<span data-t="8.0">Are</span> <span data-t="8.6">you</span> <span data-t="8.9">interested</span> <span data-t="9.5">in</span> <span data-t="9.8">angels,</span> <span data-t="10.9">demons,</span> <span data-t="12.0">ghosts,</span> <span data-t="13.0">spirits,</span> <span data-t="13.8">and</span> <span data-t="14.2">monsters?</span> <span data-t="16.0">Are</span> <span data-t="16.4">you</span> <span data-t="16.7">curious</span> <span data-t="17.5">about</span> <span data-t="17.8">their</span> <span data-t="18.2">origins,</span> <span data-t="19.2">influence,</span> <span data-t="20.
5">and</span> <span data-t="21.0">how</span> <span data-t="21.4">to</span> <span data-t="21.6">protect</span> <span data-t="22.2">against</span> <span data-t="22.6">the</span> <span data-t="22.9">unknown?</span> <span data-t="24.2">If</span> <span data-t="24.8">so,</span> <span data-t="25.5">then</span> <span data-t="25.8">welcome</span> <span data-t="26.5">to</span> <span data-t="26.7">Southern</span> <span data-t="27.2">Demonology,</span> <span data-t="28.7">the</span> <span data-t="29.0">podcast</span> <span data-t="29.8">that</span> <span data-t="30.1">explores</span> <span data-t="31.
0">all</span> <span data-t="31.3">of</span> <span data-t="31.6">this</span> <span data-t="31.9">and</span> <span data-t="32.6">more.</span> <span data-t="37.4">In</span> <span data-t="37.7">the</span> <span data-t="38.0">past,</span> <span data-t="38.9">there</span> <span data-t="39.2">have</span> <span data-t="39.5">been</span> <span data-t="40.0">a</span> <span data-t="40.3">few</span> <span data-t="41.0">anime</span> <span data-t="41.6">series</span> <span data-t="42.5">that</span> <span data-t="42.8">featured</span> <span data-t="43.6">the</span> <span data-t="43.
8">amazing</span> <span data-t="44.7">artwork</span> <span data-t="45.4">of</span> <span data-t="45.8">Japan's</span> <span data-t="46.6">ultimate</span> <span data-t="47.3">horror</span> <span data-t="48.0">manga</span> <span data-t="48.6">creator</span> <span data-t="49.7">or</span> <span data-t="50.0">manga</span> <span data-t="50.6">ka,</span> <span data-t="51.4">Junji</span> <span data-t="52.2">Ito,</span> <span data-t="53.1">namely</span> <span data-t="53.8">the</span> <span data-t="54.0">Junji</span> <span data-t="54.7">Ito</span> <span data-t="55.3">collection</span> <span data-t="56.
1">and</span> <span data-t="56.6">Junji</span> <span data-t="57.4">Ito</span> <span data-t="58.0">Maniac.</span> <span data-t="59.1">Now,</span> <span data-t="59.8">both</span> <span data-t="60.4">of</span> <span data-t="60.7">these</span> <span data-t="61.4">had</span> <span data-t="61.7">a</span> <span data-t="62.0">few</span> <span data-t="62.6">standout</span> <span data-t="63.6">moments,</span> <span data-t="64.7">but</span> <span data-t="65.0">they</span> <span data-t="65.4">were</span> <span data-t="65.7">ultimately</span> <span data-t="66.6">let</span> <span data-t="67.2">down.
</span> <span data-t="67.8">See,</span> <span data-t="68.3">Ito</span> <span data-t="69.0">san</span> <span data-t="69.6">is</span> <span data-t="69.8">a</span> <span data-t="70.2">master</span> <span data-t="70.8">of</span> <span data-t="71.1">his</span> <span data-t="71.4">craft,</span> <span data-t="72.5">and</span> <span data-t="72.8">he</span> <span data-t="73.1">has</span> <span data-t="73.4">created</span> <span data-t="74.1">some</span> <span data-t="75.0">nightmare-inducing</span> <span data-t="77.3">works</span> <span data-t="77.8">over</span> <span data-t="78.
