I finally finished Xabungle!

it only took me… two years. my stamina for 50 ep anime is so low I kept having to pause, phew! it’s definitely unrelentingly sexist – and the way they incorporate/deal with indigenous populations early on stinks – but I’m not all that surprised, given that it’s a show from 1982. caveats aside, I did still enjoy it – the animation was such a constant barrage of playful kineticism that I couldn’t look away for fear of missing something. I did come to like the characters a lot (I’m especially fond of the character designs!), though that did make the general treatment of the gals that much more frustrating.

I haven’t watched much other anime by Yoshiyuki Tomino (perhaps in avoidance/fear of the ‘greats’), but I think I might take a gander at some of his less famed works after seeing this one!