Talk about a deep dive! This episode, Jared and Ink talk about Science Saru‘s original animated movie, Masaaki Yuasa’s Lu Over the Wall. This movie centers around a withdrawn Tokyo transfer student who accidentally draws out like-minded, music-making friends as well as a music-seeking mermaid – the local legends about which both scare his fellow port town residents and benefit the town’s tourist trade. The animation draws on a surprising range of old-school sources while flashing the Yuaasa style so familiar to Science Saru fans. There’s a lot to explore, so jump in; the water’s juuuust fine.

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Runtime: 1 hour, 10 min

Show Notes

Opening Song: “Return to the Black Star” by Deep Space Destructors

0:00:00 – Lu Over the Wall

Jared’s DMs:

4:32pm – I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH AND IM ONLY 9:56 INTO IT!!!!!!

4:32pm – HOW IS HE SO GOOD

5:02pm – THERE ARE DOGFISH WHAT IS HAPPENING

6:17pm – IT’S SO GOOD

0:22:35 – Spoilers

0:33:25 – sources:

• Mysterious Universe
• Ancient Origins

0:43:00 – Questions

0:55:25 – In case you’re wondering, it’s a parody of this.

Ending Song: “End of the Movie” by Cake (lyrics removed)

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Ink has also written for Otaku USA Magazine and The Fandom Post as well as talked about bad (and good) sports anime over at the Taiiku Podcast.

Jared also writes for The Electrum Edition and has written for Wave Motion Cannon.