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In 2007 the body of Lindsay Hawker, a British teacher working in Tokyo, was found dead on an apartment balcony in a bathtub full of sand. The suspected killer, Tatsuya Ichihashi, managed to evade police capture by living on the fringes of society for two and a half years. This is that utter bastard's story.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: The Lindsay Hawker Case - Media (J-E)  Japan Times - Ichihashi given life Japan Times - Interview with Dead Fujioka  IMDb - I Am Ichihashi Wikipedia - Nova  Wikipedia - The Murder of Lindsay Hawker 

This is the story of limitless human potential, reincarnation, Lord El Cantare, Atlantis and the ascension of business men to godhood. We look into the creation, beliefs and anime films of the Happy Science organisation.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: Vice  The Conversation  Anime Solstice  The Happy Science Website Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons  Wikipedia 

We look into the career of controversial mangaka and filmmaker Hideshi Hino, who was all about grindhouse, gore and horror. Aside from being one of the inspirations of Junji Ito, he was also tangled into controversy over fears that his artwork was more than it seemed... For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: IMDb  Wikipedia - Hideshi Hino  Wikipedia - Guinea Pig 

We return to Manchuria as "Nasty Piss Boy" Shiro Ishii's human experimentation scales upwards. Trigger warning for intense gore. No seriously, big content warning for human experimentation.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman The Guardian Unit 731: Testimony Factories of Death Wikipedia

The war crimes committed during the Second World War are heinous, but to forget them, to water down or justify them, is also unforgivable. This is our first exploration into the behaviour and mindset of the Japan during the first half of the 20th Century, and there's no more obvious place to start than Unit 731.No seriously, big content warning for human experimentation.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman  The Guardian  Unit 731: Testimony  Factories of Death  Wikipedia 

We return to the story of X Japan! Join us as we explore the possible reasons for hide's death, Toshi's departure from the totalitarian cult that had him brainwashed and the re-emergence of the greatest Visual Kei band of all time.If you're interested, here's a link to a Spotify playlist of X Japan I made upon Kym's request!https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0SrnzbdYjLrsjNOVCJxhSIFor more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: The Times We Are X documentary by Stephen Kijak Visual Kei Wiki - hide Wikipedia

This episode is the first of two looking at the legendary Visual Kei band X Japan. We explore the birth of the band, the late 80s punk movement and the very strange mind of Yoshiki.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: The Times  We Are X documentary by Stephen Kijak Visual Kei Wiki - hide Wikipedia 

This episode is the second dive into life and times of Saigo Takamori. We look at how Takamori went from being the Emperor's greatest ally to enforcing laws that he himself once fought against.For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.Sources: Japan Info Encyclopedia Britannica Nippon.com National Geographic Samurai Wiki Wikipedia