For this Saturday Anime Night, first up is Ghibli alumnus Isao Takahata’s Gauche the Cellist (1982), about a cello player who sucks at his job, and some talking animals that won’t leave him alone. Will he learn not to suck? I guess we’ll find out. After that is Summer Days with Coo (2007), concerning a boy who discovers a kappa and then tries to keep him as a pet. Think ET but with a kappa. Looks pretty cool, and reviews everywhere are great. The director is Keiichi Hara, who also did Colorful (2010), and the Crayon Shin-chan movie we watched.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Gauche the Cellist: https://letterboxd.com/film/gauche-the-cellist/
• Summer Days with Coo: https://letterboxd.com/film/summer-days-with-coo/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Gauche the Cellist: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/993099
• Summer Days with Coo: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11438

CWs for Gauche the Cellist:

• Cartoon violence.
• Animal abuse.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Drug use.
• Flashing lights.

CWs for Summer Days with Coo:

• Deaths of dog.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Dead animals.
• Bugs.
• Gaslighting.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Amputation.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Suicide attempt.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Crying child.
• Kappa genitals.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Gauche the Cellist: https://vimeo.com/847607151
• Summer Days with Coo: https://vimeo.com/847603537