September 21, 2007
Oh! Edo Rocket
I just spotted an homage to one of my favorite OAVs, Photon, at 3:34 of episode 12 of Oh! - Edo Rocket! - which is becoming another of my favorites.
Oh! - Edo Rocket! is the story of a young fireworks maker named Tamaya who encounters a celestial maiden who needs a way to get back home to the moon -- so he vows to make a rocket that will take her there.
Problem: This happens during the time of the Tenpo reforms - fireworks are illegal. Problem: There is another being from the same celestial civilization running around killing and drinking blood. The local law has responded by declaring open season on celestial beings. Problem: Tamaya and all his neighbors in their rowhouse neighborhood are broke because of the Tenpo reforms. The work they used to do is now illegal. So how can they (the neighbors admire his goal and want to help) put together a moon rocket program?
I want to see this in Region 1 - soon!
Photon is a bawdy slapstick space opera. The title character is a super-strong boy hero named Photon Earth. This is nothing unusual for a Japanese adventure story - blame Momotaro. Photon-kun is a sweet-natured, straightforward kid, innocent fading into gullible.
As the adventure begins, Photon rescues the lovestruck runaway daughter of his village chief. For his reward he gets dumped into a very deep canyon by the girl he rescued. He then falls into a cave system that hides an ancient spaceship. He accidentally revives the beautiful pilot from suspended animation, so she tries to kill him -- but stops when she realizes that by the rituals of her culture he has also married her. So she stops trying to kill him and forces him to take a bath instead.
The story goes on like this - crazy and laugh out load funny, with timeouts for some serious emotion along the way. The dialog and acting are excellent, even (or especially) for the throwaway lines. The best (IMO): "Haven't they ever seen newlyweds before?"
By the way, if you have the opportunity to watch Photon, look for the homage to The Gods Must Be Crazy.
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Oh! - Edo Rocket! is the story of a young fireworks maker named Tamaya who encounters a celestial maiden who needs a way to get back home to the moon -- so he vows to make a rocket that will take her there.
Problem: This happens during the time of the Tenpo reforms - fireworks are illegal. Problem: There is another being from the same celestial civilization running around killing and drinking blood. The local law has responded by declaring open season on celestial beings. Problem: Tamaya and all his neighbors in their rowhouse neighborhood are broke because of the Tenpo reforms. The work they used to do is now illegal. So how can they (the neighbors admire his goal and want to help) put together a moon rocket program?
I want to see this in Region 1 - soon!
Photon is a bawdy slapstick space opera. The title character is a super-strong boy hero named Photon Earth. This is nothing unusual for a Japanese adventure story - blame Momotaro. Photon-kun is a sweet-natured, straightforward kid, innocent fading into gullible.
As the adventure begins, Photon rescues the lovestruck runaway daughter of his village chief. For his reward he gets dumped into a very deep canyon by the girl he rescued. He then falls into a cave system that hides an ancient spaceship. He accidentally revives the beautiful pilot from suspended animation, so she tries to kill him -- but stops when she realizes that by the rituals of her culture he has also married her. So she stops trying to kill him and forces him to take a bath instead.
The story goes on like this - crazy and laugh out load funny, with timeouts for some serious emotion along the way. The dialog and acting are excellent, even (or especially) for the throwaway lines. The best (IMO): "Haven't they ever seen newlyweds before?"
By the way, if you have the opportunity to watch Photon, look for the homage to The Gods Must Be Crazy.
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