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| 12 | Bennett the Sage is the on-screen persona of Bennett White, an Internet video producer formerly on ''Website/ChannelAwesome'', whose matter-of-fact style contrasted with the more theatrical {{review}}ers on the site. He can now be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BennettTheSage here]] and on [[http://benthesage.com/ his own site]]. He also voices a hapless announcer on Zone Archive's [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ZONEsama YouTube series]]. |
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| 14 | Bennett currently hosts three series: |
| 15 | |
| 16 | * ''Anime Abandon'', where he looks at vintage anime primarily from the '80s and the '90s, some classics, and some terrible ones. This series started out as an entertainment-focused sketch review show in a similar vein to other Channel Awesome series, but it has gone through a number of changes in format and has purged almost all traces of its CA roots. It also has two related series: |
| 17 | ** ''Nuts and Bolts'', where he and his friend Creator/MarcSwint[[note]]a voice actor who plays Marc the Engineer in ''Anime Abandon'' and helps Bennett with behind-the-scenes production on AA[[/note]] go over the making of certain episodes. This is an older series from when Marc was more actively on-camera in AA and seems to be on indefinite hiatus. |
| 18 | ** ''Anime Abandon Plus'', an AA variant where he revisits titles that his opinion had shifted on or where the original review, especially from the early years, either didn't age well or had to be taken down due to stricter Content ID restrictions. To date, only one episode has aired. |
| 19 | * ''Oldtaku, New Tricks'', where he gives his thoughts on newer anime. This is more of a discussion of likes and dislikes rather than the scripted review style of AA. |
| 20 | * ''Dumpster Dive'', where he collects takes and opinions left on his Twitter page for that particular topic title and gives his thoughts on the ones that most catch his attention. |
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| 22 | He previously hosted: |
| 23 | |
| 24 | * ''Sage Reviews'', in which he covered recent video games in a traditional analytical review style (ie, to help viewers decide whether or not to purchase them) rather than purely for entertainment. He announced its formal retirement in November 2013, citing waning interest in covering video games (likely not helped with the collapse of ''Blistered Thumbs'') with his final review being ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. |
| 25 | * ''Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre'', in which he performed {{Dramatic Reading}}s of the worst of the worst of FanFiction out there. Retired in January 2011. |
| 26 | * ''Super Toolshed'', a podcast he did with Marc in which they talked about pretty much whatever they felt like. Marc [[https://twitter.com/th3Engineer/status/1315025504811048960 confirmed]] on Website/{{Twitter}} that they weren't doing it anymore. |
| 27 | * ''Sage Vs.'', a vlog series where he reviewed new movies released on a weekly basis with one or more of his friends. |
| 28 | * ''Taggin' In'', a Platform/YouTube-exclusive vlog series dedicated to discussing Wrestling/{{WWE}} pay-per-view events. |
| 29 | ** Bennett has not said one way or the other, but the latter two series appear to be at least on indefinite hiatus, if not completely dead.[[note]]Ashira Herzig transitioned in mid-2018, and her Twitter posts at that time implied that she's completely divorced herself from anything relating to Bennett's media output. As she was Bennett's co-host prior to this point, and Bennett has since moved to Rome, a reunion between the two is extremely unlikely.[[/note]] |
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| 31 | On occasions, Bennett also made regular cameos in other TGWTG personalities' videos, where he portrayed the Sage character with a sadistic persona, thanks to an early crossover with ''WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses''. From 2009 until 2012, he did an annual anime review crossover with [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment the Spoony One]] (which led to the creation of ''Anime Abandon''), and he also made frequent appearances on ''[[WebVideo/JesuOtaku The JesuOtaku Anime Review]]'', where he subjected them to truly horrendous softcore garbage. |
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| 33 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Titles reviewed on Anime Abandon]] |
| 36 | These are listed in release order except for the parenthetical cases. Titles in bold have been re-reviewed for ''Anime Abandon Plus'' |
| 37 | |
| 38 | * ''Literature/PsychicWars'' |
| 39 | * ''Manga/GoldenBoy'' |
| 40 | * ''Bounty Dog'' |
| 41 | * ''Anime/TheHumanoid'' |
| 42 | * ''[[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Doomed Megalopolis]]'' |
| 43 | * ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' |
