version lol

@IRgEEK 2 года назад

MXC brought me here. Enjoyed the detailed post and the history of the actual show MXC was based on. Thanks for sharing!

@notundercovercop327 2 года назад

You are welcome

@Tarunarwa 3 года назад

this video deserves more exposure man... wow, so thorough, i like the way you explain things. Despite giving naration of the game is [rigged, unfair, imposibly hard, etc etc..], it was all part of the show. And takeshi castle already so generous providing their participant with their fighting spirit award. i love the show, many love takeshi castle in my country too.

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you for the compliment. I'm not sure I would say the game is rigged but Much of the program was "show". It wasn't as strict as an American or British Game Show. Feel free to share the video and get it that exposure.

@farhanrafdionza1593 2 года назад

@@notundercovercop327 yes, I even cheered for the fighting spirit awardees ;) (or in the Indoneisan translation : the most tenacious challenger)

@notundercovercop327 2 года назад

@@farhanrafdionza1593 I've seen a few clips of the Indonesian version. Not sure how accurate the translation is but I'm told it's one of the few that used all footage from an episode.

@farhanrafdionza1593 2 года назад

yepp...they dubbed the whole show and not giving them commentaries like they did in the west 🤣 and trust me, the dubbing was hillarious 😂😂😂

@notundercovercop327 2 года назад

@@farhanrafdionza1593 If you ever find/have full cpies of episodes, please let me know.

@hltco920 Год назад

Craig Charles's commentary was the absolute best. Wish they got him back for the remake, he made it.

@ImBarryScottCSS Год назад

I cannot explain to you the vibes of watching Takeshis castle at 3 in the morning in univeristy dorm in a single bed with my now wife. That's nostalgia right there.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

A woman wanted to watch the show with you at 3AM? You're an idiot if you didn't marry her right then and there.

@ImBarryScottCSS Год назад

@@notundercovercop327 we got round to it eventually 😅

@almamujic6507 2 года назад

Nostalgia hits hard. Thanks for the info. Greetings from B&H

@matt2mad Год назад

I'm not a huge fan of Japanese entertainment, but Takeshi's Castle holds a very strong and special place in my heart

@lukevankleef4245 Год назад

I used to watch this show every Saturday on Comedy Central right after the Simpsons. Absolutely loved this series! Also, that one guy taking on all the challenges as a Chinese hopping vampire is a legend. XD

@rockstarJDP 3 года назад

I'm interested to know the numbers on how many severe injuries were sustained throughout the shows history - health and safety was clearly a different kettle of fish back then 😅

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

I've talked to a lot of people who were on the show and the answer is very boring. I've only talked to one person who said they saw major injuries. But two other contestants who were in the same episode said they didn't remember that. I'm sure there were minor injuries but not the thousands that have been floated around by false sources for years. The show looked a lot more painful than it was.

@rockstarJDP 3 года назад

@@notundercovercop327 thanks for the answer! It's surprising that not more people were hurt, some of the falls look bone shattering 😅

@michaelmartin9022 Год назад

@@rockstarJDPA famous Chinese singer (Wong Ka Kui of the band Beyond) died doing a stupid stunt on a Japanese show, so they started taking safety a lot more seriously after that. And before some moron starts up about "typical Japan I'm afraid TBH SMH 😢", in the early 90's a British gameshow also thought it would be funny to have untrained people pulled off the street doing extreme stunts, with the inevitable result.

@truelovewontwait Год назад

@michaelmartin9022 90s were wild time for TV. In an unnecessary dangerous way that is.

@burningphoneix Год назад

"Can you imagine a world without lawyers?" *Takashi's castle theme music starts playing"

@stormerbuzz352 Год назад

Your passion is contagious and thats awesome!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

I appreciate that!

@ShootingtheAC130 Год назад

That was quite fascinating! Thank you for such the well-researched (perhaps more, well-loved) information! I've always enjoyed the show when I get the opportunity to see it, and it always looked like, despite the challenges, the contestants loved the game as much as the viewers did. To know the game-show hosts were quite generous and friendly with their contestants was a heartwarming fact.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@massey81 Год назад

First time i saw Takeshis castle was as a 13 year old when my family moved back to Lebanon 94. I hated the move as it derailed my whole life. I was scrolling the channels when this show caught my eye. I didn't understand anything as it was in japanese but dubbed over in Arabic. Instantly loved it and would always wait for the next episode to air. Shows how far reaching the shows appeal and premise was.

