Yet more embracing of the embarrassing: according to Japan Today, an academic society will be launched to study Gundam, perhaps with research into futurology (futurology???), which seems to be “foretelling a future image of the world.” The brief article’s description of Gundam is interesting:
Set in a future world where people emigrate […]
Archive for July, 2008
The Academics Strike Again: Gundam is SRS BSNS
Published by July 31st, 2008 in academic and anime. 4 CommentsMegaDaijoubu 2.41: Horror at the Water Park
Published by July 26th, 2008 in MegaDaijoubu. 2 CommentsI know that there’s a lot of manga and anime out there, but reading about this talk in Japan by a doctoral candidate on “Embracing the Embarrassing: Japanese Governmental Policies towards the Anime Industry” an image popped into my head of a bunch of 60-year old Japanese government officials with droning voices trying to explain […]
MegaDaijoubu 2.40: Filling…, I mean Fillers, Suck!
Published by July 24th, 2008 in MegaDaijoubu. 0 CommentsYesterday Was My Birthday and I Want to Revive This Blog, YAY
Published by July 21st, 2008 in anime. 10 CommentsI ate this Japanese-style parfait the day before my birthday.
Besides fruit, there were also rice crispies or something in it.
OK, this blog has languished long enough, so with another birthday going by (I’m older than Jeff Lawson, think about it *shudder*) I’ve decided to breathe new life into it! Yes, I Have a Dream […]
As I’ve mentioned, I know this guy (Greguto) who was living in Japan a few years. Well, he came back about a month ago, but some of the souvenirs he got over there he had to ship home and so they only recently arrived. So he went to Tokyo International Anime Fair earlier this […]
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