Kamui (2009)

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Tara: Japonia
An: 2009
Gen: Aventuri/Drama
Regia: Yoichi Sai
Cu: Koyuki, Ken’ichi Matsuyama
Data lansarii: 19 septembrie 2009

Summer in Tokyo

via Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan

I love this video arranged and with original music by Joan Jiménez showing images from last summer in Tokyo.

Reality is the contrast between what we have inside and what exists outside. I invite you to a shared trip to Tokyo where I put eyes and music and you all put the sensations…

Electric motorbike prototype

via Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan

The electric motorbike prototype in the video is able to reach 150 km/h, while the battery charging time is only 6 hours and has autonomy of 200 km. It will cost around 3.000 euros and will be released to the Japanese market next year.

The motorbike design reminds me of the motorbikes in the movie Akira.

Japan Top 40 Singles - 30 August 2009

via JapanSugoi

40 - Koichi Domoto - “Ayakashi”
39 - UVERworld - “GO-ON”
38 - DEATH DEVIL(Sawako Yamanaka (Asami Sanada)) - “Maddy Candy”
37 - Takeshi Matsubara - “Marimono Mizu Umi”
36 - ECLIPSE - “Futari no Yakusoku”
35 - Hiroshi Hashimoto - “Genki DE SHOW”
34 - Toshihiko Takamizawa - “Vampire ~Yuwaku no Blood~ / Yatterman no Uta ”
33 - Sonar Pocket - “Arigatou”
32 - Motohiro Hara - “Halation”
31 - Junko Akimoto - “Tasogare Love Again”
30 - ALI PROJECT - “Senritsu no Kodomo Tachi”
29 - Ryo san - “Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kouenmae Hashutsujo”
28 - JERO - “Tsumeato”
27 - MAY’S - “I LOVE YOU ga Ienakute”
26 - Red Theatres - “Kaze ni Naritai”
25 - NICO Touches the Walls - “Hologram”
24 - Ryoichi Higuchi - “Tegami ~Shinainaru Kodomo Tachi He~”
23 - JYONGRI - “Muteki na Ai”
22 - Stereopony - “Smilife”
21 - SEAMO - “MY ANSWER”
20 - Takeshi Konomi - “Tenipuritte ii na / Smile”
19 - Lil’B - “Jikan wo Tomete”
18 - Arashi - “Everything”
17 - Salyu - “EXTENSION”
16 - Hideaki Tokunaga - “Hello”
15 - EXILE - “THE HURRICANE ～FIREWORKS～”
14 - GARNET CROW - “Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete”
13 - GACKT - “The Next Decade”
12 - Akiko Shikata - “Henyoku no Tori”
11 - supercell - “Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari”
10 - Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow / NYC boys - “Akuma na Koi / NYC”
9 - Morning Musume - “Nanchatte Renai”
8 - Ayabie - “Natsu Monogatari”
7 - The Gospellers - “Sora he ~Reach for The Sky~”
6 - Tatsuro Yamashita - “Bokura no Natsu no Yume / Muses”
5 - Yuko Hara - “Yume wo Arigatou”
4 - Ayumi Hamasaki - “Sunrise/Sunset ～LOVE is ALL～”
3 - TOKIO - “Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara / Subeki Koto”
2 - B’z - “Ichibu to Zenbu / Dive”
1 - Kiyoshi Hikawa - “Tokimeki Rumba”

Samurai Champloo - AMV (song "Samurai Storm" by Yoshida Brothers)

via otakumag.com

Samurai Champloo - AMV (song "Samurai Storm" by Yoshida Brothers)

Japonia Fara Viza

via Asociatia Japan Culture Shop by Madalin FM

Conform comunicatului de pe site-ul MAE (Ministerul Afacerilor Externe), incepand cu data de 1 septembrie 2009, cetarenii romani vor putea calatorii in scopuri turistice fara viza in Japonia.
Totusi, acest lucru nu insemana ca vizele au disparut complet pentru cetatenii romani. Cei care vor sa calatoreasca in orice alt scop decat turistic inca au nevoie de vizele de rigoare.
Scoaterea vizelor pentru cetatenii romani nu este definitiva, deoarece vizele vor fi reintroduse pe data de 31 decembrie 2011.
Este clar ca aceasta fereastra de aproximativ 2 ani reprezinta o perioada de proba in vederea scoaterii definitive sau nu a vizelor. Pe de alta parte poate fi o strategie de crestere a flixului de turisti, in perioada de criza. Oricare ar fi adevaratul motiv, un lucru este cert: visul unei vizite in japonia este cu un pas mai aproape de noi.

