Category: Reading

  • Rurouni Kenshin Poster~ Yu Aoi and Emi Takei

    The Rurouni Kenshin poster is out.

    I don’t know many Yu Aoi fans who are excited for it, but I know Rurouni Kenshin fans are pumped. I know a few.

    Yu Aoi has bangs… I don’t think I’ve seen Yu-chan with bangs since her early acting days. She looks mad weird, and the photoshop makes it look like she’s carrying that kid. No? Maybe it’s just me? xD

    Last Jdrama season, I gave W no Higeki a watch. I don’t think I mentioned it on my review, but Emi Takei gave me a strong Yu Aoi vibe in that show. Since then, Takei has popped up in a LOT of projects I’ve been reading about. So much, I only remember saying “ohhhh, she’s in it too?” xD

    I think she’s lacking a little bit of the Yu-chan charisma, but she’s okay.

    I’ve been re-kindling myself with fandom, so… I guess you’ll see when I post about it when it gets here.

  • Miki Nakatani: You Miss Me, Admit It!

    No Nokaze link to Miki is a deal-breaker for me.

    Okay, maybe not a deal-breaker, but I was astounded when the Memories of Matsuko banner with Nakatani-san showed up all Happy Wednesday on me when discussing the Korean re-adaptation of JIN.

    Sure, we only have like 50 banners… but still, 1/50 chance xD

  • Good Books Great Writers Series

    This is amazingly good-looking animation. I’m rather surprised I didn’t see it any other place than Weibo, unless there was and I wasn’t paying attention being away during the month of March and all. xD

  • Hayato Ichihara on NHK’s Studio Park

    I don’t know what is it about Hayato Ichihara (or Christopher Gorham) that I find so irresistible. Must be the kind of boyish charm, huh? I suddenly ran into Hayato Ichihara on NHK (so lucky I changed the channel!) where he talked about his new NHK project, A Tree in the Sun (陽だまりの樹) — adaptation of an Osamu Tezuka manga, and the interviewers asked him about All About Lily Chou Chou, for its recent 10th anniversary.

    I don’t remember seeing him in the anniversary pictures [1], but I’m so glad they asked him about it because Yu-chan got a mention by name as well as a very long clip. Natsukashii na~~~

    Anyway, I didn’t get much about the interview (of course!), except that he likes tako nigiri sushi (octopus). LOL — Also, Hiroki Narimiya stars in the new show, and he’s another one of my weaknesses~ I find Narimiya attractive when I see him acting on screen (crazy and all), though, not on photos.

  • Yu-chan on Shokuzai not getting fansub interest

    You know I have to do it… LOL

    I wanted to add one more panel, but I thought it would be too spoilerific of the episode. I really really REALLY hope and wish someone subs Shokuzai because it’s only five episodes, and buzz seems to label it as “the drama” of the season because of the amount of talent involved [1].

  • The Joy of Books

    I’m not much of a book reader, but my god. This is awesome.

  • Rurouni Kenshin Teaser Trailer

    Actually, I’m really surprised at the way the trailer for this has been cut… like, not a hint of being a Japanese trailer. Is it because it’s a Warner co-production or something?

    The teaser is better than I was actually expecting it to be…

    Also surprise at the amount of comments in Spanish for the video… goes to show you that films like that shouldn’t just be released in North America. By the way people are talking among themselves, they sound a lot like a Peruvian crowd — and if they’re not Peruvian, it’s very likely they are all Latin American.

  • Modernist Cuisine

    This trailer is disgustingly beautiful.

    https://vimeo.com/24381453

    And oh-they know it~

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  • Yu Aoi’s Shokuzai Press Presentation

    Seriously, time is flying.

    We probably need someone to translate – cough, queue Nina xD

    Does anyone know if a fansub group is taking this? And… are you guys watching this?

  • WOWOW’s Shokuzai Stuff

    I got some Shokuzai pics used on the official WOWOW site.

    It seems like only the first episode is going to have Yu-chan in, or at least that’s what I got unless all this “First chapter” business on Yu’s photo means nothing.