Pace (they/them) is joined by returning guest co-host Rev. Abel Arroyo Traverso (he/they) along with guests Rev. Jennie Chrien (she/her) and Rev. Steven Simpson (he/him) to talk about the anime OVA Vampire Hunter D (1985). Stay tuned for BooTube 6: Part 2 on the anime follow-up Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000), dropping April 1st exclusively on Patreon.
CW: Brief discussion of stomach illness, sexism, eugenics, and aftereffects of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are all mentioned in relation to the film.
Books and Media Mentioned:
-Pace mentions their own Gettysburg ghost story on Minisode 4 of Horror Nerds at Church.
-Vampire Hunter D Omnibus: Book 1containing the light novels Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, translated into English by Kevin Leahy
For more information about the theology of the cross that is brought up in the deep dive, check out these books:
-The Scandalous God: The Use and the Abuse of the Crossby Vitor Westhelle
-Crossing the Divide: Luther, Feminism, and the Crossby Deanna A. Thompson
-The Cross and the Lynching Treeby James H. Cone
-The Crucified God: 40th Anniversary Edition by Jürgen Moltmann
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