Piwang?

Eat pray love.

You communicate with the Japanese you have, not the Japanese you might want or wish to have at a later time.

One guy is telling a story and says "hey, watch [people's] legs." I'm sitting there wondering what the hell legs have to do with anything, eventually realizing the other dude probably just kicked him or something.

I'm translating a chat between two friends filled with in-jokes that had little to no editing before publication. Haven't struggled this much in a while.

This is a Doctor Who thing, right?

Grand MOS Tarkin.

A wretched hive of mountain, ocean, and sun.

I don't love MOS, to be honest, but they have mad backronym skills.

MOSt delicious burger.

Fair!

Will be overshadowed by that other anime film out this weekend, but Patlabor 3 is out in a few places around the country starting today.

Totally. Something I learned writing this is that in the Conan world, all this stuff takes place over the course of a single year (despite multiple seasons and birthdays...). It's one of those things you're just supposed to not think too hard about.

Thank you! As I understand it (and I’m far from an expert), he was poisoned by the 黒の相識, who are the main recurring rivals. I think they intended to kill him, but the poison was experimental and shrunk him instead.

Shot Bar Zoetrope in Shinjuku for a funky cinemaphile/whiskey fan overlap.

Why do the annual Detective Conan films always bring in the yen? I try to crack the case.

PIANO UTTE CHOUDAI

I enjoyed the film A Private Life, in which Jodie Foster speaks flawless French and MiniDiscs play a significant role.

The critics were wrong. The ’90s ‘Super Mario’ flick is awesome. On the film’s 30th anniversary, the box-office bomb is back in Japanese cinemas for a limited time with a new 4K remaster.

Heard there's a new Mario movie out. Bet it's not as good as this one:

Yeah. Too bad! Maybe it’ll come around again.

Interesting watches and rewatches, March:

Sorry, Baby
Okinawa Yakuza War
Sentimental Value
Jin-Roh
迷宮物語 / Neo Tokyo (on 35mm!)
HOUSE (same!)
Ballad of a Soldier

Wow.

AnimeJapan 2027 Everything about anime is here. March 27 (Sat) & 28 (Sun), 2027 Intex Osaka AnimeJapan has been held in Tokyo for the past 13 years as "the world's largest anime festival". AnimeJapan 2027 and 2028 will be held in Osaka, a city that has long flourished as a gateway for international trade and attracted many people from all over the world for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Expo.

The biggest news from AnimeJapan so far I think isn't about the anime themselves. It's that AnimeJapan is moving to Osaka for 2027 and 2028. No indication yet on whether the business days will also move.

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The no-win scenario is real.

My look at the new sequel to the sleeper hit Poupelle of Chimney Town.

Can confirm.

Google Gemini spittin' some wrong-as-hell "information."

Must love AI.

I've translated a short but very important passage by Satō Makoto about the concept of aura in documentary cinema. Part of my "mission" 😅 to disseminate as much as possible not only his films but also his writings...