Japanese Dragonball Z-Meme
Dragonball Z-Meme im japanischen Twitterland, Manga-Moves per Instagram oder so.
Numerous Japanese teens, it seems, are uploading photos of themselves doing the Kamehameha attack from popular manga and anime series Dragon Ball. Many of the photos […] were uploaded to Twitter within the last week or so. On Twitter, Japanese teens are saying that this is how they’ve recently been goofing off with friends.
During the 1980s, when the Dragon Ball anime was on primetime television, kids would unleash Kamehameha attacks on each for fun at school or in the park. The difference here is that teens these days can snap digital photos and upload them for instant internet fame.
Paint Your Teeth – An Introduction to the Tokyo Underground
Vimeo Direktteeth, thanx Tey!
Ein kurzer Film über Kunst-Underground in Tokyo voller Cosplay, Tech und Weirdness. Tey schreibt mir: „PAINT YOUR TEETH is a live event that celebrates the shocking & bizarre underground art scene in Tokyo. This short documentary is an introduction to that scene. Viewer discretion is advised.“
Japanese Lucha Libre Politician
In Japan haben sie dem Politiker Skull Reaper A-ji den Zutritt zu Sitzungen verweigert, solange er seine Lucha Libre-Maske aufhat. Schade.
Skull Reaper A-ji won just 2,828 votes in the election, campaigning on a platform demanding educational reform and improved social welfare facilities, but that was sufficient for him to take a seat in the city council. But even before he could attend his first meeting, other councillors suggested that it was inappropriate for a member of the assembly to wear a mask to conceal their identity.
But 44-year-old Skull Reaper A-ji resisted their requests that he remove his trademark item of clothing, a red-and-black leather mask similar to the “lucha libre” masks affected by wrestlers in Mexico. “People find it easy to come up and talk to me because I have a mask on,” he told the Nishinippon Shimbun, adding that he has done a lot for the community for more than a decade, including visiting institutions for people with physical disabilities.
Japanese politician banned for wearing wrestling mask to meetings (Arbroath)
Japanese Elderly should „hurry up and die“
Ansage vom japanischen Finanzminister: Die Rentner sollen sich mit dem Sterben doch mal bitte ein bisschen beeilen. Ich wiederhole mich: Als Politiker braucht man echt ein besonderes Talent für Arschlochism.
Japan’s new government is barely a month old, and already one of its most senior members has insulted tens of millions of voters by suggesting that the elderly are an unnecessary drain on the country’s finances.
Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be allowed to “hurry up and die” to relieve pressure on the state to pay for their medical care.
Let elderly people ‘hurry up and die’, says Japanese minister
Vintage Desaster-Porn from Japanese Magazines
Hier ein Dutzend Doomsday-Pics aus meiner Sammlung alter Illus aus japanischen Magazinen. Die hier kommen aus 1968er Ausgaben des Shone-Magazins „End of the World“ und „Desasters of the modern World“, nach dem Klick in HighRes.
Underwarter Bonsai
Makoto Azuma macht Kunst mit Blumen und Pflanzen und sein neuestes Dings ist ein Bonsai, der unter Wasser in einem Aquarium wächst, das seinen natürlichen Lebensraum (an der Luft) simuliert. Hat was von Space-Plants on Earth, oder sowas.
Botanical artist Makoto Azuma has been perennially experimenting with bonsai in search of new ways of viewing one of Japan’s oldest art forms. His latest endeavor is to recreate a sustainable bonsai within an underwater environment.
Deadwood is garnished with java moss to resemble leaves, and then secured within a clear, minimal aquarium. And to recreate the natural cycles that exist within nature, LED lights and CO2 emissions within the tank help stimulate photosynthesis. Finally, a filtration system keeps the water free of bacteria and other organisms.
