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Episode 2 made this penguin groan. After they spilled the coffee on the computer... oi... oi... OI! This penguin wants to beat whoever wrote the script for that episode with his flippers! No penguin would be happy with what they did and I think every tech support guy on this planet would murder the ...

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I've been running great with Fujifilm. I must have burned... ~500 in the past almost 3 years. I've shot a few, but those were either my own fault, or they were crap because my burner eventually decided to tell me to go to hell and stopped working. Other than that, they're really good, at least from ...

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You'll still have to look for drivers yourself, because old drivers will get... well... old and outdated. And then you have to go to nvidia.com or ati, or whatever else. And no, no "auto-updates" please. I want to know what I install and when and why. And well, the oh so great security of ...

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What is this "asian-american" you're talking about? For me, they're all American. This PC "Asian-american", "afro-american", "whatever-american" is a load of bull. BTW, why isn't it applied to white Americans? Where are the... italo-germanic-irish-americans? N...

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Not even going to bother commenting. This is again one of those discussions that are totally pointless. Fact is, tastes are different. Live with it. Cope. Don't like that? Tough ****, but such is life. Some Asian women will go for Asian men. Others will go for the Italian type. Another Asian women w...

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"You suck!"
--Good Luck!

"Bu"
"Don't call me Bu"
-- Gambatte Ikimasshoi!

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Does everyone ONLY watch for Matsuda Shota??? Nope. Only watching it because Maeda Ai's in it. Kind of funny to see her in such a part for once (after all the other things she's done). Good to see her back in a series as more than just a special guest for one episode. Seems that her time at univers...

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Hmmm... Maeda Aki and Ai. I mean, honestly, Ai kicked butt in Battle Royale 2 (she and Fujiwara had about the only outstanding characters) and the only idol video she ever made was... odd (but fitting). She went to Canada for a year when she was 17 and is also the perfect voice for Kino in "Kin...

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Wrong place

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Food... what else... And I should sleep... But I can't!

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higher cost of living =>higher wages=> higher price for goods =>expensive DVDs Exactly. By domestic standards I'm extremely well paid, but by Japanese standards I'm not. I'd get paid more if I would work in a Japanese company in Tokyo, but I'd have to pay more for my rent, etc, as well. That's perf...

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Dear god, this movie is nuts. And I say again, Kou would have been the best choice for Azumi. I absolutely love the character Dororo, just... I'd never want to encounter her. She'd either steal my stuff or kick me in the nuts. Or both. Now I'm curious what's on the other 3 DVDs in this little specia...

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Not to mention, groink, that Johnny's has been pumping out some really good young actors. While the Hello Project, well... I can't think of any really good one coming from there. Matsuura... oh please... When playing tough she's like Ueto, totally unconvincing (Ueto as Azumi... oh for crying out lou...

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It's a riot. The funny thing is... city people on a farm are really like that. It's not so far fetched. Maybe it's a bit exaggerated, but you gotta watch citiers on a farm when they encounter the first cow of their lives, it's a riot usually. The wanna-be vet and the sheep *ROFL* And Aibu's nearly-c...

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Hmm, well... So far I like the series. Yes, the plot is NOT new, it goes back to... I don't know. I remember a movie from the 80s with Steve Martin in it that had a similar plot. However, I find it refreshing in this one appearance. I really like the performance of the father. As for the bathing iss...

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I'd have to count Gokusen 2 . I was watching the first few episodes and then I thought "wait... I've seen this before..." The plot was absolutely not new. I felt like I was watching a 100% remake of the first Gokusen, just with different co-stars. Teppan Shoujo Akane ... dear god... It mad...

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Oh, it's funny, but hell... Some of the jokes are so damn cheap and so typical male. Pie-in-the-face looks like great comedy compared to them. And Kyoko with those... life-rafts... oivech... Honestly... jeez... I'd like to be at the set with a needle *eyeshift* Gotta find out whether they're balloon...

