266 - One Shot 24 - H.P. Lovecrafts The Hound and Other Stories
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Happy Halloween everyone! This week Seamus continues his quest to catch up on\\xa0Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Morgana enjoys\\xa0Jujutsu Kaisen, and dakazu reads a heartwarming epilogue for\\xa0Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita!\\xa0Then we get spooky with\\xa0H.P. Lovecraft\\u2019s The Hound and Other Stories\\xa0by\\xa0Gou Tanabe!!!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00\\xa0-Intro Song: \\u201cNew Stranger\\u201d by sora tob sakana from\\xa0Hi Score Girl, Opening, Pronouncing last names, Halloween and fireworks, Introductions, Social Media
- 00:04:39\\xa0- Update to our\\xa0Manga Mavericks\\xa0guest appearance, Morgana was a guest on their 100th episode
- 00:05:57\\xa0-\\xa0Whatchu Been Reading:\\xa0Transition Song:\\xa0Dragon Ball Z\\xa0OST \\u201cPrologue\\u201d, *SPOILERS* Seamus continues to read more\\xa0Ooku: The Inner Chambers\\xa0to keep our podcast from ending
- 00:11:41\\xa0- We discuss the importance of readability in text and font choices
- 00:13:59\\xa0- *SPOILERS* Seamus and dakazu compare the use of immortality in the current arc of\\xa0To Your Eternity\\xa0to respawning in video games
- 00:18:43\\xa0- Seamus had dropped\\xa0The Ancient Magus\' Bride\\xa0but plans to start reading\\xa0The Girl from the Other Side
- 00:20:30\\xa0- Darfox and Morgana talk about the Japanese manga magazines they got from dakazu
- 00:29:21\\xa0- Darfox was surprised that he didn\\u2019t see any incomplete manga in his Japanese magazines
- 00:32:12\\xa0- Darfox would totally eat the Ultimate Muscle double burger featured on the Shonen Jump bar menu he got
- 00:33:32\\xa0- dakazu is posting photos from his Japan trip in the\\xa0Manga Machinations Discord\\xa0server
- 00:35:15\\xa0- Morgana continues to love\\xa0Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist\\u2019s Journey
- 00:36:21\\xa0-\\xa0Jujutsu Kaisen\\u2019s protagonist appealed to Morgana\\u2019s attachment for characters with 2 souls in one body
- 00:42:03\\xa0- We compare\\xa0Jujutsu Kaisen\\xa0to\\xa0Chainsaw Man
- 00:46:22\\xa0- dakazu has been waiting to talk with Morgana about the best girl from\\xa0BEASTARS
- 00:51:00\\xa0- dakazu is overjoyed to find out Pesuyama Poppy has been getting the help and support they need in a bonus epilogue to\\xa0Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita
- 00:56:55\\xa0- Darfox shares his conflicting feelings about reading tell-all autobiographical manga because of the effect they have on the creators themselves
- 01:02:12\\xa0- dakazu finishes\\xa0Fumi Fumiko\\u2019s semi-autobiographical\\xa0Ai to Noroi\\xa0and it breaks his heart
- 01:06:54\\xa0- dakazu finished\\xa0Monkey Peak\\xa0and looks forward to reading the sequel\\xa0Monkey Circle
- 01:08:29\\xa0-\\xa0News:\\xa0Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed\\xa0LOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE - A NAGABE SHORT STORY COLLECTION
- 01:13:22\\xa0-\\xa0Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045\\xa0will be a 3D animated series premiering on Netflix in 2020
- 01:14:56\\xa0- We praise the Netflix\\xa0Castlevania\\xa0anime and get sidetracked with horrible American cover art
- 01:19:43\\xa0-\\xa0Uramichi Oniisan\\xa0will be getting an anime adaptation
- 01:21:29\\xa0- Controversy over 2 dancers claiming their choreography was used without permission for the Ending of\\xa0Stars Align
- 01:27:47\\xa0- dakazu is convinced a soundtrack in\\xa0Stars Align\\xa0is copying a part from the main theme from\\xa0Yuri!! on Ice
- 01:32:24\\xa0-\\xa0Hideo Azuma, creator of\\xa0Disappearance\\xa0Diary, has passed away at age 69
- 01:33:49\\xa0-\\xa0Next Episode Preview and Rundown:\\xa0Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee, we\\u2019ll be joined by the founder of\\xa0Shojo Power!,\\xa0Anne Lee, to talk about various\\xa0Sailor Moon\\xa0translations and Taisho-era feminists
- 01:35:16\\xa0-\\xa0Main Segment One Shot:\\xa0H.P. Lovecraft\\u2019s The Hound and Other Stories, Transition Song: \\u201cCatch up, latency\\u201d by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN from Run with the Wind, we review\\xa0Gou Tanabe\\u2019s manga adaptions of\\xa0H.P. Lovecraft\\xa0works
- 01:36:31\\xa0-\\xa0Morgana explains why she doesn\\u2019t prefer H.P. Lovecraft\\u2019s brand of horror
- 01:39.27\\xa0- Morgana noticed that Tanabe lifted his design of the Necronomicon right out of\\xa0Evil Dead
- 01:40:35\\xa0- We discuss Lovecraft\\u2019s cosmic horror and it\\u2019s influence to games like\\xa0Bloodborne\\xa0and similarity to manga like\\xa0Uzumaki
- 01:41:58\\xa0- We praise Tanabe\\u2019s monster designs but want more of them, dakazu points out how Tanabe\\u2019s other adaptations like\\xa0At the Mountains of Madness\\xa0include a lot more scenes of different creatures
- 01:45:13\\xa0- Seamus enjoyed The Temple because he\\u2019s reading\\xa0Moby Dick\\xa0so Morgana suggest an expensive version by\\xa0Evan Dahm
- 01:48:34\\xa0- Darfox thought the characters from The Temple and The Hound were pretty despicable
- 01:51:25\\xa0- We agree that the facial expressions by Tanabe felt lacking
- 01:56:21\\xa0- Because dakazu first read this book in Japanese, he was shocked with the English version as it incorporated Lovecraft\\u2019s original text
- 02:00:45\\xa0- We discuss the symbolism behind the hidden race in The Nameless City
- 02:03:23\\xa0- We talk how Lovecraft\\u2019s politics might have influenced his horror themes and how those themes changed the horror medium
- 02:04:23\\xa0- Seamus points out the relationship between cosmic horror and the scientific progress of the early 20th century
- 02:07:29\\xa0- Darfox can\\u2019t fathom a fear of cosmic space because he\\u2019s watched too much\\xa0Star Trek
- 02:10:29\\xa0- We give our final thoughts on\\xa0H.P. Lovecraft\\u2019s The Hound and Other Stories
- 02:11:51\\xa0- Next Week\\u2019s Topic:\\xa0Sailor Moon\\xa0translations & Taisho-era feminists with Anne Lee, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: \\u201cwish men\\u201d by sunbrain from\\xa0Beet the Vandel Buster