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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 01/10/2026

I love scotch, scotchy scotchy scotch. I also love pho.

A photo of a scotch cocktail called the 'Loch Stock,' from Scotch Lodge in Portland, Oregon.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 26/09/2026

I missed you, Portland Airport carpeting.

It's the Portland airport carpet pattern.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 11/09/2026

The Ghost in the Shell (2026): What if the Major was a disaster bisexual gremlin, the violence was mostly played for laughs, and Batou was returned to form as a gun toting retriever? The Net is vast; there is plenty of room for this take. I like SAC more but don't we all have our preferences?

A screenshot from The Ghost in the Shell (2026) showing the team in a tableau, taken from the series OP.

A screenshot from The Ghost in the Shell (2026) showing the Major in sort of end-of-eva-y cyberspace, taken from the final episode.

A screenshot from The Ghost in the Shell (2026) showing a figure overlooking the vast neon expanse of a future Tokyo, taken from the final episode.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 06/08/2026

G Gundam Episode 2 has some very cool non-Gundam mobile suit designs. Also, how many of the Gundams in the Gundam fight history pan were leftover designs from the Polcarino Gundam proposal?

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 21/07/2026

Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening (2016): This movie is fun, finally lets someone other than Izuru have some star time, and doesn't outstay its welcome. I enjoyed it! I do think it's interesting that the film doesn't tie up some of the outstanding plot threads from the TV series...

A screenshot from Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening. Ange is shouting "You're so annoying! I have no idea what you're saying!" at a Wulgaru pilot.

A screenshot from Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening. Ange is shouting "I'm gonna turn you into soup broth and then chuck it out without drinking a drop!" at a Wulgaru pilot.

A screenshot from Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening. A Wulgaru pilot is shouting "I have no idea what you're saying!"

A screenshot from Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening. Another character is shouting "So cool! They're trash talking without even speaking the same language!"

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 08/07/2026

FLCL Shoegaze (2023): This is a direct sequel to FLCL Alternative, and - hey, it's pretty okay! I think it has the most going on story-wise and I can see how this resonates with some people. A shame about the 3 episode length, it really would have benefited from 6.

A screenshot from FLCL Shoegaze (2023) showing an adult Koumoto Kana, who is looking serious standing in front of a group of police cars, while sporting the iconic bandage on her forehead.

A screenshot from FLCL Shoegaze (2023) showing a large tower shaped like a brain on top of a spinal column. A purple bird-shaped blob is perched on top. There is the wheel of an electric car in the foreground.

A screenshot from FLCL Shoegaze (2023) showing a large pink bird soaring through a night sky. Its body and wings are covered with a memory of four teenage girls posing together for a photograph.

A screenshot from FLCL Shoegaze (2023) showing Masaki and Harumi staring up into the sky. Harumi looks astonished, while Masaki looks bewildered or unconscious, with a trail of steam emitting from his forehead.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 07/07/2026

FLCL Grunge (2023): This is poop. Like from a butt. Sorry, Montblanc Pictures. At least it's only 3 episodes.

A screenshot from FLCL Grunge (2023). A poorly animated Haruko is shouting some nonsense with a bunch of stylized Japanese text overlaid over it.

Subtitles along the top of the screen say "this part doesn't make sense when we translate it, so just forget it!!!" and the subtitles at the bottom of the screen say "You know what this is like?"

A screenshot from FLCL Grunge (2023). A poorly animated Haruko is shouting some nonsense with a bunch of stylized Japanese text overlaid over it.

Text at the top of the screen says "-ranslate it, so just forget it!!". Subtitles at the bottom read "When you're watching something subtitled 'cuz dubs suck"

A screenshot from FLCL Grunge (2023). A poorly animated Haruko is shouting some nonsense at a man who looks like a baby.

Subtitles at the bottom read "and the only ones who laugh are the native speakers."

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 05/06/2026

Last year I let some milkweed colonize a part of my yard that is already being overtaken by mint and some other plants. This year it is already paying dividends.

