We discuss the first volume of NANA comprising of the original one-shot stories.

0:09:39: Komatsu Nana one-shot 1:23:30: Ōsaki Nana one-shot

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Release Schedule

[S14E1] Intro to NANA: September 1, 2023
[S14E2] NANA, Nana K. and Nana O. (vol. 1): September 15, 2023
[S14E3] NANA, chs. 1–6 (vols. 2 & 3): September 29, 2023
[S14E4] NANA, chs. 7–12 (vols. 3 & 4): October 13, 2023
[S14E5] NANA, chs. 13–18 (vols. 5 & 6): October 27, 2023
[S14E6] NANA, chs. 19–24 (vols. 6 & 7): November 10, 2023
[S14E7] NANA, chs. 25–28 (vol. 8): November 24, 2023
[S14E8] NANA, chs. 29–32 + Naoki (vol. 9): December 8, 2023
[S14E9] NANA, chs. 33–36 (vol. 10): December 22, 2023
[S14E10] NANA, chs. 37–41 (vol. 11): January 5, 2024
[S14E11] NANA, chs. 42–45 (vol. 12): January 19, 2024
[S14E12] NANA, chs. 46–49 (vol. 13): February 2, 2024
[S14E13] NANA, chs. 50–53 (vol. 14): February 16, 2024
[S14E14] NANA, chs. 54–57 (vol. 15): March 1, 2024
[S14E15] NANA, chs. 58–61 + Nobu (vol. 16): March 15, 2024
[S14E16] NANA, chs. 62–65 (vol. 17): March 29, 2024
[S14E17] NANA, chs. 66–69 + Takumi (vol. 18): April 12, 2024
[S14E18] NANA, chs. 70–73 (vol. 19): April 26, 2024
[S14E19] NANA, chs. 74–77 (vol. 20): May 10, 2024
[S14E20] NANA, chs. 78–80 (vol. 21): May 24, 2024
[S14E21] Question Bucket: June 7, 2024

Content Warnings for the Manga

Sex and sexuality, including rape and sexual abuse
Trauma
Self-harm
Mental illness
Suicidal ideations and death

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01:56:14: Time stamp to skip the Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero spoilers

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Works Cited in this Discussion

Sorgenfrei, Carol Fisher. Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan. University of Hawaii Press, 2005.

Content Warnings for this Discussion

Pedophilia
Sexualization of young women
Rape
Violence
Violence against women
Gendered violence
Sexualized violence
Racialized violence
Gun violence
Police brutality
Sex work
Homophobia
Food
Alcohol (post-ED section)

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Note: In support of the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and the guidance released by SAG-AFTRA regarding rewatch and companion podcasts, we have decided to postpone coverage of Psycho-Pass: The Movie until the strike resolves. We will be back in two weeks with the Question Bucket for Psycho-Pass instead. If you have questions for us, please email them in this week. Thank you!

00:20:38: Synopses for episodes 17–22

00:55:33: Discussion for episodes 17–22

03:05:42: Post-ED discussion (content warnings for alcohol and eating on mic)

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Works Cited in this Discussion

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract, 1762.

Brenkert, George G. Marx's ethics of freedom. Vol. 49. Routledge, 2013.

Den-en ni shisu (Pastoral: To die in the country). Directed by Terayama Shūji (Jinriki Hikoki Sha/Art Theatre Guild), 1974.

Content Warnings for this Discussion

Body horror, exploding bodies, disembodied brains
Police violence and brutality
Murder
Hunting humans
Death, fear of death, joy in death
Violent obsession and stalking
Gun violence
Rape
Mental illness and mental health crises

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00:23:57: Discussion for episodes 9–11

01:14:08: Discussion for episodes 12 & 13

01:53:12: Discussion for episodes 14–16

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Works Cited in this Discussion

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807).

