S5E5 - The ANIMERAMA Trilogy: A Thousand & One Nights, Cleopatra, and Belladonna of Sadness Reviews

S5E5 - The ANIMERAMA Trilogy: A Thousand & One Nights, Cleopatra, and Belladonna of Sadness Reviews

Our Grand Tour reaches one of its strangest destinations this week as we complete our trilogy of Tezuka Osamu-themed episodes with a look at the Animerama Trilogy, a collection of three experimental animated films for adults created by Mushi Productions between 1969 and 1973. Coinciding with the Japanese New Wave movement and the rise of ‘Pink Films,’ these movies are stylistically anarchic, occasionally graphic, and range from irreverent and immature to startlingly sophisticated. Consisting of 1969’s A Thousand & One Nights, 1970’s Cleopatra, and 1973’s Belladonna of Sadness, all directed by Yamamoto Eiichi, these films were part of a global wave of efforts to make elaborate feature animation aimed squarely at adults, and while none were successful enough to pull Mushi Pro out of bankruptcy, they have endured as a fascinating experiment from a time when anime was still finding itself – and the last film, Belladonna of Sadness, is absolutely a masterpiece within its own right.

Enjoy, and come back next week as we put on our tin-foil hats, get paranoid, and watch the classic 2006 anime Welcome to the N.H.K.!

Time Chart:

Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:15

Intro and History: 0:01:15 – 0:31:21

A Thousand & One Nights Review: 0:31:21 – 1:26:29

Eyecatch Break 1: 1:26:29 – 1:27:14

Cleopatra Review: 1:27:14 – 2:09:43

Eyecatch Break 2: 2:09:43 – 2:09:59

Belladonna of Sadness Review: 2:09:59 – 3:25:21

End Theme: 3:25:21 – 3:26:22

Subscribe to our YouTube channels!

Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation

Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast

Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com

Subscribe to PURELY ACADEMIC, our monthly variety podcast about movies, video games, TV, and more: https://purelyacademic.simplecast.com

Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK

“Welcome to Japanimation Station” – Music by Thomas Lack, Lyrics by Sean Chapman, featuring Hatsune Miku. “Rolled Into One” – Music & Lyrics by Thomas Lack, featuring Hatsune Miku. https://www.thomaslack.com

Jaksot(166)

Weekly Suit Gundam #06 – Gundam Film Trilogy & One-Year War Wrap-up

Weekly Suit Gundam #06 – Gundam Film Trilogy & One-Year War Wrap-up

Our first ‘season’ of Weekly Suit Gundam comes to a close with a big, fun, celebratory ‘wrap-up’ episode. For our main topic, we discuss the series of theatrical films, released between 1981 and 1982,...

6 Elo 20194h

Weekly Suit Gundam #05 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 39-43

Weekly Suit Gundam #05 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 39-43

It’s the final stretch of Mobile Suit Gundam – episodes 39 through 43 – and if you thought a mere five episodes wouldn’t be enough to fill a full installment of this podcast, you clearly haven’t seen ...

6 Elo 20192h 20min

Weekly Suit Gundam #04 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 26-38

Weekly Suit Gundam #04 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 26-38

The end is near for Mobile Suit Gundam, as this set of episodes – #26-38 – find the crew of the White Base becoming fully integrated into the Federation’s forces, visiting the military’s biggest base ...

6 Elo 20192h 34min

Weekly Suit Gundam #03 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 14-25

Weekly Suit Gundam #03 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 14-25

As we hit the middle stretch of Mobile Suit Gundam and discuss episodes 14 through 25, the show gets increasingly dark, with the challenges faced by the crew of the White Base growing ever more perilo...

6 Elo 20191h 51min

Weekly Suit Gundam #02 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 03-13

Weekly Suit Gundam #02 - Reviewing Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 03-13

After giving an overview of the Mecha genre and talking about the first two episodes last time, we dive deep into the meat of Mobile Suit Gundam on this week’s episode, discussing Episodes three throu...

6 Elo 20192h 9min

Weekly Suit Gundam #01 - Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 01-02 & Intro to Mecha Anime

Weekly Suit Gundam #01 - Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Episodes 01-02 & Intro to Mecha Anime

In the 40 years since its 1979 debut in Japan, Mobile Suit Gundam has grown into one of the most pervasive and beloved franchises in anime history – and this summer, we’re taking a look back at the se...

6 Elo 20191h 36min

Suosittua kategoriassa Vapaa-aika

nikotellen
antin-matka
sita
the-harlin-show
ihan-oikeesti
unicast
everypodi
eturivi
tahtitehdas
mutsiputki
terkuin-jenna
rss-naapurissa
teen-spirit
rss-nikotellen
mysteeripodcast
oral-sex
rss-viihde-media
himocast
kaikkea-hyvaa
20-30-40-podcast