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EP33: Mononoke
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In which Cass & Alex discuss Mononoke, directed by Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation.
Next month we will be discussing Tokyo Godfathers, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse.
Discussed: pure vibes performance, being pressured to watch something for a podcast, a newgrounds meet 'n' fuck game, @mcclure111: "There are certain kinds of visual-- mostly things involving small dots, dithering, complex patterns-- that the video codecs we've adopted everywhere are just plain bad at representing. Without any conversation, we've culturally decided those types of art will simply not exist", "Why Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality" by Tom Scott, the mononoke wikipedia article, impossible geometry, being trapped in a room with a bunch of spirits who have strong feelings about abortion, giving birth to who knows how many ghosts, turning into dust, being cleansed of your sins by an evil cat, a weird fish with a shamisen, paul rudd's computer, boat ufos, who hasn't been dead the whole time, the interpretive equivalent of that bit from wallance and gromit where gromit is laying the train tracks down in front of him, a 30 episode shonen sports anime about the world of competitive incense smelling, the three japanese arts of refinement, genjiko, taikyoku shogi, swooping owl, cat sword, evil wolf, blind dog, flying horse, poisonous snake, wrestler, pig general, reverse chariot, mountain witch, gliding swallow, vertical horse, left dog, right dog, a piece of wood that grants you power, braktheman, the oldest elementary schooler in history of the world, more being worse when it comes to coitus, revisiting utena's (and our) problems with race, "Disturbing, Traversing, Borderless, Shaking Sexuality: The Place where Revolutionary Girl Utena was Born"
FINAL SCORES:
Walking Around: 2/5
Fellowship: 1/5
Deliciousness: 0/5
Transcendence: 5/5
Goofing: 2/5
Amelioration: 5/5
Coitus: 1/5
Enthrallment: 5/5
Alex's Book Recommendation: The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
Cass's Book Recommendation: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
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