#japanese mayonnaise vs american

[doodlebob54]

Im giving some head canon's about peasful and other characters

- Peasley

He is very good with romance and flirting but gets easily flustered . He's queer(i think that is how you spell it. I'm not sure about the pronouns). First crush, Luigi, plus it's the first time he got rejected. Second on is Fawful, but he wanted to start as friends to earn each others trust. Peasly needs to keep it a secret because he is afraid of what will happen if someone finds out. Their entire relationship is peasly: i can fix him, fawful: i can make him worse. his nickname is peas. He is fake blonde. Actually, he has purple hair like his mother .Has British accent

-Fawful

Bad at flirting, trying his best , usually makes dinner /Peasley is bad at cooking/ hes an Asexual and gay[yes they exist] doesn't trust the prince fully. He lives with his half-brother Popple , doesn't get easily flustered. Underneath those glasses are two pale blue eyes. Both Peasly and Fawful have massive egos. He still misses Cackletta, and sometimes, he likes to think what she will say if she sees him right now, but it can also be a scary thoth. Fawful likes mustered and Peasly likes mayonnaise. Peasly and Fawful, more like ADHD VS AUTISM. He also likes working on his machines when not in the shop. Fawful nickname is faff. Has a German accent

-Popple

Popple is bisexual and has a small crush on local designer Mimi. He lives with his lille, bro ... on the couch, to be precise. Is the biggest peasful shipper supporting his little bro all the way, helps paying bills legally? Will spy on their date to make sure everything goes smooth and no one figures them out will be a distraction if necessary. Claimed that he dated before, no one believed him. Gives dating advice to faff. Has French accent.

-Queen Bean/Magnificent (that's the name i gave her)

Is bisexual preference for girls, Peasly mom doesn't know about the relationship between her son and Cacklettas minion. Her personality is Queen Coral and Princess Blaze( both from wings of fire) combined loves sparkle objects and colours oringe and purple American accent.

-Mimi

Works as the fashion designer,recently moved in Bean Bean kindom obsessing over boys gives of sassy aunt vibes adores curling her hair and decorating it, nearly always wears high heels and gloves has at least one thousand dresses extremely arrogant. She is bilingual, knows Japanese English and French, and uses all types of makeup.

-Cackletta

She is dead, so whatever

[himitsusentaiblog]

Memories of an Oldtaku- Evangelion

Yes, this isn’t about Tokusatsu, this is about anime.  I really wouldn’t be a fan of the one without the other and the two are inextricably linked in my life. Today is a really important day.  Today is the day the 1995 TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion hits Netflix.  I don’t know of any other series that’s almost 25 years old that could make such a splash getting released on a streaming platform.

It is one of the most influential anime series of the past 30 years.  That’s no joke. It’s also been really hard to get your hands on in the US for about a decade without dropping serious cash for out of print DVDs or worse, imports Blu-Rays.

Now, however, this important work is available (along with a new dub) to anyone with access to Netflix.  That’s a big deal.

Why?  Well, I am not going to go into the quality of the show or its deeper meanings and impact.  That’s for other people to go on and on and on about as they have for the last 24 years.  What I want to talk to you about is what this series means to me and how it impacted my life.

The original Neon Genesis Evangelion premiered on Japanese TV October 4, 1995.  For me, it premiered in John Rong’s living room on a fansubbed VHS Tape in March of 1996.  John (real name Zhiqi) was a friend of mine from college who, along with my kind of mentor Kevin, were the enablers who got me hooked on anime and tokusatsu. 

Seriously, John provided me with so many fansubs of shows that are now classics.  Vision of Escaflowne, Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team, Slayers Try, Magic User’s Club and the second set of 3X3 Eyes OVAS (his personal favorite).  Many were the weekends I would trek up from Hurst to Dallas just to hang out with him and watch/swap tapes.  It was a glorious time to be a young fanboy.

This was also a time when the name Gainax was a magic word to those in the know.  These were the fans who made good, who went pro and changed the industry.  Sure, they were mostly known for a decent movie called Wings of Honnêamise (or Week Old Mayonnaise if you were among my friends), the awesome OVA Gunbuster and the fantastic TV series Nadia: Secret of Blue Water. Any new project of theirs was something special.

I was hooked on Evangelion from the opening theme song.  Seriously, Cruel Angel’s Thesis is one of the 10 best Anime OPs of all time, right up there with Tank from Cowboy Bebop.  It gets you excited for the show to come, is upbeat and lively and just fits with the show in general.  The rest of the music was great as well and I remember buying so many bootleg soundtracks at cons.  Back in those days, the most common CD soundtracks were from SM (Son May) Records and were Hong Kong bootlegs of the Japanese originals.  I had SO many SM Records, heck I still have a few to this day!

Sadly, the fansubs ran out after 8 episodes.  We didn’t know why until it was revealed that an American company had picked up the rights to Evangelion for distribution.  That company was A.D. Vision (later ADV).  At the time, why were mostly known for releasing hentai (porn) anime but apparently, they had sold enough smut to move into the big leagues by purchasing the rights to the hottest anime on the planet.  

