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| 2020-08-28 00:02 |
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| Arashi - Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi |
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The Economist stumbles across fujoshi
...but doesn't realize it, which makes reading the article twice as entertaining. It also makes the analysis somewhat off base, but I'm not linking for the analysis. XD
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| 2009-10-20 21:08 |
| things discovered through procrastinating |
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Fun fact: Mary Renault beta-read for Patrick O'Brien. I probably should not find that as entertaining as I do.
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For those familiar with Johnny's and/or Japanese business: okay, so, Johnny's & Associates is a kabushiki gaisha (K. K.). That's translated as "public company", but is it? Johnny owns 60%, Mary 10%, Julie 10%, and Izu Kikue 10%. The remaining 10% isn't publically traded (is it? it doesn't seem to be! if it is where are my financial reports!) and a K. K. may be formed as a "stock company that is not public" but J&A doesn't seem to be one - not that I can tell from their totally useless website. XD Avex and SM - omg especially Avex - are a dream in comparison.
In conclusion, I know embarrassingly little about corporate structure outside the U.S. :|
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| 2009-10-06 23:09 |
| 同人誌 |
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| i've got youuuuuuuu under my skin |
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Reading up on female writers of the Meiji and Taisho periods was not where I expected to run into the term "doujinshi". But it's short for "doujin zasshi" (for non-Japanese speakers, "group magazine", roughly) and originally the doujin in question were literary societies/salons/circles. They sprung up during the Meiji period, organized around either a particular school of thought or later a particular literary figure (e.g. Natsume Soseki), and belonging to one of these circles seems to have been an obligatory step in establishing a literary career. Anyway, each circle published in effect zines of their members' works, thus doujin zasshi. Thus CLAMP. XD
(Cursory internet research indicates manga doujin first appeared in the '50s or so.)
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| 2009-10-03 15:17 |
| the kpop edition |
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| sorry sorry sorry sorry ad infinitum |
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1. So give me the lowdown on SM Entertainment as a corporation. How do they recruit/train/market/etc., especially in comparison to JE? Info on shady business practices and lawsuits and things of that sort also welcome. XD ...How does the Korean music industry and market compare to the Japanese in general, actually? There is no such thing as tldr in comments here.
2. Favorite Korean artists/songs/albums/music videos? I am woefully ignorant. Pop, not pop, what have you - hit me. (Assume I know basically no one except Park Ji-yoon, since that's... true. Oh, and BoA.)
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Flisters in the Phillippines, I'm thinking of all of you. Be safe tonight.
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For ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) asinful. ♥
(mp3)
( kana )
( romanji )
( rough translation )
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via rageprufrock:
There's going to be a Sex Pistols OVA.
Promo here.
...I think, er, words add nothing to this.
(Goodness, between Sex Pistols and Maiden Rose and the Ai no Kusabi remake this is quite the season...)
edit: notable seiyuu involved:
Yonekuni - Sugita Tomokazu (Subaru in the X anime, Mayama in Hachikuro, Kyon in Haruhi, Raidou on the recent DSRK drama CD... XD)
Norio - Shimono Hiro (Tajima in Ookiku Furikabutte, Subaru in the TRC OAV ahaha okay that's really the reason I mention him)
Kunimasa - Kawahara Yoshihisa (Yasu in Nana, Tachibana in PoT XDDD)
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THE DESTINED DAY HAS FINALLY COME. /clamp impression
That is, TRC's ending September 30th (I'm... not sure how they're going to wrap it up in two more chapters but I guess we'll find out) so if you've been waiting to make sure it would actually be completed for the end before catching up, if you start now you'll probably be done at just around the right time. XD
But I'm really here to talk about xxxHOLIC.
( latest chapter spoilers )
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Me as depicted by (line buddy, stellar artist, and all-around ♥♥♥ person) ebony_angel, from the following sketch:
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVE IT FOREVER. and grouchy chibi!me looks - let's just say, very like me. XD
(background information: Hisashi is GLAY's lead guitarist and the most popular member among American fans by a landslide. But not my favorite. *sniffs* The "guitar case pose" line - uh, will take a bit more explaining. XD;)
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For the benefit of the two people in JE fandom with nice quiet filters flists, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) je_holiday signups are open again. Yes, I already signed up. I need a deadline or I'll end up going an entire year ficless, which is... bad. So you guys should, too. please (Lest you think I've forgotten about my - my fic debt, I haven't. It's going to get finished. Someday. *determined*)
'Tis the season of job applications, plus one internship that I want badly enough to take over anything that actually pays well. I have several floating out there, most of which would take me away from Alaska - this is okay for the short term, say a couple years, it's when I start thinking about the long term that I get twitchy. Thus my mature response is, as always, to do my very best to not think about it. Regardless I would be thrilled if any of these came through so cross your fingers for me if you can?
