Only takes shows I've seen into consideration, so maybe one day I'll do another, more comprehensive one. Make it a collaborative effort maybe?
Whatever, it was fun to make this afternoon.
Only takes shows I've seen into consideration, so maybe one day I'll do another, more comprehensive one. Make it a collaborative effort maybe?
Whatever, it was fun to make this afternoon.
Why isn't FMAB not on here
Because I have not completed it
You gotta it's so fucking good. Over throwing a fascist society against insurmountable odds just feels good
My critique is it's basically forgiving the IJA/IJN for their crimes. It's a great story, great characters, great world building. But once you've watched it you should consider it in the lens of post-war Japanese nationalist politics.
this is a fair critique, but i do think the 'doing a coup against the fascists and (implicitly, it's their stated goal but we don't see it happen) setting up a war crimes tribunal that judges themselves as well as others' is something that would be cool and good irl
not to say that it makes it not apologia, i just think it is more complex than that
That's totally fair. I just want to put the idea in people's heads. I think the show fits in to an important and interesting place in post-war Japanese culture, and the way Japan reckons with, and doesn't reckon with, it's actions during the war.
It really is great, though, anyone interested in urban magic, alternate history, occultism/alchemy/esotericism, martial arts, diesel punk, or inter-war clothing should check it out!
it's absolutely something that needs to be brought up in any leftist discussion of the series, so i'm glad you did
watch 2003 fma instead its cooler
It goes harder into the horror aspects that appear in the early parts of brotherhood while brotherhood kinda steps away from that and goes for its grand narrative. 2003 isn't as good a story but it's way cooler