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[volleypearlfan]

Canadian Cartoons Are Great

Today, the popular cartoon YouTuber Saberspark uploaded a video talking about the infamous “fart episode” of the 2023 Total Drama series. The comments were filled with hatred and generalizations towards Canadian animation. These terrible comments are not the fault of Saberspark, but it is true that the “big users” in the cartoon community are (mostly) Americans who spread myths and stereotypes about Canadian cartoons. This has bothered me and a few others for quite a while, so here, I’m going to prove why Canadian animation is great, actually, and dispel common misconceptions

All Canadian cartoons are about fart jokes - if you say stuff like this, you clearly have never seen a Canadian cartoon outside of Total Drama and Johnny Test. That’s like if I said “all anime is naughty tentacles” or “all American cartoons are about anvils falling on your head.” And don’t act like your precious USA cartoons and anime are exempt from toilet humor. One example of an anime with toilet humor is Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt - their first episode was about a monster made out of shit. And we all know about the gross out cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy.

Canadian cartoons are cheaply mass-produced because of CanCon - No. What CanCon ACTUALLY states is that a certain percentage of content on a Canadian channel has to be Canadian-made. The policy is about supporting Canadian art, not “mass-producing” cartoons, since this applies to ALL Canadian TV and radio content, animated or otherwise.

Now, let me tell you some reasons why Canadian animation is actually great

Some of your childhood shows, such as Arthur, Franklin, and Little Bear are Canadian in origin.

Some of the most acclaimed cartoons within the cartoon community, such as Ed Edd n Eddy and MLP:FIM, were both animated in Canada and had voice actors from there (same talent pool, in fact - Vancouver)

Inspector Gadget and the Beetlejuice animated series helped keep good animation afloat during the 80s. In a decade full of uninspired and insipid cartoons, these were two of the highlights.

Canada is still a great place to outsource animation, as proven with the works of Nelvana, Mercury Filmworks, Jam Filled, and countless others.

If you grew up without cable, you probably watched PBS Kids and/or Qubo a lot. Guess what - lots of the shows on both of those channels were Canadian. For example: the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch: Timothy Goes to School, Seven Little Monsters, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse - these shows are all Canadian! Qubo was also home to Jane and the Dragon, Jacob Two Two, Babar, Spliced, etc - they’re all Canadian too.

Because Canada’s censors are far more lax compared to American ones, Canada has made huge strides in teen and adult animation. Such shows include Total Drama, 6teen, Detentionaire, Undergrads, Producing Parker, etc as well as the movie Heavy Metal.

Also because of the lax censors, Canadian cartoons had positive LGBTQ representation far before the United States did. One episode of 6teen has a character stating “I’m gay,” and in Braceface, the main character assists her gay friend in finding a boyfriend. Unsurprisingly, these episodes never aired in the US.

6teen also dealt with periods before Turning Red, Baymax, and Molly McGee did it (again, the episode was banned in the US).

Finally, here are a few Canadian cartoons I recommend, and where to watch them:

Cybersix (it was a Canadian and Japanese co-production). The whole thing is on TMS’ YouTube channel.

Redwall is on Pluto, and there are episodes of it on YouTube courtesy of Treehouse Direct

Toad Patrol (unfortunately you’re gonna have to resort to low quality YouTube uploads)

Silverwing - again, the complete series is on YouTube

Detentionaire- On Tubi and Pluto!

Ruby Gloom is a great show if you like cute gothic stuff; it too is on Tubi and Pluto

The Adventures of Sam and Max: Freelance Police - on Tubi

One of my favorites, The Raccoons. Basically the Canadian equivalent to The Simpsons, and with a banger ending song. The show’s production company has uploaded episodes of it for free on YouTube.

The original Clone High was animated by the legendary Nelvana (if you’re wondering, the new season is not outsourced to Canada 😔) It is on Paramount Plus and HBO Max

Undergrads - yet again on YouTube, in low quality unfortunately. Like Clone High, it was on MTV.

I also recommend watching some short films from the National Film Board of Canada. My personal favorite is the Log Driver’s Waltz.

Tl;dr - American cartoons are not bad because of Allen Gregory, anime is not bad because of Pupa, and Canadian cartoons are not bad because of Johnny Test or fart jokes.

[detectivejay]

Detective/Mystery Media List

Open to more recommendations if I’m missing any favorites I should check out, let me know! Particularly any other good Sherlock adaptations, but also interested in finding more female, PoC and/or queer-led detective media.

Watched/read/played/etc:

Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon)

Sherlock - Basil Rathbone adaptation film series

Sherlock - Granada, Jeremy Brett adaptation TV series (some episodes, need to rewatch) - shoutout to @thegreatandlovablespacedorito for reminding me to revisit this one

BBC Sherlock TV series

Sherlock - Robert Downey Jr movies

Enola Holmes (movies)

Moriarty the Patriot/Yuumori (manga and anime)

Ron Kamanohashi: Deranged Detective/Forbidden Deductions aka RKDD (anime, need to read the manga)

Hercule Poirot novels (not all but a large portion) - need to watch more of the TV show Spenser novels by Robert B Parker (not all but a large portion)

Auguste C Dupin - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (short story)

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (book)

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (book)

Case Closed / Detective Conan (anime, some episodes/seasons)

Knives Out movies

Psych TV series

Only Murders in the Building TV series

The Dresden Files books

Brookyln 99 TV series

House MD TV series

Monk TV series (watched some episodes)

Murder She Wrote (a few scattered episodes)

The Clue movie

Anita Blake book series (up to book 10)

Some Nancy Drew books

Ace Attorney video games (AA1-AA6 plus Investigations 1)

Professor Layton video games (not all but I believe at least the first 3)

Sherlock Hound

The Great Mouse Detective

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

Inspector Gadget cartoon

Scooby Doo cartoons

The Boxcar Children

Detective Pikachu movie

The Case Study of Vanitas (anime/manga)

The Millionaire Detective - Balance: Unlimited (anime) - @prapo237 got me into this one x3 so silly

Currently watching/reading/playing/etc:

Sherlock - Elementary TV series (on 2nd season)

Only Murders in the Building season 4 (TV series)

The Invisible Library novel series by Genevieve Cogman recommended by a friend IRL - up to book 6 currently, The Secret Chapter

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (video game duology, includes Herlock Sholmes)

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (video game)

Persona 5 (video game) recommended by friends on the JR Discord

Sherlock Holmes and Co - podcast (seen a lot of posts about this, but I’m terrible at following podcasts so TBD, going to try some suggestions from @wasabitheweirdo to help with this)

To watch/read/play/etc:

My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files manga suggested on the JR Discord

Detective L - Chinese Sherlock-inspired TV series on Youtube recommended by @meg-pond

Miss Sherlock - Japanese series also suggested by @meg-pond

Bodkin TV series on Netflix - Irish, female-led, recommended by @rubycountess

Columbo tv series

Murder on the Orient Express movie

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes film

Bonnie MacBird Sherlock Holmes books recommended by @romanathree

Soviet made Sherlock Holmes film recommended by @imlostatau on Youtube

Baskerville play by Ken Ludwig suggested by @wolfyraged

Without a Clue suggested by @helloliriels

Young Sherlock suggested by @helloliriels

Charlotte Holmes books by Sherry Thomas suggested by @lej418

Sherlock Holmes stories by Anthony Horowitz ("House Of Silk" and "Moriarty") recommended by @bringerofworlds

Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie

Any other Agatha Christie novels I haven’t read (Sad Cypress recommended by @romanathree )

