Finished Oshii Mamoru’s Kerberos Movie Trilogy with Jin-Roh. It’s the only animated film in the trilogy and it’s a lot more serious than the other two films (they are all very good IMO).

I was debating whether to submit a clip of Fuse being a killing machine or this one but I really liked the human emotions he displayed here that we never get to see in any part of the film and yet he still ultimately plays the role of the wolf.

Really love what they made. Even if it’s just 15 minutes long it’s nice to revisit the alternate worlds of Eva, this included. Eva is timeless.

In the video, it’s framed that the world thinks manga is a “uniquely Japanese” thing but the video counters that by using Eike Exner’s book on manga history.

I did not finish the video yet (this is just the first minute or two) but I am going to guess that it’s either the Meiji period or the American occupation having influence on how manga eventually developed to what we know today. This is the same argument used by theorists like Azuma Hiroki but he talks about otaku culture more broadly.

Again, I did not finish it yet so…

Boys’ Love

I don’t know if it counts as horror but Perfect Blue. Maybe more thriller than horror.

Thanks! Wasn’t aware it behaved differently in Chrome. On Firefox, it seems to play with the audio just fine.

Thanks! Seems like it mostly works on Android but is limited by app support.

How about this one? This one is VP9.

edit: I’m getting “failed to load media” on Android. I think Voyager doesn’t load videos in comments.

Yeah I think they changed the ending theme for newer releases due to licensing issues. My sister watched NGE on Netflix and she was confused whenever I brought up Fly Me to the Moon.

The only disc that didn’t work when I tested them is the one that has something called “Evangelion:Death(True)2” and the End of Evangelion movie plus some bonus content – this is an AACS issue rather than physical damage so there’s hope that I can watch it eventually, just… not now.

Death:True^2 was a recap movie with some extra scenes IIRC. It was like watching an experimental edit of NGE. The End of Evangelion movie is really important to the original series though. Hope you get to watch it!

Monogatari Series.

This is the first 45 seconds of the first episode:

It’s really perverted but I’ve never seen perversion presented in such a way. I instantly knew it had a different kind of “language” in anime. I love every second of it. ^{and i love hitagi so much}

Finished Kemonozume last week. I think it’s Masaaki Yuasa’s most underrated work so far but I’ve yet to see all his works. Really love how crude-looking it is and yet it feels very intentional and complete.

Glad you like them!

I thought Anno was done with Eva

If you like Evangelion and jazz, I recommed The World! Evangelion Jazz Night Tokyo 3 Jazz Club and EVANGELION-VOX album.

I was expecting “Goodbye All of Evangelion”

Sorry if the pictures are low res. I couldn’t use my camera to take photos. Only phones were allowed and my hands were shaking from the excitement and nervousness lol.

The exhibit goes on until January 12 at Roppongi Hills. Tickets are ~2000 JPY.

edit: I should mention that these photos were taken on November 24. I wanted to post this on the same day but I kept falling asleep while trying to upload everything

editedit: I REALLY REGRET not buying the shopping back merch at the gift shop. I was disappointed that the Asuka posters were sold out. I was considering the shopping bag (it had a print of a keyframe of Unit 01) but when I picked it up, I heard Anno’s voice whisper to me “Really???” so I put it back down and walked away. The moment I stepped outside I realized that the one thing I don’t have and always forget to bring with me is a shopping bag like when buying groceries. Sorry Anno but it doesn’t seem like I’m ready to grow up yet.

Saotome-kun in Kawaihara-senpai (manga though, not anime)

I went to the 30th anniversary Evangelion exhibit at Roppongi last week. It was a lot of fun! I’ll make a post about it tomorrow.

It’s been a while so I can’t remember much of the details anymore. I do think there’s some more politics in there somewhere but I’ll have to revisit the manga. Maybe a second reading will reveal it.

Haibane Renmei (kind of)

Not a comfy watch but the world has this nice charm to it.