The last post of this kind was two months ago, so it was time for a refresher of the de-facto recommendation thread of the weeb channel of Hexbear.

Personally, work has greatly diminished my free time and makes me tired all the time, but there's still something to squeeze in.

For me:

Manga:

Oresama Teacher (2007-2020, 176 Chapters) - I have already praised this series last time around and am still reading it. Much like in Nozaki-Kun, where this manga really shines are the characters. Kurosaki Mafuyu might be one of my all-time favorite characters in manga. Someone who is an utter fool, but written in a realistic and endearing way, in spite of the ridiculous plot. A+

Anime:

Dragon Ball (1986-1989, 153 Episodes) - Dragon Ball is a show that rightfully deserves its reputation, as it is extremely solid once it figures itself out. Gone is the horniness of early episodes, the show reached a very high peak in the Piccolo Daimao arc and has kept it up ever since. I am like 10 episodes away from finishing it, but there is one worry. The power scaling, well... it's not exactly balanced. It makes early arcs feel puny in comparison. Also give us Pilaf back smh. A

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Season 2 (2008, 13 Episodes) - This show continues with its ruthless social criticism (both good and fascinatingly bad) from Season 1, but it goes hard in an abstract direction that is masterfully adapted by Shaft's arthouse-like style. It is also unfortunately pretty horny, like many other Shaft anime... and very entertaining. A+

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017, 12 Episodes) - This show really is as good as the ratings suggest. It's very un-anime in the sense that it is a serious drama with character-driven storytelling and almost 0 of the usual tropes of the medium. The characters are so good that you WILL get hooked if you watch enough. A+

Fullmetal Alchemist (2003, 51 Episodes) - Now solidly into anime original territory, I have to say this is a really good show, even though the main villains' plans have to fully unravel yet. The atmosphere is on point, and the older early-digital color palette makes it look better than FMAB imo. I will have to check out the manga after finishing the show, since I am curious how the story is there - I dropped FMAB early on, since it didn't hook me at first but '03 did the trick. A

Re:Creators (2017, 22 Episodes) - I started this today thanks to the Mother's Basement video on his favorite Isekai, and I have to say that even if the story ends up really bland, the premise alone is enough to make this show interesting. I think it could have worked better with only one character, but oh well. Too early to tell, but B+

I need to get back to Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (2024), since I watched a couple of episodes and was intrigued, but then didn't find the time to watch more. ...and get back to reading Capital, of course.

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 163 through 168 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 conclusion of the SuperS arc, after which Chibiusa goes back to her home planet, and Sailor Stars begins, with a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors. After that is Mad God (2021), a dark dystopian fantasy about an assassin who makes his way through a twisted underworld full of gnarly creatures that like killing each other in gory fashion. The film progresses in episodic fashion, conjuring various scenarios specifically designed to show off the skills of veteran stop-motion animator and director Phil Tippett, who did much of the puppeteering work on the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as the Robocop movies. He also directed, uhh, Starship Troopers 2 (2004). High praise 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
• Mad God: https://letterboxd.com/film/mad-god/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mad God: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/795019

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 Mad God:

• Animal abandonment.
• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Sad animals.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Deaths by crushing.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Infant abduction.
• Death of child.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Vomiting.
• Pooping.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Electrotherapy.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Antisemitic caricatures.
• Ableist slurs.
• Sex between non-humans.
• Nudity.
• Screeching tires.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 163: https://tankie.tube/w/1amu3W1fyCLLvxtk6W3uMc
• Sailor Moon episode 164: https://tankie.tube/w/bHNaNC9E9Yaa19z4dVub8v
• Sailor Moon episode 165: https://tankie.tube/w/qDUy7n7gZoni5PMYoDuoHe
• Sailor Moon episode 166: https://tankie.tube/w/1ezvNv7JkzzgQDbHLwe2oi
• Sailor Moon episode 167: https://tankie.tube/w/xhAvpY1LCXQFq7pRYodEXT
• Sailor Moon episode 168: https://tankie.tube/w/orS4yDKZ7KY91FSBiYLucM
• Mad God: https://tankie.tube/w/nMbq39rdJaZkTPATnXqUes

I remember loving the giant robot animals.

But also I remember everything was call shit like "Blitz" and "Panzer" so that's kinda sus.

Moe is the neotenous anime style that has become ubiquitous since the 2000s. Back in the day some anime actually had more than three ages.

antifascist themes? environmental preservation subtext? coming of age story where characters actually act their age? che guevara character that monologues about what the events mean? FLYING SURFING MECHA? banger fucking soundtrack?

ok downsides are - the first 10 episodes are pretty rough honestly aside from the first two. weird 2000s anime tropes and some anime weirdness with women but this does develop out well as the characters do. some of the characters are strange stereotypic designs (black guy who djs and wears basketball shirt) but the characters absolutely are not standard tropes in their own way.

either way i recommend a watch and try not to cringe too much during the first arc

comments filled with Nato/ukraine flag emoji libs and chud fash.

We need more chill anime reviewers like this.

Transmission... over...

What did you think of this week's chapter?

No break next week!