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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I guess I need to get caught up on Gundam because y'all simply cannot contain the spoilers properly.

    Why did I click on the 60+ new post notification hoping it was anything else?

    I think people are being pretty effective with their use of spoilers for the most part. It's only for a couple days, then it usually dies down. Chainsaw Man was the same way, though I guess the posts were way more hyped up.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Let's talk Ga-Rei instead.

    Remember a few months back when someone brought up AMVs that summarize the entire show?

    Obvious spoilers
    Paradise Lost is such a good OP.

    Also, episode 11
    Badass rocket wheelchair fight.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I guess I need to get caught up on Gundam because y'all simply cannot contain the spoilers properly.

    Why did I click on the 60+ new post notification hoping it was anything else?

    suletta regretta

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Cururu wrote: »
    I fully admit my prediction is the height of cynical, but I'm not sure how the series avoids something like that given the rules established so far.
    Aerial is an absolute monster on the battlefield, especially at this point. Nothing is going to end up beating it without a fatal permit score, so, unless they pull some kind of last minute Deus Ex Machina, a lot of people are going to end up in coffins to resolve the situation. The only possible exception I can think of is if the series does not end in a shooting war, but that seems unlikely (Hard to sell kits of mechs that don't see action). They've kind of painted themselves into a corner with the setting. The ending can likely only really end up being either dire or or nonsensical. If they do manage to pull off a believable happy ending I will be thoroughly impressed.

    Long story short, I'd like the series to go back to being Utena with giant robots. Plenty of drama to be had with that without getting into DRAMA. And I hope they do end up sticking the landing since it would be terrible for all the new fans to get driven away by a bad ending.
    I suspect that despite what Eri told her, she still loves her sister, and is just pretending she doesn't need her for the same reason Miorine is, to drive her away so Suletta doesn't chase Eri into the grasp of her mom. So if it comes to a confrontation between those two it won't be a matter of winning in a robot fight.

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  • CururuCururu Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Cururu wrote: »
    I fully admit my prediction is the height of cynical, but I'm not sure how the series avoids something like that given the rules established so far.
    Aerial is an absolute monster on the battlefield, especially at this point. Nothing is going to end up beating it without a fatal permit score, so, unless they pull some kind of last minute Deus Ex Machina, a lot of people are going to end up in coffins to resolve the situation. The only possible exception I can think of is if the series does not end in a shooting war, but that seems unlikely (Hard to sell kits of mechs that don't see action). They've kind of painted themselves into a corner with the setting. The ending can likely only really end up being either dire or or nonsensical. If they do manage to pull off a believable happy ending I will be thoroughly impressed.

    Long story short, I'd like the series to go back to being Utena with giant robots. Plenty of drama to be had with that without getting into DRAMA. And I hope they do end up sticking the landing since it would be terrible for all the new fans to get driven away by a bad ending.
    I suspect that despite what Eri told her, she still loves her sister, and is just pretending she doesn't need her for the same reason Miorine is, to drive her away so Suletta doesn't chase Eri into the grasp of her mom. So if it comes to a confrontation between those two it won't be a matter of winning in a robot fight.
    That is a good point. Thinking about it a bit more, I suspect that Quiet Zero is not the panacea that Prospera plans it to be, and it will probably drivel Aerial berserk. In that scenario, the final confrontation will likely end with one or the other of Eri and Suletta sacrificing themself to save the other, which would be bittersweet, but less dire.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Cururu wrote: »
    Cururu wrote: »
    I fully admit my prediction is the height of cynical, but I'm not sure how the series avoids something like that given the rules established so far.
    Aerial is an absolute monster on the battlefield, especially at this point. Nothing is going to end up beating it without a fatal permit score, so, unless they pull some kind of last minute Deus Ex Machina, a lot of people are going to end up in coffins to resolve the situation. The only possible exception I can think of is if the series does not end in a shooting war, but that seems unlikely (Hard to sell kits of mechs that don't see action). They've kind of painted themselves into a corner with the setting. The ending can likely only really end up being either dire or or nonsensical. If they do manage to pull off a believable happy ending I will be thoroughly impressed.

