A continuation of our look back at the posts that made this year so good.

Best of September 2007

September 03: The Best 100 Anime Songs – A countdown of 100 great anime songs!

September 13: Greenpeace Fights Whaling With Anime – An artist to makes a beautiful short anime film to convince Japanese people that whaling should be stopped.

September 18: The Incredible Power of Beta Gel – A video of an egg being dropped off a building and surviving the impact (thanks to a new gel developed in Japan).

September 20: Butt-biting Bug Song Breaks Top 10 – One of this year’s most popular songs is about an insect that bites human butts.

September 26: 10 Japanese Coffee Commercials Starring Tommy Lee Jones – The beloved “Alien Jones” commercial series for Boss Coffee.

September 27: Why Don’t Japanese Men Kiss Their Wives? – A Japanese TV show ponders why men from other countries kiss their wives.

September 29: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Doraemon Character? – Chinese netizens decide that Japan’s new Prime Minister looks like Nobita from Doraemon.

Best of October 2007

October 11: Goshi-Goshi Towel Defeats Foreign Towels – Your towels are nothing compared to the power of goshi-goshi!!

October 15: Air Pollution Experiment – A shocking test that reveals just how dirty the air is in a certain area of Beijing.

October 16: Riyo Mori Allowed to Board Flight Without ID – Airport security doesn’t matter when you’re Miss Universe.

October 20: Masai Tribesmen Defeat Japanese Magician – Men from the Kenyan savanna use their superior eyesight to figure out magic tricks.

October 25: The World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail – Climb at your own risk.

October 28: The Yamanote Halloween Train vs. Japanese Netizen Rage – 2-Channel was not happy when large groups of costumed foreigners hold a drunken party on a Japanese train.

October 30: Being Gay and Gaijin in Japan – The story of a homosexual American man living in Japan with his Japanese partner.

October 31: Nova President Sahashi’s Ridiculously Luxurious Office – While Nova was collapsing, he was partying it up in his gigantic office.

Best of November 2007

November 02: Dentsu Executive Offends and Humiliates Employee With Brothel & Onsen Trips – Is sharing a prostitute the common way in which Japanese businessmen commemorate business deals?

November 06: Stranger in His Homeland – A half-Filipino of Japanese citizenry writes of a nasty encounter with the Japanese police.

November 08: Triumph: The Chopstick Bra – A revealing effort to bust up the disposable chopstick market.

November 14: Housing Discrimination in Japan – Examining the existence of landlords and real estate companies that openly discriminate against foreigners.

November 29: Bazooka vs. Bulletproof Glass – Entertainment in the form of shooting rockets at glass.

Best of December 2007

December 01: Taking Your Dispatch Employer To Court Using New Labor (Rodou Shinpan) Three Strike Procedure – The story of an American who took his Japanese employer to court for unfair labor practices and won.

December 02: The World’s Largest Cardboard Vortex Cannon – An epic experiment.

December 13: 40% of Japanese Men Sit Down To Pee – Their wives told them to do it.

December 15: General Douglas MacArthur As You’ve Never Seen Him Before! – A Japanese actress plays the role of MacArthur in a new musical production.

December 18: English in Japanese Dramas – A look at one popular television drama’s use of the English language.

December 20: Warning! Top 5 Reasons Not to Let Your Daughter go to America – A book warns Japanese parents about the dangers of sending their girls to study abroad.