Obscure Japanese Film #131 Ayako Wakao Kasumi (Ayako Wakao) is a young woman of marriageable age prone to daydreaming who believes that ar...
Sep 14, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
Mother (おかあさん, Mikio Naruse, 1952)
A teenage girl struggles to understand her self-sacrificing mother in Mikio Naruse’s subversive take on the hahamono
Ise-san and Shima-san, Volume 2 (伊勢さんと志摩さん)
It’s been a couple of years since I read Volume 1 of this manga about two friend, who share daily “challenges,” by Tokuwotsumu. At the end of that…
Miss Oyu (お遊さま, Kenji Mizoguchi, 1951)
Oppressive social codes and repressed desire provoke a tragic love triangle in Mizoguchi’s adaptation of the story by Tanizaki.
Enma-san (えんまさん, Tomoki Suzuki, 2022)
A young woman with the ability to see people’s true thoughts thanks to a magic mirror becomes consumed with hatred for the world’s duplicity but finds unexpected connection…
Goto-san (ゴトーさん, Hiroshi Gokan, 2020)
A young man’s peaceful dropout existence is disrupted by potential romance, a deadly virus, and economic instability in Gokan’s deceptively quirky drama
Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san, Volume 3 (ヒーローさんと元女幹部さん)
In Volume 1 we met Honjou Hayate, a woman with a secret identity as the hero Rapid Rabbit and her evil arch-rival Honey Trap. Honey leaves the presumably…
Yuri Manga: Hero-san to Moto Onna Kanbu-san, Volume 2 (ヒーローさんと元女幹部さん)
In Volume 1, we met Hayate a woman who by day is a costumed stage performer in a hero show and by night is an actual superhero, “Rapid…
Hiragana Song あいうえおにいいさん (ft みーぽん CV @swimmy_music ) / YuTanP
Sign Up for My Japanese Lessons & Get the Lyrics PDF with Definitions and Grammar Explanations https://bit.ly/4aFRVb7 あいうえおにいいさん - Hiragana Song Written, Arranged, Produced by YuTanP Vocal: https://www.youtube.com/@swimmy_music Drums: Glenn Welman https://www.fiverr.com/glennwelman Guitar:…
サザエさん症候群
How to bring Japanese closer to you - How to Japanese - April 2022
A Little Girl’s Dream 夢は牛のお医者さん Director: Yoshiaki Tokita
A Little Girl’s Dream 夢は牛のお医者さん, by director Yoshiaki Tokita, is a simple yet profoundly moving documentary about how a girl’s life lived with animals inspired her to take on…
A Little Girl’s Dream (夢は牛のお医者さん, Yoshiaki Tokita, 2014)
Yoshiaki Tokita’s documentary follows a little girl for 25 years as she achieve her dreams of becoming a vet.
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 3 ( 山田と加瀬さん。)
Kase-san and Yamada moved to Tokyo last spring. Now winter is ahead of them and they are settling in, mostly. As Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 3 ( 山田と加瀬さん。)…
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 4 (山田と加瀬さん。)
As you age, one of the absolutely weirdest things is watching the people you knew as children growing up, maturing, starting their own lives. You never know what…
Yamada to Kase-san, Volume 2 (山田と加瀬さん)
Happy anniversary to Takashima Hiromi-sensei for 10 years of Kase-san and Yamada. Who could have imagined that, when the series debuted in 2010 in Pure Yuri Anthology Hirari,…
Model-chan to Jimi Mane-san, Volume 2 (モデルちゃんと地味マネさん)
In Volume 1, we met Okabe-san, a new manager for top model Yuria-san. Yuri appears cool and remotes but that may well be because she’s so beautiful no…
となりのメタラーさん
Author & Artist: マミタ (Mamita)Released April 2020 by Tokuma Shoten Publishing’s Chara ComicsGenre: Romance, Drama
![Featured image for Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20210312/1615555659.6131.29350.jpg)
Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
A film for the economic uncertainty of our Covid-19 age. Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Poseidon kiss #anime #shorts #neongenesisevangelion #neongenesisevangelionedit #shinjiさん
No post summary was provided.
I Go Gaga, Welcome Home Mom (ぼけますから、よろしくお願いします。～おかえりお母さん～, Naoko Nobutomo, 2022)
In a followup to her hugely popular documentary, Naoko Nobutomo follows her parents as her mother’s health continues to decline.
