Archive for 1月 23rd, 2010
Jean Simmons passed away
Jean Simmons died today. She did the great voice over work on Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki. She was also a good actress pf London, UK. In Howl's Moving Castle, she did an excellent job for the leading role, Sophie, when Sophie became an old woman. I first saw this movie in New Zealand in English language, so the image of this [...]
FUNAI becomes the 2nd TV set selling maker in the USA
To be honest, FUNAI is not that familiar to us in Japan. Funai is an electric appliance maker of Japan, but like everyone, I know Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba, NEC, Sharp, Sanyo, Kenwood or Pioneer better than Funai. The reason why I write about Funai here is that Funai became the 2nd company in the USA in sales result of TV [...]
Doraemon Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan
Coming February 6th, the Doraemon Film Festival will be held at Jimbocho Theater until 26th of February. This probably will be the first Doraemon Film festival in Tokyo. As a surprising news, the advanced selling tickets are all sold out until today. This means Doraemon still has amazing popularity among Japanese anime or manga fans. News [...]