0">the</span> <span data-t="78.2">years,</span> <span data-t="78.9">such</span> <span data-t="79.3">as</span> <span data-t="79.6">Tomai,</span> <span data-t="80.8">The</span> <span data-t="81.0">Hanging</span> <span data-t="81.7">Balloons,</span> <span data-t="83.0">and</span> <span data-t="83.5">especially</span> <span data-t="84.5">the</span> <span data-t="84.8">Enigma</span> <span data-t="85.9">of</span> <span data-t="86.6">Amigata</span> <span data-t="87.7">Fall,</span> <span data-t="88.5">just</span> <span data-t="88.8">to</span> <span data-t="89.0">name</span> <span data-t="89.
4">a</span> <span data-t="89.5">few.</span> <span data-t="90.2">The</span> <span data-t="90.5">anime</span> <span data-t="91.1">series</span> <span data-t="92.1">dulled</span> <span data-t="93.3">the</span> <span data-t="93.6">whore</span> <span data-t="94.6">with</span> <span data-t="95.1">way</span> <span data-t="95.7">too</span> <span data-t="96.1">much</span> <span data-t="96.3">comedy.</span> <span data-t="97.3">And</span> <span data-t="97.6">while</span> <span data-t="98.2">you</span> <span data-t="98.5">can</span> <span data-t="98.7">definitely</span> <span data-t="99.
6">find</span> <span data-t="100.2">some</span> <span data-t="100.5">silly</span> <span data-t="101.2">moments</span> <span data-t="101.7">mixed</span> <span data-t="102.1">in</span> <span data-t="102.3">with</span> <span data-t="102.5">the</span> <span data-t="102.7">macabre,</span> <span data-t="104.1">in</span> <span data-t="104.4">my</span> <span data-t="104.6">opinion,</span> <span data-t="105.5">the</span> <span data-t="105.8">emphasis</span> <span data-t="106.7">was</span> <span data-t="107.0">just</span> <span data-t="107.3">way</span> <span data-t="107.5">out</span> <span data-t="107.
7">of</span> <span data-t="107.9">kilter.</span> <span data-t="109.0">However,</span> <span data-t="109.9">that's</span> <span data-t="110.3">a</span> <span data-t="110.4">big</span> <span data-t="110.8">however.</span> <span data-t="111.9">I</span> <span data-t="112.2">am</span> <span data-t="112.8">so</span> <span data-t="113.1">happy</span> <span data-t="114.0">to</span> <span data-t="114.2">announce</span> <span data-t="115.0">that</span> <span data-t="115.2">there</span> <span data-t="115.5">is</span> <span data-t="115.8">now</span> <span data-t="116.1">something</span> <span data-t="116.
7">out</span> <span data-t="117.0">there</span> <span data-t="117.7">that</span> <span data-t="118.0">does</span> <span data-t="118.6">honor</span> <span data-t="119.1">to</span> <span data-t="119.4">Itosan's</span> <span data-t="120.9">work.</span> <span data-t="121.5">And</span> <span data-t="121.8">that</span> <span data-t="122.5">is</span> <span data-t="122.8">the</span> <span data-t="123.1">brand</span> <span data-t="123.6">new</span> <span data-t="124.1">anime</span> <span data-t="124.9">Uzumaki,</span> <span data-t="126.6">meaning</span> <span data-t="127.6">Piral.
</span> <span data-t="128.8">Hello</span> <span data-t="129.3">all.</span> <span data-t="142.9">If</span> <span data-t="143.2">you</span> <span data-t="143.4">follow</span> <span data-t="143.9">along</span> <span data-t="144.3">with</span> <span data-t="144.6">anime</span> <span data-t="145.1">news,</span> <span data-t="145.8">not</span> <span data-t="146.0">that</span> <span data-t="146.2">I</span> <span data-t="146.4">expect</span> <span data-t="146.9">you</span> <span data-t="147.1">to,</span> <span data-t="147.8">then</span> <span data-t="148.1">over</span> <span data-t="148.
