• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

You can check those posts for discussions and glosses of other anime, which might help you decipher these. Like the previous four parts, the plot descriptions here are based on those from Anilist, so consider using that site for reference. You can also use things like title structure, character names, and occasional numerals to help you figure things out, or you can ask me for hints like the meanings of individual words, the year or genre, and I may or may not provide.

When you make a guess, please spoiler your answer. If you're right, I will reply with the Evangelion congratulations emoji and provide glosses. I can't guarantee that every translation is perfect, because despite inventing this language, it is still not my first language. C'est la vie.

Because we still have a few unsolved anime from previous posts, I will include them in this post with glosses of the words I've already revealed (or feel like I can say I've revealed).

Unsolved from previous posts

A few hints

With that out of the way, here are the three new titles for this quiz, but please do try to solve some of the old unsolved titles, too.

1: Irimǒ-Svepuya

"Ariḱiv krayski fat́iv krayski suliv krayski."

Rinet́i guni čay, kot́i kruňta čay, sint́i oget́e čay, nasint́i tvarspiney čay bonxuliv spinski ňa yeluliv yežetev zine. Yespinziniv I. Ć**é, yemeňkevše N***ye, u yerinivše M*ǒ, M***ŕe, u A*é ňa yaroykeýav dumaška "Irimǒ-Svepuya" sinódmožet́ey e.

2: YeDimtő

Y. Y**ǒ ňa dent́ev snaske, so šo sint́e na de bǒrey u zeňa he, yemenevše kruňet́e še na sule, šo hože kruňet́ev bőśke. To yazbav yaLana he yedǒv Une koto Jese čay sule k'yeruňeve kay? Nó, yǒynev Y**ǒ ňa yezureyni.

Na šo, fe he, nožev Y**ǒ kǒyt́i liňariḱev yerefare, va moḱudet́e virdev kaye denj́eske yǒynevše, va uńe ogev vurede lo može kot́e yakanxusav buha-šo-moževe-yont́i. Desokoćke, yeliňariḱev so M**ǒ iḿej́eske ňa sokruňeynev Y**ǒ, no še u dumpúne, šo moḱa u moḱa laxoyt́i Y**ǒ čay sule ňa irićke, u dot́ot́iv kaí me yeruňev Y**ǒ... no... kanxeyv buhey-šo-moževe-yont́i?

3: Hay Kya so yaLanavfa Braška

Yaspinavfa ňa vure tot́ev neňe yǒyne čay S. K****á társulet́a. Na fe, šo K****á bvira ran kede, dev desokoćke, šo yesulevfe nay edreske. Nó, yekulev ras̋ulećke na yáma va K****á korobet́e možev moḱzine na lana kum o dum tosuŕoya; so šo, "áyt́ey žo, yevat́e bone o virdav púnska" čay korobet́e dum ubone! Nay može, šo fe : korobev zure, kay?

...No K****á ňa kot́a yalanav dara ran ogev kaye, yavureyvša ňa haycuíniskey, so šo "yǒbonavša" ňa ran kedev kaye — na fe, šo K****á tosulet́a yekule, A**é, de. Ńev 2 kǒyt́i yaDimdayǒv zura čay, so šo xi he ziniv pekyercki čay može kum?! Kože, šo yezbev yemoževńe vurede ňa kiḱe, nay óre. Xi fe he, yelehostevńe xayt́iv ani!

I loved the art style a lot. Animation was great too.

The text is from the Esperanto Wikipedia article for underwear, describing how pantylines are a "known problem" of that type of underwear. The character is Konata Izumi from Lucky Star.

Esperanto konata is of course wholly unrelated to the name of Konata, and is instead just a regular present passive participle of koni, "to know". But it's still a mildly amusing coincidence, right?

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we are beginning the classic Gainax series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990), covering episodes 31 through 36. Join a rag-tag group of unlikely heroes on a steampunk adventure to find and save the lost city of Atlantis from an diabolical organization determined to rule the world. Stargate (1994) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) pretty much ripped this series off. Oh yeah, and did I mention that Hayao Miyazaki wrote it, and Hideaki Anno was involved, too?

