What do you get when a sullen 10-year-old girl and her family wander into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts? One of Dan’s favorite movies of all time, of course. In this episode Dan and Tyler are talking about the Academy Award-winning Anime, Spirited Away. They dive quickly into what makes this world so unique and why it was hard to develop a single solid life lesson learned. Is the movie a coming of age story for young Japanese girls? Is it about never forgetting about who you really are? Or is it really about the deep rooted connection between bath houses and prostitution like Tyler thinks? Well you’ll have to listen to find out! They also cover why the food in the movie looks so good, why the girl’s dad is so Americanized, why No Face is Dan’s favorite character, and why the Radish Spirit is the best reoccurring character in the movie.
Next episode they jump into the world of John Carpenter and watch Kurt Russel as an all-American trucker who gets dragged into a centuries-old battle in Chinatown!

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