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A couple subtitled clips of shouting foreigners from the classic Japanese TV show “Koko ga Hendayo, Nihonjin“:
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Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV
A bizarre bowling team
A team of non-pro bowlers in Kyoto who use bizarre techniques [clip from "Nanikore Chin Hakkei"]:
Apparently they are capable of regularly getting scores of around 200.
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Categories: General Japan
That bread and red bean headed freak’s got character(s)
A Japan Times article reports that Anpanman, the superhero with a head made of bread and sweet red bean paste ubiquitous in Japan, has made it into the Guiness Book of World Records. The record: most characters in an animated series. Apparently, as of March 1,768 different characters have appeared in the long-running cartoon.
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Categories: Japanese TV, Otaku & Anime
A Japanese terrorist mastermind
On Saturday night, a new drama/comedy called “Karei Naru Spy” aired on NTV. It’s main storyline revolves around the wacky activities of Japan’s new super secret spy agency. The show is not particularly great, but it does have its amusing moments.
The main villain in the series is a Hitler/Kim Jong-Il hybrid known as “Mr. Takumi.” Here’s a video of him dealing with a butler that dares to tell the evil terrorist that he is mistakenly referring to octopus as “shrimp”:
And here is a scene showing one of Mr. Takumi’s henchmen blowing up a military truck in Pakistan (amusing for its low budget special effects):
The series is up on d-addicts, but English subtitles have yet to be released.
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Categories: Japanese TV