After that is Wrinkles (2011), a Spanish dramedy centering on an old man in a nursing home who try to prevent the new resident, another guy in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, from being transferred to the dreaded “lost causes” floor. Lucky that the protagonist is a retired con-artist who knows a few tricks of the trade. Dudes still rock, even when they’re old. Based on the Spanish comic book of the same name. This is the only feature-film to date of director Ignacio Ferrars; he is a one-hit wonder.

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

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: https://letterboxd.com/film/nadia-the-secret-of-blue-water/
• Wrinkles: https://letterboxd.com/film/wrinkles/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096591/parentalguide/
• Wrinkles: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1407052/parentalguide/

CWs for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water:

• Voyeurism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Nudity.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Bath scenes.
• Gun violence.
• Child abuse.
• Child endangerment.
• Explosions.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Electrocution.
• Rude gestures.
• Plane crash.
• Animal corpses.
• Suffocation.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Blood and gore.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for Wrinkles:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Dementia.
• Elder abuse.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Car crash.

Links to movies:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 31: https://tankie.tube/w/jqJ4N7BiqT2jdVFTK1Sm97
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 32: https://tankie.tube/w/fYfgoLLPc4teTXogXS1FaS
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 33: https://tankie.tube/w/2LwKRtS5ELV9TJGe3rLVCk
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 34: https://tankie.tube/w/figbheT5QSCCFKZetqtr2n
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 35: https://tankie.tube/w/9vCxBHeEm9dkncGZoWDyWC
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 36: https://tankie.tube/w/1Rt3fhNNyZkmnmG33aDmKr
• Wrinkles: https://tankie.tube/w/uy2jZske99i6S5DBw2Dmez

I dont know toriyama, this "dragonball" doesnt sound like it has much potencial

We never question if the child just had bad vibes

What did you think of this week's chapter?

One Piece is on break next week

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5386053

I figure it's fine to crosspost this here since there's manga and anime here. I guess I could also crosspost this to movies, literature, comics, and maybe others, but that would maybe be a bit spammy?

Their translations include:

Manga:^[I cannot guarantee that each volume has been translated in full.]

• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch: Aqua → Sirena Melodio - Akvo (4/5 volumes)
• Hakuya no Nightingale → Najtingalo sub la noktomeza suno (1/1 volume)
• Urusei Yatsura → Ĝenaj Eksterteranoj (1/34 volumes)
• Ranma ½^[I'm guessing ½ is read as unu duono?] (1/38 volumes)
• Mirai no Football → Mirai, la estonteco de futbalo (1/1 volume)
• Sailor Moon → Maristo Luno (2/18 volumes)
• Fullmetal Alchemist → Ŝtala Alkemiisto (2/27 volumes)

Bande dessinée:

• Carland Cross (3/8^[Or maybe 3/7? I'm not sure.] volumes)

Other comics / graphic novels:

• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman → Koro-haltigisto (1/8 chapters)
• Espera Stelo^[This is an original comic by one of Esperaĵo's translators.] (2 chapters)

Live-action films:

• Mephisto (1981) → Mefisto
• Somewhere in Europe (1948) → En Eŭropo ie

Animated films:

• The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) → Sekreto de la tria planedo^[This is the only audiovisual production translated by Esperaĵo which they have not also dubbed. Yes, these people dubbed three movies and thirteen complete episodes of Scooby-Doo into Esperanto, and it sounds ridiculously professional. God bless the Internet and God bless Esperantujo.]
• Your Name (2016) → Via Nomo

Animated TV series:

• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated → Skubi-Du! Kompanio Mistero (13/52 eps)

Short stories:

• "The Vampyre" (1819) → "La vampiro"
• "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924) → "La plej danĝera ludo"

Audiobooks:^[The audiobooks are based on older translations, not Esperaĵo's own.]

