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Month: March 2005

  • Manabu Yamanaka

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    In a recent comment thread, a reader brought up the site of photographer Manabu Yamanaka, mentioning the “Arakan” series covering homeless people.

  • NPRMX

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    Music Related has started a spinoff CD-R label called Our Small Label, and the first release is NPRMX, a remix album of Shugo Tokumaru material. Contributors include Midori Hirano, DJ Codomo, Marxy, Digiki, Pandatone, Tokumaru himself, and more. You can listen to a mix of all the songs here. Info on how to order the…

  • Ozzy in Tokyo

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    Last week’s episodes of THE OSBOURNES saw the family coming to Tokyo so that daughter Kelly could do some promotional stuff, and Ozzy was to accept a prize at the MTV Japan award show. Their arrival in Japan was accompanied by the obligatory Pizzicato Five “Twiggy, Twiggy” reference, but they then followed up with some…

  • An Interview with Jiro Taniguchi

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    If you can read French, there’s a lengthy interview with mangaka Jiro Taniguchi here. I’m not sure if his work is available in English, but I’ve read some of it in French (the powerful LE JOURNAL DE MON PERE, pictured above), and it’s made me a fan. Link via The Comics Reporter.

  • Gizmodo Wins!

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    Congrats to Gizmodo for winning the “Best Computers or Technology Weblog” award at this year’s Bloggie Awards. Very nice! As for those wondering about my lack of posts there recently, my recent health problems had me down for a bit, but I should be back up and running very, very soon.

  • Warning Sign Gallery

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    You like pictures of warning signs? You like pictures of Japanese warning signs, you say? Well, Juergen Specht has a gallery full of them. Link via K10K.

  • Pink Building

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    A colorful building on Cat Street, in Harajuku.

  • Tokujin Yoshioka Design

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    You are going to want to have a look at the works of Tokujin Yoshioka Design. I’ll prepare a more detailed MoCo Tokyo entry sometime this week. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Anime Column for March

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    For those who missed it, my latest anime column at Tokyo Q was posted last Friday. I review GANKUTSUOU and TRAVA – FIST PLANET.

  • TV Salaries

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    My love for Yukie Nakama is pure, going back to her days as the star of the most excellent TRICK series, and I’m shocked to learn how little the star of a top-rated show gets paid — although I just have the American TV industry to compare with. Nippon TV’s Saturday night drama “Gokusen” is…