@hbomberguy Год назад

So glad the algorithm served this to me

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you got to see it.

@zenoelesdee8226 Год назад

Loved the video. This show was big dubbed and rebroadcasted in India in the 2000s. I remember watching this show with my grandparents and discussing the hilarious events next day with friends.

@deejams18 3 года назад

I'd love to see more videos about Takeshi's Castle? I've been a lifelong fan but had never even heard about some of the memorabilia you have!

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

I'll see what I can do. A lot of the memorabilia is known only inside of Japan. But I hope to do a full collection video some time in the future.

@benpebbles4111 Год назад

A man with a passion. So good to see.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

What can I say? I have passion.

@Dimension2364 Год назад

I think it’s really cool and exiting that you are sharing your passion. ❤️ Thank you so much for the info! Japan can be a mostly closed society for an outsider - that makes it all the more interesting to gain some story’s, fun facts and insights. ☺️

@mehlover Год назад

I used to watch Takeshi's Castle when it aired as MXC as a kid. Brought back a lot of nostalgia, and since I got older I wanted to learn more about the original dub of Takeshi's Castle. I never seen the Castle battles air in the US, and didn't know there was this whole final battle against Takeshi. That is wild and it looks like so much fun! I'm gonna go and hunt for those videos. And glad to learn something about my old favorite Japanese game show. That and lots of people won. Thanks for making this video and providing cool info about Japanese game shows

@Hezkezl 3 года назад

Nice video, learned a bunch of things :D Would be interested in seeing your thoughts on the American attempt at making a "Japanese game show" (sortof...) with the "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" show!

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

I could. I don't know if the footage is still out there (I know it was at one point).

@Hezkezl 3 года назад

@@notundercovercop327 I spent a bit of time looking around for them a few years ago, but just now I did it again and it looks like its still available to watch on ABC. Both seasons of it! Lots easier to find just now than it was back like 10 years ago

@snoopyloopy2479 3 года назад

That sounds like an anime title lol

@michaelmartin9022 Год назад

America has certainly had "beat the crazy, near-impossible obstacle course" game shows since then (and lets not forget Gladiators and Guts, which was like kid gladiators). I saw one where a guy did it in a T-rex costume. He did pretty well considering he could probably barely see!

@vintersol5050 Год назад

Me and my friend have been watching all the episodes we can find and we noticed how different Takeshis cart target both looked and acted when hit with water and learning it had been lacquered makes so much sense.

@andrewstewart1464 3 года назад

This is awesome! I'd love to know how Takeshi's castle became "localized" in to MXC here in the states!

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

I may do an MXC video. I've interviewed Most of the cast and crew at one point or another.

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Also thank you.

@andrewstewart1464 3 года назад

@@notundercovercop327 You're welcome. I love videos like this that deal with the cool weird stuff most of us watched as a teenager. My dad and I watched MXC when it was on TV and we couldn't' stop laughing at not only the falls but the ridiculous things the voice actors dubbed over the original footage. Any little part of TC/MXC is a great piece of nostalgia to me, so thanks for the reliving of the great memories.

@Turboxx69 Год назад

Crisp, packed, informative. Great video, thanks!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you.

@ed1726 Год назад

Takeshi Kitano can't just be called a comic. Guy is a legend. Incredible director, great actor, comic, host and god knows what else.

@skyrevanvalor2128 Год назад

Thanks for making this video it brought a smile to my face remembering this show, can't remember the channel but I'd watch this as a kid with my nan and it was a lot of fun. I never knew all of the events of the show where long over and that it was permanently finished until much later and i was even more sad when i found out about the death of the general but I'll always remember the good memories.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. General Tani isn't dead (as of this post).

@skyrevanvalor2128 Год назад

@@notundercovercop327 I remember ages half a decade ago reading something about him dying but I'm so glad that he's still here with us and most importantly after reading the comments I guess he's there to see the revival of the show it was too good to be gone forever.