To say I was stoked to get a US release was an understatement.  I rushed out to my local comic shop (Lone Star Comics) and pre-ordered the first volume.  It was EXPENSIVE, like $29 and these were 1997 dollars, for only two episodes a tape but I had to have it.  Being the Subtitle snob I was (and to some extend still am) I ordered it Subbed.  Back then you had to choose, there was no dual-audio format it was one or the other unless you double-dipped to get both.

I made a good friend at that Lone Star, one of the workers named Glenn.  We ended up bonding over Godzilla, Gamera, MST3K* and especially Evangelion. We would get together each time a new volume was released to watch it, we went to Anime Convention together and played so many import PS1 and Saturn games our fingers developed callouses.  I still remember when they decided to screen two episode of Evangelion that had not yet been released on VHS at Project A-Kon one year.  The theater was packed!

This wasn’t just a show.  It was a phenomenon at the time that helped propel anime from just a niche thing to something bigger.  It also propelled ADV from a smaller distributor to the biggest player on the Anime licensing market.  They had fingers in everything and expanded so fast that they were doomed to fall less than a decade later.  Part of that had to do with them wanted to produce and Evangelion live action movie in partnership with WETA Workshop.

That fell apart due to ADV’s reach exceeding its grasp and after a series of bad releases, failed partnerships and just plain stupid financial moves, they imploded.  What remains today are splintered bits of what they were but they were on the way out, supplanted by Funimation, long before their final demise.

That left the North American rights to Evangelion in limbo.  Worse, because the property was so big, none of the anime licensors in the US could really afford it or wanted to spend that much on a 20+ year old show.  So, the staggering classic became a hard to find, expensive purchase on ebay.

That’s when Netflix, who seems to possess infinite resources, decided to snap up the property.  Now, we can watch it again in HD as it has never been seen before.  That means a ton to me as it’s like being able to revisit a piece of my formative years as a fan looking as shiny and clean as it does in memory but never did in reality before.

So anyway, Evangelion was a big deal to me.  I made friends over it, got deeper into fandom because of it and even got into a fansub group to sub the movies!  Oh yeah, I was part of an old-school VHS Fansub group complete with Genlock cards, manual timing and the whole nine yards.  Now excuse me, I have to go watch the OP for the first time in 10 years and get all misty eyed.  

Oh and for the record, I don’t care what anyone else says, Asuka is best girl! Go watch it for yourself and see!  You can now!

*My Pull File at Lone Star listed my name as Rex Dart: Eskimo Spy thanks to Glenn in a reference to the MST3K episode where they riffed Godzilla Vs. Megalon.

[gothflowerpokemon]

Sushi Burrito

People typically feel strong pride when engaging in conversation about their culture. The East and West express interdependent construal’s of self and independent construal’s of self respectively. The West’s largest predictor of health is perceived control; the East’s largest predictor of health is social support. Given that the independent construal of self focuses on uniqueness and an emphasis on freedom, it makes sense why the health predictor is perceived control. Applying this logic to the East’s interdependent construal of self, the health predictor, social support, aligns with the relational and rooted nature of interdependence. For my second blog post I chose to make a sushi burrito. I made a mayonnaise-based tuna filling wrapped in sushi rice which was soaked in rice vinegar and sealed with nori. This recipe was less than satisfactory, and the dish was a disaster. Despite the inedible meal, I was able to take a deeper view at interdependent cultures similarities and differences.

Sushi originates from Japan and burritos originate from Mexico. Combining two interdependent cultures allows for the differences between similar cultures to shine, whilst simultaneously uniting the cultures by featuring them in a dish that has been altered to fit independent culture. The pride one takes in their culture is directly related to how outgroups perceive them; “the us/them boundary is constantly reinforced in contrasting ‘overdecorated’ foreign sushi vs. ‘simple’ Japanese sushi; foreigners’ preference for strong tastes vs. Japanese appreciation of delicate flavors” (Sakamoto & Allen, 12). The outrage may seem overzealous to independent cultures as the “free” aspect of the culture clouds their perception of the situation. The independent culture feeds on being different and being free of constraints from others. The interdependent culture thrives by embracing similarities and traditions. Following the traditional methods and ingredients of Japanese sushi will be too constricting and removes control from the individual. The act of changing ingredients and appearance is disrespectful as whole, considering how connected Japanese culture is to traditions and how shared the feelings are.

While waiting for my sushi rice to chill, I began thinking of the assumptions made about Japanese and Mexican cultures alike. The problem with the sushi burrito is not that American’s are eating traditionally Japanese or Mexican food, but that the culture itself is still seen as an out-group. The West is accepting a modified version of Japanese or Mexican culture while still denying the entire culture of which the food originated; “despite their similarities, a wrap is considered both American and a sandwich while the burrito is not. Created with just one slice of bread, the wrap looks suspiciously like a burrito” (Marjorie, 56). The West has taken something from another culture and modified it to fit their stands and allow them to make something new which will set them apart from others.