The usual anime blabbing.

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LoGH 37: Nyyyyggggh. Fucking Oberstein.

This entire episode was a long ballet of "I know, and you know I know you know, and THEY know that you know, but they don't know WHAT we know, so let's play it out very deliberately anyway and see who slips where."

The Kaiser's an -aggressive- little jerk.

*politics politics politics* ... "Hey, y'wanna come over to my place and have breakfast?" "Sure!"

As the woof points out, meetings in this show START with the kind of details it ususally takes a show five episodes to draw out as major plot points.

LoGH 38: Holy CRAP the Kaiser is a DICK. A food-throwing, arm-waving dick. Not that I blame him.

"Actually, sir, we're... uh, not sure who manipulated who. Heh. Uhm... we may have gotten hosed on this one."

"Congratulations. You kidnapped the Kaiser. Enjoy your concussion."

Oliver Poplan: Being from Beyond The Stars.

*Senator Truhnit appears on TV screen* *two frame reaction shot of Yang going "GEH."*

...there's like three people in the entire nation who are taking this speech seriously.

"So now we're the shining knights of legendary justice who fight the evil empire? What are we, cartoon heroes?" Legend of Cartoon Heroes. Oh, Poplan. You wish.

*Yang adds brandy to tea* *pause* *arm reaches into frame, steals brandy bottle* *conversation is intercut with shots of everyone in room happily adding brandy to tea* *Yang develops sadface as brandy vanishes* I do love this show.

One thing I particularly like is how the episode title comes at the end, so you can reflect back on how things played out.

YUA 9: No comments here. Still a light, fun show.

... Okay, one comment. Do Japanese police officers really leave notes on the ground with chalk sticks? Or... how does that work? Hmm.

YUA 10: EPIC SCOOTER OPERA.

"Aoi, can I see your panties?" PRESCHOOL PERVERSION. ...seriously, what the crap.

And now, Yoriko suggests swift and violent murder of an old woman as a solution to traffic problems. This is one weird episode.

Shopping-obsessive old ladies are the same everywhere in the world. *sigh* ... One day I'd like to become one. Wait, no. That'd be a terrible idea.

BACKBREAKER OF DEAAATH.

Hugged by an old woman with smoke coming out of her ass. What a horrible way to get arrested.

GGG Final 7: We now return you to FUCK YEAH central.

...this is such a zero-sum game.

Genesic GaoGaiGar has Gundam-style Beam Wings!

...is this the ENTIRE CAST singing the theme song?

SPIRAL DRILL! And so, GaoGaiGar channels SPIRAL ENERGY.

Making killer cyborgs out of your enemies NEVER works.

Mutual affection POWER UP. Seki-ha Love Love Mega Cross Crash Fusion!

...hey, Renee IS getting to pilot a robot! Kinda.

Meanwhile, the pyramids blow up for no reason.

It's a giant Cylon!

For about thirty seconds, I thought Genesic GaoGaiGar had developed FIN FUNNELS.

...okay, the end credits have moved on to the History of Renee Shishioh, the Lion Phoenix. And you know what? I finally believe her as a major, decisive character. She no longer seems like a cheap fanfictiony insert. So... salutations to the writing staff for really developing the hell out of her in the middle of all this action.

I still wish they'd given more time and episodes to this.

GGG Final 8: The Final Episode of Final. ("Mythology")

They have never directly mentioned that dude on the enemy side who looks like Cain.

Slow melodramatic piano theme is slow and melodramatic.

...all that build-up was spoiled by the Engrish of the announcer calling this "Miceology."

Hey. J's theme song got a remix.

I wish this dude wasn't on the bad guy side. Giant segmented chainsaw arms are AWESOME.

And then everybody loses.

Now even the NARRATOR'S trying to get them pumped.

I think they've now shown every female and 9/10s of the males in this show naked.

...there we go. FINALLY they mentioned Cain. Thank you.

Aaaaand DECKED WHILE REGENERATING. A CALL BACK TO EPISODE 1.

"MY SPACESUIT DOESN'T NEED ARMS 'CAUSE I'M A MAN." *FLEX FLEX FLEX*

...ha. "Let's break stuff!" is the best battle cry ever.

So that's over. But... as far as I'm concerned, Earth later develops a super robot powered by Betterman technology and the G-Stone Oscillation Overthruster to go out there and get our heroes back, they return to Earth, and the world is FINE. The post-credits ending says as much, the design sketches for the canceled sequel say as much... C'mon. "All natural laws of the universe say we can't come back? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SHOUTING OF MY COURAGOUS HEART."

Replacement for that on the schedule: Gun X Sword.

Gun X Sword episode 1:

All I know about this show is: Character designs by the GaoGaiGar designer, and it's "like Trigun but more violent"? I dunno! Let's find out.

This appears to take place on the moon!

... Well, this is already showing a level of Vashian bad timing.

Okay, this is like what if Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop was the Trigun hero. "Oops. My foot slipped and I kicked you in the face. My bad. Hey, do you have a sandwich? I'm hungry."

...welcome to planet OVERSAUCE.

Not Trigun so much as Mad Max, this landscape/world. Complete with ranting bad guys outside the town walls.

Basically, this is nothing like Trigun. It's very amoral-hero, it seems.

...interesting card trick... I think.

DOUBLE FACEPALM.

Well, he didn't last... oh. SUPERNATURAL hero.

Oh, come on, man. Using a giant robot is just overkill on this town.

Okay. The sign thing was cool.

... Van's mech is like a frame from Zone of the Enders. Holy christ.

Huh. Well. This seems interesting. It's a fusion of Cowboy Bebop, Kill Bill, Mad Max, and a giant robot show. SOLD.

Next episode: Van OCTO-WIELDS condiments. Look forward to it.