Ring (1995), Ring (1996), Ring (1996)

The first film adaptation of Ring was a 1995 TV movie, followed by a manga and radio drama in 1996, the latter of which destroys Caoimhe.

Links:

• The broadcast version of the Ring TV movie on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_8RpY73U8

• The home video version of the Ring TV movie on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LWI5Yfe8ew

• Wagamamalullaby’s scan of the Ring comic on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/J_Horror/comments/106uvp0/ring_1995_manga_scans_and_transcription_the_first/

• Oki Nanami’s Nico Nico page with their Ring radio drama animations: https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/3858661/video

• The English subtitled version on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ring-1996-koji-suzuki-tbs-radio-drama_202308

• One of the original Star Wars Cerveza Crystal ads that blew up much more after we originally recorded this so you have probably heard of them already anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfRjN3txdM

• The People’s Joker, which it turns out is actually having a limited theatrical release in the United States now, though most of the screenings will be over by the time this episode is released: https://www.thepeoplesjoker.com/

• 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