Seems the BBC have decided to eschew soft-focus patriotism and medal-clutching for their idents for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. And what they have replaced it with is the utter dog's bollocks, I reckon. Full video after the jump.

Rather than the usual sightseeing-tour bland rubbish, Auntie Beeb has comissioned Damon Allbarn and Jamie Hewlett (of Gorillaz fame) to re-imagine characters from Wú Chéng'ēn's 16th Century Chinese tale "Journey To The West" (西遊記) Or, for people my age, the old Japanese "Monkey Magic" TV series.

The tale - as we knew it on TV - of the seemingly endless journey of Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Bhuddist priest Tripitaka was absolutely fantastic, and I don't know anyone who didn't love it when we were a kid. Gods, fighting monsters, with cracking humor and cheesy dialog, not to mention the worst lip-synch ever? It was great. The film presents the familiar characters - and pretty much the same opening scene - and shows our three friends meeting up and fighting monsters to get to the Olympic stadium - and doing events on the way (swimming, boxing, javelin etc.). More of a Journey To The East, but spot on nonetheless.

It's nice to celebrate a different culture rather than simply get all Daily Mail patriotic and flag-wavy. After all, they are covering all the Olympics, not just "the stuff the British atheletes do".

The two-minute film below will be shown tonight (24th July) at  7:30PM GMT on BBC1, and will announce the BBC's coveage of the Beijing Olympics. The characters will feature as our "official mascots" for the coverage of the whole event.

Animated series, BBC? Go on go on go on...

Ce soir a minuit vingt-six un fort seisme a secoue le departement de Aomori d'une magnetude de 6.8. Les departement de Iwate et Miyagi auront quant a eux ressentis la secousse qui a dure environ une minute d'une magnetude de 5. Ces memes departements qui etaient tout recemment fortement touches par un tremblement de terre d'importance egale.  Les televisions, notament la NHK passe comme a l'accoutumee, les premieres images tremblantes issues des cameras de surveillance ainsi que celles installees dans les studios des bureaux regionaux de la NHK. Ou l'on y voit, qui des gens courrir partout sans visiblement savoir ou aller, qui des gens soutenir des piles dossiers rangees sur des etageres tremblantes.  Ces bureaux regionaux, sont sollicites pour livrer leurs premieres impressions, malheureusement, les journalistes presents ne sont gueres en mesure de dire quoi que ce soit sur la situation a part peut-etre que cela a fortement tremble mais on s'en doute. Les eventuels degats, les vicitmes ... Tout cela sera pour un peu plus tard dans la nuit, ou plutot demain matin meme.

Au vu de la force du seisme, il est a prevoir que l'on en reparle ... 

The original premise of the episode was more camp-ish, with various activities and the like, but that was scratched for a more hardcore approach. So we all suffered in the plastic green house while we took shot after shot of kids smiling with tomatoes and zucchini. I'm surprised no one died of heat stroke. Maria had to be taken outside to rest, but that was all.

Originally the kids were supposed to make a chili using only the ingredients they had harvested (about 10 small tomatoes, three zucchini, and a boatload of potatoes meant for the next day's breakfast), but luckily they were allowed "presents" of beans, more tomatoes, carrots and spices. So it actually turned out tasty.

Making a fire was also a big deal. They had to try by themselves and fail, then we were to show them and be successful, then we'd do it together successfully. It was rather tedious. The whole time the kids would say things like "this is so much harder than I thought!" and "but it's a good feeling to be able to do this by ourselves" and other cheesy things. There was a big deal made out of cooking, too, then eating. We took numerous shots of stirring the chili. As we did so, I imagined the finished project with a narrator saying "Delicious!" and animated stars and captions. This is quality programming, let me tell you.

The night ended with a campfire. Amazingly, Daniela the assistant had managed to find both graham crackers and Hershey's bars. She said it took two days to assemble all the ingredients. We have a ton of chocolate left over. It's great. So I teach the kids how to make them, and we all exclaim at the deliciousness and say things like "I've roasted marshmallows before, but I've never had this type of sandwich!". Also at the campfire we leaders answer questions about our "towns". Shout out to A-town, that's right. Yeah...

I was not about to sleep in a tent if I didn't have to, so I slipped back to the house and slept blissfully indoors. The next morning we did "exercise" (Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes) and then made breakfast, where they again had to make fire, this time under an iron plate (teppan), which is considerably more difficult than on the normal little stoves. I'm no fire building expert, as any of my Discovery kids can attest to, so I'm hoping the cut the part where I fail to help the kids succeed. In the end we got it, though, and cooked potato pancakes, a "traditional Swiss dish". The Germans had to exclaim how it tasted just like the ones they had at home.

