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Month: October 2016

  • The Great Passage

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    The last of the new fall season shows I wanted to check out is The Great Passage (Fune wo Amu). As I had written, I didn’t know much about this one other than the setting, which is of a publishing company that produces dictionaries, following a new hire. It really does come off as a…

  • Ajin Season 2

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    Continuing with the shows that I’m checking out for this fall season of anime (as mentioned in this post), I was very happy to see the start of the second season of Ajin. Nothing much to report other than it’s still very good, continues the story of the manga, and I’m very much looking forward…

  • 50 Tokyo Cafes

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    Time Out Tokyo has a list up of what they consider to be the top cafes in Tokyo. It’s quite the decent list — of course, there’s sure to be someone’s favorite missing — and a good place to start if you’re on the lookout for new spots to check out. Nice to see Fuglen…

  • Match Set Position

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    I really like this commercial for the Match energy drink — you can also watch a behind-the-scenes video. The choreography is definitely by AyaBambi, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a hand in producing the outfits as well. Found via my buddy Daniel Feit.

  • Yokohama Triennale 2017

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    Take a look at this Spoon & Tamago post for the details on the theme for next year’s Yokohama Triennale.

  • Tokyo Cityscape for +81

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    Pictured, the beautiful Tokyo cityscape that my buddy Andrew illustrated for the cover of this past summer’s issue of +81 magazine. You’ll find images of the issue itself here.

  • Izakaya Infographic

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    This is but a tiny section of a large infographic produced for Gurunavi, to entice people on the joys of the izakaya. It was created by Mr. Papriko. Found via Canvas, where you can view the full image.

  • Westworld

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    Sure, I was already pretty excited to check out Westworld, based on the trailers I’d seen, but I’m definitely happy that after watching the first 2 episodes, it’s even better than I was hoping. Absolutely loving the creepiness of it all, as well as the mystery as to what exactly is going on with the “hosts,”…

  • Now You See Me

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    Up until yesterday, I had no interest in watching this movie, but my wife ended up watching it and then suggested I do the same, and so I did. Turns out this was way more fun to watch than I was expecting. Admittedly, I had barely paid any attention to it when it originally came…

  • The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

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    I recently noticed that the Robotech series from the 80s was added to Netflix (in Canada), and so I thought I’d start watching it. I have memories of really liking the series back when I was kid, but also that I had barely watched any of it, probably because it was only available on cable,…