The Final Fantasy VII Remake launch is only weeks away, so in this bonus  episode of Warui Deshou Shadon and returning special guest Emily Rand  take some time to banter about a game they both have fond memories of,  covering the ever increasing relevance of the game's story and themes,  Palmer getting hit by a truck, the design and inclusion of optional  dungeons and structured loot, an examination of Cloud's mental breakdown  and of course, Barret uppercutting Biggs into the ceiling.



Emily wrote a fantastic article on her first impressions of the Final Fantasy VII Remake which you can find here: https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28823744/first-impressions-final-fantasy-vii-remake



Follow  Emily on Twitter at @leagueofemily for League of Legends/e-sports  related content and @AJTheFourth for anime related content!



Enjoy folks!

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Bonus Episode - Final Fantasy VII Chat feat. Emily Rand

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Hosts and friends Doc and Shadon love anime and really enjoy talking about it. For hours at a time. Each episode they will discuss a different anime show/movie and will aim to make you think and make you laugh. They're just as likely to unabashedly gush about how cool a character is as they are to launch into a long aside of thematic analysis. Bad puns and impressions may also appear Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waruideshou/support

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Animation & Manga

Welcome back, folks! Apologies for the overly long time away; we've been super busy with our day jobs. Hopefully, since we're covering an absolute gem of a movie, you'll forgive us. Enjoy our discussion of Tomas Alfredson and John Ajvide Lindqvists' romantic horror film, Let The Right One In.
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Let The Right One In

All aboard, anime fans! Join us as we punch our ticket to space adventure, science fantasy, and beautiful melancholy. Listener, you're on a one way train to a three hour discussion of 1979's Galaxy Express 999 The Movie! We talk about Leiji Matsumoto, the Leijiverse, Rintaro, and some of the notable seiyuu. We discuss Maetel, Tetsuro, Emeraldas, Harlock, and all your favorites. We get into this film as a story about class struggle, Matsumoto's depictions of women, and how certain scenes affected us now that the original creator of the Leijiverse is sadly no longer with us. 


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Music:
Jimi Hendrix "Hear My Train A Comin"
Nobuo Uematsu "Phantom Train" (cover by Sean Schafianski)
Lumi Athena "XVI Ultima!"

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Galaxy Express 999 The Movie

Hello, friends! We actually released two pods this month! Who'd have guessed it could happen again? This episode we are talking about the 2019 Noah Baumbach film "Marriage Story" starring Matoko Kusanagi and Kylo Ren! In all seriousness, we both really liked this movie and we hope you enjoy our chat about how it goes in on the American legal system, what we thought of all the performances, how the film is disarmingly funny at times (often because of its subject matter rather than in spite of it), stimulates reflections on relationships and fatherhood, and just generally creates awareness and empathy in us.


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Music:
Bibio "Lovers' Carvings"
Lumi Athena "XVI Ultima!" 

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Marriage Story

Hello, friends! We are back are far too long an absence to discuss the seminal 1980s OAV, Megazone 23! Parts 1 and 2 only. In this episode, we chat about the creators of the films, articulate our own experiences with them in 2023, attempt to understand them from the mindset of the 80s fandom unto which they were released, answer listener questions, and more!


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Music:
H.E.A.T. "One By One"
MACROSS 82-99 "Perfect Blue"
JPEG Mafia x Danny Brown 'Lean Beef Patty"
Lumi Athena "XVI Ultima!" 

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Megazone 23 Parts 1 & 2

Doc & Shadon break down Hong Kong action director Benny Chan's final film, Raging Fire! Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse tear it up in this high-impact revenge story. We talk about our favorite scenes, discuss whether the film is copaganda, talk a bit about moral luck, and count suplexes!
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Music:

Junior Murvin "Police And Thieves"

The Clash "I Fought The Law"

Scooter "Fire"

Nicholas Tse "謝謝你的愛1999(國)"



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Bonus Episode - Final Fantasy VII Chat feat. Emily Rand

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