Melody of Oblivion: Difference between revisions

Many years ago, there was a war between the humans and the Monsters. The Warriors of Melos fought valiantly, but in the end, the Monsters won, and rule from the shadows. The children of the current era are completely ignorant of the battles of the past, even as children mysteriously disappear, sacrifices to placate their Monster overlords.

 

 

An extremely surreal show, full of flashbacks and flashes to symbolic portrayals of the action, strong themes of the show are the loose line between reality and fantasy and rebellion against society's mores.

 

A 24 episode anime series by J.C. Staff (with help from studio Gainax) that originally aired in 2004. There is also a 6 volume manga adaptation produced by Kadokawa Comics.

 

* [[After the End]]: The monster war ostensibly happened in the 20th century, and the technology we see matches this. However, the war itself has left.. relics, that suggest they were actually far more advanced. Considering the level of reality warping the monsters do, the war may even be in the future.

* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: All of the Monster Union agents have one that reflects both their respective mecha and their personality.

** They also correspond to pretty much everything in the [[Eastern Zodiac]].

* [[By the Power of Grayskull]]: "Echo, my Melos!"? "Singing Chord, Feeling of {whatever}!"? "Just Fit Rim!"

* [[Byronic Hero]]: Child Dragon is a perfect parody.

* [[Chaste Hero]]: Bocca takes this to the extreme, passing on both Elle's and {{spoiler|Sayoko's}} offer of sex to go adventuring.

* [[Classical Mythology]]: The Monsters' names and appearances are borrowed from Greek myths.

* [[Dress Hits Floor]]: Clothing in general in fact, at the click of a finger.

* [[Eastern Zodiac]]: Monster Union mechas plus The Monsters' true forms.

? Boy, they just seem to lack the simple common sense... }}

* [[Evil Gloating]]: Monster Union members revel in this. {{spoiler|Episode 23 consists of it almost entirely.}}

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Subverted. The degree of [[Mind Screw]] grows steadily over 3 episodes, and then all of a sudden you get a perfectly comprehensible ending.

* [[Gainaxing]]: Farm girls gains a whole new meaning.

* [[Harbinger of Asskicking]]: The same musical theme preceding each villain's appearance.

* [[Harem Anime]]: Parodied by the Armed Theatrical Group Chentauro.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Except Bocca and Elan Vital, all Melos Warriors and Aibar Machines get voluntarily stuck in time and are left behind.}}

* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: Taken ad absurdum in the "Monster Olympus" scene.

* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Child Dragon.

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: That very means which [[Utopia Justifies the Means|Utopia justifies]].

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: {{spoiler|This is how Monster Kings are made.}}

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Sayoko.

* [[Mark of the Beast]]: Monster Union agents get branded.

* [[Mind Screw]]: What are the ape men? How did the war begin and end? {{spoiler|Why isnt Bocca the 4th monster king?}}

* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Guess who.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: Sentient flying motorcycles? Why not? Sentient flying motorcycles that transform into [[Bishounen]]? Even better!

* [[Rocket Jump]]: How about a ''Crossbow Jump''?

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Melody Of Oblivion's water color style backgrounds are very beautiful, although because of the rich symbolism and strange locations, they often are important to the plot.

* [[Screw Destiny]]: Bocca uses it {{spoiler|to escape from Minotaur}}.

* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: Child Dragon's idee fixe.

* [[Space Is Noisy]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Flying Bunny - "Did she just say 'Ring out! My Melos!'? In the vacuum of space, where no sound travels?"

** The Geneon subs have "Bio Concerto", and only use "Flash" in some early episodes (switching to "Flush" later).

* [[Split Personality]]: {{spoiler|The Monster King}} has gone too far in talking to himself.

* [[Story Arc]]: The episodes are grouped in to 3 episode arcs. Except for the last episode.

* [[Super Robot]]: Each Monster Union agent rides in one.

* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|Apparently doesn't help when [[Karmic Death|performed by a ghost]].}}

* [[Travel Cool]]: A four-legged horned bus. And a ship going through forests. And, of course, sentient flying motorbikes.

* [[Tsundere]]: Toune is a "Type Tsun" one, reserving her "deredere" exclusively for Sky Blue.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Humanity as a whole abides by this, but especially the Monster Union Agents.

* [[Villain of the Week]]: Monster Union agents.

* [[Winged Humanoid]]: {{spoiler|Elan Vital. As if being a flying sentient bishounen motorcycle is [[Rule of Cool|not enough]].}}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: The Melody of Oblivion and all the Melos Warriors.

* [[Glasses Girl]]: Bocca's first crush.

* [[Joshikousei]]: Coco, and really all of the female Melos Warriors, Sayoko is the right age, but never wears a uniform.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: We see this for a number of the Union Agents, and for the Monster King.

 

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