‘Twas the Afternoon Before Honika… Uh, Two Weeks Ago
OK, so I'm a little late with this, but I finally finished grading and it's time to celebrate! Actually, T-Joh is to blame for this departure from my usual anime Hanukah thing:That's the real Lady Gaga in there, right? For background on Smooth-E, che...
Happy Birthday, Onechan/Onechan, Otanjobi Omedetou!
Happy birthday, onechan! It's hard to believe you're 6!We love you!
J-Skate Fans Pwn J-Golf Fans
OMG! LOL! Mao Asada's fans rule!At least Ryo Ishikawa makes 2 appearances here....[Update 1 (6:36 am): Not exactly an inspired performance by Mao-chan in Moscow this weekend:But check out the little girl shouting "Mao-chan, gambatte!" ("go for it, M...
HIMEKA Watch: YouTube Edition
If you aren't yet a fan of French Canadian anime songstress HIMEKA (Catherine St-Onge), you will be after checking out the following clips from youtube!Here's her victory performance at the Animax Anison Grand Prix contest, with English subtitles of th...
Samsung World Championship Sunday: Na Yeon Choi Loses 7-Shot Lead, Beats Ai Miyazato with Walkoff Birdie
The final round of the Samsung World Championship turned into a duel between 2 players: Na Yeon Choi and Ai Miyazato. But it sure didn't look that way for the 1st hour or so of play today. Choi picked up where she left off yesterday, making birdies ...
Jero + Utada = HIMEKA?
A Mostly Harmless regular pointed me to an article by Junko Hirabayashi about Catherine St-Onge, a Canadian singer who's made it big in Japan performing "anison," or animated songs, in Japanese. Sounds like Quebec's answer to Jero!Sony Music Japan Int...
sf@SF Is Back!
Just a little public service announcement for those who come to Mostly Harmless looking for stuff on sf, anime, and other aspects of American and transnational popular culture: I've got students in both my undergraduate classes this semester signing u...
PGA/Futures Tours Not-Quite-Live-Blog
Yes, Tiger's going for his 15th major at the PGA Championship while Mina Harigae's only going for her 4th Futures Tour win at the iMPACT Classic, but don't think for a second that the results of today's competition mean any less to the contenders on th...
Ponyo’s Out This Friday!!
Here's a little exercise in comparative trailer study. First, a Japanese trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo:Now, an American one:Observations? Conclusions? Daniel Thomas has the link to finding show times and places!
Look Out, T-Joh!
P1040511Originally uploaded by the_constructivist18Yes, I know that Tiffany Joh is the best golfer-blogger-singer-songwriter-cartoonist-videographer on the planet, but she'd better not look in her rear-view mirror, 'cause onechan's on the road to golf ...
