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Tag Archives: Japan
Japanese Folklore: Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman)
雪女（ゆきおんあ） While I like the younger, cuter version in Nurarihyon no Mago, by rights, Yuki Onna a.k.a. “Snow Woman” is one of Japan’s more popular and enduring figures in folklore. The above image is taken from “Kwaidan,” a film from … Continue reading
Why We Watch Anime, Part One: Creativity
So Why Do People Watch Anime? This is a question posed to me by Andre Klein, the guy who owns the server this blog runs on and the man behind Learn Out Live. A German national, he has a family … Continue reading
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Fortune Arterial: Vampires and Astonishing Normality
OK, OK, The Gallery Was Right… How Can It Be This Normal? Fortune Arterial is a show that starts out with a special little twist unworthy of spoiler tags: the leading girl (as well as her big brother) is a … Continue reading
A More Sincere “Iron Man” Worth Watching
A Better, More Human Tony Stark If there’s one thing that I have to criticize the Iron Man movies for, it is having a Tony Stark who is, in terms of his persona, someone absolutely impossible to sympathize with. His … Continue reading
Mecha Anime: Gundam Dynames (From: Gundam 00)
A Sniper’s Dream Come True For people who have not actually watched Gundam 00, this post may show you things you have not seen before. Really, I wanted to resume showing the background of the Gundam 00 Movie, not so … Continue reading
Japanese Tea: Kombucha (Kelp Tea)
A Random, Confusing Issue So I saw someone randomly refer to “kabucha” in a list of food. Apparently this is a common misspelling of “kombucha,” but the problem is, the actual “kombucha” in the English language is not the Japanese … Continue reading
How To Learn Japanese Kanji Better, For Real
Substance, Not Fluff So, I was trying to catch up on reading the Gakuranman blog (I finally got around to putting it in my blogroll section here, which I have been neglecting for too long) and I see a site … Continue reading
Greetings, Meetings, and Farewells in Japanese
Hear Me Speak! …And Pronunciate Just listen along and we’ll be covering many common Japanese greetings, for meetings and otherwise, and goodbyes and farewells. I hope that this not only helps you understand the words themselves, but to gain a … Continue reading
Shiki: Living Dead vs. Dead Living
I “Get” Shiki Now. What I needed to understand about this show was the contrast it creates: living dead more alive, emotionally, than the living, and through their existence, living who are more dead, emotionally, than any walking corpse. I’ll … Continue reading
The Soul of Japanese Gaming
日本ゲームの魂 In recent years, it has been argued that Japanese video gaming, as an industry, has faltered and has entered a period of prolonged decline. As a result, numerous Japanese companies are producing “Westernized” video games to compete with North … Continue reading