This week, wintermuted and ElectricV01 have diverging opinions about Lupin III episode 6: is it a plotless mediocrity or a deconstruction of yuri tropes? Find out more!
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The discussion continues about the latest Lupin series! This time the discussion centers around full frontal nudity—and more.
In the latest installment of The Fujiko Telegrams, wintermuted and dcbebop consider the changes made to the character of Zenigata. And they don’t approve of them.
Wintermuted and DCBebop, our resident Lupin experts, continue their discussion of the new series. And this time, they disagree (just a little), on this episode introducing the samurai Goemon.
A dialogue between wintermuted and ElectricV01 about the latest Lupin TV series, Lupin the Third: The Woman Named Fujiko Mine! First in a series of articles, episode 2 coming tomorrow, and the first dialogue-style article in years.
Yes, moritheil has become a discussion partner in this revival of our Face Off feature! Please enjoy this rather meta-level discussion about whether anime can be treated like art or not.
Mike: Candy Boy: 90% sugar. 10% kinky. 0% boy! Ray: It’s the sweetest thing – if only women were that great. In real life, I always meet AP’s – American Princesses, whether they’re Taiwanese American Princesses, Korean American Princesses, Japanese American Princesses (queens), or other kinds. Some of them don’t even live in the US! [...]
Ray:I’m wondering if I should continue to watch White Album. It’s…frankly, seemingly a little plain vanilla. Mike: You know, I think that’s a good description of it. It felt very bland and unfocused. The character interactions were very flat.
Mike: While I really enjoyed many parts of Kurozuka, I think you definitely got into it more than I did. At least until the end, I was more or less watching it like an action show. There really were only two fundamental questions on my mind: 1.) What is Kuromitsu really up to? 2.) What’s [...]
Ray:It’s more like, no I just don’t feel like doing it, therefore I can’t. Again, how has guts, passion and hard work changed? Mike:In Gunbuster, it’s assumed. In Diebuster, it has to be recovered. (Well–arguably, Nono always believes in it.) Both Gunbuster and Diebuster feature really, really outrageous battle scenes which are powered by konjo–and [...]
vs. Mike: I shed a tear at the end of Gunbuster. What an awesome piece of work. My Hideaki Anno shrine just got bigger again. Ray: Yes! Yessss! That, my friend, is the awesomest work ever.
Mike: So I watched 4 episodes of Akane-iro last night. It’s really not terrible. It was actually pretty funny sometimes. I wouldn’t call it great; I’m not even sure I’d call it good. But it was watchable and amusing at times, though predictable.
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