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Otaku Evolution Episode 275 – Gunbuster

Honestly, I’m not sure how this one turned out. I did a few quality checks, and while there are some little details I could probably edit and tracks I could re-record, I think I did what I could. I just hope I did Gunbuster, an anime I enjoyed, some kind of justice, and sparked some interest in those of you who’ve ever seen it, but it’s definitely an imperfect video with a couple of pretty noticable mistakes (see if you can spot them!).

The pre-opening scene and post-credit scene were kind of fun to do (even though one of the mistakes was in the opening bit), with the latter being a lot of venting I wanted to do about the current political environment in the US. That’s all I’ll say about that (for now). read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 274 – Lupin III Part II

Lupin III Part II may not technically be one of my favorite anime, but it is one of the more enjoyable Lupin TV shows, and that should count for something. It’s great just how many international locations the Lupin gang find themselves in with their endless heisting. While the first series took place mostly in Japan, Part II has the gang spreading its wings and making the entire world Lupin’s back yard.

Of course, I’m accentuating the positive in this video, skipping weak episodes like “Curse Case Scenario”, “Now Museum, Now You Don’t”, “Twins Pique”, “Khan Job”, “Pretty Cluckin’ Insane”, and “Heroes and Vixens”. I only wanted to talk about four and five star episodes, and naturally, among the English-dubbed ones. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 273 – Space Pirate Mito

I have to be honest, folks. I was baffled as to what to do with this one. Space Pirate Mito is far from an optimal choice for a video. It’s such an annoying experience. And not even a really bombastically terrible experience I can have fun with. It’s just a desperately irritating, disappointing series that exudes obnoxiousness.

I usually like neat space pirate antics, but there’s so little of that here it’s not worth rewatching after this. I will never revisit this. No, not even to review the second season, even if it’s somehow dubbed down the road some day. Well, I don’t know, maybe if I’m out of ideas for videos. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 272 – Carole & Tuesday

Shinchiro Watanabe is one of my favorite anime directors. He is a true talent. Or, at least, he used to be, right? Hasn’t he kind of lost the sauce a bit over time? Carole & Tuesday is fun, but it sure isn’t a Cowboy Bebop or a Samurai Champloo. I think if the music weren’t as good as it is and the other production values weren’t as well done, the show might’ve been just a small footnote in Watanabe’s career.

But damn is the music good. It’s sooooo good, people. If you get anything from this video, it’s that you need to download the soundtrack (or look it up on Spotify, or whatever you crazy kids are up to these days). The show itself isn’t half bad, either. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 271 – Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F

Hiya! Been a while, hasn’t it?

I just wanted to start this “half” of the year with something really simple and dumb. And few things are simpler than Dragon Ball movies. This one in particular is kind of just, as I say, “action figures crashing into each other”. But that’s fine, Resurrection F is still kind of fun!

No fuss, no bookend material, just a short video about DBZ, which is somehow blocked in a few countries because Toei is a dick.

Ah well. Enjoy!

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Otaku Evolution Episode 270 – Mid Year English Dub Review XI

I was pretty lucky this half of the year to cover anime with pretty good dubs, except a couple. I tried to get a variety of them and succeeded beautifully. Now if only I can keep that up for the rest of the year.

Man, that Zeta Gundam dub is rough. But a few weeks ago, I saw people defend it on the Gundam subreddit. I don’t really understand how anyone could find it good. It’s so stiff-sounding and disinterested.

If I had to decide which is worse, underacting (Zeta Gundam) or overacting (Nadesico), I guess I’d choose overacting, because at least it sounds like actors are interested in the material. Nadesico‘s dub still sucks, but it sucks less than Zeta Gundam‘s. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 269 – Berserk

Look, I just think putting on a suit and flying around calling yourself Batman doesn’t necessarily make you qualified to be Batman!

Oh, I mean, hey, that Berserk is a pretty neat show, right? It’s kind of like LoGH in a medieval setting. And with demons. Okay, so it’s not that much like LoGH, except that Griffith would make an interesting counterpart to guys like Oskar von Ruenthal and Reinhard von Lohengramm. Guts certainly isn’t Yang or Julian, that’s for sure.

How did I get sidetracked? Oh, right, I was talking about LoGH instead of Berserk. Which is stupid, because Berserk deserves its own conversation. It’s a damn good manga and the TV show, despite some of its flaws, may prove to be a favorite of mine in the future. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 267 – Martian Successor Nadesico

Martian Successor Nadesico is one of the few anime I’ve purchased on Blu-Ray that I regret. It’s not like it’s one of the worst anime I’ve ever watched, but it’s so mediocre, I can’t imagine ever wanting to revisit it. It’s one of those dime-a-dozen space shows of the 90s that frankly could have been a short OVA and been fine, but they made it into a 26-episode TV series and it just dragged. Not to mention, its ADV English dub is horrendous. Made it a chore to get through. read more

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