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| Imprint TALK: Asian Pop Culture Blog |
| Imprint TALK is a forum dedicated to the discussion and promotion of emerging trends in Asian pop and youth culture. Topics include: Anime, Art, Auto, Fashion, Film, Gaming, Music, Sports, Technology and Toys. Log on and join in the discussion. |
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| Oricon Survey: Top 10 Anime Films From Japan |
| 2008-05-10 04:40:44 |
Oricon has recently conducted a survey, consisting of 900 volunteers, to list their top 10 animated films from Japan. Japanese people love doing these kinds of surveys don’t they~ But any who, the top 10 has nothing too surprising but looking at the list does bring back some wonderful memories of each film. [...]...
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| Gajin Fujita: Graffiti x Ukiyo-e |
| 2008-05-09 12:49:29 |
Japanese American graffiti artist, Gajin Fujita’s paintings are elaborate fusions of contemporary urban street life and traditional Japanese iconography. Fujita blends Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e style with graffiti and U.S. pop culture in a way that is stunning and vibrant, yet harmonious.
His work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums such as LACMA, Kemper Museum [...]...
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| Lightsaber gymnastic… Wushu! |
| 2008-05-09 11:55:46 |
Some SFX geek replaced Wushu artists’ weapon with lightsaber. It works pretty well, and weirdly funny…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGzf–OLoTI
Check wikipedia if you don’t know Wushu....
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| Poison-free Japanese pufferfish, Fugu |
| 2008-05-08 12:23:57 |
Watch this video clip first, if you don’t know what Fugu is, and how delicious and dangerous the fish could be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFwzi4-oLo
Did this video make you wanna try Fugu when you went to Japan? Maybe not. They made fugu dish look more dangerous than it really is. But according to New York Times, Japanese fish farmers [...]...
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| Help minimimmo travel the world |
| 2008-05-07 16:19:32 |
minimimmo, a new papercraft toy, wants to travel around the world. You can help him by downloading the template and building your own Minimimmo. It looks very simple but it take a bit of a time to figure out how to assemble it.
(from left to right: Tanzania, Italy, Austria)
Download the file, assemble, and send a [...]...
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| Rick Yune to play villain in NINJA ASSASSIN |
| 2008-05-06 14:17:56 |
Rick Yune, best known for his supporting roles in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS and DIE ANOTHER DAY, is set to play the main villain in the Wachowski brother’s upcoming martial arts project currently titled NINJA ASSASSIN. He will costar along side Korean uber mega superstar Rain who will soon be seen in the [...]...
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| Steven Spielberg makes a foray into the game business with Boom Blox |
| 2008-05-06 14:10:04 |
Steven Spielberg will release his first collaboration with game publisher Electronic Arts — a clever, innovative Wii game called Boom Blox. Inspired by Spielberg’s childhood love of destroying his toys, Boom Blox lets players experience the joy of smashing elaborate towers of blocks by throwing baseballs at them using the Wii remote. (via wired)
Watch the [...]...
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| Colbert vs. Rain: TIME’s most influential list |
| 2008-05-06 12:50:22 |
The rivalry between Colbert and Rain began a few years back when the Korean pop star defeated Comedy Central’s faux news host Stephen Colbert in TIME’s annual online poll of the world’s most influential person.
As a result of the poll, people #1 choice was Shigeru Miyamoto! The video game designer had almost 2 million [...]...
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| Parkour: Urban Ninja on steroids |
| 2008-05-05 13:53:17 |
Developed in France, parkour is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. An important characteristic of parkour is efficiency. Practitioners move not only as fast as they can, but also in the least energy-consuming and most [...]...
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| Kimiko Date wins doubles, finished second in singles. |
| 2008-05-05 13:06:53 |
Kimiko Date’s attempt to win her first tournament since coming back after a 12-year break resulted with a victory in the doubles. The Japanese veteran teamed up with high school player Kurumi Nara, and beat Britain’s Melanie South and Dutchwoman Nicole Thyssen 6-1, 6-7, 10-7.
In the singles final, she took the first set 6-4, but [...]...
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| Anthony Kim Becomes Youngest PGA Tour Winner In Six Years |
| 2008-05-05 12:38:43 |
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Anthony Kim, born in California of Korean parents, became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in more than six years when he clinched an emphatic five-stroke victory at the $6.4 million Wachovia Championship on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Kim, who started the final round with a [...]...
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| K-R-A-F-T Comfort Foods |
| 2008-05-02 15:48:20 |
Kraft’s popular cookie, the Oreo is well-known around the world with its outer chocolate cookie and inner-cream center but what we may be familiar with here in the US is a little different in other countries, like China.
