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121: Mamoru Oshii’s Kerberos Saga

We explore an expansive, overlooked sci-fi multimedia franchise spawned by one of anime's greatest visionaries through the lens of its three feature film entries: Mamoru Oshii's Kerberos Saga

Logan Sowash ,  Andy Carr
By Logan Sowash ,  Andy Carr

Show Notes

Before Ghost in the Shell or even Patlabor, iconic director Mamoru Oshii created a dense, dystopian sci-fi, which he would, over many years, explore across multiple media: radio dramas, manga, TV episodes, and—you guessed it—a feature film trilogy. Logan & Andy dive into THE KERBEROS SAGA! With civil unrest, shady government dealings, and fascist power armor at its unfortunate peak, the boys dodge the chaos to discuss 1987’s The Red Spectacles, 1991’s StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, and 1999’s Jin-Rioh: The Wolf Brigade.

How does each film build upon Oshii’s world? How many genres does this trilogy span? And why did they have to make the Protect Gear look so cool?! Find out on this fascinating new episode of ODD TRILOGIES!

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Freelance writer out of Indianapolis. Co-host of Odd Trilogies podcast. Whether it's films or television, I'm always down to watch!

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Wishes he could forego sleep to watch more movies. Besides co-hosting Odd Trilogies and writing reviews, Andy builds Gundam models, loves on his three cats, and spends way too much time managing his Plex server. You can follow his movie-watching habits on Letterboxd.

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