S04E20 - Understand Japan's Dan Da Dan [Explicit]

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We're joined by Dr. Justin Mullis to get a better understanding of the incredibly lore-dense anime series Dan Da Dan.

Justin's academia profile

Legend of Momotaro

Some links recommended by Justin:
This is a really good video about the history of the Flatwoods Monster in Japanese video games. Highly recommended.

This is the Religious Dispatches article about koro.

Here's the Japan Today interview with the current editor of MU magazine.And here's the MU magazine article I mentioned about Turbo Granny (in Japanese).

The book on Japanese mountain witches I mentioned.

And here's an article by Japanese folklorist and manga translator Zack Davisson on Dandadan.

Additional:
Dan Da Dan (Netflix)

Karen's book Missed Conceptions is mentioned in the episode - get it here.

And her latest book too: Bitch: The Journey of a Word

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Monster House Presents
0:09.0	I think I know what you're into Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-Dan-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a.
0:20.0	Miss M. I think I know what you're into.
0:23.6	Huh?
0:24.6	There's only one reason someone like you would talk to me, and that's the reason you talk to me!
0:28.6	This is the reason!
0:29.6	Look!
0:30.6	Project Pegasus! The U.S. President went to Mars and met with aliens!
0:34.6	Wait, what?
0:35.6	You're into the occult, aren't you? Nah, I don't believe in UFOs and aliens and that kind of stuff.
0:41.3	They're not UFOs, they're UAPs.
0:43.3	Unidentified aerial phenomena!
0:45.3	I didn't ask, don't care.
0:48.3	The U.S. military admitted UAPs exist and reform their space force.
0:53.3	And now Japan has a aerospace defense force!
0:56.0	Don't you see everyone's gearing up for war in space!
0:59.0	Okay, bye-bye.
1:00.0	But...
1:01.0	Hang on a sec! There's this new picture of Nessie.
1:04.0	Look!
1:05.0	There's also stuff about Lieutenant Colonel Jim Channon and Skinwalker Ranch.
1:09.0	I don't care!
	...

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