315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing a One Shot on Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist! Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to discuss Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a novelist haunted by a mysterious woman who threatens to expose his secret of plagiarism!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “Shichiten Battou no Blues” by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito Collection, Opening, Introductions, Catching up with Dawn
- 00:03:42 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”,Dawn comments on how hefty the hardcover editions of The Rose of Versailles are
- 00:08:29 – Dawn has been reading The Drifting Classroom and reacquired Love Song: 4 Tales
- 00:12:32 – Seamus really wants us to know that he watched Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- 00:13:14 – Darfox teases the shocks and terrors in Blood on the Tracks volume 2
- 00:15:20 – Burn the Witch focuses on Tite Kubo’s strengths of “cool looking art”
- 00:23:37 – The Panorama of Hell was dakazu’s first experience with Hideshi Hino
- 00:34:22 – dakazu finally got a hold of the Mother/Earthbound tribute comic Pollyanna
- 00:40:17 – News: Hobonichi Techo released manga tie-in covers for their daily and weekly planners
- 00:48:46 – One Piece on hiatus due to Eiichiro Oda’s sudden illness
- 00:53:01 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, we’ll be reviewing the anime adaptation of Hideyuki Kikuchi and Yoshitaka Amano’s dark fantasy novels directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
- 00:57:05 – Main Segment One Shot: Utsubora: The Story of a Novalist, Transition Song: “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, We review Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a veteran novelist plagiarizing a young woman
- 02:01:17 – Shout outs to Dawn, Anime Mike, Next Week’s Topic: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster