S04E20 - Understand Japan's Dan Da Dan [Explicit]

We're joined by Dr. Justin Mullis (bgsu.academia.edu/JustinMullis) to get a better understanding of the incredibly lore-dense anime series Dan Da Dan (netflix.com/title/81736884).

Justin's academia profile (bgsu.academia.edu/JustinMullis)

Legend of Momotaro (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D)

Some links recommended by Justin:
This isa really good video (youtube.com/watch?v=gKKqdp3aXRc) about the history of the Flatwoods Monster in Japanese video games. Highly recommended.

This is theReligious Dispatches article (religiondispatches.org/what-penis-theft-tells-…) about koro.

Here's theJapan Today interview (japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/edi…) with the current editor of MU magazine.And here'sthe MU magazine article (web-mu.jp/history/15281) I mentioned about Turbo Granny (in Japanese).

Thebook on Japanese mountain witches (amazon.com/Mountain-Witches-Noriko-T-Reider/dp…) I mentioned.

And here'san article by Japanese folklorist and manga translator Zack Davisson (animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2024-10-18/the-re…) on Dandadan.

Additional:
Dan Da Dan (netflix.com/title/81736884) (Netflix)

Karen's book Missed Conceptions is mentioned in the episode - get it here (amzn.to/4jX9fOJ).

And her latest book too: Bitch: The Journey of a Word (amzn.to/4gDm2mA)

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