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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 14 Review

Episode 14, “The Death of the Kaiser”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis:  After the Kaiser dies with no named successor, various related parties jockey for position. Reinhard decides to side with the Kaiser’s young grandson, Erwin Josef II, a puppet of the Minister of State, Lichtenlade.

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You see that two sentence synopsis? That’s because that’s about all that happens in this episode. Oh, not that the story didn’t need a breather from combat for the political moving and shaking, because it’s all good, but at this particular stage, it’s all just beginning, so it’s not at its deepest or most engaging. read more

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Episode 13 Review (PREMIERE)

Episode 13, “Amritsar”

*****SPOILERS*****

Synopsis:  The Free Planets Alliance, after a disastrous invasion of the Galactic Empire, gathers the remains of its expeditionary forces at Amritsar, where they plan to make a stand. Yang Wenli takes in the tattered 10th Fleet in addition to his 13th, with a plan to escape the battlefield with as many ships as possible. As the Imperial fleet encircles, Attenborough engages in diversionary tactics which confound the Black Lancers, allowing the Alliance ships to escape. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 151 – X (TV)

 

Please excuse the poor Japanese in the opening bit. I wanted to explore that Pen Pen has taken on a variety of different students from different parts of the globe, Katsuro among them. I always liked the onmyoji as a trope, stemming mostly from Subaru Sumeragi from Tokyo Babylon (and X, natch) and Sakura Yamazaki from Blue Seed. I’m sure the speech is too clunky and awkward, and I used a text-to-speech feature I found online for Katsuro’s voice.

Anyway, X TV is… well, it’s sort of dull, honestly. I mean, it’s better than the X movie, but that’s not saying a lot. It seems to have the opposite problem the movie did, instead of so many things crammed into one small space, it was a few small things dragged out over twenty episodes. Surely they could have done about 10 or so episodes of an OVA and balanced everything better. At least we get to see Subaru again, though he’s changed a bit from a certain tragedy. I won’t say this is a bad show per se, but it is very slow going. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 150 – Pokémon: The First Movie (Mewtwo Strikes Back)

I had this one in the works for a while. In fact, I had the scaled-down Pokémon version of my Penguinopolis bedroom done years ago, just in case I ever covered something from the franchise. I didn’t do anything as fancy as, say, do customized battle screens or anything, but let’s put that on a back burner, should I ever return to Pokémon in the future. For now, enjoy my 150th (!!!) video, on Mewtwo Strikes Back!

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Otaku Evolution Episode 149 – Voice Actor Appreciation

I was going to do something else for this episode, but I wanted to get this one in so my 150th video is something that suits the number. Besides which, it’s nice to once in a while take time to appreciate the voice talent actually playing the anime characters we watch develop. I do have something special planned for next episode, but this one is special in its own way. I should really do more of these later on.

(Also, I got my Twitter account back, hooray!)

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Otaku Evolution Episode 148 – Princess Mononoke

 

Bear with me, because currently my Twitter is suspended for a completely bullshit reason, so it’ll be harder to get out notices that these videos are finished and ready to be watched.

Just a short video this time, didn’t want to overdo it, made my point and ended it. Princess Mononoke is a gorgeous film and has some great characterization and development. I think it’s my second or third favorite Miyazaki movie (Spirited Away and Castle of Cagliostro are in that mix, and I’ve already reviewed those). read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 147 – Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

 

Ah yes, Char’s Counterattack, a movie full of oddities that nevertheless always impresses me. Perhaps it’s the production values, but I’ve always felt a sense of gravity to the proceedings, like I was watching a colossal, momentous event. Is it legitimately that, though, or is it that only in the sense that it’s forced into it by circumstance? It occurs to me that the feature might be great in spite of itself and it’s little Tomino quirks. Then again, I like some of those quirks, too. read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 146 – FLCL

 

When prompted to skip to 14:42 to avoid spoilers, go to 14:17 instead (you’ll miss a bit on the production if you don’t). If you want to skip the story stuff at the beginning, start from 4:00.

Yeah, I know, more story crap you don’t care about. The non-talking characters at the conference table are Gen. Ronald D. Bell and Lt. Gen. Vanessa Bradiff. I can only do so many character voices (but they all sound the same). The mustached penguin is not the same one as the therapist, by the way, he’s the director of the intelligence branch that I used back when I introduced Yellow Yellow. Also, how do you pronounce syrup? SURUP or SEERUP? read more

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Otaku Evolution Episode 145 – Mid Year English Dub Review V

 

Anime English dubs covered in this video:

– Ronin Warriors
– Ninku The Movie
– Moribito
– Black Jack OVA Eps 3-4
– Now and Then, Here and There
– Escaflowne: The Movie
– Read or Die The TV
– Megazone 23 Part II
– Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
– Crusher Joe: The Ultimate Weapon: Ash
– Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in the Devil’s Castle
– Dragon Ball Z: Bardock: Father of Goku
– Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn read more

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Terminally Dogmatic: The Controversial (and Superior) New Eva Dub

 

(I typed this on a phone and IPad, so forgive the lack of bells and whistles for now. My laptop is busted.)

When Netflix announced that it would be featuring the seminal anime classic Neon Genesis Evangelion, fans of the 1995 TV series by studio Gainax, as well as neophytes who hadn’t yet seen it, waited anxiously to see how it would be handled by the streaming giant. Especially of curiosity was the possibility of a brand new English language version of the show, supplanting the previous one done by licensor ADV. Cast members from that dubbed version, including Amanda Winn-Lee, Tiffany Grant, and Spike Spencer all but confirmed that Netflix was going a different direction on social media.  read more

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