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Just a stunning HD view into Japan. I really urge you to spend some time to check this video out.
From Brad Kremer:
Hayaku: A time lapse journey through Japan.
Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. This is my Japan. This is one of the many reasons why I love Japan. I shot this in many locations around Japan in the summer of 2009. Some of the location include Tokyo, Matsuyama, Imabari, Nagano, Gifu, and Ishizushisan.
I started this as a personal project to try and capture the beauty that I see in Japan. It started as just that…
I just came across this site via Cartoon Brew. It’s simply amazing. Take your lunch break and spend some time watching some of these – it’s a great look into the history of Japanese advertising.
This site is part of an on-line exhibition showcasing domestic life in Japan during the “Showa” period (the Hirohito era, 1926-89). Japan’s Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC Institute) digitized of a large collection of TV advertisements obtained from the Momoya Co., a leading food company. The collection consists of 218 animated TV spots that date back to 1953. Of the 50 pieces posted on-line, the earliest one was produced in 1958. These provide a glimpse at a rarely discussed early phase of anime history
Character animator, designer and illustrator Yoshii brings us Meat or Die. Below you can watch a video of exactly how he creates one of his characters.
You can view an entire gallery of his characters on his Picasa site HERE.
I think Daniel Radcliff is a great sport for doing things like this. You hear so often about the egos and personalities of celebrities, so it’s great to see someone being a really good sport.
“In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori. He instructs each to write their true inner feelings in a letter, and read it aloud in front of the class. By sharing their lives, the children begin to realize the importance of caring for their classmates.”
This music video was shot for Sour’s ‘Hibi no Neiro’ (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album ‘Water Flavor EP’. The cast were selected from the actual Sour fan base, from many countries around the world. Each person and scene was filmed purely via webcam.