    Long story short, I'd like the series to go back to being Utena with giant robots. Plenty of drama to be had with that without getting into DRAMA. And I hope they do end up sticking the landing since it would be terrible for all the new fans to get driven away by a bad ending.
    I suspect that despite what Eri told her, she still loves her sister, and is just pretending she doesn't need her for the same reason Miorine is, to drive her away so Suletta doesn't chase Eri into the grasp of her mom. So if it comes to a confrontation between those two it won't be a matter of winning in a robot fight.
    That is a good point. Thinking about it a bit more, I suspect that Quiet Zero is not the panacea that Prospera plans it to be, and it will probably drivel Aerial berserk. In that scenario, the final confrontation will likely end with one or the other of Eri and Suletta sacrificing themself to save the other, which would be bittersweet, but less dire.

    There was a bit where it seemed like, when
    Suletta was actually, finally connecting via Permet that she seemed to be getting a dump of Eri’s memories into her.

    I don’t know if they’d do it because it’d be weird given how they subverted the assumption at the start that Suletta was Eri, but it would be goddamn wild if they wound up going with, like, Eri and Suletta merging into one consciousness, instead of whatever Prospera’s plan is

    Also with the whole plan, if we remember Cradle Planet, Eri didn’t want Suletta involved from the start, (implied) because she thought it was putting her in danger; she couldn’t communicate thanks to the Permet access levels at the time so she was trapped voicelessly trying to tell Prospera that they could do it with just the two of them without involving Suletta (there’s also a bit of a sink cost in there too; Eri refers to the reason being that Suletta’s a “good girl,” so we can infer that she may value Suletta’s wellbeing more than her own. She may be trapped in this conflict but she doesn’t feel that Suletta has to be.

    Reminder too that we have a confirmation that The Blessing, the first opening, is being sung as from Eri’s perspective:

    https://youtu.be/3eytpBOkOFA
    https://youtu.be/C7p1RIksKp8
    You fall asleep
    Thinking of the stars floating in the distance
    The future you choose, the path you wish to take
    Wherever they may lead
    Those stars will be living it with you

    Memories of long ago
    This planet has brought in tow
    You’ve kept wishing,
    If only you could jump
    Into the twinkling scenery beyond

    Alone in a lonely world
    Praying and hoping
    Imagining a dream
    You look to the future
    So if you’ve chosen to forge onward
    Rather than run away…

    It’s not the image someone else has drawn
    It’s not the stage someone else has chosen
    It’s a story we’re creating together
    So you’ll never be alone again
    Until the day the blade in your heart
    Cuts through the chains
    We’ll always be fighting together

    A fate that’s already been decided?
    Just break it
    We’re not puppets
    It’s your world, it’s your future
    You can shape it into any story you want

    As if you were running, as if you were hiding,
    You climbed into this cockpit
    But you’re not a crybaby anymore
    Before you knew it, you’ve become so strong

    This is your life
    (It doesn’t belong to anyone)
    There aren’t any answers
    (Only the path you choose)
    The spell has already been broken
    So leave behind this predetermined fiction
    Break out
    And take flight

    With a speed that no one can catch up to
    Kick off from the ground and soar through the air
    This cursed future
    Will be changed by your own hands
    There’s surely so much you can grasp
    By forging onward and never giving up
    You can become even stronger
    To be born upon this star
    To go on living in this world
    With hope that you’ll love every moment
    I give you all my blessings


    Incidentally that’s also why I doubt we’re getting a grim ending; the series has well acknowledge the bleakness underpinning everything, and has staked out that it’s on Suletta to break everything that binds their course to that bleakness.


    Incidentally, speaking of lyrics,
    while I haven’t seen confirmation, Slash seems pretty clearly now meant to embody where Suletta has been and will need to go:
    [Verse 1]
    Pull the right trigger
    I hate the current you that's not you
    Chasing boring things all the time
    And hide in the shadows

    [Verse 2]
    Making sad excuses all the time
    I hated how you always played the female protagonist
    Tears is probably not my style, right?
    [Pre-Chorus]
    For the real me reflected in the mirror
    Who couldn't accomplish anything
    I struck a final chord

    [Chorus]
    I've been going with the flow from the very beginning
    The hustle and bustle surrounding me
    You must have known that you were alone
    From life til death

    [Post-Chorus]
    Since when I always look up to the sky
    Intertwined with fantasies and illusions
    One day, we will surely say goodbye
    To the spreading cloudy sky
    Slash your tears away
    I won't run away anymore

