266 - One Shot 24 - H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories
Happy Halloween everyone! This week Seamus continues his quest to catch up on Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Morgana enjoys Jujutsu Kaisen, and dakazu reads a heartwarming epilogue for Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita! Then we get spooky with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories by Gou Tanabe!!!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 -Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Pronouncing last names, Halloween and fireworks, Introductions, Social Media
00:04:39 - Update to our Manga Mavericks guest appearance, Morgana was a guest on their 100th episode
00:05:57 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Seamus continues to read more Ooku: The Inner Chambers to keep our podcast from ending
00:11:41 - We discuss the importance of readability in text and font choices
00:13:59 - *SPOILERS* Seamus and dakazu compare the use of immortality in the current arc of To Your Eternity to respawning in video games
00:18:43 - Seamus had dropped The Ancient Magus' Bride but plans to start reading The Girl from the Other Side
00:20:30 - Darfox and Morgana talk about the Japanese manga magazines they got from dakazu
00:29:21 - Darfox was surprised that he didn’t see any incomplete manga in his Japanese magazines
00:32:12 - Darfox would totally eat the Ultimate Muscle double burger featured on the Shonen Jump bar menu he got
00:33:32 - dakazu is posting photos from his Japan trip in the Manga Machinations Discord server
00:35:15 - Morgana continues to love Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey
00:36:21 - Jujutsu Kaisen’s protagonist appealed to Morgana’s attachment for characters with 2 souls in one body
00:42:03 - We compare Jujutsu Kaisen to Chainsaw Man
00:46:22 - dakazu has been waiting to talk with Morgana about the best girl from BEASTARS
00:51:00 - dakazu is overjoyed to find out Pesuyama Poppy has been getting the help and support they need in a bonus epilogue to Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita
00:56:55 - Darfox shares his conflicting feelings about reading tell-all autobiographical manga because of the effect they have on the creators themselves
01:02:12 - dakazu finishes Fumi Fumiko’s semi-autobiographical Ai to Noroi and it breaks his heart
01:06:54 - dakazu finished Monkey Peak and looks forward to reading the sequel Monkey Circle
01:08:29 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed LOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE - A NAGABE SHORT STORY COLLECTION
01:13:22 - Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 will be a 3D animated series premiering on Netflix in 2020
01:14:56 - We praise the Netflix Castlevania anime and get sidetracked with horrible American cover art
01:19:43 - Uramichi Oniisan will be getting an anime adaptation
01:21:29 - Controversy over 2 dancers claiming their choreography was used without permission for the Ending of Stars Align
01:27:47 - dakazu is convinced a soundtrack in Stars Align is copying a part from the main theme from Yuri!! on Ice
01:32:24 - Hideo Azuma, creator of Disappearance Diary, has passed away at age 69
01:33:49 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee, we’ll be joined by the founder of Shojo Power!, Anne Lee, to talk about various Sailor Moon translations and Taisho-era feminists
01:35:16 - Main Segment One Shot: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories, Transition Song: “Catch up, latency” by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN from Run with the Wind, we review Gou Tanabe’s manga adaptions of H.P. Lovecraft works
01:36:31 - Morgana explains why she doesn’t prefer H.P. Lovecraft’s brand of horror
01:39.27 - Morgana noticed that Tanabe lifted his design of the Necronomicon right out of Evil Dead
01:40:35 - We discuss Lovecraft’s cosmic horror and it’s influence to games like Bloodborne and similarity to manga like Uzumaki
01:41:58 - We praise Tanabe’s monster designs but want more of them, dakazu points out how Tanabe’s other adaptations like At the Mountains of Madness include a lot more scenes of different creatures
01:45:13 - Seamus enjoyed The Temple because he’s reading Moby Dick so Morgana suggest an expensive version by Evan Dahm
01:48:34 - Darfox thought the characters from The Temple and The Hound were pretty despicable
01:51:25 - We agree that the facial expressions by Tanabe felt lacking
01:56:21 - Because dakazu first read this book in Japanese, he was shocked with the English version as it incorporated Lovecraft’s original text
02:00:45 - We discuss the symbolism behind the hidden race in The Nameless City
02:03:23 - We talk how Lovecraft’s politics might have influenced his horror themes and how those themes changed the horror medium
02:04:23 - Seamus points out the relationship between cosmic horror and the scientific progress of the early 20th century
02:07:29 - Darfox can’t fathom a fear of cosmic space because he’s watched too much Star Trek
02:10:29 - We give our final thoughts on H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories
02:11:51 - Next Week’s Topic: Sailor Moon translations & Taisho-era feminists with Anne Lee, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster