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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 25 through 28 tonight.

After that is The Peasants (2023), a Polish animated feature directed by British duo Hugh and DK Welchman, who are best-known for Van Gogh biopic Loving Vincent (2017), which we previously watched. A girl in 19th-century Poland is forced to marry a much older, richer kulak. Surprise, surprise, he sucks, and so do the villagers around her, who are jealous of her upward mobility. I’m sure this will all end happily. God Damn Poland: The Movie. The whole thing looks like a watercolor painting, and reviews are excellent, so let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 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/
• The Peasants: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-peasants-2023/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/21437
• The Peasants: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1069043

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 The Peasants:

• Sexual assault: there is a brief r*pe scene in which the protagonist’s breasts are visible.
• Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
• Child abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Abused person forgives their abuser.
• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Woman brutalized for spectacle.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Death of animal.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Sad animal.
• Bugs.
• Slapping of woman.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Choking.
• Asphyxiation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Torture.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Cheating.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Spitting.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Crying baby.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Age-gap marriage.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Terminal illness.
• Blood and gore.
• Sad and ending.

Links to movies:

• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 25: https://tankie.tube/w/fofDv2quj1KmYhMzSpSaaj
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 26: https://tankie.tube/w/tpNnsxQRb9iRKYBQ2VgYNK
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 27: https://tankie.tube/w/peem6r4u6Trm2tZbDtSwZN
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ep. 28: https://tankie.tube/w/auvyMiDjkSqCEGrWrYPjUx
• The Peasants: https://tankie.tube/w/dF8rpr7DAAofW7iZskJTvv