    [Verse 3]
    Pretending in a withered, impoverished world
    I hate how you look melancholic
    The clear scenery
    Is linked to the deep-sleeping truth
    First, compared to regretting and being afraid of the future
    Break out of the shell to broaden your world
    [Bridge]
    If this one second has meaning
    My end is a brand new story
    The stories written are just to comfort each other
    Raise your hands and grab the future

    [Pre-Chorus]
    Your droplets that are about to spill
    Gently color the three thousand worlds
    If you're in pain, pierce through the darkness
    And go ahead

    [Chorus]
    I've been going with the flow from the very beginning
    The hustle and bustle surrounding me
    You must have known that you were alone
    From life til death

    [Post-Chorus]
    I don't know when I've been looking up at the sky
    Reaching out to the idols and ideals I gaze at
    One day, we will surely say goodbye to the spreading cloudy sky
    Slash your tears away
    I won't run away anymore

    Red;birthmark as well seems (especially paired with the visuals of the second ending) to be Miorine during this part?:
    The flower of a dream that’s already vanished blooms yellow and becomes a thorn
    Can I protect you beyond my scarred wishes? At the end of the line

    Seeking, seeking, losing
    I noticed my colorless self and strangled it
    The red sensibility looks so beautiful
    I stabbed at the ambiguous justice

    The pain that I give birth to
    Melts with fate
    call me distortion

    Hey, forgive me
    This knife is your beautiful future
    But it hurts so much
    The dreams I see with one eye are all things I don’t want
    Let me look at it with you… I can almost reach it

    The flower of a dream that’s already vanished blooms yellow and becomes a thorn
    The bruised bonds, you see, go beyond the pain and melt away

    Cells dancing in XII, snatched dreams
    Cyborg eyes manipulating you, colorless
    I have the color that won’t make you sad
    A perfect fake, I stabbed it in
    Go ahead and hold me in your distortion
    hold me distortion

    Hey, forgive me
    Even though this caress is your vivid future
    It makes me ache

    Something that shines brightly, your voice
    I can’t reach it, I can’t reach it… how long has it been like this?
    My eyes are staring at hope
    But it’s all the things I don’t want to see, don’t want to see
    It’s a lie that it doesn’t hurt

    I can’t help but want to see

    In the dreams I see with one eye
    There’s nothing I want to hold on to
    Let me hold your hand and we’ll see it together

    Red:birthmark, let me take it off
    Let me see it, with us together. It’s almost in reach

    The flower of a dream that’s already vanished becomes a red shining star

    Go, Suletta, and Revolutionize Your World.

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Arnheid's VA was so good this season. I mean every VA in Vinland Saga is giving a very good performance but that woman deserves awards.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Chat convinced me to watch kill la kill.

    Midway through the first episode I made a comment that it was gorgeous but I was confused because I thought this was the “basically sailor hentai show.” 5 minutes later I typed “god damn it.”

    I’m now like 7 episodes in and this show is great. It’s hard to express to my partner who keeps only paying attention to the horny parts just how smart and actually funny it has been, and even the horny parts are mostly used for good!

    The big thing that I am sad we only got for the first half of episode 1 was that I think the bomber jacket over school uniform character design at the beginning was phenomenal and the first fight wearing that was an amazing animation.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    yeah matoi's pre-senketsu look rules

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  • ElaroElaro Who am I? What do I want?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    WfM talk

    I genuinely liked the juxtaposition of school drama and backroom political/corporate intrigue. If it had been just the former, I'd have found it a lot less engaging. It provides a dynamic of "these kids are dealing with these small-scale problems, adults are dealing (or making) these large-scale problems, and both those problems interact with each other in coherent and interesting ways".

    Latest ep
    I think it very likely that neither Miorine nor Guel know that Suletta tried to talk to her. The way the scene is set up, it seems like Eri and Prospera intercepted Suletta and redirected her away from Miorine.

    Next ep speculation
    How many seconds will Kenanji, the guy who killed Nadim, last once Prospera and Eri realize he's the one heading their security outfit?

    Oh, that may be how they placate the protestors long enough to engage in talks, actually. Aerial disabling all the MSs and executing the head of the BG's enforcers would at least get the Earthians to take Miorine's attempt at dialogue seriously.


