Kamikaze Girls

Kamikaze Girls has possibly THE greatest film opening EVER!!! Momoko gets hit by a truck, she's sent flying into the air with a load of cabbage and says farewell to her friends and family. It then comes up with 'The End'. Obviously, that wasn't the end. Momoko then rewinds all the way to 18th century France. The Rococo era. The time where the French where either sewing, or in bed. But Momoko can only dream of living in this era, as she goes on to explain. She was born into a part of Japan where everyone was born in a tracksuit, and dies in a tracksuit (as she puts it) and her father and mother met, kissed, fell pregnant then married. Thus Momoko is born. She becomes obssesed with the lolita fashion and constantly scavanged money off her father to pay for dress upon dress of lolita wonder. She goes into A LOT of detail of her life, how she sews, how she's very indiffernt and how she's an introvert. Surprisingly enough this is not boring!!

Blueberry and Milk Pocky

I had a lucky trip to China town recently, I didn't have much money but I could buy a few small treats. So I thought I'd share!
Today I have for you, the most epic Japanese snack ever. Pocky. Unfortunately small, but highly addictive. Sweet slim sticks dipped in icing flavour, with a bit left at the end to hold. Small, light and attractive, Pocky is unbelievably popular. The blueberry and milk is a mix of creamy milk powder and bits of blueberry. It costs £1.99 in Chinatown, which is the general price for the unusual flavours of pocky. But not all pocky is worth that much.

Porco Rosso

Sorry it wasn't up in time today!! Had a bit of an argument with the new blogger! Don't worry though, we've sorted it out now!

Oh, look! It's a studio ghibli film!! Hopefully this means something to you as Studio Ghibli make the greatest movies EVER. However, Porco Rosso.... Is not one of them.  Marco was a  WW1 fighter, but when he got cursed and turned into a pig he turned to free-lance bounty hunting under the name Porco Rosso. That in itself could make a good plot. But the film has NOTHING to do with Marco's WW1 fighting, or his curse. It barely has anything to do with his Bounty Hunting!! Instead the plot rambles on about... well nothing! It brushes over female rights, his flirtatious habits, pride and honour, love and rivalry but it doesn't go anywhere. In fact, by the end of the whole movie, the scene hasn't really changed at all. It was so horrifically boring I almost stopped watching it! Even with Ghibli's AMAZING art and animation; I almost gave up.
But on the topic of art and animation, I most give full marks! Ghibli never fails to impress, especially with their flying vehicles! Them boat-planes looked pretty spectacular regardless of whether they were shooting through the clouds or splashing through the waters. Even with guns blazing and planes falling apart it doesn't look ridiculous! And making a pig look like an admirable character is no mean feat! He looked more honourable than most of the humans in the film even though pigs are supposed to be horrible!!

It Started With a Kiss...

My friend has struck again!! Yup, it's another Taiwanese drama from Bte! Can "Taiwanese drama" be shortened to "T-drama"? Hmmm....

This story is actually more popular in it's Korean version, "Playful Kiss", which I was already planning to watch! Yuan Xiang Qin is from F class (the bottom of the school) and poor. Jiang Zhi Shu, is the top of A class (the best class) and decisively rich. So when Yuan Xiang Qin confessed to him it's hardly surprising that he just ignores her! To make Yuan Xiang Qin's day even better, her house is suddenly the epicentre of an earthquake that sends her house tumbling to the ground. Yeah, it's a very ridiculous first episode, but don't pass judgement yet! Her father's friend hears about the disaster and insists they stay at his house for the time being! And what do you know? Yuan Xiang Qin suddenly finds herself staying at Jiang Zhi Shu's house! It's so comically ridiculous, you have to find it entertaining! So, while Zhi Shu's mother dotes over Xiang Qin because she's always wanted a girl, Zhi Shu tries to avoid her as much as possible. Although, that's quite hard when hi parents have already made plans for their wedding. So, the plot is absolutely ridiculous, outlandish, verging on atrocious....

Peepo Choo

I have to say a thanks on this post first! My dad request I read the manga almost a month ago, and I tried and I tried, but I could not find it! But my dad, as kind as he is, ordered the manga for me. So now I have one volume of it for my collection. Thank you!!

First off, let me inform you that Peepo Choo is an 18+, so under 18's turn away now! The manga is really funny though, it shows some american kids going through that terrible phase of a weaboo. Sitting down every week to watch an episode of Peepo Choo and in their ignorrant little heads they believe Japan is just like it. A dream land where everyone is kind, everyone cosplays and everyone does the Peepo Dance to make things better, so when Milton gets the oppurtunity to go to Japan for free he immediatly goes to his anime to learn some Japanese. Meanwhile, in Japan, we see the Yakuza get out of control. After Aniki scouted Morimoto for his family he became cocky and uncontrollable, killing business partners in the most crotesque way and losing the family money. We also see what life in a Japanese school is like as Miki, who is not a blonde-haired, tanned-face beuty like the others, gets bullied in the most horrible ways. So, Melton's idea of Japan isn't quite right. He soon finds that walking around in cosplay is still weird and nobody else has learnt the Peepo dance.