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topic: Otaku trips to Neo Tokyo |
fdguarino
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post #1
on December 15, 2004 - 1:37 PM PST
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So,
How many of you otaku out there have taken or are planning trips to Japan?
I saw an article on Wired for the new book Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo and it got me wondering how many of you guys would do this. How many of you are in the process of learning Japanese so you don't have to read subtitles?
-FDGuarino |
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kohnfused1
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post #2
on December 15, 2004 - 4:38 PM PST
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I'm in the process of renting more anime, and that's about as close to Japan as I'm going to get.
...wait. Or was I supposed to go to Japan and so I can watch/purchase all the anime I could want?
..hmmm.. I'm kohnfused.... |
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jross3
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post #3
on December 15, 2004 - 4:44 PM PST
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> On December 15, 2004 - 4:38 PM PST kohnfused1 wrote:
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> ..hmmm.. I'm kohnfused....
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I'm hungry. Nice ta meet'cha.
I am learning Japanese, mostly in order to watch in Japanese without subtitles (and I'm getting better!), but I'm also learning kanji and hiragana and katakana (mostly so I can read sound effects in manga and all the signs that don't get translated).
But am I planning a trip to Japan? No. I wish I was, but I'm poor. I spend too much on anime and manga. But I need a vacation - and when I get it, I'm going to Japan, or so help me God I'm gonna just go to Hawaii. But the idea of "vacation time" isn't part of my job, so it will be quite a while before I get that... |
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markhl
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post #4
on December 15, 2004 - 6:33 PM PST
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| waaa... no Osaka? |
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markhl
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post #5
on December 15, 2004 - 6:34 PM PST
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| kimurin sensei... :) |
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hamano
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post #6
on December 15, 2004 - 9:10 PM PST
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> On December 15, 2004 - 4:44 PM PST jross3 wrote:
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> I am learning Japanese, mostly in order to watch in Japanese without subtitles
Oh, didya grab those multi-Gigabyte torrents for Basic Japanese 1 and 2 this past week? 52 free video Japanese lessons from the Japan Foundation... I DLed it for Mao-chan.
If you missed it, you can still get Japanese Basic I and II here. |
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RandomEvent
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post #7
on December 15, 2004 - 9:15 PM PST
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> On December 15, 2004 - 1:37 PM PST fdguarino wrote:
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> So,
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> How many of you otaku out there have taken or are planning trips to Japan?
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> I saw an article on Wired for the new book Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo and it got me wondering how many of you guys would do this. How many of you are in the process of learning Japanese so you don't have to read subtitles?
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> -FDGuarino
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not me on either count. that first bit would be more money than my life is currently worth :p
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DHofmann
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post #8
on December 16, 2004 - 3:16 PM PST
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| The Pimsleur CD's are also really good. Start with one of these (or these) and then borrow this, then this, then this from your local library. |
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kamapuaa
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post #9
on December 16, 2004 - 9:51 PM PST
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> How many of you otaku out there have taken or are planning trips to Japan?
I'm not the biggest anime or video-game fan, but it's a real trip when I've been to Tokyo, the otaku connections you notice. My main point of reference was the (totally awesome) Dreamcast video-game "Jet Set Radio." Or hanging out in the (totally awesome) Kabuki-cho, the setting of various gangster movies.
The somewhat inane game "Shenmue 1" for the Dreamcast has you going around a small-time Japanese town that's very well rendered, it's unbelievable. Any otaku student of the language should try getting a Japanese import of the game, you can download a boot disk that lets it plays on American Dreamcast machines. It has optional subtitles and they'll repeat anything they say. The American who speaks really bad Japanese is the funniest thing you'll ever see in a video game - it's funny because it's true!
That said, I don't think Japan is such a great place to go on a vacation, and if you do go, Osaka is more better than Tokyo. |
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hamano
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post #10
on February 1, 2005 - 9:57 AM PST
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This book may be a good guide, or NOT according to most reviewers... I'm wondering if the author isn't putting one over on the readers... one reviewer mentions that only the Japanese friend Takashi says something really interesting or revelatory, but according to the blurb Takashi is a character entirely invented by the author. So who is the real protagonist? What is the real story? Does it have anything to do with anime or manga (or even Japan) at all? Maybe the title, "Wrong about Japan" says it all.
So has anyone actually read it? JBellows? |
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jross3
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post #11
on February 1, 2005 - 10:39 AM PST
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> On February 1, 2005 - 9:57 AM PST hamano wrote:
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> This book may be a good guide, or NOT according to most reviewers... I'm wondering if the author isn't putting one over on the readers... one reviewer mentions that only the Japanese friend Takashi says something really interesting or revelatory, but according to the blurb Takashi is a character entirely invented by the author. So who is the real protagonist? What is the real story? Does it have anything to do with anime or manga (or even Japan) at all? Maybe the title, "Wrong about Japan" says it all.
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> So has anyone actually read it? JBellows?
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From what I can tell, it seems to be less about anime and manga than a father taking interest in his son's hobby. The negative reviews seemed to be expecting it to be about Carey's exploration of anime, but it seems fairly mistaken. The only one to look at it from a parent-child perspective also happens to be the only positive review, calling it "beautiful, touching: required reading for all parents".
I'm not terribly interested in picking it up. When I really want to find out how I am "Wrong about Japan", I'll go to Japan and find out for myself first hand... |
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digorymuck
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post #12
on February 2, 2005 - 12:54 PM PST
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i am applying for next year's JET program to teach english in japan for a year.
in order to prepare to do this, i'm taking an online course to be certified to teach english as a foreign language.
i am poor myself, and have wanted to go to japan for quite a while, and this is how i am going to do it. |
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fdguarino
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post #13
on March 4, 2005 - 2:03 PM PST
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Has anyone managed to find a source for the workbook for this series? I found this address for information http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/urawa/e_j_rsorcs/e_jrs_02_03.html, but no means to purchase the book.
-FDGuarino
> On December 15, 2004 - 9:10 PM PST hamano wrote:
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> > On December 15, 2004 - 4:44 PM PST jross3 wrote:
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> > I am learning Japanese, mostly in order to watch in Japanese without subtitles
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> Oh, didya grab those multi-Gigabyte torrents for Basic Japanese 1 and 2 this past week? 52 free video Japanese lessons from the Japan Foundation... I DLed it for Mao-chan.
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> If you missed it, you can still get Japanese Basic I and II here.
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