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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 169 through 174 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Sailor Stars arc, which features a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors.

After that is Mind Game (2004), widely considered the magnum opus of renowned auteur Masaki Yuasa. This is the only one of his features that we have yet to watch, so let’s cross it off the list, finally. A loser pines after his childhood girlfriend, and is then killed by the yakuza; to get back to Earth, he must journey through heaven, hell, and back. A whole bunch of weird yet stylish stuff happens from there. This is one of the best-reviewed anime films of all time, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
  • Mind Game: https://letterboxd.com/film/mind-game/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
  • Mind Game: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39515

CWs for Sailor Moon:

  • 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 Mind Game:

  • A skeevy sexual assault scene about 16 minutes in; a man climbs on top of a woman and tears her clothes, and is then foiled. For added yikes factor, the scene is blocked as a POV shot, i.e., from the assaulter’s perspective. This scene is why I felt cagey about showing this film until now, despite frequent requests, but eh, enough people want to watch, and I’ll put a CW in chat before it happens.
  • Alcohol abuse.
  • Carnism.
  • Deaths of animals.
  • Bugs.
  • Squashed head.
  • Broken bones.
  • Cheating.
  • Shower scene.
  • Someone soils themselves.
  • Audio gore.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Homophobic slurs.
  • Sex.
  • Car crash.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.

Links to movies:

  • Sailor Moon episode 169: https://tankie.tube/w/7fivfVranAYutMdiqBmxLU
  • Sailor Moon episode 170: https://tankie.tube/w/tMw2WEKrTufD7DSJeVaApi
  • Sailor Moon episode 171: https://tankie.tube/w/1onKghrW3WuTeyh2Gt74r3
  • Sailor Moon episode 172: https://tankie.tube/w/tFtp8UpQVnxHpg93NVweMd
  • Sailor Moon episode 173: https://tankie.tube/w/gf2XHCUBtytFbAZ9En18L6
  • Sailor Moon episode 174: https://tankie.tube/w/qp1qroaCJFHh3r3rsqaUni
  • Mind Game: https://tankie.tube/w/rP8RDNVuZqkzPjf25Go7Dr