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October marks the beginning of the 2012 Fall kūru, or TV programming season, in Japan. In Japan, TV scheduling is divided into four three-month blocks called kūru rather than the yearly seasons of American television.
But like America’s seasons, the beginning is a chance for new shows to make it or break it with the viewers. In the case of anime, an online survey was held to ask “What new show are you most excited about this kūru?”
Chinese Photoshop Trolls Part 3: This Time It’s Personal1
Fashion Friends: Twitter Proves Almost Every Japanese College Student Wears the Same Exact Outfit2
China’s Photoshop Experts Will Fix Your Bad Photos, But Be Careful What You Wish For3
Chinese Photoshop Trolling Part 2: Now with 20% More Shirtless Men!4
Fast Cars, Tree Houses, Anime, and Secret Rooms: Crazy Beautiful Cafes in Tokyo and Yokohama5
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Beautiful Cosplay Girl is Actually Nerdy Guy3
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan4
The Ten Most Beautiful Tunnels in the World and Where You Can Find Them5
We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
Chinese Woman on Trial for Killing Man by Squeezing His Scrotum2
Crime of Passion: Three Men Forcibly Deported from Saudi Arabia for Being “Too Handsome”3Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan4
Real-Life Barbie Gives Her Friends and Family a Makeover, Turns Them into Dolls5We Made Coca-Cola Transparent and Colorless. It Tastes Like…1
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Chinese Student’s Bicycle Seat Breaks and… Gyah!4
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】5
Hello Kitty Melons Selling for an Exorbitant Price in Japan
Original Evangelion Design Portfolio Gives us Ripped Robots, Smiling Shinji, and One Unbelievable Plot Divergence
Disney Villains Clean Up Well, Wow Japan
Free Hugs? Uhh…Okay, Says Japan
Scenes from the Trains of Japan: Pigeons, Gas Masks, and Sleeping, Oh the Sleeping
Tokyo Metro Manner Posters Confuse and Delight Foreign Passengers 【Photo Gallery】
Japan’s Top 10 Favourite Cat Breeds for 2013: Who will be Top Cat?
Before and After: 31 Startling Images of Plastic Surgery in Korea 【Photo Album】
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Philip Kendall
Writer / Translator Hailing from Liverpool in the UK, Philip Kendall made Japan his second home in the summer of 2006 after dolefully abandoning his childhood dream of becoming a ghost buster.
Steven Simonitch
Writer/Translator Though a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven currently resides in Nagano, Japan, where he is known by the old lady at the supermarket as “the white guy who always buys 2 packs of natto.
Master Blaster
Writer / Translator Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Steven Le Blanc and Masami M.
Kay
Writer / Translator Kay is a native Japanese who has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California. She currently resides in Tokyo and enjoys writing about a wide range of topics, including all things cute and glamorous.
Michelle Lynn Dinh
Writer / Translator Originally from California, Michelle is currently working as an assistant English teacher on the tiny island of Chiburi in Shimane prefecture.
Jessica Ocheltree
Writer / Translator Jessica Ocheltree is a freelance writer and editor living in the exciting, interesting and sometimes perplexing city of Tokyo.