| 44 | * ''Anime/VampireWars'' |
| 45 | * ''Manga/MadBull34'' |
| 46 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' ([[Anime/GhostInTheShell the original anime]], ''Innocence'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex : Solid State Society'', a two-part review of [[Film/GhostInTheShell2017 the 2017 movie]], and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'') |
| 47 | * ''Urotsukidoji'' |
| 48 | * ''Anime/AngelCop'' |
| 49 | * ''Anime/SwordForTruth'' |
| 50 | * ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'' |
| 51 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'' (the Christmas special, ''Love Hina Again'', and the Spring Movie) |
| 52 | * '''''Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade''''' |
| 53 | * ''Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned'' (with [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]) |
| 54 | * ''[[Animation/SpaceTransformers Diatron-5]]'' |
| 55 | * ''Anime/Kite1998'' (as well as its [[Film/Kite2014 film adaptation]]) |
| 56 | * ''Anime/MezzoForte'' |
| 57 | * ''Anime/WickedCity'' |
| 58 | * ''Anime/JunkBoy'' |
| 59 | * ''Manga/UltimateTeacher'' |
| 60 | * ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' |
| 61 | * ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' |
| 62 | * ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'' |
| 63 | * ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'' |
| 64 | * ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' (both the original OVA and ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'') |
| 65 | * ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku'' |
| 66 | * ''Manga/{{X|1999}}'' |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' (''The Motion Picture'' and ''Double Impact'') |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'' |
| 69 | * ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'' |
| 70 | * ''Anime/GallForce'' and ''Gall Force 2: Destruction'' (separate reviews) |
| 71 | * ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' |
| 72 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (''Death and Rebirth'', ''The End of Evangelion'', and a 2-part revisit to commemorate ''Anime Abandon''[='s=] 11th anniversary, the latter part being a review of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'') |
| 73 | * ''Manga/{{Baoh}}'' |
| 74 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' (''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'', ''Tenchi Muyo in Love'', ''Tenchi 2: Daughter of Darkness'', ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'', a combined review of the ''Mihoshi Special''[=/=]''Anime/PrettySammy'' OVA combo DVD, and ''Tenchi Forever: The Movie'') |
| 75 | * ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' (''Anime/MacrossII'' and ''Anime/MacrossPlus'') |
| 76 | * ''Odin'' |
| 77 | * ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' (''New Dominion Tank Police'' separately) |
| 78 | * ''Virgin Fleet'' |
| 79 | * ''Anime/ArmitageIII'' (the ''Polymatrix'' cut) and ''Dual-Matrix'' (separate reviews) |
| 80 | * ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' |
| 81 | * ''New Anime/CuteyHoney'' |
| 82 | * ''Anime/EightManAfter'' |
| 83 | * ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' |
| 84 | * ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia'' |
| 85 | * ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/{{SIN}}: The Movie'' |
| 87 | * ''Manga/PilotCandidate'' [=/=] ''Anime/BlueGender'' (dual review) |
| 88 | * ''Anime/TheBigO'' [=/=] ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' (dual review) |
| 89 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' (the original series, ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'', and a two-part review of ''Series/CowboyBebop2021'') |
| 90 | * ''[=EYES=] of Mars'' |
| 91 | * ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' (with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic) |
| 92 | * ''Anime/TwilightOfTheCockroaches'' |
| 93 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' |
| 94 | * ''Manga/Golgo13'' (the OVA ''Queen Bee'' separately) |
| 95 | * ''Anime/ApocalypseZero'' |
| 96 | * ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' |
| 97 | * ''Manga/CityHunter'' |
| 98 | * ''Anime/IriaZeiramTheAnimation'' |
| 99 | * ''Anime/RoujinZ'' |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToddMcFarlanesSpawn'' |
| 101 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'' |
| 102 | * ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' |
| 103 | * ''Manga/OutlawStar'' |
| 104 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho: Poltergeist Report'' |
| 105 | * ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' |
| 106 | * ''Anime/LegendOfLemnear'' |
| 107 | * ''Anime/PlasticLittle'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/BattleArenaToshinden'' |
| 109 | * ''Anime/DetonatorOrgun'' |
| 110 | * ''Angel Blade'' |
