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So after finishing Dougram (Dougram rules) I started Blue Comet SPT Layzner. How did nobody ever tell me this takes place in a far future of 1996 on the UN's Mars base during the cold war? In a series made in 1985?
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gourdcaptain posted:So after finishing Dougram (Dougram rules) I started Blue Comet SPT Layzner. It gets even better. The plot features the reveal that Japan had the first Moon landing, but it got covered up. Seriously.
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Mar 13, 2020 06:01
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gourdcaptain posted:So after finishing Dougram (Dougram rules) I started Blue Comet SPT Layzner. Don't worry, all of that wacky world building doesn't loving matter at all!
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Mar 13, 2020 17:57
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https://twitter.com/MinovskyArticle/status/1238316293914341377?s=20
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Mar 14, 2020 03:38
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Is it weird that I’m angry at a listicle for calling Nadesico overrated when the author probably missed that it’s a satire and definitely missed that the bad guys aren’t lizards? I’m not even invested in defending the show, that’s just irresponsible reporting.
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Mar 15, 2020 02:50
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It's not weird, it's on purpose. They always include dumb poo poo in those listicles so people will share them to be like "look at this dumb poo poo"
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Mar 15, 2020 03:00
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^ It’s this. Don’t give these clickbaiters the attention; they exploit the fact you’ll think their dumb opinions are dumb to generate those precious clicks.
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Mar 15, 2020 03:08
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The real question is, would Nadesico have been better or worse if the big reveal was that the antagonists were actually just bearded dragons the whole time?
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Mar 15, 2020 03:34
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Nuebot posted:The real question is, would Nadesico have been better or worse if the big reveal was that the antagonists were actually just bearded dragons the whole time? Only if they are still totally into Super Robots.
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Mar 15, 2020 03:36
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Nuebot posted:The real question is, would Nadesico have been better or worse if the big reveal was that the antagonists were actually just bearded dragons the whole time? That's pretty much the twist of the Getter Robo Go manga. wielder posted:Only if they are still totally into Super Robots. They are!
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Mar 15, 2020 03:49
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  You can really tell Goro Taniguchi was the co-director on this.
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Mar 19, 2020 04:40
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That last episode sure was...something. It had some cool visuals at least! The first 24 eps are great though. Shared a lot thematically with Dougram, where sincere ideologically motivated actors are destined to be defeated by cynical career politicans. Great visuals throughout the entire series. I don't think the show reveals Takahashi to be a cryptofascist or whatever, he has sympathy for Nishida as a sincere philosopher but is also pretty clear about what the monstrous effects of his plan would be if it succeeded and not in a subtle way. Fairly timely anime to be watching, replace the grain with covid and it's a pretty similar situation! I'm a little sad it abandoned the Noh aspect pretty quickly although maybe it stayed there thematically in a way I wouldn't notice since I don't know a lot about Noh. Also the Illuminati didn't really end up being important at all. Also I don't like that it basically got rid of Miharu as a character until the last episodes because she was by far the most interesting person in the whole show. That's all I have left to say about Gasaraki.
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Mar 22, 2020 17:25
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One thing I like about Dougram is that the Dougram isn’t that the greatest mech ever made the way you the gundam is, it’s an upgrade compared to the soltics but the reason it’s stronger is that it’s built for Deloyer’s environment. Also Crinn’s dad who is definitely a throwback to Zabi is dishonest and willing to commit crimes to get more power like real politicians but isn’t totally without humanity like when he doesn’t want to send Boyd to kill his own brother. It kind of feels like a Lotgh for a younger audience (I haven’t seen lotgh).
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Mar 25, 2020 17:06
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hostess with the Moltres posted:One thing I like about Dougram is that the Dougram isn’t that the greatest mech ever made the way you the gundam is, it’s an upgrade compared to the soltics but the reason it’s stronger is that it’s built for Deloyer’s environment. Also Crinn’s dad who is definitely a throwback to Zabi is dishonest and willing to commit crimes to get more power like real politicians but isn’t totally without humanity like when he doesn’t want to send Boyd to kill his own brother. It kind of feels like a Lotgh for a younger audience (I haven’t seen lotgh). To be fair to the Gundam, it's only the best mech ever made in the very beginning stages of the show, and that only really serves as a way to let Amuro gently caress up and get beat up without dying until he can come into his own. By the time the Gouf rolls around it's very much not a god machine anymore.
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Mar 26, 2020 05:17
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Does anyone have that page from the Grendizer manga where they tied children to Great Mazinger on hand? I can never find it by just searching for it and it drives me up the wall because it's such an incredible page for it's sheer "what the gently caress" factor
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Mar 29, 2020 05:22
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Sordas Volantyr posted:Does anyone have that page from the Grendizer manga where they tied children to Great Mazinger on hand? I can never find it by just searching for it and it drives me up the wall because it's such an incredible page for it's sheer "what the gently caress" factor This the one you're after? 
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Mar 29, 2020 06:43
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Toei Launches Global YouTube Channel for Tokusatsu, Anime Catalog on April 6 posted:
When it comes to 70s super robot shows, Tadao Nagahama's work is some of the best. In particular, if you have any interest in super robots at all, then I implore you to catch episode 4 of Combattler V. That is the good poo poo episode.
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Mar 31, 2020 22:07
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There's another new anime streaming service launching called retrocrush. It's free but you gotta download the app so at first I was like, man I don't want to download an app. Then I saw this ad for it bah bahbah bah bahbah bah bahbah bahdadadadadada
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Mar 31, 2020 22:38
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gently caress you, now it's stuck in my head. 
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Mar 31, 2020 23:08
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Gripweed posted:There's another new anime streaming service launching called retrocrush. It's free but you gotta download the app so at first I was like, man I don't want to download an app. I'm old and don't understand "apps," is it possible to get this on a desktop?
