GITM 96: The Tsubasa Cat Arc (Bakemonogatari Analysis & Final Review)

It has been a long journey... but we finally made it to the final arc of Bakemonogatari, The Tsubasa Cat Arc! In this episode, let's talk about the final 'act' of this fifteen episode drama. From the mental health aspects of the show becoming more prominent, to the cinematic aspect ratio used throughout the arc, what makes this arc such a special one and why exactly is this one of my favourite stretches of episodes in TV anime? All this and more in this week's episode of Get In The Mecha.

Timestamps (Feel free to skip around!):
0:00 - Previously + Intro
2:48 - Plot Summary
4:47 - Storyboard Credits + What I'm Focusing On
7:30 - An Uncomfortable Oddity
12:17 - Monogatari & Mental Health
15:07 - Visual Narrative
18:40 - Telling vs Showing
21:46 - Dark vs Light
22:58 - Hitagi Crab Parallels
24:31 - The 21:9 Aspect Ratio
29:38 - Closing Thoughts
32:20 - Outro + Music Credits

(Main) Staff Mentioned in this episode: Tomoyuki Itamura, Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Toshimasa Suzuki, Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo, Gen'ichirou Abe, Hironori Tanaka, Ryo Imamura.

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MUSIC IN THIS PRODUCTION

Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch

China Town by Alex McCulloch

Difference by chasersgaming

Mandatory Overtime by Joth

“Anomaly” Eric Matyas www.soundimage.org (Edited for length)