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Past Seasons

I watched two movies over the past week: Promare and Redline

The animation and art style of Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill aren’t my cup of tea, but when it gets shortened into a movie - Promare - it’s palatable for me.

I’d say Promare’s animation is very dynamic, very energetic, but not overdone. Story-wise, it is yet another Gundam-like with themes of genocide / discrimination, mechs and LGTBQ+. Personally, my favourite thing from the movie is its catchy soundtracks, especially Kakusei by Superfly. Apparently some verses are gibberish, but given that I don’t understand Japanese, it’s all the same to me.

Overall, I’d say it’s pretty good. My only complaints are that:

the rest of the firefighting team got kind of sidelined (but I guess that’s inevitable with a short runtime)
Kray and his minions did not face any consequences for the death and suffering of the Burnish

I would give it a solid 8 / 10

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Unboxious@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I’ve seen somewhere before that Redline is another Gundam-like but with cars instead of mechs

I have no idea why anyone would say this. Gundam is about socio-political issues relating to space colonization and the horrors of war. Redline is about doing whatever is coolest at every moment. I cannot think of a single thing Redline has in common with Gundam, other than that the characters spend a lot of time sitting in cool machines. Anyways, I loved that movie. Redline is what showed me that it’s possible for a movie to be excellent while having the most basic plot imaginable.

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