Agitator

The mystic juggalo weebs J. David Osborne and Kelby Losack are joined by screenwriter, author, and Mutual Aberration Society host Ryan Jackson to discuss 2023's Netflix anime ONIMUSHA, directed by godfather of the show, Takashi Miike and based on the Capcom series of video games.

We discuss: the Agitator sound board, slur buttons, how Koreans say "I," Nick-r-Treat and '90s commercials, Programmed to Kill, Subliminal Jihad, Programmed to Chill, the life and music of XXXTentacion, Do Every Thing Wrong! by Jarett Kobek, Island Boys selling their souls and kissing each other, gates of hell, Miike's career trajectory, Yakuza-run production companies, the Capcom video games ONIMUSHA is based on, which Japanese emperors were the best aka the worst, why is Oda Nobunaga always a villain in Japanese media?, identifying as samurai, vikings as the white samurai, the ONIMUSHA movie that never happened because Heath Ledger died, how we feel about all the Miike touches in the ONIMUSHA anime, why ONIMUSHA stans are mad about the anime, lore nerds, writers against plotting, filmmakers who are painters, are Takashi Miike and David Lynch each other's yin and yang?, why AI is not a threat and how to either use it or not care, paint-by-numbers critics, why Star Wars is best in video game form, utilizing the unique aspects of the medium in which you are creating in, the history of samurai and western cross-referencing, idea vs execution... and this is all within the first hour. We made this one free as a reference point for what Agitator is all about. It's a good hang, it's a comedy show, it's craft and hustle talk, it's anime obsession, it's esoteric, and it's uninhibited. Best podcast in the world. Check out our books, short films, bonus and uncut episodes, book club, and exclusive private Discord access at patreon.com/agitator

On the free episode, we talk about:

Lost mail, editing promotion, working while parenting, looking for prolific author clients, natural gas bills, social media pink cloud, sacrificing birds, separate golem, no moderating, Ichi the Killer manga fan translation, the abomination of converting 16mm to 4K, the necessary layer of grime, estate sales, the history of hankos, Japanese surnames, the two Kakiharas, the prince albert punishment, Tetsuo’s discharge, describing Ichi the Killer with delicate language, sweetness perception, and becoming the TV.

On Agitator Z, we talk:

Burning the boats, owning a UPS store, Ichi the Killer manga recap, submissive sadism and aggressive masochism, the people who act like clowns are the actual psychopaths, Ichi as a representative of the political class, yakuza as dogs, torturing the audience, Gus the hype man, treating violence as sacred vs. comical, the place for edgelords, the narcissism of the artist, relationship to art is relationship to community, ass blood sprinkler, the lengthy middle of the Ichi manga, the Psycho Twins, everything is the period, trademark dreads, turning dicks into tuning forks, the differences of the endings, the only regular guy in the manga, Ichi the Killer as a metaphor for the artistic process, bean thieves, Yamamoto and Miike working together, playing Yakuza, serialized novel talk, Ichi the Killer 2, never winning the lottery and sigil work.

For a full recap/dissection of the manga vs. the film, visit the http://patreon.com/agitator.

This is a big day for the Agitator boys. We have Jack from the Perfume Nationalist come through to talk about Miike's breakout hit, the 1999 romantic comedy/torture porn Audition.

Jack Mason is the host of The Perfume Nationalist, a continuing radio soap opera in which art and culture, high and low, are discussed through the historical lens of fragrance.

On this episode, we discuss embracing fragrance as an art form and consciously engaging with scent. We also talk the pitfalls of minimalist literature, which fragrances we're most vibing with now, the importance of being earnest, charging guests to come on your show, masculinity, and being anti-anonymity.

Experience the continuing saga of The Perfume Nationalist: https://www.patreon.com/perfumenationalist

Follow Jack on X: @lotus__point

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Grant Wamack is the Wonderland award nominated author of MELANCHOLY’S FINEST, BLACK GYPSIES, and GOD’S LEFTOVERS. He pulls tarot cards, practices jiu jitsu, and smokes weed in Los Angeles. Follow his come-up at https://grantwamack.substack.com/

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