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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 1 through 6 tonight.

After that is Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976), a surrealist feature from renowned auteur animator Richard Willians, the guy best-known for The Thief and the Cobbler (1992). This was the only feature-length work completed and released during Wiliams’ lifetime in a form that he intended. Accordingly, it has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years, owing to its bizarre, yet fluid animation, structured around a threadbare plot that sees the eponymous living dolls rescuing a kidnapped toy from a pirate captain. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

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

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: https://letterboxd.com/film/mobile-suit-zeta-gundam/
• Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure: https://letterboxd.com/film/kpop-demon-hunters/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159186/parentalguide/
• Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/244071

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 Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure:

• Drug addiction.
• Unstable reality.
• Hallucinations.
• Bullying.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Kidnapping.
• Clowns.
• Eating disorder.

Links to movies:

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 1: https://tankie.tube/w/j3X6c4ufFEHjfth8TGhrFY
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 2: https://tankie.tube/w/rKZLB76j91dNXmmAwpdpum
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 3: https://tankie.tube/w/iDVVWXojoCixpg7r7vZYYt
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 4: https://tankie.tube/w/3J1aCdpHejb9CHHudQWTGN
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 5: https://tankie.tube/w/p9s7Pb6WUkSsC7f8NR8jqd
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ep. 6: https://tankie.tube/w/rXMxFiiX8ZwUSJstwZ5zam
• Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure: https://tankie.tube/w/jZYQZcdgFYeyz4c5vfFfaj