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Boss Doggie · Mar 31, 2015

So something just came out of the rabbithole lately, and searching in GAF didn't yield any results.

Man, it's so great. Such a thrilling intro to what seems to be an obscure cartoon in the 80's... too bad all signs point that it's a hoax.

It could be a demo reel for animation students, or possibly a viral marketing. But all signs point for it to be fake. You can read the whole thing here, and /co/ even had some nice threads about it. With that in mind I take offense - magical girls aren't the only ones that go henshin!

Why are good things not meant to exist?

Adam Blue · Mar 31, 2015

This is amazing. I want more info on this. Detectives, get to work!

Boss Doggie · Mar 31, 2015

Apparently there are pics of fake merchandise and animation cels. I'm looking for them now.

vikki · Mar 31, 2015

When did people start using the term Mecha? It's commonplace now, but I don't remember hearing people use it before the late 90s.

Edit: okay, it's labeled as Mega, not mecha.

sixteen-bit · Mar 31, 2015

vikki said:
When did people start using the term Mecha? It's commonplace now, but I don't remember hearing people use it before the late 90s.

Edit: okay, it's labeled as Mega, not mecha.

Mecha Sonic was in Sonic & Knuckles; a 1994 release.

Though I'm sure 1980s anime used the term too.

redmetal86 · Mar 31, 2015

So that's what Usagi Yojimbo/Miyamoto has been doing in his spare time. Nice intro.

commedieu · Mar 31, 2015

Was expecting the latest from DARPA.

Meffer · Mar 31, 2015

Looks like a hoax, but a damn good one.

Boss Doggie · Mar 31, 2015

vikki said:
When did people start using the term Mecha? It's commonplace now, but I don't remember hearing people use it before the late 90s.

Edit: okay, it's labeled as Mega, not mecha.

as far as 70's

Buddha Beam · Mar 31, 2015

Viral marketing leading up to a Kickstarter campaign of some kind, I'd bet.

Kilrogg · Mar 31, 2015

I'm calling fake, though impressive.

Something about the style of the faces (especially the female character) looks too modern. At least they look very uncommon for something that's supposedly from the 80s.

Boss Doggie · Apr 1, 2015

Yeah it doesn't scream 80's. Lacks the typical facial aesthetic found during that time.

Buddha Beam said:
Viral marketing leading up to a Kickstarter campaign of some kind, I'd bet.

I really hope it's true.

jwk94 · Apr 1, 2015

This looks like they remade the thundercats OP.

DECK'ARD · Apr 1, 2015

It's the Thundercats intro with a rabbit.

Well done, but in terms of invented 80's shows it's no Space Stallions:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Otaq2tmNMM

Piston Hyundai · Apr 1, 2015

Really overdoing it with the VHS effects.

Boss Doggie · Apr 1, 2015

DECK'ARD said:
It's the Thundercats intro with a rabbit.

Well done, but in terms of invented 80's shows it's no Space Stallions:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Otaq2tmNMM

Yeah I saw this too, man I wish these hoaxes come true

Piston Hyundai said:
Really overdoing it with the VHS effects.

When I was a kid I don't remember bothering with Tracking. I don't think it's applicable to casette tapes right?

Komo · Apr 1, 2015

A cartoon with anthro animal characters that don't look hideous?

Hell to the yes. I would watch more of this

Muskieratboi · Apr 1, 2015

Space Usagi TV Show?

Paging Stan Sakai, Stan Sakai to the thread, please..

Boss Doggie · Apr 1, 2015

Muskieratboi said:
Space Usagi TV Show?

Paging Stan Sakai, Stan Sakai to the thread, please..

Didn't it get a pilot

sixteen-bit · Apr 1, 2015

I dug the art style. Nice effort all around.

Oppo · Apr 1, 2015

vikki said:
When did people start using the term Mecha? It's commonplace now, but I don't remember hearing people use it before the late 90s.

Edit: okay, it's labeled as Mega, not mecha.

Mecha Godzilla
1974

Jme · Apr 1, 2015

I thought this was going to be about a new sex toy, but this is cool too

mrklaw · Apr 1, 2015

DECK'ARD said:
It's the Thundercats intro with a rabbit.

