Aino Minako-chan ([info]minakokouchou) wrote,
@ 2008-05-22 14:42:00
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Entry tags:idiocy, japan, music, shit and giggles, tv, video games, www

Random Thoughts from Across the Pond

  • Have other people seen this? http://www.dothetest.co.uk/ It's a really great video that works best when you don't know what it's about. Just follow the instructions and count carefully. If you do this right, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the results.

  • Infinite Undiscovery is an RPG being published by Square Enix for the Xbox 360. It looks like a fairly standard RPG so far, but the reason why I already adore it is the title. It's like the developers went, "We need to make an RPG for the Xbox that is totally not like Final Fantasy. So not 'final'.. It'll be... infinite! Infinite Fantasy! No, Infinite Unfantasy!! No no, I've got it, Infinite UNDISCOVERY!" Seriously, doesn't the title sound like something that was the result of a late night meeting involving way too much beer and someone repeating the phrase "Final Fantasy" one too many times?

  • Sakamoto Maaya's latest single Triangular (the "Macross F" anime theme song) has been doing surprisingly well on the single charts, but the reason why I bring it up is because on my morning TV show, they said something about how she's become more and more famous thanks to her musical roles. So I looked it up quickly... Turns out she was one of the actresses who played the roll of Eponine in Les Mis from 2003-2007. Huh, go Sakamoto Maaya! And you mean I missed a chance to hear her as Eponine? Damn.

  • As mentioned on [info]kinomakoto's LJ, THEY'RE MAKING A HERE IS GREENWOOD TV DRAMA. Oh be still my beating heart. Greenwood is one of my favorite anime and manga of all time, so I am super-de-duper excited. Having said that... I already disagree with the casting of Shun, and I seriously doubt that anything can change my mind. I honestly think that they should have cast a female actress (for those who don't know the series, the entire joke about Shun is that he looks (and acts, for the most part) exactly like a really cute girl; the lead character Suka-chan rooms with Shun for several days before figuring it out, and that's only because he finally walks in on Shun at a urinal). I'm sure that the guy playing Shun is perfectly nice, but it's tough when you think that they cast a character as the wrong SEX. But the guy playing Suka-chan is cute like a bunny, so we'll see.

  • Just when I think that I'm starting to get used to living in Japan... Without talking too much about the show, I was watching this normally funny "talk with celebrities" program, and they were discussing "kawaii" and women being cute. Anyway, they had three examples (sent in from actual viewers) on the topic "Things that I do to make myself seem cuter": Purposely walking slow behind a guy and complaining, before jogging up and tugging on his sleeve; pretending to get caught in clothing while taking off sweaters or whatever; making expressive little hand gestures to emphasize emotions like sadness or shock.

    I would just like to say that these are not only all actions that annoy me, these are all actions that actually make me raging mad. Every. Single. One. I was ready to hit something just after watching the little reenactment videos. That, or start screaming, "OMG, it's your fault that women can't advance in the workplace!" My rage almost overwhelmed my desire to start sobbing on behalf of double-X chromosomes everywhere. I felt ill after watching this little comedy program. Honestly ill. Don't make me smack a bitch, Japan! I'll do it! I totally totally will! Minako-chan smash!!

  • In better news, Superfly's new album hit #1 on the charts. I adore Superfly. She's this teeny girl with massive vocal power who reminds you more of Janis Joplin or Grace Slick or some other 60's powerhouse vocalist. I quite like her; I have a soft spot for teeny powerhouses (see: TMR). Go go Superfly!

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[info]kyonomiko
2008-05-22 07:47 am UTC (link)
My turn to geek just a little bit..

The Infinite Undiscovery game is made by the "Enix" half of Squeenix, and is coming from the same people that brought us amazingly awesome games like Star Ocean. Yes, the title is retardedly stupid. It's supposed to take place in a world where there are.. well.. an infinite ammount of things that remain to be discovered. From what's been published over here, no one in the US really seems to know WTF it's about, except that it's supposed to have a massive world and all the little craftsy bits from Star Ocean 2/3 that everyone loved without being a Star Ocean game.

