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You can see a lot just by observing - How to Japanese - March 2021
Hana Monogatari, Volume 3 (はなものがたり)
In Volume 1 we met Hanayo, an older woman, newly widowed and Yoshiko, a woman of similar age who opens Hanayo’s eyes to many things, including the pleasure…
Hana Monogatari, Volume 2 (はなものがたり)
In Volume 1, we met Hanayo, a woman whose husband has passed away, leaving her both free to do whatever she wants and confused as to what that…
Hana Monogatari, Volume 1 (はなものがたり)
Hana Monogatari, Volume 1 (はなものがたり) by shwinn, is one of my new favorite series ever. Hanayo’s husband has been dead for 49 days, so her mourning period is…
99% Cloudy… Always (99％、いつも曇り, Midori Sangoumi, 2023)
Why do some people feel themselves entitled to ask insensitive questions at emotionally delicate moments? Kazuha (Midori Sangoumi) may have a point when she calls her oblivious uncle…
God Seeks in Return (神は見返りを求める, Keisuke Yoshida, 2022)
A middle-aged nice guy decides maybe he should ask for something in return after all only to get more and less than he bargained for Keisuke Yoshida’s thorny…
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Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2021) [Yamagata International Film Festival 2021]
Alone Again in Fukushima sees director Mayu Nakamura visit an interesting samaritan who remained behind to look after abandoned animals. Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura…
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【完全即興】何も見ずに"あのキャラ"を描けるのか？「パイナップルARMY」裏話も！Urasawa Draws The Famous Characters Without Samples
漫画家・浦沢直樹の「浦沢チャンネル」。浦沢直樹作品電子化プロジェクト、いよいよ完結！「パイナップルARMY」電子化記念ということで、当時の裏話をたっぷりとお届け。総勢7キャラクターを何も見ずに描くというお題にもチャレンジしました。 Urasawa Channel is an official YouTube channel run by a Japanese manga artist Naoki Urasawa. As “Pineapple Army” was digitalized, the digitalization of his past works have been…
VIPRPG and もしも (Moshimo) Games: An Introduction
It is difficult to imagine anyone creating anything, let alone video games, for free. We are getting used to seeing games with budgets that reach a hundred million…
古見 硝子 (Komi Shouko)
Who is Komi Shouko? Komi Shouko is the main protagonist of Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu. She is a high school girl admired by her peers for her beauty,…
歩いても 歩いても OST - GONTITI
Still Walking [Aruitemo Aruitemo] Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda 2008 Download
Cross Game 50 (End) もう終わりましたょ。世界中で一番のアニメかもね TT_TT Too good, no...
Cross Game 50 (End) もう終わりましたょ。世界中で一番のアニメかもね TT_TT Too good, no words.
Manga Kodomo Bunko (まんがこども文庫) June ED (6月の歌) - Lullaby of the Rain (雨のこもりうた)
Sung by (歌): Naoko Watanabe (渡辺直子) Lyrics (作詞): Tomoko Koike (小池知子) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Tokuhide Niimi (新実徳英) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!
Will I Be Single Forever? (ずっと独身でいるつもり？, Momoko Fukuda, 2021)
A series of young women find themselves contemplating the meaning of a modern marriage in Momoko Fukuda’s empathetic social drama
Ora, Ora Be Goin’ Alone (おらおらでひとりいぐも, Shuichi Okita, 2020)
An older woman living alone is plagued by three strange sprites forcing her to confront the reality of her life in Shuichi Okita’s surreal meditation on loneliness and…
「MASTER キートン」風なコマ割りをお見せします。How to draw a “MASTER KEATON”-esque layout
漫画家・浦沢直樹の「浦沢チャンネル」。「MASTER キートン」電子版解禁を記念して、花鳥風月を感じる"キートン風コマ割り"を描く様子をお見せします。 “Urasawa Channel” by a Japanese manga artist, Naoki Urasawa. To celebrate the digitalization of “MASTER KEATON”, Naoki Urasawa shows how to draw a “MASTER KEATON”-esque layout, which…
Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (腑抜けども、悲しみの愛を見せろ, Daihachi Yoshida, 2007)
The petty resentments of a dysfunctional family quickly escalate when a failed actress returns home in Daihachi Yoshida’s dark farce
お湯割り
In the newsletter this month I wrote about 角ハイ (kakuhai). This is a combination of 角瓶 (kakubin), Suntory’s flagship whiskey, and ハイボール (highball), a mixed drink made from…
入りませんか？ vs 入ります？ #learnjapanese
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Manga Kodomo Bunko (まんがこども文庫) July ED (7月の歌) - Lullaby of the Zoo (どうぶつえんのこもりうた)
Sung by (歌): Kumiko Kaori (かおりくみこ) Lyrics (作詞): Tomoko Koike (小池知子) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Nobuyoshi Koshibe (越部信義) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!
Basic Japanese Verb Endings #2 見る miru (to see)
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Tsukimi (月見), The Season of Moon Viewing, Has Begun
Tsukimi, the season of moon viewing, starts this week in Japan. Learn about this day's origins - and why the rabbit in the moon is pounding a rice…
Make-Believers 夢見びと Dir: Kenjo McCurtain (2020)
Make-Believers 夢見びと Dir: Kenjo McCurtain (2020), an indie musical with a sweet heart.
