Caitlin, Colleen, and Megan return to complete their rewatch of the Magic Knight Rayearth anime!

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:49 Content Warning: Grief and loss
0:02:33 Production
0:04:09 Mech designs
0:08:11 New songs
0:10:03 The writing
0:13:01 Personal reactions
0:14:52 Lantis x Eagle x Hikaru
0:16:32 Plot Mess
0:24:25 Umi romance
0:26:27 Umi and Fuu have nothing to do
0:33:19 Anime vs manga ending
0:38:18 Themes + motifs
0:44:49 Value of shojo
0:49:23 Shojo mecha
0:50:46 Contradictions
0:55:36 Final thoughts
0:59:42 Outro

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Recorded Sunday 13th October 2024

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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