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Saving Fairy Tales

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I’m going to make a strong statement: I love mahou shoujos. For those not in on the lingo,
I love magical girls, of all types. Now, I am an aunt to a young niece and trying to find shows that I would be willing to watch and be age-appropriate with her. This led me back to LilPri (the short version because the name is atrociously long). Now, I first watched this anime years ago, when I was first getting into anime, so I was hoping that it was as appropriate as I remembered, because you can never be too sure with anime sometimes.

LilPri follows three elementary school girls, who are the reincarnations of Snow White, Cinderella, and Kaguya, who transform into an idol group known as LilPri to increase happiness in humans’ souls and save Fairytale World from destruction. They do this by helping different people with different troubles they may have in their lives, whether in the real world or the magical one. This is your quintessential musical magical girl with strong “girl power” and “believe in yourself” vibes. The other interesting thing I enjoyed was learning about some of the Japanese fairy tales and their take on some of our traditional fairy tales. Also, there are magical animal mascots, a must in any type of magical girl show, in my opinion.

Overall, this was a cute anime that I wouldn’t mind watching with a smaller child, or apparently enjoy in my free time, following people with no real troubles in their lives. (If only I could be worrying about absolutely nothing.)

Patterns on Our Skin

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This will probably be the only time that I admit that it took me too long to watch something. Usually, I stick to my gigantic list to “Want to Watch” and the time comes when the time comes. I will admit that I was completely and utterly wrong about K-Pop Demon Hunters. I thought it was being overhyped, but it wasn’t. If you search around my blog you know that I love Japanese media. When my dad said I should watch it, I blew it off because obviously he confused the two countries. He may have had a point.

K-Pop Demon Hunters may quite possibly be my favorite movie of the year, and not just because I don’t really watch new movies. It has everything. Amazing animation, lovable characters, action, drama, and a dash of romance. Going further than the understanding of three Korean pop-stars who fight and save the world from a demon takeover through song who be too many spoilers for this amazing story. I am also sometimes skeptical of in-universe soundtracks, but the songs are beautiful and heartwarming. I’ve either had them on repeat or stuck in my head for days now. Check it out, if you haven’t, because at this point it is a complete sin. Seriously, drop everything and run, don’t walk, to your nearest Netflix account.

Another thing that I’ve done since watching this movie is find the Korean translations and a couple of people who are speaking on some of the aspects of Korean culture that I, as an American, would not get. It’s been really interesting how much deeper the story gets with some of the extra background people are supplying. I would explain it, but again, spoilers… Just know that I am expecting some amazing cosplays for these characters. I make no promises, however, since my cosplay game is sorely lacking.

Singing Your Heart Out

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A lot of the time, singing in written media does not connect the way it should. You cannot hear the heart behind the words while sometimes you are just told the feelings that you’re supposed to feel. That is not the case with Full Moon o Sagashite by Arina Tanemura. Maybe it is just that medium of manga the lends to it so well, but it has so much heart and soul.

Full Moon follows Mitsuki, a girl who loves singing but has throat cancer that is preventing her from pursuing a career. Enter Shinigami, gods of death, who believe that giving her the ability to follow her dreams will allow her to peacefully go with them. On top of this seemingly basic plot line, there are many twists and turns that leave your heart racing and unable to put down a volume until the very end. While this manga was amazing, one of the best that I have ever read, there are some serious topics discussed which are impossible to say without giving plot away, so do take care while reading. I’m almost certain you will love the story.

(not so) Family of Music

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As a lover of Disney-Pixar, I am honestly horrified that it took me this long to get around to watching Coco. I just thank Netflix for having this movie on their streaming service. This movie was just so cute. I loved the inclusion of the Latinx culture (I want to say this movie takes place in Mexico since one of the songs in from the Mexican Institute of Sound, but I’m not sure). It was just very well integrated. Yes, the movie was kinda predictable, but I’m just saying that as someone who watched too many children’s movies while not being a child. I was still crying towards the end. All of the main characters are enjoyable and you just want to hug them…well most of them. The character development was substantially by not even just the main character. The music was beautiful and catchy. I will definitely watch this movie again when I have the itch for a Disney-Pixar night.