For the last couple of weeks, our friend John has been tearing up the Saturday Timewasters, posting tons of music from his favorite bands and artists. I thought that I could step in this week and talk about my absolute … [Read more...]
I love food movies (especially when they're cold food movies) but there is absolutely no (food) movie out there that's better than the 1985 film Tampopo (タンポポ). Even when we're rating outside the "food movie" spectrum (is … [Read more...]
Sakanaction (サカナクション) is a Japanese rock band hailing from Sapporo, Japan. Formed in 2005, their music is a mix of alt rock, electro pop, and sometimes - a little bit of everything. I actually just discovered these guys … [Read more...]
A member of TextFugu was kind of enough to share with me this very unique Japanese photoblog, and so now I'm sharing it with you. I introduce to you "Yowayowa Camera," where yowayowa means "frail" and camera just means... … [Read more...]
No, no - we're not talking about aliens this time (sorry to let you down). The kind of UFO I'm referring to here is the classic Japanese arcade game: The Almighty UFO Catcher (or claw crane game for all you … [Read more...]
For the previous anime season (Fall 2011) I put out a post entitled Fall 2011 Anime Season Roundup. Since that went over so well with you guys we've decided to make it a regular thing. There are a lot of new shows this … [Read more...]