@@SatanSupimpakzitem.info/news/bejne/p6VqzJqQg5t3gWUsi=yeHCuQrT_UbxfKKd this is it lol
@LuminalSpoon
Ай бұрын
To be fair your robot was much better looking than Roadblock which is literally just a road sign and a circular saw, it won the first series as well. 😂
@AbroadinJapan
Ай бұрын
Damn those roadblock bastards with their boring ass design that always won!
@sirBrouwer
Ай бұрын
I can also remember one that was just a log with wheels. the weapon was the log (a batte ram) the only problem was the wheels and of course that was attacted
@joeyb3721
Ай бұрын
No wonder the king wanted to meet you with your robot warrior heritage
@auberginebear
Ай бұрын
For all his chaos energy, now I cannot help wanting to see Craig Charles on an episode of Abroad in Japan.
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
Chris was actually sent to Japan by his father as a spy. His mission was to steal Japan's technology for giant humanoid robots. But Chris got distracted by an annoying hawk and convenience store fried chicken. But I love the idea that Chris' dad was like a father from an old Super Robot anime. One day Chris will be summoned by his dad, only to be told to pilot a giant robot and fight against invading aliens. I think we all need to see Chris go full Shinji Ikari.
@phritz114
Ай бұрын
I think the love for fried chicken was the result of Chris killing the hawk, cooking it and getting a hunger and taste for wild fowl right after 😅
@sirBrouwer
Ай бұрын
but it's a British build robot so it will not be able to walk up a flight of stairs.
@ZeroXSEED
Ай бұрын
Chris Dad is literally just super robot scientist
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
He's a dad from a old super robot anime. Chris will someday have to pilot his dad's robot to fight invading aliens.
@justagerman140
Ай бұрын
I zoned out reading comments for a moment and didn't catch that you fighting a cobra in your apartment was only in a dream and not an actual experience.
@AbroadInJapanPodcast
Ай бұрын
But it FELT so real it practically happened
@technosworld2
Ай бұрын
Chris stared the cult of Famichiki...should be sponsored at this point.
@hsbdarkit
Ай бұрын
Your dad's robot was a major part of my childhood watching robot wars I wasn't very old but that was my favourite program ❤ I wanted to be on that show badly ❤
@bitfreakazoid
Ай бұрын
Wait what? His dad had a robot on Robot Wars? That's awesome. I loved watching that. Also I never realized Jeremy Clarkson hosted it. Must have been before the guy from Red Dwarf did it. Thinking back on it I think I remember his voice on it. Lol that's awesome. I'm pretty sure I didn't know about Top Gear at that time.
@sanpedro1337
Ай бұрын
Lister from Red Dwarf aka Craig Charles smeeeeeeeggggggg heeeeeeead
@auberginebear
Ай бұрын
Jeremy Clarkson only hosted the 1st series, Craig Charles took over from the 2nd to 7th series.
@juanpabloperezgomez4349
Ай бұрын
Not only was his dad in Robot Wars, there's footage of a young Chris featuring as part of the team! Enjoy! kzitem.info/news/bejne/p6VqzJqQg5t3gWU
@cristinakennedy6962
Ай бұрын
Cool Chris in black t-shirts for filming... also a wardrobe life hack by Sir David Attenborough, who always wears a blue shirt and khaki pants to help with continuity when filming months and sometimes thousands of miles apart.
@cbrngrz6966
Ай бұрын
I used to take Air China to Japan as well but they lost my bags on the connection flight when I was returning home. The bag was eventually found and returned to me but this honestly seems like it happens far too often -- the Beijing airport is pretty chaotic so I imagine it may be due to that. Needless to say, I wouldn't recommend taking them regardless of the cost savings if you're checking anything in, you could potentially lose the value of everything you checked in just to save a few hundo. Although these days I do all my travels with one bag even for 2-3 month trips. If you're taking more than that for a week-long vacation you're probably over-packing lol
@spencerwall1
Ай бұрын
thanks for the memories. killertron remembered that episode. cheers fella
@biggyboykarl
Ай бұрын
This is some juicy lore. I remember that bot.
@letiziacastiglione2492
Ай бұрын
I’m from Italy born in 1988 and we definitely watched Robot Wars!! When I started watching your channel I didn’t know your connection to the show. I found out after a few months and was SO excited!!
