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  • Midnight Eye Update

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    Midnight Eye has just updated with some new articles/reviews. Nevermind that it’s almost Christmas, they’ve gone all horror on us: an interview with Norio Tsuruta (RING 0), a feature pondering the death of J-Horror, frightful reviews aplenty, including RAMPO NOIR, THE RAVAGED HOUSE, KOKKURI, even a book review (THE RING COMPANION).

  • A Couple of Magazines

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    As of tonight, I’m officially on vacation for the next three weeks, and to help celebrate, I picked up the following two magazines on my way back home. AXIS 118 sports a cover interview with Fumie Shibata, and also marks the 6th year that the magazine devotes an issue to prototypes. The “A Handwritten Letter”…

  • New Ghibli Film

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    Studio Ghibli’s next film will be an adaptation of Ursula K. Leguin’s EARTHSEA novels, to be directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of famed visionary Hayao. According to reports, it will be based on the 3rd and 4th books in the series, namely THE FARTHEST SHORE and TEHANU. Both are sad, haunting tales, well suited to…

  • The External Door

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    Ludovic Pierre sends me word of an event he’s organized at the Shizen cafe in Sendagaya. “The External Door” will feature a mix of dance, live music, and video, with proceeds going to the charity organization KIDS EARTH FUND. It happens next Saturday (December 17), with more info on show times here.

  • As You Were

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    Back in the day, I used to do a little ezine called GEISHA, and one them was a guest issue, which included a contribution by James P. Wong. He’s just sent me word of a new video he’s put together called “As You Were.” Taped partly in Tokyo, you can watch the video here, and…

  • Digital Art Festival Tokyo

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    Caught this on Matt Hanson’s Eternal Gaze digital film blog: Promising next edition of Digital Art Festival Tokyo (9-12 December, 2005): “Shock your brain with the unknown. See it! Hear it! Touch it! Digital art satisfies your brain’s desire to know. Here you’ll find art that uses digital technology, including computer graphics, animation, web design,…

  • Japanese Girls Love Gay Boys

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    Yuki takes us on a tour of a few of her favorite shoujou manga featuring gay boys, a genre that seems to be rather popular here. At the other end of the spectrum, Momus shares his love for Japanese AV.

  • RESFEST Coverage

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    PingMag’s DailyCandy column looks at the recent Tokyo edition of RESFEST, and includes a bunch of pics from the closing party at SuperDeluxe.

  • Midnight Eye Update

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    Japanese film site Midnight Eye updates with new features and reviews, including a look at the DENSHA OTOKO (TRAIN MAN) phenomenon. I’ve been watching the TV series with Yuko lately (I’m on the last episode now), and I must say that even with all the cheesiness involved and ridiculous over-the-top acting, it was quite fun…

  • Shift 108

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    This month’s edition of SHIFT (108) is up, featuring a cover/interview by Paris-based film artist Yuki Kawamura. Also reminds me that I need to post something about the Dotmov Festival 2005, which I completely forgot about — there’s already plenty of stuff to enjoy online. Damn, and Resfest is in town this weekend, and it’s…