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Mar 31, 2020 23:14
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Schwarzwald posted:I'm old and don't understand "apps," is it possible to get this on a desktop? Looking around, it is supposed to, but it doesn't seem like it's live yet. From a couple things I've seen on twitter it's still a beta so hopefully things will move along quickly
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Mar 31, 2020 23:23
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Schwarzwald posted:Anime News Network Everyone please watch Voltes V. It is very good. About RetroCrush, I tossed it on my TV to play around with. The library is mostly Discotek's backcatalog, so they have some good robot stuff on there - Baldios, Goshogun, etc. There was more buffering than I expected, but it is a new service. Since the library is still fairly small, it's not that hard to find weird stuff, which is good for me. I only got one ad in each show I watched (episode each of Baldios and 8 Man After), but I'm pretty sure that will change as they realise that servers cost money. I think they're worth enjoying before they inevitably go belly-up in a few years.
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Apr 1, 2020 02:09
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Everyone go on that all and watch Dallos.
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Apr 1, 2020 03:07
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Anonymous Robot posted:Everyone go on that all and watch Dallos. I already watched it on Crunchyroll. It's historically interesting, but as a show, it's just kind of eh, and it ends just when it's getting started. Short shows can get a lot done (Macross Plus was four episodes, after all), but Dallos specifically ends without resolving its core conflicts. It's not bad, and seeing Oshii animate reloading is always a treat, but most of Dallos doesn't get past having interesting ideas to actually doing things with them. And it's still deeply weird to me that when the terrorists have a high value hostage, nobody talks about what they can get for her. Honestly, the way nobody seemed to have an endgame was one of the most confusing aspects of the show's politics.
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chiasaur11 posted:I already watched it on Crunchyroll. It's historically interesting, but as a show, it's just kind of eh, and it ends just when it's getting started. Short shows can get a lot done (Macross Plus was four episodes, after all), but Dallos specifically ends without resolving its core conflicts. The conflicts in the world of the story aren’t resolved, sure, but the central conflict of the narrative is resolved in a way that I really like. The plot begins with the protagonist’s older brother, a rebel guerrilla, being accused of bombing a subway full of civilians. The apprehension and lack of conviction that arises from this forms the central character conflict of the work, as the protagonist is thrown into an anti-colonial struggle and experiences the life and world his brother shielded him from in a firsthand manner. At the end, the antagonist brings his justifications to bear against the protagonist by bringing him to the site where his grandfather died for the grand project of building the colony. The series threatens to make the ugly, incorrect argument that colonizer and colonized are two sides of the same coin, and that anti-colonial war degrades both sides of the conflict, with a closing shot of the protagonist looking out over the ruins site in a shot that emphasizes indecision and introspection. Then they pull the rug out from under that by smash cutting to a montage of the protagonist and his sister training with assault rifles at the rebel base.
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Assessor of Maat posted:This the one you're after? Thanks!
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Gripweed posted:It's not weird, it's on purpose. They always include dumb poo poo in those listicles so people will share them to be like "look at this dumb poo poo" Just saw another that deliberately included a picture of TTGL and called it Demonbane. I knew you were right about this, but drat.
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Apr 5, 2020 02:52
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The Toku thread is already on this, but Toei's Tokusatsu youtube channel just put up the first episodes of several series, including a handful of super robots. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pddu3yyzkzFEiXfQLex3w/ No Combattler or Voltes as of yet (I think they're scheduled for later this week?) but they've got the first two episodes of God Sigma and Albegas. And a ton of toku, of course.
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Schwarzwald posted:No Combattler or Voltes as of yet (I think they're scheduled for later this week?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHBsfsKLlqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1wrKiPo4H0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQ_Fk6Itmw ?
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Huh, I'm getting "This video is not available" when I click those, and they're flat not showing up on their youtube page for me. I wonder if that's a regional thing?
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Apr 6, 2020 01:24
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Schwarzwald posted:Huh, I'm getting "This video is not available" when I click those, and they're flat not showing up on their youtube page for me. I wonder if that's a regional thing? They're having all kinds of trouble, including some videos getting copyright struck by Toei. Hopefully they'll get it ironed out soon
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Apr 6, 2020 02:29
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Gripweed posted:They're having all kinds of trouble, including some videos getting copyright struck by Toei. Hopefully they'll get it ironed out soon Yeah, I saw when they were down earlier. When I saw they were up I suppose I wrongly assumed they were all the way up. None-the-less! God Sigma and Albegas! They exist!
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I'm suspecting a regional thing, but if it is then there's the vague hope that Voltes will at least show up on RetroCrush. No idea what's with Combattler and Daimos, though.
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Apr 6, 2020 03:54
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Jesus gently caress, Winspector is simultaneously way more goofy and way more badass than I thought it would be.
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Apr 8, 2020 22:44
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Listeners decided that its obligatory acid trip episode should be its second one, rather than halfway through its run like any normal mecha show, and I respect it for that.
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Fivemarks posted:Jesus gently caress, Winspector is simultaneously way more goofy and way more badass than I thought it would be. Yes, yes it is. Also this sentiment applies to almost every toku show ever made.
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Apr 11, 2020 15:39
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StrixNebulosa posted:Yes, yes it is. Kaiketsu Zubat is actually amazing.
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Fivemarks posted:Kaiketsu Zubat is actually amazing.
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Apr 11, 2020 15:56
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His Mole Kick is him chopping the ball with his hands and no one calls him out on it because they know he makes the rules.
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https://twitter.com/tokugifs/status/1027108149742854144 I was trying to find the golf one where he strips the paint off the ball but there's this instead
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