It had to be reinvented in the world’s most populous nation as a long and thin four-layer chocolate [...]...
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| London to Tokyo by Horse |
| 2008-05-02 13:37:36 |
Becky Sampson, 24, will ride a horse along the ancient silk route from London to Tokyo in the hope of raising money for the world’s largest orphan charity SOS Children. The 15,000km journey is called Expedition Equus.
It will take some four years and see her travel through 15 countries, crossing mountains and deserts and [...]...
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| Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month |
| 2008-05-02 12:24:08 |
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month to commemorate and celebrate contributions made by Asians and Pacific Islanders to this country.
Asia Society created this video featuring Sandra Oh, Kal Penn, George Takei and others, and they share their story of what being [...]...
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| Instant Noodle Consumption ranking |
| 2008-05-01 13:55:59 |
(Unit: 100 million)
China comes #1, of course, and Indonesia comes second. Look how fast Indonesian market is growing. Their demand have increased 3 billion in the last 4 years. USA market is growing steady too. It will soon take over Japan.
Visit their site for the complete list....
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| What happens if you throw Boomerang in Space? |
| 2008-05-01 13:43:35 |
Some thought it will never come back and go straight. Others said it will spin upword and don’t come back.
To find the answer to this question, Japanese astronaut Takao Doi “threw a boomerang and saw it come back.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ozs0tPr4k
(via JapanProbe)...
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| New York Comic Con 2008 report |
| 2008-05-01 12:21:44 |
Imprint Journal April ‘08 Issue:
New York Comic Con 2008 report
Headlines:
- International Directors for American Blockbusters
- Viz to start doing OEM
- TokyoPop goes full color
- Vinyl Madness
Please contact us to get a full access to archives and download the latest report....
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| Parasitic worm Museum with Tokyocooney |
| 2008-04-30 13:12:01 |
I wouldn’t watch this vid if you are eating, or have an aversion to parasites. Though, I suppose we all have an aversion to parasites. I guess I mean, if you have a strong aversion to parasites. Anyway… my point is this video is a bit gross.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqwUsjshMDI
My purpose in this is to point out that [...]...
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| Jelly Fish Inspires Airship swims through the air |
| 2008-04-30 12:52:51 |
Festo, a German-based global manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical components, has developed a beautifully designed electric jelly fish “AirJelly” that swims through the air. Air Jelly is powered by a lithium-ion battery and an electric motor and a bit of helium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_citFkSNtk
(source: Engadget)...
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| It’s True Some are Just Born to Rock. |
| 2008-04-25 17:05:18 |
9 year old jazz drummer Taiga released his first album entitled “TIGER” in Osaka, Japan on Wednesday. He’s applying to the Guinness book of world records for the world’s youngest jazz drummer to ever release a CD. The little big musician, one day wants to perform in New Orleans, and being a big fan of [...]...
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| Film Review: HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY |
| 2008-04-24 11:14:56 |
What a strange strange journey Harold and Kumar have experienced, both on and off the screen. The first movie, HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (2004), wasn’t a huge financial success at the box office. It did, however, gain a substantial cult following on the home video market. The first [...]...
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| Custom Designed Keyboard |
| 2008-04-23 13:24:01 |
Wazakura Koubou makes very unique and beautiful custom designed keyboards. They print the design on strong and durable Japanese Paper (washi) and wrap each key carefully by hand.
(Left: Nishiki, Right: Wazakura)
They also wrap the key buttons with leather (left) and gold foil (right).
Wazakura Koubou can only produce 2 keyboards per day because they are all [...]...
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| Otaku Doll Girlfriend |
| 2008-04-23 12:43:41 |
Hardcore Japanese Otakus love 2D girls so much that they lack social skills to get a real girlfriend. A guy in this vide0 chose to have a plastic doll for a girlfriend rather than a real human being.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI0lA9_zZ04
Its just weird....
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| Interview with Far East Movement |
| 2008-04-21 19:08:38 |
Last week I had a phone and email interview with the members of the Far East Movement (FM), whose songs have gotten radio play on the West Coast, and in movies like ‘Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’, and ‘Finishing the Game’. They have a great sound and are starting to get some mainstream [...]...
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| All-Electric town car Th!nk to be introduced to U.S. by 2008 |
| 2008-04-21 16:53:17 |
Think Global, the Norwegian company making an all-electric town car, will release the car in Norway and England in the fall and perhaps bring it to the states in 2008.
The new all-electric two car TH!NK is originally developed by Ford, spent over $50 million for designing and testing, but later abandoned. TH!NK was taken [...]...
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| Takashi Murakami’s 2008 Solo Exhibition in LA |
| 2008-04-21 13:22:37 |
The works of Takashi Murakami will be back in LA from May 3rd to June 14th presented in a rare solo show at Blum & Poe.
