Anime Is For Jerks

At long last. Cass and Alex discuss the 1995 anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion," directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Gainax.

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing End of Evangelion as well as the Rebuild of Evangelion.

Show Notes:

• "Neverending Evangelion:  How Hideaki Anno turned obsessions and depression into an anime phenomenon" by Aaron Stewart-Ahn
• "End of Evangelion and the Audience-Author Membrane" by Dan Olson
• "Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor" by Dan Olson
• Alex's Book Recommendation: Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
• Cass's Book Recommendation: Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (also check out Laura Michet, whose name Cass completely forgot how to spell because we had been podcasting for like three hours)

Social:

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 In which Alex and Cass discuss the 2001 anime "Noir", directed by Koichi Mashimo and produced by Bee Train.

Show Notes:

• Kirika wearing the Wu-Tang Apron
• Cass's Book Recommendation: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
• Alex's Book Recommendation: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Neon Genesis Evangelion. 

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

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Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

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Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

Alex's Mastodon: @[email protected]  

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In which Alex and Cass discuss the 2001 anime film "Millennium Actress", directed by Satoshi Kon. 

Show Notes:

• "Throne of Blood: Noh Shakespeare, No Problems!" by Kyle Kallgren, where Cass learned all about Throne of Blood from
• "Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time" by Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos of Every Frame A Painting
• "Mustang," that movie Alex said made her cry
• Cass's Book Recommendation: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
• Alex's Book Recommendation: The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Noir.

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

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Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

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 In which Alex and Cass discuss the 2006 anime film "Paprika", directed by Satoshi Kon. 

[In this episode for some reason both of us are convinced that the genius inventor character's name is Toru. It is in fact Kosaku Tokita. Inexplicably, the guy who voices Tokita is named Toru Furuya. Neither of us knew this.]

Show Notes:

• Cass's Book Recommendation: Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
• Alex's Book Recommendation: The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Millennium Actress. 

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

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Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

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Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

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 In which Alex and Cass discuss the 1998 anime series "Serial Experiments Lain", directed by Ryutaro Nakamura.

Show Notes:

• "The Terrifyingly Prescient 'Serial Experiments Lain,' 20 Years Later
• That very good @headfallsoff tweet about Hideo Kojima

Next month we're going to be watching and discussing Paprika.

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

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Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

Alex's Mastodon: @[email protected] 

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In which Cass and Alex discuss the 1995 film "Ghost in the Shell", directed by Mamoru Oshii and based on the manga by Masamune Shirow. 

Show Notes:

• The Claim of Reason by Stanely Cavell
• 1 Corinthians 13

Next  month we're going to be watching and discussing Serial Experiments Lain. 

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

Show Mastodon: @[email protected]

Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

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In which Alex and Cass discuss the 1988/89 OVA series "Gunbuster," directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Gainax.

Show Notes:

• Those really uncomfortable earbuds 
• Alex's gif of Noriko pulling a single tity out

Next month we're going to be watching & discussing Ghost in the Shell (1995).

Social:

Show Twitter: @animeisforjerks

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Show Email: [email protected]

Cass's Twitter: @prophet_goddess

Cass's Mastodon: @[email protected]

Alex's Twitter: @dunndunndunn

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