Comedy
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Episode #40 – Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー)
Can a song save the world? Perry and guest-host Ashley discuss Yoshihiro Nakamura's oddball comedy movie that effortlessly weaves together different stories across different time periods.
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Episode #26 – One Cut of the Dead (カメラを止めるな！)
JOF is back with a new season! Join Perry and VCinema’s John Atom as they discuss Shinichiro Ueda’s smash 2018 comedy, One Cut of the Dead! What starts as a B-grade zombie movie turns into something far more meta.
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Episode #18 – Bloody Chainsaw Girl (血まみれスケバンチェーンソー)
Giko is just your average delinquent schoolgirl who cuts class to smoke, carries a chainsaw, and has an army of trendy poser mutant cyborgs on her trail. Wait…what?! Get ready to enter the world of Japanese grindhouse!
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Episode #14 – Linda Linda Linda (リンダ リンダ リンダ)
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival’s rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called “Linda Linda.”
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Episode #4 – Train Man (電車男)
Based on a supposedly true story. When a young geek defends a woman on a train from a drunken passenger, he has the opportunity to start seeing her socially. But having never dated before and having no real friends, the only place he can turn to for advice is an Internet message board. With their help, he tries to change in order for an opportunity at romance.
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Episode #2 – Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語)
Momoko Ryugasaki is the daughter of a small-time gangster that forges Versace brand and a lowlife woman. Momoko is smitten by the Rococo period and dresses in a Lolita style, with frilly dresses and embroidery bonnet. She is raised by her father since her mother divorced him to marry her gynecologist, and he has taught her how to perfectly embroider. When Mr. Ryugasaki includes the Universal Studios brand in his products, he is forced to move to the rural Shimotsuma with Momoko to live in the house of her grandmother. Momoko decides to sell her collection of forged Versace and Universal Studios to make money to buy her expensive clothing. The rebel "yanki" Ichigo Shirayuri visits Momoko to buy clothes and soon they begin the most unlikely friendship.
