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“The Ramen Girl” Makes Me Want to Cry

26. July 2007

If you’ve ever seen the absolutely brilliant movie Tampopo (タンポポ), you’ll probably share my disgust at the idea of The Ramen Girl. If you haven’t seen Tampopo, you really should. It’s old, but maybe you could find a copy at your library if you’re lucky. Tampopo’s central story is that of a widowed mother [...]

Profile 1: Segata Sanshiro > Chuck Norris

25. June 2007

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*This article marks the beginning of the “profile” section, which discovers fairly obscure Japanese people that should be ruling the world. The goal is to find someone new every week (or every once in a while), so saying that, we’ll be adding a “profile” category over on the right. Check it out for new people [...]

MoMu and Ultraman sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

21. June 2007

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First comes love, then comes–oops! Ah well, can’t get it right all the time. I’m referring, of course, to the July 17th wedding of Nozomi Tsuji, former Morning Musume (I only know her from this) and Taiyou Sugiura, of Ultraman Cosmos fame. Interestingly enough, their marriage was a “done-it marriage” (できちゃった結婚 or デキコン); at the time [...]

Are you a J-Doramaholic?

17. June 2007

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The only thing that is worse (but oh so much better) than anime addiction is a J-drama addiction. Sure, there are other drugs out there, like K-drama, C-drama, and crack cocaine, but none can compare to what is GTO, hana yori dango, Odorudaisosasen, Trick, and Gokusen. This post is just for fun. I love J-drama (though [...]