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 (小田和正)…

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 silly…

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 offered…

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 seeing…

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 incarnation…

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 student.

We’re…