A photograph of a milkweed plant. There is a very fat, but probably still hungry, monarch butterfly caterpillar chomping on the leaves of the milkweed.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/02/2026

It's been one of those days. At least it's not something more serious.

A screenshot of lab results from My Chart. From top to bottom they read

"CHEST FRONTAL & LAT"
"CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL"
"COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL"
"PARAINFLUENZA 1-4 NAAT (PCR)"
"META/RHINO/ADENO VIRUS NAAT (PCR)"

The parainfluenza result is marked "abnormal".

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 12/01/2026

What is even the point of having an activity feed if it's just constant spam of the stupidest AI tracks incorrectly attributed to artists I follow? Why won't any service I use fix this shit?

A screenshot of the feed in the Tidal desktop app. It shows a list of purported "new releases" from the jazz pianist Hiromi, all of which are AI generated music.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 19/12/2025

I'm really excited to dig into @animeherald.com 's first issue! Lots of cool stuff on the table of contents.

A photograph of the table of contents for the first physical issue of Anime Herald

A photograph of the cover of the first issue of Anime Herald

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 29/09/2025

It finally arrived. Turns out, bullying works.

A poorly framed and lit photo of the dirty pair blu-rays

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 22/08/2025

Braiger ended up being mostly Not For Me but the frequency with which J9 has to settle for revenge instead of justice was very compelling. And yeah the episode where the kids get their revenge ruled.

A screenshot of an episode of Braiger. Kid is telling Mei Ling and Sin Ling "If you hadn't done it, he would've made a lot more kids like you miserable" to comfort them after they executed their parents murderer in cold blood.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 19/06/2025

I went to block JD Vance's new account and lol

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 27/04/2025

40. Round Vernian Vifam (1983) Twelve children adrift in space on a battered training ship. An interstellar war. Parents, imprisoned by a mysterious enemy. A desperate struggle for life, for family, for understanding and connection. And at the core of it all, hope for a better tomorrow.

A screenshot from Round Vernian Vifam. The training ship Janus hovers in front of a planet, battered by missiles and explosions.

A screenshot from Round Vernian Vifam. The children and their last remaining adult caretaker, Kate, stand in an ensemble pose as they watch Jimmy drag up a crate of guns.

A screenshot from Round Vernian Vifam. Kate is rendered in blue and purples, with long flowing hair and a sad expression. Water droplets sparkle in the air around her.

A screenshot from Episode 46 of Vifam. A Kuktonian warship, purple red and green, sails through space surrounded by a fleet of paper airplanes.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 27/04/2025

39. Spriggan (1998) I revisited this one remembering it as a fun action romp. It's not nearly as good as I remember though the Istanbul action sequence is great fun. Some things are better left buried... and it is up to ARCAM corp, and their paramilitary wing, the Spriggans, to ensure they do.

Title card of the film Spriggan, a 1998 manga adaptation directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 25/04/2025

This is the best review of Wheel of Time I've seen so far.

A screenshot taken from Plex showing a user review for the show Wheel of Time. The user parktool69 has rated the show 1/2 of a star out of 5, their explanation of the review being simply the word "confising". The reader is left to wonder what this means.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 16/04/2025

38. Harmagedon - Genma Taisen (1983) I didn't like this one much but I can see the appeal. Slow, fragmented, visually beautiful but somehow boring even when it's at its most action-packed. Might be because a lot of the action is just people with glowing auras looking at each other in silly poses.

Screenshot from Harmagedon - Genma Taisen. An alien woman with long braided white hair looks at the camera with a solemn expression. She is wearing a very highly embroidered red and black coat over a tan turtleneck. There is a red dot on her forehead and her skin is a faintly blue-tinged white.

Screenshot from Harmagedon - Genma Taisen. Four psychics - a native american man, a european woman with a glam rocker haircut, a small black boy with a red baseball cap, and an indian man dressed like a stereotypical guru - stand together.

Screenshot from Harmagedon - Genma Taisen. The ruins of a Tokyo converted to a desert with a cracked moon overhead. There is a stormy, brooding sky full of blacks and purples.

