Could this woman be more bad ass? Between her and the fucking epic launch of Mazinger's beam weapon, this was really channeling that Giant Robo vibe big time.
Holy shit I've been out of the loop for a while. I watched the first four episodes last night in one sitting and can't wait to see this one. It's nice to see some colorful, fun animated stuff that doesn't take itself seriously after months of bullshit analysis of older films for classes.
It's obviously channeling Giant Robo, but as much as I'm enjoying Mazinger, I still can't completely think of it as the spiritual successor to Giant Robo yet. It ain't the same without the round retro designs and the Masamichi Amano music. But that don't matter too much, as Mazinger is fucking awesome in its own chaotic right.
These are the 4 issues of the fanzine we produced a while back (2002-2004). They're rough, but they're also the foundation for a lot of what we've built since then, including this site.
Click on the issues to bring up the full reader.
Issue 1 focused on Berserk, Jin-roh, and Asian live-action movies. It also had a memorable review of Gundress.
Issue 2 was a dissection of FLCL (it explains it all, really) and the work of Taiyo Matsumoto.
Issue 3 tackled Yoshitoshi ABe's traditional Japanese aesthetics, explained Evangelion and looked at the explosion of Korean movies.
Issue 4 was all about horror, laying out what made new wave Japanese horror so unique.
Holy shit I've been out of the loop for a while. I watched the first four episodes last night in one sitting and can't wait to see this one. It's nice to see some colorful, fun animated stuff that doesn't take itself seriously after months of bullshit analysis of older films for classes.
ReplyDeleteIt's obviously channeling Giant Robo, but as much as I'm enjoying Mazinger, I still can't completely think of it as the spiritual successor to Giant Robo yet. It ain't the same without the round retro designs and the Masamichi Amano music. But that don't matter too much, as Mazinger is fucking awesome in its own chaotic right.
Didn't like this episode at all. The Photon Beam was pretty awesome, but the recap pissed me off and they were overall just wasting a lot of time.
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