31 episodes

Reviews and deep dives into Japanese and American pop culture's effect on history, the history of genres and franchises, and philosophy behind and within said content. 

The World is My Burrito Podcast Kory Torjussen

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    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Reviews and deep dives into Japanese and American pop culture's effect on history, the history of genres and franchises, and philosophy behind and within said content. 

    MARS MADNESS #1 Message from Mars

    MARS MADNESS #1 Message from Mars

    Today we’re covering the 2023 Kickstarter comic Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars, an American project based on an otherwise untranslated and unpublished short story by the author of VHD himself, Hideyuki Kikuchi.
    SPOILER ALERT SYNOPSIS maybe kinda don't sweat it

    Message from Mars is told from the point of view of Cecile, a girl who could see the future, one of the human colonists on Mars. D arrives to find a colony that is little more than a blood farm. With Left Hand -his talking left hand with various unspecified abilities- by his side, D sets out to cleanse Mars of the vampiric scourge! We see the ascension of the Nobility in the aftermath of a nuclear war on Earth and a part of the beginning of D's journey as a vampire hunter.

    • 30 min
    E23 - No Longer Human (novel + Manga)

    E23 - No Longer Human (novel + Manga)

    Yo! Welcome to The World is My Burrito AKA TWIMB, a podcast where I drown myself in a puddle of a topic, discover how deep that body of water goes, then drown myself even further for weeks on end to create content for listeners like you. 


    Today we’re gonna cover Osamu Dazai’s 1948 novella No Longer Human, 2 of its 3 translations and the Junji Ito and Usamaru Furuya manga adaptations.

    • 47 min
    Taquito - Diversity?

    Taquito - Diversity?

    Join me in this short thought about the point in media when diversity kinda loses its... diversity. All from the lens of the Horizon video games. It's fun to keep in mind when consuming books, comics, video games, whatever! Let me know what you think about it.

    • 13 min
    E22 - LTB Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (feat. Zack Deuce)

    E22 - LTB Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (feat. Zack Deuce)

    The year is 2015!... no, 1959!... wait, maybe it's the 60s? Nobody knows. Anyways, you've recently learned what the hell a "titan" is but some jerks in an office have known FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY! Join Zack and I as we travel to Hueco Mun- er, Axis Mundi, San Francisco, some Pacific Islands, and Japan, all the while figuring out what the hell Kurt Russel and "Gackt at home" are doing or have done or will do. Whatever. This is Legendary's recent series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters!

    • 1 hr 37 min
    E21 - Blue Knight (AKA Brau-1589)

    E21 - Blue Knight (AKA Brau-1589)

    • 30 min
    Taquito - ALIEN: Isolation

    Taquito - ALIEN: Isolation

    Can anyone hear you scream in space? Not if you don't stream your gameplay! Listen to my nonsense about one of the most (non-)surprisingly enjoyable games! I wan't expecting to do a Taquito on this but this just felt right for a small episode.

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Jess2491 ,

Informative - but make it interesting

I love this podcaster. He is able to correlate so many different pieces of information into a cohesive topic of discussion. Well researched and articulated. So good!

Zack Derby ,

Informative and Entertaining

TWIMB does a great job of picking a topic, researching it, and laying out the info so it’s easily digestible. It doesn’t matter if you have absolutely no knowledge of the topic or you are well versed with the content, Kory is an incredibly knowledgeable host and has peaked my interest in new material. Keep up the good work.

Erik Slader ,

This burrito hits the spot!

I'm absolutely loving this podcast, Kory really hits the ground running in Episode 1 and never stops. It's all things nerd - manga, games, and old kaiju movies all wrapped in one tasty burrito for your ears. Keep it coming!

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