‘Room of King’ to star Hiro Mizushima and Anne Suzuki
Return of the fall season has always been a welcome time for TV junkies. Well, for one, it’s the time when the best shows in the US resume airing. I can’t wait for my favorite TV shows to be back on air again myself. House, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, Life… and I just finished watching episodes 1 and 2 of Prison Break. Damnit! Air them already, why don’t you. For Japan, fall season is also a time for new shows to...
Japanese pop culture is owning Korea
Ang Pinoy magaling manggaya! [Filipinos are great imitators.] But even with that statement, we don’t feel threatened. I mean, after four centuries of colonization, some influence from other cultures have definitely rubbed off. And we don’t just imitate. We own! Take the jeepney for example. That’s a US Army jeep that we made into our own funky transport system. Same goes with our telenovelas, teleseryes and...
Leah Dizon finds a friend in Utada Hikaru
Want to see Utada Hikaru getting owned? I’m an Utada fan so seeing this video is a treat but the bigger props is that this involves gravure idol Leah Dizon. Leah’s got some Pinoy blood in her so double the reason to put this thing here. Anyway, yeah, I’m stretching it. Here’s the vid: So Leah and Utada want to be friends? Hey, how about me? And Leah’s staying in Japan to explore a singing career. Send me...
Batang 80s: Takeshi’s Castle with Anjo and Smokey
“Ike!!!” Being the Batang 80s that I am I remember all of naughty boys were convinced General Tani was screaming “Tite!” (“penis” in Tagalog). Well, only for me to find out more than a decade later that it means “Go!” But kids and anatomy would always be a laugh fest. Kilikili (armpit) always solicited a laugh from us tots. Simple laughs and joys probably. Anyway, forget the reality game...
MUSIC STATION to launch at Animax on March 9
It’s been around for a little more than 20 years but it’d be only now that we’d get some of their sugoi stuff. MUSIC STATION is Japan’s most popular music variety show and it’s debuting for our viewing on Animax. It’s pretty much like TRL, J-style! The show features everything about the J-pop scene complete with interviews, live performances and charts. Tune in to chance upon live performances from...