areaseven Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Takeshi's Castle (風雲！たけし城) is a Japanese game show that aired from 1986 to 1990, and is one of the pioneers of the extreme Japanese game show phenomenon. In the show, hundreds of contestants storm through various obstacle courses for a chance to defeat Takeshi Kitano (Mr. Kitano in Battle Royale, Takahashi in Johnny Mnemonic) and win a million yen (somewhere around US$8,000). It can be heavily argued that this game show was one of the inspirations behind Battle Royale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRhUYMEn48w The UK broadcast was edited with majority of the comedic sketches trimmed out. At least it's closer to the original than the American edit, known as MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge). Oh yeah, ABC attempted their own version of Takeshi's Castle, called Wipeout. That only got them sued by TBS. Edited October 18, 2015 by areaseven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Hehe! Haven't seen this show in yeeeaaarrrsss! Stayed and watched the whole episode 1! Edited October 18, 2015 by spanner76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frothymug Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 God, I loved MXC. I used to watch it for hours when they'd marathon it on Spike TV. Watching that MXC video, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areaseven Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Here are some more fun games that MXC left out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7p8pPtoxw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly!! Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 hahaha! i used to love watching this show back in the day, too! it was so popular in the Philippines (for a while at least) that we had a local dubbed version that aired on prime time! it even had Filipino actors in "Japanese costumes" to introduce the main show's segments XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 its almost similar to "its a knockout" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbadon Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 hahaha! i used to love watching this show back in the day, too! it was so popular in the Philippines (for a while at least) that we had a local dubbed version that aired on prime time! it even had Filipino actors in "Japanese costumes" to introduce the main show's segments XD Yeah, I love that version too! Haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly!! Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Yeah, I love that version too! Haha! mr. shoolee? (Jun Urbano) was hilarious, the younger guy not so much hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Takeshi's Castle (風雲！たけし城) is a Japanese game show that aired from 1986 to 1990, and is one of the pioneers of the extreme Japanese game show phenomenon. In the show, hundreds of contestants storm through various obstacle courses for a chance to defeat Takeshi Kitano (Mr. Kitano in Battle Royale, Takahashi in Johnny Mnemonic) and win a million yen (somewhere around US$8,000). It can be heavily argued that this game show was one of the inspirations behind Battle Royale. Love this show! hahaha! i used to love watching this show back in the day, too! it was so popular in the Philippines (for a while at least) that we had a local dubbed version that aired on prime time! it even had Filipino actors in "Japanese costumes" to introduce the main show's segments XD Yeah, I love that version too! Haha! mr. shoolee? (Jun Urbano) was hilarious, the younger guy not so much hahaha Wait. Did Mr. Shoolee hosted Takeshi Castle before? I know Mr. Shoolee has its own show, Mongolian Barbeque and his sidekick is Kuhol. I thought it was Anjo and Smokey who played Takeshi and Iwakura/Ishikura on the local dubbed version. But anyways, this is a good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly!! Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Love this show! Wait. Did Mr. Shoolee hosted Takeshi Castle before? I know Mr. Shoolee has its own show, Mongolian Barbeque and his sidekick is Kuhol. I thought it was Anjo and Smokey who played Takeshi and Iwakura/Ishikura on the local dubbed version. But anyways, this is a good show. oh wait, i may have them mixed up now! hahaha! you're probably right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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