The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Guest Spot: Wakakusa no Charlotte with Zannen Canada

 

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While your host is taking a brief break for health reasons, please enjoy some selected Guest Spots from other podcasts! This month, from the archives, enjoy me learning about one of the most Canadian anime shows that's NOT Anne of Green Gables: Wakakakusa no Charlotte, with Jesse of Zannen, Canada! Ever hear of Bonhomme? Well, you're gonna. I hope you enjoy it!


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Relevant links:

• Nippon Animation's Official Japanese website for the series
• Wakakusa no Charlotte fansubs on YT
• Check out more of Canada's ties to anime on Zannen Canada's site!
• Follow host Jesse on Bluesky!

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The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - Ep 147: ReView: Bride of Deimos OVA

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This month’s episode is another short ReView! What is a “ReView” episode, you might ask? Well, it’s my highly-clever (ok not really) name for episodes where I go back and revisit an older title I haven’t seen in a long time, and see if what I remember (and what my opinions on it) are still the same now that some time’s gone by. It's almost Halloween! So for this month's ReView episode, I'm revisiting a fun-sized shoujo horror OVA. Based on a 70s manga and animated in the 80s by some of the top horror anime staff at Madhouse, it's the Bride of Deimos OVA! But even with all that pedigree, is it worth putting on your Halloween night watch list? Let's find out!

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Relevant links:

• Look for the English vols of The Bride of Deimos manga on Amazon!
• The entire series is also available digitally in Japanese, on places like Amazon Japan & ebook Japan (for those who can read Japanese!)
• Madhouse's official page on the OVA
• Other titles mentioned in this episode: Demon City Shinjuku, Wicked City, Tokyo Babylon, Unico in the Island of Magic

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My Halloween theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website!

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Guest Spot: "Wakakusa no Charlotte" with Zannen, Canada

Back in April, I was a guest on Zannen, Canada to talk about the little-known 70s shoujo anime Wakakusa no Charlotte! The episode recently got added to Youtube, so if you haven't checked it out yet, now's a great time! It was a lot of fun, thanks Jesse for having me!

 

Anime Herald Guest article: Gunbuster

 

If you're a Patreon supporter of Anime Herald, you might have noticed that I recently wrote an article for them about how shojo was a major influence on the original Gunbuster series. Well, now it's free to read for everyone! You can find the article here.

Enjoy!

The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 79: They Were Eleven with Rachel

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Returning guest Rachel is back to chat with me about all things related to the anime adaptation of Moto Hagio’s sci-fi shoujo, They Were Eleven! Listen as we discuss why this 80s anime (and the original 70s manga it’s based on) still resonates with us today, and how Hagio’s work was an early introduction to things like classism & gender roles to young anime fans back in the day. All this wrapped up in a cool sci-fi mystery! Since this title is a bit more obscure, we discuss the work relatively spoiler-free up until around the 41:05 mark...after that, plenty of spoiler-filled discussion for those who are already familiar with the work as we dive a bit deeper. Enjoy!


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Relevant Links:

• Buy the (sadly out of print) CPM DVD release of They Were Eleven!
• Buy the Japanese, Spanish or French Editions of the They Were Eleven collected manga!
• Check out Moto Hagio’s other manga on Fantagraphics, Amazon, and Rightstuf!
• Watch the first 5 minutes of the Japanese live-action TV movie from 1977 on Nico Video
• Clip of one of the recent productions of the Japanese live-action They Were Eleven stage musicals
• Hakutaku: The Magnificent, Revolutionary Year 24 Group
• Video of Moto Hagio herself briefly explaining who the Year 24 Group is!
• Women in Comics wiki entry on The Year 24 Group
• An interesting essay on Gender Identity through linguistic markers in relation to They Were Eleven (major spoilers!!)
• Follow Rachel on Twitter, Tumblr, and Twitch!
• Find more of Kerobit’s music on InazumaKick.com!

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Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern!

Yesterday I got to see a showing of Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Part 1)! It’s a new movie adaptation of the classic late 70s shoujo series by Waki Yamamoto. I really enjoyed it and hope that the rest of the series of films gets a release here!

The story centers around Benio Hanamura, a girl growing up in Taisho-era Japan who wants to live free of the traditional gender roles of going to school simply to train to be “the perfect Japanese housewife”. A brash, fiercely independent (but sweet) girl, Benio would rather climb trees, practice kendo, and read modern women’s magazines than learn to sew or cook for a future husband. She wants to find love on her own terms! But all her plans come crashing down when she meets the man her father wants her to marry. Can she convince her fiance-to-be’s entire family she’s not bride material & end her arranged marriage?

The original Haikara-san is a beloved historical shoujo classic, in the same class as similar releases of the time like Candy Candy and The Rose of Versailles. It’s still playing in some select theaters around the US til June 13 2018, so be sure to check it out if you think it sounds interesting!