3">the</span> <span data-t="148.5">years</span> <span data-t="149.0">you</span> <span data-t="149.2">may</span> <span data-t="149.4">have</span> <span data-t="149.6">seen</span> <span data-t="149.9">reference</span> <span data-t="150.6">to</span> <span data-t="150.8">a</span> <span data-t="151.0">new</span> <span data-t="151.4">work</span> <span data-t="151.8">in</span> <span data-t="152.1">production</span> <span data-t="152.9">that</span> <span data-t="153.2">attempts</span> <span data-t="153.8">to</span> <span data-t="154.1">bring</span> <span data-t="154.
6">Uzumaki</span> <span data-t="156.0">to</span> <span data-t="156.3">life.</span> <span data-t="156.9">And</span> <span data-t="157.2">by</span> <span data-t="157.5">life,</span> <span data-t="158.4">I</span> <span data-t="158.7">mean</span> <span data-t="159.1">that</span> <span data-t="159.4">the</span> <span data-t="159.6">entire</span> <span data-t="160.2">anime</span> <span data-t="160.9">is</span> <span data-t="161.2">set</span> <span data-t="161.8">in</span> <span data-t="162.0">black</span> <span data-t="162.5">and</span> <span data-t="162.8">white</span> <span data-t="163.
5">and</span> <span data-t="163.8">looks</span> <span data-t="164.3">like</span> <span data-t="164.6">a</span> <span data-t="164.9">manga</span> <span data-t="165.8">suddenly</span> <span data-t="166.7">spring</span> <span data-t="167.4">to</span> <span data-t="167.7">life.</span> <span data-t="168.4">I</span> <span data-t="168.7">have</span> <span data-t="169.0">been</span> <span data-t="169.7">so</span> <span data-t="170.2">looking</span> <span data-t="170.6">forward</span> <span data-t="171.0">to</span> <span data-t="171.3">seeing</span> <span data-t="171.6">this</span> <span data-t="171.
8">thing</span> <span data-t="172.2">come</span> <span data-t="172.4">to</span> <span data-t="172.7">reality.</span> <span data-t="173.7">And</span> <span data-t="174.0">last</span> <span data-t="174.6">week,</span> <span data-t="175.4">the</span> <span data-t="175.8">very</span> <span data-t="176.4">first</span> <span data-t="176.7">episode</span> <span data-t="177.4">dropped.</span> <span data-t="178.3">In</span> <span data-t="178.6">fact,</span> <span data-t="179.0">it's</span> <span data-t="179.2">being</span> <span data-t="179.5">aired</span> <span data-t="179.
9">by</span> <span data-t="180.2">Adult</span> <span data-t="180.6">Swim,</span> <span data-t="181.4">followed</span> <span data-t="181.8">by</span> <span data-t="181.9">a</span> <span data-t="182.2">release</span> <span data-t="182.6">on</span> <span data-t="182.8">HBO</span> <span data-t="183.5">Max</span> <span data-t="184.1">the</span> <span data-t="184.2">following</span> <span data-t="184.8">day.</span> <span data-t="185.4">If</span> <span data-t="185.8">you</span> <span data-t="186.0">haven't</span> <span data-t="186.3">heard</span> <span data-t="186.6">of</span> <span data-t="186.
8">it</span> <span data-t="187.0">before,</span> <span data-t="188.0">this</span> <span data-t="188.3">work</span> <span data-t="189.0">depicts</span> <span data-t="189.7">a</span> <span data-t="189.9">small</span> <span data-t="190.6">town</span> <span data-t="191.2">where</span> <span data-t="191.8">spirals</span> <span data-t="192.8">have</span> <span data-t="193.0">begun</span> <span data-t="193.5">showing</span> <span data-t="194.2">up.</span> <span data-t="194.6">For</span> <span data-t="194.9">example,</span> <span data-t="195.7">the</span> <span data-t="196.