After breakfast we shot intro shots of the leaders weeding the tanbo. It was the first time I had been in a rice paddy at Freekids, but never mind that. My hat kept falling in my face, so I'm sure that'll turn out great on TV. While the staff took shots of the surrounding fields, the kids played in the river, like normal kids, if not slightly prissier. See Ayana's heeled sandals:

At last we shot the goodbye scene, which might have been the cheesiest of them all. I think we say something like "Good job! You survived! You did it!" and they all say "We did it!" with thumbs-up and peace signs galore. Then we all ate a lunch off camera of leftovers and onigiri, and they left. Friendly Japanese driver-man saw how amusing I found the cold patches they used (like hand warmers, but the opposite), and gave me two packs. Alright! Souvenirs! They're really quite entertaining.

Tonight we're celebrating being done with the camp and the filming with a barbecue at the campground. There's even going to be meat! Not that I'l eat it, but it's a sign of a big celebration here. I'm hoping the meat is coming from the supermarket and not one of the chickens or ducks here...

So that's that. I'm stuck here a few more days because my next host suddenly cancelled on me. I've sent out a bunch of requests though, so hopefully something will come through. Wish me luck!

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De nombreux artistes tels ayaka, Ai Otsuka ou encore alan ont chanté pour ce show.

First off I'll say that this came VERY close to being my favorite anime or at least tied with Code Geass. This anime is unlike any other I've ever seen. This anime is basically a slice of life anime mixed with comedy and angst.

Animation - 10/10
Some people might say the animation wasn't all that great, but I love how this anime looks. You can easily tell what the characters are feeling just by looking at their facial expressions which often-times are very entertaining to look at. A good portion of the comedy comes from the characters reactions during certain events.

Sound - 8/10
If you haven't figured it out yet, I don't pay too much attention to sound, but I think I would notice if it was bad. The opening and endings I do believe fit with the style of the anime as it progresses. The first ending which is VERY entertaining to listen to and watch fits well with the anime (see Wej's review for playable ending song). As the mood of the anime changes, the opening and ending change to enhance that mood and it is does quite well. The background music is what I didn't pay too much attention too, but I never heard that bugged me. The voice acting is well done too giving the characters believable emotions.

Story - 10/10
The story is very simple yet very entertaining. Satou is a complete loner that withdraws himself from society and locks himself in his room (aka hikikomori) only leaving occasionally at night to buy food. This obviously shows that he's also a NEET (Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training). One day he answers a knock on his apartment door believing it is the electric company and allows himself to open the door, but he sees a young girl (who is quite cute) with an older religious solicitor. Satou grabs what she offers and hides behind his now closed door. They leave and Satou believes they were part of a conspiracy to isolate him from society.
Some time after, he finds a note addressed to him from the young girl telling him to meet her that night. She tells Satou that night that he has been selected to participate in her project to cure him of his hikikomori condition. This is only the beginning as a crazy chain of events follow, for example Satou attempting to create a Galge which is the most normal of these events (I won't ruin any others for you). This story is very well done and will have you laughing your head off at times to wanting to hit something.

Character - 8/10
Characters are well done and fun to watch when they try to get out of the situations they've trapped themselves in. Each character has their own secrets they hide from the world and it's interesting to see those secrets get revealed as the anime progresses.

Overall - Average this anime gets a 9/10 which is very good and my personal score would probably be a 10/10. I personally kind of liked the first half slightly better than the second because the episodes foreshadowed that what I was hoping to come from the ending wasn't exactly going to happen so that was a little disappointing, but don't get me wrong...the ending was still really good and satisfying. I highly recommend this anime to pretty much anyone, unless your looking for action.

I would just like to say.....WOW!!!! This Anime was fucking amazing! It is my 1.5 favorite Anime (see About Wej)

It's comedy, love, and crazy, all splooged together to make one of the best Anime's I have ever seen!

This anime covers really serious issues in a comedic way. From hikikomori to suicide to creating a galge (hentai) computer game.

It's about a hikikomori, Tatsuhiro Sato, who sleeps 16 hrs a day, scared to go outside because he is afraid of the NHK conspiracy. He eventually meets a really cute girl (to bad Avalon gets her), Misaki Nakahara, who was accompanying her aunt while her aunt was soliciting religion stuffs. Misaki knows he's a hikikomori and so she tries to get him to sign a paper so she can do counseling sessions with him. (That's all of the major story line I am going to tell you, because you really have to watch the anime).

Something small that I noticed.
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I first paused it to look at the top left corner because I think I have that pic somewhere. But then we noticed the top right corner.... I love when they mention lolies in anime....i don't know why either...
Speaking of which...


My response would be, "Why, yes I am" =D

Animation: 9/10
The art is a different type then I am used to, but it was still a good different. I liked it a lot.
At times, the animations just scared me. Sometimes it seemed that they just rushed through some instances, so the animations and character designs became really weird. Not bad though, unique more like it, but still....

Sound: 10/10
First ending theme song:

Full version here
You can't tell me that's not worth a 10/10 right there. =P

Most of the soundtrack is really good, in my opinion. So ya, I think it at least deserves a 10/10 for the songs. Other then that...sounds pretty average.