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to be honest, japan thrives on these racial stereotypes of black people and white people in general. So's Hollywood with Asian characters. Most of the Asian characters in Hollywood productions are martial arts super masters (Zhang Ziyi isn't playing anything else in Hollywood (except memoirs of a g...

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You can download videos from youtube as well. Use Firefox and get the right plugin. Easiest thing to do, and you hit two birds with one stone. Better browser than Internet Exploiter... errrr... you know what I mean. Plus a plugin that, not only lets you download from youtube, but from others as well...

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Anyone who says looks aren't important is a liar. Looks are important, if she doesn't fall into the category I like when it comes to looks, why would I talk to her... Anyway... Other than that: she needs to be intelligent, creative, with a decent personality (not like Paris Hilton who's as dumb as a...

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japanese sucks. they are all monsters. rmb world war 2? Oh my god! Ueto Aya is a monster! Itoh Misako is a monster! Suzuki Anne is a monster! But I guess the biggest threat and most horrible monster of all of them must be Fukuda Mayuko. Not to mention Abe HIroshi, oh dear, just wait till he stomps ...

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I stick to what Marx said. Religion is the opium for the common people. And considering all the bad things religion has brought upon mankind (let's not start on crusades, jihad and things like inquisiton, suicide bombers and witch hunts), it'd be better if we'd abolish it alltogether. Despite propag...

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My name is Bond... James Bond.

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No offense, but... I think this is getting a bit too far by now. Every forum has a thread like this. We're talking about a man who recklessly played with his life and even endangered the life of his little baby son once. Sooner or later this was bound to happen. Honestly, I'm not sad. I didn't know ...

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I liked it, more than Gokusen. Simply because it didn't follow the same road. First: Abe Hiroshi with beard... yep, that just rocks Secondly: Nagasawa Masami as an idiot, a loser. Third: the teachers who tried to get a few things into the brains of the losers were just... odd Yet, I still hated the ...

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I'm curious to know what qualities they think makes the "best" drama, actor, music etc... :scratch: I think I disagree with just about every choice on that list... :lol :lol ditto, I can only agree. Especially with medical series, which are -usually- full of errors (even the famous ER has...

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Can anyone relate to this drama? I love how they focus on bachelorhood, and how one doesn't have to be married to be fulfilled. I am not sure if Abe-san's charachter's personality became like that because he is single for a long time, or whether he was always like that, and therefore he is single, ...

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auroragb wrote:I think that a comparison site between cdjapan, amazon.co.jp, and yesasia a la dvdpricesearch would be a cool thing.

Agreed.

Sucks if you're in Austria and have no credit card, though...

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Region free DVD of S.O.S.? I'll believe it when I see it, or when I get the official statement from the tv station that produced it... Ganbatte Ikimasshoi on VCDs? First time I see this, haven't seen it on ANY of my import shops, and one of them is actually in Hong Kong. As far as I know there is on...

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Played it, at least 1 and 2, still have to check out part 3 though. It's the only game I play on consoles, should say a lot. Usually I don't like console games, since the genres I prefer suck on consoles (FPS, strategy) and you can't mod the games there. I find Fatal Frame more interesting than the ...

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Though, it's kind of "funny" (actually, it's quite sad). If you take Miss Japan's "traditional" costume... I won't go into details about everything that's wrong with that "armor", that would take far too long (IMO, calling it "armor" is an insult to every armo...

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Pretty easy

a. Actors / Actresses
b. Plot synopsis

I rarely go after the review of others, only if it's done by someone who has a similar taste. But usually different people have different tastes.

Age group:
c. 26-35

Sex:
No, not now, I'm busy... errrr...
a. Male

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Ok, here is the costume, kind of cute..kind of sexy :lol [img]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8836/captd0158d3c2a914a1ea9426b1837417abemissuniversecalj1iz0.jpg[/img] [img]http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/2705/20060721t021954450x358usmissuniversehk9.jpg[/img] I've heard it's supposed to be &quo...

