I'm not crying, you're crying! We go over one of the saddest things which we were all dreading watching, but don't worry, there's plenty to talk about aside from crushing brutal sadness, such as the interesting polymath who wrote the story and the extremely methodical guy who directed the film, and of course some Miyazaki too. And if you're wondering, you don't have to watch the film to listen if you can't handle it right now (and if you want, you can read the short story which we talk about too)
Support us at our podcasting network, Podcastio Podcastius at https://www.patreon.com/podcastiopodcastius. You'll get early episodes of this and out other podcasts, along with a live chat here and there.

Speaking of our other podcasts - seriously, you could only listen to various other configurations of us:
Luke Loves Pokemon: https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/
Time Enough Podcast (Twilight Zone): https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/
Game Game Show (a game show gaming games): https://gamegameshow.transistor.fm/
Occult Disney: https://occultdisney.transistor.fm/
Podcast: 1999 (where Mark and Matt rap about 70's tv sci-fi): https://podcast1999.transistor.fm/

And Matt makes music here:
https://rovingsagemedia.bandcamp.com/

Coming Soon:
The Starving Games
Psycho
Steel

The news just broke that Netflix made less original content in Q1 2026 than any time in the past 8 years and this film came out 8 years ago, so the pattern is there. There aren't many spoilers about the film because nothing happens so it's definitely safe to listen to this podcast without watching it, which is good because it isn't even on Netflix anymore. Probably also isn't a spoiler to say that we tried to talk about almost anything else for almost an hour.
Support us at our podcasting network, Podcastio Podcastius at https://www.patreon.com/podcastiopodcastius. You'll get early episodes of this and out other podcasts, along with a live chat here and there.

Speaking of our other podcasts - seriously, you could only listen to various other configurations of us:
Luke Loves Pokemon: https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/
Time Enough Podcast (Twilight Zone): https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/
Game Game Show (a game show gaming games): https://gamegameshow.transistor.fm/
Occult Disney: https://occultdisney.transistor.fm/
Podcast: 1999 (where Mark and Matt rap about 70's tv sci-fi): https://podcast1999.transistor.fm/

And Matt makes music here:
https://rovingsagemedia.bandcamp.com/

Coming Soon:
Grave of the Fireflies
The Starving Games
Psycho

Mark is back to wrap up talking about all the movies he wasn't here for in this finale to the trilogy that nobody asked for. Not exactly an April Fools' episode but it's the closest thing we had lying around.

Support us at our podcasting network, Podcastio Podcastius at https://www.patreon.com/podcastiopodcastius. You'll get early episodes of this and out other podcasts, along with a live chat here and there.

Speaking of our other podcasts - seriously, you could only listen to various other configurations of us:
Luke Loves Pokemon: https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/
Time Enough Podcast (Twilight Zone): https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/
Game Game Show (a game show gaming games): https://gamegameshow.transistor.fm/
Occult Disney: https://occultdisney.transistor.fm/
Podcast: 1999 (where Mark and Matt rap about 70's tv sci-fi): https://podcast1999.transistor.fm/

And Matt makes music here:
https://rovingsagemedia.bandcamp.com/

Coming Soon:
The Open House
Grave of the Fireflies
Psycho