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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, we’re continuing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006), the smash-hit anime about the wacky adventures of an eccentric, exuberant schoolgirl and her not-quite-as-boisterous friends. Episodes 7 through 12 tonight.

After that is Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2024), a Spanish animated feature about an anthropomorphic mouse and a rabbit who decide to escape together from their ecologically-devastated, dystopian island in search of a new home. Drama ensues as the fascistic police chase them, and the titular eponymous Birdboy resorts to drug use to tame his escalating mental distress. Director Alberto Vazquez is otherwise best-known for his similar-themed feature Unicorn Wars (2022), which we have not yet watched.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya/
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children: https://letterboxd.com/film/birdboy-the-forgotten-children/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21437
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/19879

CWs for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya:

  • Slapstick violence.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Unstable reality.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
  • Child abuse.
  • Bugs.
  • Ghosts.
  • Blood and gore.

CWs for Birdboy: The Forgotten Children:

  • Child abuse.
  • Drug use.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Death of animal.
  • Animal abuse.
  • Animal corpses.
  • Spiders.
  • Someone is buried alive.
  • Amputation.
  • Death of child.
  • Death of parent.
  • Destruction of child’s toy.
  • Jump scares.
  • Shower scene.
  • Possession.
  • Sad ending.
  • Drowning.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Nuclear explosion.
  • Gun violence.

Links to movies:

  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 7: https://tankie.tube/w/7azo22Pe96z3vRo5pGzA3Y
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 8: https://tankie.tube/w/dPuSZS46vkUgogMDV9GXzn
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 9: https://tankie.tube/w/3HH5KyfLPqELZKNwkMf5aa
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 10: https://tankie.tube/w/aDjvtLA7s7uPtN5pR3SpT6
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 11: https://tankie.tube/w/9XgXAFqmaXbaiDnVrfPZfr
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 12: https://tankie.tube/w/21E8Hzx8VfKbk9dqgtCrGE
  • Birdboy: The Forgotten Children: https://tankie.tube/w/sNcDkjUTJgujQw6NxEvwDp