Speaking - a paragraph ago - of writing, I am feeling kind of rejuvenated in the fic sector and want to stretch my metaphorical muscles again. Maybe prompts in the near future, I'm not sure, since those usually seem to help in a strange sort of way. Or a meme. I shall have to poke around the flist. (OR I COULD FINISH THE TWELVE HUNDRED WIPS ON MY HARD DRIVE. I KNOW, ALL RIGHT.)
In the meantime a meme, because I like memes:
Inspired by Doctor Who's "Turn Left:" Pick one of my stories and tell me a point in the tale that you'd change. Something tiny (e.g. "and then Fay chose silver glitter instead of gold") or big (e.g. "and then Rose was arrested instead of Jack") and I'll tell you how that one difference would have altered the course of the entire story.
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| 2009-06-30 11:43 |
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I first read this at incandescens' journal a few days ago, and it's been in my head ever since.
( The Ballad of the Imam and the Shah )
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How, exactly, did I get as far as June without hearing the about this year's taiga dorama? In retrospect pithetaphish must have mentioned it when she was giving me a rundown of the new drama season in Shirakawago, because I remember getting Tsumabuki Satoshi mixed up with Tsukamoto Takashi, but I recall nothing else. For anyone else out there living in blissful ignorance, let me fix that for you: the main character is Naoe Kanetsugu, meaning supporting characters include not only Uesugi Kagekatsu but also - oh yes - Naoe Nobutsuna and Uesugi Kagetora. And Uesugi Kenshin, as played by Abe Hiroshi, and Date Masamune, as played by ahahaha Matsuda Ryuhei, and the rest of the usual slew of familiar Sengoku names. (Oh lord, Shirota Yuu is playing Sanada Yukimura. Very clever, guys. -_- Come to think of it I think mananeh told me that part before, so it looks like the fault is with my sieve of a memory and not my network of informants.) No sign of Nagahide, though, more's the pity. Further details here and here, including synopses. Oh god they have one of those relationship flow charts. Do I really want to see what everyone looks l - yes I do. *CLICKS*
Kanetsugu, Kagekatsu and Kagetora: ...............nicely cast. Ahem.
Real Naoe Naoe Nobutsuna: Aw, come on. XD
Yes, yes, I know, the producers probably didn't read Mirage (OR DID THEY). But while I have no problem - based on photographic evidence, at least - conflating this Kagetora and that Kagetora, Naoe does make for something of a stumbling block. Sigh. Though if I remember correctly Kagekatsu and Kanetsugu were just-as-if-not-more... no, we're stopping right there. I have no time for taiga dramas and their low production standards! None!
This entire post probably means nothing to those who are not familiar with Mirage of Blaze aka Honoo no Mirage/Honoo no Shinkirou. (Or, you know, Sengoku-era Japanese history, but I know my flist.) I. I don't have the stamina to try and explain it coherently. 40 volume novel series, Sengoku-jidai history, esoteric Buddhism, reincarnation and other forms of the supernatural, protagonists that make Sakurazuka Seishirou and Sumeragi Subaru look the model of a happy and well-adjusted relationship.
Forget no time for taiga dramas, I have no time to resurrect any kind of interest in Mirage. *sobs*
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Still have to write up Kame no Ongaeshi night #2, oops. Have also started slowly and painfully reconstructing lost remix fic. We'll see how far that goes. In the meantime, manga talk.
( xxxHolic 10-14, non-spoilery )
( xxxHolic + Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, spoilers through recent chapters )
( NANA 21, major spoilers )
Edit: Also I would be very much obliged if anyone could do me the favor of uploading Superpitcher's "Happiness (Lawrence Remix)" as my .mp3 is trapped on the Dead Laptop and the song's been stuck in my head ever since it came up in (LJ) conversation this morning. Got it, thank you Mysterious Email Benefactor... ;D
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| 2009-05-07 01:58 |
| Spitz, KREVA, Hirai Ken, Shiina Ringo, Hata Motohiro, JUJU @ Nippon Budokan, 05/02/09 |
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( Kame no Ongaeshi, 05/02 )
( Spitz )
( Hata Motohiro )
( KREVA )
( JUJU )
( Hirai Ken )
( Shiina Ringo )
( Finale: Spitz + assorted others )
...and that's just the first night. To come: Chara, Suga Shikao, Ayaka, Do As Infinity, plus song samples for both nights' performers.
