194: Battle Royale

Chelsea and James discuss the influential death game genre sensation Battle Royale. SOURCES: New York Times, Oct. 12 1999 “Japan’s Troubling Trend: Rising Teenage Crime” CNN, March 14th 1998 “Teen Violence Rising in Japan” Washington Post, February 10th, 2000 “Japan’s Violent Turn” Washington Post, August 3rd 1981 “Japanese Schools Suffer Wave of Classroom Violence” Dazed, December 2nd 2020 “How Japan’s 90s Teen Delinquency Crisis Inspired a Wave of Killer Movies” This episode is sponsored by Fum! Head to http://tryfum.com/DEADMEAT and use code DEADMEAT to save an additional 10% off your order today. The Dead Meat Podcast is joining the lineup at Chilling! Go to Chillingapp.com and use code “deadmeat2023” for 25% off an annual plan. WATCH OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR OUR MOVIE, “Pre-Game”: https://youtu.be/o__XhcFS5Nc MERCH: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/dead-meat Get the Full Podcast RSS Feed! ► https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/deadmeat Dead Meat on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/deadmeatjames Instagram ► http://instagram.com/deadmeatjames Tiktok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@deadmeatjames Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/deadmeatjames Reddit ► https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmeatjames/ Discord ► https://discord.gg/deadmeat Chelsea Rebecca on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/carebecc Instagram ► http://instagram.com/carebecc James A. Janisse on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/jamesajanisse Instagram ► http://instagram.com/jamesajanisse Practical Folks (James and Chelsea's other channel): https://www.youtube.com/practicalfolks MUSIC!! "U Make Me Feel" by MK2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices