229 - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2

229 - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2

On this episode we continue our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection with stories about Toru Oshikiri, a scary doll, unfortunate face clamps, and the Ito family dog Non-non!

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Time Stamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shichiten Battou no Blues" by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito: Collection, Opening, Introductions, our website project
  • 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox puts Black Clover on blast for the current filler episodes
  • 00:10:54 - The newest volume of Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction makes way for more predictions from Seamus
  • 00:18:31 - We discuss reading ongoing manga and the release schedules for official English volumes
  • 00:20:22 - dakazu talks spoilers for the end of the dark adult series Naraku no Hitsuji
  • 00:27:05 - dakazu really likes the group of half monster/half human detectives in Kemono Jihen
  • 00:30:22 - News: BEASTARS is getting an anime adaptation but we have a lot of concerns
  • 00:43:15 - The screenings of I want to eat your pancreas were preceded by cast interviews filled with spoilers
  • 00:45:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Alita: Battle Angel, we'll be reviewing the newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez
  • 00:47:52 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: "Otogai no Uchuu" by JYOCHO from Junji Ito: Collection, we review the rest of the stories from the book
  • 00:49:42 - dakazu talks about how earlier Junji Ito works show heavy influence from an almost shoujo-like art style
  • 00:51:29 - Darfox weighs on his favorite of the Oshikiri stories
  • 00:52:40 - The alternate universe plot makes us wonder how each of the Oshikiri stories are tied together
  • 00:54:32 - Darfox points out how many Junji Ito stories have some obvious plot holes about victims not escaping horrific places
  • 00:57:00 - Darfox felt a strong presence from translator Jocelyn Allen in the Face-Firmly in Place story
  • 00:58:03 - We agree that The Hell of the Doll Funeral was solely made so Ito could draw that final page
  • 00:59:26 - dakazu found a lot of humor in Face-Firmly in Place
  • 01:00:13 - The stories of Non-non felt like a predecessor for Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
  • 01:02:00 - Seamus comments about eeriness of the final page of The Strange Tales of Oshikiri: The Walls
  • 01:02:59 - We discuss the use of [ghost orb] as apposed to [will-o'-wisp]
  • 01:04:40 - We give our final thoughts
  • 01:05:42 - Next Week's Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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017 - Slam Dunk part 2

017 - Slam Dunk part 2

We took a week off for the holidays but now we're back! On this episode darfox continues to find his inner worm with The Flowers of Evil, Seamus becomes our official Shoujo(girl) manga specialist by reading Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, and we discuss the Ryonan practice match arc of our main series Slam Dunk!!(covers chapters 26-48)

5 Jan 201540min

016 - Slam Dunk part 1

016 - Slam Dunk part 1

After last week's anime talk, Seamus was inspired to start watching Kill la Kill but also found the time to read about preteen romance in Love at Fourteen. dakazu talks about Survival by the author of Golgo 13 and giant high school girl soldiers in the sci-fi manga Joshi kouhei. Then we begin discussing our new series Slam Dunk and the origins of the Naruto vs Sasuke rivalry with Hanamichi vs Rukawa!(covers chapters 1-25)

22 Dec 201444min

015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

015 - Anime Interlude 1 - Parasyte -the maxim-

This week darfox learns about survival in Jisatsutou and dakazu thinks manga Wozniak is cute in Steve Jobs. Then we're joined by our anime expert kenzo to talk about all the anime we're watching: including Broken Blade, From the New World, Gundam: Reconguista in G, Psycho-Pass, Yowamushi Pedal, World Trigger, SHIROBAKO, Parasyte, Rage of the Bahamut: Genesis, The Seven Deadly Sins, and much more!

16 Dec 20141h 4min

014 - Parasyte part 5

014 - Parasyte part 5

After missing a week due to technical issues(Ireland internet), we're back! Darfox shares tales of creepy teens in The Flowers of Evil(Aku no Hana) and then we wrap up our Parasyte read through of the final chapters and review the series as a whole!(covers chapters 49-64)

8 Dec 20141h 23min

013 - Parasyte part 4

013 - Parasyte part 4

This week we have a quick Billy Bat update with new chapters 126-127, dakazu gets hungry over Nobunaga no Chef(Nobunaga's Chef), and we finish off the Tamiya Ryoko arc of Parasyte!!(covers chapters 32-48)

24 Nov 20141h 15min

012 - Parasyte part 3

012 - Parasyte part 3

This week we have a long discussion/rant about the end of Naruto. We also extend our Parasyte discussion because darfox can't get enough tentacle action!(covers chapters 17-31)

17 Nov 20141h 7min

011 - Parasyte part 2

011 - Parasyte part 2

This week we discuss the creepy live-action Nana to Kaoru movie, dakazu tries to explain what Ikigami is, and we catch up on current Naruto & Bleach. Then we jump into our Parasyte read-through by discussing the Mom arc(covers chapters 9-16)

10 Nov 201446min

010 - Parasyte part 1

010 - Parasyte part 1

On this episode darfox reads Nana to Kaoru to learn about doms and subjects(?), dakazu rants about the downfall of Bleach, and we start our read through of Parasyte and learn to love tentacle gore!(covers chapters 1-8)

3 Nov 20141h

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