Story: 9.5/10
This anime had the most satisfying ending I have ever seen. Yet, it wasn't the PERFECT ending. All it needed was 1 kiss....that's it....just a kiss, and this would have been tied for my favorite anime. It is just that amazing. I really couldn't find any filler episodes, though there wasn't too strong of a story line to really tell. All episodes added something to the anime.

Characters: 10/10
The characters in this anime had extreme personalities. Some of the most unique I have seen. When you get to the end of the anime, all little instances of what they do, will make since. It reveals the past of each character through out the whole thing. Very very good.

Overall: 10/10
Yes, this anime is almost perfect. Just 1 small change would have made it beyond amazing. So, if you havn't seen it yet, watch it, and watch it now, you bastard.

Todo domingo você lê, aqui no Televisionado, em português, as principais manchetes da semana no jornal "Variety", o maior diário do mundo que cobre a indústria do entretenimento.

TVE e Forta levam a Liga dos Campeões
Espanha verá a edição 2009/2010 do maior torneio de clubes da Europa por essas duas redes.

MBC adiciona novo idioma
A mais popular rede de TV árabe, a MBC (com sede em Dubai), passará programas em persa para o Irã e o mundo árabe, especialmente da região do Golfo.

NHK chega ao Joost
Canal público japonês oferecerá notícias e entretenimento à Inglaterra através do Joost, serviço de TV via Internet. No ano que vem, serão incluídos jornalísticos em inglês.

Mudanças na televisão argentina
Governo propõe plano para promover a concorrência, forçando os três maiores grupos do país (Clarín, Uno e Telefonica) a vender ativos em TV.

Acesse http://www.variety.com

I attended anime expo for three days, but did not go to the fourth cause it was pretty much a bust:  everyone would have cleaned up and gone home.

Day one was interesting, but trying to recall events three days later is still hard.  I remember the AMV finalist viewing in the Nokia theatre, which was easily the most interesting thing that day.  Gurren Lagann was synced to Mulan's Be A Man song.  It was excellent.  There was also an excellent homoerotic-themed Haruhi AMV, which is a nice change because every Haruhi fan seems to be obsessed with the titular character.  What's their deal anyway?  The AMV, instead, focused on very well put together clips and edits to make a romance between Kyon and Koizumi (the esper).  Other stuff happened but I can't seem to remember right now.

Stuff occurred on day 2, but I can't seem to remember anything.  Oh wait.  I just spent about a minute thinking about day 2 and I was able to recall Kev, Michael, and my little brother going to see David Hayter (pronounced hater-I think he hates on others too) in the morning.  We went a bit earlier that day (like 30 minutes earlier) During that time, Jimmy and I went to a writing anime review discussion panel.  We figured we:

1. owe it to Michael to go since we didn't write any reviews for his site yet, even when we promised we would write them before AX
2. could always use tips on how to not suck at writing stuff

The panelists, which consisted of experienced reviewers, all of whom, I believe, current write for Anime News Network, a very very respected anime news site, gave us many useful tips.  One tip that I can remember right away is "hook your reader in the first three sentences", the less the better.  Another very important tip is to write often.  Publish a blog, write in a journal.  Anything.  If you're doing it, then that means you're honing your style and getting better.  That's actually a reason why I forced myself to post again after a month or so on hiatus-well, that and I genuinely wanted to post.  At one point during the forum, Jimmy told me that he would like to ask them a question about humor-how much is too much?  What about authors who try really hard to be funny in their reviews?  Where should the line be drawn?  Before he asked the question, he gave me the half-intention that the question was meant as a jab at me.  And obviously it was.  I mean come on.  He wanted to destroy my writing style and my sense of humor-and, inject some well-meaning discipline into my douchbag/lame personality.  Well the panelists gave him what he wanted-that genuine good humor is very hard to come by, and just as hard to write.  Many people think they're funny, but they're not, we were told.  Of course I flipped Jimmy off when he sat down (with my ring finger, no less) and pointed me out to the panelists.  Even though he's my best friend and knows my personality quirks down to a tee, the bastard shouldn't talk about me like he knows me.

On the third day we went to a Shoto Shokotan concert.  She sung many songs, but I only cared about her Cruel Angel Thesis (Evangelion Theme Song).  Well, her Gurren Lagann ones were pretty good too.  There was also an obnoxious overweight dude in front of us that kept screaming out Japanese to Shokotan.  I didn't know what it meant, but I assume it was fan-love related.  Itadakimasu.  Before that, we participated in a scavenger hunt where we were surprised by a surprise visit from Caitlin and Karen and some of their friends.  A random white dude from OC also joined us (his name was Christopher).  Kev was voted our team leader, well I wouldn't say voted...more like cajoled.  Anyways.  Due to Jimmy's persuasion, our team name turned out to be Sausage.  I wanted team Volcano, cause obviously you can do more lame things with a volcano than you can do with a sausage.  I mean with a sausage all you can do is fellatio, but with a volcano, you can do so much more.  Plus a volcano is bigger and randomly erupts.  Randomly.  A premature ejaculation chant could've been concocted.  It also erupts with great force, and its eruption, unlike a sausage, can kill a woman.  There.  Jimmy and I teamed up but we couldn't really find any of our items.  I mean who the hell drives an Acura?  No one!  I am not even sure they're still made, or if the company existed to begin with!  We managed to find a Star Wars t-shirt though.