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

via gugazine.com by John Rawlinson

Phenomenal and massive capture. This video was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. The main tank called the ‘Kuroshio Sea’ holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

Japan Top 40 Singles - 9 August 2009

via JapanSugoi by Japan Sugoi on 8/10/09

40 - Kenji Ootsuki to Zetsubou Shoujotachi - “Ringo Mogire Beam!”
39 - 10-FEET - “super stomper”
38 - Idoling!!! - “Mujyoken Koufuku”
37 - Meisa Kuroki - “Shock ~Unmei~”
36 - Kazuo Chiba - “Sayoshigure”
35 - Kenichi Asai - “FRIENDLY”
34 - Tohoshinki - “Stand by U”
33 - Miyako Ootsuki - “Hakanagawa”
32 - Hiroshi Miyama - “Hitokoi Sakaba”
31 - JASMINE - “sad to say”
30 - Kaori Mizumori - “Aki no Miyajima”
29 - GRANRODEO - “modern strange cowboy”
28 - Tegomass - “Tanabata Matsuri”
27 - Koda Kumi - “3 Splash (Lick Me/Ecstasy/Hashire!)”
26 - sphere - “Super Noisy Nova”
25 - cali gari - “9 -School Zone Hen”
24 - Aya Hirano - “Super Driver”
23 - PUFFY - “Dareka ga”
22 - Crazy Ken Band - “Girlfriend”
21 - RYTHEM - “Gyuttoshite Feat.Tokita Shintaro (From Sukima Switch)”
20 - Shion - “Luv”
19 - Chara - “breaking hearts”
18 - Ikimonogakari - “Hotaru no Hikari”
17 - Kaori Mochida - “Shizukana Yoru/Weather”
16 - Nami Tamaki - “Friends!”
15 - Kobukuro - “STAY”
14 - Arashi - “Everything”
13 - Junko Akimoto - “Tasogare Love Again”
12 - Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow/NYC boys - “Akuma na Koi/NYC”
11 - FRIENDS & Hexagon All Stars - “Naitemo Iidesuka”
10 - Superfly - “Koisuru Hitomi Wa Utsukushi/Yasashi Kimochi De”
9 - Erina Mano - “Sekai Wa Summer Party”
8 - England (Noriaki Sugiyama) - “Hetalia Character CD Vol.4 England”
7 - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi - “Semi”
6 - Aqua Timez - “Plumeria ~Hana Uta~”
5 - Acid Black Cherry - “Yasashii Uso”
4 - EXILE - “THE HURRICANE ～FIREWORKS～”
3 - AAA - “Break Down/Break your name/Summer Revolution”
2 - Yuzu - “Ichigo”
1 - Koichi Domoto - “Ayakashi”

Japonezii vor fi conectaţi de fibră optică cu o viteză de 30TB/s

via Realitatea .NET - IT & Ştiinţă by Realitatea.NET on 7/29/09

Laboratorul KDDI R&D a colaborat cu Institutul Naţional de Tehnologie a Informaţiei şi Comunicaţiilor din Japonia pentru dezvoltarea celui mai avansat cablu de fibră optică din lume.

Cablul va fi capabil să transporte date la o viteză fără precedent, de aproape 10 ori mai rapid decât tehnologia actuală, la peste 30 de terabits pe secundă, faţă de trei terabits cât este în prezent.