AJ Raffles books by William Hornung recommended by @romanathree

Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix

Elemental Masters by Mercedes Lackey

Holmes, Marple and Poe by James Patterson - curious to see how this book treats these original characters inspired by the greats, the new characters are Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple (maybe related to Jane Marple?) and Auguste Poe (takes his first name from Poe’s detective, Auguste Dupin)

The rest of the Dupin stories

The rest of the Raymond Chandler books

More Arsene Lupin stories (including ones vs Herlock Sholmes)

Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout

Pet Shop of Horrors anime/manga recommended by @eden-falls

Otherside Picnic recommended by @eden-falls

Lonely Castle in the Mirror recommended by @eden-falls

Phryne Fisher's murder mysteries books and TV show recommended by @milenathebrave

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison, saw this one posted recently by @seeingteacupsindragons and I'm curious so added it to the list

Magnus Archives horror/thriller mystery podcast recommended by @writingandwritten

[biomic]

The worst kind of complaining about any deviation from the direct japanese imo is when they insist that by leaving stuff like monster or evil group names just romanized and not translated it's "giving the same experience as watching it in the original japanese" and. No??? The japanese kids watching these shows are gonna get what they mean, english viewers won't. Like I'm sure most people watching the official Carranger tl aren't aware the villain group name is a joke cuz it's just romanized

it's definitely a case-by-case basis thing for me. nearly EVERYTHING in toku (toei toku especially) has some form of wordplay going on, from the heroes, the villains, and all of their associated gadgets and gizmos. not a translator myself of course, but after seeing so many examples over the years, i think a translator has to weigh whether or not it's important for the viewer to understand the original naming scheme for that particular context

for example, imagination station translating every monster name in abaranger into an english equivalent (being a combination of three things, so yatsudenwani becomes telefatsidile = telephone + fatsi plant + crocodile) feels essential because it's one of the main aspects of the show's comedy, and without it you miss the gag every single episode. but hikari senshi subbing dairen-oh as "Great Unification Lord" feels like a bit of an overstep despite being technically correct, and left me more confused than it added context when i watched dairanger back in the day

carranger's a really good example too, because as soon as you read "Bykergang" you instantly pick up on the joke, the same way a lot of japanese speakers will instantly pick up on what "Bowzock" is supposed to play off of. i know when cina was watching carranger she switched from shout factory to the fansubs partway through and felt the comedy landed a lot better after the change, and that's vital for a show like carranger

[lexygabe]

tora aikawa / twisting tiger headcanons/rewriting/etc.

(march/11/1990)

pisces sun | virgo moon | aquarius rising

INFP - 9w8 - sx/so - 974 - ESI - RLUAI - EFVL - Melancholic-Phlegmatic

general headcanons:

• trans masc, he/him, gayace,

• nobody cares but his sexuality headcanons were made by me when i was mad at wattpad bitches infantalizing him and making him their uwu japanese anime boyfriend,

• also he is little gremlin man before anybody start treating him as omg so cute trans boy hahaha gay baby. nah, he will kick you directly in the balls (even if you don't have them) and he will do this with pleasure,

• as a kid he was creepypasta enjoyer (he tortured miko with them when he was trying to sleep),

• philosophy nerd, not only into "asian philosophy", but philosophy in general. marxism, stoicism, nihilism, epicureanism, etc. everything,

• he reads this big fucking books weighing tons and they are always the craziest shit ever like "the idiot" by fyodor dostoevsky,

• i think he is russian literature fan in general,

• i think he had something that we could describe as depressive episodes, but he was never diagnosed with it til adulthood. and to be honesg tiger himself thought that everyone have felt something like that from time to time,

• probably has light ptsd,

• his friendships with nakama players (besides his and miko bond) aren't that strong like they used to. this is "when both of you start to distancing from each other and you become strangers to each other" situation, (he misses them)

• he self expressing himself very often in form of his new tricks, but also in his writing (he has a lot of notebooks with multiple essays),

• loves cartoons,

• <energy drinks3,

• he has keyhole top surgery type of scars,

• he become strika member after his whole transition journey,

• when doc got his medical results he was a little bit confused bcs birth certificate said that tiger is afab, so he informed coach about it,

• some day after training coach took tiger aside and told him that if anybody's gonna have problem with his identity, he will talk to them and he also asked tiger if he was capable of informing him or doc about his problems/health,

• rasta was first to know, bcs he and tiger went out for a beer together once and tiger started pointing out on his chest and telling a whole story totally drunk. the next day rasta walked up to him and asked in friendly-jokingly way is it safe for him to remove his muscle breasts, to which tiger replied with laugh,

• besides rasta, coach and doc. shakes, klaus and probably whole reserve players bench know about him,

• y'all will eat me (for speaking the truth) but matador, joe and north don't know about the fact that he is trans. bcs north definitely says f/aggot at least once a day, el is this cis lgb+ stereotype in tigers eyes (even tho matador doesn't care about gender identity, if you are hot, then you are hot and you will have to deal with his interest in you) and joe may perceive tiger differently when he would come out (again, this is how tiger feels about him),

• he is very critical of the sigma male trend and whole "sigma" idea in general, he even done a research and watched and read american psycho and fight club (yeah ik this is so random),

• idealist. he is close with his feelings and morality, so he assumes very often that everyone controls their own emotions like him,

• he is both idealist and skeptic,

• texts >>>>>>> voice messages/video calls,

• had religion crisis,

• he develops his trust to people very slowly,

• has mulitple accounts on twitter and makes the best trolling posts out there,

• he has decent knowledge about politics,

• watches kdramas when bored,

• he was wearing brackets in the past,

• has a lot of collections (like gadgets from chips' wrappers, TALISMANS, jewelry, figurines), but he is not obsessed about them,

• has tattoos like this:

• DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHINGG FROM HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM. that's why he is so flexible.

throught the series (og tv show, rewriting):

• [—] is waiting to be completed.

relationship with:

• miko: ik a lot of you ships them, but they are platonic to me.

they are like brothers. sometimes they fight for dear life and the other time they send each other funny memes at 3 am. in my head, both of them didn't have a great family dynamic, so they stayed together late at night.

miko was more easy going, so he was always worried about tiger when something happened to him. they aren't ashamed to show their love to each other.

• inyo: when they were kiddos she truly loved him in the most sisterly way you can think of. both of them are very careful when it comes to developing relations so they become very important to each other. it hurt when they had no contact with each other for years and then they become super league enemies (they never even have a talk after this).

• rasta: tiger is welcomed in rasta's house and tiger is always open to do something for rasta in return. buddies.

• cool joe: its complicated. on the one hand they are good friends and joe considers tiger as one of the most normal mates in their team, but they still have that unresolved tension that prevents them from deepening their relationship further.

• others: ?

fashion headcanons:

• smokey eye makeup supremacy,

• TW SCARYASS PRINTED SHIRT. he wears t-shirts with the most obscure shit on them

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• his style is something between grunge, gothic and alt,

• he wears platform shoes to look taller than he actually is,

• some examples of his fits:

music headcanons:

• soft rock!! (car seat headrest is his beloved), j-pop, mcr & bôa.

NSFW:

• had a tdick at the time when he was playing for nakama,

• is into t4t relationships, bcs every cis gay guy he had thing for were super weird about him and either have had internalized transphobia or specific fantasies that crossed his boundaries of comfort,

• tldr give this man a trans bf so he could have the most non sexual intercourse.

[sonicjustbecause]

Sonic Italian voices. What I think. What are my favourites:

Nine doing the well known Italian hand gesture 🤌. I smiled when I saw it.