    ETA: WfM has a similar shojo-seinen balancing as Escaflowne, and I freakin' love that show. The pacing is better in WfM, though.

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    Children's rights are human rights.
  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    ES-CA-FLOW-NE

    [HORNS BLARE]

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I should rewatch kill la kill once I'm done watching bad shows* and legend of the galactic heroes again, it's been a whi-

    ten years?! ten years since it came out oh god mr. stark I don't feel so good



    * joking. mostly. sort of.**



    **
    fuck iok kujan

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    KLK is stupid and rules

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    KLK is stupid and rules

    Kill La Kill might be the most Go Nagai-ass thing Go Nagai never made himself

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 13
    I love KLK

    but sometimes I really hated KLK

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I like kill la kill but I would die of embarrassment showing kill la kill to anyone but like, my partner maybe

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Chat convinced me to watch kill la kill.

    Midway through the first episode I made a comment that it was gorgeous but I was confused because I thought this was the “basically sailor hentai show.” 5 minutes later I typed “god damn it.”

    I’m now like 7 episodes in and this show is great. It’s hard to express to my partner who keeps only paying attention to the horny parts just how smart and actually funny it has been, and even the horny parts are mostly used for good!

    The big thing that I am sad we only got for the first half of episode 1 was that I think the bomber jacket over school uniform character design at the beginning was phenomenal and the first fight wearing that was an amazing animation.

    I hope you now appreciate the greatness that is Gamagori and his inability to be consistent in size in any given scene

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I liked Kill la Kill, but it has one specific scene that is so gross and unnecessary, that it pretty much soured my experience by its lonesome. Delete this scene (story does not lose anything from its removal!), and show instantly gets better.

    Im talking, of course, about
    Satsuki being molested by her own mother

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Yeah I'm in the camp of finding Kill la Kill way too gross to derive any enjoyment from

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    ES-CA-FLOW-NE

    [HORNS BLARE]

    We doing this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_49H_N43jQ

    Rent free in my head.

    edit: It's worth watching Kill La Kill for the OST alone....

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Ahhh I wanted to post the Kenny Lauderdale video about Sukeban Deka but he privated it :(

    Anyways KLK is controversial but finding out the source material is a bunch of shows about delinquent high school girls in roaming violent gangs was worth it
    https://youtu.be/s0hywe3uiCo
    https://youtu.be/Q0GmMbH-1hc

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Madican wrote: »
    Chat convinced me to watch kill la kill.

    Midway through the first episode I made a comment that it was gorgeous but I was confused because I thought this was the “basically sailor hentai show.” 5 minutes later I typed “god damn it.”

    I’m now like 7 episodes in and this show is great. It’s hard to express to my partner who keeps only paying attention to the horny parts just how smart and actually funny it has been, and even the horny parts are mostly used for good!

    The big thing that I am sad we only got for the first half of episode 1 was that I think the bomber jacket over school uniform character design at the beginning was phenomenal and the first fight wearing that was an amazing animation.

    I hope you now appreciate the greatness that is Gamagori and his inability to be consistent in size in any given scene

    He is very consistent actually. He's always the largest thing in any shot!

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Jojolands Chapter 4
    I hereby make the shitpost prediction that the diamond can stop time.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Madican wrote: »
    Chat convinced me to watch kill la kill.

    Midway through the first episode I made a comment that it was gorgeous but I was confused because I thought this was the “basically sailor hentai show.” 5 minutes later I typed “god damn it.”

    I’m now like 7 episodes in and this show is great. It’s hard to express to my partner who keeps only paying attention to the horny parts just how smart and actually funny it has been, and even the horny parts are mostly used for good!

    The big thing that I am sad we only got for the first half of episode 1 was that I think the bomber jacket over school uniform character design at the beginning was phenomenal and the first fight wearing that was an amazing animation.

    I hope you now appreciate the greatness that is Gamagori and his inability to be consistent in size in any given scene

    oh since they did that entire hallway fill to standing normally in the classroom transition in the very first episode, I figured it was an effect to denote the size of his presence and never actually noticed it since then. If they didn't have that connecting scene maybe It would have stuck with me more throughout.

