For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 7 through 12 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 downfall of Jadeite and the beginning of the Nephrite arc. After that is French slapstick fairy-tale cartoon The King and the Mockingbird (1952/1980), concerning a bird that uses all of his wits to end the reign of terror of a tyrannical king. It originally released in incomplete form in 1952, and, in that form, was a major influence on the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Director Paul Grimault eventually completed it, and the whole film was released in 1980; this is by far his best-known work, and his only feature. It is often considered the best animated French film of all time, 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:
- Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
- The King and the Mockingbird: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-king-and-the-mockingbird/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
- The King and the Mockingbird: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/46347
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 King and the Mockingbird:
- Cartoon violence.
- Deaths of animals.
- Animal abuse.
Links to movies:
Forthcoming. I have the files, but the most convenient way to upload them is to replace one of the earlier videos while a later video is playing.