Anime Explorations Episode 36: Gankutsuou

This month we’re watching the anime adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo.

Episode 36: Gankutsuou

This month we’re watching the anime adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. Matt Alt’s article on the connections between protest and anime: https://substack.com/home/post/p-174206122 Next month, we’re covering Miruko-Chan, which is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.

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Film Review: A Taxing Woman

When it comes to the Procedural genre of film, generally these works tend to put their focus on law enforcement – cops and robbers, literally. However, the cops the generally don’t cover are ones who deel with what are considered more “boring” crimes – white collar financial crimes. Smuggling is sexy, robbers are sexy, gangsters are sexy. Tax fraud is still sexy… except people stealing from workers by not properly paying taxes, people stealing from the community by not paying taxes to pay for the services the government provides that they use are still robbers. So, it’s up to a more financial cop to catch them – one like the protagonist of A Taxing Woman.

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