The Big O (Za Biggu Ō) 1999 You can no doubt predict exactly what I’ll say about episodic storytelling by now, right? This almost sums up the palette used throughout. I’m definitely a fan of it – b…
Dec 26, 2020 • Subscribe
More like this
![Featured image for Hatarki Man [Boxing Day Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221226/1672036210.49853.81768.png)
Hatarki Man [Boxing Day Review]
Here’s something I haven’t really experienced for a while – a series where I really enjoyed the characters, the setting and the individual stories, but deeply disliked the…
![Featured image for Blue Gender [Boxing Day Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20241226/1735184024.95397.137455.jpg)
Blue Gender [Boxing Day Review]
If you’re familiar with the 1997 adaptation of Heinlein’s Starship Troopers, then you’ll know what to expect in terms of key aspects that appear in Blue Gender. For…
Mushi-Shi (2005) [Boxing Day Review]
Mushi-Shi (2005) Mushi-Shi is a series that had been floating around the edges of my awareness for a long time it seemed, and one I finally sought out…
![Featured image for Burst Angel (Bakuretsu Tenshi) [Boxing Day Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231231/1703999170.75815.112730.jpg)
Burst Angel (Bakuretsu Tenshi) [Boxing Day Review]
Lately, I’ve stumbled across a patch of anime that I’d describe as ‘flawed but good’ and ‘definitely good’. Burst Angel really fell between those two markers for me,…
![Featured image for GHOSTS OF REVIEWS PAST [Boxing Day Review]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20211226/1640481514.27972.55288.jpg)
GHOSTS OF REVIEWS PAST [Boxing Day Review]
This year I’ve been too busy to write a new review, even a short review for a film, and so I thought I’d share my Boxing Day Reviews…
The Big O is a Big Hit
After writing for the cult classic, Serial Experiments Lain, Chiaki J. Konaka took to scripting The Big O, a 26-episode mecha series for the premier studio of mecha…
The Big O – Episode 18
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m delighted to be returning to The Big O, where the assumptions that define Roger’s world are collapsing…
The Big O – Episode 21
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to return to The Big O, which we last left in a moment of total crisis,…
The Big O – Episode 16
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am eager to return to the streets of Paradigm, where Roger and Dorothy have recently been making…
The Big O – Episode 19
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am delighted to at last be returning to The Big O, after an outrageously overlong stay of…
The Big O – Episode 14
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to return to The Big O, where we last left Roger staring out at an approaching…
The Big O – Episode 20
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’re returning once more to the city of Paradigm, as Roger Smith attempts to divine what fragments of…
The Big O – Episode 6
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m delighted to be returning to The Big O, that exceptional mix of noir and giant robots that…
The Big O – Episode 12
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll be returning to The Big O, as Roger continues to unravel the secrets of Paradigm. Well, I…
The Big O – Episode 9
Hello all, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am eagerly awaiting our continued explorations of The Big O, a show that has impressed me anew…
The Big O – Episode 8
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to continue our investigations into the city of Paradigm, as The Big O seems intent on…
The Big O – Episode 7
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m delighted to return to the shadowed streets of Paradigm, and enjoy another finely crafted episode of The…
The Big O – Episode 10
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’d like to return to The Big O, if that’s okay with you all, as I feel this…
The Big O – Episode 13
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m pretty much bubbling over with excitement, as we’re about to explore the original “final” episode of The…
The Big O – Episode 15
Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am delighted to be returning to The Big O, in the wake of a season premiere that…
The Big O – Episode 10
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’d like to return to The Big O, if that’s okay with you all, as I feel this…
The Big O – Electric City
Science Fiction The Big O (1999)Electric City (Episode 3)Director: Tōru Kitahata Writer: Chiaki Konaka Film noir aspects in The Big O are always front and centre, right up…
The Big O – Episode 3
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time! Today I’m thrilled to return to Big O, a turn-of-the-millennium classic that combines noir storytelling tropes, art deco and…
The Big O – Episode 17
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today we’ll be journeying back to Paradigm, as Roger continues to uncover the secrets of his amnesiac city. That…
The Big O – Episode 11
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to dive back into The Big O, and perhaps uncover a few more secrets regarding Paradigm’s…
The Big O – Episode 4
Today I’m eager to return to a production I’ve been greatly enjoying, the gracefully genre-splicing Big O. Last episode saw Roger Smith taking a journey to Electric City,…
The Big O – Episode 5
Hey everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m excited to be returning to The Big O, and once again exploring the world of Paradigm with…
The Big O Review – 84/100 – Throwback Thursday
A review of both the 1999 and the 2003 seasons of The Big O, a cult classic mecha anime from Studio Sunrise.
