| It's a very nice "classical" Japanese horror film. Think Godzilla. edit ~what a post for #666 bwahaha~ |
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| I don't think it is repulsive. Cockroaches are drawn in a cute way. |
Mr_Panda said: It's a very nice "classical" Japanese horror film. Think Godzilla. edit ~what a post for #666 bwahaha~ In what sense is 'Twilight of the Cockroaches' a horror film? The ending was a bit disturbing perhaps but it's not a horror film. |
Because there is no 'U' in Color. |
| It was revolting in the sense that it was the worse anime I've ever seen. |
Awoo :3 |
| Apart from a brief scene with talking sh*t (yes, I'm not making this up, and I wonder who voiced that), a spider and a parody of Munch's The Scream, nothing repulsive. Naomi is cute (including her seiyuu, who had no experience in anime). Hans, Fritz, German uniforms, military hand gestures, lebensraum, usage of gas, even a German tank...the allusions are not so covered up. At first I thought it might have something to do with Japanese people and indigenous peoples from the islands, but seems like it's not that (the director disagrees with me though). The American radio host probably says something about the Japan/US metaphor, though that AnnoKano's review on the title page says more about that interpretation. Commenting on it further, this is not the only live-action/animation mixed production from Japan, but the most lengthy one for sure, I think. I'm not really sure what to do with the "social themes". There was a brief shot with a book saying "Ashkenazy" in the background, and it's clearly meant to refer to...somebody? The humans? The cockroaches? Not sure how all of this adds up with the leader being a seemingly negative stereotype though (liar, big nose). Well, whatever. It's a bit messy. Also made me think of AOT, even if I'm merely aware of its existence. P.S. MAL and IMDB credit Amano, but ANN and AniDB don't...not even the English credits, lol. Not sure about the Japanese ones. Wikipedia seems to provide the answers, though. |
St0rmbladeMay 11, 2021 6:46 AM
| I didn't have much recollection of Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare. I watched it, and then read litnerd's review, which made my old memories jog on how it ended with mixed reception at the time... On my part, I had really hard time to connect to characters who happen to be a bunch of creepy crawlers I'd exterminate with as much ferocity as the female human. These insects may carry 6 types of parasites and 33 sorts of bacteria and I am supposed to find them endearing? Yeah, I don't think so. Mostly as Naomi goes length to cuck her first love interest right before their wedding and that ends to ensure the survival of the local kind. But past this and the questionable authorial intention behind the caricatured World War 2 allegories, it is a social Darwinist tale tightly narrated. That being said, it made me feel a wide array of (not always positive) emotions, so I guess it successfully reached its goal as a shock value art piece. Definitely won't rewatch it a lot though, I much prefer the live action movie starring Jerry O'Donnell, "Joe's Apartment" which I am certain heavily drew inspiration from this hybrid movie. It has much more entertaining value and I at least appreciate this actor a hell of a lot. St0rmblade said: Apart from a brief scene with talking sh*t (yes, I'm not making this up, and I wonder who voiced that) The one who voiced that unsavory and rather out of place guide was Sasaki Tsutomu, known mostly for his role on the 1977 live action movie of Kochikame and as the father Fox in "Chironup no Kitsune" (a movie I'd like to watch someday, as I am fascinated by the strange career tangent of Tetsuo Imazawa). Sadly, Tsutomu died in 1987, the same year this movie and Chironup were released. |
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