Japan on Fire (Podcast on Fire Network)

The first anime series to be released directly to video was Mamoru Oshii’s Dallos. The OVA (Original Video Animation) was born. Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast discu...

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Japanese studio Toei makes the first feature anime in colour and turn to Chinese folklore for their supernatural, romantic tale. In this episode we therefore examine 1958’s The White Snake Ench...

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It’s the first feature length anime out of Japan, it’s got singing animals… and it’s a war propaganda movie. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact the ...

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Kenshiro, the fist of the north star, gets a big screen head and body bursting adventure that was such a shock to the senses, it’s been forever altered since. In this episode of Japan On Fire w...

http://podcastonfire.com/2020/01/japan-on-fire-31-fist-of-the-north-star/

Hideo Gosha makes his last film and passes away. We say goodbye to the director of Three Outlaw Samurai , Hitokiri and The Geisha by looking at his 1992 film The Oil-Hell Murder. With Kenny B and...

http://podcastonfire.com/2019/08/japan-on-fire-30-hideo-gosha-finale-the-oil-hell-murder/

After a hiatus, we are back for the finishing stretches of the coverage of the filmmaker responsible for Three Outlaw Samurai, Hitokiri and Onimasa. The next to last episode have us stopping in 1...

http://podcastonfire.com/2019/03/japan-on-fire-29-hideo-gosha-the-geisha/

We do a little unscheudled stop into anime and the 2016 blockbuster Your Name from director Makato Shinkai. With Kenny B and roped in to inform, help out and review is East Screen West Screen’s...

http://podcastonfire.com/2017/11/japan-on-fire-28-your-name/

We jump ahead to the 80s resurgence of Hideo Gosha! Different style of filmmaking to a degree, different topics and characters to craft character-based cinema out of, in Onimasa we will talk of ...

http://podcastonfire.com/2017/05/japan-on-fire-27-hideo-gosha-onimasa/

For our second episode in the series about director Hideo Gosha, we stay in samurai territory, watching the of shape his often intense, downbeat, dirty, grimey voice even more. With focus on 1969...

http://podcastonfire.com/2016/05/japan-on-fire-26-hideo-gosha-hitokiri/

Hideo Gosha saw samurai cinema and cinema in general and its world in a more dirty, gritty and cynical way, starting with 1964’s Three Outlaw Samurai. Kenny B and VCinema’s Coffin Jon start a...

http://podcastonfire.com/2016/01/japan-on-fire-25-hideo-gosha-three-outlaw-samurai/

Sabu’s career is ongoing but we’re putting a cap on our coverage of it with this episode covering his 2013 black and white horror movie Miss Zombie. Contact the show via email at podcaston...

http://podcastonfire.com/2015/08/japan-on-fire-24-sabu-finale-miss-zombie/

The Sabu filmography has been runny, drivy, walky, cycly…as in cycling, boyband wacky and downbeat and with Bunny Drop, he adds another piece of versatility to his filmography: The straightforw...

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The wildman and acclaimed maker of chase movies with some very surreal and absurd humour continues his more thoughtful and humanistic streak as firmly explored in the dark Dead Run covered last e...

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Welcome back to our continued look at Japanese filmmaker Sabu. It’s been a wild, quirky, runny, drivy journey so far but things take a dark turn in Dead Run from 2005. Running Times: 00ms 00s ...

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Originally recorded as one long Japan On Fire 19, it is now re-edited into a shorter episode and this is the second half of the long recording that you first heard in episode 19. Kenny B and Coff...

http://podcastonfire.com/2014/11/japan-on-fire-20-sabu-blessing-bell/

Originally recorded as one long Japan On Fire 19, it is now re-edited into a shorter episode and second half of the long recording will feature in Japan On Fire 20. This is part 2 of our series o...

http://podcastonfire.com/2014/11/japan-on-fire-19-sabu-monday/

We are starting a new series on a particular figure out of Japanese cinema. I don’t know of many so I pick the ones I know and years ago I was recommended checking out the work of Sabu. I respo...

http://podcastonfire.com/2014/09/japan-on-fire-18-sabu-dangan-runner-postman-blues/

Closing out our coverage of Mamoru Oshii, the man with a bible in one hand and a basset hound by his other side, we’ve gone through his early days in anime, live action, how he created history ...

