Sailor Moon is a giant robot

[vjnightshade]

Does anyone remember the explanation Rory had about how Sailor Moon is a giant robot?
I mentioned it to some of my friends and I'm kicking myself for not remembering it.

Thanks!

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[mariaklob]

From the man himself...

"That was a conversation between myself and Mike Wixon, wherein I was holding forth that Neon Genesis Evangelion was a show about giant robots. Mike was (not without reason) disputing this. To his statement that it was actually a show about deep psychological damage and how it affects interpersonal relationships, I contended that, in every episode, a giant monster showed up and the cast had a huge brawl with it. Mike, exasperated, shouted that by this standard, Sailor Moon is a giant robot. I replied that yes, Sailor Moon is a giant robot.

It was funny at the time, but really, the entertainment value came from Wixon proceeding to sputter and twitch."

[doompuppy]

Ah! Clearer memory.Yes mariaklob is correct.

It seems I misremembered some point. But we agree upon the sputtering.

[vjnightshade]

Awesome! Tell Rory I said thanks.

there WAS no good reason... it was arbitrary!!!!

[doompuppy]

I say this because he was arguing with me.

So as I recall all anime was classified by Rory as being one of 2 or 3 categories. Giant robot anime was one of them.

As a counter example I listed "Sailor Moon".

At which point Rory won the argument by classifying Sailor Moon as giant robot anime.

The argument was so absurd I was unable to build a rational argument against it. It was purely tautological.

Sorry if it's disappointing... But that's how it happened.

Re: there WAS no good reason... it was arbitrary!!!!

[vjnightshade]

Not at all, in fact I got a good laugh out of it.
Thanks for filling me in!