Tag: japan

  • If Only… Linda Linda Linda

    Once again… pimp the fandom!
    subscribe! and send your own If Only!

    nill… Bill, you included. xD

    4. Linda Linda Linda

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  • Air Doll Subbed Trailer

    Though I feel the trailer spoils the film a bit too much.
    The only person who can answer this is Julz…
    Does it?

    I love Kore-eda’s work and sensibilities as a director. He always gets to me. And doe-eyed Doona Bae is always so good to see. Perfect to play a blow-up doll. LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI46dEsDaBM

  • Asami Mizukawa for Playboy?

    LOL’

    I never expected to see Playboy Japan, let alone post about it. Photos and style seem different, no? Reminds me of the French Playboy edition with Juliette Binoche. Super class!

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  • Tenga Eggs

    Squishy and Oishii have completely changed their meanings.

    Someone at NotCot ran into these Tenga Eggs. Obviously, I didn’t know what they were about until I saw the commercial… but maybe I’m just part of the minority that didn’t know. LOL
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  • Maid Cafe, Karaoke and Yakitori for the BSB on their Bigger MV

    Maid Cafe. The very concept makes me giggle.

    But you can never go wrong with Karaoke and Yakitori…
    okay maybe the same can be applied to Maid Cafe too.

    I wasn’t a big fan of the This Is Us album, and Bigger wasn’t my favorite track in it… and the video is normal, but it just kinda works. I mean, it’s Japan~~~ And did I mention the Maid Cafe, Karaoke AND Yakitori?? xD

    This link seems to look a bit better, but can’t embed.

  • Experiment Awards 2009 Nominations

    Behold!

    Nominations are done!!

    It’s actually kind of exciting, even if not that many people sent nominations. However, it’s actually a really great way to hear about all these many other films that people mentioned so many times, and I knew nothing about.

    Of course, if more people had actually sent nominations, the experiment would’ve worked better. Maybe next time… so watch many more films this 2010, so you can participate next time around.

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  • Bad Ass Fruity o-Mochi

    xD

    It was seriously good, and pretty.

    it was so effing tasty… the green one had a Guanabana (Soursop) filling, which was my fave. Then there was the chocolate one, and the Lucuma one~~~ The rest, I think, had a sweetened bean paste… which is the most common. We also had a lot of Japanese food, which was popular because we don’t normally get makis, sushi and sashimi on New Year. There was also pancetta with crispy skin (like REALLY crispy, really so effing good). We had sticky rice, spicy jellyfish, sweet potato noodle salad, and egg tarts xD

    Food is so good, why would anyone not eat?

  • Last batch of films seen Nov-Dec 2009

    Two months worth of films to close the year,
    let’s hope 2010 brings loads of good ones…

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  • Best Songs of 2000-2009 – Part 3/5

    We are still going backwards with this listing of songs…

    I think 2006 and 2007 marked my shift of Asian focus in music. It’s weird, I don’t think it’s about lyrics as I most often than not don’t search for lyric translations. I have just found Asian music to be more “musically” interesting than their Western counterparts.

    I once had a throughout conversation with a friend online who lives in Morocco, and is a huge fan of Asian entertainment, and has lost all notion of Western entertainment. I asked him why his interests shifted, and he told me it was because there was a point in his life where everything looked and sounded the same to him.

    Others have commented on the topic with regards of idols’ image and the degradation of the business.

    With the turn of the new decade, we will see how big the Asian entertainment industry gets. Many will be watching… I will keep an eye on this.

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  • Japanese Films and Other Asian Film Short Takes

    This isn’t a regular Award Season post.

    But it’s a lot of postings… I should post one by one, but I am lazy… even if it increases posts number which have decreased a bit this month.

    First with the Most Anticipated~~~

    Yu gets a mention for Otouto which is about to open in a few days~~~

    Then we go to some award nominations~~~

    Dear Doctor gets Best Picture and Best Director for Miwa Nishikawa, as well as awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress (Kimiko Yo) at the Nikkan. Mother got some love for Foreign Film, and Masaki Okada earned the New Artist for A Pierrot (what? LOL)

    The Hochi awards the film with a Best Director as well, a Best Supporting Actor for Eita, and a Supporting Actress for Kaoru Yachigusa. Michael Jackson got a Special Award, and some more love for Ken Watanabe, Clint Eastwood and Masaki Okada who also won Best New Artist for Honokaa Boy.

    Seems like the Japan Academy Award will be fought over The Sun Doesn’t Set, and Dear Doctor~~~

    And to close this post, a Top Best Asian Films of the Decade.
    Will work on mine later~~~