I can already see the "hot (cal)piss" jokes if this lemon drink ever gets sold in an English-speaking country... is it yellow or the normal Calpis milky white?
Danny, since you are an anime industry insider now, do you think you could provide details like how work is distributed by the animation production company or how varying investment in the production committee by various parties divides risks and rig...
I heard about the snow sculpture that collapsed a few days ago. There are pictures of the new one that showed up, but the extra support on the back seems to make people jokingly refer to it as the first statue's tombstone...
I don't know about cost of memberships, but you can play on tournament golf courses in the US for around 30-100 USD. The netted driving ranges are pretty common where I've lived (low-mid income suburban areas in several cities in California).
I hope the movie makes it to theaters in the states too. I heard the Disappearance screening was an awesome experience.
The advertisements around where I live are mostly PSAs, restaurant, and legal services advertisements.
The last time I visited Japan, the exchange rate was about 15 or so yen better for the dollar. Would like to head north again just to see Hokkaido again in the Winter. Reminds me a bit of Maine.
If air fare was paid for, that would free up a thousa...
Seeing all those Fate Goodsmile nendos made me recall the Saber-Konata and Rin-Kagami I should have bought when I had the chance. I wonder if they'll still be in Akiba the next time I can visit.
Mirai was cute in Mayo Chiki this week. Hope she gets a speaking part sometime soon.
BTW, have you looked into a new game called Deus Ex: Human Revolution? Visually it's like some place between Metal Gear and Ghost in the Shell.
I stayed in Toyoko Inns around Tokyo and Northern Japan. They had special off-season rates up north when I went during summer months, discounts for reserving online, and a free night for every 10 stayed. If I remember, I only spent around 3900-6000 y...
Danny, what do you think about possible 3 hour flights from Tokyo to Paris?
http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/06/24/a-tokyo-paris-flight-in-under-three-hour?videoId=216441098&videoChannel=2602
Not much time for a nap, I reckon.
I think it's worth it if you are willing to spend on that luxury. I've preordered all of the Madoka Magika BDs from Amazon.co.jp already, but if it were a longer season I'd have more reservations about spending that kind of money. I would like to com...
To represent anime internationally I think sensibly you'd need to knock out 99% of late night fare. I'd be pensive about giving Miyazake too much props since he's made his stance clear on what he thinks of late night anime, and people outside of Japa...
There seems to have been some holdup with other nuclear plants in the area that automatically shut down during the earthquake. The companies that run them have delayed resuming operations to review safety training and such. Additionally, it seems tha...
Hey Danny, there seems to be a positive reaction to Operation Tomodachi with the US military airlifting a lot of needed supplies to some of the stricken areas. Here is a link to an album of what they've been doing http://www.flickr.com/photos/compacf...
I think most of the more rational fellows I've seen around the net are those who have a reasonable grasp of science such that they understand the nuclear plant isn't creating cold war death clouds, those who are already disillusioned with for-profit...
There's been rather poor reception about the particularly poor Fukushima I plant partly due to poor education about radiation/nuclear safety in general and partly due to TEPCO being absolute shit at communicating. Many roads up north have been severe...
The most disaster stricken areas are dealing with bad food shortages right now--especially in the shelters. I'd hope some of the shortages in south and western Japan is because food is being send north...
I haven't seen snow since I was a little boy buried in the suburbs of Massachusetts and New Jersey. The parts of California I lived in for most of my life, the only seasons you had were "summer" and "almost summer".
So, I gave it a shot.
Many people asked me "What cosplay is that of?"
This time I was dressed up as Suenaga Mirai, uniform version.
Mirai-chan is the mascot character of a site called "Culture Japan".
From time to time when I visited the site I t...
Jumping of the source must refer to transposon-like behavior of futuristic program source code which appear when new websites and games pop up mysteriously with unlicensed source code from other properties.
A cousin of mine bought a filming camera off ebay for a documentary and promptly recovered most of the cost auctioning it off about a year down the road. How about hacking a custom xtra large battery for the lumix?
