The World is My Burrito Podcast

In this short I cover the long lost and incomplete tale by Japanese titans Mamoru Oshii and Satoshi Kon.

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This is the episode where I perfectly and reasonably explain my delays in new episodes, cover some vidja games, talk about modern animation, and whatever else I want because it's 2025 bay-beeeeee!

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Today I cover the 2003 animated Christmas movie by legendary director Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers. This is barely a dive into the issues and treatment that plague our characters, namely the homeless and transgender. Be sure to check out The Wait For It Podcast's review, too!

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Mike and I discuss his 2024 horror viewings because I needed some QUALITY content.

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In the 21st century, overpopulation has become such a problem that scientists begin preparing for the colonization of Mars. Their first steps in the terraforming of Marsinvolve seeding the planet with moss in order to absorb the sunlight and create a hospitable atmosphere as well as increase the surface temperature. They also introduce cockroaches in order to spread the moss.

500 years later, in the year 2599, a crewed mission is sent to the red planet to clear out the cockroach colony in preparation for the human colonization of Mars. The crew is an international team of misfits and...

In an attempt to colonize Mars, 21st century scientists are tasked with terraforming the planet. Their goal is to seed the planet with a modified algae to absorb sunlight and purify the atmosphere, and cockroaches, whose corpses spread the algae across the planet as they feed, breed, and die.

Five hundred years later, the first crewed ship to Mars lands and its six crew members are attacked by giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength, later labeled "Terraformars"; the crew is wiped out after sending a warning back to Earth. Two years later, BUGS II, a...

Yoko, a full cyborg, and Erika, part cyborg, are on a journey to experience all of the amenities Mars has to offer including but not limited to:

Today we’re covering the 2023 Kickstarter comic Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars, an American project based on an otherwise untranslated and unpublished short story by the author of VHD himself, Hideyuki Kikuchi.

SPOILER ALERT SYNOPSIS maybe kinda don't sweat it

Message from Mars is told from the point of view of Cecile, a girl who could see the future, one of the human colonists on Mars. D arrives to find a colony that is little more than a blood farm. With Left Hand -his talking left hand with various unspecified abilities- by his side, D...

Yo! Welcome to The World is My Burrito AKA TWIMB, a podcast where I drown myself in a puddle of a topic, discover how deep that body of water goes, then drown myself even further for weeks on end to create content for listeners like you. 

Today we’re gonna cover Osamu Dazai’s 1948 novella No Longer Human, 2 of its 3 translations and the Junji Ito and Usamaru Furuya manga adaptations.

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Join me in this short thought about the point in media when diversity kinda loses its... diversity. All from the lens of the Horizon video games. It's fun to keep in mind when consuming books, comics, video games, whatever! Let me know what you think about it.

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The year is 2015!... no, 1959!... wait, maybe it's the 60s? Nobody knows. Anyways, you've recently learned what the hell a "titan" is but some jerks in an office have known FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY! Join Zack and I as we travel to Hueco Mun- er, Axis Mundi, San Francisco, some Pacific Islands, and Japan, all the while figuring out what the hell Kurt Russel and "Gackt at home" are doing or have done or will do. Whatever. This is Legendary's recent series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters!

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Can anyone hear you scream in space? Not if you don't stream your gameplay! Listen to my nonsense about one of the most (non-)surprisingly enjoyable games! I wan't expecting to do a Taquito on this but this just felt right for a small episode.

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Listen to me ramble about the newest film in the TOHO Godzilla franchise: Godzilla Minus One

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Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure artificial imagination. Listen to me babble as I try to provide opinions on the robots and AI in PLUTO, Urasawa's take of the classic Tezuka tale: The Greatest Robot on Earth

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Listen to my incoherent thoughtstream on the first five A Nightmare on Elm Street movies! I've never seen these before so you're getting pretty fresh reactions. 

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It's time to let loose just a smidge instead of always writing dissertations. Let's keep things shorter and more personal with the new Taquitos! Or mini-sodes. Look, I gotta keep it thematically complicated.

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Join me as a FINALLY talk about Ghost of Tsushima! This covers a little creation history and my personal opinions about characters and some of the philosophy behind them. 

I do not have a single link to any specific interview. I watched a ton to grab all my info and pulled from all of them.

Links
PSNProfiles: https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/11090-ghost-of-tsushima

Creative Team: https://www.mobygames.com/game/146988/ghost-of-tsushima/

You can find Epik Fails of History episode 27 anywhere you listen to podcasts

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The long awaited chat about Ghost of Tsushima has finally released! Joining me is Erik (from Epik Fails of History) as we chat about the game, the story, our likes, etc.! Be sure to check out the Epik Fails episode #27 on the history behind the real Mongolian Invasion!

Erik’s books

Erik’s Website

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Keep your eyes peeled for PART TWO on June 19th!