0">two</span> <span data-t="196.2">main</span> <span data-t="196.5">characters</span> <span data-t="197.1">are</span> <span data-t="197.4">walking</span> <span data-t="197.9">home,</span> <span data-t="198.6">and</span> <span data-t="198.9">the</span> <span data-t="199.2">boy</span> <span data-t="199.8">points</span> <span data-t="200.5">out</span> <span data-t="200.8">the</span> <span data-t="201.1">whirlpool</span> <span data-t="202.3">and</span> <span data-t="202.6">eddies</span> <span data-t="203.4">of</span> <span data-t="203.7">wind</span> <span data-t="204.
2">that</span> <span data-t="204.4">have</span> <span data-t="204.6">been</span> <span data-t="204.9">popping</span> <span data-t="205.4">up</span> <span data-t="205.6">across</span> <span data-t="206.2">town.</span> <span data-t="207.0">Now,</span> <span data-t="207.7">that</span> <span data-t="208.0">doesn't</span> <span data-t="208.8">sound</span> <span data-t="209.4">particularly</span> <span data-t="210.3">creepy,</span> <span data-t="211.4">but</span> <span data-t="211.7">that</span> <span data-t="212.0">is</span> <span data-t="212.2">where</span> <span data-t="212.
5">you're</span> <span data-t="212.9">wrong.</span> <span data-t="213.6">The</span> <span data-t="213.9">boy's</span> <span data-t="214.6">father</span> <span data-t="215.2">has</span> <span data-t="215.5">become</span> <span data-t="216.2">fascinated</span> <span data-t="217.4">with</span> <span data-t="217.8">spiral</span> <span data-t="218.9">and</span> <span data-t="219.2">has</span> <span data-t="219.4">even</span> <span data-t="219.8">stopped</span> <span data-t="220.4">going</span> <span data-t="220.7">to</span> <span data-t="221.0">work</span> <span data-t="221.
6">just</span> <span data-t="221.9">so</span> <span data-t="222.2">he</span> <span data-t="222.3">can</span> <span data-t="222.6">stare</span> <span data-t="223.0">at</span> <span data-t="223.1">his</span> <span data-t="223.4">collection</span> <span data-t="224.0">of</span> <span data-t="224.2">anything</span> <span data-t="224.8">with</span> <span data-t="225.0">the</span> <span data-t="225.2">spiral</span> <span data-t="225.9">shape.</span> <span data-t="226.8">And</span> <span data-t="227.4">if</span> <span data-t="227.8">the</span> <span data-t="228.1">father</span> <span data-t="228.
7">looked</span> <span data-t="229.6">long</span> <span data-t="229.9">enough,</span> <span data-t="230.9">then</span> <span data-t="231.2">his</span> <span data-t="231.5">eyes</span> <span data-t="232.2">can</span> <span data-t="232.5">even</span> <span data-t="232.8">start</span> <span data-t="233.2">to</span> <span data-t="233.4">spin</span> <span data-t="234.4">independently</span> <span data-t="235.4">of</span> <span data-t="235.5">each</span> <span data-t="235.8">other</span> <span data-t="236.1">in</span> <span data-t="236.3">their</span> <span data-t="236.6">sockets.
</span> <span data-t="237.6">And</span> <span data-t="237.9">from</span> <span data-t="238.2">there,</span> <span data-t="238.9">things</span> <span data-t="239.5">only</span> <span data-t="240.2">continue</span> <span data-t="240.8">to</span> <span data-t="241.1">escalate</span> <span data-t="242.0">at</span> <span data-t="242.3">an</span> <span data-t="242.6">accelerated</span> <span data-t="243.5">pace.</span> <span data-t="244.4">This</span> <span data-t="245.0">anime</span> <span data-t="246.2">captures</span> <span data-t="247.4">perfectly</span> <span data-t="248.
7">the</span> <span data-t="249.0">Lovecraftian</span> <span data-t="250.4">horror</span> <span data-t="251.0">that</span> <span data-t="251.4">just</span> <span data-t="251.7">oozes</span> <span data-t="252.9">from</span> <span data-t="253.2">Itosan's</span> <span data-t="254.4">work.</span> <span data-t="254.9">You</span> <span data-t="255.2">can</span> <span data-t="255.5">see</span> <span data-t="255.8">just</span> <span data-t="256.2">how</span> <span data-t="256.5">horribly</span> <span data-t="257.5">things</span> <span data-t="258.1">can</span> <span data-t="258.
