I watched ep 2.
Omg it's so campy I love it
I watched ep 2.
Omg it's so campy I love it
Watched the first episode.
I'm not tripping, it's actually really good, right? Like some demented fusion of Pirates of the Caribbean and tokusatsu live-action (like Karmen Rider or something). The cast and the sets make everything really charming and fun, and Inoki's take on Luffy is really carrying the show. That said, I haven't watched the original to compare.
Also, since this is relevant:
At least in this one you can go for the
spoiler
Based Communist Revolution with your Totally Straight Buddy
Eeeeeeh Ancient Magus Bride is playing with slightly problematic tropes but it's a show about found family and overcoming trauma, it's more in the ball park of Beauty and the Beast than cryptofash wish fulfillment bull like shield hero
Snnnnnnnnnniiiififfffffffff! Ve are all eating out of ze trash can of ideology. Sniiif. Ze true revolutionary position is to learn to love ze taste of trash, to savour it as it flows down ze gullet; even as you point out to everyone around you zat you are all eating trash. And sho on, and sho on.