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Tank Police’s interrogation of a prisoner (a scene that’s played for comedy but is torture in all but name).

Posted on 2018 May 7 by gaikokumaniakku

I was browsing one of my favorite anime blogs at: First Impressions Spring 2018 Wrap-Up and I found a link to: Wotakoi: Love is Hard for an Otaku – Episode 1 but of course I quickly got distracted by an analysis … Continue reading →

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Dominion was a rough draft, or else Ghost in the Shell was a re-imagining; the two claims are equivalent

Posted on 2014 March 5 by gaikokumaniakku

Masamune Shirow has only had a few ideas in his entire writing career, and he keeps re-writing them. If you take a look at Dominion Tank Police after having seen the later Ghost in the Shell stories, you will be … Continue reading →

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Episode 2: Dominion Tank Police is officially a grudge-watch

Posted on 2014 February 28 by gaikokumaniakku

Sometimes I hate a show, or I hate a major aspect of a show, and yet I watch the whole thing out of perverse resentment. I call this a grudge-watch. The show is watchable. It’s better than Canadian television, and … Continue reading →

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1985 was a very naive time, and torture could still be played for laughs back then

Posted on 2014 February 27 by gaikokumaniakku

1985 was a time when conspiracy theories were very rarely heard, media was still highly centralized, and Clint Eastwood’s militarism was seen as respectable rather than a sign of burgeoning personality disorder. Dominion Tank Police is like a silly “A-Team” … Continue reading →

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