Archive for November, 2011
Time Machines
If Cher could turn back time, she’d take back those words that hurt you. Helen McCarthy just revisited an old interview and found that the Internet has made time travel possible.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Manga in Translation: Missing Masterpieces
As Digital Manga turns to Kickstarter to reprint a translated Tezuka classic, what other masterworks have been lost in translation?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 14 so far )Anniversaries for Toei and Uzumasa
Three memorable anniversaries this year for lovers of Japanese movies: the 60th birthday of the Toei company, the 85th anniversary of their Kyoto studios, and the 85th anniversary of the “Hollywood of Japan” in the quiet Kyoto suburb of Uzumasa.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gods and Monsters: Birthday Greetings to Tezuka and Godzilla
As Britain commemorates ancient bogeymen, Japan has its own gods and monsters to remember: the God of Manga and the mutated embodiment of the nuclear disaster were born on the same day in November. For Helen McCarthy, Ginza belongs to Godzilla.
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