With this weeks entries The Anime Companion Supplement now has 500 entries, enough for another volume.
Not that I'm jumping into editing things for another volume yet, I have plenty of other projects to finish first. However if my books continue to sell that encourages me to work on new books, hint: buy them as holiday gifts.
In any case I hope you enjoy:
amakudari (descent from heaven) 天下り
enchô (extended service) 延長
oyaji-gari (old man hunting) 親父狩り or おやじ狩り
raito noberu (light novel) ライトノベル
That's right four new entries instead of the usual three, I decided I wanted a nice round number for this week.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Police assistants, relationships and minorities
This past week I posted on a couple of professional mailing list a request for suggestions on what to add to the Anime Companion Supplement, much as I have done here in the past.
The first reply asked about minorities and ethnic groups so I created a new category in the topical index for:
PEOPLE - MINORITIES & ETHNIC GROUPS
The three new entries for this week, including one one the Korean minority of Japan, are:
okappiki 岡引
oyabun - kobun (parent role - child role) 親分 - 子分
zainichi kankokujin to chôsenjin (Koreans in Japan) 在日韓国人と朝鮮人
The first reply asked about minorities and ethnic groups so I created a new category in the topical index for:
PEOPLE - MINORITIES & ETHNIC GROUPS
The three new entries for this week, including one one the Korean minority of Japan, are:
okappiki 岡引
oyabun - kobun (parent role - child role) 親分 - 子分
zainichi kankokujin to chôsenjin (Koreans in Japan) 在日韓国人と朝鮮人
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Yesterday I received in the mail a copy of Books and Beyond: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading. Volume 2 has my essay "Manga and Anime".
The book actually came out a few weeks ago, however I now have physical confirmation that it really exists.
The book actually came out a few weeks ago, however I now have physical confirmation that it really exists.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Dancers, fashion; line 'em up now.
This week I have three items I have wanted to add for some time. I already had the game renju (five-in-a-row) 連珠 picked out to write on for this week. Then more information on Juliana's Tokyo ジュリアナ東京 arrived. Having an entry on Juliana's meant I had to have a link to bodikon (body con) ボヂイコン from it which meant I needed to write a bodikon entry.
What will I do next week? Haven't decided yet so feel free to make suggestions.
What will I do next week? Haven't decided yet so feel free to make suggestions.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Pollution, purification and the seven.
As rough a week as this last one was I seem to be holding up rather well.
Here they are, the weekly three! Two are religion related and one has a connection to the seasons and food.
kegare (ritual pollution) 穢れ
monoimi 物忌
nanakusa (seven herbs) 七草
Titles cited are:
Spirited Away, Shonen Onmyouji, Otogi Zoshi, Shadow Star, Peacemaker and Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan.
Now on to getting some chores done, but first I think I'll fix lunch.
Here they are, the weekly three! Two are religion related and one has a connection to the seasons and food.
kegare (ritual pollution) 穢れ
monoimi 物忌
nanakusa (seven herbs) 七草
Titles cited are:
Spirited Away, Shonen Onmyouji, Otogi Zoshi, Shadow Star, Peacemaker and Yagyu Ninja Scrolls: Revenge of the Hori Clan.
Now on to getting some chores done, but first I think I'll fix lunch.
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