Viteza atinsă de noua tehnologie este echivalentul a 720 de DVD-uri transmise într-o secundă. KDDI speră să comercializeze noile fibre optice şi să poată conecta toate marile oraşe Japoneze, la preţul de 210 milioane de dolari.

List of MANGA recommendations

via otakumag.com on 7/27/09

Japan Top 40 Singles - 19 July 2009

via JapanSugoi by Japan Sugoi on 7/26/09

40 - Eisaku Ookawa - “Nani wa Kotobuki”
39 - Anna Tsuchiya - “Brave Vibration”
38 - Minami Akina no Super Mild Seven |Mai Satoda with Kazoku Goda - “I Believe ~Yume wo Kanaeru Maho no Kotoba~/Don’t leave me”
37 - BINECKS - “Blue Feather”
36 - YA-KYIM - “Tabun Kitto/Happy Face(love ver.)”
35 - Kiyoshi Hikawa - “Roukyoku Ichidai”
34 - Machiko Kitano - “Akanezora”
33 - SCANDAL - “Shoujo S”
32 - Yuuki Seguchi - “Hourouki”
31 - YU-A - “Yuuhi”
30 - Yutaka Yamakawa - “Kirisame no Shiatoru”
29 - Masaharu Fukuyama - “Keshin”
28 - Akio Kashuji - “Mizu Hanabi”
27 - Ringo Shiina - “Ariamaru Tomi”
26 - BOOM BOOM SATELLITES - “BACK ON MY FEET”
25 - BIGBANG - “MY HEAVEN”
24 - Saburo Kitajima - “Hiei no Kaze”
23 - Vidoll - “Focus”
22 - SONOMI - “SUMMER”
21 - Mika Shinno - “ONNA”
20 - GACKT - “Flower”
19 - JASMINE - “sad to say”
18 - Arashi - “Ashita no Kioku/Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~”
17 - ℃-ute - “Shochu Omimai Moushiagemasu”
16 - Nana Tanimura - “every-body”
15 - HAN-KUN - “KEEP IT BLAZING”
14 - AKB48 - “Namida Surprise!”
13 - mihimaru GT - “Torokechau Dandy”
12 - flumpool - “MW ~Dear Mr. & Ms. Picaresque~/Natsu Dive”
11 - Yusuke - “Tanpopo/Kaizokusen/Sonote”
10 - KREVA - “AKA (Shunkan Speechless/Kun ni Mune Kyun Uwaki na Vacance)”
9 - Yajima Beauty Salon - “Hamaguri Bomber”
8 - Junko Akimoto - “Tasogare Love Again”
7 - Tohoshinki - “Stand by U”
6 - ORANGE RANGE - “Hitomi no Saki ni”
5 - BIGBANG - “Gara Gara Go!!”
4 - Ayaka - “Minna Sora no Shita”
3 - Arashi - “Everything”
2 - Koda Kumi - “3 Splash (Lick Me/Ecstasy/Hashire!)”
1 - Tegomass - “Tanabata Matsuri”

via otakumag.com on 7/23/09

GREENPEACE DESIGN AWARDS 2009

Gokusen: The Movie s-a lansat în forţă în Japonia - 19 milioane de dolari în 2 zile !

via Asiacinefil by cris999 on 7/16/09

Mult asteptatul “Gokusen: The Movie” s-a lansat in sfarsit in Japonia in weekendul trecut. Cum in Japonia “weekend” inseamna doar zilele de sambata si duminica, ziua de vineri fiind zi obisnuita de lucru, in sambata si duminica trecuta 402.000 fani au luat cu asalt cele 409 sali de cinematograf, aducand venituri, producatorilor, in doar 2 zile, de peste 19 milioane dolari (circa 490 milioane yeni). Conform declaratiei companiei distribuitoare Toho, facuta luni, se asteapta ca filmul sa aduca incasari de peste 4 bilioane yeni. In comparatie, “Rookies”, care s-a lansat in ultimele 2 zile din mai, a avut incasari de 1,2 bilioane yeni in primele 2 zile, “Rookies” reusind performanta de a domina 4 saptamani la rand box-office-ul japonez.

