Month: August 2003

One of the things that I’m really enjoying while being back in Canada is re-reading my BDs (French comics). One of my favorites has always been Roger Leloup’s YOKO TSUNO series, which tells the story of a Japanese expert in electronics living in France, but going on adventures pretty much everywhere (including other planets). Leloup…

Lil is on the move, and documenting parts of her trip on a TypePad photolog. It’s just been updated for the first time with pics from her Moscow stopover. Check her esthet blog page often as she’ll be updating with links from there. The trip will take her through Russia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,…

I find myself missing being able to moblog. I guess I’ve done it often enough that it’s become routine, and not being able to do it makes me feel like something is not right. I look forward to getting back to it. Also, the previous post was the 600th post, which means that I went…

From Japan Today: The 15-member all-girl pop group Morning Musume pose in this poster rolled out last week by the Defense Agency to win young recruits. Go! Go! Peace! Yeah! Edit: Seems like the original image is no longer accessible, so I removed the link. All you’re missing out on is 15 cute girls acting…

A friend took pity on me, and having learned that I’d never played GRAND THEFT AUTO III or the sequel, VICE CITY, lent me his PS2 and the two games. See, even though it’s one of the best selling games in North America, it has never been released in Japan. Finally, GTA III is coming…

I’m really liking the iTrip I bought just before coming to Canada. It’s what lets me use my iPod in the car when I drive around, wirelessly transmitting to any FM frequency of my choosing, and it was perfect for last night when I had a litlle get together at my parent’s house and used…

Some more reading on the new cool Japan (although I don’t think it’s anything new).

American otaku are as bad if not worse than the Japanese variety, and they control the American gaming world. The thing is, in Japan, buying and playing games is not a big deal, and it’s an activity that most people partake in, be it girl or boy, students, salarymen, kids, fathers, etc. This afternoon I…

The official site for Katsuhiro Otomo’s STEAMBOY is now up. The film was supposed to be released in November, but has seen its release date pushed back to 2004 (I think Spring).

Talk about a dream project! Seems like director Takashi Miike will be teaming up with Takeshi Kitano for a new samurai flick called IZO. Here’s more info from AICN: Hey!? Just found out that Takashi Miike and “Beat” Takeshi Kitano are finally working on a project.? It is a samurai movie called IZO and it…