Knights of Sidonia
Knights of Sidonia on the surface looks like just another generic mecha anime. 'Farmboy' destined to pilot super mecha and save the world which in this case is a giant ship carrying earth's survivors?...
View ArticleThe rest of the summer 2014 jdoramas roundup
Good news is my favourite show of the summer, Petero no Souretsu is being subbed by subie06. Highly recommended and better than Namonaki Doku. The only show I want to try out that I haven't is Zainin...
View ArticleWhich Fall 2014 jdoramas should be subbed?
JDORAMAS THAT SHOULD BE SUBBEDSHINYA SHOKUDO SEASON 3The scarred master is back! I love the first two seasons. I wish Kodoku no Gurume were more like this instead of a food show. Hopefully they can...
View Article55-sai Kara no Hello Life
Thanks to Rootabega for reminding me about 55-sai Kara no Hello Life. Its not been uploaded to d-addicts but direct download links can easily be found through google. 55-sai is a collection of five...
View ArticleSaint Young Man The Movie
Japan is a wonderful country where trains always run on time, vending machines never get vandalised and someone is able to make a manga about two religious figures having a holiday in Japan and not get...
View ArticleGomen ne Seishun! Eps 1+2
Gomen ne Seishun is a very funny show about an old boys school and a catholic girls school that are reluctantly trying to merge. Kudo Kankuro, writer of Manhattan Love Story and Tiger and Dragon has...
View ArticleShinya Shokudo Season 3 Episode 1
Can someone please tell me where in Shinjuku I can find this eatery? I am so happy this show is back cause Shinya Shokudo is my favourite comfort food. This show makes me happy and I love the recurring...
View ArticleNobunaga Concerto Eps 1+2
I've previously said that its pretty hard to fuck up a time slip story. Well, I'll like to add an addendum to that which is ; except in the case of the main character spending his time preaching...
View ArticleSayonara Watashi Eps 1+2
The female mid-life crisis doramas don't really appeal to me not because there are all the same but because the characters are always skin deep and they never get past their designated stereotype roles...
View ArticleN no Tame Ni Eps 1+2
Based on a novel by Minato Kanae, writer of the must watch Snow White Murder Case, N no Tame Ni, feels like a whudunnit version of Byakuyako except with Ushijima-kun's role divided into 3 people. N no...
View ArticleTen no Hakobune Eps 1-3
Corruption has always been a staple of WOWOW doramas as much as the triumvate of the prosecutor, police and reporter main characters. Ten no Hakobune, a 2012 dorama is also about corruption but its...
View ArticleNobunaga Concerto Ep 3
So episode 2 ended with Oguri Shun declaring that he was going to try to live in the warring states period and being in possession of the Japanese history textbook. This is the equivalent of having the...
View ArticleTamagawa Kuyakusho of the Dead Eps 1-3
I was hoping this would be watchable but unfortunately Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the Dead has turned out to be a dud. Zombie stories are usually character driven by putting people in extreme situations....
View ArticleI am back!
Went to tonkotsu ramen Ogi and wtf. The shop name is Menya Mazehoru. How can the best ramen I've ever tasted not be there? This is a fucking outrage and I am super depressed.Best possible news is that...
View ArticleRIP Tonkotsu Ramen Ogi とんこつラーメン荻
Fuck. Did some research and the shop closed in June. Wtf. The best ramen shop in the world closed five months ago on June 20 which was two weeks after I left Japan. If he has told me he was closing...
View ArticleRurouni Kenshin : Kyoto Taikahen and Densetsu Saigo no Hen
Yup. The 2nd movie which came out in August is still showing. Problem is only three cinemas were showing it and I had to go all the way to Aeon Cinema in Chigasaki to watch it.First Kenshin was...
View ArticleRandom Japan pictures so far
Koihime fighting game tournament at Shinjuku West. KSK, my favourite 3rd Strike player was there so I guess Kao TV was involved. Due to the tourney, the Uru4 machines were barren so got many 1v1 games...
View ArticleTokyo Ramen Street
Abe Hiroshi pimping ham at Tokyo station.Just outside the Yaesu exit is the ramen street.I love ramen too.I went for tonkotsu ramen Oreshiki Jun despite the fact it didn't have a one hour queue. It was...
View ArticleIrodori Meieki in Nagoya
Customary teppan miso katsu at yabaton.Back in Yokkaichi.Some evil show about kids enslaving animals and forcing them to fight so the kids can have fun. I'd like to see the animals enslave the kids and...
View ArticleJapan trip 2 2K14 days 8 and 9 : Osaka and Kyoto
Massan whiskey from the asadora that is showing now. This is from Nagoya station.Osaka station.Some kid molesting poor Pikachu.I was asked why I didn't hug Pikachu. I am not going to risk my life and...
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