Screenshot from Harmagedon - Genma Taisen. A manifestation of evil, a long glowing dragon made of lava and fire, writhes onscreen.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 16/04/2025

I kind of liked just doing the single screenshot for this one, but there's a lot of really beautiful art in this film. The depictions of the survivor community, the science fantasy stuff, the ruins and the megalithic structures... Eva has a really effective and distinct visual language.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.0+1.0 depicting a survivor community. There are a lot of trains. They are very cool.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.0+1.0 depicting one of the international NGO Kredit's trade ships. How do they fly? Something to do with AT fields, I guess.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.0+1.0. Thousands of people fall out of the sky across a beautiful sunset filled with pinks and blues and fluffy clouds.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.0+1.0. Seed ships filled with genetic samples from the Earth floating beyond the moon's orbit, preserved for now from whatever destruction Instrumentality will wreak.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 16/04/2025

37. Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time (2021) I feel conflicted. It's a messy film. As a capstone to the Rebuilds, I think it's somewhat of a failure. Is it a good film? Yes. Did I want like an hour less anti-universe? Yes. Did I find the resolution satisfying? Not really.

A screenshot from Evangelion 3.0+1.0. A rainbow arcs across a blue sky and white clouds, above a ruined building.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 16/04/2025

36. Neon Genesis Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo (2012) I hated this the first time I watched it, shortly after it released. It's actually kind of funny how much I've mellowed on it. Maybe a little too wow, cool robot. I sometimes think of the original version previewed at the end of 2.0.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.33. The Wunder, a large biomechanical flying machine, floats over the hexagonal shape of an AT field. Dozens of smaller warships float around it.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.33. Asuka stares at the camera grimly. She is wearing an eyepatch and a large hat with two pins on it.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.33. The Black Moon in the shape of the Holy Grail crashes to the surface of a ruined, bloody earth.

Screenshot from Evangelion 3.33. Three tiny figures walk along a red-stained rise with the ruins of buildings around them.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 16/04/2025

35. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.22: You Can (not) Advance (2009) I think this remains my favorite of the 4 rebuilds. It adapts some of my favorite parts of the show; the things it adds are more interesting to me and Shinji has an excellent story arc through this film. The wheels haven't come off.

A screenshot from Evangelion 2.22. A large industrial plant floating in a red sea. There is a small blue artificial lake or pond in the middle of the facility and some round processing facilities which seem to indicate that the red water is somehow being cleaned or filtered. The round holding tanks are laid out in the shape of the Tree of Life from the Kabbalah.

A screenshot from Evangelion 2.22. Recreates the classic elevator sequence from the Evangelion TV show.

A screenshot from Evangelion 2.22. Shinji delves into some sort of alternate universe in search of Rei.

A screenshot from Evangelion 2.22. Eva-01 floating in midair, speared by a lance. The Doors of Guf close.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/04/2025

34. Amon Saga (1986) I wanted to like this more than I did. Some fascinating world-building details and an aesthetic reminiscent of classic sword and sorcery tales, but never really gets exciting or engaging. Unfortunately Yoshitaka Amano's character designs don't translate well here.

Screenshot from Amon Saga. A small horse and man walk past the ribs of some enormous dead creature.

Screenshot from Amon Saga. A fleet of landships sail across a grass plain.

Screenshot from Amon Saga. Amon, looking angry or determined. His hair is floating in the wind.

Screenshot from Amon Saga. Princess Lichia looking concerned, her hair flowing around her.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/04/2025

33. Un Flic (1972) A policeman whose soul is being killed by his work. A cat-and-mouse game between him and the gangster whose girlfriend he's sleeping with. A riveting series of deliberately crafted suspense sequences and an excellent train heist let down only by the clumsy miniature work.

Alain Delon's character threatens someone offscreen with a pistol in this screenshot from Un Flic.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/04/2025

32. Cosmos Pink Shock (1986) Why did I watch this?

Screenshot from Cosmos Pink Shock. The main character.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/04/2025

31. The Weathering Continent (1992) Based on a series of novels, this is a slow, considered mood piece. Set in a dying world, with characters whose only motivation is survival with a modicum of dignity and who end up tangled in an ancient curse. I ended up liking this way more than I expected.

