Manga roundup

In this episode of… what was it? The 'The Curse' Podcast or something? We talk about the epic battle between Sadako vs. Kayako… on the baseball field! And who knows, maybe they will end up in a sort of Yuri situation? Links: The original Sadako basesball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_pVBKCNSAQ Another promotional pitch for Sadako 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih5vNd4mzBQ Promotion for Sadako 3D 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJ2XP7Rlh8 Promotion for Sadako vs. Kayako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZo1MhI1R7U Promotion for Sadako 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqIcF2HaQLM Taiwanese promotional baseball pitch for Sadako 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRhu5VJqpvI Taiwanese promotion for Sadako vs. Kayako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7t6PJ6LNM The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-04-15-sadako-vs-kayako/ring-028-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

In this episode of The THE GRUDGE Podcast Jen and Caoimhe go back over the story of Ju-On: The Curse, Ju-On: The Curse 2 and Ju-On: The Grudge in this novelisation by Kei Ohishi. We also finally cover Haunted House Simulator which we had been excited to get to but it turns out to not even be bad in a way that is interesting. (This is an April Fool’s episode) Links: The promotional Flash game for The Grudge 2: https://web.archive.org/web/20060707165812/http://www.grudge-two.com/game/grudgegame.swf LGR Oddware - Novint Falcon Haptic Controller from 2007 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGeq_yQYyg The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-04-01-ju-on-novel/grudge-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

We finally get some answers about Aihara’s obviously evil boss and also shit-talk Saturday Night Live. Links: The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

This episode is a mess but so is the movie so it’s fine probably. Links: An article about the Tuam mother and baby home: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2023/06/04/every-little-bone-the-difficult-exhumation-ahead-at-tuams-former-mother-and-baby-home/ The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-03-01-the-ring-two/ring-025-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Caoimhe and Jen discuss the Ring trans lesbian polycule, how Samara has influenced Sadako, a short film that is Caoimhe’s favourite Ring sequel and in the main topic of the episode the Spiral show goes off on a tangent for two episodes. Links: Cover art by Pictsel: https://twitter.com/pictsel/status/1765562571732779378 The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-02-15-spiral-e4e5/ring-024-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

We did it. We have finally covered every official version of Ring. And then have some fun picking our favourite versions of it and all the characters before we regrettably talk about a famous parody. Links: Caoimhe’s chart of the different Dracula translations: https://oakreef.ie/gallery/dracula-international The The Ring Winamp skin: https://oakreef.ie/ring/The_Ring.wal The Flashpoint Archive: https://flashpointarchive.org Crouton.net: https://crouton.net The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-02-01-the-ring/ring-023-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Caoimhe and Jen enjoy some 15Hz blinking and also another radio adaptation that’s actually really good. Links: Check out Caoimhe’s game jam game, Tablet V: https://oakreef.ie/bog/tablet-v Fright Night: Ring on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/koji-suzuki-fright-night-ring The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2025-01-15-spiral-e2e3/ring-022-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Finally we talk about the famous remake of Ring! Links: Check out Caoimhe’s game jam game: https://oakreef.ie/bog/tablet-v The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2024-12-15-the-ring-virus/ring-021-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

We start into a second television series, which diverges even more from the source material than the first one. Links: Music video of the end credits song, 誰がために鐘は鳴る by Rough Laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEbhv3kH8g8 The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2024-12-01-spiral-e1/ring-020-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social

Big roundup of Manga adaptations. The Chart is starting to look like hell. Links: The Chart: https://oakreef.ie/ring/2024-11-15-comics/ring-019-chart.png The “the Ring” Podcast on Cohost: https://cohost.org/thetheringpod The “the Ring” Podcast on Tumblr: https://thetheringpod.tumblr.com/ The “the Ring” Podcast on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetheringpod.bsky.social