| 111 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Night Warriors: Darkstalker's Revenge]]'' |
| 112 | * ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Tokyo Revelation]]'' |
| 113 | * ''Anime/DarkCat'' |
| 114 | * ''Anime/LilyCAT'' |
| 115 | * ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' |
| 116 | * ''Anime/SolBianca Legacy'' |
| 117 | * ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' (he would notably be one of the people to record the DVDCommentary for Creator/AnimEigo's release in 2019; specifically for Episode 2) |
| 118 | * ''Manga/VenusWars'' |
| 119 | * ''Anime/MDGeist'' |
| 120 | * ''Anime/AgentAika'' |
| 121 | * ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' |
| 122 | * ''Anime/InuYashaTheMovieAffectionsTouchingAcrossTime'' |
| 123 | * ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' |
| 124 | * ''Anime/Spriggan1998'' |
| 125 | * ''Anime/HyperSpeedGranDoll'' |
| 126 | * ''Ninja Resurrection'' |
| 127 | * ''Anime/NinjaCadets'' |
| 128 | * ''Wrath of the Ninja'' |
| 129 | * ''Anime/AmonSaga'' |
| 130 | * ''Anime/SuperAtragon'' |
| 131 | * ''Anime/{{Landlock}}'' |
| 132 | * ''[[Anime/TekkamanBlade Teknoman]]'' |
| 133 | * ''Manga/VideoGirlAi'' |
| 134 | * ''Anime/CasshanRobotHunter'' |
| 135 | * ''Darkside Blues'' |
| 136 | * ''Sailor Victory'' |
| 137 | * ''Anime/JungleDeIkou'' |
| 138 | * ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'' |
| 139 | * ''Manga/{{FAKE}}'' |
| 140 | * ''Wild Cardz'' |
| 141 | * ''Manga/BloodReignCurseOfTheYoma'' |
| 142 | * ''Anime/BurnUp'' and ''Burn Up! W'' (separate reviews) |
| 143 | * ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Harlock Saga]]'' |
| 144 | * ''Literature/{{Slayers}} the Motion Picture'' |
| 145 | * ''Anime/{{Memories}}'' |
| 146 | * ''Sins of the Sisters'' |
| 147 | * ''Anime/AyanesHighKick'' |
| 148 | * ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' |
| 149 | * ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' (the original series, ''A.D. Police Files'', and ''Bubblegum Crash''. Part of a retrospective complete with a unique opening.) |
| 150 | * ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' (both the original anime and [[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc the Golden Age Arc movies]]) |
| 151 | * ''Anime/RobotCarnival'' |
| 152 | * ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' |
| 153 | * ''Anime/VeryPrivateLesson'' |
| 154 | * ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays'' |
| 155 | * ''My My Mai'' |
| 156 | * ''Manga/KekkoKamen'' |
| 157 | * ''Film/SpeedRacer'' (with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic) |
| 158 | * ''Anime/StrangeLove'' |
| 159 | * ''Eiken'' |
| 160 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' |
| 161 | * ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' |
| 162 | * ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' |
| 163 | * ''Gestalt'' |
| 164 | * ''VideoGame/{{Devadasy}}'' |
| 165 | * ''Manga/ElfenLied'' |
| 166 | * ''Hyper Doll'' |
| 167 | * ''Anime/BattleSkipper: The Movie'' |
| 168 | * ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' (the OVA and the "A Christmas Carol" episode of the anime) |
| 169 | * ''Virus Hunter Serge'' |
| 170 | * ''Dangaizer 3'' |
| 171 | * ''Viper GTS'' |
| 172 | * ''Literature/TheWeatheringContinent'' |
| 173 | * ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808'' |
| 174 | * ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' |
| 175 | * ''Manga/ItsudatteMySanta'' |
| 176 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf: [[ChristmasEpisode Tendo Family Christmas Scramble]]'' |
| 177 | * ''Anime/Metropolis2001'' |
| 178 | * ''Dark Myth'' |
| 179 | * ''[[Literature/MazeMegaburstSpace Maze]]'' |
| 180 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' |
| 181 | * ''[[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne Escaflowne: The Movie]]'' |
| 182 | * ''Anime/DigimonTheMovie'' |
| 183 | * ''Manga/BlackMagicM66'' |
| 184 | * ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' |
| 185 | * ''Twilight of the Dark Master'' |
| 186 | * ''[[Anime/BioHunter Bio-Hunter]]'' |
| 187 | * ''Manga/DragonHalf'' |
| 188 | * ''Anime/IDreamOfMimi'' |
| 189 | * ''Animation/SuperKid'' |
| 190 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'' |
| 191 | * ''Anime/SailorMoonRTheMovie'' |
| 192 | * ''Garaga'' |
| 193 | * ''Manga/{{Madara}}'' |
| 194 | * ''Judge'' (NOTE: not ''Manga/{{Judge}}'') |
| 195 | * ''Anime/RidingBean'' |
| 196 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91'' |
| 197 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'' |
| 198 | * ''Manga/RGVeda'' |
| 199 | * ''Anime/MaskOfZeguy'' |
| 200 | * ''Manga/IronVirginJun'' |
| 201 | * ''[[Anime/SuperDimensionCenturyOrguss Orguss 02]]'' |
| 202 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' (the OVA series) |
| 203 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'' |
| 204 | * ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'' |