傘の下、ふたり
Author & Artist: ぢゅん子 (Junko)Released March 2012 by Kaiohsha’s Gush ComicsGenre: Drama, Romance
久しぶりだね
It’s been a while. A little under 2 years in fact. But that’s life, it has a tendency to keep moving forward. Even when you aren’t ready for…
"How About Saying 入りましょう Instead of 入ります?" #learnjapanese
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宮園かをり (Miyazono Kaori)
Who is Miyazono Kaori? Miyazono Kaori is a gifted violinist with a free-spirited personality and an unconventional approach to music. Her vibrant energy and bold demeanor mask a…
帰り道 ~The long road home~
Myself;Yourself concerns a city boy and the country girl. Both are people who grew up in the same place but went separate ways just before the edge of…
となりのメタラーさん
Author & Artist: マミタ (Mamita)Released April 2020 by Tokuma Shoten Publishing’s Chara ComicsGenre: Romance, Drama
Switch Back / 今はもうない
The S&M series has always had a lot of character work and philosophical tangents, and while they sometimes felt a bit overbearing, they nev...
Tomodachi (ともだち, Yukihiro Sawada, 1974)
A little girl suffering from asthma caused by industrial pollution is rejected by her classmates in Yukihiro Sawada’s environmentally conscious educational film
The Virgin Witness / 処女が見た / Shojo ga mita (1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #120 Michiyo Yasuda Kazue (Michiyo Yasuda) is an 18-year-old orphan who has been adopted by her uncle and aunt, with...
You’re Not Normal, Either! (まともじゃないのは君も一緒, Koji Maeda, 2021)
A nerdy maths teacher turns to his student for advice on how to seem more “normal” little knowing she has an ulterior motive in Maeda’s charming rom-com
Bushido (碁盤斬り, Kazuya Shiraishi, 2024)
A stoical ronin’s peaceful life is disrupted by a face from the past in Kazuya Shiraishi’s elegantly lensed period drama.
Oyafuko dori / 親不孝通り (1958)
Obscure Japanese Film #168 Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Yoko Katsuragi Katsuya ( Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is a cynical student who studies as little ...
Seiyuu Highlights: Tomoyo Kurosawa 黒沢 ともよ
A name that is relatively small in the industry. However, as someone who's still in her early 20s, she has been voicing a lot more familiar characters than…
Virgin Blue (不要再見啊，魚花塘, Niu Xiaoyu, 2021)
A young woman drifts between fantasy and reality while returning home for a last summer with grandma in Niu Xiaoyu’s surreal drama.
Listen Before You Sing (聽見歌 再唱, Yang Chih-lin, 2021)
A school under threat of closure pins its hopes on an indigenous choir in Yang Chih-lin’s cheerful social drama
浦沢流、手描き色塗りの方法をお見せします。How to color by hand in Urasawa style: Drawing and Coloring "PLUTO" 's Gesicht
漫画家・浦沢直樹の「浦沢チャンネル」。「PLUTO」電子版解禁を記念し、アナログ色塗りでゲジヒトを描いてみました。 “Urasawa Channel“, a Youtube channel by a Japanese manga artist, Naoki Urasawa. To celebrate the release of the digital version of “PLUTO“, Naoki Urasawa draws an illustration and…
You’re Not Normal, Either まともじゃないのは君も一緒 (2021) Director: Koji Maeda
You’re Not Normal, Either まともじゃないのは君も一緒 (2021), by director Koji Maeda, is a superb screwball comedy based on the fantastic interplay between Ryo Narita and Kaya Kiyohara while it maturely touches…
Fallen Blossoms (花ちりぬ, Tamizo Ishida, 1938)
Troubled geisha find themselves engulfed by oncoming revolution in Tamizo Ishida incendiary drama.
Fire Festival (火まつり, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1985)
A proud mountain man goes to great lengths to hold back the tides of modernity in Mitsuo Yanagimachi’s poetic fable
Maria Naganawa as Platelets 長縄 まりあ
'Cells At Work' Seiyuu cosplay as their 'Cells At Work' characters. Credits: TikTok @aniplex_official
A Weather Report (胴鳴り, Yu Kajino, 2024)
A successful television writer is confronted with the mistakes of his past when the teenage daughter he abandoned before birth suddenly tracks him down in Yu Kajino’s indie…
Beast Alley (けものみち, Eizo Sugawa, 1965)
A hotel maid is dragged into conspiracy after murdering her bedridden husband in Eizo Sugawa’s incredibly dark post-war noir.
Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
A young man from an exiled clan tries to make peace between the natural world and the industrial in Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark 1997 animation
Mogura Yokocho / もぐら横丁 (‘Mole Alley’, 1953)
Obscure Japanese Film #244Shuji Sano This Shintoho production was based on episodes from a number of autobiographical novels by Kazuo Ozaki (1899-1983), one of which gives this film its title. Ozaki…