709: Golden Kamuy, pt. 1

Kris and una come on the pod to talk about the anime about eating brains, skinning human corpses, and looking at hot men, as well as the various ethnic minorities of Japan that the series talks about

Show Notes

My brain was not working well enough to remember to ask for plugs, so

Check out Kris's fantasy novel series Dream of the White Stag and una's website anarchy.website

Episode produced by Casino Socks

Bibliography

The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion,1590-1800. Walker, Brett, 2001.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=C9F3B0D7B2A50BF57DF92E598EF7039B

Race, resistance and the Ainu of Japan. Siddle, Richard, 2014. Sheffield Centre for Japanese.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=E01360362B90AFC487468919B4FFA1DD

Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives. Hudson, Mark; Lewallen, Ann-elise; Watson, Mark; 2016. University of Hawai’i Press.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=D5B2B32BBC2CFA2AB66C667E8F125BE4

Isekai July 5: Drifters (w/Leslie Lee III)

Ryan and Kris are joined by Leslie Lee of Struggle Session to talk about a history-heavy isekai by the creator of Hellsing

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Isekai July 4: Rising of the Shield Hero (w/Trevor Beaulieu)

Ryan (@HandleOfRy) and T (@RickyRawls, Champagne Sharks) find out the woke Tumblr kiddos were right about this one, it's very bad. But also, somehow, good?

Check out the Champagne Sharks Youtube channel and be sure to subscribe to their podcast!

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Isekai July 3: Dr. Stone (w/Anark & Hermes the Magi)

Daniel (@apeirophobic) and Cheech (@hermesthemagi) join to talk about Dr. Stone and why Senku is an evil piece of shit

Anark on Youtube

Hermes the Magi on SoundCloud

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Isekai July 2: .hack//Sign (w/Abdul Malik)

Ryan (@handleOfRy) and Abdul (@SocialistRaptor) talk about the only isekai ever made about getting stuck in a video game. Spoiler: It's, surprisingly, extremely good.

Be sure to listen to Kino Lefter and check out Abdul's other work here

Show Notes

Isekai July 1: The Saga of Tanya the Definitely Absolutely Evil (w/una)

To kick off Isekai July, una (@unaxiii) comes on to talk about one of their favorite series, Youjo Senki/The Saga of Tanya the Evil

Show Notes

611: Ghost in the Shell Company

Show Notes

Correction: I mixed up zaibatsu with keiretsu. Pieter's definition was correct.

Transhumanism and the Broken Promise of Cosmic Communism

Mecha Madness 5: Over the Top 2! Diebuster (w/Abdul Malik)

Ryan and Abdul talk Aim for the Top 2!: Diebuster

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Mecha Madness 4: Gan-bah-staaaaah! (w/Abdul Y. Malik)

Ryan (@HandleOfRy), Adam (aka Cheech aka @HermesMagi) and Abdul (@AbdulYMalik) from the Kino Lefter film podcast review Hideaki Anno's directorial debut, Gunbuster.

Special thanks to Beep Beep Lettuce!

Abdul's writing: https://www.abdulymalik.com/

Adam's new podcast will be called The LEFTovers