Besides talking about the dub in the Mid Year English Dub Review, this will probably be the last time I make a dedicated video to the Patlabor franchise. After all, I’ve pretty much reviewed all of animated Patlabor at this point. Well, there’s supposed to be a new Patlabor show coming out in the near future, but that would be too new to review for Otaku Evolution, so this video on Patlabor: The New Files will kind of be the final word on the subject. Hey, maybe I’ll go crazy and review the live-action series! I, uh, wouldn’t hold out too much hope for that, though.
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Otaku Evolution Episode 233 – Fist of the North Star (Movie)
The 1986 animated movie version of Fist of the North Star is an interesting beast. It’s not quite a compilation of the TV series. It’s a retelling with entirely new animation. At times softened for violent content animation, but new animation nevertheless. I wanted to review this because I wanted to cover the franchise, but wasn’t about to watch the 36 episodes of the TV series that were dubbed. I wanted to show everything that I like and dislike about this franchise and I think I accomplished that.
Otaku Evolution Episode 232 – Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Part 2)
This video sees me wrap up my review of the 2009 Studio Bones series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, based on the manga by Hiromu Arakawa. I take a look at the themes of the show, like the cycle of revenge, redemption, and the value of human life. I also curate moments of the show that I consider highlights. And I also compare the two FMA shows, which everyone already does (I love both). I hope I covered enough topics to inform and entertain.
The bit at the end with me talking to Pen Pen at the casino bar? Well, the world’s become an increasingly dangerous place, with a potential to explode into world war. Imagine if we could just solve the issue with a few well-placed… removals. Pen Pen disagrees, though, so I have to bow to his wisdom. For now.
Otaku Evolution Episode 231 – Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Part 1)
Another year of Otaku Evolution begins with a look at the 2009 64-episode TV series, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the longest title I’ve covered thus far in these videos. It’s a series that is near and dear to my heart, so I’m happy to get the chance to talk about it. I’m actually somewhat surprised that it took me this long to get to it. But then again, I’ve already reviewed most of my favorite anime, and maybe it was a good idea not to review this one too soon. After this, I don’t know if there are any favorites left! Black Lagoon, I guess. I’ll get to that later.
Otaku Evolution Episode 230 – Year End English Dub Review IX
One final video for 2022, folks! As usual with my last video of the year, I go over the various English dubs of the anime I’ve covered in roughly the second half of the year. I think the best dub was Solid State Society‘s and the weakest Babel II – Beyond Infinity‘s which is amusing, because I covered those anime originally in that order. But even the weakest anime dub of the bunch still had solid talents, just a lack of commitment to the characters. Most of the dubs I covered were at least decent.
Otaku Evolution Episode 229 – (Top 10) Favorite Anime Characters
Listen here, you fucking degenerates. I know what you’re doing, indulging in every act of debauchery and overindulgence this holiday season. So maybe you can take the time, while you’re not boozing it up with your good time gang or drowning your sorrows in a full store-bought pie, to watch my little (half hour) video about my top 10 favorite anime characters. I can already feel the bile rising in my throat as I picture all the amazing fun you’re having NOT contributing to my Patreon or subscribing to my channel and it sickens me to the core. So sit down, shake off that eggnog high, and watch this video, damn it, I worked really hard on it!
Otaku Evolution Episode 227 – Eden of the East Movies
There are two Eden of the East movies (King of Eden and Paradise Lost) which serve as a finale for the TV series, but honestly, they should have expanded them into a second season of the show, because there was plenty of potential for one, but some kind of lethargy struck Kamiyama during the course of the plotting and he just fell asleep right before the end. The first one at least has a bit of action and suspense with the schemes of the amateur director Seleção. The second movie is just a lot of conversations, and most of them are just talking in circles about superficial political topics. I do like hanging out with the Eden of the East club, though.
Otaku Evolution Episode 226 – RahXephon
RahXephon was ostensibly influenced by the 1975 anime Brave Raideen. But if you’ve seen Neon Genesis Evangelion, and then this show, you cannot (and I did not) avoid comparing the two. It frankly baffles me that some people see this as a better show than Evangelion, though, because it’s not actually about anything. What are the actual themes of RahXephon? Aside from playing lip service to music/sound as a reoccurring element, there’s not a whole lot to the show. It’s decent, but not transcendent the way Evangelion is.
Otaku Evolution Episode 225 – Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Ah, the Trigun movie, Badlands Rumble. It’s fun. And that’s about all I can say about it. There’s really nothing significant in its premise or execution. It’s just a filler episode with high production values. Come to think of it, the Cowboy Bebop movie was like that, too, but it seemed much more significant and well-constructed. It had more of a beating heart to it. Plus, it was Cowboy Bebop, so it was already going to be better. Which is why that movie is in my favorites and Badlands Rumble is not. But it’s not a waste of time, at least. And after the subject of my previous video, I needed that.