Hikikomori

This is the story of limitless human potential, reincarnation, Lord El Cantare, Atlantis and the ascension of business men to godhood. We look into the creation, beliefs and anime films of the Happy Science organisation. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• Vice
• The Conversation
• Anime Solstice
• The Happy Science Website
• Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons
• Wikipedia

We look into the career of controversial mangaka and filmmaker Hideshi Hino, who was all about grindhouse, gore and horror. Aside from being one of the inspirations of Junji Ito, he was also tangled into controversy over fears that his artwork was more than it seemed... For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• IMDb
• Wikipedia - Hideshi Hino
• Wikipedia - Guinea Pig

No seriously, big content warning for human experimentation. We return to Manchuria as "Nasty Piss Boy" Shiro Ishii's human experimentation scales upwards. Then, we look at vested interest that several countries had in covering up these most heinous of crimes... For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman
• The Guardian
• Unit 731: Testimony
• Factories of Death
• Wikipedia

No seriously, big content warning for human experimentation. The war crimes committed during the Second World War are heinous, but to forget them, to water down or justify them, is also unforgivable. This is our first exploration into the behaviour and mindset of the Japan during the first half of the 20th Century, and there's no more obvious place to start than Unit 731. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman
• The Guardian
• Unit 731: Testimony
• Factories of Death
• Wikipedia

Content Warning: Suicide, Addiction, Child Abuse

We return to the story of X Japan! Join us as we explore the possible reasons for hide's death, Toshi's departure from the totalitarian cult that had him brainwashed and the re-emergence of the greatest Visual Kei band of all time.

If you're interested, here's a link to a Spotify playlist of X Japan I made upon Kym's request!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SrnzbdYjLrsjNOVCJxhSI

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• The Times
• We Are X documentary by Stephen Kijak
• Visual Kei Wiki - hide
• Wikipedia

This episode is the first of two looking at the legendary Visual Kei band X Japan. We explore the birth of the band, the late 80s punk movement and the very strange mind of Yoshiki.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• The Times
• We Are X documentary by Stephen Kijak
• Visual Kei Wiki - hide
• Wikipedia

This episode is the second dive into life and times of Saigo Takamori. We look at how Takamori went from being the Emperor's greatest ally to enforcing laws that he himself once fought against. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• Japan Info
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Nippon.com
• National Geographic
• Samurai Wiki
• Wikipedia

This episode is the first of two looking at the life and times of Saigo Takamori, otherwise known as the Last Samurai (not Tom Cruise), and an enormous influence on Japan in the 19 and 20th Centuries. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• Japan Info
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Nippon.com
• National Geographic
• Samurai Wiki
• Wikipedia

This episode of Hikikomori is a DOOZY, covering the "Sada Abe Incident". I hope you like sex and blood you filthy animals. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• All That's Interesting
• Wikipedia
• Murderpedia

This inaugural episode of Hikikomori is about two Nagasaki mayors separated by several decades, Hitoshi Motoshima and Iccho Itou, whose dramatic lives strangely echoed each other.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Hitoshi Motoshima Obituary
• Japan Times - Iccho Itou Assassin to be Hung
• Wikipedia - Iccho Itou
• Wikipedia - Hitoshi Motoshima