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Visionary

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Nitz the Bloody

Subj: Bender is a great robot character... although not really in the "introspective" category. ;-)
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 08:23:58 pm EST
Reply Subj: Bender from Futurama, no doubt
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 07:43:16 pm EST


> Instead of being overly touchy feely or overly homicidal, Bender's more in the middle, possibly leaning towards corruption but only in very petty ways. He's utterly hysterical, not just for his kleptomaniac antics, but because his existence is a big middle finger to all the AI cliches.
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> But if I have to go with a serious character, I'm going to go with Jiro from the anime Kikaider: The Animation. A goofy live action sentai show turned into a very deep and thought provoking cartoon, given Jiro/Kikaider's inner struggles on what his developing conscience means.