Cannon Busters

[Drunk Monk]

Doing a bit of deep dive research on the creator of Yasuke http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6216

This was LeSean Thomas' previous anime:


It's a crazy comic book mashup of Wild West towns, transformer mechs, aliens, droids and bots. It's kinda fun in that absurd anime way. I got a few eps deep - they're short - less than a half hour and there's like 10 or so. I'm not sure if I'll see it through. Maybe. 

The development of this is a trippy story in itself. Thomas set up a crowdfunded comic and then leapfrogged into creating this anime. He's from the Bronx and now lives in Japan making anime. 

There's some bladed weapon stuff but more shotguns and laser blasts. Maybe there was a sword. I wasn't paying that much attention because I was eating peanut butter on crackers which were messy and I didn't want to spill on myself. Yuki was watching me intently as I ate and he licks me enough already - I don't need to be covered in peanut butter.

[Drunk Monk]

This is 12 eps and I'm now halfway through. It's a wild mashup - so anime. Amusing though. Humorous. The main immortal character is funny because he keeps getting trapped in these situations where his ability to come back to life is negligible. And there have been some swordfights amongst all the laser cannons. Not going to DOOM recommend it tho because y'all ain't really into anime.

[Drunk Monk]

Finished. Just in time because I’m scheduled to interview LeSean Thomas tomorrow night. He’s in Japan and the article is really about Yasuke so this was just background research. 

CB was okay - in the end it didn’t really go anywhere. It’s was more of an exercise in anime creativity and cross over.  Had its moments tho. It took me halfway through until it occurred to me that most of the protege were black. In my defense, it’s done in a classic anime style and in Japanese so I was just hi king they all had good tans in the future, or in this alternate reality, or wherever this wasn’t supposed to be set.

I liked the overall take on bots and the drunken Ronin swordsman 9ine. 

Plenty of anime sword fights. Still not DOOM recommended. You’d need a better palette for anime to enjoy this and it’s not a good starter binge. Yasuke is better this way.