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 My reviews of fun things!
 
 
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 It's fantastical in it's nature, but the story is humanist.
 A true marvel you owe yourself to experience.
 
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+** TODO Monday Begins on Saturday (Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1965)
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 It's very good as a TV show nevertheless.
 
 
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 It's not there are no mechs here.
 They are, in very small doses.
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 [fn:wiki] Source: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces#Peacekeeping][Wikipedia]]
 [fn:osh] How many directors have achiever greatness on a few occasions?
 Oshii certainly did!
 
 
+** DONE Armitage III (1995)
+CLOSED: [2024-12-01 Sun 23:43]
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+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: armitage-iii-oav
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of the anime
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.75
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image reviews/covers/armitage-iii-oav.png
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :reviewSection '("Anime OAV series")
+:END:
+
+There was a time when anime was /the/ place to get cyberpunk-like stories.
+Titles like /Akira/ or /Ghost in the Shell/ are still the standard, which which we measure new movies.
+In most cases, that's a very disappointing comparison.
+Have we peaked in the 90s?
+
+But among those giants, a lot of title dissapeared from our shared consciousness.
+What once was known to anyone in the SF and/or anime community, is now completely forgotten.
+This is a review of such title.
+
+
+/Armitage III/ is a 4 part OAV series from 1995.
+Damn, that's close to 30 years!
+In it, we are transferred to the not-too-distant future.
+Mankind has colonized Mars and humanoid robots became a commodity.
+Ross Sylibus is a detective from Earth transferred to Mars after an accident where a robot left him crippled and forced to use cybernetic leg.
+He is assigned new partner - Naomi Armitage.
+At the same time, a series of dead robot is discovered.
+We learn that they were all a part of a new series of androids - The Thirds.
+They are not known to the public, but it is reviled that in contrast to all previous generations, they are capable of bearing children.
+
+The story here is, sadly, very basic.
+There is a reason to why /Armitage III/ is a forgotten classic.
+Upon my first rewatch of the series since my teen years, I left a bit dissapointed.
+We've got robot woman, who can be impregnated by human males.
+How much story possibilities does it give?
+How many questions does it raise?
+Apparently, zero.
+They give birth to humans, end of story.
+This is a philosophical anime.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: :file armitage-iii-oav-1.jpg
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+attr_shortcode: :class alt A woman with a bullet hole in her forehead
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://animenostalgia.tumblr.com/post/651897636160487424
+#+begin_image
+I love that 90s aestesteric.
+Someone spent hours on those bullet holes.
+#+end_image
+
+https://animenostalgia.tumblr.com/post/651897636160487424
+https://animenostalgia.tumblr.com/post/651897636160487424
+But it not that, then what?
+Well, it's deeply personal.
+It should not come as surprise, but Naomi Armitage is a Third (it's in the title!), and all she wants is to a human.
+She doesn't understand her place in the world.
+Humanity seem to /hate/ robots, but it was the same humanity who create them.
+For her, the story is finding her human side.
+For Ross it's about dropping all prejudice against androids.
+He starts as someone who would wear a "no robots allowed" t-shirt, but when he gets to know Naomi, all his believes are put to a test.
+
+/Armitage III/ and everything in it is just a pretense for their story.
+If we look at it like that, it's really nice.
+There is no pretense to ask questions about nature of humanity.
+It's much more starigt forward, and is done really well.
+There is /some/ depth - humans treat android as property.
+They are sexualized, but they are more sexual creatures.
+They walk half naked, but it's all for the joy of humans.
+The first robots who are closer human, who can bear children, is hunted and have to live in hiding.
+But that all plays second part.
+
+
+#+attr_shortcode: :file armitage-iii-oav-2.jpg
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+attr_shortcode: :class alt A woman taking out of her holster. She is wearing a heavy coat which is waving to the back revealing her red underwear.
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://pinnedupink.com/blogs/flashbacks/armitage-iii-martian-cyberpunk-review
+#+begin_image
+I said it's over-sexualized
+#+end_image
+
+Even the ending, where we learn why Thirds were developed, is only a reason for more Ross/Naomi scenes.
+
+All in all, /Armitage III/ is a very well made classic.
+I love the character design, I like the music.
+They action scenes are nicely done, there is no time to be bored.
+All my gripes come from comparisons with /Ghost in the Shell/, but those comparisons are not needed.
+
+As it stand, I wholeheartedly recommend /Armitage III/ to anyone exploring the golden age of anime.
+Just don't come in expecting one of the greats.
+
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