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland → La aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando
• Fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen → Fabeloj de Andersen

Credit to shen of shen comix who made this.

People are going to be divided on this gundam entry. To say it's rushed or that it's story beats are undeserved isn't wrong per se, but it isn't exactly right either- it's just paying off things from 40 years (and 100+ episodes) ago, just not things that are introduced or explained within this series. And that's a shame- with more episodes that could entirely have been avoided and this show made more self-contained, but from what I read so far in interviews I guess that wasn't the show Tsurumaki and Studio Khara had in mind when making it.

See, Tsurumaki is making a show that's almost entirely coasting on subtext and vibes, but unlike FLCL you need to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of a fictional history that rivals the complexity of the real world, and I'm not sure that works at all- when something surprising or unexpected happened in FLCL you, as the audience, just kinda rolled with it, whereas here you kinda need to place everything either in a (fictional) socio-economic political context, OR you need to parse what the characters represents based on their archetype established in a series of 40 year old Japanese cartoons. Because at the end of the day, going "oh, there's a metatextual reason why I've written my main character to just be yanked around by events beyond her ken or understanding" doesn't exactly change the fact that following your main character getting yanked around isn't exactly compelling storytelling in-and-of itself. And that level of metatextual-ness is why I'm having a hard time evaluating GQuuuuuuX- as the target audience a lot of this show works for me because I can follow the same storytelling shortcuts Tsurumaki is taking (at least on some level), but I keep wondering if absent that preexisting context I would feel the same. I suspect not.

(Although, if I do have one complaint it is that the ending is entirely too hetero for my liking. WHERE'S MY SLOPPY CHARxCHALLIA MAKE OUT SESH KHARA! YOU HAD ONE JOB!)

What I can say with certainty, is that this show is a fitting love-letter to the Universal Century and Tomino's work in general, and a way for a character whose legacy, whose "curse of Gundam" was to be eternally fridged for the character development of the two male leads, to finally regain her agency and her dignity.

And in that, I can say that I'm more than a little moved.

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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we will be setting Nadia aside, as I will be absent again, as yesterday. Things should be back to normal tomorrow. So, here’s a double-feature to make up for it, with two of the most popular and acclaimed anime films of all time, both from the master himself, Hayao Miyazaki: Princess Mononoke (1997) and Castle in the Sky (1986), neither of which have ever been shown the ‘tube. Mononoke has a bunch of nature gods and pretty scenery and evil goop threatening animals. Castle in the Sky has a bunch of flying machines and steampunk and air pirates and glowing crystals. The two halves of Miyazaki, both represented. Someone please queue up the movies when the time comes; the links are at the bottom of this post.

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

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Princess Mononoke: https://letterboxd.com/film/princess-mononoke/
• Castle in the Sky: https://letterboxd.com/film/castle-in-the-sky/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Princess Mononoke: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10948
• Castle in the Sky: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/30139

CWs for Princess Mononoke:

• Death of dog.
• Child abandonment.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Sad animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Blood and gore.
• Body horror.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Stabbing.
• Gun violence.
• Someone is held underwater.
• Hand damage.
• Decapitation.
• Death by crushing.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Suicide.
• Death of parent.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Demonic possession.
• Trypophobia.
• Someone is eaten alive.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Underwater scenes.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Screaming.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Hate speech.
• Discussion of religion.
• Demons.
• Terminal illness.
• Chronic illness.
• Homelessness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Drowning.

CWs for Castle in the Sky:

• Child abuse.
• Bugs.
• Grown men pursue an underage girl.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unconsciousness.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Death of non-human.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Incarceration.
• Misophonia.
• Claustrophobia.
• Car crash.
• Plane crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Princess Mononoke: https://tankie.tube/w/ro5gRTzhHWXNuVHdaqsunB
• Castle in the Sky: https://tankie.tube/w/enRYe5EhuKyXxL2UHr5rK5

DOUBLE FLASHBACK

What did you think of this week's chapter?

No break next week!