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EP47: Paranoia Agent

Season 1, Ep. 47

In which Cass & Alex discuss Paranoia Agent, directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse.

Next month(?) we will be discussing FLCL, directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and produced by Gainax and Production I.G.


Discussed: deciding whether satoshi kon is good or bad, bat boy, slow dial-up loading of a pornographic image, increasing lasciviousness, a young up and coming republican, the spike lee film 25th hour, your split personalities merging into the joker, a regular ass cop, content warning for the worst shit, whether satoshi kon is a tradcath, memes, too many cooks, what satoshi kon thinks about hello kitty, el problemo es el capitalismo, the two things you can do when faced with capitalism, self-loathing anime, abolishing the nine delights


Alex's Book Recommendation: When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O'Neill

Cass's Album Recommendation: Runnings as fast as I can by william crooks


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