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@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ Fill her up, please.
 It's very good as a TV show nevertheless.
 
 
-* Anime and manga  [5/7]                                           :@reviews:
+* Anime and manga  [6/7]                                           :@reviews:
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@@ -2900,7 +2900,8 @@ They are, in very small doses.
 Oshii certainly did!
 
 
-** TODO Armitage III (1995)
+** DONE Armitage III (1995)
+CLOSED: [2024-12-24 Tue 20:56]
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@@ -2914,20 +2915,19 @@ Titles like /Akira/ or /Ghost in the Shell/ are still the standard, which which
 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.
+But among those giants, a lot of titles 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.
+At the same time, a series of robot's murders 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.
+They are not known to the public, but it soon we learn 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.
@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ 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.
+This is not a philosophical anime.
 
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@@ -2948,16 +2948,14 @@ I love that 90s aestesteric.
 Someone spent hours on those bullet holes.
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-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.
+But if not that, then what?
+Well, it's deeply human.
+It should not come as surprise that Naomi Armitage is a Third (it's in the title!), and all she wants is to be 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.
+Humanity seems to /hate/ robots, but it was the same humanity who created 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.
+He starts as someone who would wear a "no robots allowed" t-shirt (if tshirst were still in fashion), but when he gets to know Naomi, all his beliefs 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.
@@ -2966,10 +2964,9 @@ 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.
+The first robots who are closer human, who can bear children, are hunted and have to live in hiding.
 But that all plays second part.
 
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@@ -2988,7 +2985,6 @@ All my gripes come from comparisons with /Ghost in the Shell/, but those compari
 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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