Z Ace

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I run Super Robot Blueprint, a channel discussing retro mecha anime! Check it out at: youtube.com/robotblueprint Consider reading more of my terrible opinions at: https://letterboxd.com/Z_Ace/ https://backloggd.com/u/Z_Ace/

A screenshot from V3: Invisible Raid, showing a boxy V3 with wings and weapons flying toward a target. UI elements in the corners list the craft's health and ammunition count. Dialog subtitles up top read, "You've arrived. The research facility is right in front of you."
The model kit's unpainted shell, shown in front of the box art.
A toy wind up robot, seen from the front, vaguely resembling the character Patchouli Knowledge from the Touhou series of video games.
There is an inherent conservatism to corporate control of culture. Ignoring any question of moral right or remuneration, the goal of selling a product to a consumer—ideally a consistent product, remember—is necessarily at odds with taking risks and reinterpreting. Disney didn’t buy Star Wars so they could make things that aren’t Star Wars, even if the inarguable artistic success of their movement is the show that everyone seems to agree is the least Star Wars. Corporations understand the idea of being a fan as being someone who is excited and engaged with a particular line of products. True fans know that the opposite is true: to be a fan is often to be more savagely against something than would otherwise be possible. In few places is this more true than for Star Wars fans. Star Wars fans do not like Star Wars. For years the sign of a true Star Wars fan has been how much of the canon you are willing to disavow. Everyone agrees that the prequels are bad, right? You’ve seen the Red Letter Media reviews? But do you caveat that the third one was okay? Do you appreciate the animated series? The Tartakovsky animated series? Do you think Return of the Jedi is actually a little suspect? Have you watched the Holiday Special—did you make it all the way through? Even praise for Andor is often filtered through dismissal of Star Wars—many comments online (including my own!) reference how refreshing it is to have a Star Wars story that does not use the most familiar elements of the fictional world, the Jedi and the Sith and the lightsabers. The fandom that comes with a fictional world like Star Wars is in no way strictly positive, or strictly appreciative. Acting only to appease it is a drive towards unimaginative, corpse-like art.
A screenshot of the 1980's Tetsuwan Atom anime, with the character Pluto in a thunderstorm. He says, "Taking advantage of your enemy's vulnerable point is also a good strategy."
Mad scientist Prof. Vogler's face projected on the ruins of the Arc de Triomphe.
The Recluse from Nightreign shown with a speech bubble containing the quoted post, which reads: "My baby boy hatched and he's eating all my friends."
The titular Dallos from Dallos, a giant mechanical form partially buried within the surface of the moon.
A scene from Redline. The laborers declare that they need to wake up the bioweapon "Funky Boy" to topple their oppressive government.
A scene from the movie Redline. Laborers from the evil planet Roboworld sabotage their government's infrastructure using mining robot suits.
A youtube comment stating: Wonderful to not only see a new episode but also one based around a title that even I didn't know existed, let alone is an obscure entry from the 1970s Super Robot Boom.
Mr. Mcfeely from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
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From a google translation of the Japanese Wikipedia page on the novel Yukikaze: "On April 16, 2013, it was announced that Warner Bros. had acquired the live-action film rights . [ 1 ] The film will star Tom Cruise and be produced by Tom Lassally and Erwin Stoff, who also own the live-action rights to the Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop, along with Keanu Reeves ."
Marc Davis, from The E Ticket #7: "Mister Lincoln went through his performance — and God ... not one glitch! We wanted to hug him! The only thing was, you couldn't go up and hug a big piece of machinery like that because it could kill you. This thing had 500 pounds of hydraulic pressure. It could kill you. Sometimes you worked on it and forgot that it wasn't a human being. This thing could floor you."
A set of screenshot from the late 70s robot anime Daikengo, featuring a girl praying at a distant star. She asks, "Dear God, please protect the people of El Sabela," and God responds, "Be brave, you will be saved by the Cosmic Devil, Daikengo."
A comment from MaximumDong reading: " This helped me so much, you seriously helped me get to thinking. I'm about to play this game and this only helps to solidly my resolve. It sounds interesting and your review here genuinely was inspiring. I want to write a review like this! So real n easy to follow. Not padded."
#1 Ranking Raven, Hustler One, as depicted in the 1997 Armored Core Official Data Book.