Back to our roots of being avant-garde dipshits. Give us guala at patreon.com/agitator and learn more at brokenriverbooks.com

On this episode: Miike's 2014 high school death game film As the Gods Will + when one of the greats shows up to make something mediocre + the swinging pendulum of brilliance + perfect CGI + craft talk re: character development and form vs formula + what would've made this movie better + AN AGITATOR FILMS ANNOUNCEMENT ++ NEWS ABOUT THE IMPENDING SUMMER FOR THE SHOW. Support the show and get a bunch of bonus content at patreon.com/agitator

Very special interview episode today with ADR (English dub) anime director/producer/writer Shannon Reed of Sentai Filmworks. We get into the nuts and bolts of what it means to direct anime and what all goes into the dubbing process, from rewriting to match mouth flaps to pulling the perfect performance out of voice actors and everything in-between. We also talk balancing fun and hard work, Star Wars, Shannon's personal journey into anime, and more. Check out the HiDive streaming platform: https://welcome.hidive.com/

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Today on the show, we have Jeremy Bronaugh, author of When You Bleed to Death, to discuss processing trauma through art, anime of the '90s vs today, technology going too far (or not far enough), prose vs plot, the Road House remake, the best Easter movies, Poor Things, pop culture reflecting culture, raising kids, and so much more. This one's a banger. Check out the audiobook of When You Bleed to Death narrated by Kelby here: https://www.amazon.com/When-You-Bleed-to-Death/dp/B0CYHG1PHF/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= And follow Jeremy on IG: @jeremybronaughwriter

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Are dinosaurs real? How much dope they be selling at Crayon World? How come when people invent a new fuel source or cure cancer with vegetables they "suddenly aren't with us" anymore? Should people be mad about the New Demons anthology? Is writing a business? What's next for the Agitator boys? All these questions and more are answered on... this episode. Support the Agitator project and get a more in-depth experience at patreon.com/agitator. Find out more on the Broken River crew at brokenriverbooks.com.

Agitator boy Kelby was flying solo holding it down for the Broken River crew at Ghoulish Fest in San Antonio. Shouts out Max Booth III and Lori Booth for the hard work throwing and promoting that; there was a major turnout of locals ready to buy weird and fucked up books. On this special boots-on-the-ground episode, Kelby is chopping it up with author (and psychiatric professional) Michael Tichy bout the fest, his new book The Winnowing Draw, and Kôji Shiraishi's shot-on-video one-take horror film A Record of Sweet Murder.

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The Agitator boys have opposing thoughts on DUNE. Instead of going to war over some art that someone else made, we explore the nature of taste and why we vibe with or hate certain movies. We also have beef with Gerber for putting lead in baby snacks and with PSO for being a terrible energy company. Check out more on J David Osborne and Kelby Losack at brokenriverbooks.com and support the show/get bonus content at patreon.com/agitator

Email business inquiries to kelbylosack@outlook.com RE: The County series funding and Agitator Films stock. On this episode, JDO and Kelby are talking: Adam Lehrer's analysis of the recent self-immolation, our responses to people still waiting on our Kickstarter and pre-order projects, Ye's VULTURES, Shane Gillis coming full circle with SNL, and the hourglass method of outlining a story. We almost don't even freestyle a story this episode but then we decide to flex and pull off our craziest concept yet within the last 5 minutes. You can't touch this, but you can subscribe at patreon.com/agitator. Read the Broken River newsletter: brbjdo.substack.com Learn more about Broken River: brokenriverbooks.com