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Category Archives: Japan
Japan: Anime, Video Games, and Art
“In this sense, we don’t play the game; the game plays us.” Continue reading
Super Robot Wars Z the 2nd Promo Video
For The Mecha Crowd Oh and, definitely count me among the mecha crowd. I’ve played the predecessor of this PSP game exhaustively. Rather than babble about my experiences, those inclined to see a sampling of the various series and mecha … Continue reading
Things That Do Not Belong In This World
I said, “Oh My GOD.” Just follow the link and look over all the details. Screenshots detailed here. This sort of thing just tends to defy any sort of intelligent commentary. Just go look, read, and gape in awe and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Japan, video games, Weird Stuff
Tagged Bandai, Fate, generation, Good Smile, Haruhi, Namco, Nanoha, nendroid, Rider, Rin Tosaka, Saber, Yuki
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Anime Review: Gundam Unicorn ep 3
Literally Action-Packed Episode 2’s last part was a lot of foreshadowing for an explosion of violence punctuated with mobile suit combat in space. Episode 3 is that explosion, with very little character-to-character time away from mobile suits. This reflects a … Continue reading
Origami: A Rose By Any Other Name
薔薇 （ばら、bara): Rose Well, an origami rose does not smell just as sweet… though with the scent-free environments dominating schools more and more, this might be a good thing? At any rate, this post is about pretty origami roses.
Origami: The Paper Tiger
Made With Real Paper Perhaps many of us have heard the term “paper tiger” as an expression. Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) was fond of it. How many of us have actually seen them, let alone made them with origami?
Japan: Sengoku Jidai Weapons: The Yari
The Footman’s Bread and Butter The Japanese yari (槍、やり), or spear, was not originally a dominant weapon of war. My own research into this issue should not be thought of as authoritative, but this post contains my impressions on this … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Japan, video games
Tagged Japan, samurai, sengoku jidai, spear, warriors, yari
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Origami for Quake and Tsunami Victims
A Goodwill Gesture Readers may recall my post on origami and how origami gained international exposure when a victim of the nuclear bombings of Japan set out to fold 1,000 for the sake of other victims before she perished. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog News, Culture, Japan
Tagged earthquake, Japan, origami, quake, tsunami, victom
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Let Our Thoughts Be With Japan Today
There will be a time to place the tragedy of this tsunami in a historical context. Today is not that time. As reports of the damage come in, we can only pray that the death toll is not even greater … Continue reading