lunchtime pickup from my mate's charity shop, he put this aside for me. £2
@COMPU73E ooh nice! the movie was made just before Ghost in the Shell with the same team and you can really tell.
@anarchaeopteryx I did see Mamoru Oshii mentioned on the front of the DVD cases. Thanks I'm looking forward to it more now
@COMPU73E The second Patlabor movie is also Oshii but I prefer the first one. The third movie is a different team and not the greatest but I guess worth picking up if you really like this set. Another Kenji Kawai soundtrack to look forward to as well. The tv anime is a lot more light hearted than SAC from what I remember but it's been a while.
@anarchaeopteryx ha, this always happens with manga and anime, lol. I'll start watching something and then find out there's another 5 films, multiple TV series', soundtracks, etc
@COMPU73E light novels, anime, manga, movies, OVA, soundtracks, figures, clothes, pop-up theme cafés, Collectors edition Blu rays, video games, stage musicals, radio shows... yep, easy to build an entire life around a single franchise, if it's big enough.
@anarchaeopteryx who would do that?
\looks at collection of Persona merch
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Been thinking all weekend about watching it again.
Last time I’ve seen it must have been 25 years ago…
@COMPU73E I'm not familiar with Patlabor (and what a name that is!) but they inspired the design of the most badass versions of Contra: PROBOTECTOR!!
(Also a great name, an obvious portmanteau of the words "protector" and "robo"/"robot")
@COMPU73E wtf?!
Also, imo the anime series is so much better. The closest thing I can think with it is Australian Utopia (which again is a cult hit) but with mecha. Some have called it The Wire but with Mecha too.