source
‘↑Source‘ is an astounding Japanese independent cyberpunk short-film by director A.T.—it’s not embeddable, as it seems, so go and ↑watch it on Vimeo … A.T. 2012. ↑Source [short film]. Tokyo: TYO Productions.
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Tag Archives: japan
the daily levitation
↑Natsumi Hayashi lives in Tokyo and mainly photographs levitating self-portraits, sometimes even in 3D—see her ↑how-to. Her blog ↑yowayowa camera woman diary almost exclusively consists of the mentioned levitating pictures (with some cats interspersed) which for quite some time appeared … Continue reading →
japanese media pirate
Someone wishing to remain anonymous sent the essay ‘↑Thoughts from a Japanese Media Pirate‘ to boingboing. A fabulous read going perfect with ↵otaku, doujinshi, and gamemodding. via ↑entry at ↑boingboing
Continue reading →space aircraft carriers
Conceptual art for S.H.I.E.L.D.’s airborne aircraft carrier, the ‘↑Helicarrier,’ as seen in ‘↑The Avengers‘ (Whedon 2012). ↑Christopher Weuve, among other things a naval analyst and science fiction geek, ↑talked with Michael Peck of Foreign Policy about the dialectics between naval … Continue reading →
lego think tank
↑Think tank is a slang term used to describe a robotic weapons platform that makes use of artificial intelligence to enhance its abilities. Most of the think tanks portrayed in ↑Ghost in the Shell (manga, films, and series), along with … Continue reading →
what counts down?
zeph’s pop culture quiz #15 As there were requests for more recent movies as the subject of the quiz, here you are: What does the countdown in the screencap indicate? What is expected to happen when it is at zero? … Continue reading →
mad mex
In India and Pakistan trucks get decorated until they are gaudy pieces of art on wheels: In Japan the same is done, but there, hardly surprising, the dekotora [decorated trucks] follow the neon æsthetics: In Sudan trucks are completely deconstructed … Continue reading →
hello matakichi
A picture book entitled Namennayo! (Don’t Mess Around with Me!) and commercial goods modeled on those in the book are caricatures of ↑bosozoku symbolism and display a crucial aspect of such symbols and the commercial exploitation of them. This work, … Continue reading →
black emperor
YANAGIMACHI, MITSUO. 1976. ↑God speed you! Black emperor [documentary film]. Tokyo: The Japan Foundation, Toei Company.
Continue reading →otaku, doujinshi, and gamemodding
↑Mizuko Ito [↵keitai-scholar and sister of blogosphere-legend ↑Joi Ito] introduces us to ↑Otaku Media Literacy—if one would replace ‘anime otaku’ by ‘gamemodders’ and add one or two adjustments, her text still would be ‘the truth’. Here’s an excerpt: ↑[…] Overseas … Continue reading →