movie Movies in Tokyo In January, I embarked on a business trip to South Korea and Japan, a fun adventure that was not only about work but also in a personal and cultural sense. My stay in Tokyo this time was especially memorable, thanks to the opportunity to immerse myself in the local cinema.
movie Porco Rosso Porco Rosso (紅の豚) is my favorite movie by Director Hayao Miyazaki. It was a movie from 1992, and I might have watched it more than 20 times. I even translated the script of the movie into Korean and ran it at a small cinematheque in 1994 (when I was a
travel Tokyo 2023 (1) As I mentioned in the previous post, I visited Tokyo last week for the first time in three years. When I lived in Korea, my trips to Tokyo were almost a monthly routine thanks to the convenient 2-hour flight from Seoul to Tokyo. But not only the geographical separation between
anime Leiji Matsumoto It is so sad to tell about the loss of great souls recently and repetitively, but Mr. Leiji Matsumoto passed away yesterday (85). He is the creator of Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato, and many others. I mentioned that the opening theme of Captain Harlock was my
anime The Witch From Mercury I couldn't write any article during the MLKJ day weekend, and it means I couldn't have finished Chained Chronicles yet - I was stuck at the last boss (maybe not the last, though). But anyway, I could have great times during the holidays, such as our
anime Bocchi The Rock! 2022 had many great music animes. Among them, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocchi_the_Rock! was my personal best (BTW, the runner-up would be "Ya Boy Kongming!") The last episode of the 1st season was marvelous. The live sequence was the best that I've seen
anime Aniki In Western culture, it is rare calling a person only by appellation without a name; maybe, "Your majesty" or "Your highness" would be in those rare cases. But in Asian culture, calling an elder's (or superior's) name could be considered rude. So,
anime RIP. Mr. Matsumoto Last week, there was a cool article from Vulture [https://www.vulture.com/article/most-influential-best-scenes-animation-history.html] about the history of the animation. In those 100 great moments, I believe I know the most from the Japanese anime. As I said before, watching animes has been a part of my life.
anime Space Battle Ship Yamato 1 Ep 22. Finally, I watched the 22nd Episode of Yamato 1 - The Rainbow Star Cluster. It was an incredible story that a genius engineer beats an admiral who planned and executed a perfect strategy. Space Battle Ship Yamato is an extraordinary anime to me. Though (as a Korean) it is hard
life The Question To Fail A few months ago, I read a twitter of a Korean software engineer who was working in Silicon Valley. He had been in a meetup for college students who were interested in working in Silicon Valley. There was a Q&A session, and he was mad at a question.
bayarea Why Bay Area Again Then, I want to talk about why I’m back to Bay Area. Ten years ago, my SF office closed - when the financial crisis came - and I had to return to Korea. During the last 10 years, I started my own business, had many experiences, exited from the
anime Takako Ohta 35th Anniversary Live In my last business trip to Tokyo, I couldn’t buy a flight ticket for my schedule. So, I had to take a plane for three days ahead of my original plan. It was a rainy Sunday morning when I got to the Haneda airport. I took on a limousine
anime Exhibition: Hinamatsuri Although I have not done the last cour anime wrap-up, (and I’m not sure I can do that…) I can tell one thing. My best pick of the previous cour is “Hinamatsuri.” And I got to know there is a small exhibition for Hinamatsuri [https://www.acgateway.com/ex_
travel The Summer Triangle (夏の大三角) 「あれがデネブ、アルタイル、ベガ」Last weekend, I went camping in the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). The camping site is a renovation from a shut-down school, which is just one mile from the border of South/North Korea. Of course, the place is in the area where a civilian cannot enter, but
anime An After Recording Last month, I supported casting and recording of an 'ahureko (after recording in Japanese).' It is always fun to work with professional voice actresses and actors. 48 voice actresses/actors (including Tomoyo Kurosawa who won the best lead actress of the year) participated in the recording. Some are