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  • DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I had a dream last night that I saw Haruko from FLCL

    nothing happened in the dream, I was literally walking down the street and she strode by like the lady in the red dress in The Matrix and I was like "oh wow I'm 14 again"

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Ahhh I wanted to post the Kenny Lauderdale video about Sukeban Deka but he privated it :(

    Anyways KLK is controversial but finding out the source material is a bunch of shows about delinquent high school girls in roaming violent gangs was worth it
    https://youtu.be/s0hywe3uiCo
    https://youtu.be/Q0GmMbH-1hc

    It's very funny to me how many shows Gainax and Trigger are known for in the West as stand-alone icons are in fact playing around with deeply established genre works

    Gunbuster as a bizarre sports anime parody by way of super robots, Evangelion as a riff on the real robot subgenre and especially Tomino's works, FLCL as a bizarre tangent from slice-of-life and even some josei/shojo influences, Gurren Lagann as a riff on GAR-ass super robot manliness, and so on

    Basically the only one people in the US spot instantly is that Panty and Stocking is a riff on Western (and especially 90s/00s) cartoons

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Man when I started watching Skip and Loafer I did NOT expect to resonate with the bitchy girl but this show is literally the most endearing thing, it makes me recall past relationships or interactions where I realized I was letting my insecurities take the wheel, and dictate who I talked to and how

    So far this is my contender for best of the season

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Caught up on Gundam Witch.
    17/18
    Well, at least 17 was such a severe stab in the back that 18 barely registered to me. The worst part being that, for once, I totally get what the betrayers are after and can't really disagree with the methodology. Suletta said, matter of factly, that she would kill basically any number of people if her mom told her to do it. She is TOO brainwashed/ conditioned/ what have you to bring in as an equal partner. Literally any plan to counteract her mom necessarily starts with snapping that connection and attempting to jump start a real sense of self for Suletta. It just... really sucks! They did a really great job of making the whole thing really disastrously heartbreaking.

    Later today, Delicious in Dungeon V. 12 is showing up!

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Gundam Witch
    Of course, the problem now is how they rebuild Suletta after breaking her. She's is going to need a good support system, and I would hope that Miorine has a hand in that, even if it is an indirect hand.

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  • Duke 2.0Duke 2.0 Time Trash Cat Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Even if the rest of the show is too spicy for most folks, I really like the bluntness of KLK's opening moments

    a teacher in a classroom saying 'the definition of fascism is...'

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I've watched 7 episodes now and honestly I'd say the show is overtly political... and not just because the last episode was explicitly about the impact of wealth on a family that was barely surviving in this worlds purposefully divided class system

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I've watched 7 episodes now and honestly I'd say the show is overtly political... and not just because the last episode was explicitly about the impact of wealth on a family that was barely surviving in this worlds purposefully divided class system

    Mako did have a kickass Goku Uniform though

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think evangelion is more influenced by ultraman-style rubber suit kaiju stuff than mecha actually

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I think evangelion is more influenced by ultraman-style rubber suit kaiju stuff than mecha actually

    THIS

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    https://youtu.be/DccY2560nW0

    I think “Eva is a deconstruction of mecha” caught on mainly because of Gainax’s history with mecha anime, and mecha being far more familiar to Americans than Tokusatsu was

    But Evangelion is assuredly Anno filtering ideas through the lens of Ultraman. All the motifs, institutional positions, etc. correspond so much more accurately to the structure of Ultraman than to mecha. Hell Rebuild even makes this more blatant when in the final movie
    Shinji and his father are fighting in that imaginary space and it transforms/shifts at one point to Tokyo-3 as a scale model city film set.

    (First two images borrowed from here: https://www.zimmerit.moe/evangelion-ultraman-connection-hideaki-anno/)

    EDIT:

    The S2 Engine is a Color Timer! THE S2 ENGINE IS A COLOR TIMER!!

    [somewhere, the ghost of Tohl Narita grumpily spits]

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don't know if I truly believe Kill la Kill is saying anything more complex than (full show spoilers)
    "If clothes were evil, would that be fucked up or what?"

    but I definitely had a fantastic time with it.

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  • Andy JoeAndy Joe We claim the land for the highlord! The AdirondacksRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    The foundational super robot shows are broadly similar enough to Ultraman that they'll all get painted with that brush.

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