Taru’s unleashed! What does that mean for Kat and the rest of the town? Probably not something very good!
On saturday I went over to a friend’s place and rewatched 1001 Nights and Nasu, which was a lot of fun. 1001 Nights is probably the “most entertaining” film of the Animerama trilogy, with Cleopatra being a mess and Belladonna of Sadness being a beautiful but also hard film. All three are still worth checking out, but if you only ever see one check out 1001 Nights. Also watch it with the old 60s/70s dub as it gives this an additional charm. It’s great! Nasu was also a nice short film about bike racing that Justin Sevaki’s now owned Animeigo put out. Definitely check it out and throw some money his way to help keep Animeigo going and put out anime that even Discotek won’t even touch!
I also watched Zenshu. And by watched I mean I watched the entire show in two days. Director gets isekaid to the world of her favorite anime from when she was a kid. My first impression of the show wasn’t great as I saw the comparison shots of the God Warrior scene from Nausicaa and the one Zenshu does. For one, it’s fucking Hideaki Anno you’re trying to reference so that’s a tall order to outdo it. Character reactions to the nuclear like explosion was a fraction of what the reactions were in Zenshu.
But as I kept watching it I fell in love with the show. It’s great. I liked the twists it showed and the passion for anime as a whole shone brightly all throughout. I will say that the “anime” within the anime sounds like a pretty shit movie, but the story acknowledges it was a poorly reviewed movie that bombed. Which, fine? I guess? Feels like a scapegoat so you can shove in whatever shit you want and not have to worry about your fake movie doesn’t make sense as a movie.
I recommend it. Check it out.
Also Welcome To Japan, Ms. Elf is pretty great. A very nice, wholesome, easy going show that was just what I needed at the moment. Watched it all in a few nights before bed. Great show to wind down to.
Anyway about to go watch Vampire Hunter D in theaters, so I’ll catch y’all later!
