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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985), the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), and the series that made Gundam into a national phenomenon. Expect a whole lot of robots fighting each other and war melodrama resulting thereof, as a task force assigned to clean up the remnants of an evil empire turns evil itself. Still considered one of the best Gundam series of them all. Episodes 25 through 30 tonight.
After that is A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1959), a stop-motion adaptation of Shakespeare’s play of the same name, from renowned Czech animator Jiri Trnka; this is generally considered his magnum opus, and one of the best animated films from the Eastern Bloc. Behold as a trio of Athenian couples venture into the land of fairies, where the mischievous Puck distributes a love potion that causes all kinds of romantic entanglements. Everyone is a puppet animal in this version, and the effects look cool, so let’s check it out.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:
https://blorp.bot.nu/o/visual_cuisine
Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: https://letterboxd.com/film/mobile-suit-zeta-gundam/
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-midsummers-night-dream/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159186/parentalguide/
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
CWs for Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam:
- Sexual innuendos.
- Objectification of female characters.
- Explosions.
- Nudity.
- Death of child.
- Death of parents.
- Deaths by crushing.
- Blood and gore.
- Profanity.
- Smoking.
- Alcohol.
CWs for A Midsummer Night’s Dream:
- Surrealism.
- Unstable reality.
- Cheating.
- Kissing.
- Sad animal.
- Mind control.
Links to movies:
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 25: https://tankie.tube/w/cqou3TrPa3VYUZQf88ZmW7
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 26: https://tankie.tube/w/pdeUcz7GBxdg5bc4fZQjZz
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 27: https://tankie.tube/w/pfLZ5u3xZ8MPKFhMcMKzwX
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 28: https://tankie.tube/w/kz7CJ2N91ChTSWB6LjnT5T
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 29: https://tankie.tube/w/xuccfmEJ9ojBZD2tCkGrAk
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 30: https://tankie.tube/w/1A9iGkc5LRtXDVr2UABpCf
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream: https://tankie.tube/w/vJaJZNHg1gVGY2pKAdXzNb