Zoubek, Wolfgang. "Terayama Shûji: Japanese avant-garde theater from the 1970s reviewed four decades later." 富山大学人文学部紀要= Journal of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Toyama 68 (2018): 281-326. https://www.hmt.u-toyama.ac.jp/uploads/zoubek68.pdf

Terayama, Shuji. "Manifesto by Shuji Terayama." The Drama Review 19, no. 4 (1975): 84-87.

Content Warnings for this Discussion

Body horror and exploding bodies
Police violence and brutality
Murder
Hunting humans
Reliving trauma as memory
Violent obsession and stalking
Horror
Gun violence
Alcohol
Mental illness and mental health crises

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00:22:41: Discussion for episodes 1–3

01:20:18: Discussion for episodes 4 & 5

02:11:26: Discussion for episodes 6–8

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Works Cited in this Discussion

Angelis, Eugenio. (2019). Beyond the Screen: Terayama. Spectatorship. Intermediality. Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale. 55. 10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2019/01/019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334673210_Beyond_the_Screen_Terayama_Spectatorship_Intermediality

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Body horror and exploding bodies
Rape
Police violence and brutality
Murder
Dismemberment and display of corpses
Serial killer
Horror
Gun violence
Alcohol
Mental illness and mental health crises

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Release Schedule

[S1E1] Intro to Psycho-Pass: June 23, 2023 [S1E2] Psycho-Pass, eps. 1–8: July 7, 2023 [S1E3] Psycho-Pass, eps. 9–16: July 21, 2023 [S1E4] Psycho-Pass, eps. 17–22: August 4, 2023 [S1E5] Psycho-Pass: The Movie: August 18, 2023 [S1E6] Question Bucket: September 1, 2023

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Our bucket is overflowing with questions this week! Thank you to everyone who wrote in. We try to get right to the emails... but end up talking about overall feelings on the show for a while first...

Anyway, we have a good mix of serious questions and jokey ones and have fun bouncing between discussions about the pain of childhood and jokes about Pokémon.

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Topics discussed: Once again Niamh has not been able to finish the notes in time. Expect them sometime this weekend. Sorry!

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Topics discussed: Revealed Intentions; the people making IBO love Victory Gundam; how to say Dáinsleif; someone really needed to warn all these characters about death flagging; Iok Kujan continues to survive out of pure stupidity; Hush’s anime rival to gofer lackey arc; the Dáinsleif as an escalation of medieval warfare into modern weaponry; Gjallarhorn’s relationship to myth and history and the original stopping on history and arresting of society into a static structure; the Old Norse legend of Dáinsleif; Orga’s struggles with choices and his acquiescing to others who will make the decision for him; Orga’s lack of control over Tekkadan’s violence; thematic elements of the Reginlaze Julia and the dehumanization of the mech into more of a weapon; Barbatos and Mika’s tail/umbilical cord; gender happens; babies, motherhood, umbilical cords, wombs, and the need for life beyond this moment; Atra’s attitudes and relationships to sex and sexuality; Lafter, Amida, and polyamory; the limited forms of families available and their blending with military organizations; Connor has the worst hair in IBO; masks on masks on masks; McGillis is an iron-blooded orphan; parallels between McGillis and the Legend of Agnika Kaieru and Kudelia and the History of Revolution; McGillis has misunderstood and overestimated the true pillars of Gjallarhorn; Rustal is a materialist; McGillis’s grooming of Almiria and her genuine feelings; McGillis approaches all relationships as dominance and submissions; eyes, monovision, and the potential tension of Mika closing his left eye; “How far should I go?” and Mika’s own conflict around the death march of violence; Mika fighting to end to Atra’s tears; parallels between season one and season two of IBO; Niamh has to make the bed; Irn-Bruded Orphans; content warnings for the last six episodes (start at 3:33:45).

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Content Warnings for this Discussion

Major character death
Suicide and self-sacrifice
Sex and sexuality
Child sexual abuse and pedophilia
Child abuse, grooming, violence, and attempted suicide (esp. 2:24:00 to 2:37:44)
Alcohol and food mentioned in post-ED

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