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To be honest, if I'm his boss and he touches a minor... I'll fire him without hesitation, whether he's an artist or a programmer or whatever else. You don't touch minors. They're off limits. Rape or not wouldn't even matter to me. The girl's a minor, period, that's all I need to know. The rape part ...

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@gixo I think it's a lot easier than German. German grammar is usually confusing the hell out of people (just take our "der, die, das", I have yet to see a German non-native speaker getting those right within just a few tries, I'm used to "der Auto", "die Haus" or "...

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Personally, I think this part in the poll "No, and I never will! Japanese is too hard >.<" is a typical misconception. Grammar-wise, Japanese is quite easy. A lot easier than English, French or German (basically no plural, no articles like "la" and "le" (or the good old...

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Hmmm... I hope that Erika Sawajiri will one day play a lead where her character doesn't have some sort of lethal disease.

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Hmm, I'm not sure about what to think of it so far. When I watched the first episode I was like "Ok, it's Ganbatte Ikimasshoi with male characters". The fact that Abu's in it, while I like her, doesn't really help (and her character really reminds me of what we see of her character in G.I....

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So far I absolutely love it.

Especially the fact that Abe-san's character and the doctor aren't your typical characters for such plots. They're both not really young anymore. That's great.

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i usually don't like japanese movies (despite being japanese) because japanese directors seem to hold a false belief that the less people understand their movies, the better their movies are. HOWEVER, this movie follows Hollywood traditions in that movies that are easy to follow, have good action, ...

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There's a simple answer. People who like to act in something just because they think it's cool, lack the necessary professionalism and dedication. Any decent actor would pretty much laugh his or her ass off at the argument that if you love Korea you'd want to act in Korea (that's a BS argument, if y...

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The thing I'd be interested in most would be: why would you want to act in a Jdrama? Because you think Jdramas are cool or because you like acting? Personally, I'd say the first reason would be rather lame.

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I forgot if I said anything before... shame on me. But hey... Sometimes they're selling things as "remakes" and they're clearly NOT remakes, since they just screw up the original story. Just take what has been spilled about The Grudge 2 already. IF it was a remake of Ju-on 2 and IF it woul...

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Hmmm... let's see... 1) Maeda Aki 2) Suzuki An 3) Maeda Ai 4) Hirosue Ryoko/ Shibasaki Kou 5) Kaji Meiko Aki fired herself up to first place earlier this year with two statements she made. One at the Saikano premiere about WMDs (after all, the character she plays, Chise IS a WMD), the other at her B...

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Well, at the end of the second episode, although Youko is wearing the suit that Yuki gave her, she is still wearing that punky shirt with the skull and crossbones under it. doinkies took that as a sign that, though Youko may act prim and proper in the future as that is what is expected of flight at...

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It's brilliant.

Kou and Jo have a perfect chemistry. Also it shows the diversity of what Jo can play (he's really one of those who can play anything)

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I think the movie has already some sort of historic value (if you're a Hirosue fan, that is). It was her last big movie role before her baby break.

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It's pretty old though. From 1999 or so, isn't it?

Scary though, when you watch it today and consider that RH is already married and has a little boy

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You do need one official language that is used and taught commonly. Considering the fact that the US once used to be a British colony with, mainly, former British citizens it's only logic to assume that they use English as the official language (just like Australia or New Zealand). So, people who wa...

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Don't worry about that

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I don't think it has been released yet.

Seems it'll hit the screens on May 27th...

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Hmmm... I think that really depends on what you want. For once, softsubs have the advantage that you can turn them off. Though, when running them on windows media player, you may need additional software for them. Personally, I don't really know lol. Hard subs have their advantages, too. I could say...

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wow, Office Kitano involved... should be interesting

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Well, considering how crazy the Japanese seem to be over Germany and Austria (just watch their tourists here, or the oddball "German" restaurants they have in Japan)... I think it'd do quite well lol.

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Grabbing what? Satorare or you?

Bad pun, yes...