Throughout Anime Expo, we visited the exhibit halls oftenly.  I don't know if I used often correctly there.   Anywho, we spent much of our time touring the many booths that were set up.  We found out right away that there was a yaoi booth (thanks to this awesome dude heading up the booth who was very vocal and intense in his promotion of the booth-"GET YOUR YAOI!!  GET YOUR MANCEST!", he also knew about Phoenix Wright yaoi.  That man is the epitome of everything I want to be).  There was also this fat dude in a speedo or something that kept screaming to promote his booth too.  He attracted awesome maid-cosplaying girls later.  That fucker.  Speaking of cosplayers, there were lots of hawt cosplaying girls (and a few guys) at AX.  However I can only remember the guys, especially a very black Yun-I'm serious.  The man was african american-and it was awesome.  We got some free fans from NIS, some free bags from ...Maplestory?  Or was it Ragnarok (RAG-NA-ROCK!)?  I don't know, all I know is that it was a really gay mmo.  So it might've been Maplestory.

So what did we end up buying?  Well.  We bought some hentai and some yaoi, lets get that out of the way first.  Jimmy bought some hentai for the sake of buying hentai.  Kev bought some yaoi to surprise Charles.  Kev, Jimmy, and Michael all bought figurines.  I bought volume 2 of Welcome to the NHK manga (more on that later) and my little brother wanted a sword and an airsoft gun, which I refused to buy for him.

Anyways.  Why did I decide to buy volume 2 when I did not have volume 1?  Well, apparently volume 1 of NHK is like the rarest shit ever that none-not any of the shops in the whole exhibit hall-had it.  I know cause Kev and I looked.  Repeatedly.  We must've walked all over the exhibit hall like a billion and one times.  Each time they would either have some weird volumes, or all the volumes except for one.  This is a goddamn conspiracy.  I want my volume 1.

Towards the end of day 3, I hung out with Kev, Michael, and my little brother (Jimmy was at a jrock concert thing-I was there with him for a bit, but the music left my head pounding so I left) and watched people play Street Fighter 3rd strike.  It inspired me to want to learn how to play 3s not like a bitch.  And I did try it today.  It was very difficult.

After that, I went to a dance.  The thing about AX dances and regular dances is the prevalence of trance/techno music.  Regular dances usually consist of hip hop and r&b musics.  AX was all high energy fast trance tracks, which I enjoyed a lot more cause I was able to get into it easier.  Plus all the "dancing" one had to do was jump.  Repeatedly.  Alright so.  Let's delve into the good stuff on what happened at la dance.  Well first we gotta recap.

1. I have a friend named Jimmy
2. He is 17
3. He is single
4. He is a virgin
5. He has little experience with women
6. He is ok looking
7. and, before this moment, my e-penis was bigger than his

Now, I will become a narrator in a story whose main character is not myself, but Jimmy.  Yes, my own experiences will now take the backseat.

Earlier in the day, Jimmy asked a girl-who is extremely attractive and petite-for her picture.  She, in turn, asked for a picture with him.  Also she said he had a nice face-I know right? (I'm kidding, he's not that ugly)-and they exchanged names blah blah blah boring foreplay.  Anywho, by some odd work of the powers that be-or a coincidence for the more rational of us-Jimmy spotted a hawt girl on the dance floor and wanted to dance with her and lo and behold!  It was the same hawt girl from before.  Now, before we all say "what's the big deal in that?", I must emphasize that Jimmy was infatuated with his picture-encounter.  He couldn't stop thinking about it and he even berated himself when he forgot her name (B-somethingmarather) and didn't compliment her beauty when she complimented his own adequete face.  Now the important thing here is that my friend Jimmy thoroughly enjoyed himself.  They danced for quite sometime, and he tells me that it was very hawt and steamy and that her body was incredible.  Also he liked her stomach the best.  When I saw him move in to dance with her, I immediately moved away from them.  I didn't want to

1. cockblock him
2. feel awkward

I decided that night that I wouldn't dance with any girls.  After the last dance, where I tried too hard to look for a partner and ended up not enjoying myself, I think I should just let loose and enjoy myself without having to worry about finding someone to dance with.  Anywho, after Jimmy danced with his sexy girl, we left the dance.  Oddly enough, his sexy friend soon followed us out.  We got back in line.  She got back in line.  It was quite obvious:  she was totally into me Jimmy.  After chatting up some black guys, we got back to the dance.  Jimmy did most of the talking to those awesome men :[

We danced for a bit and then Jimmy's lady friend found him again and they started to dance.  The important detail to note is that she found him, not the other way around.  Jackpot, am I right?  Yeah I think I'm right.  So the moment I saw her pull on his arm to talk to him to dance, and I started moving away, I could feel the biggest grin plastered onto my face:  my friend Jimmy has attracted a girl.  My grin was probably big, stupied, and illuminating.  I am so damn proud of him.

