Many many moons ago when I was still an intern here at Tofugu, I wrote an article about Imaginary Flying Machines and their melodic death metal album Princess Ghibli. For those of you who missed the post (summer 2011 was a … [Read more...]
While some Japanese comedians stick around for a really, really long time, there are others who appear then disappear faster than you can blink an eye, not to mention two. Why? Because they really only have one joke... and … [Read more...]
I discovered a great band this week and they are called Livetune. We've done posts about Hatsune Miku and her Vocaloid powers before, but I've never really enjoyed the songs she was featured in. Until now. Their songs are … [Read more...]
Message From Space is a Japanese film from 1978 that has no qualms about ripping many of its ideas from 1977's Star Wars. The film was produced by Toei and cost $6 million dollars, the most expensive movie made in Japan up … [Read more...]
Do you remember the golden age of Japanese RPGs? I do. But what happened to it? Where did it go? And why is America starting to get JRPGs later than other English speaking countries if at all? It doesn't make any sense! … [Read more...]
There's a lot of music out there I just don't really "get." Everybody has genres of music that they don't like or avoid, and that's fine. To each his own. I always try to be open and receptive to different types of … [Read more...]