Itoi’s “The Knit Cap Man” in English!

Friday, February 29th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff, Japan Stuff, Videos | 9 Comments

Today’s video is a music video of “The Knit Cap Man”, a song written by Shigesato Itoi and performed by the Moonriders in 1996. I subtitled it into English because I like it enough to do something like that As pointed out: 1. The lyrics were written by Itoi, and Itoi stars in the video 2. The music is done by the Moonriders, which is Keiichi Suzuki’s band, Keiichi Suzuki... Read More >>>

Leap Day Itoi

Friday, February 29th, 2008 | Itoi Stuff | 1 Comment

Today is leap day, which explains this latest amusing update on Itoi’s site ————- Actually, I had something different written for “Today’s Darling”. And, just when I was about to send what I had written to the person in charge of updates, I saw something interesting in an internal company e-mail. It was a little on the joking side, but it was also... Read More >>>

Dammit, Japan

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 | Japan Stuff, Pictures | 5 Comments

For some reason, the Japanese premiere of “Vantage Point” had a number of lame celebrities… and then some weird Obama and Hillary lookalikes. Obama’s clone looks pretty similar, but I dunno about the Hillary one. I love how the lady here did that crazy face that Hillary’s now infamous for though More pics here ... Read More >>>

Another Kanji!

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 | Japan Stuff | 7 Comments

Today’s kanji is this: Aww hell no. Screw this kanji crap I’m going home. ... Read More >>>

PK Siege Japan Update

Monday, February 25th, 2008 | Itoi Stuff | 3 Comments

Remember this? Very latest word is that the package was delivered to Itoi’s office, though we haven’t heard any details or anything at all, really. I don’t know if we’ll see any sort of response or acknowledgment on Itoi’s site, but for now we at least know it got delivered. But if any new stuff happens, I’ll make sure to let people know UPDATE! It turns out I... Read More >>>

The Dismembered Beauty is On Her Way

Monday, February 25th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Itoi Stuff | 3 Comments

I just spent $42 on a copy of the movie that inspired this. Whenever I get it (probably not for at least 2 or 3 weeks, it’s an old Japanese movie from 1957 after all) I’ll post a review and pics (though I’m not sure what to expect just yet…) and all that kind of stuff here The movie is titled 憲兵とバラバラの死美人, which translates to something like “Th... Read More >>>

Awesome Metroid Music on Piano

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | EarthBound Stuff, Games, Videos | No Comments

Today’s video is actually more like the first in a week. Oops. Anyway, it’s a really nice Metroid medley on piano. The same guy who did EarthBound’s music did the music for Metroid (Hirokazu Tanaka), and he really kicked butt when he wrote the music. And the guy playing the piano here is pretty awesome, too You may recognize the guy on piano from this video I posted earlier ... Read More >>>

Kanji is Krazy

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 | Japan Stuff | 11 Comments

A lot of people, when learning Japanese, have this natural hatred for kanji. It’s a lot of work, there are so many, they all have so many different readings, you can get along fine without knowing lots of kanji, etc. etc. But I always like to take on challenges like that, so instead of hating them, I embraced them and all their insanity-inducing zaniness. They’re really interesting if ... Read More >>>

The Universe is Big, Small, and Narrated

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | Videos | 4 Comments

Today’s video is of the universe. I always love stuff like this. I like how there’s so much out there. Even though we all scurry around with our heads pointed to the ground, never really thinking about how tiny we are in this crazy place. There’s something really humbling when you consider that this is considered “close”, when it’d take millions of years to tra... Read More >>>

Noooo! Stop, Mr. Rogers!

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | Pictures | 2 Comments

A few years back, during a mini-con, a couple of us decided to watch Mr. Rogers for some reason. Unfortunately for us, it was the creepiest one ever, full of minutes-long smiling shower scenes and nearly-nude Mr. Rogers soaping up. Aaaaaaaa Then, later on in the episode, we get to see him rinse off yet again YOU CAN’T UNSEE IT NOW ... Read More >>>