Mom, Is That You?! (こんにちは、母さん, Yoji Yamada, 2023)
Disillusioned with the salaryman dream a middle-aged man returns home to his mother only to find her busy with a life of her own in a touching drama…
Kanasando (かなさんどー, Toshiyuki Teruya, 2024)
A young woman gains a better understanding of her parents and her culture when told her estranged father has not long to live in Toshiyuki Teruya’s poignant island…
Hey! Our Dear Don-chan (おーい！どんちゃん, Shuichi Okita, 2022)
A trio of actors undergo a coming-of-age tale of their own when a baby is suddenly abandoned on their doorstep in Shuichi Okita’s charming slice of life dramedy
My Elder Brother (私の兄さん, Yasujiro Shimazu, 1934)
The wastrel brother of earnest man running a taxi firm gets a wakeup call after picking up a runaway woman from an upperclass family in Shimazu’s genial comedy.
Tokyo Onigiri Girl / 東京おにぎり娘 / Tokyo onigiri musume / (aka ‘Triangle Moods’, 1961)
Obscure Japanese Film #149 Ayako Wakao and Ganjiro Nakamura Ganjiro Nakamura and Murasaki Fujima Mariko (Ayako Wakao) is the daughte...
Manga Kodomo Bunko (まんがこども文庫) Bonus Song - Come the Day After Tomorrow (あさっておいで)
Sung by (歌): Columbia Yurikago-kai (コロムビアゆりかご会) Lyrics (作詞): Eriko Kishida (岸田衿子) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Seiichirō Uno (宇野誠一郎) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!
Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (Part 1)
Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 is a 2017 Romantic Drama with subtle comedic elements thrown in the mix anime film by longtime Japanese anime studio Nippon…
This year is already finished #anime #animeedit #shorts #neongenesisevangelion #shinjiさん #meme
No post summary was provided.
Jii-san Baa-san Wakagaeru is about grandpa and grandma turning young again
I still think it's weird Grandpa and Grandma brought their aerodynamic granddaughter and her chicken shit date with them on their delayed honeymoon, but it worked out.
Mr. Suzuki: A Man In God’s Country (鈴木さん, Omoi Sasaki, 2020)
An unmarried woman fearing deportation bonds with a silent amnesiac in a land where “God” has long been absent in Omoi Sasaki’s deadpan satire.
Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro! (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san!)
The fun “tease you because I’m too shy to admit I have a crush on you” dynamic from Takagi-san, but in High school and a bit more sadistic…
FoL: Aharen-san wa Hakaranai – Miss Aharen is Indecipherable
Got to love an establishing shot opener. Well, back to work I suppose. Between some remodeling I was helping with and sick and out of commission for a…
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody (前科おんな殺し節, Atsushi Mihori, 1973)
Former cellmates band together to take out a duplicitous yakuza in Atsushi Mihori’s expertly crafted slice of pinky violence
Konki / 婚期 / 'Marriageable Age' (1961)
Obscure Japanese Film #124 Ayako Wakao Takuo (Eiji Funakoshi) runs an inn (a family business he has inherited), and lives not just with ...
![Featured image for Mothra (1961) review [The Godzilla Project]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230127/1674810011.52207.84500.jpg)
Mothra (1961) review [The Godzilla Project]
By elegantly using the kaiju Mothra, Honda warns the Japanese spectator of the destructive societal effects that the blind adoption of unrestricted capitalism and wild consumption can cause.
さ Particle
The various uses of the さ particle in Japanese, with examples.
Aisarete mo Iindayo, Volume 1 ( 愛されてもいいんだよ)
In Amano Shuninta’s Aisarete mo Iindayo, Volume 1 ( 愛されてもいいんだよ) we meet Kimura Rin, an office worker who is being sexually harassed by a superior at work. She has…
Manga Kodomo Bunko (まんがこども文庫) September ED (9月の歌) - Coral Reef (さんご礁)
Sung by (歌): Kumiko Ōsugi (大杉久美子) Lyrics (作詞): Tetsuzō Komura (古村徹三) Composition and Arrangement (作曲・編曲): Seiichirō Uno (宇野誠一郎) Very special thanks to PopKorn Kat for transferring and scanning this record!
Ueno-san wa Bukiyou (How clumsy you are, Miss Ueno.)
This anime is composed of short skits all of which are solely focused on comedy. Each episode is about half length, nine and half minutes if you take…
Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 and 2
Fans of old-school shōjo and soapy melodrama won't want to miss this.
