Ashley and I got to collaborate once again for a review. This time, we get to cover a series from CLAMP of all people. We’re talking about Tokyo Babylon which is a mystery/occult detective work that is actually a prequel to the acclaimed X series. It’s one of their earlier works, but is it up to par with their others? Feel free to check it out!
Looks like it’s our second time reviewing something from Madhouse and also something with the name “Tokyo” in the title. Haha!
The laserdisc cover is from IMDb. Tokyo Babylon is property of Madhouse.
By Ashley Capes & Curtis Monroe
Tokyo Babylon (Tokyo Babylon: A Save Tokyo City Story) 1992-1994
Hello! Today I’m hosting a collaboration with Curtis from Iridium Eye Reviews – our second, actually! We first reviewed Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathersand today we’re going into the supernatural and the occult with CLAMP’s Tokyo Babylon, which can be seen as a bit of a prequel to X but still stands alone.
Thanks again to Curtis for watching this with me and also for jumping around from topic to topic in the write up, as I seem to do 😀
Ashley: Curtis, I wanted to start perhaps in an odd place, with genre or even tone – and see where you thought the OVA landed? I found this note on wiki (wish I could get to the source actually):
Producer Yumiko Masujima remembers how difficult it was to recreate the manga’s atmosphere in…
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Stilling wondering how we landed on two shows from Madhouse with ‘Tokyo’ in the title – fun coincidence 😀
Thanks for collaborating again too!
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I know, right? This coincidence is all too hilarious. Hahaha!
No problem. It was a pleasure writing another collab review.
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It almost seems a shame to *not* have ‘Tokyo’ in the title of the next one 😀
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Maybe. That or something animated by Madhouse, you never know. :3
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Does that mean we might have another Gainax thing coming up?
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We’re thinking of a longer series for the future, just not sure which one yet – but there are a couple of Gainax things I haven’t seen yet… interesting!
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I was just throwing out bad ideas 😁
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Gunbuster!?
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Unfortunately, not available anywhere for me.
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Gunbuster is unlicensed? Whaat?!
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The movie is available, but I’ve done something on it.
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Okay. That makes sense and I do remember that review.
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That’s right. I’m still coming up with prospective series, but I wouldn’t be against reviewing something from Gainax if it leads that way.
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(Same, but I’m slowly putting a list of suggestions together too)
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As in you and Ashley reviewing something from Gainax after your collab review of Gurren Lagann? That could be fun with the right series.
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Yeah, that’s the idea.
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I think it would be awesome if that was the case. Maybe all of us could have patterns with these collab reviews like Ashley and I reviewing things from Madhouse or have the word Tokyo in the title and you and him could review Gainax works. But what if the three of us combined our reviewing forces for a post in the future…?
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OOOH That would be powerful. Sorry I didn’t see this until now.
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Glad you agree. This could be a really good idea with the right series or movie to take on. A trifecta of a Mechanical Iridium Cape review [patent pending] could be wonderful.
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A tri-combo post sounds ace, I’m on board 😀
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Thanks! That could be a really fun idea.
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