TV in Japan

Gyagu Manga Biyori, which translates directly as Good Day for Gag Manga is a fascinating look into quickie manga culture.
Imagine it as a kind of Liquid Television for Manga/Anime with each short episode diving into an entirely different style and type of anime.
For example, here’s a short “drama” all about the sticker industry:

And then [...]

Hey everyone,
Sorry it’s been a little slow around here lately, I’ve been working with my wife on something other than our children.
You may or may not know this but I met my wife in Asia in the late 90s, when we were both ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers in Seoul, Korea. My [...]

The Beastie Boys have long been favorite artists of mine. I got into them early and have never really left (althought IMHO their last album was their worst).
Part of what makes them so awesome is that fact that they’re chameleons, changing their sound to reflect their current environments and mindsets.
Which is part of what [...]

This is what happens when you feel the world has turned against you. And only your stone ball understands you. A stone ball that turns into a monster. Who likes to frolic. In the pool. On TV. In Japan.
Note: Subs included. Not that they’re going to help you understand.

This is how you continue to engage celebrities. In a way more interesting way that the casual sit-down. By bum rushing them with amazing weirdness. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe originally!

This is how you are able to overcome your entirely terrible reputation. By playing along with goofy Japanese TV hosts. Mostly. On TV. In Japan.
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Again, thanks to morizaemon. Who rules.

This is how you bring technology into your act. By interacting with a talking ATM. A non-functioning ATM with amazing comedic timing. On TV. In Japan.
BONUS: There’s a Brain Age joke in here. Seriously.

Thanks go again to YTuber morizaemon.

This is how you make a video game. About a TV show. That previously took on Japanese culture. And won. Mostly. With the help of the glorious Mr. Sparkle. On TV. In Japan.

QUESTION FOR TViJ READERS: How did the Japanese-themed Simpsons episode play there when it came out? Did people like it? Hate it? I’d [...]

Japanese TV station Television Kanagawa decided to pull the final episode of the popular anime ‘School Days’ from its scheduled airing last night due to an alleged murder committed by a sixteen year-old Japanese student against her police officer father.
The anime is based on a popular adventure game which has been criticized for its violent [...]

I’ve been gone a few days down at the San Diego Comic Con and now have returned. The Con, as always, reeks of both awesomeness and the smell of sweat + nerd. It is both exhilarating and putrid. Not many things can match it in either.
Returning home, I came across this very interesting take on [...]

Ok, so I didn’t want to do this because I haven’t technically finished this drama, but I feel it is worth reccommending right now regardless of its state of completion.
LIAR GAME doesn’t particularly have a deep plot. There is a problem, there is lying, a lot of money is at stake, and some innocent [...]

This is how you teach Japanese children English. By importing some of the most frightening people around. To scream at them English words. While the play the guitar. To hide the fact that they’re screaming. On TV. In Japan.

Pokemon the series,movies and games are known the whole world over. Now out of all the Pokemon
there is 1 Pokemon know by all yup Pikachu. The Pokemon with a high pitch voice but did u ever wonder who is Pikachu’s Voice actor.
Well wonder no more , Pikachu is played by the Kawaii Ootani Ikue. The [...]

This is how you dub a famous TV series. With Japanese voices. And for some reason, it gets kinda funny. Kinda funny to me at least. On TV. In Japan.

Now, Korean dramas are decently popular in Japan. Yes. This is true. I’ve seen them on TV before, usually subtitled, and I will admit that I’ve had some pretty uninteresting conversations with people about Yon-sama (Bae Yong Joon).
I can thank the 2002 Korean drama Winter Sonata for that.
This drama, (which is almost [...]