I'm Italian (for this my English sucks, at least, I hope it is readable). I tend to wathc shows in italian, English and Japanese. Usually I enjoy Italian and Japanese dubbing, English... not so much, I don't like the choices of VA usually. Sonic Prime is one of the few exceptions. I'm glad to not hear RCS as Sonic. Is voice is terrible for him. Kirk's Shadow also is bad. I can say is the only Shadow I prefer to avoid to listen.

In 30 years Sonic series changed the VA but for some voices only from Boom and in videogames we are finally getting there.

Italian Sonic VA have been four as far as i remember: Pietro Ubaldi, Fabrizio Vidale, Daniele Raffaeli and Renato Novara.

Pietro Ubaldi is known to be the dubber of virtually all cats characters, both anthro and four legged such as Michael (What's Michael) to Giuliano (Love me Knight) to Artemis (Sailor Moon) to the blue scottish fold Doraemon but he also dubs funny villains. He dubbed Sonic in Sonic SatAM and AoStH. it sounded a bit weird in that role I must say.

Fabrizio Vidale dubbed also Shadow, going as far as making Shadow talk exaclty the same way Sonic talks, same speech pattern and inflection to underline their likeness. He was not much appreciated in that role and was also weird as Sonic though he managed to show his personality. Fabrizio Vidale was also the Italian VA of the inspector Gadget.

Daniele Raffaeli dubbed Sonic in Sonic Boom (serie). I think he has the cutest Italian voice for Sonic, I love that. He also dubbed Shadow (of course) but I have no idea about how he dealth with him, I only was able to watch about 10 episodes of Sonic Boom that were dubbed in italian. I was surprised to enjoy Sonic Boom, since I didn't give it credits. Shadow with a cute voice? Mmmh, I'm curious...

Renato Novara, the official Sonic VA (also in Videogames and in Sonic Movie) has a pleasant voice too. I think it sounds youthful and gives the impression of a strong yet funny character.

Tails also had four VA in my country: Veronica Pivetti, Federica de Bortoli, Maura Cenciarelli and Benedetta Ponticelli.

Veronica Pivetti was for Sonic SatAM and AoStH. She has a versatile voice, shge dubbed Megara from Disney's Hercules making her sound like an adult woman (of course), but she also dubbed Dende from Dragon ball and Tails, giving them an innocent childish voice. One thing I like about Italian voices choice is that children are virtually always dubbed by women, never by men. I hate to hear a 8 years old child talking with the voice of a 30 years old man. Few men can dub a child in a convincing way (we had Paolo Torrisi, his voice sounded easily like the one of a 10 years old kid. Unfortunately he died few years ago)

Federica de Bortoli dubbed Tails in Sonic X. Is long i don't watch Sonic X but I remember a nice childish yet determined voice.

Maura Cenciarelli didn't give me a strong impression. If I can tell Sonic's voice was cute, I can't tell what i think about Tails, apart from 'its fine as a kid voice'.

Benedetta Ponticelli has a very cute voice for Tails. She is also the official VA for videogames, she dubbed Tails in the movies and Nine, Mangey, Sails. While keeping the cuteness, I can tell Nine is spot on and can be scary with a cute sounding voice.

Knuckles had three VA here: Davide Garbolino, Oreste Baldini and Maurizio Merluzzo.

Davide Garbolino dubbed Sonic in Sonic Underground. He is one of the few men who is able to properly dub a kid (most of the character he dubbed were kids, indeed), but I never watched Sonic Underground so I have no idea about how he sounded as Knuckles.

Oreste Baldini dubbed Knuckles both in Sonic X and Sonic Boom. I kinda liked his voice but thinking about that, it didn't left me a strong impression, although i laugh when he i remember him screaming: 'Oh no! The curse of the moose' in Italian from Sonic Boom.

Maurizio Merluzzo is a GENIUS! I don't like, that's reductive, I LOVE his interpretation for Knuckles. Is a while he dubs Knuckles but he did his best in Sonic movie and following. he is also the VA in videogames.

Amy only had two VA: Antonella Baldini and Serena Clerici.

Andonella Baldini dubbed Amy in Sonic X and sonic Boom, while Serena Clerici dubs Amy in videogames and in Sonic Prime. Both of them represent what I love about Italian dubbing. Most of the time, Italian dubbers try to keep the voices as close as possible to the original voices. In shows that they respect particularly (like the Simpson) they go as far as choosing VA wich voice are virtually identical to the originals.

Serena Clerici uses a high pitched voice for Black Rose and Amy, while she sound more adult while dubbing Rusty and Thorn. Maybe my favourite is her Thorn interpretation.

For Shadow we got three VA, two of them shared with Sonic. Fabrizio Vidale, Daniele Raffaeli and Claudio Moneta.

I didn't hear Daniele Raffaeli yet, so I can't say how his voice sounds on him. But I can say, as far as I know, Shadow is not as soft spoken as in the English version. On the contrary, he talks loud and clear.

Fabrizio Vidale dubbed Shadow in Sonic X making him sound like Sonic. Terios, the reflection in short. I think this robbed some of Shadow's characterization. Shadow and Sonic shared the same voice in English version too, but Jason Griffith and Ryand Drummond were good to make them sound different. More like two identical twins who have also identical vocal folds, but due to their different personalities, they also have a different speech pattern and inflection. so they seem to have two different voices.

Claudio Moneta opted to show Shadow's emotions through his voice. he is an actor who prefer to put his personal twist on character he dubs rather than giving a perfect imitation, making him sound very strong, determined and no-nonsense but he sounded cheerful when he did steal all Sonic's regulators. Honestly I would have preferred to hear a soft voice in my language. He also dubbed Goku and Zarbon (the latter was dubbed as soft spoken).

Eggman got six VA, but I didn't hear all of them: Toni Fuochi, Riccardo Lombardo, Dario Penne, Gerolamo Alchieri, Roberto Pedicini and Aldo Stella.

I like most of them but I would talk about two in particular: Roberto Pedicini is the VA for the movie. More than the VA of Eggman he is the VA of most Jim Carrey interpretation, and he sounded dangerous, although funny in the movie.

Aldo Stella is Eggman in the videogames and in Sonic Prime.He also dubbed Guldo from Dragon Ball. his voice sounds nasty, rasp and high pitched and I like it. It makes me think what Eggman is, a mad scientist.

[dailydoramipics]

On this day, 10 years ago, on July 7th, 2014, "Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future" made its official US premiere on @disneyxd with the first episode (containing the segments "All the Way From the Future World" & "The Mecha-Maker")!

It was an English dub adaptation of the third "Doraemon" anime series, running since April of 2005 and still going strong! (with 700+ episodes as of July 2024)

The dub had an incredibly high profile set of voice actors, starring Mona Marshall, Johnny Yong Bosch, Cassandra Lee Morris, Brian Beacock, and Kaiji Tang as the leads (Doraemon, Nobita/"Noby", Shizuka/"Sue", Suneo/"Sneech", and Takeshi "Gian"/"Big G"), with Mari Devon, Tony Oliver, Max Mittelman, Keith Silverstein, Spike Spencer, Minae Noji, Kirk Thornton, Cristina Vee playing the reoccuring set of secondary cast of the show's characters.

The show centered around the life of a misfortunate boy named Nobita "Noby" Nobi who suffers from bad grades, bullying from his peers, scolding from his parents (his ferocious mom mainly), and is generally an awkward, lazy, kinda weird, and slow kid.

A robotic cat from the 22nd century named Doraemon is sent back in time to aid Noby in his life, pulling out futuristic magical gadgets from his pocket that can turn everyday human life into something much more every day.

