It looks a lot cooler than it actually is. I watched some scenes from it and it is pretty B-A-D.
The first 3 1/2 minutes are full of horrid dialogue and cliches and then it picks up a notch and goes incredibly surreal. The dialogue remains banal but the visuals are kooky.
If you have the gumption to track down the entire movie, you're braver than I.
Instead, you might want to check out the original manga it was based upon. It looks even weirder but in a good way.
Unrelated but interesting is this Clear File featuring the Sanrio gang.
When picking up dinner today, I noticed that "Trick or Jim Beam" is the worst version of "Trick or Treat" I've ever heard.
Today's Kemono Friend is a stormy cryptid called ライジュウ or Raiju.
Some cool trivia about the actual Raiju from Wikipedia is as follows.
- Raijū 雷獣 in japanese mean "thunder animal" or "thunder beast".
- In old Japan it was said that trees scored by lightning had been the work of Raijū claws, and that scorched tree trunks were the result of their wrath.
- Another of Raiju's peculiar behaviors is sleeping in human navels. This prompts the Raijin to shoot lightning arrows at Raiju to wake the creature up, and thus harms the person in whose belly the demon is resting. Superstitious people therefore often sleep on their stomachs during bad weather, but other legends say that Raiju will only hide in the navels of people who sleep outdoors.
There are more details about the Raiju here, courtesy of Yokai.com.
Completely unrelated to the above is my take on Norman's mom from Psycho (thanks to a wig worn in my Grade 4 class today.)
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