And the greatest of the three was

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damn, says here its the Anime Adaption. Rock on, Danny Devito.

I’ve never had a hard #1. It feels almost vulgar to hold Evangelion, Samurai Champloo, and Golden Boy to the same standard.

But there are definitely shows I pick up on that bring the whole artistic style into a new light. The style and pacing of Frieren, especially early on, left me wondering why I haven’t found an anime like this sooner. The outro music mix in Chainsaw Man sets it apart even beyond the story. Miyazaki’s Spirited Away put all those hack Disney movies in the dust bin.

I don’t think I can pry Full Metal Alchemist out of my brain just to make room for One Piece in the top spot. So much of the appeal of the genre is in the invention and the artistry. It’s a space that still feels fresh and bold and weird in a way American media struggles to compete. But who can rate a Van Gogh against a Rafael or a Picaso? Who would dare to try?

Had no idea Kill a Kill was going to go as hard as it did by the ending arc.

Just one of those shows that starts strong and gets better with every passing episode.

Looks like AI generated slop

Checks inside the toolbox

“This… isn’t a screwdriver.”

click

vibrating sounds

FLCL is now an 18-episode series.

Okay, yes. But the new stuff is mid at best.

I don’t feel like they were as good as the original series.

Feels like they jumped on the Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone bandwagon and did a remake nobody asked for.

FLCL is a quick, fun six part jaunt I love to revisit.

Cowboy Bebop is so episodic you can just throw any one of them on out of order and have a good time.

And anything Miyazaki. I’ve watched Kiki’s Delivery Service, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Princess Monanoke half a dozen times each.

Today’s environmental problems are certainly bad, but it’s nothing compared to 30 or 40 years ago.

What we lack in degree, we make up for in volume. “Carbon emissions aren’t nearly so bad as sulfur emissions” is technically true, right up until you’re living in a village that’s crushed by a glacier.

The global scale of industry is so much larger than it was 30 or 40 years ago. Even if you want to talk about microplastics, we’re creating such an enormous waste disposal crisis that it’s having cumulative effects at scale. The Holocene Extinction has not abated in the last generation. It’s accelerating.

Beaten to death by her own boobs.

Tragic.

Read the Manga, they say. The story is so much better, they say.

You monster.

You will own nothing and be happy.

Unironically the future of capitalism, as it devolves into feudalism with more killer robots.

You’ve got the CEO (Absolute Monarch) who owns all the shit and you work on it in exchange for not being killed or deported. Maybe you get some treats from time to time. More likely, you just get someone from the PMC to tell you to pray more.

Humans in power are too egocentric to not be kept in check.

A handful of humans with the power to deliver unlimited genocide on their neighbors are hard to keep in check.

The idea that you could trust a corporation, any corporation, at its word is laughable on its face

We’re surrounded by corporate entities all trying to leech profit out of us.

It’s less a question of trust and more of information alternatives. When all you can hear is the din of advertisement, it’s difficult to chart a path through the racket.

You’re bound to get suckered by someone, eventually.

My whole library is wipped out

I assumed this was about an actual library and not some shmuck who got suckered into a thinly veiled rental service.