The incomparable, number 131, March 2013.

Welcome back to The Incomparable.

I am your host, Jason Snell, and this is an exciting episode, unlike most episodes of The Uncomparable, where I sort of pick a topic and it's a topic that pleases me, and I see if other people are interested in saying nice things or horrible things about the topic that pleases me. This is something that I've been calling, John Syracusa makes us watch anime.

And basically, I said to John, pick a couple of movies that you like, and I will watch them,

and then we'll talk about them. And that's what happened. So joining me, of course, is John Syracusa.

He is the ringmaster. He tells us what to watch.

Hi, John. Hello, Jason. I hope you were entertained. I was, but we'll get to that. Also,

joining me on this journey of watching these two movies that John instructed us to, the two people who took up the challenge are Tony Sindelar hi Tony hi

hi good to have you back boy you're on all the time now I don't know why it's amazing

here I am yeah I reply to emails it's dangerous yes that's right you have nothing better to

do than be on the podcast it's that kind of season in New England you know a lot of snowed

in that's true that's a good point that's a good point maybe we lose all the New England, you know, a lot of snowed in. That's true.

That's a good point.

That's a good point.

Maybe we lose all the New Englanders in the summertime.

Also, uh, joining us is Lisa Schmeiser.

Hi, Lisa.

Hi, it's a pleasure to be here.

It's great to have you, as always.

So our topic, it's two films by Satoshi Khan. Is that right, John? I googled for this before

the show figuring someone, we're going to have to say this guy's name. I want to know how to pronounce it.

I came up with nothing. So we should just preemptively apologize for what will undoubtedly be

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