Anywho, once again I moved off to the side to dance by myself.  It's not as lonely as I make it sound, especially when I have this awesome headcrab cosplayer next to me.  He was the shit.  I mean, you don't need people or social interaction to have fun sure it was kinda lonely, but I still managed to enjoy myself.  After Jimmy was done dancing with Bonnie (he reacquired her name), he came to me and said that they were to exchange screenames, and I was happy cause it was nearly time for us to go.  However, he then told me that they were exchange screenames later, so I was like ok go get it now.  We spent the next 30 minutes or so looking for her, with Jimmy catching sight of her and then losing her again.  Wait.  I forgot one very important detail.

Before Jimmy pulled me aside to help him look for Bonnie, I was dancing by myself and caught the eye of this very hawt girl in front of me.  I was sorta feeling shy so I looked away and continued to dance by myself.  It was at that moment that Jimmy came to me and said that I should help him look for Bonnie.  Of course I went with him, no questions asked (albeit with a trace of grumpiness and disappointment), but I still feel kinda disappointed because right before I turned to go, I could see the girl I was eyeing look at me again, and her friend nudging her pointedly in my direction.  I am sure she wanted to dance with me.  I wonder what would have happened had I chosen to stay on the dancefloor at that moment?  There's no need to wonder, I was contemplating on approaching her and asking her to dance anyways.  But fuck it.  I had a friend who needed my help.

Well I was Jimmy's wingman and I was determined to not leave until they successfully exchanged contact information.  They did.  But before that I must mention that I saw this awesome, awesome dude dancing by himself.  He looked completely immersed and he looked like he didn't give a rat's ass about what other people thought of him.  He looked like he was having a great time.  I would like to eventually have his conviction and nonchalantness.

After we left Jimmy couldn't forget about his night and Bonnie and wouldn't shut up about how awesome her body was his experience was.  Truly that night Jimmy's e-penis grew to a size that eclipsed my own (but, I will adamently argue, not by that much) Jimmy told me that he was sorry about the pseudo-cockblock and I qualmed his fears.  His cock is my cock.  If his cock was happy that night, then by all means mine will be too.  Goddamn, I look forward to the next dance I go to, cause for some reason I have this huge itch that only a hawt girl grinding up against me could scratch.

Overall I really enjoyed AX.  There wasn't as much mingling with others/socializing as I expected, but it was a new experience and I enjoyed it very much.  The concentration of anime-nerdism was high at the convention and an otaku-radar probably would've exploded.  There were many great cosplays and many great events.  I also have not forgotten about the fucking mexicans that ripped us off with shitty chinese food.  That was the low of my AXperience.  We also ate too much fast food/junk food, so I have to work that off pretty soon.  Special thanks to Kev for putting up with driving us all.  With that said, I really look forward to going next year and cosplaying.  Jimmy and I promised eachother that we would both cosplay and audition for the AX Idol (singing the Gregorian chant opening from Elfen Lied no less-we are, of course, prepared to be disqualified).  I hope Kev's prepared to drive all of us assholes again next year.  AX was a new experience and it was very fun.  I can't believe that I didn't try going sooner.  These geeks really know how to throw a convention.

*P.S., yes I did think up of that title all by myself.

No way for media to yield interviewee's expectation.
Have a common sense, Stupid. It's the role of media to report neutrally even what the interviewees don't like. Why should the public broadcasting release you guys' extreme ideology? No-brainers. You guys' lack of common sense is absolutely hopeless.

Nikkei Shimbun made an oral apologize on June 24th, but did neither show the name of the sender nor how retribution was made for him in the company. To me, what this Nikkei guy said is quite amazing. His common sense is non-sense for the people. I mean if you overview this issue between VAWWnet Japan and NHK, which is involved with far right politicians who want distort the reality in history, how mass media should deal with the issue is very simple. Obeying strong power, insulting victims, and cheating ordinary Japanese people? NO. It should be opposite. Mass media should reject suppression from politicians and government and should try to show people what happened especially in the situation that wrongdoing of the government resulted in huge damage on people.

I don't say that a person should not send an e-mail to tell his/her personal opinion by using company's e-mail account. And sometimes it should be allowed for an interviewer to use the materials of an interviewee in different ways that do not follow the expectation of interviewees, for example, like the case of the sword craftsman in the movie "Yasukuni". But as a result, what he did was insulting ex-comfort women and allowing freedom for the power to intervene mass media.


