http://anipac.blogsome.com Asian oriented geekery and a whole lot more! Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:31:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As anyone who watches Lost in Translation knows, Hollywood stars have a habit of going to Japan to do cheesy TV ad campaigns. Well here is an interesting new one with Quentin Tarantino. The first in a series for Japanese cellphone provider SoftBank. You know, I miss a lot ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/12/10/quentin-tarantinos-japanese-tv-ad/ These two teachers were caught naked with each other, while students were in the school gym watching a school play. Read about it here. best story ever. One just wants it to be true. Alex http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/12/10/why-didnt-they-have-teachers-like-this-in-my-school/ I usually refrain from video game related postings here, as the Internet is already rife with video game / anime related websites, but this news is simply too fantastic not to mention: Yakuza 3 is coming out in English. Yakuza, is a fantastic game in that it succeeds at what it’s spiritual ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/12/09/yakuza-3-is-coming-out-in-english/ Notice, how in my last column, on several occasions I said “largest post-Soviet budget…”? This is because the amount of money the Soviets put into the arts, especially motion pictures. The 1968 Soviet adaptation of War and Peace cost one hundred million 1968 dollars; around seven hundred million 2009 dollars. ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/11/11/soviet-animation/ Anyone who knows me, knows that I am partial towards the fantasy , sci-fi or historical epic genres. Being Anime fans, its entirely natural that we get the bulk of our sci-fi fantasy fix from Anime. Occasionally, the creatively bankrupt Hollywood system will pump out something potentially decent, but there ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/11/06/awesome-foreign-film-roundup/ You have all heard by now that Dreamwork’s live action version of Ghost in the Shell is progressing, and now has a writer attached. Now Dane is one of those fellows who is basically against Hollywood remakes of Asian movies, so I get the feeling that unless it is a shot-by-shot ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/26/which-actress-should-play-major-mokoto-kusanagi-in-the-hollywood-ghost-in-the-shell-movie/ Thank God for the Japanese. If anyone tried to do this in North America, there would be an outcry from womens groups, followed by politicians grandstanding and calling for Congressional / Parliamentary hearings. More information here. It is in Japanese, but it is pretty visual (obviously) and self explanatory. Alex http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/14/ok-i-want-an-iphone-2/ Hey, Hey It’s Saturday was an Australian variety show which made America’s Funniest Home Videos look like something co-produced by Shakespeare, Wilde and Hemmingway by comparison. Recently I was shocked to find that it had been resurrected, further proof that the dumbing down of society is indeed a global phenomenon. ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/08/can-someone-tell-me-what-year-this-is/ In case you hadn’t noticed episode 78 is going to be delayed, possibly until the weekend due to technical problems. We have recorded the show, however, some of the audio files I emailed Dane were corrupt. Now, if I were at home this would be no problem. I would ... http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/10/02/episode-delay/ Well as we mentioned on Episode 75, Sankaku.com posted a bunch of cosplay pictures. I thought the one above was the best one. But, do you think it is better than the current, long reigning champ? : Or what about the following contestants, who came close to toppling the champ: Alex http://anipac.blogsome.com/2009/09/17/cosplay-fun/