Did you know that for a while the Level 5 people that made the Dark Cloud games were working on an MMO for X360? It had a retardedly stupid name like ULTIMATE FANTASY ONLINE or somthing like that

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[info]minakokouchou
2008-05-23 03:59 am UTC (link)
If I had an Xbox 360, I would totally pick up Infinite Undiscovery. It honestly does look pretty good, even beyond the name that is totally nothing like FF. ;-)

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[info]a_grunge_queen
2008-05-22 08:04 am UTC (link)
Oh, Sakamto Maaya, she's quite good singer. At least her voice doesn't make you crawl up the wall while screaming "Turn it off!" 8]
And the plot of "Here is Greenwood" sounds really interesting! I'm so going to read and watch it 8D It reminds me of 'W-Juliet' where a guy supposed to play a role of a girl (with only difference here it isn't a joke))) he-he-he
The only thing that made me laugh a bit was a name Suka-chan. You know, in Russian a word 'suka' would mean 'bitch' XD (it doesn't mean that the character is a bitch, it's just a coincidense))

MASSIVE VOCAL POWERS for the WIN!

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[info]minakokouchou
2008-05-23 04:01 am UTC (link)
Oooo, you have to read/watch Greenwood! It's still one of my favorite series of all time. But it really doesn't make sense to have the character played by a male. I don't care if Shun is actually a boy! It doesn't make sense! (And the Suka-chan thing cracked me up. Pooor Suka-chan.)

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[info]gacktisgod
2008-05-22 10:50 am UTC (link)
The Ultimate Kawaiiiiii-Japanese-Girl-Pisser-Offer for me is a little something I like to call Japanasaurus Rex. I know you've seen this: hold your arms out in front and slightly to the side as if mimicking a T.Rex. Place purse/shopping bag/hadbag on one arm. Put on high-heels, turn toes inward, and stomp around like you're both retarded and wearing heels for the first time.

THEY ALL DO THIS.

*cries*

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[info]darth_teca
2008-05-22 02:02 pm UTC (link)
*just about choked on my milk tea while reading this*

OMG THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS!! XD My friends and I had always compared them with new born deer, but I like you analogy better. XD

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[info]gacktisgod
2008-05-23 03:05 am UTC (link)
Hehe. *bows* Thank you. I've been a long and patient observer of the Wild Japanese Girl (or Boy) in their Native Habitat. Sometimes it feels like I'm working for National Geographic, living over here. ~_^

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[info]minakokouchou
2008-05-23 04:08 am UTC (link)
I'm slightly sympathetic to the pigeon-toed thing. In one of my Japanese classes, my (female) teacher got into this discussion about how you have to walk differently to look nice in a kimono. She said that although she never grew up wearing kimonos, her mother and grandmother did, and since she grew up imitating these women, she started walking like she wore a kimono even though she never actually did. Our teacher eventually concluded the discussion with, "And that's why foreign women alway look a little funny when they run around in kimono, and why Japanese women look like complete idiots in heels."

It still bothers me, but now every time I see young Japanese women with their turned-in toes, I think of my Japanese teacher and laugh. ^_^

P.S. I got so caught up in my post that I forgot to mention that "Japanasauraus Rex" made me laugh hard. Thanks for that. ^_^v

Edited at 2008-05-23 04:09 am UTC

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[info]gacktisgod
2008-05-23 06:02 am UTC (link)
Oh yeah, I know about that; it had something to do with the way zori and geta are made (with the strap in the center) vs. the fact that tabi are split at the big toe (and not in the center to facilitate the wearing of said zori/geta). So it's cultural (at least in the past), and I can deal with older women doing it. But it BUGS THE SHIT OUT OF ME when girls in heels do it. LOFL. I just want to yell at them, "It doesn't make you look cute, it makes you look DEFORMED!"

Glad I could help with a laugh! ~_^

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[info]kinomakoto
2008-05-22 03:05 pm UTC (link)
"Why doesn't the white ball have any numbers on it?"

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[info]minakokouchou
2008-05-23 04:01 am UTC (link)
I'll spork you, Japan! I'll don't push me!

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[info]aambrose65
2008-05-25 02:01 pm UTC (link)
Nice userpic!

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