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- sunaookamiI only know the German version from RTL2 which had funny commentary dubbed over it with made-up names and stuff. Curious, did the dubs in other countries do the same? Were there languages with the original commentary translated?
- alexpotatoI was involved in pro paintball for several years and at the start of every one of their matches, one of the pro teams would chant:"DON'T. GET. ELIMINATED."
- jttnrBack in the early 2000s, I always had a good laugh whenever I was flipping through TV channels and stumbled upon Takeshi's Castle.
- rdtsc“Right you are, Ken!”(From MXC, based on footage from Takeshi’s Castle)Still remember that phrase from years ago.
- grimgrinYou can watch some English subtitled rips here:https://archive.org/details/takeshis-castle-with-english-sub...The other archive link shared here, it's to another set of rips that appear to lack subtitles.
- haunter
- 1potatoThere's a related Famicom game that's quite (in)famous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%27s_Challenge
- klocksibwait did you see that microsoft execution container (mxc) article and think "oh wow remember the best show that was on spiketv"? :D
- pimeysHis movies are also worth a watch: Hana bi, Sonatine, Brother, Dolls, and Zatōichi are all amazing movies.Should do a rewatch again, it's been a while...
- FervicusWouldn't have expected this on Hacker News. Used to love watching this as a kid!
- prominent660IRL OG Fall Guys
- jauntywundrkindThanks! Someone once told me about this, told me MXC is actually Takeshi's Castle, but I forgot, long ago. Fun fact.
- dfxm12Most of Beat Takeshi's work is amazing, from this, to his films, even his infamous Nintendo game.
- racl101"Right in to the mud!"Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.
- sudo_navendu[dead]