364 - Manga in Motion 49 - Perfect Blue

Night 2 of October Extravaganza has us looking at Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut with the psychological thriller Perfect Blue! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 14 and dakazu talks about the ending of Kunihachibu and Shintaro Kago’s Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, Modern Muppets vs. Classic Muppets
• 00:03:33 - Listener Mail: The French and European manga scene
• 00:18:02 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Darfox keeps the banger jokes coming with Chainsaw Man volume 7
• 00:19:46 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the events in BEASTARS volume 14
• 00:37:05 - Morgana read Captivated, by You and Uncle From Another World so she could listen to the recent Yen Press episodes
• 00:38:49 - The end and reveals of Kunihachibu still didn’t make any sense
• 00:48:45 - Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai takes Shitaro Kago’s erotic grotesque art and applies it to an alternate history where giant hands were used as horses
• 00:57:40 - News: Chainsaw Man wins the 2021 Harvey Award for Best Manga
• 00:59:35 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Gogo Monster, We’ll be reviewing Taiyo Matsumoto’s story about a boy who can see another world filled with supernatural beings
• 01:00:31 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Perfect Blue, Transition Song: “K.I.T.T. Vs. K.A.R.R” by Ian Post, We review Satoshi Kon’s 1997 psychological thriller about an idol turned actress who starts to lose her grip on reality
• 02:01:53 - Next Week’s Topic: Gogo Monster, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Ghost Waltz” by Ziv Moran