Franco-Japanese Tranny Cartoon Afficianados Unite!

[Goliath]

I also seem to remember a wild west show with a robotic horse that could stand on its hind legs and wielded a huge shotgun. I'm too damn lazy and to google it now, however.

[livius drusus]

I am compelled to bump this thread because I have discovered a whole new Franco-Japanese tranny cartoon and it's awesome. Le Chevalier d'Eon is a complicated weird story of political intrigue in Ancien Régime France (with an excursion to Russia). The hero is inspired by a real historical figure of fluid gender. The real Chevalier d'Eon lived the first part of his life as a man (also a diplomat, spy and a Freemason) and the second half as a woman. In the anime he is still a young man but he is possessed by the soul of his assassinated sister. She is seeking revenge against her killers and since she's a crack swordswoman while he was a sensitive boy who preferred reading to fighting, she takes him over when it's time to kick some ass.

The plot is incredibly confusing, so you pretty much have to just roll with it and hope you'll get some shit explained at some point. I'm just under halfway through and while some questions have been answered, most haven't and new ones keep cropping up. There's a whole alchemy/magic thing going on that I adore. Oh sure, it's almost impossible to make heads or tails of it, but anything that throws together the Comte de St. Germaine, Robespierre, Philippe duc d'Orleans, the future King Peter III of Russia and the Count of Cagliostro in an elaborate intrigue involving magical psalms and gunmetal grey zombies who bleed mercury is okay by me.

Also the backdrops are amazing. Amazing. I actually emitted a strangled wtf when I saw the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. Really top notch work.

[chunksmediocrites]

Originally Posted by Goliath

I also seem to remember a wild west show with a robotic horse that could stand on its hind legs and wielded a huge shotgun. I'm too damn lazy and to google it now, however.

I'm guessing Bravestarr, which now plays on Qubo channel's Nite Owl block.

Originally Posted by livius drusus

Comte de St. Germaine, Robespierre, Philippe duc d'Orleans

Damn. Okay I'm Netflixing it. Though I will heed your warning and not expect shit to make sense.

[livius drusus]

Yay! You have to promise to watch at least three episodes. I almost gave up after the first one, but by episode 3 I was hooked on the crazy.

[Qingdai]

I like crazy. I guess that goes without saying though.

Honey!

[The Lone Ranger]

I read the thread title as "Franco-Japanese Tyranny Cartoon Afficianados Unite!".


I'm so disappointed. ...



Oh, and I loved Thundarr the Barbarian as a kid!

[Qingdai]

We have the DVD if you're nostalgic.

[Vivisectus]

Arrrgh what was that japanese cartoon about the f-15 jet-looking fighters that flew in space and could turn into robots?

[curses]

Macross/Robotech?

[wei yau]

Yeah, but the Valkyrie looks more like an F-14.

[Ymir's blood]

I never could figure out how they could find pilots willing to go into to space in a machine labeled, "unspacy." It's like they were all high on fermented pineapple salad or something.

[Vivisectus]

Robotech! Thats the bunny! Like a giant childrens soapseries with the odd spacebattle in it - man I used to love that show. Thanks mate!

[Janet]

I have the first disc of Chevalier D'Eon at home. Picked it up at a library conference after the Rep told me how great it was. I keep meaning to watch the rest of it. You have inspired me to get off my butt and do it.

[livius drusus]

Sweet! Please to post your impressions of it once you've watched it.