Japanese Retrofuturism, 1969
Ich bin heute den ganzen Tag unterwegs und hier wird nichts weiter passieren bis heute spät abends. Bis dahin hab ich hier ein paar Retrofuturismus-Illus aus einem 1969er japanischen Shonen-Magazin, nach dem Klick in voller Breite und High Res.
Edgar Allan Poe imagined by a vintage Japanese Magazine
Eine 1969er Ausgabe des japanischen Shonen-Magazins hatte eine Illustrecke mit „Edgar Allen Poes World of Fear“, oben die Illu zu seiner Story „The Pit and the Pendulum“. Vintage japanische Interpretationen des Horrormeisters, in High Res und auf voller Breite nach dem Klick.
Miniature Hamburger DIY-Kit
Youtube Direktyummy, via Jason Kottke
Von Youtube:
(1) It is edible. No artificial colours. No preservatives. This kit includes chicken and pork in a part of raw materials. 96 calories.
(2) It tastes like real hamburger, bread, cheese, ketchup, french fries and cola. It was delicious.
(3) It cost 258 yen.
Über den Kram gibt es ein komplettes Blog, das ist voll mit miniaturisierten Speisen zum Selberanrühren: youtube.com/RRcherrypie official blog.
7 Lessons from the Yakuza
Youtube Direktyakuza, via Sean Bonner
Jake Adelstein, der in den letzten 19 Jahren in Japan mit den Yakuza rumgehangen hat, spricht auf der TED-Konferenz über die Dinge, die er dort gelernt hat: „Investigative Journalist and author Jake Adelstein shares his eye-opening and often eyebrow-raising insights as he leads us through his experiences with both the Yakuza and the police while reporting on crime in Japan for the last nineteen years.“
The seven lessons:
1. Know the difference between hearing and listening, and learn to listen to people.
2. Repay the kindness bestowed upon you, keep your code, all is good.
3. There are no small promises. A man’s promise should weigh more than his life.
4. It’s okay to be betrayed, just don’t be the betrayer. Betray others and you betray yourself. You won’t be able to trust anyone.
5. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. You can tell more about a man by his enemies than you can by his friends. A man with no enemies is worthless.
6. In life we only encounter the injustices we are meant to correct.
7. If you want to live well you have to die once.
TED: Hard Lessons Learned From Tough People: Jake Adelstein at TEDxKyoto 2012, Japan Subculture: Everything I Ever Needed To Know In Life I Learned From the Yakuza or The Cops That Kick Their Ass in 7 Lessons
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Japan Gamings Yakuza-Roots
Anton Kusters: Photographing the Yakuza
UK Eco-Activist goes Pro-Nuke, Yakuzas first Aid after Earthquake
Furby is back: ももいろクローバーZ ファービータイアップソング 「Wee-Tee-Wee-Tee」
Youtube Direktweetee, via Friends In Tokyo
Oh yeah, why not. Let’s start the week like this. (Ist ein Furby-Themesong einer japanischen Girlgroup namens Momoiro Clover Z, nur nennt man Girlgroups heute in Japan „Japanese female idol group“ und… egal. Da! Bunt und durchgeknallt und Hüpf!)
Traditional Japanese Swimming
Von Japan Probe: „The swimming styles were apparently developed hundreds of years ago by samurai warriors.“
Manga-Cam for iPhone
Nette Spielerei für’s iPhone: Eine Manga-Cam, die Fotos in typische Panels japanischer Comics verwandelt.
Want to convert regular photos into something resembling comic book art, but don’t want to Google a Photoshop tutorial? Thanks to Supersoftware’s Manga-Camera app on iOS, you can now instantly convert iPhone snapshots into black and white wonders adorned with a variety of backgrounds and sound effect staples from the manga tradition.
iTunes: Manga-Camera, Comics Alliance: The ‘Manga-Camera’ App Is Free Photo Fun On The iPhone, Crunchyroll: Manga-Camera App Turns Your Photos into Electrifying Comic Panels (via Jason Kottke)
