Megazone 23 Part 1
Is the most eighties thing I have seen yet, even more so than Do You Remember Love? and Zeta Gundam. The show itself basically says that the eighties were the most perfect time in human history for piece and love. Apparently no one remembers the Reagan presidency, but for a bubble-boom Japan I guess things were perfect. Story-wise it’s almost incomprehensible, with the one unique twist not really being unique anymore. The show does ooze style though. Made when real robots were still (somewhat) new and you only needed one kind of transforming vehicle in a show. Like I said, so eighties. The fashion, the music, the hair - MY GOD THE HAIR! It’s all cool though for people like me who get a kick from this kind of stuff. The animation really is solid. Almost rivals DYRL in detail and even many modern productions, just with some obviously dated design aesthetics. Shame the two sequels, which I hear suck, look completely different, but I’ll decide for myself when I watch them later this weekend.
Part 2 is a definite upgrade over part 1 in many aspects. Part 3? It never happened!! ( yes, I’m in denial )
Comment on October 11, 2008 @ 6:21 am
Mention the eighties and hair, and the image of Margaret Thatcher’s intimidating coiffure fills my mind.
As a product of the decade myself, I probably ought to watch this just for solidarity’s sake.
Comment on October 11, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Oh man, I just got through watching the first two parts the other day. Part 2 definitely kicks the 80’s aspect up to 11, and the animation manages to be even better somehow. Same cheesy incomprehensible plot though.
Oh, and then there’s the fact that the characters look nothing at all like they did in part 1. It’s not just an aesthetic thing because of the new character desinger, they even changed their hair styles and color completely. Somehow this only makes Megazone 23 even better.
Comment on October 12, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
Actually I liked the character designs in Part 1 better, especially Yui with blue hair, cause you know blue hair is eighties.
Comment on October 13, 2008 @ 6:46 am