Tokyo Gore Police – Wrist Cutter G commercial

April 30th, 2010

Fake commercial featured in the subway scene of Tokyo Gore Police (Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu). I loved it so much I decided to put it here. I am fully and utterly enamored in the way it is presented, the contrast of promoting suicide with the backdrop of happy-go-lucky fun time Japanese schoolgirls (I know that came out weird, but you know what I mean).

Using wrist cutters.

Korean sings Poker Face with iPhone apps

April 5th, 2010

This is the song PokerFace by Lady GaGa on I-Phone Apps – by Applegirl. Applegirl is a Korean girl singing Irreplaceable.

Lady Gaga – Poker Face by Applegirl (ver. I-Phone Apps)

American rap in Japan

March 28th, 2010

Some americans in Japan who are sing and rap. It’s not the best Japanese accent you would hear but cool still.

Americans Fluent in Japanese

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で、本当に日本語話してないと思っている皆、サイトにいって見てみてください。

“Anime is a prime example of why two nukes wasn’t enough.”

March 28th, 2010

Rep. Nick Levasseur posted an update on Facebook that “two nukes just wasn’t enough”

Clips from March 25 and 26, 2010

Anime is a prime example of why two nukes wasn’t enough.” – NH Democrat State Rep., Nick Levasseur

Some Japanese Lose Their Taste For Fish

March 28th, 2010

In Japan, a country known for its love of seafood, everyone from teens to senior citizens are saying no to scales and bones and yes to meat. Now, fish mongers and fish meisters are trying to turn back the tide of change. WSJ’s Akiko Fujita reports.

Korean girls sings Irreplaceable

March 24th, 2010

This is the song Irreplaceable by beyonce on Apple iPhone Apps

Beyonce’s Irreplacement. This lady plays the song with just a few iPhone applications. Amazing and very cool. Great voice too.

Bubi bubi

March 23rd, 2010

This is just weird. Bubi bubi.

Look, Korea has a unique tech culture unrivaled by anything we’ve experienced in the West. But when Korean carrier KTF coaxes us into a “bubi bubi” dance grind, well, we just have to stare. What is it about a dumbphone that could prompt such behavior? B-U-B-I after the break. (Source: Engadget)

[HQ 100319] T-ara & Yoon Si Yoon – KTF Bubi Bubi CF – 2

t-ara tiara 티아라 ktf bubi cf 윤시윤

Some of rare and complex Chinese characters

October 25th, 2009

One of the most complex characters found in modern Chinese dictionaries[48] is 齉 (U+9F49) nàng listen (help·info) (pictured below, middle image), meaning “snuffle” (that is, a pronunciation marred by a blocked nose), with “just” thirty-six strokes. However, this is not in common use. The most complex character that can be input using the Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a for Traditional Chinese is 龘 tà “the appearance of a dragon walking”; it is composed of the dragon radical represented three times, for a total of 16 × 3 = 48 strokes. Among the most complex characters in modern dictionaries and also in frequent modern use are 籲 yù (simplified chinese 吁) “to implore”, with 32 strokes; 鬱 yù (simplified chinese 郁): “luxuriant, lush; gloomy”, with 29 strokes, as in 憂鬱 yōuyù (simplified chinese 忧郁)”depressed”, with 15 and 29 strokes, respectively; 豔 yàn (simplified chinese 艳)”colorful”, with 28 strokes; and 釁 xìn (simplified chinese 衅) “quarrel”, with 25 strokes, as in 挑釁 tiǎoxìn “to pick a fight”. Also in occasional modern use is 鱻 xiān “fresh” (variant of 鮮 xiān) with 33 strokes.

In Japanese, an 84-stroke kokuji exists[49]—it is composed of three “cloud” (雲) characters on top of the abovementioned triple “dragon” character (龘). Also meaning “the appearance of a dragon in flight”, it has been pronounced おとど otodo, たいと taito, and だいと daito.

Zhé, “verbose”

Read it here.

Click travels to the land of the future

October 25th, 2009

Spencer Kelly departs from Click’s private airbase in London and heads east to the land of the future, a place that’s always ready to try the next big thing – Japan.

He uncovers the Japanese desire for new technology and ventures into Akihabara – Tokyo’s technology district – and even discovers designs for a robot suit.

View the video here.

Crayon Shin-chan creator fell during hiking, dies

September 21st, 2009

Shin-chan creator falls to death in mountains

A body found on a mountain in Japan was confirmed as popular cartoonist Yoshito Usui, whose manga and animation series “Crayon Shin-chan” has attracted a worldwide fan base, a report said.

Usui, 51, had been missing for more than a week when a body covered in bruises was found on Saturday by a climber in a mountain range straddling Gunma and Nagano prefectures, Kyodo News agency reported.

The report said his family Sunday confirmed it was the cartoonist and quoted police as saying he may have fallen from a climbing path.

It added there was no sign of a suicide note.

Usui had been missing since September 11 after telling his family at his home in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, that he would be hiking on the mountain and would be back by the evening.

When he failed to return his family contacted police.

Usui made his debut as a manga author in 1987 and gained popularity in the 1990s with “Crayon Shin-chan” featuring the daily life of Shinnosuke, a mischievous five-year-old boy. (Source: Hindustan)