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The popularity of the contest eventually led G4 to film the first-ever ''[[American Ninja Warrior]]'', an all-American edition of the competition; this competition was filmed in Japan on the ''Sasuke'' course, and was limited to ten finalists out of numerous competitors who tried out for the event. The eight-part special, which covers both the tryouts and the actual competition in Japan, premiered in December of 2009. In later years the show has been structured in a ''[[Survivor]]''-type reality show, with 3 teams of 5 competing against each other and the surviving 10 getting the chance to compete at the actual competition at Midoriyama.

 

* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: Shunsuke Nagasaki's name is continually pronounced "Shun-soo-kay" by [[Dave Wittenberg]] when it should be "Shun-skay". It's especially bizarre because others whose names are pronounced in a similar fashion are correctly pronounced.

** What makes this really strange is that Wittenberg is an anime voice actor, so you would think he would be used to Japanese pronunciations.

* [[Shocking Elimination]]: Arguably every time an "All-Star" (save [[Failure Hero|Katsumi Yamada]]) fails to make it past Stage 1. Ayako Miake in ''Kunoichi 7'' on Stage 2.

** In Sasuke 27, {{spoiler|Li En Zhi}} failing the ''first obstacle'' of the first stage, after having made it past the first stage in the last 6 attempts.

** And just to add to the confusion, the name pronunciation, and the name used on the Sasuke Wiki, is Li En Zhi, a fourth possibility.

** It's ''Wakky'', not Wacky. G4 doesn't seem to understand this.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ABC's ''[[Wipeout 2009|Wipeout]]'' series was inspired by ''Ninja Warrior'' - to the point where there was a lawsuit over the similarities between ''Wipeout'' and ''Sasuke'' - but has fewer competitors, changes up the rules (falling off the course during a stage doesn't eliminate you, finishing last does; the first person to complete the last stage sets the pace that the other competitors must beat to win the competition), and uses "wacky" challenges instead of challenges meant to test one's physical limits.

* [[Super Strength]]: You'll need as much upper-body as can be humanly summoned to beat Stage 3.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Given the surprising performance of the American Ninja Warrior 2 finalists, one must wonder how far Levi Meeuwenburg would've gone [[Real Life Writes the Plot|had he not]] [[Game Breaking Injury|broken his wrist]].

* [[World of Badass]]: It's a show about people from all walks of life, from Olympic athletes to gas station attendants, running an insanely grueling Japanese obstacle course in the name of glory.

** Shingo Yamamoto manages to get to the third stage in the 23rd competition, the first time since the 17th competition and failed on the first obstacle. The reason? Remember when he dislocated his shoulder during his ascent on the Final Stage (See [[Downer Ending]])? ''The same shoulder got dislocated only seconds after starting the third stage!''

*** For double the ouch factor, if you watch the replay, and know it's coming, you can ''actually see the moment his shoulder pops.''