Thinking Too Hard About Anime

We give a primer on Studio Ghibli and discuss Anno's time working under Hayao Miyazaki for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Contact

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Music

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Columbia University Orchestra

Sources

http://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070819090939/http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html#1994

The Birth of Studio Ghibli featurette. Available on the Nausicaa DVD/Bluray set.

https://youtu.be/Nw9cSadBHBU

https://vimeo.com/64987176

We're back with Season 2 and an in depth look at the life and work of Hideaki Anno (minus Evangelion). In this episode we explore his early films, including Daicon III (1981), Return of Ultraman (1983), and Daicon IV (1983).

Contact

email: [email protected]

twitter: https://twitter.com/ThinkingAnime

Music 

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Columbia University Orchestra

Watchlist

Poor Gunner & Tough Tire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyI0vhu7lNY

Daicon III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQjruwkyOaU&t=58s

Return of Ultraman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwm6fw7lu3w

Daicon IV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QMNA5cu2lY

Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBVxEr_A1zU

Sources

https://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography/

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/12/24-1/gainax-at-35-and-before-a-look-back-at-the-daicon-openings

https://www.otaquest.com/daicon-iii-iv-preservation-projects-strike-at-the-heart-of-fandom/

http://www.cjas.org/~leng/daistaff.htm

http://www.cjas.org/~leng/daitrivia.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20070819090939/http://www.gainax.co.jp/hills/anno/bymyself-e.html#1994

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25E5%25B8%25B0%25E3%2581%25A3%25E3%2581%25A6%25E3%2581%258D%25E3%2581%259F%25E3%2582%25A6%25E3%2583%25AB%25E3%2583%2588%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2583%259E%25E3%2583%25B3_%25E3%2583%259E%25E3%2583%2583%25E3%2583%2588%25E3%2582%25A2%25E3%2583%25AD%25E3%2583%25BC1%25E5%258F%25B7%25E7%2599%25BA%25E9%2580%25B2%25E5%2591%25BD%25E4%25BB%25A4&prev=search&pto=aue

https://ultra.fandom.com/wiki/Return_of_Ultraman:_MAT_Arrow_1_Takeoff_Order

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHD3dguz9is

Music - Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" - Columbia University Orchestra

We give our closing thoughts on Cowboy Bebop, list our top five episodes, and reveal what we have in store for season two.

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Bang.

Article: https://dotandline.net/cowboy-bebop-the-real-folk-blues-analysis/

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)

We try not to cry while talking about Ed's final episode. We also learn about Singapore and the Merlion.

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)

After many shipping delays we cover the 2001 film Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door. We get into the production of the film, nanotech, and lymphocytes. We also attempt to email Big Shots.

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)

We talk about cults, nostalgia, and record scratching.

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)

We talk about the duality of Spike, the Unabomber, Miyamoto Musashi, and how anime is bad and has ruined our brains.

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We do our best to explain Feng Shui, sunstones, and the surrogate father trope. 

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Music by Yellowjacket from the album Loop Soup. Used with permission under Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0)