228 - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 1

228 - Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 1

Author: Manga Mac Crew February 4, 2019 Duration: 1:05:50

This week we dive into the wonderful horror of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection! We'll specifically be reviewing Ito's take on Frankenstein!

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Time Stamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shichiten Battou no Blues" by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito Collection, Opening, Introductions, Kingdom Hearts 3, shout-outs
  • 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", we go into spoilers for the final volume of After Hours
  • 00:12:27 - We gab on about drama adaptations and learn that Seamus' loathes Boys over Flowers
  • 00:17:08 - dakazu loves how Monkey Peak is like a classic horror movie that lasts for hours
  • 00:20:51 - dakazu talks about the re-serialization of Ryoko and World Trigger after a long hiatus
  • 00:23:13 - The combinations of food and fantasy makes Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi an isekai series that dakazu can get behind
  • 00:27:40 - News: We discuss the wonderful global launch of Shueisha's MANGA PLUS app
  • 00:33:05 - We comment of Deb Aoki's twitter thread about the increase of vertical manga layouts for smartphones
  • 00:37:51 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Continuing our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, we'll cover the rest of the stories in this book
  • 00:38:19 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett, we review the Frankenstein story from Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection
  • 00:39:22 - We look at the changes Ito made to the story from Mary Shelly's original novel
  • 00:42:42 - We praise the fantastic artwork and design of the Monster
  • 00:45:58 - We examine the portrayal of both the Monster's suffering and Dr. Frankenstein's madness
  • 00:48:29 - Seamus explains how lots of the internal dialogue from the novel was not included
  • 00:51:48 - Darfox starts talking about rocks on shingles being exclusive to Japan
  • 00:52:49 - dakazu has some questions about Dr. Frankenstein and Elizabeth's incestual  relationship
  • 00:54:42 - Seamus likes this as a Junji Ito horror manga but not necessarily as an full adaption of the novel
  • 00:57:19 - We talk about the 'Dude! Let Me In! I'm A Fairy!' meme born from this manga
  • 00:58:15 - We discuss the various iterations of Frankenstein in movies and comics
  • 01:00:10 - We get into how the children's television show Wishbone covered Frankenstein and other questionable books
  • 01:03:22 - We give our final thoughts on this story
  • 01:03:58 - Next Week's Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

 


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