The Human Instrumentality Podcast
A guided recap of excellent anime
We found 10 episodes of The Human Instrumentality Podcast with the tag “anime”.
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Gamera III: Revenge of Iris *Unlocked*
July 5th, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 28 mins
anime, gamera, ghost in the shell, godzilla, kaiju, neon genesis evangelion
The Heisei Gamera trilogy reaches its grimdark conclusion with 1999’s 'Gamera III: Revenge of Iris,' the Book of Revelations to the New Testament that was 'Gamera II.' Expect plenty of morbid spectacles, but no happy endings.
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Gamera II: Attack of Legion *Unlocked*
June 28th, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 22 mins
anime, gamera, ghost in the shell, godzilla, kaiju, neon genesis evangelion
In 'Gamera II' the titanic turtle’s opponent is the creepy-crawly colony of space bugs, the Symbiotic Legion; a kaiju that brings the biblical barbarism from 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' front-and-center to the Gamera experience.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe *Unlocked*
June 21st, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
anime, gamera, ghost in the shell, godzilla, kaiju, neon genesis evangelion
The trilogy of 90's Gamera films might be the best giant monster movies ever made, thanks in large part to staff members from "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Ghost in the Shell." Our Gamera miniseries begins with 1995’s "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe."
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Memories: Magnetic Rose *Unlocked*
June 14th, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 16 mins
akira, anime, magnetic rose, memories, satoshi kon
In an outtake from our Satoshi Kon series, we cover the sci-fi mystery "Magnetic Rose," one part of 'Akira' auteur Katsuhiro Otomo anthology film 'Memories,' which Kon wrote.
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (Again) *Unlocked*
June 7th, 2023 | Season 2 | 1 hr 38 mins
anime, jojo's bizarre adventure, stardust crusaders
Recapping the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders, this time covering things Ian and Joseph had to ignore during the Satoshi Kon season.
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An Update about our Patreon
April 28th, 2023 | Season 2 | 5 mins 16 secs
anime, evangelion, jojos bizarre adventure, neon genesis evangelion, satoshi kon
An update about the future of the Human Instrumentality Podcast including: ending our Patreon, unlocking some very fun bonus episodes, and some hints on Season 3.
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Paprika
November 16th, 2022 | Season 2 | 2 hrs 3 mins
anime, christopher nolan, inception, madhouse, paprika, satoshi kon
In the sci fi crime thriller ‘Paprika,’ a dream detective races to save the world from a terrorist attack on the collective subconscious as the lines between fantasy and reality literally collapse. It’s Satoshi Kon’s final film, as well as maybe his most entertaining, and prompts Ian and Joseph to ponder the director’s entire career.
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Paranoia Agent - Episode 12
November 9th, 2022 | Season 2 | 1 hr 49 mins
anime, madhouse, paranoia agent, satoshi kon
At last, ‘Paranoia Agent’ brings its disparate main characters together to confront their demons in “The Final Episode.” This week, Ian and Joseph unpack the emotional (and gooey!) climax to Kon’s supernatural detective drama.
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Paranoia Agent - Episodes 11 and 12
November 2nd, 2022 | Season 2 | 1 hr 57 mins
anime, madhouse, paranoia agent, satoshi kon
‘Paranoia Agent’ winds up for a big finale with a pair of unlikely heroes standing up to Shonen Bat: first, a housewife with a terminal illness and a whole lot of backbone, and second, a disgraced detective who sees himself as a superhero. Ian and Joseph get unpack the existentialist philosophy and kinetic action mayhem in these episodes.
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Paranoia Agent - Episodes 09 and 10 (Feat. Chingy Nea & Eric Thurm)
October 26th, 2022 | Season 2 | 1 hr 36 mins
anime, madhouse, paranoia agent, satoshi kon
'Paranoia Agent' goes hog wild when a murderer's row of Madhouse animators collaborate on an anthology episode. Then, Kon takes us into his own meta-verse with an anime episode about what it takes to make an anime episode. Eric Thurm returns with his 'Behind Anime Lines' collaborator Chingy Nea to make sense of this production madness.