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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 79 through 84 tonight.

After that is The Missing (2023), a Philippine animated drama done mostly in a rotoscoped style that reviews compare to Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006). It follows a young gay Philippine man with a boyfriend and a decent job, who literally has no mouth, leaving him unable to speak. This handicap causes him additional trouble when an alien arrives to abduct him, and walks him through the deepest recesses of his past to untangle his web of memories. Apparently, an Evangelion-esque trek through the psyche ensues from there. This is by far the best-known and best-regarded work to date of director Carl Joseph E. Papa. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.

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Letterboxd:

• Yuyu Hakusho: https://myanimelist.net/anime/392/Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
• The Missing: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-missing-2023/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Yuyu Hakusho: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/22813
• The Missing: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

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 Missing:

• Alien abduction.
• Body horror.
• Profanity.
• Implied pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Discussion of sexual assault.
• Unstable reality.
• Dissociation.
• Discussion of existentialism.

Links to movies:

• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 79: https://tankie.tube/w/xxCm78aYMZ2VibwjzYUJic
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 80: https://tankie.tube/w/2igp1koXRqPQSuLX5mUna8
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 81: https://tankie.tube/w/35tCRcKzm5MNm8bWM8Vjce
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 82: https://tankie.tube/w/bfZWRPcfPgC3cCDaWttyYx
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 83: https://tankie.tube/w/f7snCvLEdVbY3uWg6TzF3u
• Yuyu Hakusho ep. 84: https://tankie.tube/w/m2Nbz2Ys8yVgH1kmTet81E
• The Missing: https://tankie.tube/w/frxBT8dwYCsWL9e2rLpEEw