@dizzyjessd
Ай бұрын
In the pit, in the pit, in the pit 😂robot wars was amazing lol😂
@sheilahgregg7879
Ай бұрын
It’s called Battle Bots now… and hosted in Las Vegas. Big money and sponsors.
@pwners4u
Ай бұрын
Different show, that’s the American version the UK version still was robot wars until it ended
@Ashley6100
Ай бұрын
Robot Wars did hit a bit of a lull during Chaos 2's reign, where almost everything was a wedge-shaped flipper. But seriously, they were never ready for the absolute fury of the mighty Hypno-Disc. I'll never forget it's debut where absolutely nothing was prepared for the strength of the rotating desk weapon, armour was being shredded like paper. Even house robot Matilda was so badly damaged it set on fire. I will always regret that Hypno-Disc never quite became the champion it deserved to be due to unfortunate technical issues, and years later the competitors had much better armour and were ready for it.
@HypaBumfuzzle
Ай бұрын
10:09 human skillet, new level unlocked. Nice.
@martinjjennings
Ай бұрын
Robot Wars was legendary. Hosted by Jeremy Clarkson to start with then Craig Charles. Lots of crazy battles.
@wendiruppe9468
Ай бұрын
Yay! Just what I needed!
@feiryfella
Ай бұрын
Me too!
@RichardTLDR
Ай бұрын
‘Father! Give me legs! Father!’
@jimbobur
Ай бұрын
They brought back Robot Wars for a while much later on. Also Dead Metal was the name of robot that grabbed you and had the circular saw that came down.
@OzOrnis
13 күн бұрын
I'd take a hanko saying "Like a Magic" any day every day
@suzysizzle
Ай бұрын
Top Travel tip: ALWAYS bring a light change of clothes in your carry on or personal item in case of your baggage getting lost. This will save you until you can head to a clothing store to get some basics.
@Stephen-up3sd
Ай бұрын
Not in Japan if you are 6ft 5” tall with size 14 (UΚ) feet!😂
@TheStanHill
Ай бұрын
Forget books, the next autobiography thing Chris creates should a manga called My Rival Sibling is a Robot That Can Kill.
@andybeard3213
Ай бұрын
Sounds like one of those dreams you get when you get off the college weed habit for the first time 😂
@stefaniehase2448
Ай бұрын
Just to let you know, I would most definitely buy an Abroad in Japan hanko stamp!🤩
@alpconn223
Ай бұрын
Holy shit! You were always destined to be a celebrity! I love that robot!
@Reyain94
Ай бұрын
BattleBots is still pretty big in the US
@zavtparticles6828
Ай бұрын
that's all i was thinking about was like, does chris know about battle bots??? it's huuuge
@_heartunderblade2451
Ай бұрын
Can confirm famichiki cult is in full effect. Went for the first time at the end of may and the FIRST thing i ate was famichiki classic. Shit is fire, had it over ten times during my trip
@lafontainemediaproductions2176
Ай бұрын
I JUST FOUND THE FOOTAGE ON KZitem, CHRISTOPHER LOOKS SO CUTEEEEE😂
@MrMBinder
Ай бұрын
Summer this year in Denmark is rainy, cold, and generally rubbish. I'd trade it for a trip to Japan in a heartbeat if I didn't have other responsibilities. Robot Wars was pretty neat back in the day. Hypno-Disc was my favourite apart from the house robots 😅
@russellwarren9595
Ай бұрын
sounds like you guys are having a traditional British style summer! lol. usually here in the UK mother nature forgets it's summer until the end of August and then tries catching up by giving us a quite pleasant September and sometimes a bit of October aswell but will then go from shorts and tshirts to eans jumpers and thick coats over a weekend. lol
@MrMBinder
Ай бұрын
@@russellwarren9595 Just the other day my little region caught some record-smashing hails (40-80mm in odd shapes) 👀 Quite unusual, and I'm just glad I wasn't out driving in my car.
@russellwarren9595
Ай бұрын
@@MrMBinderthat could have been scary . I hope no one was hurt.
