Since I subscribed to Crunchyroll after the 60 day trial from Sony, I’ve finally settled on one series that seems to have everything I’m looking for in anime. The story is interesting, characters are as well. I’m still not in love with the silly female voices but maybe that’s something…
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Sakiori – Rescuing kimono from the trash heap
These mornings my ‘first coffee of the day’ time is spent with the NHK series, ‘Zero Waste Life’. Each episode is about 15 minutes long and each one focuses on some aspect of reusing/recycling items that would normally be tossed in the trash. In the West, we’re constantly faced with…
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Good Government 250 Years Ago? Who knew? – Child allowances, social security for seniors and more, thanks to Uesugi Harunori
Pretty much everything I know about Japan comes from watching NHK World, the free streaming service sponsored by the Japanese government. While I’d love to go there, I’m probably too old. I wouldn’t want to go alone, that’s for sure and I really don’t like flying. So I’m stuck watching…
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Everything and Nothing at All, Really – Just the state of things right now
It’s COLD in Toronto and will only get colder for at least the next week. The thermometer won’t creep above 0 C. and will go down to -11 C. most nights. So it’s ‘stay in the igloo’ time here. No matter what the weather I’ll walk outside every day. That’s…
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Anime – What’s with the female voices?
Fresh from subscribing to Crunchyroll, I find myself wondering why every female character voice actor uses a cutesy, young teen or pre-teen voice. The male voice actors seem normal and the dubbed English female voices are as well. I have subtitles turned on with the original audio in Japanese. Every…
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NHK 72 Hours – There’s a story in every episode
NHK is the national broadcaster in Japan, similar to Canada’s CBC, England’s BBCs and ABC in Australia. The similarity is only in the acronym, however. NHK is head and shoulders above any of these networks, at least in my opinion. Every show or series that I watch gives me another…
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Even Nobodies Have Stories
Journaling isn’t about keeping a diary, at least that’s not the impression I want to give you. If you’re a teenager, writing out your secret thoughts and dreams is almost a right of passage, a pun would be ‘a write of passage’. But you’re not a teenager. You’ve lived for…
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Anime vs. Live Actors
Anime is still new to me. I’ve got a 60 day trial on Crunchyroll that’s about to end. Will I spring for a subscription? Probably. Amazon Prime is the only streaming sub that I have but that’s mainly for the music. Crunchyroll’s offerings seem endless and the recommendations are excellent…
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Genius Needed! – Is there anything like this out there?
I volunteer at a Japanese senior’s home. Communication in the home seems to be mainly on paper and email newsletters to the public. Paper notices seem old-fashioned to me, something people see but don’t read. If there were other ways to disseminate information to the residents, I think the residents…
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Old Japan – What did they miss and was missing it that important?
Here’s a quick post for a cold Saturday morning here in Toronto. For centuries, Japan closed itself off from the rest of the world, even from close neighbours such as China. Through NHK, the national broadcaster for Japan, I’ve learned that the country had its own art and culture. This…