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Review: Mamoru Oshii's THE SKY CRAWLERS

Here's my Cinefantastique Online review of the fantastic anime feature, THE SKY CRAWLERS.

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Otaku (おたく/オタク) - Know Your Meme

Otaku Break-It -Down! http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/4627

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A Cult of Weirdness; Otaku (おたく/オタク)

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Cute Japanese Halloween vs. scary American Halloween

Some of the information mentioned include… * Packages of Halloween candy sold in the state are huge (this is at... more

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Kick ass Yoko figure from Gurren Lagann

*whimper* http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25222/Gurren+Lagann.html

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Shower poster does a sexy reveal when it gets wet

Now you can hide your ecchi in plain site. Just spray with some hot water and that cute little lingerie set magically... more

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Origami Tea Bags Designed To Expand As Tea Steeps

Very elegant and creative, but it's not like I steep my tea long enough to really enjoy it.... more

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Former comfort women want another apology from Japan

The women gathered in Tokyo to pressure Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who as opposition leader in 2002 told lawmakers the... more

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GTA IV Brings interesting look at anime

Sadly fitting...

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funniest anime AMV ever

Lmfao. Song: I wish I Was a Lesbian by Loudon Wainright III

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My husband has a virtual girlfriend!

Meet Koh and Yurie. They're a happily married young Japanese couple who moved from Tokyo to San Francisco a year ago due to a... more

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Lego Sushi

Nom with indigestion.

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Garbage Separation in Japan

Snapped on the way home at night. Somebody tried to throw out this bag O rubbish without separating it out properly. The pink... more

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Stunning Samurai Sci-Fi Trailer "The Cup of Tears"

Follows a scorned geisha who creates a magical cup made of tears that causes any man who drinks from it to fall into a permanent... more

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Southpark vs. Japanese dolphin hunt

The Japanese are on a mad hunt to kill all the world’s dolphins and whales in an all-new “South Park” titled,... more

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Rail Companies Use Blue Lights To Tackle Japan's Suicide Problem

With over 32,249 suicides each year in Japan, its safe to say this country has the serious case of the blues. To tackle this... more

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Tokyo International Manga Library to house 2 million manga, anime, and games

Wow, 2 million anime, games and manga, all housed in a 2.1 acre, five-story building, complete with a museum and a theater? Sounds... more

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Burger King's Windows 7 whopper: 7 patties, 2,120 calories

This is a real thing that is happening. Burger King Japan's commerative burger for the release of the Microsoft Windows 7... more

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Japan dolphin hunting town threatens to sue over 'The Cove'

A town at the centre of a controversial dolphin slaughtering documentary could sue the film makers, local fisheries officials said Wednesday, as it premiered at a Tokyo film festival.

"The Cove", an award-winning film depicting the annual slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese coastal town of Taiji, has caused uproar in the town, with film makers accused of covertly shooting footage using divers and hidden cameras.

The Taiji fisheries cooperative, which strongly supports the dolphin hunt, has written a letter of protest to the organiser of the film festival, an official told AFP.

"We've heard that the film includes factual errors, and so we may take some sort of action, including legal steps, if we watch it and find problems," said the official, who declined to be named.

The movie had its Japan premiere Wednesday at the Tokyo International Film Festival before some 300 movie-goers and journalists.

Comments in a question-and-answer session varied from revulsion at the graphic scenes of the dolphin slaughter in a secluded cove to a spirited defence of Japanese traditions and fishing and food habits.

"Although it's a difficult issue as it involves fishermen's jobs, it's also difficult to argue that all Japanese traditions have to be maintained," Makoto Iwahashi, a 19-year-old student, told AFP after watching the film. "I think if we find something wrong in our tradition, we should correct it."

Killing dolphins is not prohibited by the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling, but Japan's Fisheries Agency restricts the practice by handing out annual quotas to several fishing towns.

This year, Taiji was allocated a quota of about 2,300 small cetaceans -- such as dolphins, whales and porpoises, said prefectural official Shimamura.

The film's director, Louie Psihoyos, said the film was not an attack on Japan and his team was negotiating with Japanese distributors over a possible deal for the film to be shown in Japanese film theatres.

"All the profits we will be able to make from this film will go to fishermen in Taiji -- if they agree to stop dolphin-hunting," he said.

The Taiji fisheries official said the town would keep hunting dolphins.A town at the centre of a controversial dolphin slaughtering documentary could sue the film makers, local fisheries officials said... more