IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 181 through 186 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Sailor Stars arc, which features a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors.

After that is A Scanner Darkly (2006), a rotoscoped sci-fi thriller from Richard Linklater, based on the Philip K. Dick story of the same name and made in similar style to Linklater’s earlier Waking Life (2001), which we previously watched. A future cop, played by Keanu Reeves, takes a new drug that causes him to lose his grip on reality. A whole bunch of weird and surreal encounters ensue, largely involving one-sided conversations with various eccentric characters. Looks cool; let’s watch.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• A Scanner Darkly: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-scanner-darkly/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• A Scanner Darkly: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/17452

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for A Scanner Darkly:

• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Shower scene.
• Vomiting.
• Mental institution scene.
• Sex.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 181: https://tankie.tube/w/aiLfYcZ3X3vziY5GgVusj7
• Sailor Moon episode 182: https://tankie.tube/w/cadcb7XTSvTwGu3QQe3kfQ
• Sailor Moon episode 183: https://tankie.tube/w/dAFdSJ3SbuMCMVYPunDhoS
• Sailor Moon episode 184: https://tankie.tube/w/aycxsHEy3MpXPJBXGfzC9q
• Sailor Moon episode 185: https://tankie.tube/w/hC5mmJvCqEqcoUoVsMN9eB
• Sailor Moon episode 186: https://tankie.tube/w/s3i3Jc1y7Tmnj8syVCfkhW
• A Scanner Darkly: https://tankie.tube/w/5o8q2uFfB3shbGA15f6jjm

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 175 through 180 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Sailor Stars arc, which features a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors.

After that is Persepolis (2007), a French coming-of-age tale based on the autobiographical graphic novel of the same name by Marjane Satrapi; she also directed the film, in her only notable directing credit to date. It follows a teenage girl in the last days of the much-hated shah’s regime, followed by his ouster and replacement by Islamist fundamentalists, followed by Iraq’s invasion of Iran. Drama ensues as sociopolitical conditions worsen. It won a bunch of awards, and was nominated for both the Best Animated Feature Oscar and the Palme d’Or at Cannes; it is one of the highest-rated animated films on Letterboxd, also. Let’s give it a whirl.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Persepolis: https://letterboxd.com/film/persepolis/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Persepolis: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39515

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Persepolis:

• Drug use.
• Smoking.
• Implied sexual assault. Not depicted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Hanging.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Death of child.
• Drug overdose.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Vomiting.
• Incarceration.
• Hospital scene.
• PTSD.
• Suicide attempt.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Racism against Japanese people.
• Ableism.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Someone loses their virginity.
• Homelessness.
• Existentialism.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 175: https://tankie.tube/w/4W8v8Qzi6DMhuC9ZmXqk1H
• Sailor Moon episode 176: https://tankie.tube/w/b1g9JgQRcVG2dXG3kfJjuY
• Sailor Moon episode 177: https://tankie.tube/w/7nEp5DLzvDFtNaRUuYdoop
• Sailor Moon episode 178: https://tankie.tube/w/5Go7sNHa58u3TVGX87V2MP
• Sailor Moon episode 179: https://tankie.tube/w/tyyXtmXsLcxZbpNX9qzHdF
• Sailor Moon episode 180: https://tankie.tube/w/kjYGk3hCqxKME3SZAVS2UD
• Persepolis: https://tankie.tube/w/mNM7qthsmXed9rjmCegNbe

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 169 through 174 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the Sailor Stars arc, which features a brand-new theme song and a slew of new sailors.

