Many animations can't watch now in Japan

Today, 1 week past from the erthquake.

Since the big earthquake, many animarions doesn't broadcast.

It seems like that some animations for adults were broadcasted on Sunday or Monday (2 or 3 days after quake) midnight.
But I didn't know because my area can't watch some midnight animations and I can't awake unlit midnight.
Some people were glad because it means their life are becoming normal they said.

one midnight anime "Kimini Todoke"
this starts at 01:00 every Tuesday

Many animations for kids haven't broadcasted yet though, can we say to return to the normal when the kids animations are able to watch on TV?

I don't think so.

K-ON will come back again on April 2011

K-ON cartoon, not the animation, will come back on the two Japanese cartoon magazines on April.

official announcement by manga time

The one magazine is the monthly "Manga time-Kirara" May issue, there will be on the story that four members (Yui Hirasawa, Ritsu Tainaka, Mio Akiyama and Tsumugi Kotobuki) become the college students. This magazine will be sold on April 9th.

On the other magazine is the monthly "Manga time- Kirara- Carrot" June issue, there will go the story focusing Azusa Nakano at Sakuraga-Oka high school. This magazine is sold on April 28th.

Manga time K-ON web site
http://www.dokidokivisual.com/k_on_web/

This is the manga time kirara 2010 october issue,

About the Dragon Ball

Actually the Dragon Ball is a little old manga, it had started at 1980's.
When I was high school and college student I had read that on "Shounen Jump (Boys Jump)" it is for boy's cartoon magazine.

At first, the Dragon Ball was a fantasy story, didn't fight to aliens.
The world of the Dragon Ball, there ware many people who likes animals, dogs, pigs, monkeys, and so on.
Son Goku who is a hero in the story grew up and became  strong, no enemies in the earth gradually so Akira Toriyama, the author, was appeared the aliens coming from other planets to encroach the earth.

Akira Toriyama had drawn "Dr. Slump Arare-chan" that is a fantasy sci- fi manga brfore the Dragon Ball, and the Dragon Ball was like a sequel of the Arare-chan at first.

The Dragon Ball official site

The way to expressing emotions in Japanese sites

Sometimes we can find some distinctive marks or signs to express emotions in Japanese sites.

for example
sign    meaning
(笑)    laughing
(怒)    angering
(汗)    impatient
www   laughing

It are used almost personal blogs not official sites.
The company's or organization's site don't use that letters

笑,怒,汗, are all kanji character, 笑 means laughing, 怒 means angering, 汗 means sweat originally but turning to meaning to impatient.

Why does "w" mean laughing, laugh say "warau" or "warai" in Japanese so they have used the first letter "w" to express laughing.
In occagion big laghing are to be written as
"wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww"

Are you hearing their laghing voice seeing "www"?
Wahahahahaha.

Introducing Otaku's room vol.2

I found two Japnese sites that can see Otaku's room pictures again.
It are titled
"Hey you guys, you place figure in front of your PC don't you?
What are you doing around your desk? 1 and 2"

Some Otakus like figures very much so they wish to look them anytime.
Otakus are sitting always front of PC, they put their lovely figures around them.

No.1

No.2

Most famous girls anime "Suite Precure"

This is Japanese girl's animation "Suite Precure".

This animation have started from 6th Februaly 2010, broadcasting every Sunday morning.
And this animation is very popular with little girls, so it continues 8years.
But I have never watched this program.

I can list this animation series
1.Precure
2.Precure Max Heart
3.Precure Splash Star
4.yes Precure 5
5.yes Precure 5 Go Go
6.Fresh Precure
7.Heat Catch Precure
8.Suite Precure
(I had watched only Precure and Precure Max Heart)

There are two Japanese Precure's official sites
This site is ABC(Asahi Broadcast Center)'s Precure.


And this is Toei that is an animation production company site.

2 same K-ON books

I have 2 K-ON comics same volume.

The left one is Japanese edition, it is written by all Japanese of course.

And the right one is English edition translated into English.
It was issued in US.

I bought both at big book store at Tokyo and the prices are Japnese is 860yen and English is $10.99 it seems almost same price.

Study of Kaomoji 2

Why does japan have been able to evolve the Kaomoji (emoticon/smiley) ?

I think Japan have a lot of way to express the emotion don't use words.
That's the why the many Manga or cartoons have been developing expression only pictures don't use the words.
Most Japanese grown up to be seeing the manga, they can acquire the ability to express the expression with pictures.
What do you think?

impatient
(;^_^A   (￣Д￣；；   ∑（;￣□￣Ａ  ( ^ ^；
thinking
`s(・'・;)   ?c(ﾟ.ﾟ*)  ？(ﾟ～ﾟ)ヾ   (￣ﾍ￣;)   (?(｡_。).｡o0O?？
excited
o(^-^)o  ((o(^-^)o))  ♪((Ｏ(〃⌒▼⌒〃)Ｏ))♪  ((o(б_б;)o))
praise
(＾＾)ｂGood!   (o^-')b   d(⌒ー⌒)   good（≧∇≦）ъ
smoking
-t( ^o^)。o 0    (´ｰ`)y-~~   (;´Д`)y─┛~~
claping hands
(*ﾟ▽ﾟﾉﾉﾞ☆   (￣∇￣ﾉﾉ"
jot
φ(.. )  φ(・＿・”）  φ(・ω・ )

people(Please don't anger)
American
（´_⊃｀）

german
 　_、,_
（⊂_　　ミ

English
ミ ´_＞｀）

French
ξ・_>・）

Italian
（´U_,｀）

Japanese
（　´∀｀）

Chinese
（　｀ハ´）

Korean
<ヽ｀д´>

Kaomoji site
http://www.kaomoji.com/kao/text/
http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~whats/kaomozikun/

related link
http://otakkeeey.blogspot.com/2011/02/study-of-kaomoji1.html

Study of Kaomoji 1

Japanese use many characters in the emails, blogs or sites everyday on PC or cellphone, for example Hirakana,  Katakana, Kanji, Alphabet and Number.
And one more we usualy use face letters (emoticon/smiley)  called Kaomoji, kao means a face, moji is letters.
Like : -)   (^ ^)

