Mirai Nikki 22 — Cosmology and Metaphysics

Mirai Nikki,

Another excellent episode of Mirai Nikki! Let’s look a bit into the show’s pseudo-religious mumbo jumbo.

Creator and Creature

If Akise is an existence created by Deus, then this seems to imply that everyone else is not. However, the winner of the survival game is supposed to create the new universe in his own image. Continue reading Mirai Nikki 22 — Cosmology and Metaphysics →

Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing 19 — War. War! What is it Good For?

Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing,

As Robert Jackson, chief prosecutor for the US, said of Nazi Germany at the Nuremberg trials:

The central crime in this pattern of crimes, the kingpin which holds them all together, is the plot for aggressive wars.

I really can’t see Luscinia and Lilliana’s side of this at all, although it seems like the creators are trying to make this seem morally ambiguous. How can starting all these wars and wiping an entire nation off the face of the earth possibly be justified? Continue reading Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing 19 — War. War! What is it Good For? →

Ozma — First Impression

Impressions,

This is off to a great start. I like the characters so far, it’s exciting and full of action, and the world is detailed and filled with the kind of technology only Leiji Matsumoto can design.

So far the only works by Leiji Matsumoto I’ve seen are Space Battleship Yamato and the first half of Harlock, so indulge me when I compare this more recent work with his older ones. First, of course the animation is more modern, which is nice. But the biggest difference is the women.

Their faces don’t all look the same! She doesn’t even have long, straight hair! I love it! Continue reading Ozma — First Impression →