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229 - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2
Category: Games & Hobbies
Duration: 01:07:17
Publish Date: 2019-02-10 18:00:00
Description: 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! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac 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 Oshiri 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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