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What is the link between The Sistine Chapel, photograpy, and Japan? Read it here. @lexaxsaturnx

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As promised: this gorgeous music video for ‘To Dazzling Darkness’ by the GazettE, filmed in the Sistine Chapel!!... No of course it’s not filmed there... duh... instead they used a life size copy at the  Otsuka Museum of Art in Japan.

It was nice meeting you and talking to you, @lexaxsaturnx , at the GazettE live concert in Köln. They were so awesome... I hope they’l come back soon.

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Kingdom (キングダム) live action

Release Date: April 19, 2019

Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin (Kento Yamazaki) was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei (Ryo Yoshizawa). King Eisei aims to unify all of China.

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I’m not a big sports fan. I am a fan, however, of talented peolpe who still work hard and are decent and humble.

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Had a lot of fun drawing one of my favorite characters! So… don’t ask me why, but I had to do this - sorry No-Face :D

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I love this film!

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Sorry for being a bit dead here. I would love to post more here when I feel like it :) But here have an Emo Arcus! The winning request of last update. New update is here: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/acception/acception-losers-page-28/viewer?title_no=65407&episode_no=39

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A work of art, this MV.

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ONE OK ROCK - We are [Official Video from "Ambitions" JAPAN TOUR]

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Oishiisou!!

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Happy International Women’s Day!

We started the Badass Women in Japanese History series because we wanted to highlight the amazing lives and sheer badassery of historical Japanese women.

Take some time today to learn about and celebrate some of these lovely Japanese ladies!

Tomoe Gozen: A warrior worth a thousand men

Murasaki Shikibu: The world’s first novelist

Queen Himiko: Loved by the people, the gods, but not historians

Higuchi Ichiyō: Returned Japanese literature to its roots

Read more!

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Omoshiro Block: A Paper Memo Pad That Excavates Objects as It Gets Used

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All these movies are worth watching!

Wish they’d show more Asian movies in Dutch cinemas. There’s a whole world out there you don’t get to see unless you know where to “find” them. I’d love to be able to buy proper tickets for all of them. Did my best last year. I saw three of these movies (and a bunch of others) at a Japanese Film Festival in Rotterdam. One of these is on Netflix. And some of the others... well I saw them too, or I will, somehow...

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Even as a child, I sensed something different about cartoons like Robotech and Voltron. Compared to other shows, they struck me as serious, dramatic and stylish. Each episode contributed to a longer narrative and when something changed, it remained that way for the rest of the series. The straight-lined art affected me me in a way other cartoons’ softer, rounded styles never did.

Something was different, though I couldn’t put my finger on it.

At the time I didn’t know these cartoons came from Japan, where they had different titles, and occasionally different narratives. I didn’t know that one day I’d become a fan of the medium, a style of cartoon called anime.

Anime differed from standard Western cartoons. Back then anime fans would tell you, Japanese anime is better. Cartoons are “kids’ stuff.” With complicated stories, deep character development and themes fit for adults, anime eschews the label of cartoon and makes claims on being a higher art-form.

Of course anime’s visuals fuel its purported pedigree. Fans laud anime for its detailed art, style and fluid animation. Wait… fluid animation?!

嘘つき! Liar!

In reality, what set anime apart from other styles is its deliberate lack of fluidity and use of limited-animation. By ignoring the era’s animation standards, animation studio Mushi Pro revolutionized the medium.

And by taking advantage of two factors – television’s access to Japanese households and the popular manga series Astro Boy – Mushi Pro created both Japan’s first anime as well as its first anime boom. Mushi Pro’s ingenuity created a controversial style of animation that lacked animation and this deceptive style and marketing tradition continues today.

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