When the hollow boats creak and the noh masks quake, mononoke come out for a swinging wake! Welcome to our 2024 Halloween special where Austin, Tori, and Sully review the 2007 TV anime Mononoke, a spooky series of ghost stories following the enigmatic Medicine Peddler as he exorcises troublesome spirits wreaking havoc on the world and the people in it. Tricks, treats, truths, forms, reasons, we’ve got it all in this one. Please enjoy and have a happy Halloween!

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Time stamps:

• 00:00:00 – Intro and general talk about our Halloween season
• 00:18:17 – Mononoke history and production notes
• 00:40:33 – Our review of Mononoke, primarily focusing on our favorite segments
• 01:28:02 – Most iconic moments and closing

Music used in this episode:

• Main Theme by Goblin (Suspiria OST)
• Kage no tsuki by Ryouta Komatsu and Charlie Kosei (Mononoke OP)
• Oboroge by Yasuharu Takanashi (Mononoke OST)
• Ayashige by Yasuharu Takanashi (Mononoke OST)
• Natsu no Hana by JUJU (Mononoke ED)

A collection of things we brought up:

• Mononoke
• Batman: Arkham series
• Uber
• Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
• Bone Tomahawk
• Sting (film)
• Eight Legged Freaks
• Lilo & Stitch
• The Fly (1986)
• Suspiria (1977)
• Ghostwatch
• The Blob (1988)
• Dario Argento
• Deep Red
• Goblin (band)
• Disney Channel
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
• Deadstream
• Noitamina
• Dracula
• Banana Fish
• Erased
• Ping Pong the Animation
• PSYCHO-PASS
• The Promised Neverland
• Discotek Media
• Midnight Pulp
• Crunchyroll
• Netflix
• Kenji Nakamura
• Tsuritama
• Gatchaman Crowds
• Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
• Chiaki J. Konaka
• Ikuko Takahashi
• Manabu Ishikawa
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Twin Peaks
• Bermuda Triangle
• The Twilight Zone
• Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney series)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
• The Tale of Genji
• Welcome to Irabu’s Office
• Gustav Klimt
• Piet Mondrain
• Takashi Hashimoto
• Ukiyo-e
• Victorian era
• Punch Magazine
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Hercule Poirot
• Princess Kaguya (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter)
• Lush (company)
• Waffle House
• Death on the Nile
• Ryusei Nakao
• Oda Nobunaga
• Tōdai-ji
• Noh theater
• Pablo Picasso
• Yumeji Takehisa
• Elfen Lied
• Okami