Screenshot from The Weathering Continent. Azec Sistra, fabled city of the dead, looms in the gloom.

Screenshot from The Weathering Continent. Three figures walk through the desert, lost in the shimmering heat from the sands.

Screenshot from The Weathering Continent. The central square of Azec Sistra.

Screenshot from The Weathering Continent. The three protagonists of the film, standing in front of a dry well. The too-large sun looms overhead while the land around them is parched and desiccated.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 10/04/2025

30. Outlanders (1986) An even raunchier Urusei Yatsura, basically. This one managed to charm me. The character designs are cute and the animation is not bad. Alien beauty comes to earth, slays many, falls for a photographer who's got more horny energy than sense. Shenanigans ensue.

Screenshot from Outlanders. Kahm is framed in the viewfinder of a camera.

Screenshot from Outlanders. Kahm and Battia are talking. Kahm is looking up at Battia. She is wearing nothing but a towel. Battia is wearing classic boob armor and shoulder pauldrons.

Screenshot from Outlanders. A fleet of interesting-looking, insectoid starships from the galactic empire.

Screenshot from Outlanders. Kahm and Wakatsuki are reflectedin some sort of radar display.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 05/04/2025

Still thinking about how good this flight was. #14 man. That shit slapped.

A photo of a flight of hard cider with three dips and chips in the background. The cider flight is labeled 1,10,13,14 from left to right. #1 has been drunk from already.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 29/03/2025

29. Legend of Lemnear (1989) This one has pretty distinct vibes and you can see why it would have appealed to the same demographic that thought Big Wars or MD Geist were worth your time. But, look... I don't care how well Urishuhara draws a breast, aesthetics aside this one's not very good.

Screenshot from Legend of Lemnear, showing an unconscious Lemnear sprawled on the ground.

Screenshot from Legend of Lemnear. Lemnear and her brother crouch on the ground, looking determined and worried. Her brother reaches for a nearby sword.

Screenshot from Legend of Lemnear. The villain's final form, an enormous stone skull-faced statue.

Screenshot from Legend of Lemnear. Lemnear and her brother combine their powers to attack the villain.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 29/03/2025

28. Scoopers (1987) Why does Yohko have a robot boyfriend? She could catch basically anyone she wanted. A rare non-Lupin Monkey Punch production. It's fun enough, stylish, with some truly goofy 3D CG towards the end.

A screenshot from Scoopers. Yohko and Pete are listening to someone on the phone offering them a Scoop on a mysterious crime lord.

A screenshot from Scoopers. An evil android stands on a roller coaster, ripping its clothes off menacingly.

A screenshot from Scoopers. A solar power satellite blasts a beam of energy down to Earth.

A screenshot from Scoopers. Yohko stands in cyberspace, wearing a wedding dress and holding a veil. She looks ticked off.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 29/03/2025

27. Dead Heat (1987) Billed as "The first 3D anime", but mostly I just got distracted by two of the leads being voiced by Kazuki Yao and Chieko Honda. Judau and Puru ride again! A fun way to spend 30 minutes. Kaori's character design was created in a lab to appeal to me personally.

Screenshot from Dead Heat. Two of the main characters are riding together on an FX through a tunnel, trying to evade police chasing them. Makoto looks determined, while Kaori looks pensive.

Screenshot from Dead Heat. Makoto and Kaori are riding on a bike together making goofy faces because Kaori just saw an FX rider she idolizes.

Screenshot from Dead Heat. Two FX mecha, one driven by Makoto and one by his rival, jockey for position.

Screenshot from Dead Heat. The whole pit crew cheers on Makoto in an Epilogue scene.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 28/03/2025

26. Take the X Train (1987) I'm starting to think this Rintaro guy isn't for me.

A screenshot from the OVA Take the X Train. The protagonist stands in front of the end of a rail line dressed in a brightly colored shirt. He is drinking a can of coca cola.

