![]() I know the song from the underrated Sanrio masterpiece Little Jumbo (1977) ( watch), but the song actually dates back to a 1963 Minna no Uta music video, and has been popular ever since. It was nice to see him smile for the first time as he tasted the iron in his own blood.Ī beautiful musical interlude riffs on the blood theme with the classic children’s song “Raise Your Hand to the Sun” written by Takashi Yanase and scored by Taku Izumi. His invincible robot persona came then not from the taunts of his schoolmates but from this life lesson taught by Peco, which Smile imaginatively embellished into an alter-ego to help him get through stressful situations. ![]() Just as Peco injured his knee saving Smile from bullies as a kid, Smile in turn injures his own knee, in a beautifully animated sequence, leaping like a madman to catch Peco’s lob. ![]() Peco is revealed, as suspected, to be the one who freed Smile from the locker. Blood and its iron-like taste are the guiding metaphor of the episode: Blood not as the symbol of death and injury but of life and striving.
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