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Lupin III Part V Episode 05 Review

Episode 05, “A Crook’s Resolve”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis:  Lupin is dead! Or is he? The proprietors of the dark web’s Marco Polo service believe themselves victorious, while Inspector Zenigata is reassigned to narcotics and shelters Ami at his apartment. Lupin’s gang seems to be moving towards some goal, though, and surprisingly, Ami interviews for a new, dangerous job. What happened to Lupin and will our teenaged techie talent take a deadly dive? It’s the conclusion of a five-part story as we see who really won the Lupin Game! read more

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 04 Review

Episode 04, “The Unbeatable Magician”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis:  A younger Yang Wen-li attends Free Planets Alliance Fleet Academy, where he meets his future longtime friend Jean-Robert Lappe, as well as music school student Jessica Edwards. There, despite his middling grades in most subjects and preference for historical study over military, he proves to be a brilliant strategist. After graduation, he’s assigned to a post on the planet El Facil, which comes under attack by the Galactic Empire. Using the fleeing commander’s ships as a shield, Yang evacuates the citizens, earning notoriety, and a double rank promotion to rear admiral. He’s moved into a house and is presented with the opportunity to take a child in as apprentice, but is reluctant. On a snowy day, however, a boy arrives at Yang’s door, with a suitcase. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 113 – Tenchi Muyo! OVA 3

Ugh, it took me forever to make this video. For one, I had a cold, a bad back, and then I had to have my gallbladder removed, I shit you not. During and after that litany of health crises, plus recovery, plus my usual procrastination, I finally finished this beast of a video that really wore me out, because DAMN is this OVA just painful, emotionally and apparently physically. So I will probably never, ever watch this ever again after all this, and I say, good riddance. Maybe I’ll finally get over my anger and just move on. read more

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Lupin III Part V Episode 04 Review

Episode 04, “Zenigata’s Pride and the Desert Dust”

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Synopsis:  Fujiko Mine joins the Lupin Game, but before she can shoot our monkey-like marauder, Inspector Zenigata arrives to save him and Ami. Although he provides a friendly ride to Lupin, he does plan to drive him somewhere he can legally arrest him, but Lupin takes it in stride. The three are forced to trek through a desert on foot, evading a warlord’s forces, before reaching the border. But can they make it across before their luck runs out and the Lupin Game is won? It’s a race to the edge with a shocking ending! read more

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 03 Review

Episode 03, “An Indomitable Prodigy”

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Synopsis:  Reinhard von Lohengramm returns to the planet Odin, the Imperial Capital, victorious from the battle in the Astarte Starzone. There, he receives a promotion to Fleet Admiral from Kaiser Friedrich IV, but he knows no admiration for the ruler. Many years ago, Reinhard’s sister was taken to be the Kaiser’s concubine, and he and his friend Siegfried Kircheis joined the military in order to one day return her home. In the present, the two officers visit Reinhard’s sister, Annerose, for pleasant conversation in the shadow of the last battle that overlaps with the next. read more

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Lupin III Part V Episode 03 Review

Episode 03, “The Killers Gather in the Wasteland”

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Synopsis:  Lupin III is the crosshairs of a calvacade of calamitous contract clipmen! The dark web masterminds send a parade of asassassins to rid themselves of Lupin, Jigen, and Goemon after being humiliated. After Ami is injured in the crossfire, Lupin concocts a plan to pit them against each other to take them all out at once. However, wave after wave of these horrors-for-hire keep appearing. Is their no end to them? Or is this the end for Lupin? It’s another exciting mess for Lupin to get unstuck from, if he can! read more

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 02 Review

Episode 02, “The Battle of Astarte”

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Synopsis:  The battle in the Astarte Starzone, between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance, continues. After the loss of the 4th and 6th Alliance Fleets, and the injury of his superior officer, Yang Wen-li takes control of the 2nd Fleet. He forces a battle of attrition, allowing his forces time to pull away from the battlefield as the enemy does.

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Seriously, 800 fucking dollars!

Are you people not paying attention?! Are you so devoid of a moral compass that you would actually consider spending $800, all at once, on Sentai Filmworks’ colossal monument to how much they despise their consumer base? Why not just lube up for the wealthy corporate boardroom executives that insisted on that price tag? You’d be ruining the curve for everyone else by agreeing they can just charge whatever they feel like and we’ll keep buying their product. Don’t be that person. Stay strong. Don’t order. read more

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Lupin III Part V Episode 02 Review

Episode 02, “The Lupin Game”

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Synopsis:  Millions of people are after Lupin III, and he’s about to oblige them, big time! After narrowly escaping police custody, our favorite band of thieves travels to a country the ICPO can’t follow and makes a public name for themselves on social media, hoping to oversaturate their presence until public interest in ‘Lupin Game’ wanes. While it does work for a while, their pursuers from the dark web decide it’s a great way to target them with an all-star lineup of assassins! Can Lupin, Jigen, Goemon, and their new friend Ami evade the murderous monsters… and stay relevant? Let’s hope at least one of the two! read more

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 01 Review

Episode 01, “In the Eternal Night”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis:  In the distant future, mankind has colonized a swath of planets in space, where are there are three major forces, the Galactic Empire, the Free Planets Alliance, and the Phezzan Dominion. The Empire has been at war with the Alliance rebels for over a century, with no sign of reaching a climax. A young and brilliant Imperial admiral named Reinhard von Lohengramm and his assigned forces take on a combined three fleets of the Alliance with relative ease due to his clever planning. However, just as complete victory is to be achieved, an obstacle appears in Reinhard’s path, and history will change because of both men. read more

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Lupin III Part V Episode 01 Review

Episode 01, “The Girl in the Twin Towers”

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Synopsis:  Lupin III refuses to fall behind the times, looking to abscond with a cache of cyrpto-currency. Unfortunately, as well-prepared as he is, he runs into a little obstacle – the key to the treasure is a young woman named Ami and her hacking skills well exceeds his. Fortunately, or unfortunately as it may be, Ami herself wants to be stolen away from the life of working for drug dealers, and while Lupin obliges, he finds himself being hunted by far more people than he expected! A très bien new chapter in Lupin’s adventures begins! read more