@MrMBinder
Ай бұрын
@@russellwarren9595 I'm sure it would have made the news if that were the case. The intense rain and thunder just before the hail probably caused everyone to seek shelter 😅
@icychill105
Ай бұрын
Mr.Broad sounds like a legendary dad for being part of robot wars
@pf5723
Ай бұрын
On my last full day in Tokyo, I went to see Gundam statue and just happen to walkin to Odaiba which I didn't know about and had a beautiful sunset from the beach and views from the mall behind. Recommend!
@andyvpz
Ай бұрын
I remember seeing some of the robots on display at lakeside in Thurrock way back in early 2000s
@HazriHaili
Ай бұрын
Killertron!!!! omg yup that was part of my childhood!
@Mesmancer
Ай бұрын
Robot Wars that takes me back. Killertron was there in series 1 and was the most succesfull in the only series where it wasn't pink but painted orange by accident.
@lemmingsplat5279
Ай бұрын
Wowwww I can't believe you were on Robot Wars!!! You were living my childhood dream! Then you moved to Japan, and now living my adult dream. I hate you Chris! :)
@KaitlynnUK
Ай бұрын
Just had a look at a clip of Robot Wars with a young Chris in.... and he's wearing a Black T-Shirt :D
@sirBrouwer
Ай бұрын
Robot Wars was also big in the Netherlands. (the BBC version) I remember one that was just a log with wheels. it was just a batter ram on wheels.
@LtColShingSides
Ай бұрын
Need to start lobbying for that Family Mart sponsorship!
@bogbupog
Ай бұрын
Such a good show
@arlene13woohoo
Ай бұрын
Robot Wars takes me back. Can't believe your Dads robot was Killatron!
@toni-kaku
Ай бұрын
Seville expo was in 92. The same year as the Barcelona olympics. Pete was right 😮
@Segafishy
Ай бұрын
When I first started watching I had that sort of feeling you get when you know a face but can't quite place it, thought maybe I'd bumped into Chris perhaps at somepoint or something as where I lived wasn't far from Croydon but then when Robot Wars came up it clicked (previously not this episode of the Podcast) I think Chris' Dad's robot even popped up in one of the games at one point, always wanted one of those Sir Killalot r/c toys but never got one, mind you I did get a RAD that I used to use to launch my little Sisters Furby with (couldn't shoot it as the Darts naturally went missing in about 5 minutes).
@carolinelawrie7142
Ай бұрын
Loved Robot Wars!!! 🤖🤖🤖
@Bergkatse2
Ай бұрын
When I moved to Japan I had to open up a Japanese bank account so I rushed to get an inkan/Hanko stamp and when I turned up at the bank (SMBC) the lady said “are you sure you don’t want to just sign, inkans are a pain to use” and I was like “yes. I just paid $100 for this thing I’m using it”. I was able to close my account without it 🤷. I lived next to the Gundam. It’s soooooo boring. I took a time lapse video of it and it blew my Japanese friends minds 😅
@DC90
Ай бұрын
Wasn't it Wheely Big Cheese?
@smileyfaceyourface
Ай бұрын
According to robot wars wiki £300 was spent originally and an extra £200 was spent upgrading it for the next season
@nowknow
Ай бұрын
Not me watching all killertron fights now.
@WayneManifesto
Ай бұрын
Damn im old, i remember all those robot wars
@ScuzzySera
Ай бұрын
The 1988 EXPO site in Brisbane Australia has turned into wonderful parkland for the city.
@bitfreakazoid
Ай бұрын
I hope they never get rid of them. They are something uniquely Japanese and to get rid of them would just be another checkmark in the loss of the Japanese identity and making it just like any other country.
@lushfruit
Ай бұрын
Podcast 16 of asking Christ to speedrun nearly every main temple in Tokyo !!
@davideriksen9086
Ай бұрын
Chris. I'm shocked you didn't Gundam it. True about British engineering. It was the British Merlin engine that perfected America's P-51 Mustang.
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
Upon hearing that Pete doesn't like giant robots, I will therefore have to give him a vigorous cancelling. So Pete, assume the position and await Mazinger Z's rocket fist.
@_nihongo_jouzu_
Ай бұрын
'Wakkoqu' - name of the Kobe beef restaurant
@elementneon
Ай бұрын
"Once people realized the optimal way to win was to build a flipper on it." Oh dear, who wants to tell Chris? ... See, Robot Wars continued on in the United States as BattleBots, and we have some pretty great engineers ourselves. Nowadays, the flipper is no longer considered the top weapon type, not even close actually. Turns out, the robotics engineers here designed a weapon that consists of a heavily weighted ultra high-speed spinning blade, which at first was used like a flipper to toss up bots, but once used horizontally by a robot named Tombstone it became the most feared weapon of all time.
