October 13, 2015

Robot on the Road

And now for something completely different. Robot on the Road is the 24th entry in the "Japan Animator Expo". It has its own page here, where you can watch it either with or without subtitles.

The art is really beautiful; it looks like something out of Studio Ghibli.

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But Studio Ghibli would never, ever do anything like this: it's very, very ecchi!

In some ways it feels like the inverse of Yokohama Shopping Trip. This is what happens when robots get pervy.

I learned about it from Fapservice, which has become a daily stop for me. They have a long post about it featuring dozens of frame grabs and short animations here (NSFW!) along with lots of links.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 12:23 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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1 Technically, Ghibli is involved.  Miyazaki & Takahada did the logos for the entire Expo series.  Not a joke.
And did you ever see Me!Me!Me!?

Posted by: sqa at October 13, 2015 03:21 PM (+a+yP)

2 No, I haven't. Generally I'm not really interested in AMV's.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 13, 2015 04:34 PM (+rSRq)

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Re:  RotR - cute girl; didn't find the pervy robot to be funny at all.  That could just be my "father of two daughters" mind talking, though.

Re: YST - I'd never run across that before!  It's wonderful!  My first impression is that it's a bit of blend of "Aria" and "Kino's Journeys."  Thanks for calling attention to it!

Posted by: Clayton Barnett at October 14, 2015 09:18 AM (lU4ZJ)

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There's a manga of YST and it goes on for a long way beyond what they converted to anime.

It's quiet and gentle but there's an undertone of melancholy; it's an interesting mix. It's like spending time with an old person, knowing that they're going to die soon.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 14, 2015 09:34 AM (+rSRq)

5 So barring all the stupidity about sea-level rise, this is not fiction at all, but a glimpse at a Japan that's 75-100 years from now.  I'll take a look at the manga; thanks again!

Posted by: Clayton Barnett at October 14, 2015 12:22 PM (lU4ZJ)

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