@melaluxe8195 2 года назад

I used to watch Takeshis Castle religiously as kid, even though I didn’t understand the concept of the show 😅 I really enjoyed this video and I’m definitely going to binge watch you entire channel 🎉

@akutomo9080 Год назад

Yeah, I remember the Jiangshi guy (Tetsuya)... Among many iconic contestant, he is the only one I remember even after more than 20 year... Jumping from one obstacle to another... Too bad he didn't get into the final round. I think he is defeated in the hole challenge where he have to find a hole without enemy in it, he is only defeated on a luck based game instead of skill. What a legendary guy...

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Shame he didn't come back for episode 100.

@MineYamato Год назад

Came by the will of the algorithm. Got hooked because of Sonic Heroes cutout (that game has special place in my heart) and stayed for genuinely interesting video. Thank You

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@Curri95 Год назад

In the spanish localization of the show it was called "Humor Amarillo" and the only things in common with the original were some names. The final battle was always cut so its nice to know a little more about the intended premise of the show.

@TeyaBerri Год назад

Bro I deadass just watched you on the Takeshi Castle revival

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

@azuremk__3101 Год назад

Grew up watching Takeshi’s Castle in Ireland. Crazy to see someone so dedicated to it. Seen some comments saying you’re on the new revival of the show, which is so awesome to hear! Keep up the great work! EDIT: Also I got more episodes to watch, the episodes in Ireland seem to be very limited. I’ve only seen the water/laser versions and haven’t seen the later challenges you mentioned. (Such as the video game challenge). Sad I missed out on them but happy as I now get to watch more of the show for the first time :)

@ernestobesto9990 Год назад

“It’s time for Kenny Blakenships most painful eliminations of the day!”

@katielangille1996 Год назад

I used to watch MXC on spike TV with my brother and step dad in the early 2000s ❤ It was my favourite show growing up. I learned about the original, takeshis castle, within the last few years, and I’ve watched some episodes but I don’t know Japanese and the episodes I watched didn’t have English subs. It was still awesome though. It’s crazy to see all the edits for this show… like the weird British one. Original Takeshi’s castle is definitely the best!! I loved your voice over for the intro! 😊

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. I try

@Serjo777 Год назад

Great video. I used to watch this show every now and then in my childhood or early youth and hadn't thought of it for probably well over 10 years. Very much enjoyed seeing it again, it sure was an awesome show ^^

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Freyafanboy90 Год назад

I only ever watched the British version with Craig Charles of Red Dwarf and Robot Wars fame. Even though there wasn't any context it was just an immensely entertaining show. Also I remember Tetsyua getting the nickname Mr Technique. He was great on Bridge Ball.

@msquared6695 Год назад

Craig’s commentary was legendary

@IAmTheOnlyChanel Год назад

Craig he’s so great 🥺

@Unalochy Год назад

This brought me back to my childhood! Dang, one of the best game shows ever made

@Inculturapedia Год назад

I love Takeshi's Castle, my favourites are the specials at the beach/sea, didn't knew about all the winners tho, I only ever saw 1 make it. Great video Joshua!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thanks you!

@websta1144 Год назад

I LOVED Takeshi's castle as a kid and teen, I used to love the top down maze run. Always cheered on the contestants, edge of the seat stuff. Thanks for the video dude, I never realised just how many people won, I never saw an episode where they did win!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@FoxGhost7 Год назад

Okay, and NOW I need you to dub the whole show including all the original skits wee never got to see!!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

I wish I had that ability.

@Phoenix3573 Год назад

I loved Takeshi's Castle growing up, and was damn sure this video would expose some shady practices by the showrunners. In this era of critical revisionism, god it feels good to have loved something great!

@pantonfire Год назад

Takeshi's Castle became a cult hit in India, because a comedian Jaaved Jaferry dubbed over the existing footage with hilarious results :).

@shruk4 3 года назад

funny video, I watched it a lot of times as a kid and never knew what the hell was going on. I always found it funny how no one ever won the boss battle

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. Apparently neither did any of the production companies that imported the footage into their own countries.

@Redrally Год назад

Damn, so much useful info on this show. Woulda been nice if the distributors could have handed these notes to the localisers :D (The UK version was narrated by Red Dwarf's Dave Lister himself, Craig Charles. He was just made to commentate over footage and handed zero details of the show, so he just made it all up. I never fully knew what was going on because neither did he!)

@joxidearmageddonator882 Год назад

Back to the happy farm

@THENAMEISQUICKMAN 8 месяцев назад

If I recall correctly Craig only noticed one or two times when there was an actual winner, he missed the rest because he was genuinely given zero information lmao

@THENAMEISQUICKMAN 8 месяцев назад

@@joxidearmageddonator882 "What a wazzock!"

