What if a bunch of superhumans written about in fictional stories existed at the same time? Wait, are we sure this hasn't been done before? Anyways... Concrete Revolutio is a new anime by Studio Bones. It's a bright colorful action show with like-able characters and an interesting world. It takes itself just seriously enough but not too seriously (I hope). Watch as the rag-tag members of the Superhuman Bureau, an organization under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, deal with overseeing and protecting superhumans from the public. Characters:  Jiro Hitoyoshi - The "average human" member of the Bureau with a mysterious past. May or may not be a chuuni.  Kikko Hoshino - The not-really-main main girl character. A waitress with sorcerer powers.  Fuurouta - The bishy prankster kid character. He's some sort of shape-shifting ghost, no one really knows.  Emi Kino - The classy lady character. She's a fox spirit or something with a super scary serious mode. ...And more!  The OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBFwuSQzS8 The    ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JZ1chYDTaQ Official website: http://concreterevolutio.com/en  Watch here:    
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This show is cool and fun and has a good robot.
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Oct 28, 2015 04:46
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Is everyone else pronouncing Revolutio like you would Mercutio?
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Oct 28, 2015 04:49
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It's bright and colorful and cool as hell.
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Oct 28, 2015 04:49
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Admoon posted:Is everyone else pronouncing Revolutio like you would Mercutio? I certainly am. Show is fun and stylish as hell. Ep 4's unlocking scene was everything I could have wanted. Been waiting so long for them locks.
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Oct 28, 2015 04:51
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Admoon posted:Is everyone else pronouncing Revolutio like you would Mercutio? I wrote Revolutionario every single time I tried typing the title.
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Oct 28, 2015 04:52
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This show owns and is fun and I'm super curious to see where it's going!
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Oct 28, 2015 04:54
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Droyer posted:This show is cool and fun and has a good robot. Ugh why would you say that I was thinking about watching this!
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Oct 28, 2015 07:15
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This show is pretty much what everybody expected Samurai Flamenco to be upon seeing that original poster. It's great.
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Oct 28, 2015 08:17
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I like this show and I hope the twist ends up interesting enough to sustain it. Also, AnacondaHL hosed up by not making the thread title "Concrete Revolutio - The Times, They Are A-Changin'." 
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Oct 28, 2015 11:23
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As a note on the year cards that they show, the year is analogous to the Showa era year shown so year 41 is 1967 and year 47 is 1973. Iirc, the latest episode is year 19 which is 1945. The war they refer to is likely some variation of WW2
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Oct 28, 2015 14:39
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I like this show and I hope the twist ends up interesting enough to sustain it. I am an unfunny person and have no idea what the connection between Bob Dylan and this anime is. Reds posted:This show is pretty much what everybody expected Samurai Flamenco to be upon seeing that original poster. Hmm, close. This is more like anime Avengers or something. Not to dismiss the possibility of this show "pulling a Samflam" and going completely off the rails after a solid start though.
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Oct 28, 2015 15:12
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AnacondaHL posted:I am an unfunny person and have no idea what the connection between Bob Dylan and this anime is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSoC_KHu4_A Someone overdubbed it with someone else singing, from the sounds of it, but the film intro has the Dylan version. e; also acceptable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g&t=49s 
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Oct 28, 2015 15:29
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AnacondaHL posted:I am an unfunny person and have no idea what the connection between Bob Dylan and this anime is. People have compared it's mish-mash of superhero tropes and alt-history to Watchmen, The Times They Are A Changin' was used for the opening montage (and only good bit) of the Watchmen movie.
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Oct 28, 2015 15:33
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Yeah that. Anyway, am i on crack or was Emi definitely masquerading as the Kaiju-maker lady? I might just watch all the episodes again, I'm really loving it. Looking forward to learning both why Jiro left and why Kiko stayed, since it seems like many of the things that lead to the former could easily have lead her down the same path.
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Oct 28, 2015 19:27
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Reds posted:This show is pretty much what everybody expected Samurai Flamenco to be upon seeing that original poster. I think SamFlam is exactly what it tried to be, which was not this.
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Oct 28, 2015 20:04
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Wow, this is pretty much a parody of anime minus the self awareness. It's like they just mashed together a bunch of genre conventions and called it a day.
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Oct 28, 2015 20:43
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Do you just aspire to hate anything other people like?
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Oct 28, 2015 20:52
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Its anime as gently caress, so naturally if you like anime you'll like it. and I like anime, because anime is good
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Oct 28, 2015 20:54
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ViggyNash posted:Do you just aspire to hate anything other people like?
