Until further notice this blog remains here for archival purposes and is not actively posted on. It is unclear as to when this will change, but this is to let you know.

Who is Hatsune Miku

January 17, 2009

As I have started to pay more attention to the otaku subculture one character I see and hear about a lot is Hatsune Miku. After finally getting annoyed and not knowing who she is I decided to look up who she is and what she is from. Basically she is the main voice from the [...]

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Japan Geography vs. United States

January 15, 2009

One of the best ways to understand a country is to get a grasp on their geography so when you hear about differen areas you can get an idea where they are talking about.  If you think about it here in America there are different traditions and accents based on the area you are from [...]

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Numbers in Japanese, with kanji

January 14, 2009

Here are some of the basics.  From these we can get pretty far along with building some big numbers.  I recommend learning the kanji, but the hirigana is there to help on pronunciation.  I recommend learning hirigana and katakana I was able to learn both the flashcard way in about 2 weeks of solid concentration. [...]

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Kemeko DX (Full Review)

January 14, 2009

I started out reviewing the first episode and was going to do a few at a time but decided to give a full series review a shot, so here we go. Story The basic storyline behind Kemeko DX that one day a kid is just dreaming away about a girl he met 10 years ago [...]

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Unspoken Japanese Culture

January 12, 2009

It seems that in every society there is a set of rules which need to be followed day-to-day which are intuitive to all.  No one speaks of these rules except if a group is doing introspection on society.  If someone were to break one of these rules it can be embarrassing or uncomfortable for the [...]

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Kemeko DX (ep 1)

January 10, 2009

Starting Kemeko ds by the end of the credits I was a bit freaked out because it was wierd.  I don’t normally watch intros until a couple episodes in if at all but for some reason i did this one and maybe that was a bad idea. Sanpeita was given some seed by a strange [...]

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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (ep6 – final)

January 10, 2009

Finished Nogizaka Huruka no Himitsu.  It was really good wasn’t expecting a couple aspects of it especially the ending, it was good for sures.  I will say the show was still mostly formulaic, but I don’t mind because it was a positive one. Story: So the story is more and more the same, but the [...]

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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (ep 1-5)

January 9, 2009

I started this anime last night and got through the first 5 episodes.  I am really liking it, but then I like most anime that are “introspective”(well this really isn’t) or more talk about otaku culture and Akihabara.  As an American it kind of gives me a bit more perspective on the culture even though [...]

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At Home Dad (Live Action) Episode 1

January 8, 2009

I won’t do an episode by episode of most things I review or talk about, but I watched this last night and though I would share some thoughts on the show. First, I do like to watch a great many things and for sure JDrama is one of those things.  Problem is most JDrama that [...]

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Welcome Hello Internet Land

January 8, 2009

This is my blog for learning Japanese and posting about my thoughts on anime and Japanese culture in general.  The name tends to throw people off when I tell them the name I came up with.  So we are going to break it down a tad bit. Dumb: I chose this because I wanted to [...]

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