Well done, but in terms of invented 80's shows it's no Space Stallions:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Otaq2tmNMM

yeah very Thundercats - wouldn't be surprised if the animation of the sword 'lightning' effect is pulled almost directly from that. And Cheetarah's (sp?) acrobatics etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8yIXcY8HI

Jme · Apr 1, 2015

Using custom time-frame search on google to limit anything from 1900 up until Feb 2015 (to filter out anything from March/April when this seems to have kicked off) yeilds a few results.

I found this forum post from November 2014, asking for info about this show. They link to This blogspot showing the animation cels. Supposedly uploaded in 2008 but this is easy to fake.

Also this (probably fake) December 2014 Ebay UK listing for a Lunchbox/Thermos set

And this forum post from Sep 2014

So, to me, it looks like this was someone working on this since Mid 2014, started viral marketing back in September to back-date their hoax.

Boss Doggie · Apr 1, 2015

I really hope this results into something rather than just "a hoax".

PSqueak · Apr 1, 2015

DECK'ARD said:
It's the Thundercats intro with a rabbit.

The most thundercats thing about it is that bit that kinda pauses the intro animation showing an unrelated shot of the frog guy fiddling with a computer which mirrors exactly a similar misplaced shot of Panthro in the thundercats opening.

I thought it was a very sweet little nod.

The Broken Ska Record · Apr 1, 2015

That looks pretty cool, but yeah, I'm gonna say fake.

Boss Doggie · Sep 7, 2015

Bumping because they finally released a non-filtered, HD version!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkAcGz1BJk

And they seem to have an artbook of sorts.

Alphahawk · Sep 7, 2015

youtube description said:
Support our independent films by purchasing this radical 108 page digital art of book 'Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit

Yeah it's fake.

ChubbyHuggs · Sep 7, 2015

I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking this was a ThunderCats knock off. Also, the theme song reminded me of Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century.

â Narayan · Sep 7, 2015

Wish it were real. I would totally watch it.

Dishwalla · Sep 7, 2015

Looks just as vapid as a 1980s toon.

shaowebb · Sep 7, 2015

I wouldn't use the word hoax for this. I'm almost certain I was on the creator's site and it was a demo reel inspired by older cartoons and was described as such by them in the comments.

Boss Doggie · Sep 7, 2015

Yeah you can even get a poster and an artbook.

Slayven · Sep 7, 2015

The themesong is a dead give away it is a tryhard replication. 80s themes actually went hard. This shit sounded like it was recorded in a bathroom. That and no unifying theme that could extend to toys.

akira28 · Sep 7, 2015

http://www.thelineanimation.com/super-turbo-atomic-ninja-rabbit/

Boss Doggie · Sep 7, 2015

On a random note Japanese bears are so boring and similar.

More Fun To Compute · Sep 7, 2015

Inspired by Usagi Yojimbo I guess.

Faddy · Sep 7, 2015

Saw the thread title and thought this was going to be something else...

GDGF · Sep 7, 2015

Vice did an article about this a few days ago.

http://www.vice.com/read/super-turbo-atomic-ninja-rabbit-interview

Poodlestrike · Sep 7, 2015

I keep seeing this thread and thinking it says Atomic Robo, then I get all excited. No luck.

Meffer · Sep 7, 2015

Yup, confirmed hoax. Great joke though.

wanderingprostheyltite · Sep 7, 2015

I read this as "super atomic turbo reddit" and thought someone had found a way to make reddit not terrible to browse :|

liquidtmd · Sep 7, 2015

wanderingprostheyltite said:
I read this as "super atomic turbo reddit" and thought someone had found a way to make reddit not terrible to browse :|

Psssh, never gonna happen

Ray Wonder · Sep 7, 2015

Ok, well, yeah. It's fake. But.. Can he still make this because it looks awesome.

Boss Doggie · Sep 8, 2015

More Fun To Compute said:
Inspired by Usagi Yojimbo I guess.

Hint: look at the first letters of the new title (excluding Rabbit) - Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit.

PaulExcellent · Sep 8, 2015

This is the best thing.

DonMigs85 · Sep 8, 2015

Was that an evil cow with big boobs?

AMUSIX · Sep 8, 2015

Sorry, couldn't make it very far. Was just too clear that it wasn't anything that was made in the '80s and was trying so hard to act like it was. Overdid it on the theme song, overdid it on the animation, overdid it on the fake tracking issues. It's like when someone tries to do a fake '80s band.

Muskieratboi · Sep 8, 2015

Still fucking Awesome as hell.

Hope this gets taken up into an actual series, or at least a couple of episodes. the concept is just too damn good not to.

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