12 Days of Aniblogging, Day 8Recommending media carries a lot of weight, as if you are now personally responsible for every individual flaw of the work you are recommending. That’s why in this blog post, I’m going to completely avoid talking about the secretly excellent anime Concrete Revolutio.I’m not going to bring up the premise of the show, which could be summed up as anime Watchmen set in postwar Japan, which is exactly as interesting as it sounds. It’d be a mistake to bring up its controversial timeline, how the show’s episodes hop back and forth over the span of a decade to show how its character’s politics develop and how the world around them morphs, eventually forming a complete internal chronology if you’ve been paying attention. I’m also going to skirt around the topic of production values, which would really depict the degree that this show is a genuine passion project. It wouldn’t be worth it to mention the incredibly vibrant colors which even occasionally include comic-inspired dot halftones, or how impressive the fight animation stays throughout the entire series.What value would there be in me bringing up the dynamic cast of characters, and how dedicated the narrative is to giving even the least important side characters screentime and valuable development? That’s right, it’d be meaningless. For that same reason, I’ll avoid talking about just how cool the protagonist Jiro Hitoyoshi is, and how viscerally satisfying it is to watch his politics on violence and justice and identity get challenged and evolve.you naive child, youThere’s one topic, though, that I’ve really been looking to stay far away from – how Concrete Revolutio awakened my analytical eye. It’s pretty unimportant to the actual focus of this blog post, so I’m not going to dwell on how this was the first “complex” show where I really had to take the time to piece together where the characters and plot stood after each episode, and how every scene rewatch exposed new layers of symbolism and detail. Who cares about that? Certainly not me or you. I’m also sure that nobody would care about how Concrete Revolutio was a darling among the more compelling anime bloggers, who would meticulously add details to ever-growing timelines and map story details to real-world student protests and military interventions. Or that finding these blogs showed me a new world of approaching anime and media in general critically.Golly, that would have been an awful blog post to read!for the revolution of the world!
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