lovedPossessing only a backpack of assorted positions, a deadpan gaze, and no formal name, the Medicine Seller is a mystery to everyone he meets. He travels from town to town uncovering the traumas at the...
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watched MononokeIn feudal Japan, evil spirits known as mononoke plague both households and the countryside, leaving a trail of fear in their wake. One mysterious person has the power to slay the mononoke where they...
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watched Odd TaxiThis town should look familiar, but suddenly, it's not. The taxi driver Odokawa lives a very mundane life. He has no family, doesn't really hang out with others, and he's an oddball who is...
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watched Samurai ChamplooSamurai Champloo is all about style, from the dj-style scratching scene changes to the hip-hop-inspired soundtrack to the eclectic character design. Mugen's fighting style is a funky meld of capoeira...
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is watching on episode 25 of 36 A strange spaceship crashes onto the island of South Ataria, throwing the world into disarray over its fate. Thus begin the Unification Wars, a worldwide war that eventually unites the planet under...
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commented on vivafruit's review of The Rose of VersaillesThe focus on Antonoiette may be useless but it express aristocracy's banality and hypocrisy; they don't really care about what happened outside Versailles.
I don't know how confident you are with French Revolution but everything showed in Rose of Versailles is coherent with the historical events.
Aristocrats sucks, people rise up against as you saw in the series. It was even worse in real events.
Rose of Versailles starts strongly. Aside from introducing a likeable
set of characters, the show sets the stage in a promising setting:
France, in the years leading up to the French Revolution.
Unfortunately, some absolutely asinine directing prevents the show from
being anything but... Read vivafruit's full review
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is watching on episode 32 of 40 Since General de Jarjayes of France’s Royal Guard always wanted a son, he brings up his only daughter Oscar to dress, fight, and behave like a man. When Oscar’s excellent swordsmanship...
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