Probably Japanese think that we can't communicate their emotions only letters certainly, so we add Kaomoji to words to moderate expression.
Kaomoji might say one kind of Japanese concern.

I can show you same Kaomoji, but maybe some of them can't display certainly except Japanese, Korean and Chinese computer.

pleasure
(＝⌒▽⌒＝)  (^_^)  (⌒-⌒)  ＼(＾▽＾)／  ヽ(´▽｀)/   ヾ(@~▽~@)ノ
surprise
w|;ﾟﾛﾟ|w  w(ﾟoﾟ)w  w(ﾟoﾟ*)w  Σ(･口･)
anger
( ￣っ￣)   (｀ε´)   (￣へ ￣ 凸    ＼(*｀∧´)／
crying
(Ｔ＿Ｔ）  (T△T)  （；へ：）  。・ﾟﾟ･(≧д≦)･ﾟﾟ･｡   （；へ：）
greeting
(^-^*)/  ( ´_ゝ`)ﾉ  (*~▼~)ﾉ
thank
<(_ _*)>  ｱﾘｶﾞﾄ♪(*ﾟ 3ﾟ)/~ﾁｭｯ♪   ( v^-ﾟ)Thanks♪
sorry
m(-_-)m   (*_ _)   ヾ(^-^；)

Kaomoji site
http://www.facemark.jp/facemark.htm
http://matsucon.net/material/dic/
http://kaomoji-cafe.jp/index.html


related link
http://otakkeeey.blogspot.com/2011/02/study-of-kaomoji-2.html

How to make a my room comfortable?

What do you think what happened to the Japanese Otaku's room?

I found a Japanese internet site that introducing Otaku's room is titled "How to make a my room  comfortable?".

This site is putting many pictures, and compare their real room with their ideal room to do Otaku activities comfortable.

Of cource this site is written by all Japanese.
Sorry I can't translate all sentences, but I think you can enjoy only watching pictures.

K-ON character :Sawako Yamanaka

She is a faculty adviser of the pop-music club.
And she is a beautiful and ladylike, very popular from student.

She in an old girl Sakuragaoka high school.

K-ON character :Ui Hirasawa

Yui's younger sister.
She is a well-made daughter and having a good natured and doing good housework.

Sometimes she helps Yui's study.

Character Voice : Madoka Yonezawa

K-ON character :Nodoka Manabe

She is a Yui's old friend and an officer of student council in her school.
She has a cool personality but scary when she angry.

She is the understanding of Yui and watching her like her parents.

CharacterVoice : Chika Fujitou

K-ON character :Azusa Nakano

She is a new bember of the pop-music club and same grade Yui's sister Ui.

She has a very serious charactor so she worries their afterschool tea and loose atmosphere.
She is a good on guiter that has been started to play since elementary school.

Character Voice : Ayana Taketatsu

K-ON character :Tsumugi Kotobuki

She is assumed that her family is very rich with her behavior.
She have played piano since four years old, and also won the piano contest.

She is an affable and unfussy, and always smiling and brings tea set and sweets in their clubroom.

Character Voice : Kotobuki Minako

K-ON character :Ritsu Tainaka

She chose drams because her personality is very rough so she can't play delikcate strings.

She was a good friend to Mio since kindergerten, and she is kiddying her evrytime.

She has odd skills that mimics other person.

Character Voice : Satomi Satou

K-ON character :Mio Akiyama

She desided to belong into the literature club at first but she was invited Ritsu who are her friend since her childfood to the pop music club.
She is serious and having excellent grades and she has a nice propotion, but she is very shy so she chose the base guiter because guiter is prominent.

She plays good base.

Character Voice : Youko Hikasa

K-ON character :Yui Hirasawa

She imagined "k-on bu" was club activity that plays light music like mouth whistle, because k-on or keion means light music in Japanese, so she jointed pop-music club.

But she couldn't play any instruments, she started the guiter practice from never played.

She have been doing intuitively and her own way.

Her favorit things are the kawaii-things or cute and sweets.

Character Voice : Aki Toyosaki

K-ON2 Extra Edition VISIT!

The 3rd grade members had no class, so they stayed clubroom to have a tea and enjoying that time.

Yui looks like somethig uncomfortable and she said that the precious luggage arrives soon.
Suddenly Nodoka came in the clubroom...


date
September 28th 2010
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/story/story226.html

K-ON2 Extra Edition PLANNING MEETING!

Azusa found a video tape unexpectedly, that was made by old 3rd grade members for invitation 1st grades.
But Mio hid it into sweets can as her embarrassing.

Azusa wanted to make a new video to invite for new students.


date
September 21st 2010
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/story/story225.html