It’s also for rice now! I bought this FRESH PRECURE! (フレッシュ プリキュア) furikake to spice up my plain rice at the grocery store down the street. Furikake is basically just a condiment for your rice. Made from various Japanesey ingredients it can send your rice from bland to fishy / eggy / seaweedy in no time! Video , dancing, and another pic after the Jump.
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Fox recently brought their hit musical TV show Glee over from America to Japan. I’m not sure how a show like Glee will perform in Japan, but if High School Musical is anything to go by this show is going to be a smash hit. I
“Glee” may be on hiatus in the U.S. until April, but the series will started airing for the first time in Japan on February 7. t appears Fox Japan is also going all out in the promotion of the new show by hiring retired Sumo star Akebono Taro.
Man that pic on the right is really long. It’s going to make this post formatting look UGLY.
Video Promos after the jump.
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Monoke may be one of the most beautiful animes you’ve never heard of. It has a visual style that I haven’t seen in Anime before. Imagine a Japanese wall scroll, that has come to life. A spin-off of from the horror series Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, Mononoke follows the mysterious medicine man and his encounters with supernatural. Check out the opening after the jump.
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I love Japanese Cleaning Product commercials. Fun fact, my nickname when I studied in Tokyo was Mr. Sparkle! In making this post I also learned how to deeplink in an embedded video to skip the first chunk of the clip. Check it out.
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I love Japanese commercials about vegetable juice. I laughed myself into a coughing fit when she started shaking the bottle. You may need to turn the volume down a tad on this vid. Halfway down the youtube volume slider was good for me.
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I am not quiet sure if its my fault for not being familar with Beckii Cruel’s “work” or the internet for not bringing it to my attention sooner.
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The newst HAWP video is out and it touches on the issue of speaking with your wallet. Is it OK to purchase a product that profits somebody who has ideals contrary to your own? Video link and more about Shadow Complex / Orson Scott Card after the jump
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This video won the 2009 youtube video awards. It was a colab between the band a whole bunch of different youtubers. Video after the jump.
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