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I'm back to support you, laudablepuss! by Fussbett 04/11/2009, 2:43am PDT
laudablepuss wrote:

Anyway, that whole show was suddenly revealed to be WWII refought as a cartoon. One super ship can still win it for us! If only . . . ! Don't you remember the first episode or two when they pull it off the dried out sea bed? All the oohing and aahing, even by the aliens, at how huge and wonderful it was? TRY NOT TO SMACK YOUR FOREHEAD, I DARE YOU.

Star Blazers is great to see again, for this reason. Being older and knowing Japanese feelings towards WWII gives everything a more interesting layer. Like the first time they fire the Wave Motion Gun, after powering it up for about 3 minutes (powering other things down, closing the valves, donning bomb test goggles, general SHOO-KLAXing) they blow an entire "floating continent" to pieces, aiming only at the Gamilon base. Afterwards they're all rattled by this awesome power and the Admiral gives a speech about how they learned a valuable lesson today. They must treat this overpowered weapon with respect and use their power carefully because it's a great responsibility. Like don't fire it at Hiroshima. MEANWHILE THOUGH the Gamilon leader is like "Gamilon Base? Hello? HOLY JESUS THEY BLEW UP THE WHOLE CONTINENT!!! THEY HAVE A SUPERWEAPON CHRIST WE'RE FUUUUUCKED!" which is an effective pro-atomic bomb argument too! As much as the Japanese made Star Blazers anti-WWII, they mostly just wanted to be on the winning side for once.

