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Month: July 2004

  • TSiG Magazine Exhibition

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    PRESS RELEASE TOKYO STYLE IN GOTHENBURG 2004 Magazine Exhibition For Tokyo Style in Gothenburg we will arrange a Japanese magazine exhibition, showing and promoting different Japanese magazines we like. The exhibition will take place at the cultural building Röda Sten (www.rodasten.com) in Gothenburg, in the huge main room which holds 12 meters to the roof.…

  • We’ll Do What We Want!

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    Miike Takashi is still da man. We have to change the negative things into positive. In today’s Japanese film industry we always say we don’t have enough budget, that people don’t go to see the films. But we can think of it in a positive way, meaning that if audiences don’t go to the cinema…

  • Getting Categorized

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    You’ll now notice categories being listed at the end of posts. Unfortunately, as WordPress doesn’t have a power editing mode, updating all my 1500+ posts with their respective categories would be just too time consuming, so I’m going to limit myself to updating everything from 2004. I’ll soon add a category listing in the sidebar.

  • 2004 ADC Exhibition

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    A new month means a new exhibition at the Ginza Graphic Gallery, and it’s time for the annual ADC show. July is here, and with it comes the annual ADC exhibition from the Ginza Graphic Gallery, this year entitled ‘2004 ADC Exhibition.’ This year saw approximately 9,300 entries produced between May 2003 and April 2004,…

  • Karly

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    Nomoto Karia’s first full length album, KARLY, is getting released at the end of the month (July 28), and you can now pre-order a special version that is signed and includes a DVD. More info from Patrick here. Update: Patrick went to the launch party at the just opened Lounge O in Aoyama, and reports…

  • United Arrows for Seniors

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    Japanese garment firm United Arrows is to trial a new retail concept aimed at older consumers. Three outlets are due to open from spring 2005 under the name of Darjeeling Days. They will sell upmarket clothing targeting people aged between 45 and 60. Read the rest of the article here.

  • Agatha Christie Anime on NHK

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    NHK has developed an animation series built around Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the two world-famous detectives created by mystery novelist Agatha Christie (1890-1976). The creation of the new series is part of the launch of a special department the network has created to develop original animation to add to its core lineup. Agasa Kurisuti…

  • Maximum Joy RIP

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    Patrick brings news that the Shibuya record store Maximum Joy, often associated with the ol’ Shibuya-kei scene, is closing its doors tomorrow. Everything is 50% off. There will also be a closing party (already sold out), featuring Cornelius, Kahimi Karie with Kanda Tomoki, Kaji Hideki, Naka Masashi, and more.

  • Region Free iMac

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    Momus recently got a new iBook, and in his post about it he mentions the annoyance of not having a region free setting for his DVD drive. This is something I can relate to as I’ve also got a DVD collection that spans the globe, and so I’m limited to watching on my Hong Kong…

  • OK FRED Raps

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    Issue 4 of OK FRED is coming soon, and it’ll be the “hip-hop” issue. That would explain why Robert pointed this out to me a while back.