@lankyGigantic
Ай бұрын
They brought back Robot Wars back a few years ago and it got really boring, because every single robot had that high speed circular hammer thing
@DoozyyTV
Ай бұрын
I loved Robot Wars as a kid
@markbaker666
Ай бұрын
I have a photo somewhere of your dad, my son at the kent county fair in detling with robot..... all amusingly sunburnt typically.
@Chad_Thundernuts
Ай бұрын
Okay.. Had to double take on that title lmao This should be interesting 🤣👍
@TashapeshapeTah
Ай бұрын
In my culture, being bitten by snake in your dreams = getting married 😅😅😅
@Mesmancer
Ай бұрын
Wheely Big Cheese, made by Roger Plant. The entered Big Cheese and the Mule in earlier series.
@sueKay
Ай бұрын
I loved Robot Wars back in the day, was always sad my parents would never take me to see it live. I remember your dad's robot! I did stop watching towards the end but the first few series were pretty fun!
@baeber
Ай бұрын
yes my dose of this podcast
@amlannanda4023
Ай бұрын
Based dad
@CoolCisco
Ай бұрын
It's going to be interesting to see if the expo will be successful, they say it's behind schedule and a few countries have pulled out.
@mfaizsyahmi
Ай бұрын
Tfw Chris could've been in the makersphere. He could've been in the Safety Third podcast instead of this one, and be at Open Sauce instead of Buckingham Palace.
@illusion27
Ай бұрын
Snake nightmare usually means a foe or someone with evil intention. The dream can be interpreted as someone try to do harm to Sharla and Chris protects her but injured in the process
@xey9535
Ай бұрын
Yeah you definitely didn't just make that up on the spot
@ricdavid
Ай бұрын
Ha, that's great. I loved Robot Wars as a kid. Woulda killed for my dad to be into that sort of thing! Sgt. Bash was such a dumb name for a robot with a gripper claw and a flamethrower. I thought maybe he'd had a hammer in his first appearances... nope, circular saw.
@Loroths
Ай бұрын
Your dad's was Killatron!? Haha, I watched Robot Wars as a kid. Trashy but so entertaining for 20 minutes or so 😂 I think Americans had their own version of the show under a different name.
@DangerousDac
Ай бұрын
You can see a young Chris in one of the Robot Wars eps.
@johnmcmanus7809
Ай бұрын
Just watched the clip lol
@technosworld2
Ай бұрын
Yeah, we have Battlebots in the U.S. which has been happening on and off for decades (at least televised on and off, not sure if it ever actually completely stopped). Robot Wars was also aired here in the U.S. so I'm sort of familiar with it.
@fauzirahman3285
Ай бұрын
As with everything, the British version of this robot fighting arena is better than what the Americans made a lot more recently.
@silis_pap8473
Ай бұрын
Ofc the Gundam factory closes as I'm about to visit... 😢
@T0DD
Ай бұрын
12:25 spectacles - that's pretty normal I suppose fake mustache - oh that'd be silly long black wig, slicked back - wait red military top - oh my GOD pete what are you doing!?
@GHAMVs
Ай бұрын
Suprised Chris didn't hear about the modern BBC Robot Wars reboot!
@jb0258jr
Ай бұрын
Battle Bots just ended a few years ago, at least over here in the west. The last couple of seasons they had were insane
@zavtparticles6828
Ай бұрын
it's not technially over, they just didn't have a season this year. They seemed to be focused on their live traveling shows. so maybe that will be cut up in to the next season.
@jb0258jr
Ай бұрын
@@zavtparticles6828 whoops, thank you for the correction my good sir. I thought it ended 😅
@Chris-ut6eq
Ай бұрын
Does the jellyfish aquarium have cute mascot? and merch?
@nicholausbuthmann1421
Ай бұрын
Inokashira Park featured in PERSONNA 5 for those nice people from Dallas/Ft. Worth just now & other's.
@benjaminmealer2618
Ай бұрын
Chicago world’s fair has a lot of the buildings still in Chicago but moved around.
