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Oh yea Stand Alone Complex is probably more Post-Cyberpunk. The world seems to go uphill, kinda. Still a lot of awful stuff happening, but you knoooow could be worse.

And yea Taro games are such a trip. Played Automata years ago and last year finally Nier, but it was so great I had to play the three Drakengard games and even played the Nier mobile game (which storywise was absolutely great and I am saddened that it's gone and got a bad reputation because it being a gacha). Taro for me is a dude that tries to look beyond what we think a video game should be and I respect that a lot. I can tell you that Automata is probably the most ehhhh... polished? "normal"? ...game of his. So much fun in experimenting with games as a medium and so much heartbreaking stories lol.

Oh and yea your taste is great too!! I have to steal stuff from you. Have to go back to GOAT Yuasa (only watched Devilman Crybaby of his and it was soooo fun (and so heartbreaking). It amazed me how different and experimental it felt from most anime (And I heard it's one of his tamer ones so yea). And I have to look into Shinbo's stuff too. I only watched Madoka Magica of his, resulted in me plundering Urobuchi's works but I have to do a nosedive into Shinbo's works too at some point. And I definitely plan to play Ueda's stuff too. His stuff looks right down my alley. Short: Yea still a little bit of stuff to see and play hah

Oh no problem about the replying part, man. We all have only limited time.

The design of Motoko is the only major criticism I have (and maybe the two butt shots in the first two episodes or so lol). Makes it sometimes hard to sell the show to people, even though everything else is shown and treated maturely. Though of course I can cope and think of Motoko's outfit as a comment on how she still wants to be seen as sexy and feminine even though she is a full-body-cyborg now. So I will just do that lul. Interesting thing about SAC is, that Kamiyama is a big fan of Oshii and learned a lot of things from him. He was not impressed by GITS 1995 though and thought Oshii should talk more about sociological and political topics (like in Patlabor 2, which he loved) rather than body philosophy heh. This resulted in Kamiyama trying to do with SAC what he wanted to see from Oshii. And I think he succeeded greatly with the story of Aoi and the Laughing Man. Such an interesting phenomenon. But, I think one can feel that Kamiyama was still figuring stuff out while making the first season. The first episodes can be rough and he admitted to not having figured out Motoko as a character just yet.

But gladly there exists 2nd GIG and my god, yea I wouldn't feel bad calling it my favorite (anime) show. Oshii helped in planning and gave ideas and some themes (but it's still primarily Kamiyama's thing). Kamiyama I think really found himself here and basically every episode is a banger. And the story is so great and ugh. 2nd GIG has some interesting thematic connections to some other works of Oshii, but I will let you find them yourself. :) Also Motoko finally wears more appropriate stuff, that's a good bonus too heh. To the Taxi Driver episode. Yeah it's absolutely great. Taxi Driver is one of Kamiyama's favorite movies, so there are here and there some nods to it in his works.

Also sidenote that will surely not derail the topic, but based for having in top games Nier: Automata. I am a massive DrakeNier fan. Went to the Nier concert this year too lol. And Journey made me cry the first time I played it. Good one

Yo, you finished SAC! What are your impressions? Would love to hear it

Maybe I will do that with Sky Crawlers haha! Also, I am surprised that Avalon is your second favorite movie! I enjoy it, yes, but would be reaaaaaaaaaaaaally interested what things you see in this movie and why you love it so much. I rewatched it with a friend some weeks ago (he watched it for the first time) and he hated it, because it was so slow and he didn't grasp what the meaning was lol. For myself I've enjoyed it more this time, but so much stuff still gives me headaches what it could mean. Some people talked about how Ash is dead, her ashen hair strand and something with the angel statues and stuff. So there are some layers I still need to understand.

Ohhhhh please give SAC a second chance! SAC is one of the most intelligent things anime as a medium has brought to the table. Yes, some of the stand alone episodes aren't a 10/10, but all of them build the world of GITS, giving some forshadowing and ideas that then are used in the Laughing Man case. And what a case it is! Giving GITS the political and sociological component the two movies hadn't (them having more inner philosophical struggles about identity as its main point, as you know).

But hard agree on Motokos costume lol. Undermines how clever the show is. But she drops it in season 2 and I mean... Shirows manga was also horny lol. As for me: I tried to see some sort of commentary on gender in the future in this costume, especially in contrast to the opinion on this topic from the two Oshii movies, which heavily relied on Haraways Cyborg Manifesto. So seeing a future where gender Identity is still a thing that is important to the individual, is another aproach to this topic. But maybe I'm just coping hehe.

