Sci-Fi
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the sci-fi (science fiction) genre.
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Casshern Sins
Casshern Sins reimagines the ’70s superhero children’s series as a beautifully animated, starkly nihilistic tone piece. The immortal Casshern wanders a diseased, post-apocalyptic wasteland, encountering those who must grapple with their impending death. (read more)
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Daicon Opening Animations
Before going on to form Gainax, one of the anime industry’s most influential studios, the creative minds involved created these two shorts for science-fiction conventions Daicon III and Daicon IV. Features: Questionable usage of many copyrighted materials. (read more)
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Texhnolyze
Texhnolyze is a dystopian sci-fi treatise about the end of humanity—not from self-destruction, but a slow degradation into nihilism stemming from a lack of purpose, drive, and ingenuity. What happens if we simply fade out instead of burn away? (read more)
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Ani*Kuri15
‘Ani*Kuri15’ is an anthology movie consisting of 15 one-minute short films, each directed and produced by different industry figures in their own styles. (read more)
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Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie
‘Patlabor’ hits the big screen as it picks up from where the ‘Early Days’ OVA left off, delivering another relatively serious storyline that still has heart through its lovable cast. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam F91
The Gundam series that never was, ‘Gundam F91’ salvages concepts originally intended for a TV series in one two-hour movie. How did we get here? (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
Kamikaze goo aliens, waifu clones, A Wakening of the Trailblazer—and THEN things start to get crazy! (read more)
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
A good movie, but Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T2) isn’t how I like my action films. The original is laser-focused on a specific mood and goal that only rises in momentum. T2 is more dynamic with many slower portions dedicated to characterization, but the characters aren’t memorable enough to be worth slowing the movie down.… (read more)
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Tron: Legacy
The criticism Tron: Legacy has gotten in comparison with the original is baffling and makes me wonder when was the last time many of these people have seen Tron. Yes, this is a very flawed movie but it’s flawed in the exact same ways the original is (narratively) and its strengths to overcome those flaws… (read more)
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Edge of Tomorrow
Name(s): Edge of Tomorrow / Live. Die. Repeat. This is a really fun concept. Edge of Tomorrow works as a fascination of basic wish-fulfillment, in the same way traditional time travel stories do. What if you could run through a situation perfectly? If you have a pulse you’ve played with the idea, and seeing Tom… (read more)