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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (2007), a Gainax series about a dystopian future in which evil nobles have forced the masses underground with the help of giant superpowered robots. A couple of underground laborers manage to escape to the surface and quickly begin fighting against the evil machines oppressing humanity. Expect the usual anime antics from there, with characters shooting beams and glowing to solve the plot and such. Episodes 7 through 12 tonight.

After that is Invention for Destruction (1958), AKA The Fabulous World of Jules Verne. It is a live-action/animation hybrid about a steampunk world in which a professor is kidnapped and forced to develop a destructive super-weapon on behalf of a megalomaniac. He meets a young man and woman, also kidnapped by the villain, and they join together to stop the madman’s plans. The production design is the most notable aspect of the film, using and simulating many techniques from early silent films, such as A Trip to the Moon (1902), along with including quite a bit of animation. Director Karel Zeman also did the similarly-styled The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962), which we previously watched. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

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

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CWs for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann:

  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Sexualization of minor.
  • Child abuse.
  • Animal corpses.
  • Deaths of animals.
  • Cruelty to animals.
  • Tooth damage.
  • Cutting of flesh.
  • Death of child.
  • Death of parent.
  • Shower scene.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Anxiety attacks.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Sex.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.
  • Explosions.
  • Stabbing.

CWs for Invention for Destruction:

  • Slapstick violence.
  • Explosions.
  • Surrealism.
  • Cruelty to animals.
  • Natural bodies of water.

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