EP22: Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales

In which Cass & Alex discuss Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Kouzou Nagayama, and Kenji Nakamura and produced by Toei Animation.

Next month we will be discussing Grave of the Fireflies, directed by Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli.

Discussed: dan savage, whether the opening theme to this anime is good, Run Away With Me by Carly Rae Jepsen, nice bird, bird friend, bird fucker, macbeth, the lowest key fish person, kekekekekeke, horny bandits, the reverse persephone, free rat, oshizu did nothing wrong, *looks at kaliedoscope* god i wish that were me, ringu, Iemon, Lemon, Othello, Richard III, Throne of Blood, ghost hands, thinking that you've been killed by bandits, edutainment, the scottish play, mackers, feminist beowulf, seinfeld, medicine seller i am going into battle and i need only your strongest medicines, a drawer full of pornography, death: the final chill, Emily Wilson on the impossibility of translating Homer into English

Alex's Book Recommendation: Alcestis by Katharine Beutner

Cass's Book Recommendation: The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson

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