The Mike Abundo Effect

Now here’s a test of the demographic crossover between Eastern and Western scifi fans. Now that the newest Terminator is a cute teenage girl, wonder how long before we see Terminator/Chobits mashups.

Yeah, yeah, let me be with you
Yeah, yeah, if you want to live

From Nena’s murderous cuteness to Graham’s badass normalcy to Louise’s poetic tragedy to Setsuna’s insane recklessness, Gundam 00 episode 18 is a rip-roaring emotional rollercoaster ride.

Finally, we’re seeing some of the hardcore stuff we can expect from Fullmetal Alchemist director Seiji Mizushima. Until now, Z Gundam was the darkest Gundam series. Is Mizushima trying to beat that record?

I think I’m developing a crush on Nena Trinity. She just massacred a whole extended family of innocent civilians merely because their merriment annoyed her. There’s a certain dangerous thrill to sleeping with a capricious mass murdererer.

Don’t you just love how memes reinforce themselves in loops? In a full-circle homage to the original Caramel Dance animation, the Alodia Caramel Dance gets animated by Christian Canave.