[you can find my 12D2 post on my personal blog]
Yes, MFing Mazinger. Burn it up!
Giant robots and the like are what got me into anime, so while I’m not the biggest afficionado of the genre I still love it. And Mazinger did it right by me. It had Gothic themes, action, and sweet-ass robots that weren’t so damn complicated. Like a lot of things this year, I have yet to finish Mazinger, but my moment for this entry is kind-of simple: the whole first episode.
The first episode is like someone raped my eyes with an awesome-laser. That’s a laser made of pure awesome, probably on a lightsaber handle or something. And then they fucked my eye sockets with it. I don’t know who “they” are, probably the makers of the show, whatever.
I’ve been managing to have some nice Mazinger-like moments in the past few years. I continue to love a lot of things, and find things to love even in my wide-ranging attempts to consume things, but every so often something reminds me of EXACTLY why I love something. Last year I re-read The Lord of the Rings and it reminded me of exactly what fantasy does to me. In the same way, Mazinger’s first episode showed me all the super-action-SF things that make me cream my nerd pants. Robots, monsters, monsters that are also robots, violence, mad scientists, awesome! Uuunnnghhh!
Seriously. Watch that first episode, if you’re into giant robots, and find a single scene that doesn’t bleed fucking awesome!
Well, the whole show delivered to the very end. It’s glorious, and while I think I’m one of the bigger fans of the genre, it exceeded my expectations. How about that!?
“That’s a laser made of pure awesome”
More like of pure shit. Imagawa lost it. Giant Robo first episode was awesome, Shin Mazinger is garbage dump.
“Watch that first episode, if you’re into giant robots, and find a single scene that doesn’t bleed fucking awesome!”
How about every fucking second of it ? Godannar, yes, fucking GODANNAR, with all its T&A is easily twice as awesome, MINIMUM.
Yes, you’ve proven you have an opinion that’s not mine. Your argument is stunning and well-argued. It is well-crafted, like a Swiss watch.
It illustrates your intellect accurately.
I don’t know what I should be more outraged at, karry’s comment or the fact that cuchlann hasn’t actually finished watching the show….hmm, i guess i’ll split my outrage 50/50! :D
If it’s because I haven’t finished, I can bear the weight of that 50% outrage. It’s justly applied. I’m working on it. : )