cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4765631

Will and Hesse talk about two films which deal with the psychological tolls women face in the entertainment industry: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948) and Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue (1997).

Not even being subtle

Also in the same scene they allude to a coming Zeon civil war (classic fascist infighting), which kinda adds higher stakes to Challia's quest to find the Red Comet.

Another banger episode, although we just speed ran a whole bunch of UC tropes all at once. Shiiko's a pretty good antagonist, and the stuff that happens in this episode is really going to push the main cast in interesting directions, so I'm all for what they're putting down even if it's a bit familiar- Tsurumaki was really channeling his inner Tomino in that (admittedly very cool) dogfight, right down to the comic panel cut-ins and dialogue.

(Also, something tells me that if they're in a rush to get through all this kind of story stuff early on, that they're planning some wild swings later, but that's just a hunch).

Remember,

The follow-up scenes are also funny

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9xwsWwhrauI

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=rklG6pcYNUI

The Feddies owe Gene a statue.

Here's what the in-show headline is supposed to be:

The leader of the colonial government was framed for selling weapons to the anti-colonial insurgency.

Here's another page they used for another article in the show:

The animators also wrote out that headline specifically in a future frame:

They were cooking with this one - it's fantastic.

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we’re returning to the much-beloved anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki’s legendary manga, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, with episodes 25 through 30 of the sixth part, Stone Ocean. This one stars a lady, but she still does the usual poses and fights a bunch of muscley guys in ever-more-convoluted ways.

Next is Faust (1994), a Czech live-action/animation hybrid featuring extensive stop-motion effects and puppetry, based on the famous legend of a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for earthly pleasures. Director is Jan Svankmajer, the guy behind the similar Alice (1988), which we previously watched. Great reviews for this one, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

https://blorp.zapto.org/ /o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: https://letterboxd.com/film/jojos-bizarre-adventure-stone-ocean/
• Faust: https://letterboxd.com/film/faust/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/768593
• Faust: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean:

• Death of dog.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal cruelty.
• Death of cat.
• Death of pet.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Sexual assault: a creepy man gropes a teenage girl’s breasts.
• Implied pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Self-harm.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Genital trauma.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Cheating.
• Ghosts.
• Shower scene.
• Possession.
• Trypophobia.
• Vomiting.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Audio gore.
• Hospital scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Misophonia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Crying baby.
• Ableism.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• References to sex.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Faust:

• Demons.
• Unstable reality.
• Panic attacks.
• Slapstick violence.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Broken fourth wall.

Links to movies:

• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 25: https://tankie.tube/w/4VcBf5XPEmk6JDvcndosLF
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 26: https://tankie.tube/w/wB1NsCWgEu8ob1c2ZbC56s
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 27: https://tankie.tube/w/4QRa6XeCdKdQNRJpKLnaLS
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 28: https://tankie.tube/w/sRw4ygaoRRaPc9Q1Rag7Np
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 29: https://tankie.tube/w/juw2nX9eR1wK4Jna43WhnM
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 30: https://tankie.tube/w/2abwzYMRd8FMnxV3y9rmoB
• Faust: https://tankie.tube/w/anWmCBQ741r3Z9Cr8Dvib1

I went in completely blind and was completely blown away. The quality is just too good for a TV Series.

The 3D Animation is pretty similar to Spiderverse although not as polished. But it looks really good and where the show really shines is the perfect 3D->2D switch. The 2D Animation is very good and constantly changes between different artstyles as well which is just so peak.

And the soundtrack is handled by Hiroyuki Sawano which is as goated as every other Sawano soundtrack.

The story structure is not exactly as good though since it's supposed to have individual stories of 10? heroes instead of focusing on one character. So more like late One Punch Man. But the current arc for Nice has been pretty good so far and I'm excited about the next episode.

This anime has basically replaced Solo Leveling as the mindless yet excellent quality hype anime.

And yeah, this is from China which is great to see. The potential of future Chinese Donghua industry is insane.

Brook says no to toxic fans

What did you think of this week's chapter?

One Piece is on break next week? Not sure tbh

So the explanation for the silly title is revealed in this episode: it's a programming placeholder. This is totally incidental world-building and not important foreshadowing at all.

Here's Shuji, the last main character to show up, and because he's a blue haired Newtype he gets to be the neurodivergent coded one. I'm half expecting a highly problematic polycule that may or may not involve the Newtype Space Ghost of Char Aznable to form, but also that's been done before so...

The term M.A.V. is brand new vernacular for Gundam, essentially meaning wingman as explained in the episode (although they don't tell us what the acronym is lol)- it's a pun of マブダチ mabu-dachi, which means BFF. I don't think I need to point out all the homoeroticism going on here.

I generally don't like 3d animated mecha, but man seeing that dogfight in the cinema was truly something.

Probably what I'm most excited about with the story, is that essentially the Space Nazi's won Space WW2 in this universe... and the result is militarized police, unscheduled aircraft carrier visits and back channel diplomacy heavily weighed in the hegemonic party's favour. That the Nazi's winning would result in something essentially indistinguishable from American Imperialism- that's a pretty cool statement to make.

Also 2v2 live streaming Giant Robot Death Battle

Episode 3 concludes the rest of the footage from the movie, so from here on out it'll be all new! Excited to watch the rest with everyone!

Image description: Fuze with horrified expression on his face. Rimuru with a pleasant smile on his face.