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New kanji in, old kanji out I've never seen monme before, but utsu turns up all the time in rock music and wangsty anime themes (all my favourites, basically ( Read more... )

Do you have a best-selling title for your novel? (Pay attention to their disclaimer, although it's fairly obvious stuff.)

Preview of Spideymyu If this were in Tokyo, I would already have tickets for it.

Newly-Discovered Sea Worms

Nintama Rantarou Trailer (Rough trailer translation: "Guess who? He's a boy who wears glasses. He has mysterious ( Read more... )

False-Colour Satellite Photographs From Space

Mark Twain's autobiography -- which he requested only be published 100 years after his death -- is very popularI was going to see Battle Royale 3D, but I don't feel like it. I'm going to send out my query/synopsis tonight. Last call if anyone wants to offer their services to look them over. I really ( Read more... )

Volcanic eruption

Space Battleship Yamato producer dies after fall from boat Some tabloid sites have described the boat he was on as a 'battleship' named 'YAMATO', but this appears to be untrue ( Read more... )

NSFW warning: Japan Fetish Ball is on this month, so mark Nov 20th in your diar-- ah, no one else cares, right ( Read more... )

Halloween Town anime teaser site open

Spam From Japan: Tokyo Jidai Festival on Wednesday

I kind of want to participate in NaNoWriMo, but mainly because I like the idea of it more than the (unusable) work. I need to work on my query/synopsis instead and try to get it out before the end of the month. That's been slowing me down lately. I haven't ( Read more... )

China searches for the Yeren, a kind of Chinese Yeti

X Japan's Yoshiki, Stan Lee to Create Comic Series

Getting around China's censorship laws to talk about Liu Xiaobo -- and how to pronounce his name

I watched the first episode of Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls... ( Samurai Girls spoilers )

It Gets Better: Cooking For My Boyfriend Inspired by Dan Savage's project, a chef explains how he cooked dinner for both his parents and his boyfriend's parents, something he never thought would happen.

More on Do-M and Japanese "masochism" in survey form

Japan Writers Conference Because I'm still thinking about it...

How To Write About Japan

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No links again for today. All I have to report is that there is the Japan Writers' Conference on Sunday/Monday and I'm tempted to go. The only session I'm really interested in is the one on Sunday afternoon about first pages, when it's the Thanksgiving meal though. Adding to that, there are no major names apart from Debito. And he's not famous for ( Read more... )

GLAAD report on LGBT representation on US TV

A bizarre attempt to set-up a CNN reporter (I've seen this linked to as "funny", but there are details in the story that take away the funny. But definitely bizarre.)

Lottery simulator How much would you spend/win over a ten year period?

Landlords are dropping their idiotic demands for reikin in Tokyo ( Read more... )