Monthly Archives: May 2006

The cursed commercial… or not

I heard my wife talking the other day about this Japanese Kleenex commercial back from the 80’s that supposedly is cursed. The whole thing sounds totally ripped off from the movie Ring or Poltergeist. So the story is this commercial … Continue reading

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Fist of the North (Korean) Star, part 2

As truly awesome as Fist of the North Star may be though, it’s sheer awesomeness is not the point of these two posts. There is an interesting addition to the Hokuto no Ken family, something else that a Japanese friend … Continue reading

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Fist of the North (Korean) Star, part 1

For some reason that I still don’t understand, my wife Ryoko really likes Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star). It’s not really a girl-oriented anime, so I’ve wondered on occasion what she finds so interesting in it. When … Continue reading

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1-2-3-4-5, 6-7-8-9-10, 11 12!

I just saw a link to this at Matt’s No-sword, and I had to include my own link to it for nostalgia’s sake. I had no idea the song was sung by the Pointer Sisters, though. If that’s not enough … Continue reading

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Watership Down Subtitles, a la Japonais

A few months ago, I was feeling nostalgic and decided to download a copy of the old 1978 animated movie, Watership Down, based on the epic novel by the same name by Richard Adams. I had some mixed feelings about … Continue reading

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