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@psychopompe: if you're interested, "Aim for the Top! GunBuster" was re-released a few years ago by Dynit on two DVDs; if you’ve already seen it, good, otherwise hurry to buy it because I think it’s the best anime ever made. As for "Macross": well, to each their own; I conceptually like it, and above all it’s one of the few series that still holds up well today (actually, I haven’t seen the "Frontier" series yet, but my friends say it’s the absolute best). If by "80s anime" you mean those that arrived here in the 80s, then we also need to include "Lady Oscar" and other titles (like "Kiss Me Licia" which is definitely not a masterpiece, but is still a lot of fun today).

@psychopompe: I don't really agree with the statement that "half of the '80s anime look terrible now." It was definitely a golden era full of interesting stuff that remains unmatched even today. Besides the absolutely essential titles you mentioned, let's include "Macross," "Ranma 1/2," and all the works of Takahashi, the various incarnations of Gundam, all the top-tier science fiction like "Aim for the Top! GunBuster," the films of Studio Ghibli and Otomo, and you'll see that the average quality was indeed very high, with the influences of that decade reaching us even now.

@axel: I don't know exactly when Toriyama finished and the Shueisha publishing house began (maybe after Freezer as you say); one thing is certain, though, that Shueisha played a significant role, to say the least.

A hilariously ridiculous review, but a work I prefer not to rate because I understand that those who experienced it find it legendary, while for me, having never seen it as a child, it doesn’t move me at all (in fact, it kind of disgusts me, to be honest). Last week, I went with my friends, loyal followers of "Ken the Warrior," to see the second film of the tetralogy for the 25th anniversary of the series: I left feeling a mix of boredom and disgust, while they were happy and content. It’s clear that this is a series you either follow in a certain way or, if you see it for what it is, it sucks: I get that those who watched it as kids found a hero in Ken, but to me, seeing it for the first time now that I've passed twenty, he just looks like a guy who kills people to save others. In conclusion: the perception of this comic/cartoon is too tied to personal taste, so I won’t vote in order not to tarnish the average (otherwise, just for the record, I would give it a 2 out of a sense of kindness).

Good review, great recommendation, and a well-made film that deserves an extra point for the absolutely brilliant idea of using clips from other movies. I saw it for the first time among friends a little while ago, and I really liked it. The type of humor from Steve Martin, which (with the necessary proportions) is a more or less worthy heir—decide for yourselves (I think it is worthy)—to Peter Sellers.

@pedraelighe: I agree with everything.

And what about Belen Rodriguez diving into the pool with the camera following her up the steps from behind? I'm not saying that these aren't beautiful sights, right, but that's precisely the point: the pleasure of the view lobotomizes our critical spirit, drowning the barriers of ethics. Even in very serious matters: how can we forgive Berlusconi for even the mere possibility of a relationship with the mafia? And how can we tolerate his populist and disgustingly national-popular behavior? And how can we forgive him the endless lies, all demonstrably false, that he feeds us every day? By the way, my favorite lie is when he said that when he made the Bulgarian edict, he didn’t know he was being listened to, when in reality he was speaking to an audience, filmed by cameras and with the microphone on: what a blatant nonsense. Objectively, he knows how to sell his character, but one day we will realize that one person's success means the failure of many. To posterity.

Welcome to DeBaser, De Lorenzo. I am shocked by several serious naivetes you wrote in your review and comment, which others have already pointed out to you. To start, I completely agree with comment #68 from fiquata, word for word. You write: "Berlusconi knows how to speak to the gut of citizens, of all social classes, including the less affluent, giving them a dream and a life path in which they clearly recognize themselves, because it's like Berlusconi that most want to be, or are without even realizing it"; you are absolutely right, but all of this is horrible. Isn't it, in fact, horrible to identify with a person who is under investigation for huge crimes? Isn't it horrible to identify with a vile, greedy businessman, probably a thief, probably a mafioso, probably a pimp? And above all: don’t you know that people are fundamentally dull, that the law of the sheep is the best law to explain social flows, and that they admire all the more those who can provide them with panem & circensis rather than complex and structured values and ambitions? The issue of values is very serious, because this man has used everything in his power to modify them according to his perspective. In my opinion, Berlusconi, when he was young, saw "Citizen Kane" and thought, "so mass media can control collective thought... they control morality... they control public opinion... so if I hold the monopoly of mass media, I hold the monopoly of public opinion," and he has done just that. Don’t you realize, dear De Lorenzo, that in the last 15 years Italy has deteriorated in every way? It has deteriorated morally, politically, economically, touristically, culturally, everything. A reflection of our change is that we have transitioned from the most puritanical country in Europe to the most uninhibited: there has been a shocking change in morality in terms of speed and distance from the initial level to the final one... can you not suspect that all of this has been made possible by mass media? What many leftist thinkers still fail to grasp is that the conflict of interest in mass media is a problem of absolute, total, primary severity: the control of mass media subtly instills new ways of thinking, posing, acting, reasoning. Since the early '90s, we have remained a chaotic country without meritocracy, but beyond that, we have completely lost the political class, transformed from a "group of people discussing" to a "guy aiming for dictatorship and all others either with him or against him or mere weathercocks," contributing to "redefining, more in the [bad] than in the [good], the Italian identity, pushing Italy itself to recognize itself in him," and too many leftist politicians have yet to realize this simple thought. People see themselves in him and admire him just as they see themselves in camorristi and admire them, as Saviano clearly explained in a memorable monologue on Fazio (the kind that is truly historic, but in a positive way): is it automatically a positive fact that Silvio serves as an example? Is it a positive fact that he has a large following? Wasn't Hitler the most loved German politician of the 20th century? And yet we know how that turned out (and yes, he had enormous support). Is Berlusconi a historical figure? He has certainly left an enormous mark on our lives, but negatively, since everything he has done has been solely for his own gain. An example we can appreciate only today: why have Berlusconi's TV stations been overflowing with breasts & asses for years, disregarding Moige (which in the meantime was going after "Sailor Moon")? It's simple: to get us used to it, so now that we have discovered that Berlusconi has long been involved with a vast circle of more or less adult prostitutes, it seems to us nothing shocking, almost forgivable, quite normal. Is it "normal" for Victoria Silvstedt to wave her merchandise on "The Wheel of Fortune"? And Belen Rodriguez diving into the pool with the camera following her from behind as she climbs

A record that might not deserve a full 5 stars, but is certainly excellent nonetheless. When it was released, I was 15 years old and it blew me away; I thought, "he's a genius!" (of course, I knew nothing about the world from which Grignani had drawn). Listening to it again today, I have to say that it still sounds great, and I’m not the least bit embarrassed to say that I hold this singer in high regard, who, despite his ups and downs, is still one of the best Italian artists around in the last twenty years. 5 stars to boost the average.