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Kenny B and Coffin Jon from VCinema return to their Mamoru Oshii coverage for a (biblical?) discussion about all things Ghost In The Shell from 1995. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire ...

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Kenny B  Coffin Jon from VCinema finish off their Kerberos Saga coverage (or are they?) within this tale of Mamoru Oshii with reviews of Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991) & the anime Jin R...

http://podcastonfire.com/2012/09/japan-on-fire-6-3-mamoru-oshii-stray-dog-kerberos-panzer-cops-jin-roh-the-wolf-brigade/

Kenny B and special guest Coffin Jon from VCinema continue their exploration of Mamoru Oshii and after quiet, surreal and religious anime in part 1 comes live action (anime) and a leap from the ...

http://podcastonfire.com/2012/05/japan-on-fire-6-2-mamoru-oshii-the-red-spectacles-patlabor/

Japan On Fire continues with anime but temporarily aborts the Studio Ghibli season for the start of the tale of Mamoru Oshii, director of Ghost In The Shell, Patlabor and Avalon. Ken and special ...

http://podcastonfire.com/2012/02/japan-on-fire-6-1-mamoru-oshii-angels-egg-1985/

Studio Ghibli season continues and we switch visionaries. This time Isao Takahata gets his due with a brief bio before Stoo and Ken dive deep into the sparsely animated family comedy My Neighbour...

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The Japan On Fire crew continue the Studio Ghibli coverage (Intro episode HERE) and it’s suitable to start at the point WHERE it started. Therefore it’s all Laputa – Castle In The Sky in th...

http://podcastonfire.com/2011/06/japan-on-fire-5-2-laputa-castle-in-the-sky/

It’s time to put forth more than just sporadic love for the animated wonders done over at Studio Ghibli but before taking on Laputa – Castle In The Sky in episode 2, Stoo and Ken do a brief h...

http://podcastonfire.com/2011/04/japan-on-fire-5-1-studio-ghibli-introduction/

Fight choreographer and author John Kreng drops by in the conclusion to our Kaiju-themed Japan On Fire. A laid back chat between him and Ken covers a bit of the technical side to the action in th...

http://podcastonfire.com/2010/05/japan-on-fire-4-6-john-kreng/

Author of  “Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla” shares with Ken the very first childhood Kaiju-exposure, how it’s corrupted him since, compa...

http://podcastonfire.com/2010/02/japan-on-fire-4-5-%E2%80%93-voices-on-kaiju-august-ragone/

Filmmaker/filmhistorian/trivia machine Ronald L. Strong goes over his fanatic history digging Kaiju. It’s a delightful journey as well as an aggrivating one thanks to a fair few characters taki...

http://podcastonfire.com/2010/01/japan-on-fire-4-4-voices-on-kaiju-ronald-l-strong/

Our special guests from the main Kaiju JOF’s get their own spotlight in an interview series (expanding our current JOF into a Kaiju in itself really). Brian Kirby is the head honcho over at She...

http://podcastonfire.com/2009/11/japan-on-fire-4-3-voices-on-kaiju-brian-kirby/

One wide awake Swede, one hungover Scotsman and a sick Brit plus special American guests takes a detailed look at the popular Daei production DAIMAJIN.

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Japan On Fire 4 (part 1 out of MANY!) turns mighty as we now take on the giant monsters known as Kaiju! Hear discussions on Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah the movie DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and fauc...

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It may be the third but not the last JOF as Ken once again host a fun-filled episode where the trio discuss samurai movies. Don’t expect any refined opinions though on The Twilight Samurai and ...

http://podcastonfire.com/2009/07/japan-on-fire-3-samurai-cinema-chambara/

Ken presents the second installment of the Japan on Fire. We get the history lesson and discuss two of the genres most famous movies; Sex and Fury and Female Prisoner 701; Scorpion. Also count th...

http://podcastonfire.com/2009/03/japan-on-fire-2-pinky-violence/

The Crew at Podcast on Fire has returned. We’re recording three episodes entirely on Japanese Cinema. This episode we discuss J-Horrors (Ugetsu & Dark Water) as well as the very popular Anime (...

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