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This week on BWPodcast, ANI-MAY continues with a deep dive movie reaction and review of the cult horror anime Mermaid Forest — Rumiko Takahashi’s disturbing supernatural saga about immortality, monster mermaids, and the psychological curse of eternal life.

Johnny Spoiler breaks down:

• The horrifying mythology behind mermaid flesh

• Why the immortals in Mermaid Forest hate living forever

• Lady Towa’s grotesque transformation and obsession

• The terrifying cave monster finale

• The emotional twists involving betrayal, aging, and revenge

• Why Mermaid Forest belongs in the same anime horror conversation as Ninja Scroll and Vampire Hunter D

PLUS:
Home Video Headlines:

• Grown Ups 3 officially announced at Netflix

• Barbaric gets a live-action fantasy series

• Dead Silence returns with a new prequel from James Wan

Fan Service:
Space horror recommendations after a listener asks for movies like Event Horizon:
Nightflyers, Lifeforce, Saturn 3, Color Out of Space, Ghosts of Mars, Doom, and Hellraiser: Bloodline.

Staff Pick:
Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain — one of the nastiest biological vampire stories ever made.

Ratings:
Binge Now, Late, or Never?
Johnny Spoiler says Mermaid Forest is a BINGE NOW.

Closing Time:
Go watch The Real Ghostbusters cartoon…
or The Strain…
or Mermaid Forest if you can find it.

More anime next week.

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