Dragon Zakura – Episode 1

Dragon Zakura ドラゴン桜 Episode 1 Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan’s most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai). For no other reason than Sakuragi’s personal ambition, he has advertised his intention to produce 5 successful...

Bambino! – Episode 4

Bambino! バンビーノ! Episode 4 Ban’s back home with his Girlfriend but he dearly misses that place he went to with the food and stuff. So he decides he’s going to quit university, pack his bags and move to Tokyo permanently to pursue his career as a chef. But Eri, the girlfriend, doesn’t want to give up her whole life just for Ban. So she goes on a journey to that...

Who’s subbing what: Summer 2007

Sorry for the lack of quality updates guys. I’ve been sick (and I still am sick). So I’ve got lots of reviews I need to catch up on. Anyway, who’s subbing what next season? The subbing groups are starting to announce what they are subbing, and here’s who’s subbing what First Kiss – First Kiss, Inoue Mao’s new drama, will be both hard and soft subbed by BON fansubs. Hana Kimi...

Hiragana – た to と

On to the た row. I have always found this row as the easiest to master. Lesson 4 -　た to　と た – TA This one is so easy! It already looks like “ta” in English. You can’t get any simpler than that. ち – CHI Picture this as a ball of cheese with a fancy tooth pick. Remember, don’t confuse さ　and 　ち. This sheet I have explains chi as cheese,...

Japanese Movies on the Internet in 2 Years

The Sydney Morning Herald reports: The Japanese government plans to establish a new law within two years to facilitate the distribution of movies and video programs on the internet by simplifying procedures to win consent from copyright holders, according to a draft plan. The planned law will be designed to sort out a complicated set of related laws so as to activate content businesses and give...