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Zack Davisson's World of Yokai

by Zac Bertschy, Jun 10th 2016

ANNCast Episode 262: Zack Davisson's World of Yokai

Yurei: The Japanese Ghost author and Shigeru Mizuki translator Zack Davisson stops by to discuss The Birth of Kitaro, machine translation, the chilling world of Japanese ghosts and more!

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Unhelpful, Inadequate ANNCast Episode 262 Breakdown

00:30 Zack Davisson introduction and his early days in the JET program

10:25 Shigeru Mizuki and Showa

24:10 Gegege no Kitarō

32:00 Zack's experience translating Satoshi Kon's work

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