I know we have a lot of useless items. But they are jokes, we know it. But how about this American product? They look serious. Good grief!
I am a little bit disappointed about the announcement of nominations for the 79th Academy Awards. Nino from "letter from Iwo Jima" was not nominated. A few days ago, I wrote about new Japanese new movies which I won't see at any rate. Today's news says another new movie "Mushi-shi" got many offers from other countries. The director is Katsuhiro Otomo. Yes! He is the director of AKIRA. Here is the story. Here is the trailer. Very exotic and visual. Check it out.
When I can't find a good topic to post, Chiba prefecture is very helpful. I wrote about a local train company's part time job and people protested their new "cool" logo. Actually I have to doubt Chiba's design sense -- this is the dog character of the Chiba Prefecture Environment Foundation. What's wrong with his face? No, his face is the shape of Chiba pref. itself. They say the dog has no gender, the dog's favorite flower is field mustard (the flower of Chiba) and what the dog likes to do is support the warm hearts of residents of Chiba prefecture. What the dog can't do well is looking way (ha ha ha) and dreaming that Chiba can be the most ecological pref....well if you say so. Chiba has released the new character of the National Athletic Meet which is held in Chiba 2010. It is this....orz. again? Maybe Chiba people are really proud of the shape of their land and also they like "yuru chara" (loose character). Yuru chara is very hard to explain, but it's popular in Japan. I found an article about Yuru chara in Japanese wikipedia, I hope this helps you to understand it more. (web translated).
Hi there
Yes Mushi-shi has unique mood, I like it very much.
Posted by: Mari | Thursday, February 01, 2007 at 12:38 PM
You ought to check the japanese movie: Hana and Alice out..
Its really good!!!!
Posted by: Holden | Friday, January 26, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Mushishi!..
It's one of the best 2006 anime series IMO.
It feels like a novel.
A visual novel nonetheless
Posted by: Holden | Friday, January 26, 2007 at 10:18 PM
Maybe instead of coming up with their own yuru chara, everybody should just adopt what Sanrio designs. Hello Kitty knows best! http://gotochikitty.com/
Posted by: Esther | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 05:33 AM
Oh, no, those are wacky British panties...they cost £12 - £15. Can't blame the US for that, we're a $ nation. ;o)
Posted by: Esther | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 05:10 AM