Wow, what an episode.

That's it thats the post

It's Falfa and Shalsha's birthday today, truly an occasion worth celebrating

Incidentally the next episode of Slime 300 season 2 is releasing today pog, I haven't been watching it though

https://anilist.co/anime/112608/Ive-Been-Killing-Slimes-for-300-Years-and-Maxed-Out-My-Level/

https://anilist.co/anime/143337/Ive-Been-Killing-Slimes-For-300-Years-And-Maxed-Out-My-Level-Season-2/

Pic related Baron Zeppeli is absolutely a dandy boy.

So I started it with Phantom Blood (rip Danny you were too good for this world lil' pupo) and the entire thing just feels so blatantly queer coded. From the vogue poses MID FIGHT to the insanely buff Johnathan Joestar wrastlin' with the insanely buff Dio Brando. And THE FASHION, it takes place in the late 1800's and yet Jojo is rocking some fabulous outfits.

I love it so far btw it's fantastic and I'm looking forward to Stardust Crusaders and Golden Wind which I know are fan favorites.

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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 1 through 6. 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 Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age (2011), one of over 40 Doraemon theatrical features, and, according to many people, the best one of them all. Elementary-school student Nobita and his robotic-plushie buddy, Doraemon, find the pieces of a giant mecha and assemble them into a super-robot. Uh-oh, turns out it’s a doomsday weapon sent by an army of evil mechanical aliens who are coming to conquer Earth. Great reviews for this one, so let’s check it out. We have never watched anything Doraemon-related, and the series’ continuity is minimal, so we can just jump in here. Director Yukiyo Teramoto also worked on Monster (2003) and a bunch of other Doraemon movies.

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

https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: https://letterboxd.com/film/nadia-the-secret-of-blue-water/
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age: https://letterboxd.com/film/doraemon-nobita-and-the-new-steel-troops-winged-angels/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096591/parentalguide/
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1851909/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 Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age:

• Nudity.
• Explosions.
• Child endangerment.
• Gun violence.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Death of animal.
• Destruction of city.

Links to movies:

• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 1: https://tankie.tube/w/8rMxZRBYXXS5kpfqKvkQfy
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 2: https://tankie.tube/w/m5RggEnumdtdFE6pPEk9HX
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 3: https://tankie.tube/w/h6QQwszH5XtDEJagk56dD4
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 4: https://tankie.tube/w/x1wx9jFrWym9f1BMo3cQSD
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 5: https://tankie.tube/w/1btHJJ5ni1pHiprbrnJvCU
• Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ep. 6: https://tankie.tube/w/dvqRn5hKs1ajoRZ8mmSRmE
• Doraemon: Nobita and the Steel Troops: The New Age: https://tankie.tube/w/f2jswBqz9JcE4G4hzRoAcF

Major manga scanlation site MangaDex has been hit with a large-scale series of DMCA takedown notices from companies enforcing their copyrights, resulting in an estimated 700+ series removed in select languages. These companies have also filed DMCA takedowns with Google to reduce visibility. This is available publicly and, in just the last two days, includes Kakao, Naver, Lezhin, Suiseisha, Kodansha, Houbunsha, WEBTOON, One Peace Books, Toomics, NTT Solmare, Square Enix, Ridi Corp.’s Manta, Alphapolis, Shinchosha, Toyou’s Dream, Shogakukan, WWWave Corporation, Mag Garden, and Bunkasha.

You can check out the list of titles removed in select languages as it updates (via Reddit). Notable titles include My Dress-Up Darling, Oshi no Ko, The Quintessential Quintuplets, The Apothecary Diaries (both versions), Black Lagoon, Bleach, Blue Box, Dragon Ball, Golden Kamuy, Heavenly Delusion, Solo Leveling, Tensura, and The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity. The above titles are all licensed and readily accessible in some languages, including English. Many have reported that unlicensed titles are also part of the takedowns.

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The episode title references "The Plot to Assassinate Girhen", a spin-off manga series for the OG Gundam, which in turn is a reference to the movie "The Plot to Assassinate Hitler".

No robot fight, and most of it was exposition and table setting, but this is the good kind of exposition and table setting cos I can't wait till next episode to see how everything comes together for the climax. Last week I complained about too much teen angst and not enough politics, but this week I'm practically drowning in it. I'm not even mad that Kycillia's cameo wasn't even 2 seconds lol. Two whole Zeon factions (Kycillia and Gihren), Side 6 itself and the motherfucking TITANS?!?

I didn't expect them to show up at all- repurposed in this timeline as the Space CIA (the official description on the show's website for Bask Om is that he is "Preparing to create a Far-right Special Forces unit" lmao). I am a bit worried if all the super deep-cuts to Gundam lore is alienating new viewers (Gates Capa? Really?), but so far it's relatively self-evident in-context and I think everything going on with the main trio + Challia is compelling enough (Goddam Mr. Bull certainly knows how to make an entrance).

Speaking of the main trio- I'm really happy with how they decided to handle Machu + Nyaan. Machu screaming "That's my space!" is probably the rawest, most realistic thing a teenager could say there, and I'm glad they didn't drag out the interpersonal conflict beyond this episode, because while they might not be overly interested in politics, politics has certainly taken an interest in them.

we Eva now

Sidenote: there are college entrance exam books alongside immigration procedure manuals on Nyaan's bookshelf in her apartment, so we probably know her motivation now (thank you Japanese speaking fans for pointing that out)

Next week: In Universe in the OG Gundam timeline, the Second Neo-Zeon War (the events of Char's Counterattack) is also known as Char's Rebellion.

a friend of mine did some most likely dirty deeds and he found this.

he just covered himself in a flag and came back after 3 minutes, claiming to come from a different universe.

i think dio and enyaba was planned to return, but with covid 19 as was the style at the time, might have to ask my funny man for more

out of character time: this was found before jojoland was released please enjoy