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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