Different note. I was watching the Saikano Life Action movie making-of, and then the anime... I think Jo would have been one hell of a Tetsu.

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Yep. Though, in the beginning she pretty much tells them that, if they don't belong to the top notch, to the high society with its elite schools and what not, they won't be happy.

Quite an evil way to motivate them.

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Episode 3 was great. I still love how JAL allowed them to film IN their hangars and simulators. That's great, really great. And... in episode 1, when that captain, the pilot-trainee and a few attendents walk through the JAL office building... that one model... looks like... a 7E7 Dreamliner!!! Also,...

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Always, and I love it.

COOKING!

I'm still playing with the idea of starting an Austrian restaurant in Japan... It's just... a little toying around, nothing serious, though, it would be a funny idea, if pulled decently.

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It´s the same with Nana, it has a movie already, but I´d had wanted a drama instead, because with just a movie, there´re lots of thing that are unexplained :unsure: Yeah. I haven't seen Shinobi yet, but I don't think it's possible to squeeze all 5 parts of the manga into some 2 hours of film (not t...

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Keep one thing in mind you smaller ones: Size matters not

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Saishu Heiki Kanojo movie OST

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qnhu... it's the Penguins... they're watching us...

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On the other hand, in the US they get the huge sums for really bad work (I heard that Lucy Liu got 4 million USD for Charlie's Angles 2, an absolutely ridiculous ammount for a really bad movie); and most make what? 1 movie per year? Not really impressing. Or take what Sutherland (who's not really an...

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lol, well, that's one way to describe it

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Her hairstyle was... odd there. Though, she did a good job.

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The two specials: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_29729.htm http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_27428.htm Rokubanme no Sayoko was a tv series where Kuriyama played alongside Suzuki An. Kuriyama played Sayoko, who returns to the same school every so often in a couple of years (I think e...

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haha, yeah, Inknow what you mean! My first year of Japanese is endung in the summer too... I'm going to continue in the fall/autumn as well.. What I'm going to do is just study ahead and review old things too so I won't forget. Also, since this summer I'm going to Japan for 15 days, that's help alo...

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From my understanding, and the way I see it... if my GF would cheat on me, well... I'd walk out on her. I expect loyalty from my partner, simply because I would be loyal towards her, too. If she'd cheat on me, well, I'd say that she would want it that way, so she and the guy she cheated with can be ...

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Europe... Austria... the ass end of the world when it comes to Japanese entertainment...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion , though casting Ayanami Rei would be a **** (Kuriyama Chiaki, the younger one of the Maeda Sisters or Suzuki An maybe, or wait a few years until Fukuda Mayuko is old enough (given her performances so far she'd be one SCARY Rei)). There is, apparently a western movie based o...

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I wouldn't really say "Chinese-style martial arts effects". There has been plenty of flying and other things along that line in Japanese movies before, like in "Azumi" or "Red Shadow", or lots of dodging and deflecting arrows in "Kozure Okami" back in the 70s....

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I still think Kill Bill was her weakest performance ever. Not her fault though, playing a character with the charisma of a postbox (thank you Tarantino, team up with George Lucas) can only lead to feeble results.

Now Mizuki in Kagen no Tsuki, yep, that's a great performance by her.

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The special edition was sold out extremely fast. It had the theatrical cut on DVD, the director's cut on DVD and a special VHS tape with the title song by HYDE. (still nothing compared to Linda Linda Linda where the initial pressing with all the goodies was sold out within 3 weeks)

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I also like how those two groups have already formed. Youko and her two comrades, and those other three girls, who -even without subtitles- come along as pretty stuck up. I don't think Youko will ever really be like the standard flight attendant, that would be boring, really. Here's a hint on how t...

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I absolutely love it. I'm waiting for it every week like a little child lol And I STILL can't put the song little Sakurako and her dad were singing in the first week anywhere. It sounds awfully familiar, but I just can't think of the name. BAH! But... I'm still not happy with the end of week 2. It w...

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