For this Saturday Anime Night, first up is Toei’s The Little Mermaid (1975), adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. A mermaid gives up her voice to pursue a human prince. Surely she will live happily ever after, right? I guess we’ll find out. We are inching ever-closer toward seeing every anime feature film released before 1980; there are not that many left. After that is A Letter to Momo (2011), from director Hiroyuki Okiura (Jin-Roh), concerning a preteen girl who befriends a trio of goblins to cope with her dad’s death. Hijinks ensue. Looks pretty cool, and reviews everywhere are great, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Little Mermaid: https://letterboxd.com/film/hans-christian-andersens-the-little-mermaid/
• A Letter to Momo: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-letter-to-momo/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Little Mermaid: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11971
• A Letter to Momo: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB. The movie is rated PG.

CWs for The Little Mermaid:

• Deaths of dogs.
• Nude mermaids throughout the movie, but their chests are drawn in a vague Barbie-doll way whenever their hair doesn’t cover them.
• Suicide.
• Blood.
• Sad ending.
• Death of child.

CWs for A Letter to Momo:

• Death of parent.
• Depression.
• Cartoon violence and mischief.
• Farting.

Links to movies:

• The Little Mermaid: https://vimeo.com/851969806
• A Letter to Momo: https://vimeo.com/851970719