Timothy Baril

James Cameron’s Avatar was recently released and will surely prove to be a huge box office success. Why?
It’s not simply because it’s a movie that has pushed the technological limits of movie making to a whole new level. This technological breakthrough isn’t why Avatar is an important landmark in film making.
Movies in the past [...]

It’s Monday morning. Rain drizzles down. I show up to school wet, dreading a dull day of classes. Lucky for me, it’s just as I fear.
First period grade 9s. I stand next to the chalkboard after a good morning greeting that wouldn’t register on a decibel meter for singing mice. The Japanese teacher teaches. Homework [...]

Hyori Lee’s (Lee Hyo Ri / 이효리) 3rd album is fantastic!! It’s a great mix of R&B and pop, a little reggae, that makes you want to get up and dance. It’s fun, it’s sexy, and from the 1st to last, the tracks are all worth listening to. You’ll surely find more than a few [...]

ポールダンス・アーティストバニラ（大阪）.

Pole dance lessons from one of Osaka’s top dancers. Very interesting!

There’s no play on words in the title. Japanese porn is simply awful.
Don’t get me wrong, the actresses are often very beautiful, and I’m glad it’s there, because it serves a purpose. Anything to help people get a little more sexual is great, because really, in practicality, they’re repressed here. Self repressed.
But why [...]

New Albums released from:
BoA The Face; Koda Kumi Kingdom; Ayumi Hamasaki Guilty; Kuraki Mai One Life
I LOVE LOVE LOVE these 4 releases. Each so different, yet that Japanese voice and spirit uniting them all. I’m huge fans of each of these girls, for their beauty, fashion style, vocal talents and music.

BOA

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OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
How can you end a series like this????? Aiyah aiyah aiyah!!!
It’s as if they had planned a second season, then just forgot about it, but still left huge unanswered questions and cliffhangers! It’s as bad as Berserk. Bloody hell, it’s frustrating. I know the entire fan community for Burst Angel was waiting [...]

FLCL = Fuli Kuli / Furi Kuri / Fooly Cooly
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FLCL’s odd style, hyperactive pace, convoluted, esoteric plot, and tendency to break the fourth wall sets it apart from other contemporary anime. It can be categorized as a work of comedy, drama, science fiction, romance, philosophy, poetry, and a parody of contemporary culture in general. [...]

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The bad ass hero, Dante, is half human, half demon. Ultra laid back to the point of being “super cool”, never flinches, never falters. He runs a mercenary business called Devil May Cry. He takes on any odd job for money, mostly supernatural, but has a constant stream of debts and bills that leave [...]

I’ve heard it described by some as a guilty pleasure. Others as initially trashy, but with redeeming values. While I thought that the anime series started out very light and fluffy, without much to it, I think that, in the end, it makes a little more of itself than what I first thought.

The series is [...]