I'm not a child and I'm not on whatever the fuck Japan is so I'm not uncomfortably obsessed with children

Anno cooked with this one. All Zaku's are Bastards

Usual caveat that corporations aren't our friends, including Bandai Namco (Interpret This Bandai Executives), Joyce's quote from Disco Elysium, etc. But I had the chance to see the preview movie in theatres and this show has got to be my most anticipated anime of the year so far.

Link includes many angry chuds

Now Frieren has been finally been confirmed as good

Gundam. It's about Gundam.

Illiterate anime chuds: anime can never be political!!!!!

Eiichiro Oda: HRT devil fruit go brrrrrrrrr!

Another season, more slop to ignore and a couple of shows to watch.

Manga:

Shibuya Near Family continues being good - it's the only ongoing manga I look forward to and seek out. Koji Kumeta's found his style a long time ago: social commentary + a hint of absurdism. Be it 1999 or 2025, it works well. A

Ariadne in the Blue Sky by Norihiro Yagi (known for Angel Densetsu & Claymore) is a real throwback in storytelling style. An old school fantasy adventure with sci-fi elements that does not care for RPG elements, immediate worldbuilding dumps or isekais. However, it is not as interesting as Claymore and definitely not as amusing as Angel Densetsu. Thus far at least. B- so far

I've also been reading the Evangelion manga and the fun but very slow to update Lies of the Sheriff Evans: Dead or Love - both good.

Anime:

The Twelve Kingdoms and Vision of Escaflowne are two shows that are very similar to each other in the beginning of the show, and I'm too early into them to judge, so I'll leave it at "I like them"

Tokimeki Tonight is a 80s shojo romcom with vampires that doesn't take itself too seriously and has delightful stylized backgrounds. I've only just started it, but it's fun so far.

Ranma 1/2, the 80s version. Having read some of the manga in the past, but dropping it because I lost track of what chapter I was on, the show is just as fun as I remember it being - and features the legendary VA Megumi Hayashibara. A

Dragon Ball Z - If I had 1 € for every legendary 150+ episode show from the Spring 1989 season I'm watching, and is actually holding up to the reputation it has... I'd have 2 €. A- (because it hasn't reached the peak of the original Dragon Ball imo... yet)

Katte ni Kaizou - Re-watched this adaptation of Koji Kumeta's early 2000s manga, and actually read what is available of it. It's fun... definitely a Shaft Adaptation for good and bad, and it's interesting to see the transition from the haha penis humor of the early part of the manga, into the more SZS style stuff later on. Shame it's a fairly short OVA for such a long and quality work, to the point where I feel like it kinda misrepresents the manga somewhat. B+

Western Animation:

Gravity Falls: I just started this, and is it just me, or does this show remind anyone of Spongebob in its humor? Either way, I like it so far.

The world's most notorious "talker" runs the world's greatest clan

Should've known from the light novel ass title

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

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 7 through 12 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 The Little Prince (2015), an English-language CGI feature from France and Canada based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s extremely popular 1943 children’s book of the same name. about a little girl resigned to succeeding within the confines of the artless, rational, data-driven rat-race of bourgeois life. Enter her neighbor, an aviator, who tells her a story about the eponymous prince, who opens up a whole new galaxy of possibility with his exploits on Earth and beyond. Maybe life doesn’t have to suck. I guess we’ll find out. Director is Mark Osborne, one of the guys behind Kung Fu Panda (2008); this is his best-reviewed work to date.

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/
• The Little Prince: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-little-prince-2015/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/768593
• The Little Prince: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15075

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 The Little Prince:

• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Snakes.
• Death of child.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Hospital scene.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Car crash.
• Plane crash.

Links to movies:

• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 7: https://tankie.tube/w/rqKgsYDgUF3M24HeeMaLZy
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 8: https://tankie.tube/w/guz6xTKxjaHMbz12R5PcFd
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 9: https://tankie.tube/w/chVRBxQDaFs4SuE3MzwuFp
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 10: https://tankie.tube/w/ku1LwChhSAemT2wQjFLYFu
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 11: https://tankie.tube/w/4X7XPicjGnUkEQuqb5F4JH
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean ep. 12: https://tankie.tube/w/tr3o2BY3z4k2CherXn3gvt
• The Little Prince: https://tankie.tube/w/ivSHKbquw2MtwDUsfFmDfC

Loki stabbed and left for dead? Nurse Luffy is on the case!

What did you think of this week's chapter?

One Piece will be on break next week

This has the same director and creator as Bebop + Carole & Tuesday, it's also very obviously using the same style as Bebop to market it. https://myanimelist.net/anime/56038/Lazarus

If it's not set in the same universe and isn't intended to be a continuation of Cowboy Bebop I'll be surprised.

Bebop art for reference:

Thats dedication to an april fools joke.

What the fuck

Overall loved the show but had some mixed feelings about the final season.

Didn't really like Roberta just becoming a total feral animistic killer. Outside of the problematic aspects (also CW this anime has a lot of problematic and not-aged-well stuff in it) of that it felt a little out of character for her, wasn't her whole thing she was a super precise assassin who was trying to live a peaceful life, not like, a science experiment gone wrong? Also found it weird how a show that previously seemed somewhat sympathetic to radical leftists and skeptical of US imperialism suddenly presents a NSA black ops team in a wholesome light, especially right after they murdered a bunch of people for the crime of being DemSocs in Latam.

Also felt like there was some forced character development, I think they should have had another season. Rock going all Machiavellian made sense but didn't feel earned. Revy getting called out for having this secret fantasy of a normal life also made sense but again didn't feel like they did enough to allude to that in the previous episodes. Also they really should have spent more time with Dutch, I loved Dutch, probably one of the best black characters in anime ever but it felt like he got way less screen time than his character deserved.

Haven't read the manga so maybe it's better in some regards. Overall though still one of my faves now, like how much it embraces being over the top while also feeling a bit grounded in reality.