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Otaku Evolution Episode 108 – Year End English Dub Review IV

It’s been quite a year here on Otaku Evolution. Shuffling videos from platform to platform because of Copyright Dragons, re-recording reviews for quality, reaching my 100th episode, and just generally being exhausted and largely unsuccessful. I may have extended my viewer base, though, which means I think now… *checks notes* 12 people regularly watch these. Maybe by this time next year, I’ll have 16! Grabbing for that brass ring.

But anyway, as usual, this is a review of the English dubs for the anime I covered since my Mid Season English Dub Review plus some of that wonderful bookend material I love to afflict upon myself and others. Flying fortresses! Penguins! Plot threads from my old comic strips nobody will remember! read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 98 – Darker Than Black

You know, two weeks later, I cannot even remember the why’s and how’s of the opening sequence I made with the casino. You’d think I’d be building up to some big thing for my 100th episode, but believe me when I say, I have no damn idea what I’m doing for that one. Even so, Darker than Black is a pretty good show, and I enjoyed rewatching it for the same reason I enjoy rewatching stuff like Deadman Wonderland and Tokyo ESP: dumb fun with super powers. It’s not some sweeping epic like FMA where the specialty ability folks get some big character arcs and there’s a carefully crafted vision, but it’s a pleasure to watch nevertheless, even if it isn’t as enriching. read more