Filmul este inspirat din seria manga “Gokusen” a lui Kozueko Morimoto. Dupa aceeasi manga s-a realizat un serial pentru televiziune, in 4 sezoane, iar actualul film este oarecum un final al acestui serial. In centrul serialului s-a aflat o tanara (interpretata de Yukie Nakama din “O-Oku”) ce traieste in lumea Yakuza, fiind cea de-a patra generatie a unei familii temute in Japonia. Aceasta se sacrifica pentru a-i proteja pe cei slabi, luptand si pretuind prietenia, visele si familia, valori care pentru lumea din care provine nu prezinta importanta.

The Amazing Yoshida Brothers

via JapanSugoi

Once we heard the music of the 30 year old Yoshida Brothers 吉田兄弟 (Ryoichiro and Kenichi) combined with Monkey Majik for their song Change, we knew this was no ordinary band. The brother’s mastery and intense playing style of the three stringed shamisen fused to different music genres such as Jpop, rock and blues songs is wonderful to hear. The duo has had much success over the years touring the world and even providing music for a Wii TV commercial.

Rising

Kodo (Wii TV Commerical)

Japanese Salaryman 5 minute Wake Up and Go

via JapanSugoi by Japan Sugoi on 6/8/09

Japanese salarymen have it tough. They may be expected to be at work at 8.30am and with many facing a crowded 1.5-2 hour commute by train, this means getting up early even if they had a late night of drinking with the boss the previous night.

Single Japanese salarymen who aren’t married or have nice Japanese girlfriends that make them breakfast, need to do everything themselves and some have perfected the art ofthe 5 minute wake up and go. Japanese comedian Tomonori Jinnai shows us on Japanese TV just how to get up, eat breakfast, get dressed and get ready for work in just five minutes.

Kinchan no Kasoh Taisho entries are entertaining

via JapanSugoi by Japan Sugoi on 7/9/09

Still by far, the most entertaining Japanese TV airing today is Kinchan no Kasoh Taisho 欽ちゃんの仮装大賞 きんちゃんのかそうたいしょう. This amazing competition showcases the most imaginative and creative minds and is all “low tech”. Take a look at the latest season’s entries.

rocket launch

daughter carries family

soccer ball

kaiten sushi

grabbing a donut

TOKYO 2009 by Warren den Engelsman

via otakumag.com on 7/5/09

Evangelion 1.0 - Trailer

via Latest Movie Trailers on 7/2/09

There was no foreseeable warning before it happened — a catastrophe of unparalleled scale and magnitude overwhelmed the entire globe. This event, recorded in history as “The Second Impact,” caused half the population of the Earth to perish and devastated the world. All that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that is now being attacked by giant creatures that seek to destroy mankind. These creatures are called Angels. Fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn’t seen in more than eight years. He is asked to come to the NERV headquarters to meet his father. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight the Angels and then orders Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One. With the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, how will the 14 year old boy Shinji fight? Wht is the truth behind “The Human Instrumentality Project,” an operation somehow related to the “Second Impact”? And who is the true enemy? The Angels, NERV, the mysterious SEELE, or the demons held within the hearts of the people involved? Gendō Ikari, a man who holds many answers to these questions, watches silently and attentively as his son fights a desperate battle… Directed by: Hideaki Anno Starring: Allison Keith-Shipp, Spike Spencer, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Caitlin Glass, John Swasey, Brina Palencia

Top Gear in Japan: Nissan GTR vs Shinkansen bullet train

via JapanSugoi by Japan Sugoi on 6/30/09

Ponyo - Trailer

via Latest Movie Trailers

From the Academy Award®-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid.” Already a box-office success in Japan, the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by NOAH CYRUS) and her quest to become human features an outstanding roster of voice talent, including CATE BLANCHETT, MATT DAMON, TINA FEY, FRANKIE JONAS, CLORIS LEACHMAN, LIAM NEESON, LILY TOMLIN and BETTY WHITE.