Luxury Birthday Hiromi Style Last Forever

Snuggle up under the kotatsu and eat some of that weird stuff made out of chestnuts. It’s New Years in Japan, which means everyone is going to sit around and watch lots of tee-vee. At one point, a very strange gaijin will appear on the tube and begin to babble about anime and manga. This strange gaijin would be me.

I’m going to be featured in the two-hour special 空想共和国ニッポン～ジャパニーズ・サブカルチャーの源流を探る～ (which translates into something like “Fantasy World Japan – The Search for the Source of Japanese Subculture"). It airs on TBS BS-i on New Years Day beginning at 9pm. Link to the page for the show is here.

Comments

[hillsy]

A bit of a tangent:

"Tokyo Eye" has made it to the US (at least, it's on the schedule). Although, in order to see it, you need a subscription to "TV Japan" (if your cable company carries it). Looks like it's going to be on Mondays at 3AM (Pacific). I don't think we'll get the "Fantasy World Japan" since it seems "TV Japan" has only NHK feeds.

[Patrick Macias]

Thanks hillsy,

Where did you find this incredibly useful information?

[hillsy]

As much as I'd like to admit some great source......it was just my on-screen cable guide (Comcast here in Seattle). I periodically check for it and ...there it was. Digging around, though, it looks like TV Japan has a website with PDF schedules. Only listed on 1/8, so far.
http://www.tvjapan.net/eng/index.html

[Dan Hager]

What I want to know is what is the Best manga kissa? There's got to be a lot of competition between them.

[Patrick Macias]

I usually wind up at Gera Gera near the host clubs and budget curry joints in Kabukicho, but the one we went to next to the Milano-za was pretty slick. The name escapes me now, but you can see it in my latest bit for Tokyo Eye. Manboo (all over town) works in a pinch too.