Plus everyone is running around in bellbottom unitards and the previously mentioned disco (actually funk more often)! Also it's good to watch the American edit and remember that the doctor is a drunk in the Japanese version. On the downside, it's very slowly paced for our MTV, TV dinner, cable TV lack of patience. Just launch the fucking Black Tigers and fire the Wave Motion Gun to clean up whatever is left ALREADY. Verdict: download.
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Please recommend some anime worth paying for NT by Saul 04/06/2009, 8:41pm PDT NEW
    n/a, there isn't a single one worth paying for NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/06/2009, 8:47pm PDT NEW
        Thank you Creexul. I will check in next year at this time for an update. NT by Saul 04/06/2009, 9:12pm PDT NEW
            Saul, next year: "I just cut my wrists, plz advise" NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/06/2009, 9:14pm PDT NEW
            Here's the update for next year: n/a. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/06/2009, 10:05pm PDT NEW
    *chirp* *chirp* NT by Crickets 04/06/2009, 8:47pm PDT NEW
    arrested development NT by gruman 04/06/2009, 9:03pm PDT NEW
        Or Curb Your Enthusiasm. ^_^ by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/06/2009, 9:12pm PDT NEW
    The Wire NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/06/2009, 9:13pm PDT NEW
        John Adams, the TV show, and Generation Kill. ^_^ NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/06/2009, 10:06pm PDT NEW
    NARUTO! NT by Entropy Stew 04/06/2009, 10:38pm PDT NEW
        Okay I'll give you that one, Naruto is pretty awesome. ^_^ NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/06/2009, 10:47pm PDT NEW
    Cromartie High! by FABIO 04/07/2009, 3:35am PDT NEW
        It's funny, but worth money? NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 3:37am PDT NEW
            Yeah Cromartie is pretty good. by Zsenitan 04/07/2009, 4:04am PDT NEW
                Not really by FABIO 04/07/2009, 4:27am PDT NEW
                These are horrible, these ideas. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 5:42am PDT NEW
                    Oh I see, he calls them IDEAS *snicker* NT by Jhon Stewart 04/07/2009, 9:31am PDT NEW
                        .......................Shouting mug? ^_^ NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 7:00pm PDT NEW
                western inspired (like cowboy bebop) and self parodic NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/07/2009, 1:37pm PDT NEW
                    Cowboy Bebop MIGHT be worth paying money for. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 6:54pm PDT NEW
                        we recorded it on tape NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/07/2009, 7:27pm PDT NEW
                            Yes although it was missing the 9/11 twin towers episode. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 7:30pm PDT NEW
        Cromartie is cool. Great recommendation, Fabio. NT by Quétinbec 04/08/2009, 5:34pm PDT NEW
        The opening theme is something I listen to each episode. NT by Worm 04/28/2009, 3:20pm PDT NEW
    Star Blazers NT by But you can't buy it 04/07/2009, 11:52am PDT NEW
        I think you can buy it. NT by Fussbett 04/07/2009, 11:56am PDT NEW
            But why would anyone want to. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/07/2009, 6:55pm PDT NEW
        I never saw the third one. by laudablepuss 04/07/2009, 12:37pm PDT NEW
            That's a book, btw. Not to be snobby "books not TV" or anything NT by laudablepuss 04/07/2009, 12:38pm PDT NEW
            wasn't it obvious NT by it was a battleship? 04/08/2009, 3:48pm PDT NEW
                His childhood knowledge of Japanese battleships is laughablepuss! NT by Fussbett 04/08/2009, 4:48pm PDT NEW
                battreshilp NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/08/2009, 4:52pm PDT NEW
                It wasn't just any battleship. by laudablepuss 04/09/2009, 1:35am PDT NEW
                    So they still wish they won the war, anyone else realize how creepy that is? by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/09/2009, 1:45am PDT NEW
                        Yep. So anyway, Embracing Defeat is terrific. Buy it, read it. NT by laudablepuss 04/09/2009, 1:54am PDT NEW
                            My copy of God is Not Great just showed up today. :3 NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/09/2009, 2:02am PDT NEW
                        Hahaha check this out by laudablepuss 04/09/2009, 2:12am PDT NEW
                            I forgot to explicitly say this part by laudablepuss 04/09/2009, 2:17am PDT NEW
                                Doesn't sound all that good I think I'll pass........ A STONE. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/09/2009, 3:30am PDT NEW
                    TRY NOT TO SMACK YOUR FOREHEAD, the name of a new animu NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/09/2009, 2:20am PDT NEW
                    Battleship Yamato article - 1970 words. Spaceship Yamato article - 2700 words. NT by Wikipedia 04/09/2009, 8:48am PDT NEW
                        Try not to smack your forehead: The Motion Picture. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/09/2009, 8:53am PDT NEW
                        In fairness, the Space version did a lot more. NT by Fussbett 04/09/2009, 11:03am PDT NEW
                    I'm back to support you, laudablepuss! by Fussbett 04/11/2009, 2:43am PDT NEW
                        I only remember the last episode by FABIO 04/11/2009, 9:53am PDT NEW
        Totally worth it for the soundtrack alone by motherfuckerfoodeater 04/07/2009, 7:49pm PDT NEW
        Update: this turns out to be even more insane than I thought by laudablepuss 03/26/2021, 2:00pm PDT NEW
    sick disgusting child rape dismemberment by demon tentacles volume 200 NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/07/2009, 1:39pm PDT NEW
    Actual recommendations: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent by Entropy Stew 04/08/2009, 4:55pm PDT NEW
        The first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex by Fortinbras 04/08/2009, 5:13pm PDT NEW
            Maybe worth watching once. Not worth buying. NT by Entropy Stew 04/08/2009, 5:21pm PDT NEW
                More great Yoko Kanno work in the title theme, though by Entropy Stew 04/08/2009, 5:31pm PDT NEW
                not worth watching once not worth talking about or knowing about NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/08/2009, 5:40pm PDT NEW
            So the whole show is pretty much garbage. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/08/2009, 8:10pm PDT NEW
        PFFFFT. Texhnolyze is Paranoia Agent for grownups (emotionally stunted but still by Zsenitan 04/08/2009, 5:43pm PDT NEW
            Re: PFFFFT. Texhnolyze is Paranoia Agent for grownups (emotionally stunted but s by Fortinbras 04/08/2009, 6:48pm PDT NEW
                Re: PFFFFT. Texhnolyze is Paranoia Agent for grownups (emotionally stunted but s by Zsenitan 04/08/2009, 7:03pm PDT NEW
            I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say the first half of Death Note by Entropy Stew 04/08/2009, 7:41pm PDT NEW
                Only the new Hellsing series which is more like the comic. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/08/2009, 8:13pm PDT NEW
                I saw the first episode of Death Note on YTV (Youth Television) by Jerry Whorebach 04/08/2009, 9:22pm PDT NEW
                    Death Note Squarepants by FABIO 04/09/2009, 12:18am PDT NEW
                        That was satisfying like GRILLED MEAT from CHICAGO by Entropy Stew 04/09/2009, 4:46pm PDT NEW
            a who's who list of shit not to ever watch NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/08/2009, 7:44pm PDT NEW
            Witch Hunter Robin (bonus Death Note review) by FABIO 04/09/2009, 12:14am PDT NEW
                Again I don't think it's possible to discern this from any other anime in existe NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/09/2009, 12:23am PDT NEW
                Re: Death Note - This is basically what happens in Dune, and Dune is fucking swe NT by Entropy Stew 04/09/2009, 8:14am PDT NEW
                    David Lynch's Dune or Sci-Fi's Dune? NT by Fortinbras 04/09/2009, 9:45am PDT NEW
                        Frank Herbert's NT by Entropy Stew 04/09/2009, 4:37pm PDT NEW
                            OMG that was more embarassing than 6-year-old laudable not knowing the Yamato NT by Fussbett 04/09/2009, 5:09pm PDT NEW
                    dune is sweaty ass crack NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 04/09/2009, 5:06pm PDT NEW
                    Moom really liked Dune. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/10/2009, 1:10am PDT NEW
            Re: PFFFFT. Texhnolyze is Paranoia Agent for grownups (emotionally stunted by Quétinbec 04/09/2009, 6:02pm PDT NEW
                It's true, I was raped as a child last month. *watches QB beat off* NT by Zsenitan 04/09/2009, 6:51pm PDT NEW
        Re: Actual recommendations: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent by N 04/10/2009, 6:41am PDT NEW
            Re: Actual recommendations: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/10/2009, 7:00am PDT NEW
                Re: Actual recommendations: Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Paranoia Agent by FABIO 04/10/2009, 8:01am PDT NEW
                    ENTERPRISE!!!!!!!!!!! by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/10/2009, 8:07am PDT NEW
                        It was comparing it to Western stuff! (things for adults) NT by FABIO 04/10/2009, 8:53am PDT NEW
                            I know I'm just saying that the possibility of comparing anime to awesome deligh NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 04/10/2009, 9:42am PDT NEW
        Imagine a Youtube link surviving 15 years by Rafiki 03/26/2021, 7:31pm PDT NEW
    Not actually animes by Zsenitan 04/23/2009, 2:37am PDT NEW
 
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