Hijinks ensue when Noby ends up misusing Doraemon's gadgets, often continuously using them for his selfish (or selfless sometimes) benefits until things get incredibly out of control either through inconveniences, bullies, or just... really really poor choices.

Occasionally every now and then, the show has little half hour adventures, such as Noby & the gang helping a group of little people ("A Little Adventure"), Doraemon & Noby seeing aliens ("Invasion of the Goat Aliens", "Doraemon and the Space Shooters"), Doraemon & Noby going after a time capsule ("Doraemon's Time Capsule"), escaping from a villian from the future ("A Visitor from the Future"), but generally overall, the show is incredibly episodic and formulaic with the premise listed above.

The dub made numerous edits to the source material such as having the show's setting take place in a random no-name town in America instead of Japan, changing Japanese yen to American currency, removing content, motifying the character Shizuka's personality due to American viewers misunderstanding or getting confused over her original traits, etc.

The cast of characters were also given Americanized names, though these are confirmed to be just nicknames, with it being implied that they still have their original names in media such as Stand By Me Doraemon 2 (the English dub) & in the English manga.

It ran for a total of 52 episodes (with two 11 minute segments each with the exception of a few half hour specials that were dubbed, especially by season two) across two seasons from July 7th, 2014 to September 1st, 2015, being seemingly cancelled or sidelined by Disney quietly, with no official answer on the status of the dub.

According to Sneech Honekawa voice actor Brian Beacock via his TikTok on a stream from around 2020, Disney lost interest and didn't want to continue pushing the series.

The show continued to air in reruns after the conclusion of the second season on Disney XD until on June 20th, 2018, it got preempted by a rerun of Phineas & Ferb and has never aired again nor been seen again on American television (photo above courtesy of Collin LW)

And sadly, as of 2024, there seem to be no plans to officially re-release the dub via formats, as its not on DVD and Blu-ray nor is it available on watch on major streaming services with anime like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, or Crunchyroll.

Though thankfully, thanks to the efforts of an unknown to my head right now fan, the entire English dub's episodes in 1080p logoless quality (ripped from "Watch Disney XD" before being removed) is currently available to watch online on Archive.org (& MEGA), being helped made widespread by Doraemon US superfan & voice actor Collin LW!

Despite receiving some particularly heavy negative reception from several fans of the original Japanese dub over the years since its existence came to be, the dub has generally received positive feedback from those who saw it, especially from its devoted cult following. Particularly for the voice cast's performances, heartfelt moments, the cute cartoony artstyle, the fun cast of characters, the original soundtrack by Joseph Bauer, and the sense of witty hilarious humor that's been favorably compared to the likes of the 4Kids dubs of the "Pokemon" anime from the 1990s and 2000s.

(What are your own personal thoughts on the dub? I'd love to hear in the replies and reblogs on your personal views and experiences on the series!)

Again, happy tenth anniversary "Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future"!

Thanks to everyone who worked to make this dub possible and exposing so much people to this wonderful, timeless, underrated goofy, silly, heartfelt little show!

Still hope we get more of the dub via either a dub of one of the mainline movies (cough cough Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony cough cough) or maybe another dose of the 2005 series somehow on Netflix after their Stand By Me Doraemon 2 release in 2021 ^^

[doamarierose-honoka]

TMS Entertainment, a beloved Japanese animation studio currently owned by Sega Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of SegaSammy holdings, has just announced that for their 60th anniversary, they’ll begin uploading special animated features of significant importance to the company to their official YouTube page. Most noteworthy to Sega/Sonic fans, this includes the first six episodes of Sonic X in its original Japanese dub. The entire campaign begins on August 5th, 2024. This is a good chance to get a taste of what Sonic X was originally like, free of both English voices and the cacophony of censorship edits imposed on it in its original English dub by 4Kids Entertainment

Gotta go fast as you rush past the break for the skinny on this special event. GO! GO! GO! GO! LET’S GO!

As stated above, Sonic will be the one to kick off TMS Entertainment’s 60th anniversary celebration on August 5th. On that day, at noon EST, 9AM PST, they will upload episode 1: The Supersonic Hero Takes The Stage, in its original Japanese format with English subtitles. On August 6th, episode 2 will follow, then episode 3 on August 7th, and so on, but episode 6 will come on August 12th instead of August 10th. Strangely, their schedule says they will upload episode 5 again on August 13th-16th. Based on this, it’s possible each episode besides episode 5 will only be online for one day, so just in case, make time to catch each episode on the upload date.

Fortunately, TMS has already provided links to episodes 1-5 on YouTube. You can go to each and click the “Notify Me” button to have YouTube send you a notification for when each episode will premiere. Here are the embeds to each episode.

As for the rest of the 60th anniversary event, TMS will also be uploading episode 1 of Big X (The studio’s very first anime from August 3rd 1964, based on the Osamu Tezuka manga), Super Dimension Century Orguss episodes 1-10, and the Takeshi Koike directed Lupin III movie trilogy, consisting of Jigen’s Gravestone, Goemon’s Blood Spray, and Fujiko’s Lie. Go to TMS Entertainment’s 60th anniversary celebration news page for the details and schedule on all anime being presented.

TMS Entertainment has been the animation studio for many beloved anime throughout the decades. They are most associated with long running franchises such as Lupin III, Detective Conan (Known in the west as Case Closed), as well as several anime based on Sega franchises, not just including Sonic X, but also Virtua Fighter, Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls, and Phantasy Star Online II: The Animation. They also animated the FMV cutscenes in Burning Rangers. Besides anime, they also had a hand in animating several western cartoons, including Inspector Gadget, Cybersix, The Real Ghostbusters, Batman: The Animated Series, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Currently, they are working on popular anime such as Undead Unluck and Dr. Stone.

TMS Entertainment’s official YouTube page currently hosts trailers, clips, and full episodes of many anime they have produced throughout their long history. In same cases, they have the entire series of some of their anime available to view absolute free, including Karate Master (1973), Cat’s Eye (1983), Magic Knight Rayearth (1994) (Along with its Brazilian Portuguese dub), Virtua Fighter (1995) (As well as its Spanish dub), Itazura na Kiss (2008), Lupin III Part 2 (1977), Lupin III Part 4 (2015), and the English dub of Sonic X (Season 1) (Season 2) (Season 3) (Plus, the Brazilian Portuguese dub, surprisingly). They are gradually uploading episodes of The Gutsy Frog (1972), Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road (2013), Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009), and Z/X Ignition (2014). They are also, as of this writing, in the middle of an ongoing Lupin III celebration in which they upload a feature-length Lupin III TV special every month, with this current month’s pick being Tokyo Crisis (1998). They’re a channel worth following if you love watching all kinds of anime, no matter its age.

So will you be catching these uploads of Japanese Sonic X? Are there any TMS animated productions you’re a particular fan of? Give us a holler in the comments section before.

And remember, if you like Sonic X in Japanese, the entire series has been made available on Blu-Ray courtesy of Discotek Media. (Who also blessed us with complete Blu-Ray releases of Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls, Virtua Fighter, and The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)

[littlenighttales]

Spoilers up ahead for The Sounds of Nightmares, Chapter 5. Live thoughts as I listen through, so not necessarily entirely accurate. Afterthoughts in parentheses.

I got a surprising amount of attention on the last one from you guys, so I really appreciate that you enjoyed reading my thoughts (:

A Deluge of the Inevitable

So Otto says that Noone was being used by the Ferryman to speak? Last night, I dreamed I could fly. These are two entirely unrelated things. I just wanted to share.

Noone was right about still being sick. Tumor. So the water sickness was a type of cancer? I figured it was more in line with a more simple but harder to kill parasite.