@robh8814
Ай бұрын
There was only one reason to watch Robot Wars & it wasnt the robots! It was Julia Reed. I never watched it once she left🤣
@noisehippo1561
Ай бұрын
I loved robotwars! Wasnt Adam Savage from Mythbusters at this show?
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
I think Grant (RIP) was a competitor.
@Crazt
Ай бұрын
I was introduced to an Iaido Dojo during my last 4 years living in Japan. I was encouraged to get the proper uniform and have name embroidered on it too. One of the instructors met me at a store out in town and was gracious enough to help me get everything on order. He and the proprietor spent a good 30 minutes going through different ways of putting my last name into Katakana, trying to make it fit on the patch. I was nearly in tears, begging them in English and my shit excuse for Japanese to just use my first name, which is also Chris. For 30 minutes these guys tried making my last name as Japanese as possible, before they lamented and decided I was right, and Chris would be fine.
@Crossingt
Ай бұрын
Famichicki unfortunately didn't do it for me.
@aussieinosaka7204
Ай бұрын
Anyone seen the Osaka Expo 2025 Mascot? Its nightmare fuel ☠️
@willemgroenewegen5934
Ай бұрын
This makes me wonder: is there an rc-car scene in Japan? I had a Tamiya one back in the day that you could mod out in all sorts of ways. Think Tamiya has a flagship store in Tokyo? Or maybe this question is more up @PremierTwo 's alley?
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
Based on the fact that Japanese love model kits, cars and tiny things, I would assume they like RC cars.
@zDToddy
Ай бұрын
Autumn if the nuclear winter doesn't start first
@Diehydro
Ай бұрын
Why does this question sound so familiar, have they accidentally repeated a viewer question ?
@kaleeyed
Ай бұрын
Just like Pete, I have another life hack to avoid paying your student loan. After you graduate, just be really poor for 20 years. Then you can defer the loan and they'll cancel it off when you're in your 40s and they realise they're never going to get any money back from your broke arse. Works a treat 👍
@kleinj2001
Ай бұрын
Pete is mistaken. The giant Gundam statue, in Kyushu that he saw, is in Fukuoka, not Kumamoto. Located in front of the Lalaport Mall in Fukuoka city. Shame on you Pete for not knowing the difference between Fukuoka and Kumamoto. That's like saying Big Ben is located in Portsmouth.
@AbroadInJapanPodcast
Ай бұрын
Oh yeah, you're quite right! I was off my face on suncream😂
@AbroadInJapanPodcast
Ай бұрын
There's no possible way you're having Big Ben in this analogy mind😂
@kleinj2001
Ай бұрын
@@AbroadInJapanPodcast Sorry Pete, I was trying to think of something tall and famous in London and move it 100km to the south. 😄
@RiverOssei
Ай бұрын
Unless you watched the whole debate, ya can please shush, alliteration Pete
@kirkschwarz
Ай бұрын
I’m sorry. Your dad was king of robots and now you’re a big fancy KZitem ruler of Japan? When will the rise of the Nepo ever end!!
@klm20079
Ай бұрын
robot wars is now called battlebots and the shit they have now is 100% worse. from flame drones to heat rod pins
@Jude74
Ай бұрын
Is the unicorn gundham still there?
@fattiger6957
Ай бұрын
I think the Unicorn Gundam is still in Divers City. I think the Nu Gundam statue also still stands in Fukuoka. I'm not sure if the first life-sized Gundam statue (what the MG 3.0 is based on) is still standing.
@cbrown182
Ай бұрын
The important question is does your Dad still have Killertron?
@miguelinemag5486
Ай бұрын
17:42 R2-D2? WALL-E? and many other robots from media aren't lovable?
@texasburbs4380
Ай бұрын
I feel like Chris fighting a cobra is more realistic than Donald Trump beating Pete in a race to the top of a mountain....or any race anywhere doing anything.
@polarbear9662
Ай бұрын
😅 Pete Donaldson not into anime say goodbye to your ratings
@SatanSupimpa
Ай бұрын
Chris and his dad in Robot Wars /watch?v=Fo4ffZJiFN0
@lyndylou752
Ай бұрын
OMG that is so funny Japan crying foul over too many tourists so let’s add to the issue and hold an expo😂😂😂😂😂😂
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