![Featured image for The Big O – 21/22 [The Third Big/Hydra] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231208/1702055771.74463.111112.jpg)
The Big O – 21/22 [The Third Big/Hydra] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to another week of Big O! Only two more left after this, which means its time to start thinking of our next series. If you have…
![Featured image for The Big O – 15/16 [Negotiation with the Dead/Day of the Advent] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231118/1700322370.73252.109667.jpg)
The Big O – 15/16 [Negotiation with the Dead/Day of the Advent] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to another (late) week of Big O! Apologies, lost track of time. This week we meet another android, rocks fall from the sky, and Rosewater finally…
![Featured image for The Big O – 23/24 [Twisted Memories/The Big Fight] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231215/1702664170.74865.111599.jpg)
The Big O – 23/24 [Twisted Memories/The Big Fight] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to the penultimate week of The Big O! Only one more to go after this, and then the review, and then a break for New Years…
![Featured image for The Big O – 11/12 [Daemonseed/Enemy is Another Big!] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231103/1699020975.72146.108386.jpg)
The Big O – 11/12 [Daemonseed/Enemy is Another Big!] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to the almost half-way point of The Big O! This week we kick off the Christmas season with a shockingly seasonal episode and begin the finale…
The Big O – 11/12 [Daemonseed/Enemy is Another Big!] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to the almost half-way point of The Big O! This week we kick off the Christmas season with a shockingly seasonal episode and begin the finale…
For UK-Anime: The Compatible Aesthetics of Big O
“A lot of people really did not care for the second season of Big O. This is entirely fair, mind you: its digipaint holds no candle to the…
![Featured image for The Big O – 19/20 [Eyewitness/Stripes] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231201/1701449175.74056.110620.jpg)
The Big O – 19/20 [Eyewitness/Stripes] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to another week of The Big O! This week we have robot fights, some existential dread, and even romance for those that are into that sort…
Episode 166, "Big Box O' One Piece"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we cleanse the palette from last weeks massive audio cornucopia with a smaller, more delicate offering. In the news segment…
Episode 166, "Big Box O' One Piece"
On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we cleanse the palette from last weeks massive audio cornucopia with a smaller, more delicate offering. In the news segment…
ZA SHAZAI (Our Apologies)
I humbly prostrate myself before your feet, Milord. As editor and curator of the Golden Ani-Versary of Anime , I desperately ask for yo...
Summer 2020 – Week 9 – The big wall o’ text edition.
And I’m back for another week! I can sense your excitement from here! Hit the jump and let’s dive right in.
![Featured image for The Big O – 17/18 [Leviathan/The Greatest Villain] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231124/1700843172.73637.110109.jpg)
The Big O – 17/18 [Leviathan/The Greatest Villain] – Throwback Thursday
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…
Manga (and stuff) I Want to Buy on Boxing Day
It's Boxing day and I'm going to spend way too much while pretending I'm saving money. Let me share my retail plans with you!
![Featured image for The Big O – 13/14 [R・D/Roger the Wanderer] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231110/1699629372.72689.109024.jpg)
The Big O – 13/14 [R・D/Roger the Wanderer] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to the midway point of Big O! This week sees one season finish and another begin, a finale and a pilot, and let me tell you…
![Featured image for The Big O – 1/2 [Roger The Negotiator/Dorothy Dorothy] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230929/1695986399.69319.105066.jpg)
The Big O – 1/2 [Roger The Negotiator/Dorothy Dorothy] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to the next season of Throwback Thursday! After being on the list for years it’s finally happened, Bruce Wayne and his giant robot finally got picked.…
![Featured image for The Big O – 3/4 [Electric City/Underground Terror] – Throwback Thursday](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20231006/1696593599.69928.105770.jpg)
The Big O – 3/4 [Electric City/Underground Terror] – Throwback Thursday
Welcome all, to week 2 of The Big O! This week we get to travel outside the city, as well as beneath it, and meet both a new…
Boxing with 'Lobster Slots'
Making art in a time of automated junk, plus news.
Arakawa: Under the Bridge (Arakawa Andā za Burijji)
Arakawa: Under the Bridge (2010) Time for a short review! Arakawa is a mix of surrealist comedy with a romantic sub-plot and maybe social commentary, since it spends…
Lupin III: The First (Rupan Sansei Za Fāsuto)
I guess this Lupin film had the capacity to upset some people, since it’s full-on CGI, but for this fan, there were no missteps. Lupin III: The First…
Vampire in the Garden (Vanpaia in za Gāden)
Another quick repost, one of my favs from 2022 – new stuff is hopefully not too far away :D
Vampire in the Garden (Vanpaia in za Gāden)
You know the very-real genre known as “not-quite-tearjerker”? Yep, that one – absolutely something real that you’d find in a video store, or in the list of categories…