tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post2432744716525644953..comments2023-11-27T16:48:09.334-08:00Comments on SAME HAT!: JUNJI ITO interview clip from BBC3's JapanoramaRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01175574490647908108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-78254348356925138002007-11-26T08:37:00.000-08:002007-11-26T08:37:00.000-08:00Japanorama is still one of the best western TV sho...Japanorama is still one of the best western TV shows about Japan, I've seen al seasons and all episodes, some more than once...bizarrejapanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09020411130404397271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-1878167797556763052007-11-24T21:05:00.000-08:002007-11-24T21:05:00.000-08:00@mark...well, SNAP. haha. But then again-- my take...@mark...well, SNAP. haha. But then again-- my take is that Converse All-Stars covered with Makoto-chan's snotty face ARE strange, while completely treating THE NATION OF JAPAN and ITS PEOPLES as a mysteriously, uniquely-inscrutable bag of oddness are two different things.<BR/><BR/>"Hey check out these ill and goofy shoes!" vs. "Hey check out this weird and strange country". But you tell me :)Ryan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212185086058139671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-73796274906616077952007-11-24T20:58:00.000-08:002007-11-24T20:58:00.000-08:00"Despite being sort of lamely "ISN'T JAPAN STRANGE..."Despite being sort of lamely "ISN'T JAPAN STRANGE AND UNUSUAL!?""<BR/><BR/>and in the previous post<BR/><BR/>"And you thought Kazuo Umezu Chuck Taylors were STRANGE"<BR/><BR/>pot kettle blacksubstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504103506043684370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-43795346720680383912007-11-24T01:43:00.000-08:002007-11-24T01:43:00.000-08:00Sorry if I sounded like a pedant.I'm just some Eng...Sorry if I sounded like a pedant.<BR/>I'm just some Englishwoman, and Mr Ross is a fixture of tv in Britain. ;-)<BR/>Had to Google image Mr Hitchens: it's the floppy hair, isn't it? :-P<BR/><BR/>Watching Japanoram - and this piece - was the first time I heard of Junji Ito. I was immediately interested - and of course I found out how wonderfuk Ito's work is.<BR/>And that somehow led me to Same Hat.<BR/>Hurrah!<BR/><BR/>Karen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-31162422959403864112007-11-23T11:56:00.000-08:002007-11-23T11:56:00.000-08:00Whoops! I think I put Christopher because the dude...Whoops! I think I put Christopher because the dude looks like Christopher Hitchens, haha.<BR/><BR/>Glad you dig the site :)Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175574490647908108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11083453.post-37219962379556434962007-11-23T11:53:00.000-08:002007-11-23T11:53:00.000-08:00It's Jonathan Ross, not Christopher!:-)Love the bl...It's Jonathan Ross, not Christopher!<BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Love the blog, btw. Many thanks for what you are doing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com