Here's a wonderful example of the "wide-screen baroque" school of anime science fiction, the 1987 movie MAPS: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijin-t...
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OMG. Did Google Maps create a series of their own?! Well, it is no surprise seeing many years ago we had a movie about emojis. A freaking movie…
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「色」 (Iro) "Color" Turns out the demons were no match for the Idaten.
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「平穏」 (Heion) "Peacetime" 800 years ago a war reigned in the land, now the Idaten know only peace. Until they don't.
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「飄」 (Hyō) "Whirlwind" A little body horror here, some shonen action there, mix until we get Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi.
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