4">go</span> <span data-t="259.0">if</span> <span data-t="259.6">even</span> <span data-t="260.5">the</span> <span data-t="260.8">smallest</span> <span data-t="262.1">bit</span> <span data-t="262.7">of</span> <span data-t="263.0">an</span> <span data-t="263.4">eldritch</span> <span data-t="264.4">deity's</span> <span data-t="265.2">essence</span> <span data-t="266.4">casually</span> <span data-t="267.4">comes</span> <span data-t="268.0">into</span> <span data-t="268.3">contact</span> <span data-t="269.3">with</span> <span data-t="269.6">our</span> <span data-t="269.
9">reality</span> <span data-t="271.2">and</span> <span data-t="271.5">how</span> <span data-t="271.8">that</span> <span data-t="272.2">taint,</span> <span data-t="273.4">ever</span> <span data-t="274.0">so</span> <span data-t="274.3">slowly</span> <span data-t="275.0">at</span> <span data-t="275.3">first,</span> <span data-t="276.1">begins</span> <span data-t="276.7">to</span> <span data-t="277.0">manifest</span> <span data-t="278.2">and</span> <span data-t="278.6">corrupt</span> <span data-t="280.2">all</span> <span data-t="280.7">that</span> <span data-t="281.
0">its</span> <span data-t="281.5">ever-widening</span> <span data-t="282.8">blemish</span> <span data-t="283.7">touches.</span> <span data-t="284.6">Even</span> <span data-t="285.0">the</span> <span data-t="285.4">opening</span> <span data-t="286.1">sequence,</span> <span data-t="287.5">typically</span> <span data-t="288.1">called</span> <span data-t="288.5">an</span> <span data-t="288.8">OP,</span> <span data-t="290.1">reinforces</span> <span data-t="291.3">this</span> <span data-t="291.6">mood.</span> <span data-t="292.2">Most</span> <span data-t="292.7">anime</span> <span data-t="293.
4">spend</span> <span data-t="293.9">gobs</span> <span data-t="294.5">of</span> <span data-t="294.7">money</span> <span data-t="295.4">on</span> <span data-t="295.6">great</span> <span data-t="296.1">music</span> <span data-t="296.6">and</span> <span data-t="296.9">flashy</span> <span data-t="297.7">animation</span> <span data-t="298.6">to</span> <span data-t="299.0">lure</span> <span data-t="299.5">in</span> <span data-t="299.8">new</span> <span data-t="300.2">viewers.</span> <span data-t="301.0">Uzumaki</span> <span data-t="302.6">simply</span> <span data-t="303.
2">shows</span> <span data-t="303.8">a</span> <span data-t="304.0">black</span> <span data-t="304.6">screen</span> <span data-t="305.2">with</span> <span data-t="305.5">a</span> <span data-t="305.8">spiral</span> <span data-t="306.6">that</span> <span data-t="307.0">seems</span> <span data-t="307.4">to</span> <span data-t="307.9">beckoning</span> <span data-t="308.7">you</span> <span data-t="309.0">inside.</span> <span data-t="310.0">The</span> <span data-t="310.3">best</span> <span data-t="311.0">in</span> <span data-t="311.3">oh</span> <span data-t="312.0">so</span> <span data-t="312.
2">few</span> <span data-t="312.8">horror</span> <span data-t="313.4">shows</span> <span data-t="313.8">and</span> <span data-t="314.0">movies</span> <span data-t="315.0">not</span> <span data-t="315.7">just</span> <span data-t="316.3">show</span> <span data-t="316.8">you</span> <span data-t="317.0">the</span> <span data-t="317.3">horribleness,</span> <span data-t="318.6">but</span> <span data-t="318.9">rather</span> <span data-t="319.4">inflict</span> <span data-t="320.5">that</span> <span data-t="320.8">dread</span> <span data-t="321.4">and</span> <span data-t="321.