Blum & Poe gallery’s Tim Blum and Jeff Poe have been Murakami’s L.A. gallerists since 1996. Their mixed approach of developing unknown artists and recruiting international artists made for a [...]...
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| THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM places first at the box office |
| 2008-04-20 22:58:04 |
THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM finished first at this weekend’s Office">box office with a total of $20.9 million. It fended off the latest Judd Apatow produced comedy FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL which finished with a total of $17.3 million.
The Jet Li/Jackie Chan pairing apparently paid off and so did it’s PG-13 rating which made it more accessible [...]...
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| Fukudome doesn’t find racist T-shirts in Wrigleyville funny |
| 2008-04-18 18:39:28 |
What is so key is that he took a stand and said it wasn’t funny, which is different from so many Uncle Tom Asians who will do the opposite. I am tired of hearing Asian Americans defending ‘21’, Abercrombie t-shirts, ‘ching chong’, and loads of other stuff just because they want to fit [...]...
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| Toho sues Subway over unauthorized Godzilla ads |
| 2008-04-18 13:16:35 |
The Subway sandwich chain is being sued by Toho Co., the maker of Godzilla movies, for allegedly using the prehistoric monster without permission in TV commercials.
Watch the commercial clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiL8tafYcxc
There’s no excuse Subway, that’s quite obvious. The company seeks up to $150,000 in statutory damages for willful infringement or disgorgement of Subway’s profits from the [...]...
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| Bape Store opens in Los Angeles |
| 2008-04-18 12:47:36 |
Rumors of the A Bathing Ape store opening in Los Angels have been spreading around for a few years, and now it has been confirmed that the store will open. The Los Angeles BAPE store will open on April 25th on Melrose. Mark your calendar and get the an exclusive commemorative t-shirt, expected to [...]...
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| Japanorama - A Bathing Ape Nigo’s house |
| 2008-04-17 16:56:17 |
Have you ever wondered what kind of a place successful Nigo lives in?
Check this video created by bbc’s popular program “Japanorama.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NafdlAjS5Q
Nigo lives in sprawling $30 million home in the fashionable Shibuya district in Tokyo. He collects everything from Star Wars action figures and Planet of the Apes memorabilia to Louis Vuitton luggage, Cristal champagne and [...]...
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| “AvoCali Style” Astro Boy and Sazaebon |
| 2008-04-17 14:11:43 |
In a collaboration with decorated illustrator Lily Franky, Tezuka Productions has produced a version of Astro Boy with fleshy jowls and a belly that wouldn’t look out of place on Japan’s other icons, sumo wrestlers.
(image via Japanator)
According to Yoshihiro Shimizu of Tezuka Productions’ Copyright Division:
“It’s an important year for us. It’s 80 years since Osamu [...]...
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| Thai Songkran Festival 2008 |
| 2008-04-17 01:22:10 |
The Thai New Year was celebrated this past Sunday, 4/13 in Thai Town along Hollywood Blvd. There was plenty of food vendors selling popular dishes such as Pad Thai, Papaya Salad, various meats grilled on a skewer, Mango & Sticky Rice and much more. I went with the intention of eating a couple dishes but [...]...
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| Film Review: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM |
| 2008-04-17 01:11:46 |
One of the most highly anticipated movies among martial arts film circles, THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM is finally about to be unleashed to North American audiences. And I had the pleasure of catching a sneak preview earlier tonight....
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| TAKE ACTION! 2008 “+1 FOOTBALL MATCH” |
| 2008-04-16 18:14:59 |
Former soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata announced that he will play in an exhibition match in Yokohama on June 7. The football match will pit the so-called “World Stars team” against the “Japan Stars team.”
Nakata is joining this football match to promote Plus One campaign, which Nakata started to increase the awareness of the world poverty [...]...
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| Osamu Tezuka reborn Astroboy in 2009 |
| 2008-04-15 15:12:43 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6nS-8OKl8I
Rare find. It’s been spreading slowly on the Asian pop related blogs, but someone uncovered an old Osamu Tezuka video for his series called, Osamu Tezuka’s “Galaxy Boy Troop”. The show combined marionettes and animation. But seems to be using marionettes for the most part for the character action. The clip above is from it’s [...]...
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| Thao Nguyen (Thao with the Get Down Stay Down) |
| 2008-04-15 14:02:18 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQSiwrUdUU
Thao has been in the indie rock world for the last few years and her latest album is getting out and making people happy. It’s on a respected indie label, Kill rock stars which produced some of the best bands around. Here’s her site.
Here’s a podcast with her talking about her new album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmHIuzElbZc
There’s a music [...]...
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