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Ah Japan… taking any opportunity to further fetishize your women for international audiences the world over.  We thank you…

The Machine Girl was a huge hit (relatively speaking) thanks to a trailer filled with originality and audacity.  Director Noboru Iguchi and effects man Yoshihiro Nishimura developed a very basic story of revenge and then caked it in absurdity, Karo syrup, and a schoolgirl’s skirt… and it came out exactly as you’d expect.  After a brief diversion with a short spinoff called The Hajirai Machine Girl, Iguchi has finally returned with a feature-length follow-up.  Thanks to Twitch, we present the glory of Robogeisha!

I enjoyed The Machine Girl (review) for the bizarre and violent psuedo-comedy that it was.  And I actually loved Tokyo Gore Police (review) thanks to it’s brilliant combination of crazy effects, kinetic action, and social commentary wrapped up in a semi-coherent plot.  But I may be growing numb to the barebones conceit at play here.  The over-abundance of CGI blood, the lack of even an attempt at plot, and the overall cheapness are all feeling a little old at this point.

On the plus side though, Geisha Transform and Tengu Milk both put a smile on my face.  As does the giant robot ode to Godzilla films of years past.  And the buildings that burst with blood when hit by the giant robot.  And the Hip Katanas that are really just fancy ass swords.  And the improvement in fight choreography.  And the girl who gets stabbed in the ass… okay, I could do without the bloody anus.

What do you think? Does your heart have room for Robogeisha?


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