September 6th, 2008 Amy
Awww, Juri-chan! I was reading a post over at the boards, and found that Yuuki provided a link to an English-translated Juri Ueno interview for the latest issue of Nikkei Entertainment Magazine. Juri can be so charismatic~~ LOL’ but apparently it only works on girls. Let’s face it, girls~~~ Boys or most of boys have RUBBISH taste in women… case and point all those guy magazines, such as FHM. Here’s the chart~
It’s a really insightful interview in which she discusses her latest film (GuGu), her acting in Nodame, Last Friends~ Here are some quotes;
“Rather than films, I grew up watching variety shows most of the time (laughs). Refining or adorning myself, I still don’t have much interest in that area. But in this era, the scope of what being ‘an actress’ is have widened greatly haven’t they? In the olden days, being an actress means you have to be beautiful and ladylike else it won’t be possible. Now, there are even roles like Nodame, and because of that, even someone like me is able to be one (laughs).
[...]
Being married probably won’t effect my focus towards work but at the moment the image of being alone is stronger. [...]
Scans and complete article translation, here. ^^
Tags: interview, japanese to english, last friends, nikkei entertainment magazine, nodame cantabile, scans, ueno juri
Posted in Celebrity, English, Japanese, Photographs, Sharing |
Share/Save
| 2 Comments »
June 8th, 2008 Amy
Apparently there’s a manga based on Fuji TV’s Last Friends, it’s set before the show… so I suggest watching the show before this. Anyway, ^Yuuki made some lovely scans (but I won’t post those because they are in Japanese), and suketeru (who also makes the subs for the show uploads, DOMO!) made a translation for it. I took the liberty to make some nice text inclusion, and some changes in phrasing. I think it looks pretty good, almost like it’s real. Take a look yourself! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fuji tv, japanese to english, last friends, manga, prologue, rasuto furenzu, scans, suketeru, translation, yuuki
Posted in English, Graphics, Illustrations, Japanese, Sharing, Television |
Share/Save
| 3 Comments »
May 29th, 2008 Amy
I just found the most awesome tool for all Jap noobs (and lazy peeps) out there like me.
Rikaichan by polarcloud is a Firefox Add-on that lets you check out the meaning of a word in Japanese by just hovering over it. [9Mb Video Sample] - it’s just so easy to install… and that’s why Firefox uber kicks IE’s blue butt. Just install the first main extension, install ONE of the dictionaries, and if you wish to install the name dictionaries. The dictionary install were the heavy stuff, the NameDic being 11Mb, but it’s okay…
Hope you enjoy this useful tool!.
Tags: add-ons, firefox, japanese live dictionary, japanese to english, plugins, rikaichan
Posted in Japanese, Sharing |
Share/Save
| 1 Comment »
