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We’ve got a great show this week. We talk about Japanese cell phones, health insurance and finances. We do the news and then give a first look at the following series: Hyakko, Chaos;Head, Toradora, Tales of the Abyss, Akane-iro ni somaru saka, Kuroshitsuji, Kannagi and Nodame Cantabile: Paris Hen. Join us for this epic show.
Show Notes
Music
Intro – Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi by UVERworld from Gundam 00 Second Season
Outro – Neko Mimi Mode by Dimitri From Paris from Tsukiyomi Moon Phase
Reviews
Hyakko
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Chaos;Head
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Toradora
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Tales of the Abyss
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Kuroshitsuji
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Kannagi
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Nodame Cantabile: Paris Hen
Wikipedia
Anime News Network
Official Site
Excellent! I was hoping you’d do a show like this. I decided to go ahead and try watching at least the first few episodes of each new series this fall, but I soon realized- that’s a lot of episodes to watch- An entire-series length worth of pilots.
Japanese keitei sound a lot like the iPhone 3G. The iPhone has much the same ‘find what’s around me’ GPS type functionality, but you do get the benefit of the amazing mobile Safari web browser and beautiful Apple interface. From what I’ve seen of Japanese phones the interfaces are rather ugly and clunky looking. I do like how talking on a mobile phone is banned on Japanese trains though.
When I was last in Japan the iPhone 3G had just launched, and there seemed to be a lot of interest in it. Do you ever see people around Japan using iPhones? They’re everywhere where I am in the UK.