tv reviews/Saikou no Rikon
posted Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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Japanese drama tackled modern day divorce in The Great Divorce when a couple that have been married for the past two years of their lives get a divorce.

tv reviews/Going my Home
posted Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
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When his father suffers a stroke, Ryota goes looking for mysterious creatures known as ‘Kuna’.

tv reviews/Beautiful Rain (Jdrama)
posted Monday, September 10th, 2012
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Beautiful Rain tells the story of young single father Keisuke, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s and must figure out what to do with his 8-year-old daughter Miu.

features/Top10 Charaben I Would’ve Loved as a Kid
posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012
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A ‘charaben’ is a portmanteau of the Japanese KYARABEN (キャラ弁) for ‘character bento’ ~ and these are ten charaben that I would’ve loved to have had as a kid.

music videos/Kou Shibasaki – Another World
posted Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
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I have a love/hate relationships with idols. Of course, I love them. I love them when they do what I love them to do. In the case of Kou Shibasaki, I love her when she acts.

tv features/The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part II
posted Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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The part in which we explore the Japanese drama format.

features/The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part I
posted Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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The part in which we talk about that one Jdrama, that one movie and that one actress.

blog/The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: Suddenly, Hiddles!
posted Saturday, April 28th, 2012
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The Avengers and some more variety this week. And lots of Hiddles.

tv features/Editor’s Chatroom: TV Shows, Better When They’re Short?
posted Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
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On this weeks Editor’s Chatroom Julyssa and Amy discuss the length of tv-series. What is better? Longer seasons with many episodes, or shorter seasons with fewer episodes?

features/The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment
posted Saturday, February 18th, 2012
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I am a Banana. To rephrase that: I was one for about 17 years of my life. A series of posts on my journey discovering Asian entertainment.