266 – One Shot 24 – H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories

Happy Halloween everyone! This week Seamus continues his quest to catch up on Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Morgana enjoys Jujutsu Kaisen, and dakazu reads a heartwarming epilogue for Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita! Then we get spooky with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories by Gou Tanabe!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Pronouncing last names, Halloween and fireworks, Introductions, Social Media
• 00:04:39 – Update to our Manga Mavericks guest appearance, Morgana was a guest on their 100th episode
• 00:05:57 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Seamus continues to read more Ooku: The Inner Chambers to keep our podcast from ending
• 00:11:41 – We discuss the importance of readability in text and font choices
• 00:13:59 – *SPOILERS* Seamus and dakazu compare the use of immortality in the current arc of To Your Eternity to respawning in video games
• 00:18:43 – Seamus had dropped The Ancient Magus’ Bride but plans to start reading The Girl from the Other Side
• 00:20:30 – Darfox and Morgana talk about the Japanese manga magazines they got from dakazu
• 00:29:21 – Darfox was surprised that he didn’t see any incomplete manga in his Japanese magazines
• 00:32:12 – Darfox would totally eat the Ultimate Muscle double burger featured on the Shonen Jump bar menu he got
• 00:33:32 – dakazu is posting photos from his Japan trip in the Manga Machinations Discord server
• 00:35:15 – Morgana continues to love Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey
• 00:36:21 – Jujutsu Kaisen’s protagonist appealed to Morgana’s attachment for characters with 2 souls in one body
• 00:42:03 – We compare Jujutsu Kaisen to Chainsaw Man
• 00:46:22– dakazu has been waiting to talk with Morgana about the best girl from BEASTARS
• 00:51:00 – dakazu is overjoyed to find out Pesuyama Poppy has been getting the help and support they need in a bonus epilogue to Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita
• 00:56:55 – Darfox shares his conflicting feelings about reading tell-all autobiographical manga because of the effect they have on the creators themselves
• 01:02:12 – dakazu finishes Fumi Fumiko’s semi-autobiographical Ai to Noroi and it breaks his heart
• 01:06:54 – dakazu finished Monkey Peak and looks forward to reading the sequel Monkey Circle
• 01:08:29 – News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed LOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE – A NAGABE SHORT STORY COLLECTION
• 01:13:22 – Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 will be a 3D animated series premiering on Netflix in 2020
  01:14:56 – We praise the Netflix Castlevania anime and get sidetracked with horrible American cover art
• 01:19:43 – Uramichi Oniisan will be getting an anime adaptation
• 01:21:29 – Controversy over 2 dancers claiming their choreography was used without permission for the Ending of Stars Align
  01:27:47 – dakazu is convinced a soundtrack in Stars Align is copying a part from the main theme from Yuri!! on Ice
• 01:32:24 – Hideo Azuma, creator of Disappearance Diary, has passed away at age 69
• 01:33:49 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee, we’ll be joined by the founder of Shojo Power!, Anne Lee, to talk about various Sailor Moon translations and Taisho-era feminists
• 01:35:16 – Main Segment One Shot: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, Transition Song: “Catch up, latency” by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN from Run with the Wind, we review Gou Tanabe’s manga adaptions of H.P. Lovecraft works
• 01:36:31 -Morgana explains why she doesn’t prefer H.P. Lovecraft’s brand of horror
• 01:39.27 – Morgana noticed that Tanabe lifted his design of the Necronomicon right out of Evil Dead
• 01:40:35 – We discuss Lovecraft’s cosmic horror and it’s influence to games like Bloodborne and similarity to manga like Uzumaki
• 01:41:58 – We praise Tanabe’s monster designs but want more of them, dakazu points out how Tanabe’s other adaptations like At the Mountains of Madness include a lot more scenes of different creatures
  01:45:13 – Seamus enjoyed The Temple because he’s reading Moby Dick so Morgana suggest an expensive version by Evan Dahm
  01:48:34 – Darfox thought the characters from The Temple and The Hound were pretty despicable
• 01:51:25 – We agree that the facial expressions by Tanabe felt lacking
• 01:56:21 – Because dakazu first read this book in Japanese, he was shocked with the English version as it incorporated Lovecraft’s original text
• 02:00:45 – We discuss the symbolism behind the hidden race in The Nameless City
• 02:03:23 – We talk how Lovecraft’s politics might have influenced his horror themes and how those themes changed the horror medium
• 02:04:23 – Seamus points out the relationship between cosmic horror and the scientific progress of the early 20th century
• 02:07:29 – Darfox can’t fathom a fear of cosmic space because he’s watched too much Star Trek
• 02:10:29 – We give our final thoughts on H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories
• 02:11:51 – Next Week’s Topic: Sailor Moon translations & Taisho-era feminists with Anne Lee, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster