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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Apr 28, 2019 16:38:18 GMT
(Still didn't create a thread, I moved the post to a new one) Megazone 23 Studio: Artland, AIC, Artmic Season: Winter 1985 to Fall 1989 Episodes: 4 Score: 6.89 (2,887 users) myanimelist.net/anime/1935/Megazone_23 |
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Apr 28, 2019 16:40:08 GMT
FYI, the first two episodes are movie duration 1 hour and 30 minutes and the last two episodes are around 50ish minutes. Be prepared for that
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Apr 28, 2019 16:47:01 GMT
For episode 1,
I'm liking the motorcycle animated scenes. None of the characters really interested me, but the mystery element of the story of the underground base is enough to keep me interested. Given the perspective and time skip of episode 2, was rather disappointed that there isn't more exploration and background of episode 1 and didn't like how episode 1 ended if they were going to do the timeskip.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Apr 28, 2019 16:51:47 GMT
Episode 2, I found episode 2 animation slightly better, but the story was bad and there wasn't a good flow. After all those years, nothing about the bike was done despite the desperation in the first episode. The characters underwent a significant personality shift too and not for the better. Hardly any information was revealed and it yet remains an inconclusive, unsatisfying ending thanks to yet another timeskip for episode 3.
Also more lewd than episode 1
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Apr 28, 2019 16:54:47 GMT
Episode 3-4, This was worse than episode 2.... No redeeming qualities as all across the board, the quality went down New main characters weren't a good idea. Timeskip is not a good idea. Just....  |
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Post by BurningHammer on May 4, 2019 17:43:30 GMT
Starting it.
The character designs scream "MACROSSE!" out loud.
And Japanese 80's pop song.
Gosh, everything is so 80's.
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Post by BurningHammer on May 4, 2019 17:58:40 GMT
Is this the coolest motorcycle commercial ever made in the 80's?
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Post by BurningHammer on May 4, 2019 18:19:07 GMT
OH SHIT IT'S BASICALLY THE MATRIX MAIN PLOT!
DAMN YOU, WARSHAWSKY SISTERS!!
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Post by BurningHammer on May 4, 2019 18:33:34 GMT
AND the concept of virtual idol, in the 80's.  |
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on May 4, 2019 20:20:38 GMT
Starting it. The character designs scream "MACROSSE!" out loud. And Japanese 80's pop song. Gosh, everything is so 80's. Yeah. Megazone 23 really reminds me of Macross only without those fighter planes and less focus on the culture of idols. |
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on May 4, 2019 20:21:56 GMT
AND the concept of virtual idol, in the 80's. Macross did that with Plus I believe. |
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Post by BurningHammer on May 5, 2019 0:18:22 GMT
AND the concept of virtual idol, in the 80's. Macross did that with Plus I believe. Macross Plus was about 10 years after this though. |
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Post by kungfro on May 6, 2019 15:34:55 GMT
OH SHIT IT'S BASICALLY THE MATRIX MAIN PLOT! DAMN YOU, WARSHAWSKY SISTERS!! Yeah that part of it caught me off guard. I was trying to figure out why the military would give a shit about a bike that goes really fast, seemed very silly. Saved the first episode from being a disappointment for me. I kinda enjoy the super 80s elements from it, the cheesy characters and interactions drag it down though. |
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Post by kungfro on May 11, 2019 17:11:15 GMT
I'm mixed on episode 2. Characters and interactions were still terrible. The gore scenes were impressive though, and they didn't hold back on the sex scenes. Animation was a step up too. They try so hard to make this biker gang look cool though and it just comes across as corny as hell. That scene where the one biker chick gives the finger as she's dying just made me laugh. The main character also didn't seem too bothered that everyone outside his small group died a horrible death.
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Post by kungfro on May 17, 2019 21:24:00 GMT
Episode 3-4, This was worse than episode 2.... No redeeming qualities as all across the board, the quality went down New main characters weren't a good idea. Timeskip is not a good idea. Just.... I mostly agree, although I did still get some enjoyment from the 80s vision of futuretech. This series makes me think of a bad but enjoyable b-movie. Some cool ideas being implemented here, just done with some questionable execution. |
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Post by kungfro on May 17, 2019 21:55:35 GMT
Cool look at the history behind Megazone 23
Also learned that "missile weaving" Hellfire Missile Pack referred to before has a name. "The Itano Circus", named after Macross animator Ichiro Itano.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on May 18, 2019 4:00:50 GMT
I mostly agree, although I did still get some enjoyment from the 80s vision of futuretech. This series makes me think of a bad but enjoyable b-movie. Some cool ideas being implemented here, just done with some questionable execution. I feel like if they didn't timeeskip and explored more of the underground actual world instead of the fake world up top, it would be more interesting than what they have |
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on May 18, 2019 4:04:56 GMT
The Itano Circus makes me think of Italiano Circus. I prefer missile waving since that's more cooler than circus.
As for the Megazone 23, I'm puzzled why Itano thought that design was better than the similar Macross design that the animator when it doesn't. Macross character designs aren't even the best designs too. The video is indeed very informative and because AIC got greedy, Megazone unnecessarily suffered. A bunch of unfortunate events in addition ruined a potential great series as the premise was fascinating.
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