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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition (2012/2022), the second animated adaptation of Kentaro Miura’s 1989 manga of the same name. It was first released as a trilogy of movies in 2012/13, and then slightly expanded and aired as a TV series in 2022; the latter version is what we will watch. A muscle-bound, sword-wielding he-man named Guts joins a rag-tag band of mercenaries and roams a lawless fantasy land filled with bad guys and monsters, stabbing things and lobbing off heads every step of the way. It is pretty much Conan the Barbarian meets Fist of the North Star. This version covers most of the same ground, but in fewer episodes, as the 1997 series; however, it resolves the cliffhanger on which the first series ends. It is not as highly-regarded as the 1997 series, but is still generally considered good. Episodes 1 through 6 tonight.
After that is Josep (2022), a French animated feature about the Spanish Civil War, following the plight of Catalan artist Josep Bartoli, a Republican refugee held in a concentration camp in France following his flight from Franco’s fascist rule. He endures brutal conditions there, but forms a friendship of sorts with one of the French guards, who reminisces on the saga many years later as he lays dying. Excellent reviews for this, so let’s give it a shot. This is the only feature-film credit to date of French artist/director Aurel.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:
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Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition: https://letterboxd.com/film/berserk-the-golden-age-arc-memorial-edition/
- Josep: https://letterboxd.com/film/josep/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
CWs for Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition:
- Death of dog.
- Animal abandonment.
- Smoke.
- Child abandonment.
- Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
- Child abuse.
- Woman brutalized for spectacle.
- Domestic violence.
- Abusive parents.
- Gaslighting.
- Abused becomes the abuser.
- Stalking.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Cruelty to animals.
- Death of cat.
- Death of pet.
- Animal corpses.
- Death of horse.
- Sad animal.
- Spiders.
- Bugs.
- Snakes.
- Sexual assault.
- Discussion of sexual assault.
- Implied pedophilia.
- Someone is drugged.
- Someone is physically restrained.
- Slapping of woman.
- Bullying.
- Someone’s mouth is covered.
- Eye mutilation.
- Blood and gore.
- Torture.
- Body horror.
- Finger mutilation.
- Squashed head.
- Tooth damage.
- Someone is burned alive.
- Decapitation.
- Hanging.
- Throat mutilation.
- Cannibalism.
- Cutting of flesh.
- Death by crushing.
- Amputation.
- Asphyxiation.
- Achilles tendon injury.
- Broken bones.
- Hand damage.
- Choking.
- Dislocations.
- Someone falls down stairs.
- Death by falling.
- Genital trauma.
- Someone struggles to breathe.
- Unconsciousness.
- Stabbing.
- Sexualization of minor.
- Death of child.
- Kidnapping.
- Suicide.
- Death of parent.
- Trypophobia.
- Possession.
- Shower scene.
- Ghosts.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Vomiting.
- Audio gore.
- Someone is eaten alive.
- Spitting.
- Prison scene.
- Menstruation.
- Suicide attempt.
- Self-harm.
- Suicidal ideation.
- PTSD.
- Unstable reality.
- Body dysmorphia.
- Dissociation.
- Body dysphoria.
- Meltdown.
- Anxiety attacks.
- Claustrophobia.
- Violent mentally-ill person.
- Flashing lights.
- Screaming.
- Profanity.
- Jump scares.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
- Miscarriage.
- Death of pregnant person.
- Childbirth.
- Abortions.
- Babies.
- Fat jokes.
- Ableism.
- Death of LGBT person.
- Hate speech.
- Age-gap romance.
- Discussion of religion.
- Hell.
- Bestiality.
- Incest.
- Sex.
- Nudity.
- BDSM.
- Loss of virginity.
- Objectification of female characters.
- Male character ridiculed for crying.
- Discussion of existentialism.
- Homelessness.
- Gun violence.
- Drowning.
- Carnism.
- Sad ending.
CWs for Josep:
- Death of dog.
- Cruelty to animals.
- Death of pet.
- Implied sexual assault.
- Prostitution.
- Nudity.
- Smoking.
- Fascism.
- Prison scenes.
Links to movies:
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 1: https://tankie.tube/w/mm1rGJszqVAqSw1ZHS3fjv
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 2: https://tankie.tube/w/k8Y9QuRTK2PCE54PiMurEi
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 3: https://tankie.tube/w/dFLWcQkZ2ad33xtLqko5Uw
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 4: https://tankie.tube/w/co7wKVwLABYSuAmwjVei9X
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 5: https://tankie.tube/w/hsBS2VURz8MTLdcLTM8XjW
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc: Memorial Edition ep. 6: https://tankie.tube/w/rPJQc45TtBDHuds94F2dCY
- Josep: https://tankie.tube/w/rPkUcKxTKS9PNHbXAfzAYB