@meetthemasters754 Год назад

Dude, Takeshi's castle was such a hit in my country in INDIA 🇮🇳 that not only kids but elders used to watch it too 😍 Thanks for the video, that brought back so many memories

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

You are welcome. Hope they were happy memories!

@MapleLunii Год назад

I used to love watching this, Ninja Warrior and Banzuki Brian when I was younger. Great vid

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed

@XRioteerXBoyX Год назад

I loved watching Takeshi's Castle while growing up. In the UK it was narrated by the amazingly talented craig charles (famous for his role in the show Red Dwarf, as a DJ, and TV show presenter for Robot Wars).

@OriginalPiMan Год назад

I loved the Australian translation of Takeshi's Castle. It was made in the early 2000s, and "hosted" by early 2000s celebrities pretending it was still the late 80s, complete with an absurd number of 80s pop culture references that usually had nothing to do with Japan. But despite that, the show largely kept the original Japanese footage intact. Contrast with mXc, which felt like it was cutting and swapping around the original footage too much.

@kiefinity162 Год назад

For the Algorithm

@peterlustig8021 Год назад

I have an old DVD which my sis once made for me! It also features a "monsters" episode wherein takeshi is trying to take back the castle with his monster army. I have very vivid memory about how the caterpillar (or what it was) with like 5 ppl in the costume went over their heads into the water :0

@ganiniii Год назад

I loved this show as a teen. It aired in Portugal from 95 to 98 if I remember it right. I was 15 in 95. I would record it on VHS tapes to rewatch it. It's a television masterpiece. Absolutely amazing show. There's no compliment good enough to qualify it. IMO.

@FilipeMiaoumiam Год назад

94! 😊

@freshkowiak9424 Год назад

Thank you for making this video! I really enjoyed learning more about the show as I thoroughly enjoyed watching it on TV as a kid and whenever I happened to catch a re-run later on. Also I really like to hear people talk about their passions, making your video even more enjoyable :)

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@danwilson9684 Год назад

2:22 to skip to main bit

@JohnyScissors Год назад

Congrats on making it out to the new Takeshi's Castle

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

THank you!

@crackcheetos3363 Год назад

I love stumbling across videos about unique things like this that I never usually think about, made by someone passionate about it.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Making videos takes a lot of time, but hopefully I can get another one done sometime in the near future.

@drzaius2433 5 месяцев назад

Very informative 👏🏻 I love this show was the highlight of my day after school as a kid along with Yu-Gi-Oh! Thank you for the great video.🎉

@notundercovercop327 5 месяцев назад

You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to view my other Japanese game show videos and share. I could use the subscribers.

@CharlesChroniel Год назад

Takeshi's Castle is just awesome. In Latin America we got a humorous version (for its time, given the dub was pretty much racist jokes), but everyone could see the challenges were fun and seeing the contestants beat/fail them was the real drawing point of it. I remember seeing only one episode with someone defeating Takeshi, so I too never thought anyone else had won the final prize. But seeing the build up of the army slowly making their way up to the castle as more and more soldiers sacrificed themselves for it, was simply magical.

@Chesteritea 2 года назад

Glad they give that much prize money, it was a childhood show, it looks painful but somehow fun

@YukitoOnline 2 года назад

Feeling old. The show aired way back during my highschool days here in the Philippines in the 2000's.

@notundercovercop327 2 года назад

The Joey de Leon version?

@YukitoOnline Год назад

@@notundercovercop327 Yeah that's it.

@mrconfusion87 3 месяца назад

I remember seeing it in the 1990s! 🤣🤣🤣

@axledestrl8172 Год назад

I love how the mud is part of the show. It's not Takeshi's castle without the mud.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Mud made the show! I was happy to fall into some. Whilst fans of Japanese game shows like my content, a lot of western game show fans don't like me or the fact that I criticize those shows or the west's desired to perpetuate the "Japanese game shows are insane" stereotype. Most have a "Shut up and be grateful we even acknowledge it" attitude towards Japanese game shows.

@leo25darklight 2 года назад

I were a child when the show used to air on POGO in India. I used to laugh a lot watching this show. Javed sir (Hindi) also did a great commentary.

