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For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, first up is Death Note (2006), the anime adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba’s manga of the same name. It follows the misadventures of Light Yagami, a young man who obtains an evil notebook into which he can write the name of any person and thereby kill them. He vows to use his powers to rid the world of evil, but what happens when he becomes the bad guy himself? Cue suspense. The crew for this show overlaps with that tof Samurai Champloo (2004) and Attack on Titan (2014), among others. This is often considered one of the best anime of all time, so let’s give it a whirl. Episodes 7 through 12 tonight.

After that is Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall (2026) (yes, that is the actual title), the first entry in a planned three-part adaptation of the legendary 1993 Batman story Knightfall. A new bad guy is in town: a mysterious masked luchador known only as Bane. He frees all of Batman’s most diabolical foes from Arkham Asylum, and Bats has to take them all down in a marathon superheroing session that brings him to his limits. Uh-oh, turns out Bane himself is also a formidable fighter with drug-induced superpowers; has Batman met his match? I guess we’ll see. Director Jeff Wamester has made a whole career out of direct-to-video DC movies, including the Crisis on Infinite Earths (2024) adaptation. This is hands-down his best-received work yet, so let’s give it a shot.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

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CWs for Death Note:

  • Someone leaves without saying goodbye.
  • Woman brutalized for spectacle.
  • Abused person forgives their abuser.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Stalking.
  • Drug addiction.
  • Finger mutilation.
  • Hand damage.
  • Someone is drugged.
  • Someone is physically restrained.
  • Bullying.
  • Someone’s mouth is covered.
  • Crying baby.
  • Death of non-humans.
  • Suicide.
  • Destruction of child’s toy.
  • Death of parent.
  • Cheating.
  • Kidnapping.
  • Claustrophobia.
  • Mind control.
  • Shower scene.
  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Natural bodies of water.
  • Prison scene.
  • Hospital scene.
  • Heart attacks.
  • Misophonia.
  • Violent mentally-ill person.
  • PTSD.
  • Unstable reality.
  • Dissociation.
  • Mental illness.
  • Nervous breakdown.
  • Hanging.
  • Someone struggles to breathe.
  • Flashing lights.
  • Jump scares.
  • Shaky cam.
  • Screaming.
  • Profanity.
  • Someone is watched without their knowledge.
  • Fat jokes.
  • Death of LGBT person.
  • Discussion of religion.
  • Demons.
  • Self-harm.
  • Suicidal ideation.
  • Sex.
  • Nudity.
  • Sexual assault in the first episode.
  • Mention of sexual assault.
  • Chronic illness.
  • Discussion of existentialism.
  • Car crash.
  • Someone is hit by a car.
  • Honking horns.
  • Screeching tires.
  • Blood and gore.
  • Gun violence.
  • Torture.
  • Someone is burned alive.
  • Death by crushing.
  • Seizure.
  • Death by falling.
  • Sad ending.

CWs for Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall:

  • Blood and gore.
  • Beatings.
  • Fistfighting.
  • Stabbing.
  • Explosions.
  • Drug use.
  • Child endangerment.
  • Broken bones.
  • Eye mutilation.
  • Squashed head.
  • Someone is burned alive.
  • Audio gore.

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