Otto’s mentor had written that the key to reach the Nowhere could be fear.

“It’ll blossom year after year, just like you.”

Awwww, that was kinda sweet, Otto. But I still think you’re sus.

Noone wanting to open up about her parents. She sounds like she really needs hugs ):

Demands for no machines to be wired up to her.

CiCi is Otto’s sister? I guess Otto did mention it being a long time ago, but… still, I didn’t expect that. So the idea of Six having a big brother in canon is kinda wholesome, though now that I think about it, never thought of Six as British (rather, pictured her to be Japanese). That is still assuming CiCi=Six, though. With only one episode left, I’m not sure we’ll get any confirmation.

In Noone’s nightmare, there are a lot of other kids peeking down on her from above. She’s down in a tunnel.

Monster with a sack over his shoulder. Sounds like squeaking shoes. And rising sewage. How pleasant. Not a threat for now. Leech in the water?

Nope! Nome! :D Nome, Nome, yeah! *excited hand flapping*

There’s a girl delighted by the Nome, wanting to take it, maybe wanting to eat it. But Noone saves them, so that means she joins RK and Rain (and Frisk) in the Mushroom Friend Protection Club. Also dang, rich Nome living like a king.

Theme sounds a bit like the Lady’s theme for a brief second? Are we in the Maw? (Probably definitely not.)

The man that had carried a sack was wearing a rubbery suit. The sack was the back of his head. Spine deformed, whole body sounds like. The Janitor? Doubtful, from description, but possible. Noone mentions the place itself had deformed him. (Definitely not him, I’m just reaching here.)

Noone remembers the other kids- Jester, the kid with gooey hair, and Rusty. So Noone jumps from her hiding place to save the Nome. Kids above are probably porcelain bullies, or at least related in a way.

The monster has some sort of gadget to detect… something.

And the Nome tried to abandon Noone ):

Otto falls asleep- also my tablet wants to correct his name to potato. When she’s awake, Noone continues.

And a LOT of Nomes appear (:

But… a wave of sewage water comes blasting through, taking Noone away. The Ferryman appears now, though Noone isn’t sure he’s evil.

Also his voice isn’t what I pictured. Seems a lot more demonic than I pictured. Almost like Colony’s (Halo Wars 2 character, if anyone is curious) voice, with the reverb.

The kids in Little Nightmares seem to have some afflictions cured when they’re taken from how Noone talks. Their problems are gone. I’m assuming this is only disease, maybe some mental illnesses as well, but I doubt all. Mono still having a LOT of problems (damn you, Signal Tower).

Noone floats the idea that Otto might not be a good guy. Otto catches her ruffling around paperwork in his desk and straight up gets rid of her. He tells her a tumor is in her brain, kinda coldly. He’s definitely being a dick, but at least he reflects (that he was too harsh on a literal child. Noone is like seven or something, dude. You’re an adult. Act like it and have some hecking empathy and stuff.)

Otto theorizes that the tumor is a gateway to the bad place. But hearing his voice right now makes me want to punch him in the throat. My tablet was right to compare him to a potato.

Later, he watched her sleep. Hooks her up to those machines he promised against using. Her little voice….. )’:

“Otto… you promised….”

Why is this stories so darn heartbreaking?!

Noone’s nightmaring while Otto watches, the machine seems to be able to see an outline… then, Noone starts glowing like the sun and disappears (?)

Whatever Otto was watching watched back. Maybe it took him rather than her. That’s what he wanted, after all. And that’s it for this episode. (Could also be one of those laser eyes that turn kids to ash in the Maw and Nest. Maybe a proxy of the Eyes from the Signal Tower?)

So the fifth episode probably on episode 3 level of quality so far. I still think episode 3 was peak, so that’s pretty high comparison. Pretty close to a tie.

[sunekichi]

My Favorite Episodes That Are Centered Around Suneo

i would like to clarify that these are not in a specific order but rather random. and yes, i love giving y'all titles in japanese and release dates so you can find the episode. there's probably more but i can't remember them right now.

☆ "suneo's luxuriously poor birthday" (豪華！スネ夫の貧乏バースデー, 2010)

i think that, among the birthday specials this is the most known one, correct me if i'm wrong! it's a classic in my book and it's also one of the best birthday specials.

☆ "goodbye, suneo..." (さようならスネ夫, 2008)

ok one thing about the reboot, they're gonna give you a good episode with suneo as the main character, i'll give them that, although i'm an ōyama doraemon girl. anyway my favorite scene from this wonderful episode is the one where gian tells suneo that if anyone in italy bothered him he would come and beat their asses up. 🥺 this episode also made me say "he's just like me fr" when nobita asks suneo if he's gonna miss his friends once he moves to italy, and he answers "no, on the contrary, i'm happy i won't have to see your ugly faces anymore".

☆ "counseling note" (カウンセリングノート, 2003)

once again, suneo lies to someone about his life to impress them, this time it's not a relative but a boy he met on vacation. what i appreciate about this episode is that in the end, despite trying to use a gadget to fool said boy into believing his lies, he gives up and reveals the truth, which is something that doesn't happen in the episode(s) with sunetsugu. i could write about how it would be more important for your sibling to know the truth than some holiday sweetheart but that's for another day.

☆ "the lie speaker" (アトカラホントスピーカー, 1986)

speaking of ōyama doraemon, i haven't discovered this episode until a few months ago, it's hilarious! especially when tsubasa asks who's the guy taking pictures of her from the backyard and suneo calls gian a poor fellow-

☆ "suneo's romance" (スネ夫のロマンス, 2002)

suneo is living my dreams here, y'all have no idea how many times i have dreamed of meeting celebrities at night and then i woke up and was so disappointed bc it was just a dream... i have watched this episode a thousand times last summer, that's how obsessed i was! most people know luna from moon exploration but this is THE luna!

☆ "the rich kid mambo" (おぼっちゃマンボ, 2011)

honestly this is THE suneo episode. every person who calls themselves a doraemon fan has seen this episode. and please don't get me started on the song... just flawless and life changing!!

☆ "gian & suneo, a miraculous duet!" (奇跡のデュエット！ジャイ & スネ, 2012)

"friends of the heart" is a serve too and at this point, if the episode starts with suneo being forced to sing you already know the song is gonna be a bop, because he can do it all.

☆ "i want to meet eri-chan" (えりちゃんに会���たい, 1992)

boys know luna from moon exploration, men know luna from suneo's romance, and legends know eri miyagawa. this is another episode where i look at suneo and say "he's just like me fr", when he gets a fever because he can't meet this popstar.

[historyhermann]

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Spoiler-Filled) Review

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, known as Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei or MagiRevo for short, is a yuri isekai directed by Shingo Tamaki. It is based on a Japanese light novel series by Piero Karasu and illustrated by Yuri Kisaragi, which was later adapted into an ongoing manga. The series was produced by Japanese anime studio, Diomedéa. 

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs and Wayback Machine. This was the twenty-eighth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on March 30, 2023.

This animated series primarily centers on a Princess named Anisphia "Anis" Wynn Palettia (voiced by Sayaka Senbongi). She remembers her previous life, love of magic, and tries to turn these fantasies into reality. By accident, she comes upon her brother, Algard, who is breaking off his romantic engagement with Euphyllia "Euphie" (voiced by Manaka Iwami). He publicly declares his love for another woman. After she whisks Euphie on her magic broom, she convinces her father to let Euphie come live with her, become her magic assistant, and help restore her royal credibility.

Unlike yuri isekai, such as The Executioner and Her Way of Life or I’m in Love with the Villainess, this series focuses on a reincarnated princess living her second life. In fact, Anis, applies what she remembers about witches from her previous life in Japan, to this new world, to move it into toward social, or industrial, revolution.