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| 2009-04-14 23:05 |
| if by narnia you mean japan |
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See you in a couple weeks.
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You may recall mention here of Mt. Redoubt, a volcano about 90 miles from Anchorage that has been on the verge of erupting for almost two months. ^^; Overnight it finally did... five times. USGS spokesman says it's probably not over yet; I really, really hope he's wrong ahaha. Fortunately the winds are in our favor and there's no ash expected to fall on Anchorage yet, to the disappointment of mananeh who was looking forward to "apocalyptic photos of ash falling". XD Some flights have been cancelled, mostly in-state, but there are a bunch of skiiers on their way up for the US Nationals who are now trapped in Seattle. And my brother's home for spring break and kind of needs to get back to school on Friday, so, uh, we hope that'll work out. On the bright site, everyone involved in the Iditarod, which happened a couple weeks ago, is very luck because there's ash falling on part of the route and I have no idea how they could possibly have managed the race. (Though that would make for a great headline: "Dog sled race cancelled because of volcanic eruption...")
Did I mention six inches of fresh snow yesterday morning? No? Good thing I didn't make the "hey, everything is melting and spring breakup is coming!" post I intended because clearly that was nothing but wishful and deluded thinking. Sob. Actually the end of March isn't so bad. It's when you get 18 inches on April 25th (see: last year) that you start really questioning your life choices to date. Like, "GOD WHY DO I LIVE HERE."
...a cheerful post so far. Quick note, I've officially signed up for jentfic_remix so consider that extra pressure to anyone wobbling on the edge of joining. Tomorrow's the sign-up deadline! Give me more material to potentially remix. Please. :D
( Hockey blather )
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There's so much I've been meaning to post about, argh, and I just can't seem to find the time or energy. A fraction of that is that:
1. This year's round of jentfic_remix is open for sign-ups, and if you were one of the people who were dissatisfied with the original system of match-ups last year, this year the moderator has said she'll be checking everyone's fic journals to see what there is to work with plus there's the option to state preferences in the sign-up form. Am I going to sign up? Oh, probably. (Cue disbelieving laughter from everyone on the flist at this time last year.) Besides being what you might call a glutton for punishment, it's a surefire way to make sure I actually write something, and challenge fic generally turns out better than my average. XD;
2. So, um, I triumphed over the spring fare sales and seem to be going to Japan for two weeks next month. Aha. :D The plan is to head up into the central mountains, specifically around Takayama, where forecasts tell me there will still be cherry blossoms (I have never seen a cherry blossom in my life) and then down to Kansai, to see gnine and xparrot in Kyoto and do some hiking. :) (And then spend a couple days in Tokyo at the end not for any particular reason nothing to do with that concert nope not me. >_>) So if anyone wants to meet up and lounge around the Shima Hanto peninsula or hike one of the Kumano Kodo trails or, well, anything else, let me know. :)
3. Keep meaning to post about Vienna Teng's new album, keep changing my mind on what I think. A couple tracks in the meantime:
Antebellum (edit: link fixed)
Kansas
St. Stephen's Cross
4. I understand that most of my flist does not quite appreciate that hockey is in fact the most perfect sport ever created and that Cornell hockey in particular is the pinnacle of it all but -- coming back with twenty-four seconds left in regulation to tie the conference semifinal and drive it into double overtime with the ultimate win yessssssssss yes yes yes regardless of what happens tomorrow we are going to the NCAAs. It has been TOO LONG. Happy. So happy.
5. BSG finale: ....................*whimper*
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So Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon played This Is A Low at the NME awards tonight/last night. Be still my heart.
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This was supposed to be that general media post, but, uh, turns out I have enough to say about Torchwood to merit its own post! ._. Spoilers for... let's just say all of season 2, to be on the safe side. Oh, and a bit for Doctor Who 4x02. Having read only a moderate amount of reaction/meta/speculation thus far, if you are a longstanding fan this is probably all old meme to you. Just to warn you. :)
( Torchwood S2: Reactions through 2x09 )
( Children of Earth: writers, trailers, footage )
crossover of doom is now "torchwood three visit camelot" orz
(honestly, it's because i'm too lazy to properly deal with arthur and merlin adjusting to modern technology without their heads exploding)
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