For this Saturday Anime Night, first up is Go Panda Go! (1972), directed by future Ghibli alumnus Isao Takahata and written and storyboarded by the legend himself, Hayao Miyazaki. It is proto-My Neighbor Totoro: a girl meets a silly magical panda and they have some silly adventures. After that is Cat Soup (2001), a highly-acclaimed short film about a cat who ventures into the netherwold to rescue his sister. It is the only well-known work of its director, Tatsuo Sato. The third and last anime for the night is Ride Your Wave (2019), a teen romance from renowned auteur Masaaki Yuasa (Night Is Short Walk On Girl, Lu Over the Wall, Inu-Oh). Everyone liked the other Yuasa films we watched, so let’s do another.

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

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Panda Go Panda!: https://letterboxd.com/film/panda-go-panda-1972/
• Cat Soup: https://letterboxd.com/film/cat-soup/
• Ride Your Wave: https://letterboxd.com/film/ride-your-wave/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Go Panda Go!: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10813
• Cat Soup: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15783
• Ride Your Wave: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/2080

CWs for Go Panda Go!:

• Death of dog.
• Yes, that is literally the only thing listed.

CWs for Cat Soup:

• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Death of cat.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Cannibalism.
• Eye mutilation.
• Torture.
• Amputation.
• Death of child.
• Death of parent.
• Possession.
• Vomiting.
• Needles.
• Misophonia.
• Death of pregnant character.
• Sad ending.
• Drowning.
• Blood and gore.

CWs for Ride Your Wave:

• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Drowning.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Bath scene.
• Nudity.
• Ghosts.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sad ending.
• Honking horns.

Links to movies:

• Panda Go Panda!: https://vimeo.com/867504017
• Cat Soup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiKJSdasLPc
• Ride Your Wave: https://vimeo.com/867505648