So this is the last blog of the blogs assignment, and I want to attribute it to Kyoto Animation, the animation studio in Japan which just had a tragedy, where 34 staffs killed in the arson case. To be noted, this tragedy is one of the biggest arson in Japan after World War II. And... Continue Reading →
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Kabuki meets Hatsune Miku
This time will be a short post, to just to let you know the latest news from Japan that attracts me the most. Kabuki, as some of us might know already, is a form of traditional theatre in Japan which performed by man only. They usually wear thick white make-up when performs on the stage,... Continue Reading →
The Vague Border of Reality and Digital
I am not that into playing the game, so I am not following the trend of the game, but I always interested in AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) related things. Just last week, one of my friends showed me one clip from Youtube that made me surprised of how the technology already advanced... Continue Reading →
Spirits of the Sea ~海の幽霊~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s84rIhPuhk “Spirits of the Sea” (Original Japanese title: 海の幽霊) is the latest digital single by Yonezu Kenshi, a Japanese Singer-Composer-Songwriter. It was released as the theme song of an anime movie “怪獣の子供” or translated as “Children of the Sea” which originally a manga series released in five volumes between 2007 and 2012. I became a... Continue Reading →
East Meet East: Produce 48
I mentioned on the 2nd blog that I will talk about the third season of the Produce 101 series, Produce 48 in another chance, so, this time I will talk more about this Produce 48 in more detail. I suppose to say that the concept of this third season, is the most unique and breakthrough... Continue Reading →
SAMURAI x WORLD FLAGS
Recently in Japan, especially in anime/manga/game culture, there is a trend to make personification of things. What I mean by personification is to create characters drawing based on a specific type of object. For example, “Kantai Collection, a web browser game made in 2013 which personified world war II warship into teenage girls; and “Touken... Continue Reading →
When a whole nation’s TV viewer produce an idol group
The concept of music audition survival reality show is very popular in South Korea, especially since the 2010s. Many successful South Korean multi-talented group, which usually called idol group created using this kind of show, for example, “Twice” from reality show “Sixteen” and “Monsta X” from reality show “NO.MERCY.” Both of these groups now even... Continue Reading →
Strongest Hero in the Universe?!
Well, by all means, it's in fiction context though... So..I just finished watching a superhero anime titled One-Punch Man about 3 weeks ago... And because of the Avengers hype recently, I curiously searched on the internet whether someone made a comparison of both titles which resulted in the find of above fan arts made by... Continue Reading →