Articles posted in the ‘TV’ category

Aug
17
Oda Kazumasa tops charts with First Kiss theme

Take one of Japan’s most iconic singer-songwriters combined with one of this season’s leading dramas and what do you get? A magical, chart-topping theme song.

Oda Kazumasa …

Feb
1
Pacman Fever Humor Tumor

I don’t understand a lot of things about other cultures. And one of these things that I don’t understand is humor. I have never understood British humor, …

Oct
21
Japanese Broadcasters don’t like YouTube

Following a request by such Japanese broadcasters as NHK, mega-popular streaming video site YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos from it’s archives.

This comes as expected considering …

Jul
8
What the hell Zatch Bell?

As I think back, I feel happy…reminiscing about the evenings that I spent in my dorm room watching Zatch Bell with my girlfriend. Yeah, it’s a pretty …

Apr
24
The First Emperor

Premiering last night on the Discovery Channel was “The First Emperor”. Known by its full title, “The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China”, the show …

Apr
20
Big TV or little person?

The below photo is currently one of the ‘most viewed’ photos on Yahoo. The TV is Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma TV. It is the world’s largest HDTV.

Upon …

Apr
3
Phone-o-vison

April 1st marked the scheduled beginning of cellphone TV broadcasting in Japan. The digital television service is known as One Seg(u). The One Seg(u) service is free …

Mar
28
Ultraman & the Ultramen

In celebration of Ultraman’s 40th birthday, a news conference was held on March 28th. The highlight of the conference was not just to show off the latest …

Mar
23
Pororo the Little Penguin!

Well, I am now content in my search for all things cute. I’ve found a children’s entertainment property that satisfies my true, inner-child. The show is a …

Dec
14
Do the math

23-year-old actress Misako Yasuda will soon be back in middle school. She recently attended a promotion of “Rocket Boys,” a serial drama. She plays a middle school …