Haha, no problem! In that pause between my and your reply I finished the Blood book which was awesome, even though Saya wasn't as present. But the whole meditation on humanity and the big nation wide conspiracy thing was so cool. Classic Oshii!

Aaaaaand I've finally watched Talking Head. You gave me the final blow to watch it then and I loved it soooo much. Literally everything. Especially now that I've basically consumed everything Oshii. Having his whole career in mind enhanced it in some way. Made it really personal.

And yeah Sky Crawlers is a masterpiece. I want to convince two of my friends to watch it with me, hopefully they do it hihi. Sad that the english translations of the books seem to be so bad. Want to read them but not in this quality. Time to learn Japanese, I guess? Still need to play the game too. Also love your analysis of Sky Crawlers in the context of Oshii's career. Never thought about it in this way. Would like to here more about that!

Ok last thingy: Broooo why has SAC a fiiiive :,( Kamiyama is literally Oshii's student. Love his anime to death. I can say that Oshii worked at 2nd GIG in some ways. The season has similar themes to Patlabor 2 and was like an answer from Kamiyama to Oshii. So maybe you are interested in that LOL.

I found you through your Blood book review and Holy! Another apreciator of Oshiis live action movies! I must say I still need to watch Talking Head, but I love his Kerberos Saga Trilogy and enjoyed Avalon. Also, Sky Crawler Fans unite! :)

Acho que tem no MangaLivre se eu não estou errado.

https://mangalivre.net/manga/kafka/10207 Esse é o link

A tradução não é perfeita, mas é bem competente

No meu caso, eu só joguei a Novel e não assisti o Anime, então não sei se é melhor mesmo kkkkkkkkkk

Ahhhhhh, eu "já vi por ai" Onanie Master Kurosawa, mas nunca cheguei a pesquisar mais sobre...agora eu fiquei curioso rs Valeu pela recomendação =D

Nossa, quando me formei em 2016, enquanto o mundo ainda estava "normal", já foi uma dor de cabeça sem tamanho, nem consigo imaginar o que vocês estão sofrendo nessa pandemia...de coração, meus pêsames rs

Opa, encontrou alguma leitura interessante que vale uma recomendação? =D

Ultimamente ando meio ocupado (com o canal e a idade rs) mas li The Horizon e acabei jogando a Novel de Steins;Gate 0, e devo dizer que gostei bastante!

Hey, valeu pelo follow! Eai, assistindo/lendo muita coisa boa ultimamente?

O próprio Oshii disse que não tem uma explicação objetiva, isso é verdade. Ele inclusive disse que o significado é dado pelo expectador e não pra quem concebe a obra! Foi o filme em anime que mais me surpreendeu, inclusive a estética dele é infinitamente superior do que muita produção que tem hoje em dia!

Eu sou cristão por incrível que pareça, sei que pode parecer contraditório tendo tenshi no tamago de favorito porque ele foi feito quando o diretor tinha acabado de abandonar a fé... Independente da crença pessoal tenshi no tamago consegue passar a mensagem dele de forma espetacular e por isso aplaudo!

Fiquei surpreso de encontrar alguém com Tenshi no Tamago no top 1 porque tem muita gente que não entende a proposta da obra, eu acho bem lamentável isso, enquanto tem filmes bem merdinha como kimi no na wa lá no alto Tenshi no Tamago que é uma obra prima não tem o valor merecido

Atualmente meu bebê é o 3-gatsu no lion, estou re vendo viciadamente, nunca imaginei que um slice of life pudesse ser tão perfeito nesse nível! Os três primeiros são meu top 1 empatados e o Tenshi no Tamago é o top 2,o resto é resto. Só dei 10/10 pra essas obras porque elas suprem tudo que precisa, além de serem perfeitas no texto conseguem cativar e fazer eu gostar muito. Tem obras que até reconheço o valor técnico mas não atingem perfeição no quesito gosto pessoal, essas obras especificamente são perfeitas e eu amo. Eu reconheço o valor de Lain e Texhnolyze e Evangelion por exemplo mas é só uma contemplação técnica com menos sentimento envolvido.

Melhor filme da história da humanidade! : p