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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Yuyu Hakusho (1992), one of the all-time classics of shonen anime, featuring a teenage boy who is killed by a car to save a child and then given superpowers in recognition of his selflessness. He goes back to Earth and fights bad guys. Expect a lot of glowing and powering up to defeat smug villains and the like. Episodes 73 through 78 tonight.

After that is The Rabbi’s Cat (2011), a French animated comedy set in 1920s Algeria, then under the French colonial yoke. After eating the family parrot, a rabbi’s cat gains the ability to speak, and pursues conversion to Judaism, a process that requires him to show his dedication by seeking out a hidden tribe in the remote reaches of Africa. Also, the cat is in love with the rabbi’s daughter and lusts after her. Hilarity ensues. This is the best-known and best-regarded work to date of directors Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar, neither of whom have done much otherwise. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Yuyu Hakusho: https://myanimelist.net/anime/392/Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
• The Rabbi’s Cat: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-rabbis-cat/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Yuyu Hakusho: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/22813
• The Rabbi’s Cat: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17998

CWs for Yuyu Hakusho:

• Child abuse.
• Stalking.
• Alcoholism.
• Drug addiction.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Death of dragon.
• Spiders.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: the protagonist gets handsy with a trans woman.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Squashed head.
• Cannibalism.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Amputation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Death by falling.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of child.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Ableist slurs.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Clowns.
• Possession.
• Ghosts.
• Audio gore.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Self-harm.
• PTSD.
• Eating disorder.
• Suicide.
• Claustrophobia.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Crying baby.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• “Man in dress” jokes.
• Ableism.
• Misrepresentation of minority.
• Blackface-style caricatures.
• Misgendering.
• Implied sex.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Car crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Gun violence.
• Nuclear explosion.

CWs for The Rabbi’s Cat:

• Cruelty to animals.
• Animal corpses.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Death of animal.
• Bugs.
• Blood and gore.
• Squashed head.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Antisemitism.
• Racism.
• Stabbing.
• Nudity.
• Implied sex.

Links to movies:

• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 73: https://tankie.tube/w/9HJNaUwXd32GMqZ4F1ZEMc
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 74: https://tankie.tube/w/a4MHfxvm8dXfkJVEb5cTHr
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 75: https://tankie.tube/w/gmwWzXNk2asaSE2EDRemXn
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 76: https://tankie.tube/w/kAk2hYTqLcVdjcSydUyLcY
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 77: https://tankie.tube/w/1BNX78XXKtwDiDxvXXN56m
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 78: https://tankie.tube/w/2gBA9XzuXPCcuYJh1C3vyp
• The Rabbi’s Cat: https://tankie.tube/w/7NhXdzri4tSjUntvJL2z6o