@DojiJoji Год назад

Great video man. We had takeshis castle on challenge tv over here in the uk and it was dubbed over by Craig Charles (Lister from Red Dwarf [if you’ve ever heard of it]) his commentary really adds to the programme and makes it throughly enjoyable.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed.

@gurkhajake 3 года назад

MOOOORE (please)

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. We'll see what happens.

@leow.2162 Год назад

I think they took the idea of the fighting spirit price from sumo. Sumo has 6 tournaments a year, and only one person wins the tournament. But there a three special prizes that can be awarded: - The Outstanding Performance Award, which you can get if you beat someone ranked a lot higher, especially if they end up winning the tournament - the technique price, usually you get it for defeating opponents in a lot of different ways - and the fighting spirit price, which you get for... well, displaying fighting spirit They don't have to award any of them and they can also give out each one multiple times

@the.musiciangamer Год назад

Fun fact, this guy is going to be on the new season of Takeshi’s Castle. Awesome!

@jaydub2546 Год назад

New season? wtf

@GNVS300 Год назад

@@jaydub2546 yep, it was revived! There was a new version in Japan, and it's been brought over to the UK. Although the commentators do roast him quite a bit.

@Benjamin_ba 3 месяца назад

Good video. Love to see a deep dive about MXC and other Japanese game shows.

@TheGamerCheetah 3 года назад

Great video! I’ve been waiting for a while for someone to debunk the whole “more people went to the moon than won Takeshi’s Castle” myth. I’d definitely love to see you do more TC videos in the future. And I’ve gotta say, you have a pretty sweet collection. My inner Takeshi’s Castle addict loves it.

@notundercovercop327 3 года назад

Thank you. Feel free to spread the video to those who continue to re-iterate the erroneous claim. Want to do more. We'll see what comes down the pike. As far as I know, I have the biggest collection outside of Asia. Glad you love it. Planning on doing a collection video soon.

@TheNitrop Год назад

More self esteem my man! You did great :) Thanks for the insight, and you got good skills!

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you for the compliment! I try my best.

@harrybyaqussamprayuga1756 Год назад

Did you just spend nearly 45 percent of the video flexing of how hardcore fan of Japanese game show you are? The flex so interesting I will even forgot what the video is all about if you don't remind me halfway through.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Glad you found it interesting.

@guythat779 Год назад

I love thst he starts with proving hes a hyper dork

@duckingfuzz7847 7 месяцев назад

Me and my dad used to absolutely love Takeshis castle , great video explained all the things I never knew

@notundercovercop327 7 месяцев назад

I'm glad you enjoyed!

@neilvaladares Год назад

Thank you for making this

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

My pleasure!

@tonnentonie2767 Год назад

I remember chilling in our nicest chair watching that show back in 07. My father didn't like me siiting there because he also wanted to sit in that chair. Sometimes we would watch two episodes before going to bed. Great, simpler times!

@rondobrondo Год назад

MAN, You GOTTA do more content on all this stuff

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

I will do my best. I am working on a script now about a segment from another variety show.

@ThatFlyPigeon Год назад

Thanks for the clarification and information. Appreciated.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

My pleasure!

@justnao6278 Год назад

I loved Takeshi's Castle whenever I caught it on TV as a kid, thanks for the video

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

You're welcome.

@lorne7218 Год назад

You can't imagine the grin on my face right now. I just finished watching episode 6 of the latest season and decided to search up takeshi's castle on youtube, to scroll down and find this video and for it to feature JOSHUA-SAN , the American from the episode I just watched. Haha, what a gift. Glad your dream came true, looked like a lot of fun.

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Thank you. I'm glad It made you happy. It really was a dream come true. I had the time of my life there. Hope you check out my other Japanese game show content!

@budderk1305 Год назад

do it, do more of them ! You are certainly not as awkward as you think you are

@notundercovercop327 Год назад

Ive written a script for a new one. Hope to have it up by either this week or next.

@pachicore Год назад

So the moon landing thing is sort of worded wrongly, more people have been to the moon than the amount of times takeshi's been beaten. Which still illustrates how ridiculous the show is in a good way

@nebular-nerd Год назад

The UK redubbed version was my introduction to Takeshi's. Great for watching on Sunday mornings. I still watch it now and again for a laugh. I would like to watch the original Japanese versions. The lack of English is not an issue as it's just good fun to watch.