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A few months back it seemed like This song was playing pretty much everywhere in Japan. It's the ending theme for a show called Marumo no Okite. It's about a bumbling office worker who adopts his dead friend's twin children. It's mostly a comedy, but has some pretty tragic stuff happening every so often. Oh and they also have a talking dog for some reason. In the end it's a show that could have been a serious look at kids dealing with the loss of their parents, a comedy about someone having to face responsibility, or a talking animal family show. Instead it tries to all three and you get this sort of emotional whiplash, but it's worth watching if you're looking for something different.
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| # ¿ Dec 1, 2011 17:18 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 05:26 |
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SpazmasterX posted:Constant repetition. If it's one of those children's shows that's constantly rerun, little kids will watch it. When those credits come one, you can bet each child is on his or her feet and dancing along. The funny thing is that I've never met another person who's actually seen the show. It's not really a kid's show but the little girl became an overnight child star. I think it's just on the radio a lot and you'd always hear it playing in malls and things. I'm actually not sure how they all memorized the dance either.
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| # ¿ Dec 19, 2011 13:51 |
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I watched the first chunk of it but my Japanese isn't really good enough to follow along with no subs and I think my girlfriend was getting annoyed that I kept leaning over to ask "What'd that guy say? What did that guy say while I was talking?"
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| # ¿ Jan 1, 2012 17:02 |
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spoonboy posted:Thanks for sharing this, I was literally in tears laughing at most of it Holy poo poo I was crying when they were trying to draw a bicycle.
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| # ¿ Jan 25, 2012 14:58 |
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mystes posted:I thought Galileo was somewhat entertaining in a silly sort of way but at the same time I found the actual details of the murders in each episode to be completely ridiculous, not just in terms of insane methods but also motives. Its culprits committed murder for some of the stupidest reasons I have ever seen on television, and considering the precedent established by shows such as Law & Order and CSI, that's saying something. I get what you're trying to say but this just makes me want to watch it more now.
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| # ¿ Apr 29, 2012 05:28 |
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Does anyone remember a Japanese show they used to have on Spike? It was a variety type show where the hosts would introduce a myth busters style situation and everyone would guess what will happen. They had a lot of cool stuff but it didn't last long at all. There was a similar show that focused more on human challenges and this wasn't it. The one I want had more like science facts and things. The example I remember best was when they showed that a normal rubber band could fly X meters when stretched and released. Then they used tractors to stretch a 30 meter rubber band to see the distance would also increase by the same scale. (it didn't)
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| # ¿ Apr 30, 2012 05:34 |
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Dizz posted:The best part is when Yamasaki casually blames Hamada for pulling his pants down and that it wasn't his fault while saying his goodbyes. Well it's true. It made no sense to blame it on him and I can't believe he was so cool with being the fall guy.
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| # ¿ May 6, 2012 01:43 |
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I've been watching a lot of Kagi no Kakatta Heya lately. It's a murder mystery show where every murder is a "locked room" case where it seems like it should be impossible for the person to exit the room after committing the murder. It's interesting in that most of the time it's pretty obvious who the murderer is, but the trick is figuring out how they managed to pull it off. So far the techniques have ranged from smart and interesting to really stupid. (One involves the murder of a collector of rare spiders. The murderer knocks out a venomous spider and puts it inside the body of a larger, but harmless spider. Then the victim got bitten and didn't seek medical attention since he didn't know it was deadly But most of the time they follow good logic and it's fun watching the characters suggest crazy ways the murder could have been committed.
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| # ¿ May 28, 2012 04:53 |
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I thought the timing on the video was good. I didn't have any trouble keeping up. My Japanese isn't really good enough to catch the subtleties of the language. I was only getting tipped off by the occasional "-maus, or san." Best part was that cafe. I've seen places like that in Canada but I'm actually kind of surprised that they even exist in Japan.
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| # ¿ May 30, 2012 05:09 |
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A friend recommended me "Legal High." It's basically Dr. House if he were a lawyer, or Phoenix Wright if he were an rear end in a top hat. It's pretty good overall, but it's worth watching just for the last episode. It's without a doubt the best ending to a series that I've ever seen in anything.
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| # ¿ Sep 4, 2012 04:08 |
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zari-gani posted:One of the best and weirdest Japanese shows ever is Hey! Spring of Trivia. Thanks for this. I used to watch this all the time when it was dubbed on Spike TV. The elastic band one is what sticks in my mind, just for the amazing build up.
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| # ¿ Sep 18, 2012 02:23 |
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futurememory posted:There was a really interesting article in Hollywood Reporter about how we might be seeing more Japanese variety shows adapted to the US. I'm not too excited. Something always seems to be lost in the process. Wipe out really has nothing on MXC. And the American version of Don't Laugh Library is awful.
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| # ¿ Sep 29, 2012 00:29 |
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The US version is dumb because it's all just timed. The stupid contestants will spend 2 minutes slowly going across the punch wall before getting knocked into the water, when they can just jump in and wade across in like 30 seconds anyway.
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| # ¿ Sep 30, 2012 20:09 |
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Ten..ten...ten ten ten ten
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| # ¿ Nov 19, 2012 16:49 |
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I've always wanted to see this since the first time I heard about it.
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| # ¿ Dec 30, 2012 01:31 |
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JerseyMonkey posted:Watching through the Nasubi episodes are really interesting but also quite eerie. You can see how thin he is and his voice is a little raspy at times. Also, when he gets food, his eyes roll back and give off an odd look. I am really shocked they got away with this show. I'm assuming he could leave if he really wanted to. They must be giving him some food since he'd presumably have to wait at least a few weeks until the first package came. If he got really desperate he could just call every takeout place in Tokyo and steal from the delivery guy. There must have been a lot of communication that we don't see. I'm assuming he had an apartment, a job, family etc and didn't just disappear until the show aired. The best part really is watching him re purpose stuff to get by. I was hoping to see him take apart the bicycle to make cooking tools or something.
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| # ¿ Jan 9, 2013 02:39 |
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zari-gani posted:More about it here... How could he not know he was on tv? What else could he think he stumbles into? He was wearing a microphone.
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| # ¿ Jan 9, 2013 23:19 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 05:26 |
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Isn't the whole point of a torrent that the initial uploader doesn't have to do that much?
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