363 – Triple Dip 55 – Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, Otherside Picnic
It’s time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year’s October Extravaganza! We’re kicking off Night One of the festivities with a Triple Dip on Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, and Otherside Picnic! Also, dakazu reads another version of Kasane along with Taeko Uzuki’s newest book that was eighteen years in the making!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 – Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, New October Extravaganza promo video
- 00:02:42 – Listener Mail: Our manga recommendations for Muppets
- 00:08:36 – Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Darfox has gotten to the good stuff with Chainsaw Man volume 6
- 00:15:42 – Kasane is manga adaptation of the rakugo ghost story Shinkei Kasane-ga-fuchi drawn by Gou Tanabe
- 00:23:41 – *CONTENT WARNING*(Self Harm, Suicide) dakazu read Taeko Uzuki’s newest manga Utsukushiki Hitobito no Uta: Jitsuroku – Heisa Byoutou which covered her experiences inside psychiatric hospitals
- 00:38:08 – News: Golgo 13 creator and pioneer of the Gekiga movement Takao Saito passes away from pancreatic cancer at age 84
- 00:39:18 – Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Perfect Blue, We’ll be reviewing Satoshi Kon’s psychological thriller about an idol turned actress who starts to lose her grip on reality
- 00:41:51 – Main Segment Triple Dip: Otherside Picnic/Dai Dark/Cat Eyed Boy, Transition Song: “K.I.T.T. Vs. K.A.R.R” by Ian Post, We read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, Including:
- 00:42:51 – Otherside Picnic by Iori Miyazawa & Eita Mizuno & Shirakaba
- 01:11:02 – Dai Dark by Q Hayashida
- 01:36:41 – Cat Eyed Boy by Kazuo Umezu
- 02:08:57 – We wrap up our discussion and pick our favorite series
- 02:10:11 – Next Week’s Topic: Perfect Blue, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Ghost Waltz” by Ziv Moran