MagiRevo mixes dramatic and slow scenes with bloody battles. Anis the "Marauder Princess" fights magical monsters and takes parts of them for herself. Through it all, Anis becomes the heart of the series. She deals with her father, King Orfans II Palletia (voiced by Kenji Hamada), who dislikes her. Furthermore, her trusted maid Ilia Coral (voiced by Ai Kakuma), becomes her sister of sorts.

The series remains engaging due to the Anis' determination to study science to create magical gadgets. This is coupled with Euphie becoming more sure of herself. While this happens, both women slowly develop feelings for one another.

In some ways, Anis gives off a vibe similar to Chisato in Lycoris Recoil. Other scenes are reminiscent of I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, but there are more similarities to a 50-episode webcomic, The Girlfriend Project, which ended last year.

The aforementioned webcomic is set on Earth, and centers on two girls: one from a wealthy family (Ryn) and another from a working-class family (Julia). This anime echoes some of themes. The webcomic and this series both focus on finding one's self, confronting privilege, and dealing with obstinate family members.

However, MagiRevo has more drama and meddling male characters, such as a jealous prince named Asgard (voiced by Shogo Sakata). He is the equivalent of an over-controlling woman, such as Ryn's mother, since he wants to gain power by any means necessary.

MagiRevo depicts monarchies as slow-moving and bureaucratic. The King does administrative work, as does the Prime Minister (and father of Euphie) Grantz Magenta (voiced by Tomohiro Tsuboi). Anis takes bold action without needing anyone's approval. In one episode, she even brings Euphie with her to slay a dragon while the royal council is deciding what to do, enraging him.

This contrasts, in more ways than one, with the "benevolent"/"enlightened" monarchy shown in Elena of Avalor, or the incompetent one in Disenchantment. This is partially because the King in MagiRevo is a reformist, as his Grantz, while he fights against institutionalists and conservatives among the royal ruling class.

MagiRevo more than a yuri isekai. Anis is very principled, which influences Euphie to see the potential for a society with inventions created by Anis. Such qualities are enhanced by her character's sweet nature. She says that magicians should use their magic "to make other smile", rather than to hurt others.

Anis even creates special weapons for Euphie and believes she can make a better world. In other ways, how Anis acts is an indicator of how someone can have independence, even under monarchy, as Elena does, to an extent, in Elena of Avalor.

The villa where Anis lives shares similarities with the Cursed Princess Club in the webcomic of the same name, in that she brings in those who don't have another home. For example, Anis saved her maid, Ilia, from a marriage she didn't want, and Euphie after Prince Asgard dumped her.

Even so, Anis can be reckless, making her more than happy to help Euphie become more certain with herself, and recognize what to do with her life. She also goes to extreme lengths to ensure she can use a power akin to magic. What this means for Anis, is that she implants crystals from a powerful dragon into her body which turns her "into a monster" as the dragon cursed her.

While Prince Algard is a villain without repute, it is funny how Anis intentionally, or unintentionally, shatters his plans. In the end of the fourth episode, Anis and Euphie fly off to fight the dragon while Algard tries to convince the King into fighting the dragon on his own while threatening his authority. This is supported by the fact that Anis has more experience, as a high-ranking adventurer, while it is not known if Algard has any battle experience.

MagiRevo is woven together nicely. Other than the cuteness of the show itself, the writers did a good job with the story. Unlike some other series, they don't jump into a relationship between Euphie and Anis. Instead, it is built up over time, making it a slow burn. There are nice scenes of them Euphie together, including when they fight alongside one another, or slow dance at the end of episode 5, even complete with a mutual marriage/relationship proposal.

That is not unique, as the strained friendship between protagonists Catra and Adora is the central theme of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Another recent example is the canonized relationship between Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long in the ninth season/volume of RWBY, a young adult animated series. As such, this makes MagiRevo one of the recent series which has employed a queer slow burn between its characters, something which certain creators prefer over other storytelling methods.

The latter half of MagiRevo builds on what happened in the first half. Even characters such as Tilty Caret, the research partner of Anis, and Lainie Cyan, have more of a role. For Tilty, it means studying curses and medicines, but for Lainie, it involves unknowingly using their power to influence others, a "power of fascination". This was coupled with an novel explanation of "vampires" as humans who manipulate people's thoughts rather than sucking blood.

The show's writers did a good job constructing the friendship, and later romantic feelings, between Anis and Euphie. Both complement each other in some many ways, with Euphie as more practical in her attempt to trying to sell the idea of magicology concocted by her friend, Anis, to those who are skeptical. Their connection is only enhanced later in the series, with Euphie going along with Anis, who believed she had to accept her royal birthright.

These plotlines are expanded in MagiRevo with the presence of various enemies. The brother of Anis, Algard, wants to take power for his own gain. He goes to extremes in an effort to change the kingdom, even stabbing himself in the chest with a magic crystal, and fighting his sister. Their battle is only stopped by Euphie in the nick of time.

Algard embodies a similar toxicity present in Cassandra in Tangled. The latter is manifested in her actions against Rapunzel, when being manipulated by Zhan Tri. It is also displayed by the traumatized Ash Graven in Final Space after Invictus controlled her toward her former crew members, and an angry catgirl named Catra in She-Ra and the Princess of Power toward the princesses (and Adora herself). Algard is off his rocker and not being dictated by anyone else. This is his own off-the-wall plan. It ends in his banishment to the borderlands and Anis re-inherited as a princess.

One of the well-constructed aspects of MagiRevo is the internal struggle Anis has to confront when faced with the prospect of becoming queen. She does not want this, but resigns herself to it, even though this means abandoning her passion for magicology. The fact that Euphie sees through this, and tries to do whatever she can to ensure that Anis doesn't become queen, is a testament to her character! In fact, Euphie even agrees to take up a spirit contract with Lumi so she can enter the royal family, and will live forever, as she will become a spirit.

The last two episodes of MagiRevo bring home everything that has happened in the series. Anis tries to hold onto her identity as a princess and doesn't want it to be to be stripped away. I liked that Euphie directly challenges this mentality, coming off so strong that they end up fighting one another in the final episode.

Although Anis is unsuccessful, and Euphie wins the fight, they still respect one another. This isn't a series where they break apart, but grow closer instead. In fact, Anis even confides in Euphie that she has memories from her past life and wonders whether she is "real" or "fake", with Euphie providing the reassurance that she is human after all.

The final episode ended very powerfully in terms of the romantic development between Anis and Euphie, including multiple kisses, and implied sex. This wasn't something new in the series, as they are shown sleeping together many times. Unfortunately, Anis' father declares that Euphie is her "sister" now, a oft-used trope in anime. However, it appears that Euphie is only a sister on paper and a formality, as both of them are not related by blood.

The final episode sets the stage for a possible second season, with the King and Queen stepping down, becoming simple farmers, making way for Euphie and Anis as the new rulers. The latter both commission flying ships which remind me of those in the classic 2000s Disney films Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return. Whether that was intentional on the part of the character designers, or they were basing them on the manga, I don't know. In any case, the series ends on a strong note, with Euphie and Anis flying in the sky together, while Lainie becomes an apprentice of Illa.

The voice cast is a strength of MagiRevo. Protagonists Euphie, Anis, and Ilia are voiced by Manaka Iwami, Sayaka Senbongi, and Ai Kakuma. These individuals have experience voicing characters in Fruits Basket, Re:Zero, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Spy × Family, The Demon Girl Next Door, I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, and As Miss Beelzebub Likes.

Additional cast are newer to voiceover work, such as Hina Yomiya (who voices Lainie Cyan) and Arisa Kinami. Others are more seasoned, like Kenji Hamada, Shogo Sakata, Tomohiro Tsuboi, Hiromichi Tezuka and Yū Sasahara (who voices Tilty Claret).

The voices of the characters of MagiRevo are reinforced by the writing, plot, and animation style of MagiRevo. In the case of the latter, the show's animation studio, Diomedéa, is skilled with animating Squid Girl, Riddle Story of Devil, Girlish Number, and Beatless. But, this is their first yuri series they have worked on.

In any case, the fight with the dragon in the show's fifth episode, the battles that lead up to it, and Euphie saving Anis after she falls from the sky, to give a few examples, are emblematic of the amazing animation quality of MagiRevo.

The writer of this anime, Wataru Watari, has just as much experience. He was the screenwriter and creator My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, but worked on various other series, including Qualidea Code, Girlish Number, Domestic Girlfriend, Get Up! Get Live!, and The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent. Watari is not alone in this, as series director Shingo Tamaki worked on some of the same series, along with others, like Fuuka, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Future Diary.

MagiRevo is supported by Moe Hyuga, music composer for the series. He has composed music on some shows I've watched in the past, like Heroines Run the Show and If My Favorite Pop Idol Made it to the Budokan, I Would Die, and those I haven't seen, like O Maidens in Your Savage Season and Steins;Gate 0.

Hyuga's music matches the show's scenes, accompanying the action and drama, making it more impactful. A series can do well, or poorly, depending on its music score, and this series excels in that regard, in more ways than one.

The series grapples with the issues of class discrimination and division in society. It also touches on the topic of parental abuse, which some might think is treated "poorly" in the series. Such a perception is incorrect. Instead, the series primarily shows that the Anis' parents don't know what do with her. They see her as a bit of a wild child. They learn that she is much more than that and has vulnerabilities just like them. As a result, they bond with her and provide her support as she deals with her personal struggles. Hopefully this can be expanded in a second season.

MagiRevo comes at a time that LGBTQ representation in Western media is declining. GLAAD, which partners with major companies, recently admitted this in their "Where We Are on TV" report. They stated that 29% of characters in television programs will not be returning either because of a character dying, leaving the show, or the show being cancelled, ended, or shelved.

In contrast, despite overwork, and bad working conditions, in the anime industry, yuri anime continue to be produced. This year, apart from MagiRevo, the yurish Ippon Again! is airing, as is Soaring Sky! PreCure, while Nijiyon Animation and D4DJ All Mix ended.

This series sets a high standard for other yuri series in the future. With the premiere of new seasons of Tokyo Mew Mew New, Birdie Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear in April, as well as the debut of Yuri is My Job!, it remains to be seen if these series will be as impactful.

The same can be said for Genjitsu no Yohane: Sunshine in the Mirror (airing in July), The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess (airing in October), Whisper Me a Love Song (airing in January 2024), and I'm in Love with the Villainess and Hoshikuzu Telepath which will air at some point this year. This is also the case for Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Next Sky (an OVA), Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games, Vampeerz, Laid-Back Camp season 3, and I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level season 2, which are in development.

MagiRevo, otherwise known as The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

© 2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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[retrosofa]

This week let's take a look at Cutie Honey episode 6: "The Black Scissors Shred Dreams."

Screenwriter: Masaki Tsuji

Art Director: Eiji Ito

Animation Director: Kazuhiko Udagawa

Director: Tomoharu Katsumata

The shot where Honey is looking up at the sky thinking about her father was originally animated differently. The original version zoomed out further and had Honey's expression changing. For whatever reason, this was changed on the home video releases.

Scissors Land is most likely a parody of the renowned Disneyland. It could also be a reference to the more Japanese familiar Nara Dreamland. 

One of the first establishing shots of Scissors Land’s popular attraction, the “Coffin House'' shows a hallway full of ghoulish hands reaching out from the walls. This is a nod to Roman Palanski’s 1965 horror film, Repulsion, namely the iconic scene in which the lead character Carol (played by Catherine Deneuve) walks down a hallway while male hands reach out for her from inside the walls.

Later in the episode we see a collection of wax mannequins modeled after historical figures, celebrities and popular fictional characters. Among them are The Beatles, Marylin Monroe, Napoleon Bonaparte, Tarzan, Medusa and others.

Dirty Marry’s hilarious snot-nosed design is based on early artwork for Zuuko Kazami, who would’ve been Seiji’s little sister (in place of Junpei). Zuuko's design had her wearing a diaper, a bib, and Japanese styled sandals called geta. The name “Dirty Marry” probably comes from the 1971 Clint Eastwood film, Dirty Harry. Dirty Marry was voiced by Yoneko Matsukane, who would go on to play Jeanne de la Motte in The Rose of Versailles. 

Mastodon is a wet nurse, which is a woman who breast feeds and cares for another person’s child. This is especially funny when you consider “mastodon” means “breast-tooth” or “nipple-tooth.” Her name also refers to her large body size. Mastodon was voiced by Kimie Nakajima, who did minor voice work in Tomorrow’s Joe, The Gutsy Frog, and other series from the 60’s to 80’s. 

The Principality of Toreador is a fictional place. “Toreador” is the word for a bullfighter.

The style of Honey’s large x-ray vision glasses are known as “dragonfly glasses.” Despite being a handy gadget, Honey only uses them once more in episode 14, where they have red frames instead of black.

Danbei introduces himself by singing a well-known Japanese folk song called Kuroda Bushi or “The Song of Kuroda.” The song originated in Fukuoka City during the 1590’s and is often sung during drinking parties known as nomikai or at karaoke.

There seems to be a deleted scene from this episode. The back of the second laser disc features a screenshot of Honey (disguised as Marie Antoinette) that does not appear in the actual episode.

[magicalgirlagency]

Favorite YT channels?

🇧🇷 Arquivo Mortal Kombat (channel dedicated to everything related to the Mortal Kombat franchise, with random livestreams on a weekly basis);

Party Crashers (this almost feels like cheating, 'cause this channel consists of five different youtubers, lol);

Amaury Guichon (a.k.a.: The Chocolate Guy. Pretty self-explainatory);

Flowers & Ambience (relaxing media-themed playlists);

🇧🇷 Crash Bandicoot Brasil (a brazilian channel about Crash Bandicoot that has recently returned from a 3-year hiatus!);

Lythero (shitpost-flavored gameplays with stellar animated skits and guests!);

Planet Clue (previously known as KKClue. A channel about kidcore stuff, like niche games and toys);

Cooking With Fred (solid Binging With Babish replacement. Does shorts where he replicates meals from cartoons and anime);

🇧🇷 Vila do Chaves (collection of several videos with trivia about El Chavo del Ocho and other creations of Chespirito);

Friendly Space Ninja (pop culture-loving and aspiring artist who blabs about whatever's hot on the telly. Love to listen to him complaining about bad shows);

Momopurin (artist who draws cutesy stuff, including Magical Girls);

PricklyAlpaca (artist who does highly detailed designs and DIYs based on specific prompts);

NintendoComplete (despite the name, it showcases more than just Nintendo games. It has longplays and remixes of various video game tunes);

Kerchie (toy collector and designer, but a majority of her content is toy collecting/showcasing, mostly Polly Pocket toys, both old and new);

Lavi Alraune (vtuber, self-entitled Mandrake Maiden, who plays video games and heavily interacts with her viewers via chat);

Hanako's Kitchen (japanese housewife showing what kinds of meals she prepares for her family on a weekly basis);

Mani Land (korean kidcore channel that showcases toy reviews and resin DIYs);

Dreamy Dice (a beautiful collection of D&D dice sets done in resin);

🇧🇷 Tio Gordo (shitpost-y gameplays and lives, huge Crash Bandicoot fan);

Ara's Today (kawaii stationary vlogs and ASMR vids! 'Nuff said!);

CHARIBO ART (artist who does ASMR vids of their drawings, from line art to coloring);

GTV Japan (mini-doc videos about video games and other obscure japanese media in the style of a TV show!);

🇧🇷 Kraven the Raven (an alcoholic raven who talks about criminals, cultists, lowcows/horrorcows and other internet oddities, traumatizing himself in the process for the sake of entertainment. Oh, and he's also a lawyer);

Wholesome Games (collection of teasers and trailers of cute and cozy indie games);

MOTHER Forever (niche channel about the MOTHER/EarthBound series, plus occasional showcases of MOTHER-like indies);

Nananaji glo. (showcase of many gadgets, old and new, with an aesthetic feel);

Toasty Tok (cozy and cute TikTok compilations about mundane stuff);

🇧🇷 Nostal_Gi (channel about Lost Media and other nostalgic stuff);

Syam (heavily Obey Me-centric channel showcasing almost every Pop Quiz Event and Devilgram Story from both OG and Nightbringer apps);

GameBoy Mart (youtuber who does GameBoy console customs, with occasional giveaways);

Garfield Archive (channel dedicated to the archiving of classic Garfield stuff, with FULL EPISODES of Garfield & Friends and almost every Garfield Special!);

MILFGOD (drawing timelapses of cute older women, accompanied with soft-spoken personal stories);

GinjaNinjaOwO (art channel from the creator of PRISM);

Japanese Stuff Channel (channel about tasty treats and gachapon from Japan);

World of Longplays (a YouTube essential with buttloads of longplays of video games from almost every console, and it's still growing...!)

🇧🇷 Nunca Te Pedi Nada (channel about a little bit of everything, from vlogs to educational left-aligned things);

Miura Ayme (vtuber, cosplayer, band vocalist and seiyuu of Obey Me's Asmodeus);

Razor & Zenon (russian channel that does gameplays and walkthroughs of Sonic The Hedgehog hacks/ROMs);

🇧🇷 Raquel Nery (the life shares of a young autistic woman studying to become a medic. Very charismatic and cute!).

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Doraemon Vol. 4 from The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio

The stories in this one were published in 1971–1977. At this point, we’re essentially free of early-series oddities (well, until we eventually return to some of the earliest years of the manga in volume 18, due to the way these compilations are organized). Although there will be additions and subtle changes to the lore in works to come, the stories here are more or less what I’d expect of standard Doraemon, so I’m going to skip ahead to the overview of iconic entries in this volume (as determined by my personal experience and biases):

“ウルトラミキサー” (“Ultra Mixer”, 1972): Nobita and Doraemon have fun with a gadget that can combine objects together. Notable for featuring “Nobiemon”, a fusion of Nobita and Doraemon who has been the subject of merchandise despite being a one-shot gag character.

“ぼく、マリちゃんだよ“ (“I’m Mary”, 1973): Nobita switches lives with an overworked celebrity to give her a chance to rest.

“ぞうとおじさん” (“Uncle and the Elephant”, 1973): Nobita’s uncle tells him a story from his childhood about about a zoo elephant that was killed during World War II, so Nobita and Doraemon travel back in time to save it. Includes a hilarious scene where Doraemon casually informs a Japanese soldier that Japan will lose the war while trying to convince him not to kill the elephant.

“さようなら、ドラえもん” (“Goodbye, Doraemon”, 1974): Doraemon has to return to the future forever. This is actually not the first story to show Doraemon leaving Nobita seemingly for good (two earlier ones are compiled in volume 1), but it is by far the best known and the only one that has been adapted into the 1979 and 2005 anime series. It’s sometimes said that this was intended to be the true finale of the manga, but there is little evidence to support this claim. In any case, the Doraemon manga continued for a long time afterward, which leads us to...

“帰ってきたドラえもん” (“Doraemon Returns”, 1974): It turns out Doraemon left Nobita with one last gadget just in case he needed it, a potion that turns anything the user says into a lie. Nobita drinks it to get back at Gian and Suneo for pranking him, accidentally mentions that Doraemon will never return, and... wouldn’t you know it, Doraemon comes back!

“ゆめの町 、ノビタランド” (“City of Dreams, Nobitaland”, 1974): Nobita and Doraemon create a miniature version of their town, then shrink themselves and their friends so they can play in it. The first episode to air from the classic 1979 anime series was an adaptation of this story.

“たとえ胃の中、水の中” (“Even Through Stomach and Water”, 1975): The obligatory “Fantastic Voyage” plot. Shizuka swallows a gemstone by accident, so Doraemon and Nobita enter her stomach in a shrunken submarine to retrieve it.

“化石大発見!” (“Great Fossil Discovery!”, 1976): Nobita and Doraemon create fake fossils as an April Fools’ joke on a fossil hunter, but as they come clean and turn the fakes back to normal, they happen to revive a trilobite, demonstrating that there were fossils in the area after all.

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Doraemon (1979)

Created by Fujio F. Fujiko

The first episode of "Doraemon" is titled "All the Way From the Future." It originally aired in Japan on April 2, 1979. The episode sets the stage for the entire series and introduces the main characters, Doraemon and Nobita.

The story begins with Nobita Nobi, a young boy who faces various challenges in his daily life, including bullying at school. One day, a blue robotic cat named Doraemon is sent from the 22nd century to help Nobita navigate his life and improve his future. Doraemon is equipped with various futuristic gadgets from the future's technology, and he uses them to assist Nobita in solving problems and overcoming obstacles.

In the first episode, Doraemon arrives at Nobita's home, and the two start forming a close friendship. Doraemon's mission is to prevent Nobita's future descendants from facing a life of hardship, and he aims to guide Nobita toward a more positive and successful future.

The episode sets the tone for the series, emphasizing themes of friendship, personal growth, and the impact of choices on one's future. As the series progresses, viewers witness the adventures and life lessons that Doraemon and Nobita share together, often with the help of Doraemon's futuristic gadgets.

The animation process involved a combination of traditional hand-drawn animation techniques, as computer-generated animation was not widely used during that time. The episodes were created by teams of animators, artists, writers, and directors working collaboratively to bring the stories to life. The success of "Doraemon" can be attributed to its engaging storytelling, memorable characters, and the relatable themes it explores.

The "Doraemon" series was shown on television in a serialized format. It was broadcast on Japanese television channels, with episodes airing at specific times as part of the weekly programming schedule. The series first premiered on April 2, 1979, on Nippon Television Network and later on other affiliated television networks across Japan.

Television broadcasting was the primary means by which audiences could watch anime series like "Doraemon" during this era. Viewers would tune in to their local TV stations at the scheduled airtime to watch the latest episode. The show typically followed a weekly release schedule, with a new episode airing each week.

The popularity of "Doraemon" grew steadily, and it became a long-running and iconic anime series. Over time, the series gained international recognition and was dubbed or subtitled in various languages for audiences outside of Japan.

In addition to the TV broadcast, the series also spawned movies, specials, and merchandise, contributing to the widespread success and enduring popularity of "Doraemon" both in Japan and around the world.

Doraemon (TV Series 1979–2005) - Episode list - IMDb

List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes - Wikipedia

Doraemon (1979 anime) | Doraemon Wiki | Fandom

Doraemon (1979) | Anime-Planet