Rare Encounter

Acquisitions, adventures, and forsaken places.

Show opening theme: ARgH!@

Show Notes

Glass-flavoured potato chips?

Miss Vickie's Canada recalls chips for possible glass contamination | CBC News

Anime

Majo no Tabitabi / Journey of Elaina

Majo no Tabitabi (Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) · AniList

Maou-jou de Oyasumi / Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Maou-jou de Oyasumi (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) · AniList

Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls

Ballet and rock climbing

The spider woman!

Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls (Iwakakeru -Sport Climbing Girls-) · AniList

Higurashi

Have to make sure the subtitles don't cover anything important!

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou (Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU) · AniList

Nipah Report

• Episode 4: two "nipah"s!
• Episode 5: none?!

El Hazard

Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard (El Hazard: The Magnificent World) · AniList

Spice and Wolf

Ookami to Koushinryou (Spice and Wolf) · AniList

Trapeze

Kuuchuu Buranko (Welcome to Irabu's Office) · AniList

Psychiatrist Irabu series - Wikipedia

Trapeze | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom

Sony aiming to buy Crunchyroll

• Crunchyroll currently owned by AT&T
• Sony making a $957M offer
• 70 million free users, 3 million subscriptions

Sony Aiming to Buy Crunchyroll for Almost $1 Billion - IGN

Sony nears acquisition of US anime streaming service Crunchyroll - Nikkei Asia

Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures

Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures, a zero-prep OSR roleplaying game you can play in an afternoon

Abandoned places

Abandoned Love Hotel in Japan

Inside an ABANDONED Japanese Love Hotel (4K) - YouTube

We Spent a Night in an Abandoned Japanese Love Hotel (ft. Abroad in Japan) - YouTube

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

Horrifying Things About the Real-Life Silent Hill in Pennsylvania

Urban exploration

Urban exploration - Wikipedia

Welcome to the Urban Exploration Resource! - Urban Exploration Resource