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The boys from Rip Slyme are back with a new single and a new video for that single.
Single = B+. Pretty good. Video = A+ if it’s built with ironic intentions, C- if not.
More Rip Slyme stuff here if you’re interested. And I’m sure you are.
Just found this good, engaging account of a visit to Ice Cream City, home of Cow Tongue Ice Cream and other torturous flavors, from the Vlog “Life In Tokyo”. While I may be both behind the times and culturally insignificant, I’ve never seen it and thought it was well done. I’ll dip back further into [...]
Somehow I totally missed this
Awesome mastermind behind awesome Japanese culture blog Neomarxisme releases throughly awesome EP full of fun, poppy, bitshifted music.
Thus begins the first chapter in my new effort to spread out more into the blogosphere wherein I start linking at lot more to places I like. Most of which will be Japanese related. Most.
Chapter One: Dreamlogic - Owner/Operator/Movie Reviewer Chris Nelson (and his wife I think) review (in depth) Japanese movies for you [...]
From the always reliable people at Killian-Nakamura, comes news of the incredible Kodomo no nomimono (Children’s Drink).
It is, essentially, fake beer for kids. And it is awesome. But not nearly as awesome as the commercial.
Long time readers of TV in Japan know that I have a special place in my heart for Spider-Man. No, not the comic book character (although I did grow up reading three of the books) nor the movie series (which are mostly okay).
No, I mean the real Spider-Man, the Japanese TV character from 1978.
Of course, [...]
It may be physically impossible to now produce something like the below clip. Caught in a time where it was okay for young starlets to dance in furry costumes, this clip will now live on forever causing us to wonder: Why?
NOTE: One of these women Namie Amuro is rather famous. This must’ve been her break [...]
I have always been a huge fan of factory video footage. Something in my brain gets all excited when I see conveyor belts churning out lots of versions of the same thing. From my first memories of Mr. Roger’s factory tours to footage of the Intel factory making silicon chips Yes, I am aware that [...]
The 5 Rangers are (or more properly were) a series of sketches by DownTown & friends that always start the same way, Hamada in the Skull suit abusing/groping a woman/women, and the 5 Rangers come to save the day.
The joke really is that the 5 Rangers, always a parody of the Power Rangers (Super Sentai) [...]
Here it is, the greatest invention of 1975 featured in perhaps the greatest promotional video of all time.
This is the Sony Trinitron + Betamax when it was the future. There was no doubting it whatsoever. And at $2495, the future certainly wasn’t cheap. Nor was it portable. But they knew it would sell like hotcakes. [...]
It’s been a long week here at TV in Japan HQ but we’d like to take some time out to say thanks to all the new visitors and all our old friends.
Also thanks to the new contributors to TV in Japan, TripleA and AOD! Look for more posts from the two of them and other [...]
One of Manga’s oldest and most interesting series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro is about to get another update, this time an amazingly beautiful one.
From twitchfilm.net’s write up:
The screenplay for Kitaro was written by Daisuke Habara, based on the eponymous manga serial by Shigeru Mizuki. The movie stars (listed order corresponds to order on official [...]
Animals are used to great effect for entertainment in many different cultures. We in America have a long history with famous celebrity animals, so much so that we have an entire channel (Animal Planet) dedicated to our obsession.
However, when it comes to animals on TV, no country can dare compare to the astounding creativity of [...]
The time between these posts is getting longer and longer, but really that just makes them better.
Japanese Scientist Films Nearly Everything In The World Falling For High Speed Camera
TV in Japan SPECIAL REPORT: The Top Ten Weirdest Japanese Anime
Bikini Idol Rio Natsume In Taxi Based Game Show
Japanese Bruce Willis Absolutely Rules
Sushi Is Made Of People! [...]
And I’m not sure what I think about it. On one hand, this is kind of par for the course. On the other hand, I want to think that it’s not par. More like a triple bogey with a couple of mulligans.
Very interesting discussion of this video going on over at NeoMarxisme which is where [...]
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