thankfully the vibes are good, and i'm a sucker for seeing a thriller where the cops are arguing with the suits and have to go on a boat ride in the fog, because in the monologue-y bits i just kept going "uhuh, yep. that's true. yep, that's true. peace in the imperial core IS propped up by violence elsewhere that will inevitably blow back on the core somehow. the fall of the soviet union DID leave the imperial core thinking it was the end of history when that was obviously bullshit. i KNOW japan is a client state of america and i have a good idea of the jsdf's complex role there where it's a "self defense force" but is still effectively a major military and contributes to global hegemony. yep. uhuh. going to say anything new to me before before we get back to the plot? are you going to do anything involving the characters or themes or tone of the show/movie patlabor? no?"

still good, though the first one was way better. imagine if a patlabor movie that included noa izumi, main character of patlabor, as a character! that'd be so crazy

So the message of these past few episodes where Yor is trying to find her life mission is "You must kill for an unspecified goal, and secure the existence of your family and a future for your children"? (along with all the Shinzo Abe child-rearing bullshit)

I like this show just because Anya and her relations with her mom and dad cute cute, but ugh. Why does my political education have to ruin my enjoyment of mainstream media. I especially like (abhor) how the target audience (anime fans) are exactly the wrong people to be receiving these shit themes, although it's a chicken and egg scenario - maybe their prior anime watching habits made them the way they are.

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 79 through 84 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Black Moon Clan arc, including the demise of third-in-command Esmeraude, and the formal introduction of Sailor Pluto.

After that is The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975), a stop-motion Norwegian racing film about a bicycle repairman who decides to beat a former friend in a car race after said friend steals his plans for a new vehicle. Hilarity ensues. It remains, to this day, the most-attended movie of all time in Norway measured by number of tickets sold, and is considered one of the best Norwegian films ever, being endlessly replayed on TV and such; it is director Ivo Caprino’s only feature-length movie. Rave reviews for this one across the board, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-pinchcliffe-grand-prix/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/470254

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix:

• Car crashes.
• Cartoon violence.
• Ethnic stereotypes.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 79: https://tankie.tube/w/ttzjKnNpdMHfsV1vRNihVC
• Sailor Moon episode 80: https://tankie.tube/w/pTTtENUAU18Eyj5XsHNEu4
• Sailor Moon episode 81: https://tankie.tube/w/1MZRcaZYdupwqAKWittHQF
• Sailor Moon episode 82: https://tankie.tube/w/bh5tZptvozq9pPVNS4aGNo
• Sailor Moon episode 83: https://tankie.tube/w/hrkbvouTSJfHZFT6T5CkS7
• Sailor Moon episode 84: https://tankie.tube/w/rswx2MN7YUsRjRsa6eSpnK
• The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix: https://tankie.tube/w/pZPpsadaNzNs9UakrJEidk

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I suddenly understand what Mark Fisher was yappin' about with Hauntology.

The show is like carbon monoxide. It's very peaceful.

a: if the rights holders had wanted to they 100% had grounds to sue, and they would have probably won

b: the getter emperor is so cool! and someone should have told the people at gainax "if you're going to do getter emperor, the manifestation of colonialism and genocide as the natural extremes of directionless shonen hotblooded spirit and humanities endless potential for evolution, you need a stronger argument than "nuh uh" when saying 'actually this is a good thing. it's good to forever grow and become more powerful and kill everything in your way'"

if i ever rewatch it i'm not going to be able to see team gurren as anything other than evil. seeing kittan's sacrifice and shaking my head like "he succumbed to the corruption of the getter. sad!"

or maybe i'm wrong and it has a satisfying response that goes beyond "actually i'd just be chill about this whole thing," but i really don't remember that

This anime is as bad as its music is good

Yang is so transparently wish fulfillment for 30-somethings who hate their jobs. It's beautiful lmao.

i hear that's pretty good, i'm gonna start reading it tonight

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