Oldtaku no Radio #012 – Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

If you’ve yet to watch the epic drama about traditional
storytelling that is Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, get yourself on
over to Crunchyroll and do so. If you’ve yet to watch the sequel,
Descending Stories, feel free to listen up until the spoilers
section (or past if you don’t care about such things).


In our final episode of our first season of Oldtaku no Radio, we
return to a show about which we could not stop praising in our
first episode. We find the sequel/second season a little more
divisive, which means there’s even more to talk about. But
don’t worry, we keep things concise and focus on analysis
instead of plot this time around. We look into the imagery,
characters, plot devices, storytelling implementation,
chronology, and more to hammer out why this anime is so
effective. Listen, enjoy, and let us know what you think!


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Runtime: 1 hr, 16 min
Show Notes Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz
Mirblouk 00:00 – Introduction 01:20 – Summary
02:35 – Reconnecting with characters 04:15 – Word
choice: tonal shifts and chronology 09:55 – Exploring the main
thematic conflict 16:25 – Playing around with how storytelling
is used to tell a story 22:00 – Character attachments
28:15 – Dramatic use of imagery in rakugo sets 32:55 – Here
there be spoilers… 63:22 – Twitter questions 71:00 – Thank yous and
more thank yous! Ending Song: “Money 1973” by NO FUTURE
Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Oldtaku no Radio, Ink, Jared Ink also
writes for Otaku USA Magazine and The Fandom Post. Jared
also writes for The Electrum Edition and Wave Motion Cannon.