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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\nTwelve-centimeter girls, tiny robot dragons, and redemption\\u2014and we\\u2019re not talking about the movie!\\nAfter some shenanigans with Jimmy From NASA\\u2019s teleporter, Nathan and resident \\u201cMothrian\\u201d Bex (Redeemed Otaku\\xa0podcast) finish the \\u201cSummer of Mothra\\u201d with the surprisingly good\\xa0Rebirth of Mothra III. Although, maybe they\\u2019re just riding high on Bex\\u2019s hyperbolic enthusiasm over this movie. But it isn\\u2019t hard to improve on the empty, fluffy whimsy of the second one. There\\u2019s a lot of meat (bubble) to chew on thematically. Not to mention it also features one of the best-looking King Ghidorahs ever, time travel, and dinosaur puppets. However, Bex gets so carried away with her newfound faith in Mothra, she gets a visit from Monster Island\\u2019s chaplain, Rev. Mifune! Uh-oh\\u2026.\\nFor the first time, we\\u2019re covering not one but\\xa0two\\xa0Toku Topics: the\\xa0hikikimori\\xa0and Aokigahara (Aoki Forest). The child hero, Shota, is likely a member of the former, and much of the movie is set in that infamous forest.\\nIt\\u2019s an episode that spans the emotional gamut, that\\u2019s for sure!\\nBE SURE TO LISTEN UNTIL AFTER THE CREDITS!\\nHere are the Redeemed Otaku episodes Nathan (and his friend\\xa0Eric Anderson) appeared on to discuss the Godzilla Anime Trilogy:\\nGodzilla: Planet of the MonstersGodzilla: City on the Edge of BattleGodzilla: The Planet Eater\\nWe\\u2019d like to give a shout-out to our Patreon patrons Travis Alexander (host of\\xa0Kaiju Weekly), Danny DiManna (Godzilla Novelization Project),\\xa0elizilla13, and Joejira! Thanks for your support! (And also to Michael \\u201cThe Kaiju Groupie\\u201d Hamilton, who joined just before this episode was posted).\\nRead\\xa0Jimmy\\u2019s Notes\\xa0on this episode.\\n\\n\\nTimestamps:Prologue: 0:00-2:20Intro: 2:20-6:25Entertaining Info Dump: 6:25-12:57Toku Talk: 12:57-1:24:26Promo: 1:24:26-1:25:16Toku Topic: 1:25:16-2:10:53Outro: 2:10:53-2:19:46Epilogue: 2:19:46-end\\nMIFV Social Media:TwitterFacebookInstagramPatreon\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter:\\xa0@NasaJimmy\\n#JimmyFromNASALives\\n\\xa9 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media (and Becky \\u201cBex\\u201d Smith)\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\u201cAokigahara\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cAokigahara Forest\\u201d (http://www.aokigaharaforest.com/)\\nThe Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982\\xa0by John LeMay\\n\\u201cHikikimori\\u201d (search on\\xa0The Japan Times)\\n\\u201cInside Japan\\u2019s \\u2018suicide forest\\u2019\\u201d by Michael Nedelman\\nJapan\\u2019s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema\\xa0by Sean Rhodes and Brooke McCorkle\\n\\u201cLifetime Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidity and Demographic Correlates of \\u2018Hikikomori\\u2019 in a Community Population in Japan\\u201d by Asuka Koyama, Yuko Miyake, Norito Kawakami, Masao Tsuchiya, Hisateru Tachimori, Tadashi Takeshima, World Mental Health Japan Survey Group\\n\\u201cReclusive Shut-Ins: Are Hikikimori Predominantly a Japanese Problem?\\u201d Alexander Krieg (Iafor)\\n\\u201cRetired Japanese government official \\u2018admits stabbing son to death\\u2019\\u201d by Mari Yamaguchi (Independent)\\n\\u201cThe Truth about Japan\\u2019s Hikikomori (shut-ins)\\u201d by Nobita from Japan (YouTube)\\n\\u201cWhat is Aokigahara? All About The Most Haunted Forest in Japan\\u201d by Yuki Ling\\xa0(www.tsunagujapan.com)\\n\\u201cWorrying plight of the young and unemployed\\u201d by Robert J. Samuelson (The Japan Times)\\nWriting Giant Monsters\\xa0by John LeMay\\nThe post Episode 20: Bex vs. \\u2018Rebirth of Mothra III\\u2019 appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'