A screenshot from the OVA Take the X Train. The X train, lit by ominous green lightning. A starry sky is visible in the background.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 28/03/2025

25. Zenshuu (2025) What was the first thing that made you go "Squee", and why was it a sexy dragon played by Paku Romi? Will this solve your burnout? Will it let you complete an awaited film about high schoolers in love? Some jarring tonal shifts but overall a delight.

Nastuko Hirose is watching the hero Luke off screen, with a shocked / surprised expression. She is saying "Squee", as she realizes her feelings for Luke for the first time.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 28/03/2025

24. Galaxy Quest (1999) I watched this movie to death in childhood, avoided it cold turkey for the better part of fifteen years, and then re-watched it when desperate for some comfort food. It is still fantastic. By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be entertained.

The crew of the Protector stands on an interstellar transport system of some sort, traumatized by their journey from earth. A recently arrived Fred Kwan, played by Tony Shaloub, is saying "That was a hell of a thing."

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 28/03/2025

23. Call Me Tonight (1986) A call girl is roped into a young man's problems with arousal - problems with a decidedly eldritch bent. A weird mix of comedy, horror, action, and erotica. Kind of fun even so!

Screenshot from Call Me Tonight. A girl dressed in yellow is being menaced by a strange monster wearing shredded clothing.

Screenshot from Call Me Tonight. A girl pulls a pensive-looking young man through the streets of Tokyo. The young man is wearing the same shredded clothing that the monster was earlier.

Screenshot from Call Me Tonight. A girl is wrapped in an eyeball-tipped tentacle, and looks annoyed / disgusted with the situation.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 28/03/2025

22. Goodbye Dragon Inn (2003) A movie about the dying magic of cinema. A movie about cruising. A movie about sharing. A movie about the death of a space, and the beauty of seeing a thing you helped create live on long after you ever thought it would. Also, very slow.

Screenshot from Goodbye Dragon Inn, showing the entrance to the cinema in which the film takes. It is raining and water is pooling in the entryway.

Screenshot from Goodbye Dragon Inn. The ticket woman stares up at the screen, her face softly lit by points of light as she watches a scene from Dragon Inn.

Screenshot from Goodbye Dragon Inn. The empty seats of the Fu He Grand Theater after the movie has ended, for the last time.

Screenshot from Goodbye Dragon Inn. The Ticket Lady limps home in heavy rain, a solitary figure under a brightly colored umbrella.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 27/03/2025

21. Starship Troopers (1988) Directed by SD Gundam alum Tetsurou Amino, based on the famous novel, with mechanical designs from Kazutaka Miyatake, this OVA is unfortunately not a success in my eyes. A mediocre, piecemeal adaption without much of interest. Mostly just a historical curiosity.

Screenshot from Starship Troopers. Carmencita, Johnny's love interest, before signing up for the Navy, at a party, looking quizzically at someone offscreen.

Screenshot from Starship Troopers. The "Bugs" in this show's incarnation, weird blobby alien guys.

Screenshot from Starship Troopers. A mobile infantry power suit charges in to action, guns blazing.

Screenshot from Starship Troopers. A mobile infantry power suit captured by a hive of Bugs as they begin to crush it and tear it apart.

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Teirhan, entering his disaster dad era @teirhan.cloud · 27/03/2025

20. Roujin Z (1991) This movie looks great. Good character designs, great animation, an intriguing premise. How does an aging society take care of its elderly? How do you resolve a shortage of skilled healthcare workers? Can you use robots? Can the robots also be a secret military op?

A screenshot from Roujin Z. Kijuro Takazawa lies in the Z-001 prototype care bed, hooked up to dozens of different sensors and feeds.

A screenshot from Roujin Z. The Z-001 has gone rogue and begun grafting other computer-controlled machinery to itself to try to take Takazawa to the beach.

A screenshot from Roujin Z. Haruko smashes the biocomputer of the Z-001 with an oxygen tank to save her patient.

A screenshot from Roujin Z. The Z-001 returns this time as an even larger robot with a Buddha integrated.

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