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid)
This anime is about a completely normal office worker named Kobayashi that gets drunk and hires a dragon to be her maid. The dragon, Tohru, actually shows up…
第1回「咲う アルスノトリア すんっ！」放課後お茶会Radio
■公式サイト：https://www.arsnotoria-anime.com/ ■公式Twitter：＠arsno_anime(https://twitter.com/arsno_anime) ■推奨ハッシュタグ：#アルスノ #すんすん インターネットラジオステーション＜音泉＞と You Tubeチャンネル「ぽにきゃん」にて 『咲う アルスノトリア すんっ！』のWEBラジオの配信が隔週水曜日19時に配信❀ メインMCにアルスノトリア役・久野美咲さんを迎え、 各回ゲストと共にアニメの振り返りやリスナーからのお手紙紹介、 キャラクターの深掘りや作品に関連したバラエティコーナーをお届けします！ 【番組情報】 ●番組名：「咲う アルスノトリア すんっ！」放課後お茶会Radio ●パーソナリティ：久野美咲（アルスノトリア 役）、花井美春（メル役） 【コーナー紹介】 ●普通のお便り アニメ・ラジオの感想や、パーソナリティへのメッセージを送ってください！ ●真の淑女を目指す、です！ 「淑女」とは品のある女性を指す言葉。あなたが思う品があると思う行動や仕草、お作法を教えてください♪淑女なら知っていたほうがいいことや、こういう人は品があると思う！ということを集めて、この番組なりの“真の淑女に必要な条件”を決めていきます。 ●すんっ！こんな匂いを感じました あなたが日常で「すんっ！」と感じた、匂いにまつわるメッセージを募集。 日常で感じたちょっと怪しげな事件の匂い、こんな匂いが好き！など、 匂いにまつわるメッセージならなんでもOK！ その匂いを感じたことがあるか？どんな匂いなのかお話していきます。 ●あなたはどれ派？選択肢から選ぶ、です！ アニメ１話にもあったように、スコーンにはジャム派？なにも塗らない派？クロテッドクリームは先に塗る派？後で塗る派？など、 質問とそれに対するいくつかの選択肢を募集！みんなでお茶会の話題にします♪ ●本日の、お菓子の代わりになるトーク お茶会のお菓子の代わりになるような美味しい（盛り上がる）トークテーマをお待ちしています。作品の舞台となっている場所のことやイメージするもの、美味しいお菓子の情報など、上品なトークテーマをお送りください♪ 詳細はWEBラジオ公式ページにて！ https://www.onsen.ag/program/arsnotoria-anime 番組メールアドレス：arsnotoria-anime@onsen.ag 魔法（べんきょう）のあとは とっておきのティータイム ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ ニトロプラス原作のTVアニメ『咲う(わらう) アルスノトリア すんっ！』 2022年7月6日（水）より放送中❀ 【 あらすじ 】 ここは全寮制の魔法学園都市《アシュラム》 ペンタグラムと呼ばれる少女たちが〈真の淑女〉を目指し、教養や礼儀作法、そして魔法を仲良く学んでいます。 生徒のひとりである少女・アルスノトリアは、同じ第五寮に所属するムードメーカーのメル、無口でマイペ―スな小アルベール、委員長気質のピカトリクス、クールなアブラメリンといつも一緒。 授業を受けたり、係活動をしたり、"あの部屋"で放課後のお茶会を開いたり…… 少女たちが送る、楽しく・賑やかな日々をお届けします！ 【 放送情報 】 2022年7月6日（水）TV放送開始 TOKYO MX…毎週水曜23:00～ ＢＳ日テレ…毎週水曜24:00 ～ AT-X…毎週水曜21:30～ ※リピート放送 毎週（金）9：30…
Smile of the Arsnotoria the Animation, Asura, Marchen Awakens Romance, Nichijou - My Ordinary Life: Episode 0, Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 4: SAYONARA NIPPON (さよならにっぽん)
Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Bibliography, Otomo, Animation, Manga, Steamboy, Japanimation,
Quick Weebviews: Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1(古見さんは、コミュ症です。)
Hey I’m not dead! At least not physically. This format is going to just be quick reviews or thoughts about random things I get around to reading. Trust…
Yojimbo (用心棒, Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
A cynical ronin plays warring factions off against each other to save a moribund silk town in Akira Kurosawa’s samurai western.
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost 11 (#しゃちされたい)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost 11. Fushihara, Yuurei-chan, & Myaako celebrate New Years with Satsuki and Lily.
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern! Part 1 Review (Mild Spoilers)
Lindsay Wong reviews "Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern! Part One," a film about a headstrong woman with modern values as she navigates through love and life in Taisho…
sa さ-form
The sa-form of adjectives in Japanese.
The Workhorse and the Bigmouth ばしゃ馬さんとビッグマウス (2013) Director: Keisuke Yoshida
“The Workhorse and the Bigmouth” is one of Keisuke Yoshida’s most palatable drama/comedies as it follows two characters trying to make it in the movies and offers a…
お湯割り
In the newsletter this month I wrote about 角ハイ (kakuhai). This is a combination of 角瓶 (kakubin), Suntory’s flagship whiskey, and ハイボール (highball), a mixed drink made from…
Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost 12 (Finale #しゃちされたい)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost 12. The oni mikogami Miko-chan warns Fushihara of impending misfortune.