Mario Bros chez Kinchan and Katori Uploaded by Sorukia. – See more comedy videos. This is a really well implemented sketch from Kasou Taishou (Kinchan and Katori Shingo’s All Japan Costume Gran) the same show that featured the infamous Matrix ping pong. The video features a Live action re-enactment of Super Mario brothers. It’s really well [...]
There is something Magical about this stop motion tilt shift video of a Sumo Match. Via Pink Tentacle.
If I ever wore bike shorts I’d wear these, thankfully I don’t think I have worn bike shorts since 1992 and I’m not likely to start any time soon. (Via Japanator)
I’ve just finished watching a Japanese film on the World Movies channel called Sway. It’s an odd film what begins as Takeru Hayakawa leaves Tokyo to go to his home town for his mothers funeral leads to series of twists and turns that will change the his life and the life of his brother Minouru [...]
I read this post about electrontic recycling in Japan on Boing Boing and it reminded me of a Japanese film I watched a while ago called Bright Future (?????, Akarui Mirai). It’s a quaint film about a guy and his best friend’s dad dealing with his best friend going to jail for murdering his boss. [...]
Japanator hava an absolutely hilarious post on amusing fansubs. My absolute favourite is above, but there are quite a few really funny ones. Here is another, which tickled me a little.
This Eerie Japanese music video has amazing visuals, I especially like the Guitar hero esque bit with the tabliture sliding accross the screen. The vocals are almost hypnotic… The Song is called “Yukkuri Shiteitte ne!” or Take it easy, okay? and is apparently made using Vocaloid (Wikipedia link) which is a sound processor made by [...]
I’ve put together a couple of kanji worksheets for anyone wanting to help themselves learn kanji. The first sheet has all of the Grade 1 kanji and the 2nd has the first half of the Grade 2 kanji. The idea is you trace over the grey character in the 2nd and 3rd columns then try [...]
I just saw on JapanCast That a live action version of grave of the fireflies is coming to japanese cinemas on saturday. The original anime is amazing, and the easilly the most depressing thing I have ever watched, hopefully the live action film will just as good.
The masters of anime that makes no sense but remains fun, entertaining and incredibly cute are releasing a new film, Ponyo on the Cliff by the sea (???????, Gake no Ue No Ponyo) which seems to be about a gold fish who wan’t to be human who meets a five year old boy. The cynic [...]
