Now that Ghibli's new movie is coming out soon, I've been thinking about anime films and wanna talk about my favorite animated movie ever, Tokyo Godfathers.
TG is a 2003 tragicomedy by Satoshi Kon, following three unhoused people––an alcoholic, a runaway girl, an a trans woman––who find a baby in a dumpster and set off across Tokyo to reunite her with her parents.
If you like the sound of that, go watch it because the rest of this post is spoilers and I have FEELINGS about this movie.
URGHH, the fact that only two moments of true kindness, generosity, and care given to the three protagonists without any expectation of reciprocity are given by a Latin-American immigrant couple and a drag show club full of trans women. The fact that, despite her loud and dramatic personality, Hana is the glue that holds the team together and the heart of the whole movie. The fact that this movie pulls no punches at showing the violence and inhumanity committed by "civilized Japanese society" against the unhoused. The fact that Miyuki craves to be loved by her parents and ends up seeing Hana as her true mother. The fact that Miyuki starts off accidentally using transphobic language against Hana, but slowly begins calling her "Miss Hana" out of respect. The fact that, according to Kon, Hana's role in the story is as a mythological trickster god and "disturb the morality and order of society, but also play a role in revitalizing culture." The fact that Hana so desperately wants to be part of a true family, yet is willing to sacrifice her found family so they can be with their own, and is rewarded for her good deeds in the end by becoming a godmother. The fact that, throughout the movie, wind and light have been used to signify the presence of god's hand/influence (this movie's about nondenominational faith––faith in yourself, faith in others, faith in a higher power. Lots of religious are referenced, such as Buddhism/Hinduism, Christianity, and Shintoism), and in the climax of the film, as Hana jumps off a building to save a baby that isn't hers, a gust of wind and a shower of light save her from death. The fact that god saves a trans woman's life because she proved herself a mother, and that shit makes me CRY.
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Beach Combing
[Image ID: A digital illustration featuring a trans masculine person, torso up. The figure is shown from the hips up, facing left with his eyes closed softly. He has shoulder length black hair, and is shirtless with visible top surgery scars. Around him, are illustrations of green and blue fish, sand dollars, rocks, and seaweed. There is a string of pearls weaving around the figure, and white stars surrounding him. The background is a plain dark gray. /.End ID]
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✨⭐️YOU CAN NOW PREORDER LUNAR BOY!!🌟✨
It's Princess Kaguya meets the Little Prince with an entirely Indonesian cast of characters! A graphic novel drawn and written by yours truly!
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your pride animals are adorable! Can you do an agender coyote and/or a transgender raccoon?
(Surprise me :3)
🎉Surprise, it's a coyote! But wait, there's more! You might not have a trans raccoon in this post, but you can find the one I did little while back right here.
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work from this year’s pride art show at my local gallery 3/5
❣️top surgery❣️
cone 6 stoneware, underglaze, glaze.
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