Yeah, no, I get that. I just have a tendency to linger on the negative, even if there is absolution or repentance at the end. I’m working on it… XD

All this talk about Tom and Jerry made me remember one of my favorite themes of Western animation from my childhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMAVtSrkIhI

WOW! How blessed a person are you, having Nausicaä to be the FIRST anime you watch! :D I can’t quite recall the… wait. WAIT. La la la lala la’ la’ laa. I do remember the iconic child’s song! :D Didn’t it give you existential crisis? I made me have such dark and negative feeling toward humanity as a whole - a lot of Ghibli movies did…

Tom and Jerry LOL I do feel that western animation can be more shallow - being only or mostly about the visuals - while anime, unless it’s hentai, more often seems to have a deeper meaning.

How cool of your dad to share those DVD with you! :D Wow, it must have been confusing to watch GT before Z. No? I haven’t heard Champloo being mentioned for such a long time. Thank you for reminding me to watch it again! :)