A blogger, Mr. Hiroyuki Ida says "This level of guy works in mass media, who pave the way for war". I agree with him. I guess that sometimes news coverage on economy says Nikkei Index or Nikkei Average with Topix for stock market in Japan. I think it will soon be taken place by Shanghai Index or some. But anyways, would you please remember today's post; what a person who works in Nikkei did.


Any mistranslations or misunderstandings, if there were, they should be aiueo5’s responsibilities, not the quoted materials and its authors. And at last, the sender of the message from VAWWnetJapan welcomes forwarding. So I just extract and put the whole of e-mail from a worker in Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The souce is Mr. Hiroyuki Ida's blog.

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『　取材先の「期待」に報道が従うわけないだろ。

常識を持て。ばか者。報道ってのは取材先の嫌なこともちゃんと中立的に
伝えるのが役目なんだよ。なんであなたがたの偏向したイデオロギーを公共の
電波が垂れ流さなきゃいけないんだよ。あほか。

あんたがたの常識のなさにはあきれはてる。　』

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I'm finally done watching "Welcome to the NHK". I have been an avid reader of the original manga, yet I can not fully recommend the anime.

While the manga is indeed hard to digest, mostly because you weren't sure what exactly the protagonist is really thinking, the anime may have overshot the target of "dumbing it down" a bit. The story is presented well, and is, unlike the manga, very coherent. Yet somehow the stark coherency negatively affects how much the viewer is really aware, or rather how strongly he is aware of Tatsuhiro's state of mind.

Also, the resolutions to a lot of conflicts are quite..... clean.... I can't describe it any other way. The viewer might wonder, why Tatsuhiro's sensei wants to have a love affair with him, even though she is in a happy marriage. In the manga one experiences why this is the case, one learns that clear cuts are a thing of fantasy; Problems are not simply resolved by one event, drama doesn't stop when you have achieved some sort of "goal". And while this is displayed  as a problem in the anime regarding the main character, it is not regarding the other cast. Instead of a grating back and forth, the resolutions come at one point, and then are never questioned whatsoever. The ending was especially disappointing. I do not want to spoil it, but it was definitely written with a younger demographic in mind.

The anime is also heavily censored. Do not misunderstand. Not censored in the "black bars over genitals"- Japanese kind of way, but rather certain situations are skewed in favor of the protagonist. His pedophiliac tendencies are played down drastically, and one must wonder if this is rather a marketing trick than a necessity. And while perversion is a theme, violence and hate are two things which are shortly touched, but are never explored in detail, and this severely detracts from the female leads background and credibility.

One might argue all these steps were needed to cram the packed anime into 24*30 minutes. I am not so sure, especially if I look at the rather slow and uninteresting beginning.  It takes about 5 episodes to really start getting hooked, early on one might wonder what all the fuss is about.

I am a little disappointed, this anime had the potential to be so much more. But in all fairness, "Welcome to the NHK" is still a strong anime, even worth a look for people who have read the manga. The excellent soundtrack adds immensely, and will make even the most cynical shed one or the other tear. Knock knock knock.

A tradução possível para o título (em que tenshi é anjo e mitai é semelhante) é anjos gêmeos, sendo os anjos em questão Haruka e Kanata.

Haruka Tokawa, em seu aniversário de 14 anos, recebe de presente de aniversário de sua mãe, uma grande cientista, um robô. Mas o robô é um humanóide perfeito que é exatamente igual a Haruka. O humanóide se chama Kanata, o nome de irmã gêmea de Haruka, que morreu quando criança.

Kanata é o resultado de um projeto ultra secreto que tem a mentalidade de uma criança e a força do super homem. Acontece que Kanata não quer ficar escondida em casa e os momentos mais engraçados acontecem quando Kanata assume o lugar de Hanata.

Assista aqui ao primeiro episódio da série:

parte 1

parte 2

parte 3

Veja todos os episódios no perfil do YouTube de maryrose199

Mais informações sobre Tenshi Mitai em:

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tenshi_mitai

Informações sobre a atriz principal (Mei Kurokawa) em:

http://wiki.theppn.org/Kurokawa_Mei

Site oficial de Mei Kurokawa (cantora e atriz) em:

http://www.maynoshinme.info/

Volte sempre para ver as novidades!!!

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Please note the program will be shown in the US on Sunday July 6th, at 10:02 PM EST on TV Japan channel. For a programming list, please visit http://www.tvjapan.net/en/img_pdf/jul1.pdf (English), or http://www.tvjapan.net/pro_list/?date=2008-07-02&area=22&TZ=0 (Japanese).

