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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more magical girls, and so, we’re going to continue with what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 37 through 39 tonight, followed by the finale movie, Adolescence of Utena (1999). Yep, we’ve reached the end.

After that is Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (2022), a French animated comic adaptation/biopic blend about real French cartoonist Rene Goscinny (also one of the creators of Asterix) creating a cartoon character named Little Nicholas, who then comes to life on the page and starts getting up to all sorts of mischief. Fantasy and reality begin to meld from there as the film switches between telling the author’s story and the story of Nicholas, the character. This is the best-known and best-regarded work to date of directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre. This looks pretty precious; let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Adolescence of Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena-the-adolescence-of-utena/
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: https://letterboxd.com/film/little-nicholas-happy-as-can-be/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• 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 Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be

• French people.
• Bullying.
• Slapstick violence.
• Child endangerment.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 37: https://tankie.tube/w/81pZyEqagNf6MaZYdwLyrp
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 38: https://tankie.tube/w/gVirWt6W2Dfv6AP9Mr1Cxf
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 39: https://tankie.tube/w/anUeY3C8qhjWuc6WhkzoB9
• Adolescence of Utena: https://tankie.tube/w/tFzW9ZoxYCXqmYrbKSNwD2
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: https://tankie.tube/w/7c994GYqjQdFr7Zk9hX9SN

I now have a full time job plus a long commute, which means... more time for reading manga while half-asleep? Huh?

Anyway the last thread of this kind was in July, and since then an anime season has finished, so might as well do it again.

For me:

Manga:

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2005): Parallel to watching the excellent adaptation, I have picked up the manga and, much like Kaiji, finished it in a concerningly short time. Koji Kumeta has a bone to pick with the world... with everything in the world. What arises is a very entertaining ruthless critique. I'm fairly sure he's either still a leftist, or used to be one and got disappointed. However, he is also nationalistic. A political mess, mostly agreeable, sometimes dropping horrible takes - but a fantastic manga which never loses its bite no matter how many chapters you are into it. It's also less horny than the Shaft adaptation. A+

√Paradise (1991): Being curious about Kumeta's early work, I read this short manga of his, which is basically the Yakuza games' cabaret club side-plot in manga form. Not too interesting, but a decent enough read. B-

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (2017): Nagatoro is a decent romance manga with a pretty bad beginning. It ended a few months ago, but I have caught up only recently. Not much else to say, really. B

Shiroyama to Mita-san (2021): Nice comedic romance/slice of life manga about two (mostly) uncool people. Fun, but have not finished it yet. B+

Anime:

Aa-Megami Sama (2005): I had read a large chunk of the manga before, and it's just as fun as I remembered it being. The romance stuff isn't too strong, but the hijinks are fun. The source material being from the 80s means that many of the usual tropes didn't exist yet... or were being invented. A-

Fullmetal Alchemist (2003): Almost done with this show, it's been really good overall. Strong characters and storytelling, and the anime original plot... I can clearly see why it's controversial, but I like it. Good show. A

Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (2024): The only seasonal I didn't drop. Story-wise very conventional, but the character writing was good. Anna Yanami in particular, being one of the strongest female leads in recent anime history. It had a few tone-unfitting scenes that felt tacked on for the horny audience, but overall decent show. B

Western Animation

The Owl House (2020): Very fun show, with some blatant inspiration from many recognizable source materials, western and Japanese. King is a king. A

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seeing this made me just break down crying. if you'd asked me yesterday what i thought of akira toriyama i would have probably said i respected him immensely, but his work didn't hold a special place in my heart. but realizing that he's gone is just devastating. such an iconic, important artist. the world is worse without him

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