It may not feel like it given the warm temps on the East
Coast, but Christmas is a couple of days away.
So lets face it, had to do a Holiday themed Top 5 Wednesday this
week. Here are five titles to enjoy with
your Otaku family while doing normal Christmas things like gift giving, cocoa
drinking, tree watching, or just general hanging out with the people you love
the most.
#5-Tokyo
Godfathers
In one of the most traditional of holiday tales, three
homeless runaways discover an abandoned newborn on Christmas Eve and seek to
return it to it’s parents. Isn’t that
just the holidays right there? You wouldn’t
expect an alcoholic, a trans gender and a runaway to bond over such an event
but man they do. This is the time of
year when differences and dark pasts can be set aside for a brief moment and
love can form among the most unexpected of circumstances. Who knows if it will last but for one night,
it really is the best time of the year.
That’s quite a thing coming from the director of Perfect Blue and
Paranoia Agent, two not so cheerful stories (RIP Satoshi Kon). You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll…appreciate
the little things a bit more.
#4-Mobile Suit
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Who doesn’t want an army of Giant Robots on Christmas? That depends, do you want to look at them in
awe or fear them as they take over the world?
Honestly, there’s only a small bit of Christmas talk in this
special. Endless Waltz is all about
Gundams fighting in the snow. It’s a
nice little family gathering for Heero, Duo, Trowa and Quatre (with Wufei
feeling left out so he fights everybody).
There’s also some nice extended family moments with Relena, Zechs, Noin,
Sally Po and Lady Une. But let’s face
it, I’m only adding this to the list really because Christmas is the time of
Angels. There’s an Angel Gundam in the form of Wing Gundam Zero Custom…so
there.
#3-Sailor Moon S The Movie:
Hearts in Ice
I honestly don’t remember if this actually takes place
during summer or winter but in either case, it’s Sailor Moon and the Sailor
Senshi fighting evil Anime Elsa to save the world. I’ll take that as a holiday special
sure. As fun as it is to see the
complete Senshi kicking ass and looking good like they do best, this special is
nice because of Luna. She gets a nice
subplot where she falls for a Doctor connected to Evil Ice Elsa (yes she has a
name but I’m running with that.). And
for once she gets a special moment where she gets to become human to show her
affections for this young man. Not only
did this subplot inspire a fun new cosplay but also gave Luna some of her
strongest material in all of Sailor Moon.
It was a nice Christmas gift for everyones favorite talking cat.
#2-The
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
This one’s a bit more on the dramatic side. When Kyon wakes up one morning before Christmas
and discovers Haruhi no longer exists, the world spirals. The film follows Kyon’s race to find out what
happened and at the same time, do some deep inner examinations. For me, this isn’t just a great movie all
around. Relating it to the holiday, it’s
a reminder to look at the people around me, think about how much I value them
and how, in many cases, I wouldn’t change anything about those friendships,
even for a whole new world. The ending
of this movie is one of the best Christmas messages ever: don’t let a day go by
you don’t tell the people you care about most how you really feel.
#1-Dragon Ball Z
Abridged: Tree of Might
Yeah I’m cheating on this one and I don’t care. DBZA’s first abridged movie provides all the
joy and laughter of the season with a little bit of action we all know from the
Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might movie. From
Goku singing carols while Chi Chi scolds Gohan, to the introduction of Turles’s
much more threatening minions (Dibs on not fighting the one who rapped
Rudolph), even the true reward for the “Gift of Yamcha”, you cant really pass
up the season anymore without giving this one a watch. Best of all, it’s been a few years since this
one came out and it can still get in a good laugh.
Find it on Youtube and give it a watch.
Happy Holidays everyone from the Gundam Anime Corner.
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