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Oct 28, 2015 20:55
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It's also the number of good/funny/interesting ones
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Oct 28, 2015 20:58
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Bad Seafood posted:The number of serious posts Pavlov has ever made on this subforum is zero. That show brings out the best in people. Except for the people who didn't like it for some crazed reason.
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Oct 28, 2015 21:00
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Sakurazuka posted:It's also the number of good/funny/interesting ones
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Oct 28, 2015 21:00
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I am what your people might call "A Tsundere"
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Oct 28, 2015 21:12
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Bad Seafood posted:Japanese slapjack gave me a chuckle. oh, that's why his name rings a bell.
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Oct 28, 2015 21:36
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Xelkelvos posted:As a note on the year cards that they show, the year is analogous to the Showa era year shown so year 41 is 1967 and year 47 is 1973. Iirc, the latest episode is year 19 which is 1945. The war they refer to is likely some variation of WW2 Hence why it played a major role in the kaiju episode. Remember what Godzilla started off as a blatant allegory for? I'm also gonna link this again - yep, Fuurota's insect genocide was a historical reference, too.
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Oct 29, 2015 00:10
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I'm not sure why I didn't really notice before, but drat the ED is cool.
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Oct 30, 2015 05:10
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I just watched the first episode of this, and it's weird. I think I like it? Enough to watch another episode or two, at least.
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Oct 30, 2015 17:42
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:I just watched the first episode of this, and it's weird. I think I like it? Enough to watch another episode or two, at least. I would advise giving the show a four episode rule, episode four is notably more coherent than the first three.
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Oct 30, 2015 17:51
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I still don't know what to make of this dumb crazy poo poo. Like, every ep, I'm like"OK, impress me Bones. Let this be the ep that finally makes all this gobbledeegook click," and another week will go by and I'll know even less than when I started.
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Oct 30, 2015 18:51
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It's not very dumb or very crazy, honestly, but they're taking their sweet time getting to the twist. My original guess was it'd show up 4-5 episodes in and the rest of the series would take place in 47, but they might stick with being set primarily in the past until halfway through. Kind of hope that's not the case, as it would afford them way more latitude to lose the plot.
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Oct 30, 2015 18:55
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Someone over at Kinja's anime blog has put everything in the first four episodes in chronological order: http://anitay.kinja.com/making-sense-of-the-concrete-revolutio-timeline-so-far-1738566900 My big takeaway is to look to Jiro for indications as to the year: Is he bandaged? Does he have a scarf?
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Oct 31, 2015 06:08
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I mean, you can also just read the title cards that give you the year.
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Oct 31, 2015 10:05
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Today on Concrete Revolutio
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Nov 1, 2015 22:49
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So yeah, after these last two episodes, it's becoming pretty easy to see why Jiro turned on the Superhuman Bureau.
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Nov 1, 2015 23:22
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Definitely, I'm still curious to find out why Kikko and Fuurouta stayed considering all the deception. e: this episode seemed like it was only five minutes long
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Nov 1, 2015 23:26
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Just watched the first episode and I don't know what the gently caress I guess it's fun in how fast it throws a mishmash of absolutely everything under the sun at you? I don't know. It's pretty stylish, in any case. Let's see where this goes.
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Nov 1, 2015 23:44
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a kitten posted:Definitely, I'm still curious to find out why Kikko and Fuurouta stayed considering all the deception. I get the feeling that Fuurouta's nature as an inherently child-like entity means he's bad at thinking for himself and just wants to stick around (hence why he was too stupid to understand the virus in episode 3). Also, it feels like Kikko's not exactly a saint (she has zero issues with all the deception), but I'd definitely be interested in knowing more about her motivations. I forget and can't check right now, but does future Kikko still have her familiar?
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Nov 1, 2015 23:51
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I forget and can't check right now, but does future Kikko still have her familiar? I don't recall him showing up, but my memory can be stupid sometimes. Like, for example, is Time Guy (i forget his name) in any future scenes?
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Nov 1, 2015 23:57
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It really hard to get all of the political parallels from this series without having actually studied 20th Century Japanese History. Okinawan occupation by the US parallels the real world one and in some instances Kaiju (the Sub uses Beast) mean Nuclear Power, but could also represent personal rights as the beast attacks probably correlate with the various student and labor protests happening at the time (Jiro's first encounter is in 1960 and the episode takes place in 1968). This is definitely Japanese Watchmen. Question: What do the kanji in "Shinka" mean when they use it in the date cards? Showa (昭和) means radiant peace or harmony from what I can gather from Wikipedia
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