After that is Mind Game (2004), widely considered the magnum opus of renowned auteur Masaki Yuasa. This is the only one of his features that we have yet to watch, so let’s cross it off the list, finally. A loser pines after his childhood girlfriend, and is then killed by the yakuza; to get back to Earth, he must journey through heaven, hell, and back. A whole bunch of weird yet stylish stuff happens from there. This is one of the best-reviewed anime films of all time, so let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Mind Game: https://letterboxd.com/film/mind-game/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mind Game: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39515

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Mind Game:

• A skeevy sexual assault scene about 16 minutes in; a man climbs on top of a woman and tears her clothes, and is then foiled. For added yikes factor, the scene is blocked as a POV shot, i.e., from the assaulter’s perspective. This scene is why I felt cagey about showing this film until now, despite frequent requests, but eh, enough people want to watch, and I’ll put a CW in chat before it happens.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Carnism.
• Deaths of animals.
• Bugs.
• Squashed head.
• Broken bones.
• Cheating.
• Shower scene.
• Someone soils themselves.
• Audio gore.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Sex.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 169: https://tankie.tube/w/7fivfVranAYutMdiqBmxLU
• Sailor Moon episode 170: https://tankie.tube/w/tMw2WEKrTufD7DSJeVaApi
• Sailor Moon episode 171: https://tankie.tube/w/1onKghrW3WuTeyh2Gt74r3
• Sailor Moon episode 172: https://tankie.tube/w/tFtp8UpQVnxHpg93NVweMd
• Sailor Moon episode 173: https://tankie.tube/w/gf2XHCUBtytFbAZ9En18L6
• Sailor Moon episode 174: https://tankie.tube/w/qp1qroaCJFHh3r3rsqaUni
• Mind Game: https://tankie.tube/w/rP8RDNVuZqkzPjf25Go7Dr

This page lists Wikipedia pages by the total amount of text in all of their talk page archives put together. It is the best measure there is for determining how much squabbling has gone on behind the scenes for a given page.

Here is a ranking of all 63 of the listed pages that are actual articles (as opposed to policy/administrative/user pages), in descending order:

1. Donald Trump
2. Intelligent design
3. Climate change
4. Barack Obama
5. United States
6. Jesus
7. Race and intelligence
8. Catholic Church
9. Circumcision
10. Homeopathy
11. Muhammad
12. Gamergate (harassment campaign)
13. Chiropractic
14. Abortion
15. Monty Hall problem
16. Gaza War (2008-2009)
17. Evolution
18. Prem Rawat
19. Sarah Palin
20. India
21. Israel
22. World War II
23. Christ myth theory
24. Mass killings under communist regimes
25. Jehovah's Witnesses
26. September 11 attacks
27. Cold fusion
28. Climatic Research Unit email controversy
29. Armenian genocide
30. Anarchism
31. Atheism
32. Falun Gong
33. Neuro-linguistic programming
34. Jerusalem
35. Control of cities during the Syrian civil war
36. Kosovo
37. British Isles
38. Transcendental Meditation
39. United Kingdom
40. George W. Bush
41. Christianity
42. COVID-19 pandemic
43. Libertarianism
44. Acupuncture
45. Thomas Jefferson
46. International recognition of Kosovo
47. Israel and apartheid
48. Adolf Hitler
49. United States and state terrorism
50. Syrian civil war
51. List of best-selling music artists
52. Julian Assange
53. Russo-Georgian War
54. Historicity of Jesus
55. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
56. Tea Party movement
57. List of common misconceptions
58. Murder of Meredith Kercher
59. Genesis creation narrative
60. Taiwan
61. Hillary Clinton
62. Electronic cigarette
63. Michael Jackson

Bubbling under (present in earlier versions; I have gone back to 2015 so far here, though the page history goes back to 2010):

64. 0.999...
65. European Union
66. Chronic fatigue syndrome
67. Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
68. Shakespeare authorship question
69. Fascism
70. Astrology
71. The Holocaust
72. Joseph Smith
73. Chelsea Manning
74. List of scientists who disagree with the scientific consensus on global warming [NOTE: now deleted]
75. Gibraltar
76. Ayn Rand
77. Fox News
78. Shooting of Trayvon Martin
79. Human
80. Canada
81. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
82. Race (human categorization)
83. Iraq War
84. Elvis Presley
85. Islam
86. Philosophy
87. Terri Schiavo case
88. Black people
89. White people
90. Palestinians
91. Mitt Romney
92. HIV
93. Occupy Wall Street
94. Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
95. Elizabeth II
96. Asperger syndrome
97. Centrifugal force
98. Transnistria