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(World 6/6 Domestic 6/22 3:40-4:09)

1. “Dancemusic☆Aitsu” / Mari Kaneko
2. “Live Or Die” / RIZE
3. “RETURNER” / Gackt
4. “I.V.” / X JAPAN
5. “Yura Yura”(Gently Swaying) / TSUBAKISTA

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SOURCE: J-MELO English Schedule

Du 18 juin au 24 septembre, NHK EDUCATIONAL présente des cours de langue française sur le thème de la Bretagne. Des Bretons sont invités pour témoigner ; la majeure partie sont adhérents à BRETONS DU JAPON.

Yuki OOFUKU nous a contactés directement en début d'année pour inviter BRETONS DU JAPON à participer à l'émission ; les documentaires tournés en Bretagne durant l'été 2007 y sont présentés.

A ne pas manquer sous aucun prétexte ! Les mercredi vers 23h avec retransmission le samedi matin.

PROGRAMME

18 Juin : Le Caramel Beurre Salé
le 2 Juillet : Anne de Bretagne
le 9 Juillet : Les Coiffes - Trois grand-mères
le 16 Juillet : La Broderie (Pont-L'abbé)
le 30 Juillet : La langue bretonne
le 6 Aout : Le Kouign-Amann
le 20 Aout : Les Galettes
le 3 Septembre : La faïencerie de Quimper
le 10 Septembre : Belle-Ile
le 24 Septembre : Légende d'Arthur

伝える、伝わる！フランス語。
発音のコツと基本表現が満載。

北フランスを舞台に繰り広げられるスキットをもとに、自然な発音とすぐに役立つフレーズを徹底トレーニング。
発音・文法それぞれの専門講師が、皆さんの学習をていねいにお手伝いします。 文化コーナーでは北フランスの魅力、独特の文化とそれを支える人たちを紹介します。また、来日アーティストをはじめ、フランス語圏のさまざまな分野の人々へのインタビューなどをお届けします。

今月のスキットの舞台は，ブルターニュ地方の中心都市レンヌ。新たにシュザンヌとテオドールが登場します。服を買ったり、道を聞いたり，ホテルのフロントでチェックインする２人と一緒に、レンヌの町を歩きましょう。
「魅惑の北フランス」コーナーはブルターニュ地方を巡ります。ブルターニュ公国最後の統治者アンヌ・ド・ブルターニュやビグデン地方の伝統的な衣装を支える刺繍職人などを紹介します。
インタビューは、若者に人気のダンス・チームSMDBが登場します。
そして、今月から「実践編」として，旅行に欠かせない表現をたくさん取り上げます。発音コーナーでは、日本人にとって発音しにくい音、反対に発音しやすいが聞き分けにくい音に挑戦しましょう。

April 27, '08 in a Show for Enka Music [traditional in Japan]

May 05 on Nippon no meikyoku ~seishun no hitparade~

Hohoho!!! this is an extra present for u: In the same show the same day that Mikky present okitegami, [may 5] Aya Matsuura performed "Egao"!!! [her single before Kizuna] so here's the performance:

Sooo kawaii, the best friends performing in the same show... anyway, moving on...

The next one is recent: June 17, in NHK [national Broadcaster] Kayou Concert:

Hahaha i wonder how Mikky felt when they asked about when she was leader of Morning Musume hahaha!

And finally as a Bonus: Mikkity performing In a Mall, with wotas and all the stuff Sugoi!! No idea where or when it was but anyway, enjoy:

See ya!!

Un sismo de 7.2ºR se ha registrado en las primeras horas del día de hoy en Japón dejando al menos 6 muertes, el sismo ha ocurrido a las 23:43 horas del Viernes 13 de Junio del 2008 Hora de México y 8:43 am del Sábado 14 de Junio del 2008 tiempo de Japón.

80 km (50 millas) SSO of Morioka, Honshu, Japón
85 km (55 millas) SE of Akita, Honshu, Japón
95 km (60 millas) N of Sendai, Honshu, Japón
390 km (240 millas) NNE of TOKIO, Japón

Click sobre NHK para observar TV en Directo

VIDEO YOUTUBE.

Also it's only a matter of time before the omnious Friday!

http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/other_news/&articleid=337096&referrer=RSS

Oops.  Well at least someone caught it right?

Let's calm our nerves with a cool song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbozI8C3HhQ

Muchos de ustedes me han preguntado por la imagen de inicio que tengo en el Blog. Muchos de ustedes me dicen que llegaron a ver la botarga en una convención o incluso en llaveros, pero no recuerdan de donde salio.  Pues este programa . . . uy, va a llover otra vez. Literalmente es un programa que vi en mi infancia y de verdad me da nostalgia. Porque ahora que recapitulo esa parte de mi vida, me doy cuenta de donde salio mi inquietud por hablar japones, por viajar a Japón y por tener esa ideologia que los caracteriza.

