Dec 6, 2009
I'm a big fan of "obfuscating stupidity" (look it up on TVtropes). So, I was looking forward to watching Irresponsible Captain Tylor despite my general dislike for space operas and military anime in general. And with good reason.
After a google search, I caught a snippet somewhere that theorized Captain Tylor is a bodhisattva who is attempting to enlighten his crew. With that thought in mind, I got great enjoyment out of reading into Tylor's behavior and guessing his motives. Episodes 25 and 26 particularly make sense if you believe the series to be an allegory for "the nature of a Bodhisattva":
"The nature of the
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Bodhisattva is apparent from a teaching story in which three people are walking through a desert. Parched and thirsty, they spy a high wall ahead. They approach and circumnavigate it, but it has no entrance or doorway. One climbs upon the shoulders of the others, looks inside, yells "Eureka" and jumps inside. The second then climbs up and repeats the actions of the first. The third laboriously climbs the wall without assistance and sees a lush garden inside the wall. It has cooling water, trees, fruit, etc. But, instead of jumping into the garden, the third person jumps back out into the desert and seeks out desert wanderers to tell them about the garden and how to find it. The third person is the Bodhisattva." (From Wikipedia)
You can enjoy Irresponsible Captain Tylor for the light comedy it is on the surface. And you can fall in love with the series if you feel like analyzing the Buddhist message underneath.
Philosophical undercurrents aside, this series was just plain fun to watch. Tylor's antics are hilarious. His crew is eccentric. The music is quintessentially 90s J-pop, and is thus made of awesome. I could watch the trippy OP over and over.
In conclusion, I want to have Paco-Paco's baby too!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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