Category: General

The new Animatrix short is online, a beautifully animated film noir style short called Detective Story. Speaking of these shorts, Florian Perret, who created the artwork for Momus’ latest album, OSKAR TENNIS CHAMPION, recently wrote some comments here, and he mentioned how while in Japan he did some animation work on one of the Animatrix…

I just ordered this t-shirt from the Geneve Tokyo website. Takashi Miike is one of my favorite directors, and you can read a short piece on him at the site. I found out about Geneve Tokyo through a free paper (containing the articles you see at their site) they put out.

The following site is simply beautiful. Perfect for a bit of relaxation during these troubled times.

Hang on the Box are a Beijing all-girl punk band who sing and play catchy tunes. There are a few MP3s on their site. Their first album has been released on a Japanese indie label, and they’ll be playing in Tokyo next week at Shinjuku Loft. I really like the poster for the gig: Found…

Although it’s been a shitty day for me, Yuko got her grades today and she’s gotten all “A”s, as well as a few “S”es (an “S” grade means outstanding, sort of like an A+). I’m really happy for her, and to congratulate her I got her a little gift, which is the book pictured above.…

I feel so stupid today. I hadn’t really checked the new calendar that I was given yesterday by my boss, and today I showed up at my school (all the way out in West Tokyo) even though today was a day off. Shitty. A waste of a few hours, as well as the transportation money…

An article on teaching English to Japanese children appeared in today’s DAILY YOMIURI. I’m linking to it because it basically describes the way I teach children every day.

Interesting gallery of Japan in ruin.