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Japan's Christmas Evolution: From Forbidden Festivities to KFC Traditions

Dirkoin

Dec 22, 2023 • Subscribe

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Growth and Evolution: From My Life to Digimon

Main TextWriter’s Commentary PrefaceMy Digimon History: How Digimon Shaped My LifeAbout Digimon EvolutionEndless Possibilities for GrowthData Load and OverwriteEvolutionNormal EvolutionJogres…

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Aug 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Christmas Gifs from Me to You

Guys, we almost made it. 2020 is almost over! And it Christmas! Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you’re having a great day. Skype the ones…

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Dec 25, 2020 • Subscribe

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Evolution of Anime: Decade-by-Decade Journey of Japan's Animation

Navigating the Evolution of Anime Through the Years

Nihon Narratives

Jun 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Star’s holiday traditions

If you didn’t know already I have quite a love tradition. It stems back when I was a tiny and bored in the dead of winter deep in…

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Dec 22, 2019 • Subscribe

Luna’s Holiday Traditions

We all have traditions that are deeply ingrained in who we are. But as we age, those traditions can change, they can be added onto, or passed on…

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Dec 23, 2019 • Subscribe

More Yuri About Adults To Accompany Your Seasonal Festivities

12 Days of Aniblogging 2024, Day 12Happy Christmas and Hanukkah!Per usual, I will close out this year’s blogging by going over some yuri I read this year starring…

Floating Catacombs

Dec 25, 2024 • Subscribe

The Festivities of Marielle Clarac

By Haruka Momo and Maro. Released in Japan as “Marielle Clarac no Shukusai” by Ichijinsha Bunko Iris NEO. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Philip…

Manga Bookshelf

Jul 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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From Christmas to New Year: Experience Japanese Tradition at Suigian

Suigian is located just beneath a shrine in Tokyo and provides an immersive traditional experience that deserves a spot on any travel itinerary.

GaijinPot

Dec 4, 2024 • Subscribe

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Japanese Traditions: Teru Teru Bozu

The rainy season can be depressing — unless you brighten it up with a Teru Teru Bozu doll.

Savvy Tokyo

Jun 15, 2022 • Subscribe

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Japan's Moonshot

Japan has long reached out to the world through its toys. Now it’s sending them to the stars.

Matt Alt's Pure Invention

Sep 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Christmas Songs from our TangleCast Podcasters!

Last year, three members of our TangleCast podcast team (editor Celetron and on-air talent David and Holly) recorded their renditions of some Christmas classics. Here they are to…

Beneath the Tangles

Dec 2, 2020 • Subscribe

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Japan's Anime Taste Compared to the West

What anime do Japanese people enjoy? What Anime is popular in Japan? These are questions I answer as I had taught English in Japan and my students were able…

HunterTehGamer

Jan 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Mangaka: Evolution

You know one of the things I love about manga? Being able to follow an author’s evolution through different works and see what their preferences are like. Before…

The Animanga Spellbook

Nov 19, 2019 • Subscribe

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Redefining Traditions and Expectations: Turning Red

Turning Red is Disney Pixar’s latest theatrical animation, and its focus on life as an Asian middle schooler hits close to home. Like many Asians from North America,…

OGIUE MANIAX

May 4, 2022 • Subscribe

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from RABUJOI

Whether it’s Christmas or Hanukkah or another holiday or just another Sunday, we here at RABUJOI are hoping you have a good one. Take care of yourselves, and…

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Dec 25, 2022 • Subscribe

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from RABUJOI

Warmth, love, togetherness, and generosity are the reasons for the season. We’ll be keeping those we love who are with us close today, and keeping those who aren’t…

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Dec 25, 2023 • Subscribe

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Fanart Friday, Too: Merry Christmas from Miku

We’re celebrating a special holiday, so why not go all out and feature two Fanart Friday pieces this Christmas Eve! Here’s Miku wishing you a Merry Christmas from…

Beneath the Tangles

Dec 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from RABUJOI!!!

Wishing you a happy and healthy end of the year, including a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and any other holidays you happen to celebrate. Be well, be merry,…

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Japan's AI Affinity

The reasons many Westerners despise AI explain why Japanese don't

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Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions: Not So Forbidden, nor Deducing 

And the surprise is: yet another Sherlock Holmes-inspired anime! I can’t even tell all other competitors to get out of the way, because this rendition of the beloved…

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Episode 63, "Evolution"

On this SEASON FINALE of the One Piece Podcast we discuss Manga Chapter 569 “Monster,” go into our Top 5 of ’09, have some time to Piece by…

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Episode 63, "Evolution"

On this SEASON FINALE of the One Piece Podcast we discuss Manga Chapter 569 “Monster,” go into our Top 5 of ’09, have some time to Piece by…

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Magical Revolution #10 — But Nobility! And Traditions!

