Monthly Archives: August 2006

Japanese Titbits #1 – 黄昏 (tasogare)

I came across an interesting passage about the origin of the word 黄昏 (tasogare) today. It’s not enough for a proper lesson chapter and I have no idea what topic to dump it under, so I’ve decided to create a … Continue reading

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Unlimited Essay Works

This guy deserves respect. A++ if I were his teacher.

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1/12 RX-78-2 Gundam Model Kit

You read that right: 1/12. Dubbed the “HYPER HYBRID MODEL 1/12 RX-78-2 GUNDAM”, this model kit (if you can call it that) will be on sale in Japan from December 16 for a reasonable price of just 350,000 yen (roughly … Continue reading

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Sweet dreams with Shuffle!

The upcoming September issue of Dengeki-Hime will feature a Shuffle! bedsheet featuring Asa-senpai and that bitch Kaede for a relatively low price of 2480 yen. Samples of the bedsheet have been spotted today in Melon Books in Akiba. Image source: … Continue reading

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Cosplay Quest 2006

I attended Cosplay Quest 2006 held at Cineleisure today. Long story short: it was somewhat disappointing. I did get to take a picture with a Haruhi cosplayer, though. That’s how I look like IRL. No, really. Yeah, I was the … Continue reading

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The Music Theory

So I was listening to my playlist of illegally-downloaded perfectly legitimate songs while on the way home from taking a JLPT mock paper just three hour ago, and I thought about the songs and how I’d rank them. I should … Continue reading

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Wanted: Image Tagging Software

While searching for pictures to be used for the next Japanese lesson chapter, I realized that I really need a new way of organizing my image folders. Sorting pictures by the series they come from is good and all, but … Continue reading

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Think your home is safe?

Well, maybe not anymore… We interrupt our regular anime rantage to bring you this public service announcement: you no longer need months of practice or hundreds of dollars worth of equipment to pick a lock. Any lock. All you need … Continue reading

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Flash Anime!?

I was just scrolling through Moon Phase’s list of autumn anime and I came across Hanoka. The official site doesn’t have much information, but a single line in the promo video on the homepage caught my attention: 日本初!! 本格フラッシュテレビアニメーション 「HANOKA」 … Continue reading

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God knows…

I finally translated “God knows…“, the insert song of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. I feel that the lyrics really suit Haruhi and I am not sure if the feel is still there after my translation. Well, hope you like it. … Continue reading

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Maria-sama in Akiba

Taken from Akiba-Blog. Typhoon No. 7, also known as Typhoon Maria, is headings towards the Kantou region of Japan. Above is a sign from Akibao~ Store No.1 at Akihabara. In case you can’t read moonspeak, it says “maria-sama ga kiteru“, … Continue reading

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Comic Market 70

Comiket 70 is starting tomorrow. Three days of sinful and possibly moé dealings centered around the Tokyo Big Sight convention area. Shingo from HD looks like he’s all ready to take on the entire otaku population of Japan. Three channel … Continue reading

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