Paranoia Agent is an animated program from Satoshi Kon, director of animated films such as Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika.  Paranoia Agent was described as a way for him to use ideas that he wasn't able to fit into his other feature films, connecting the scraps into an anthology by way of a framing device. 

In this episode we discuss the themes of Paranoia Agent and the meanings of anthologies, series, and serials.

Media Referenced in this Episode

• Paranoia Agent
• Paprika
• Tokyo Godfathers
• The Final Revelation
• Road Trip
• PUBG is a Successful Failure
• Extra Credits - The Need for B Games
• Jim Sterling - Middle Shelf Games
• Mark Brown - Do We Need a "Soulslike" Genre?