  Why exactly do we suddenly care about this now? Impressions: We're already making it clear that this last arc is going to be attempting to rival the previous…

Tenka Seiha

Mar 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Why Sora is Largely Absent from Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna 

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Merry Christmas from All of Us at RABUJOI

We at RABUJOI know you have a lot of options about where to go for anime recaps and reviews, but if you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’ve…

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Impression: Forbidden Dance 4

Finally got my hands on a used copy of Forbidden Dance 4. It’s not that it’s rare, but something else always took priority. Thankfully the used copy’s condition…

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Yakushima - Japan's Natural Treasure

Away from the bustling crowds and flashing neon of the big city, Japan is blessed with an abundance of stunning natural beauty, from the ...

Red Ronin

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Japan's IRL Useless Goddess

How much do you think Sora Amamiya prepared before the Aqua recordings of Konosuba? (seiyuu really are amazing) Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedJoker0808?s=09 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/redjoker0808 Business Email: akalive0713@gmail.com Credits: Sawashiro Miyuki clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au-8km44KzA&list=PLQa9lAHF6_o9wtvcC8dwgfA-S04W5Tk4R Aldnoah Zero art:…

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Japan's Most Alcoholic Band

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Classroom of the Elite – S3 01 – Protecting Traditions

We pick back up with CotE on the way to a new special exam: a “mixed training camp” in the mountains, meant to inspire mental growth. Everyone is to…

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Eric McLeod (@ SweetDurga ) didn't really know what anime was until high school. His only anime before that point were Pokemon and Yu-Gi-O...

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The Evolution of Walkmankind

A team of misfit engineers built the gadget. But we consumers built the future with it.

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Evolution of my itabeya 

A happenstance internet finding sparked a lifelong journey of building my own "itabeya" and continuously updating it to reflect my ever-changing interests- both serving as a timeline as…

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Fanart Friday, Too: Merry Christmas From Candy Cane Miku

It’s beginning to look a lot like ChristmasEverywhere she goesBells and holly for her hair, Santa hats to wearWith candy canes for sell at Five Below ★ 【豆空dokom】…

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12 Days of Christmas – Day 3 – Praise from Caesar

People like to knock shonen and call it much simpler than other genres, but the truly great ones can create interesting drama and characterization as good as anyone…

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Japanese Street Merchant Slang: 10 Words from Japan's Edo Merchants | Japan Station 158

On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about Japanese slang that traces its roots back to Edo and Meiji era street vendors. We're digging into the origins…

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Merry Christmas to You (And Happy Birthday to Me!)

Whoever you are and however you celebrate this time of year, I hope you have a wonderful holiday.

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RPG Review: Horizon Forbidden West

So in a surprising turn of events, I decided to play an American RPG but only because it came free bundled with my PS5. 😂 As usual Kanade’s…

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Lycoris Recoil – 07 – Bar Forbidden

We start things off with some levity, as both Chisato and Takina prove as horrendous at drawing as they are spectacular at gun-fu in trying to draw Majima…

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Super Cub – 06 – Forbidden Joyride

Koguma has been busy since we last saw her: she has her motorcycle license and Shino bored out her Cub into a 52cc Type II Motorbike, meaning she’s…

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Traditions and Trends at the Tokyo Food Summit 2023

Tokyo restaurants gathered to celebrate three days of Japanese cuisine by representing each of the 47 prefectures.

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Stronger than the Wave: Five Southern Tohoku Folk Traditions

The Tohoku region's endured a lot over the past 200 years. How five rich folk traditions capture the durability and diversity of the region.

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Protected: Sustaining the Future of Hiroshima’s Traditions and Ecology

Hiroshima was perhaps a natural choice for the G7 Summit, with its solemn history from WW2 and its forward-thinking goals toward a sustainable future.

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AVAHS – Christmas Comes to Pac-Land Review

Plot: Santa crashes his sleigh in Pac-Land – a place that has never known Christmas. As Santa and his reindeer recover in Pac-Man’s house, the Ghosts help themselves…

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Merry Christmas (And Our Gift to You)

Making one of our favorite issues free to all.

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Cheritz to Release New Title, The Ssum: Forbidden Lab This Month

After four years in development, Cheritz revealed that their real-time boyfriend app, The Ssum: Forbidden Lab is getting an official release on April 27th!

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Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions Episode 20 Review – To Catch A Hummingbird

Probably the most unique case in this story by far.

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Nov 19, 2024 • Subscribe

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Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions Episode 23 Review – A Dinner Menu From Seventeen Years Ago

I’m betting my suspicions on the culprit being a certain man…

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Evolution in A Centaur’s Life

Evolution in A Centaur’s Life As I have said before, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is a major underpinning of modern biology and A Centaur’s Life is unique in…

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May 19, 2018 • Subscribe

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

By Shelley Pallis. More than twenty years after they were transported as children at a summer camp to a Digital World, the so-called DigiDestined are all grown-up. Tai…

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Mar 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon Adventure:, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, Kizuna