S13E05 – Tokyo Godfathers (2004) [東京ゴッドファーザーズ]

About this episode

Matthew Trecek joins Perry Constantine to discuss the anime film Tokyo Godfathers by Satoshi Kon.

Christmas comes early as Matthew Trecek of the Deskwarmers podcast joins Perry for a discussion of Satoshi Kon's beloved anime, Tokyo Godfathers. Hosted by Perry Constantine Guest-Starring Matthew Trecek Listen to Matthew on the Deskwarmers podcast. Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ ⁠https://nordvpn.com/fspn⁠. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ⁠JapanOnFilm.com⁠ ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ ⁠Threads⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Discord⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Perry Constantine

Guest: Matthew Trecek

Topics covered

• anime
• film discussion
• Satoshi Kon
• Christmas
• Tokyo Godfathers

Keywords

• Tokyo Godfathers
• Satoshi Kon
• anime
• Christmas
• film discussion

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Deskwarmers

Books & works: Tokyo Godfathers

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