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10 Ladies Who Defined Mecha Excellence… 80s Edition (Part 5: Gundam)

Hey you pilot that giant robot like a girl! Once considered a “man’s job“, like several other jobs, the occupation of being a mecha pilot has over the years shown that skill and finesse are not confined to one’s gender. “Anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better than you, No you can’t… oh hell yes I CAN!” Let us now pay tribute to a selection of ladies who are some of the best…

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#266 : The Great Battle of the Flying Saucers / Uchuu Enban Daisenso 

This sounds like the title for a cheesy 1950s sci-fi B-movie you might catch at a midnight showing in your local theater, but no… it is far, FAR!, from that. This is 1970s sci-fi anime from Go Nagai… with UFOs and a super robot! So it is a little cheesy in a different way, but in a good way especially for those who love classic mecha anime. Love, duty, war, peace and freedom are all part of this…

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#265 : Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

Long ago there was a greedy king possessed by a unquenchable hunger, a desire where no amount of food, riches. or power could ever satisfy. His lust for the cursed blood rubies has warped his very existence in more ways than one! Tearing up his kingdom and depriving his subjects of sources for food and land, he has made many a subject angry. Perhaps if he can obtain all seven of the legendary…

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#264 : Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Making a final decision and sticking to it can sometimes be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. Yet when you have options, saying goodbye to the the other, or others, can be difficult. Even if time has run out, finalizing a farewell can be painful, particularly in the realm of relationships. Though it is not competition per se, there with be winners and losers in the movie Kimagure…

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#263 : Tales of Little Women

Louise May Alcott’s novel Little Women is considered an honored classic in American literature and has had a host of adaptations in the live acton and animated realms. It’s a tale about love, family, sacrifice and growing up that even though set during the American Civil War, can have its themes apply towards anytime and any place. When the cat is away the mice will play and when father is out…

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#262 : Panzer World Galient (OVA series)

In this vast universe we see cycles of rise and fall constantly. Humankind no matter where they are both in space and time are always under a state of change. Yet, so much is constant as well. War and peace lead again to war and peace almost as if it is scripted. On the planet of Arst this cycle has been at play for longer than recorded history. War machines buried beneath the ground are…

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#261 : Nine

Many a youth love the game of baseball. Many play for the love of the game, some play because their friends and families are involved in it, some dream of playing professionally and then there are some who start playing baseball on a spur of the moment decision that has nothing so much to do with either of these examples. It’s summer, love as well as the dust from the guy who just stole second…

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#260 : Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas

They say traveling the great galactic road can be quite unsafe at times. You never know who you may meet on your journey, but often times it is very memorable. Even in the deepest of space there are those known as pirates who garner a similar reputation as those who sail the seven seas. Fearsome, tough and brave are many, but few are also very beautiful and noble. Tetsuro and Maetel’s time on the…

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#259 : Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: Missing 99

Are you the chosen one? Could you have latent powers locked up inside of you? Do you like anime where the main character gets swept away to another world? The not so well remembered OVAs at the bottom of the 1980s bin are being looked at once again, so will this be treasure, or perhaps trash this time round? I have to dig really deep this time and my goodness what a long title for this 1986…

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#258 : Magical Emi, the Magic Star

Magic is in the air… it’s everywhere… do you see it?… can you feel the ‘happiness’? It’s 1985 and Studio Pierrot would release their third magical girl show in succession beginning with 1983’s Creamy Mami. It’s another year with  another magical idol and this time we are with Magical Emi, the Magic Star! Looking back, I remember in my youth certain magicians were major celebrities. Do you…

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#257 : Sea Prince and the Fire Child

“Be careful there son. You’re playing with fire.”… Can fire and water truly be together? Well if the supposed saying of ‘opposites attract’ apply then I would say yes, but this all depends on circumstances. In truth, fire needs water and water needs fire in order for the world to go round, both on a metaphysical and hard scientific level. They are in their own way two sides of the same coin. The…

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#256 : Nayuta

Shojo, sci-fi, space, espers, an alien invasion and the possibility of reawakening humanity’s long lost potential…now that is a mouthful and a half to digest into a one off OVA. Can you imagine what it would be like to discover latent powers within yourself? Do you want to know the secrets of the universe? Well I can’t grant these wishes to you, but I can recommend an anime as a possible…

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#255 : What’s Michael? 2

Michael is back again in What’s Michael? 2! And in case you have not seen the original What’s Michael? you might be asking well who is Michael? He is a cat, an orange tabby and he is the star and subject of this very anime you are reading about. So is this some sort of Garfield, Heathcliff, or Morris the Cat (remember the old 9 Lives cat food commercials?) clone? Not exactly. Michael is just…

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#254 : Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Sono

Hold up, we have more Hana no Ko Lunlun to watch?! Oh yes indeed and this time she is visiting Japan. So what is this ? It is not a recap TV special based on episodes, nor an OVA of the great lost episode of the TV series… wait hang on a minute, this is 1980, the OVA has yet to be brought to the market… Hana no Ko Lunlun: Konnichiwa Sakura no Sono, or Lun Lun the Flower Child: Hello Cherry Garden…

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#253 : Hana no Ko Lunlun

You can call me a dork, but I have The Rain, The Park and Other Things stuck in my head. You know that hit song from the 1960s by The Cowsills, which had the hook in the chorus… “I love the flower girl” in glorious multi-part harmony.  Now you may ask, why this song? Umm well, I just finished a magical girl series and hey the song is like a perfect metaphor for the show! Long before Sailor…

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#252 : Laughing Target

Is this supposed to be an oxymoronic title? This anime is in no way a comedy, it’s a horror suspense thriller. Based on a shorter manga released as part of the Rumik World series, Rumiko Takahashi’s tale of obsession, Laughing Target, would release into the anime world as a singular OVA in 1987. Prepare your bows and take aim as we investigate a complex tale of teenage romance. There is something…