| 205 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigGuyAndRustyTheBoyRobot'' |
| 206 | * ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' |
| 207 | * ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' |
| 208 | * ''Space Travelers: The Animation'' |
| 209 | * ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'' |
| 210 | * ''Red Hawk'' |
| 211 | * ''Anime/PuppetPrincess'' |
| 212 | * ''Anime/CyberneticsGuardian'' |
| 213 | * ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' |
| 214 | * ''Manga/PetShopOfHorrors'' |
| 215 | * ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' |
| 216 | * ''Anime/AndroidKikaiderTheAnimation'' (both the 2001 anime adaptation and the OVA) |
| 217 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain'' |
| 218 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' |
| 219 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' |
| 220 | * ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' |
| 221 | * ''Demon Fighter Kocho'' |
| 222 | * ''Debutante Detective Corps'' |
| 223 | * ''Galerians: Rion'' |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' (OVA) |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' (OVA) |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/PsychicForce'' (OVA) |
| 227 | * ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' |
| 228 | * ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'' |
| 229 | * ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'' |
| 230 | * ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' |
| 231 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' (the movie adaptation) |
| 232 | * ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' |
| 233 | * ''Manga/MiamiGuns'' |
| 234 | * ''VisualNovel/GreenGreen'' |
| 235 | * ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' |
| 236 | * ''Manga/GokuMidnightEye'' |
| 237 | * ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' |
| 238 | * ''Manga/BarefootGen'' |
| 239 | * ''Anime/SummerWars'' |
| 240 | * ''Mystery of the Necronomicon'' |
| 241 | * ''The Tokyo Project'' |
| 242 | * ''Gundress'' |
| 243 | * ''Voogie's Angel'' |
| 244 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' |
| 245 | * ''Anime/MasterOfMartialHearts'' |
| 246 | * ''Anime/QueensBlade'' |
| 247 | * ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'' and ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'' (separate reviews) |
| 248 | * ''Assemble Insert'' |
| 249 | * ''The Samurai'' |
| 250 | * ''Samurai: Hunt for the Sword'' |
| 251 | * ''Fight!! Spirit of the Sword'' |
| 252 | * ''Manga/{{Colorful}}'' |
| 253 | * ''Anime/PrincessMinerva'' |
| 254 | * ''[[Anime/GenmaWars Harmagedon]]'' |
| 255 | * ''Marriage'' |
| 256 | * ''[[Manhwa/ShinAngyoOnshi Blade of the Phantom Master]]'' |
| 257 | * ''Anime/AngelsEgg'' |
| 258 | * ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' |
| 259 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'' |
| 260 | * ''Anime/GenmaWars'' |
| 261 | * ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' |
| 262 | * ''Nutcracker Fantasy'' |
| 263 | * ''Manga/{{Geobreeders}}'' |
| 264 | * ''Animation/MyBeautifulGirlMari'' |
| 265 | * ''Manga/{{Kimera}}'' |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Titles reviewed on Oldtaku, New Tricks]] |
| 269 | * ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' |
| 270 | * ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'' |
| 271 | * ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' |
| 272 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' |
| 273 | * ''Manga/HappySugarLife'' |
| 274 | * ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' |
| 275 | * ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' |
| 276 | * ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'' |
| 277 | * ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' |
| 278 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' |
| 279 | * ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' |
| 280 | * ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' |
| 281 | * ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' |
| 282 | * ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' (the 2019 version) |
| 283 | * ''Anime/Dororo2019'' |
| 284 | * ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'' |
| 285 | * ''Anime/IDInvaded'' |
| 286 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'' |
| 287 | * ''Manga/{{Citrus}}'' |
| 288 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender'' |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | ---- |
| 291 | !!Our trope list begins with...: |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[index]] |
| 294 | * [[BennettTheSage/TropesAToE A-E]] |
| 295 | * [[BennettTheSage/TropesFToJ F-J]] |
| 296 | * [[BennettTheSage/TropesKToO K-O]] |
| 297 | * [[BennettTheSage/TropesPToT P-T]] |
| 298 | * [[BennettTheSage/TropesUToZ U-Z]] |
| 299 | [[/index]] |
| 300 | ---- |
| 301 | ->''[='=]Til next time!'' |
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