8">unease</span> <span data-t="323.0">onto</span> <span data-t="323.5">the</span> <span data-t="323.8">watcher.</span> <span data-t="324.7">And</span> <span data-t="325.0">I</span> <span data-t="325.3">am</span> <span data-t="325.6">very</span> <span data-t="325.9">proud</span> <span data-t="326.5">to</span> <span data-t="326.8">say</span> <span data-t="327.1">that</span> <span data-t="327.6">Uzumaki</span> <span data-t="328.9">does</span> <span data-t="329.3">that</span> <span data-t="329.6">in</span> <span data-t="329.9">spades,</span> <span data-t="331.1">and</span> <span data-t="331.
4">I</span> <span data-t="331.8">cannot</span> <span data-t="332.9">recommend</span> <span data-t="333.7">it</span> <span data-t="334.0">enough.</span> <span data-t="339.9">Thank</span> <span data-t="340.5">you</span> <span data-t="340.7">for</span> <span data-t="341.0">listening</span> <span data-t="341.4">to</span> <span data-t="341.7">Southern</span> <span data-t="342.2">Demonology.</span> <span data-t="343.6">Find</span> <span data-t="344.1">us</span> <span data-t="344.3">online</span> <span data-t="344.8">at</span> <span data-t="345.0">Southern</span> <span data-t="345.6">Demonology.
com,</span> <span data-t="347.6">which</span> <span data-t="347.9">offers</span> <span data-t="348.4">links</span> <span data-t="348.9">to</span> <span data-t="349.1">all</span> <span data-t="349.3">of</span> <span data-t="349.5">our</span> <span data-t="349.8">social</span> <span data-t="350.2">media</span> <span data-t="350.8">and</span> <span data-t="351.1">episodes.</span> <span data-t="352.6">Southern</span> <span data-t="353.2">Demonology</span> <span data-t="354.1">is</span> <span data-t="354.3">solely</span> <span data-t="354.7">owned,</span> <span data-t="355.
4">produced,</span> <span data-t="356.0">and</span> <span data-t="356.2">edited</span> <span data-t="356.9">by</span> <span data-t="357.1">myself,</span> <span data-t="358.2">and</span> <span data-t="358.5">the</span> <span data-t="358.7">intro</span> <span data-t="359.1">and</span> <span data-t="359.4">outro</span> <span data-t="359.8">music</span> <span data-t="360.4">are</span> <span data-t="360.6">composed</span> <span data-t="361.2">by</span> <span data-t="361.5">me</span> <span data-t="361.8">as</span> <span data-t="362.2">well.</span> <span data-t="363.0">If</span> <span data-t="363.
4">you</span> <span data-t="363.6">have</span> <span data-t="363.8">a</span> <span data-t="364.2">moment,</span> <span data-t="364.7">please</span> <span data-t="365.3">rate,</span> <span data-t="365.9">like,</span> <span data-t="366.2">and</span> <span data-t="366.5">share</span> <span data-t="367.0">this</span> <span data-t="367.2">podcast,</span> <span data-t="368.2">as</span> <span data-t="368.5">it</span> <span data-t="368.7">is</span> <span data-t="369.0">the</span> <span data-t="369.4">best</span> <span data-t="369.7">way</span> <span data-t="370.0">to</span> <span data-t="370.
2">help</span> <span data-t="370.6">support</span> <span data-t="371.1">my</span> <span data-t="371.4">work.</span> <span data-t="372.2">As</span> <span data-t="372.6">always,</span> <span data-t="373.1">I</span> <span data-t="373.4">am</span> <span data-t="373.7">JJ,</span> <span data-t="374.8">and</span> <span data-t="375.0">it</span> <span data-t="375.1">has</span> <span data-t="375.4">been</span> <span data-t="375.6">a</span> <span data-t="375.8">pleasure</span> <span data-t="376.5">to</span> <span data-t="376.7">speak</span> <span data-t="377.1">to</span> <span data-t="377.
4">you</span> <span data-t="377.7">today.</span>