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On this episode of The World is My Burrito, Jose and I taco 'bout the wacky, zany 1990s straight to video film and cult classic, Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue. I cover a little bit of V-Cinema history and provide some stats concerning the franchise. The new film directed by Hideako Anno releases later this month so start getting hype!

I cover why Ghost of Tsushima is a little late and what I was doing for the past 2 weeks. It was nothing important, I was just saving The Neatcast from a year without decent content.


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Join myself and Erik Slader (from Epik Fails of History and Podcasters Assemble) as we discuss John Scalzi's newest novel, Kaiju Preservation Society.  If you're a fan of sci-fi, giant monsters, and a story that respects your limited time, this is the read for you!

John Scalzi Bibliography

Shop local but here’s a link to the publisher

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Join me while I talk about my recent 20-day trip! Rather than take even longer to release an episode, live vicariously through my past as I excuse my constant delays with neat words and pretty brain pictures.

Something resembling a product list:

FIND YOUR LOCAL OUTDOOR STORE. But if you don’t have one: https://www.rei.com/

Pants: https://www.kuhl.com/

Small, amazing cameras: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/consumer/digitalcameras/x

Boots: https://www.lowaboots.com/

Socks: https://darntough.com/

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Join me as I speak with Matt from Star Fruit Books about Junji Ito's GYO! We'll dive into some history and even review the well-known terrible OVA (don't worry that part is short).

Please check out Star Fruit's unique, DRM free, AND LIMITED PHYSICAL COPY manga collection:
www.StarFruitBooks.com

And on all social media platforms @StarFruitBooks

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Join me as I emBarker (get it?) on a journey down the highways of the dead, checking out Clive Barker's short stories "The Book of Blood" (1984) and "On Jerusalem Street (a postscript)" (1985)  and two accompanying films: Book of Blood (2009) and Books of Blood (2020). 

Also search for me on YouTube to see my face!

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Sit down and Zen out while we discuss one of Tezuka's magnum opera: Buddha.

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Relax to this soothing, live recording as Justin from Straight Chilling Podcast joins me to discuss the finer points of BioShock. It's a nerdy hour interview held live in a local cafe. This episode pre-dates episode 11 by several months, providing you with amazingly realistic reactions and genuine surprises.

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Join me unda da sea as I delve into the moral depths of the famed BioShock games (1-2), philosophy, and novel! 

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Join me in my first Halloween Special I cover the inspiration, history, and meaning behind Clive Barker's The Hellboung Heart and Hellraiser! This episode also features none other than BOB from The Straight Chilling Podcast in my newest segment: Let's Taco Bout It. Strap into your strap-on and in this very NSFW episode!

This was also a cursed episode so I apologize for issues that I'm aware of and unaware of!

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Join me for the second part of Message to Adolf by Osamu Tezuka as I cover chapters 7-17 and dive even further into the history of Jewish evacuation from Poland across the Asian continent! Also announce my upcoming spooky episode!

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Joined me and Erik Slader (from Epik Fails of History, Podcasters Assemble, and others) as we discuss the historical placement and Arthurian nonsense behind The Green Knight poem and new film! All on my seminal episode type: "Let's Taco 'Bout It"! Just a note: this was a plagued episode but I think we did aight.

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Welcome to episode 7, where I cover the meaning meaning and history behind Morgan Elsbeth from The Mandalorian E13: The Jedi. Let's take a step back in time and look at some of the most badass women in Japanese history!

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It's been a minute but here's a short and sweet review of Godzilla vs Kong which also covers some fun history of Executive Producer Yoshimitsu Banno and mentioned the SUPER MYSTERIOUS Godzilla '98 reference.  ooooOOOOooooo I know that's got your interest piqued!

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Continuing our Trail of Tezuka, we take a walk through 1930s Germany and Japan as viewed through the eyes of one detective and 2 children in "Message to Adolf" the final complete work by Osamu Tezuka. This piece of the story is part noir/murder mystery/spy thriller and part star-crossed friendship/kids on bikes mystery. I go into detail about the Jewish occupancy of Japan and review the multiple stories within.

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In this episode I dive into the depths of the city of Metropolis, inspired by the 1949 Manga of the same name. What messages lie in this film created by the animation powerhouses of Japan?

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Today I cover the 1949 seminal manga by Osamu Tezuka, Metropolis. It inspired an entire generation of war-stricken children to become manga artists.

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This episode covers the dramatic story of Toshiko Tomura and those around her, all confined within The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka during a whirlwind period of history.

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Episode 1 discusses Osamu Tezuka's Samurai-era fiction DORORO, the story of a mysteriously "gifted" wandering teenager who unexpectedly adopts a partner to help him on a journey wrought with demons, ghouls, and straight evil humans.

This is part of a series providing foundation for a much larger episode to come.

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Introduction to and explanation of The World is My Burrito Podcast

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