So you are learning Japanese and having difficulties reading engadget.jp, nicovideo.jp or anywebsite.jp. Today I’m going to introduce you the best Google Chrome plugin I’ve found yet – Rikaikun. Many people are like me who are too lazy to copy – paste – translate and revolve this merry-go-around countless times. It’s tedious and boring, and [...]
As a Vocaloid pseudo-expert, I, Dovizu, have another tutorial post for ya. So let me mention a FM background story here. The program VocaloRank was originally proposed to have two sub-programs, Weekly Ranking and New Arrivals. Unfortunately, the newly uploaded Vocaloid videos have no YouTube alternatives.. (not even one), therefore we had to cancel that [...]
So you want to buy music from iTunes Japan. If you have already crawled the internet and arrived here, I assume that you know how to use iTunes, how to change country in iTunes store, and how to buy music. Now into the topic, this is a guide for everyone who wants to buy music [...]
There are more and more people who are getting the hang of writing Fanfiction. In case you don’t know what Fanfiction is, here is a definition. “A piece of fiction within a fandom utilizing characters and situations from a pre-existing work including (but not limited to) books, television programs, films, [...]
Some stuff you need to know [EDIT: Previously Otaku Guide 101] So are you new to the otaku world? Want to know the basics of becoming an “otaku”? You came to the right place! First off, the definition of “otaku”. Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home). Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as [...]
Introduction Vocaloid IS that big of a deal, yet in the United States, buying legal Vocaloid music and supporting their creators are still not as easy as if you were living in Japan. This guide will introduce the distribution of music in the Japanese industry, the common ways to purchase music in Japan, and how [...]
Including me, a full-out Japanese learner, many people always look forward to watch TV channels directly from Japan, for whatever purposes: anime episodes, drama, news (listening skill practice). And now you can, with many solutions on the internet now, especially KeyHole TV. KeyHole TV is a lightweight program that runs across all platforms (Mac, PC [...]
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”-Frederich Nietzsche Monsters come in a vast multitude of forms and varieties. From the serpent-haired Gorgon Medusa to the reanimated monstrosity known as Frankenstein’s Monster; monsters are a staple [...]
I apologize for the lateness of the review (a seemingly more common thing nowadays, huh? Oh well), for I have been wrapped up in my studies. I wish they were studies on the occult, however. That would be much more fascinating than boring ol’ regular school. It’s possibly more life-threatening, assuming this stuff was real, [...]
“A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and en-kindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.” -George Jean Nathan Love is a truly unique and fascinating emotion. Authors have written about its power, singers have written [...]
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” –John Lennon “Growing up” is an essential and unavoidable aspect of every human being’s life. We often think maturity is measured in the same way age is measured; a numerical set of years. However, children can grow up surprisingly fast even at a young age when they are [...]
Hmph. This mystery is starting to bore me. Whether or not this show is any good at all is of no concern to me. Accessing my wellspring of knowledge, the fragments of Chaos all come together to form…an opinion on an anime series. That’s pretty anticlimactic. Gosick Episodes: 24 Originally aired: 27 December 2010 – [...]