Por alla de 1980 en México se transmitia este programa de la Televisora NHK llamado Dekirukana, que se tradujo como ¿Puedo hacerlo yo?. Todavia recuerdo el doblaje que era muy bueno. Y claro siendo un niño me gustaba mucho. Y cuando aparecia Noppo San ノッポさん y Gonta ゴン太くん, empezaba la magia. El programa no duraba mucho y si mal no recuerdo hasta transmitian 2 programas el mismo dia. Solo con un poco de ingenio y muchisima imaginación hacian cientos de manualidades, que inventos. JEJE. Acepto que como niño no seria facil hacer muchas de las cosas, pero lo que mas gustaba era que de simples cajas y tubos de cartón, podia recrear objetos reales.

Mi sorpresa fue mayor cuando me entero que esos programas tenian alrededor de 20 años de haberse transmitido, y se puede notar con el estilo que viste Noppo San. Este programa fue el origen de algunos otros, donde se hacian manualidades, un ejemplo en México fue el "Espacio de Cositas", un mujer que tambien te hacia crear lapiceros, cajas decoradas y un sinfin de cosas, pero esa es otra historia.

En los videos les dejo un poco de lo que encontre de Dekirukana? ;  en el segundo video en un programa de hace unos meses hablaron de los personajes de esta serie, y pueden aprovechar para ver que Noppo San ya esta muy grandecito. Espero que los disfruten. Ya hasta me puse melancolico, que tiempos aquellos.

Di sepanjang jalan yang terletak di depan NHK ini, banyak banget band2 tetap yang setiap minggunya selalu nge-band, tapi ada juga yang cuma sekali2 aja. makanya gw sendiri ga pernah hafal siapa2 aja yang bakal manggung minggu ini atau minggu depan. yang jelas, penampilan2 seniman2 ini biasanya dimulai siang (ga tau deh pagi udah ada yang mulai juga atau blom, tapi biasanya rame-nya siang-sore). aliran musik yang dibawain sama band2 yang tampil disini juga macem2, ada jazz, rock, pop, ada yang cuma nyanyi dengan gitar atau piano, ada yang nyanyi pake minus one, ada juga yang ngebawa band-nya. selain itu, penulis kaligrafi kanji juga cukup banyak disini, yang paling terkenal adalah bapak2 yang memakai topeng pringles (tau logonya pringles, kripik kentang itu kan? pake kacamata & berkumis). banyak juga pelawak2 yang kadang2 gw ga ngerti lawakannya hahaha.

↓mr.pringles, tampak belakang↓

Daerah ini ga pernah sepi, bahkan malem2pun masih ada beberapa band yang tampil. foto dibawa ini adalah salah satu band yang kita temuin, kita sempet kenalan & foto2 bareng mereka hehehe. mereka udah punya album indie & video clip sendiri.

Setelah jalanan panjang itu lewat, kita akan ngeliat ada sebuah panggung besar di sebelah kiri kita. panggung itu biasanya dipakai untuk acara2 yang terorganisir, bukan kayak band2 indie yang konsepnya lebih ke arah "ngamen". band yang tampil di panggung didukung dengan sound system yang bagus, sementara kalo band2 "ngamen" itu cuma didukung sama amplifier kecil (rata2 warna kuning, ga tau knapa). kadang2 panggung ini juga suka dijadiin arena rave party. dan yang uniknya, bukan cuma malem, siangpun jadi! hahaha

Nah di daerah panggung besar ini, kalau musim gugur biasanya ada flea market (semacam bazaar utk jual2 barang2 pribadi). kalo lagi ada flea market suasananya seru banget & super rame!

Setelah ngelewatin daerah ini, kita harus naik tangga penyebrangan untuk masuk ke daerah yoyogi park. di yoyogi park, lebih banyak atraksi2 non-band-nya, kayak misalnya atraksi perkusi ala afrika, atau ada juga pelukis yang ngelukis sambil ngedance, ada orang2 yang ngebawa anjingnya yang didandanin dengan baju2 yang modis bahkan lebih modis daripada majikannya, ada aksi tap-dance, dan yang paling terkenal adalah aksi "elvis", yaitu segerombolan orang2 yang punya rambut ala elvis & memakai baju2 ala elvis. mereka biasanya akan nge-dace dengan background lagu2 elvis, john travolta, dsb.

Aksi elvis ini adalah penutup dari keseluruhan aksi yang ada di yoyogi park, krn tim elvis biasanya beraksi di pintu keluar yoyogi park (arah harajuku). pas di pintu keluarnya, ada sekitar 10 jejeran yatai (kayak gerobak2 yang ngejual makanan) yang menjual sosis bakar, ikan bakar, mie goreng, kebab, dsb.

Setelah ngelewatin jejeran yatai ini, kita akan langsung ketemu sebuah jembatan yang banyak "orang2" anehnya, artinya kita udah sampai di harajuku. sebenernya banyak banget atraksi2 menarik di yoyogi park yang ga bisa gw bahas satu persatu. jadi kalau lagi berlibur ke jepang jangan sampe ga mampir ke sini ya untuk ngeliat seluruh atraksi yang ada di dalem lingkungan taman ini!