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THE SHOUNEN PROTAGONIST is a part historical, part motivational, podcast about the anime and video games that both educated and inspired us as children and adults.
Hosted by Tavarita and Atomic, we'll discuss and analyze different movies, games, arcs, and episodes of the media that shaped our lives. Join them weekly for fun facts, laughs, and happy tears as they explore what makes geek culture so impactful, and most of all, what makes it fun.
3: A Single Thing In Nature: Mushishi and The Futility Of It All
The Shounen Protagonist
1 hour 50 minutes 17 seconds
4 years ago
3: A Single Thing In Nature: Mushishi and The Futility Of It All
In this episode, Atomic and Tavarita discuss the sleeper hit manga and anime series Mushishi and its mastery of the art of short storytelling. They dive into Mushishi's haunting naturalism, the possibility of a shadow biosphere, and the entropy of our universe. This one is a thinker!
**Content Warnings: Existentialism, Talk of Animal Death**
[0:00] Episode Introduction
[0:29] Episode Title, John Muir
[1:40] Housekeeping!
[6:15] The Career of Yuki Urushibara
[13:39] The Mushishi Manga
[19:47] Manga Publishing Issues & FOMO
[23:56] World of Mushishi
[1:03:33] The Shadow Biosphere
[1:14:04] The Mushi & Entropy
[1:39:54] Why Fish Don't Exist
[1:45:40] Outro - Alexa Guesses That Anime
[Show Notes]
Conover, E. (2015). “Shadow biosphere” might be hiding strange life right under our noses. Science. Published. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa7865
Davies, P. C., Benner, S. A., Cleland, C. E., Lineweaver, C. H., McKay, C. P., & Wolfe-Simon, F. (2009). Signatures of a Shadow Biosphere. Astrobiology, 9(2), 241–249. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2008.0251
Miller, L. (2021). Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (First Printing ed.). Simon & Schuster.
Ohara, T. (2007, February 3). Mushishi Live-Action Movie Interview. ComiPress. https://www.comipress.com/article/2007/02/03/1449.html
Oxford Essential Quotations, & Ratcliffe, S. (2020). John Muir. Oxford Reference. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191843730.001.0001/q-oro-ed5-00012574
Universe Today [Fraser Cain]. (2020, January 28). Is There A Shadow Biosphere? Searching For Life On Earth That Isn’t Related To Us [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2brd-3OVgn8
Wikipedia contributors. (2021a, August 7). Yuki Urushibara. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Urushibara
Wikipedia contributors. (2021b, August 31). Mushishi. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushishi
[Art Credit]"Shounen Protagonist" Logo & Design by Jules Riselinghttps://www.julesriseling.com (thank you Jules!)https://www.twitter.com/julesriseling
[Music Credit]Intro & Outro Music: "Next" by Gio NavasIntermission Music: "Brave" by Gio Navashttps://www.gionavas.com/ (thank you Gio!)https://www.twitter.com/giomaria
The Shounen Protagonist
THE SHOUNEN PROTAGONIST is a part historical, part motivational, podcast about the anime and video games that both educated and inspired us as children and adults.
Hosted by Tavarita and Atomic, we'll discuss and analyze different movies, games, arcs, and episodes of the media that shaped our lives. Join them weekly for fun facts, laughs, and happy tears as they explore what makes geek culture so impactful, and most of all, what makes it fun.
