Welcome all, to another week of The Big O! This is a fun week, a week of villains. Both of my favorites make a return, with Schwarzwald and Beck getting one episode each. One is a serious discussion on the search for truth while the other is fun Super Sentai parody. Both are pretty good. … Continue reading The Big O – 17/18 [Leviathan/The Greatest Villain] – Throwback Thursday
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