We’re joined by Dr. Justin Mullis to get a better understanding of the incredibly lore-dense anime series Dan Da Dan. 

Justin’s academia profile

Legend of Momotaro

Some links recommended by Justin:
This is a really good video about the history of the Flatwoods Monster in Japanese video games. Highly recommended.

This is the Religious Dispatches article about koro.

Here’s the Japan Today interview with the current editor of MU magazine.

And here’s the MU magazine article I mentioned about Turbo Granny (in Japanese).

The book on Japanese mountain witches I mentioned.

And here’s an article by Japanese folklorist and manga translator Zack Davisson on Dandadan. 

Additional: 

Dan Da Dan (Netflix)

Karen’s book Missed Conceptions is mentioned in the episode – get it here.
And her latest book too:  Bitch: The Journey of a Word

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