Brian Ashcraft's discussions

Buddhism is important and obviously influences a great deal of culture and thought, but yes, you are correct that religion in Japan is very different from, say, parts of the U.S. Shintoism, of course, is also incredibly important and directly tied to the country’s founding. However, there really isn’t the equivalent… Read more

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This is about how “Boruto” looks odd in English. ボルト is not “weird” in Japanese. It’s okay, fine, whatever. But for the same reason why the Nintendo character “Luigi” is not written as “Ruiiji” in English (in Japanese, he is ルイージ, which is literally, “Ruiiji”), it makes more sense to write this character’s name as… Read more

Not entirely convinced you see what I’m talking about, but... Even if you were in Japan, you wouldn’t write your name as “Danieru” using English letters. You’d write ダニエル (literally, “Danieru”) in Japanese, but in English, you’d write “Daniel,” because there is an English way to write it. Even Sanrio does that, and…

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Likewise. I hope he’s located, safe and sound, as soon as possible. :/ Read more

Because it shows no understanding. It’s all artifice. It’s superficial. And arguments about intent seem rather nebulous—to me, at lease. Who decides the intent? The person doing the act? Or the people observing the act? And who has final say? Read more

No, I said it’s a risky type of performance. You run the risk of simply being offensive, but doing nothing more than simply taking on the appearance of another race. In the case of Chappelle or Eddie Murphy or RDJ, they are making larger commentaries on society as well as racism, instead of merely adopting the… Read more

Just to jump in here real quick. Race isn’t a costume you can put on or take off. So, if you are going to do it like Dave Chappelle did (or way before him, Eddie Murphy did on SNL: https://screen.yahoo.com/white-00000011…) or like RDJ did in Tropic Thunder, then the bar for doing this and making some sort of…

Toriko is great. Anyone who says otherwise is bonkers. Read more

I agree. Sorry! :( Read more

Me, too. Read more

I think it's important to realize Konami makes much more money off smartphone games, which are way, way cheaper, than it does off Metal Gear. Keep that in mind, and that might make what's allegedly going on, right or wrong, a bit clearer. Read more

Aw, shit. And so it begins. Read more

Gigazine says it's white sandwich bread, but the sandwich's ad describes it as a "soft and chewy" type bread—like a doughy bread. Read more

Japan very much as a concept of April Fools: http://kotaku.com/some-of-japans… Read more

Yeah, the wording in the original quote is 原作 or source material, so I'll tweak to make that more accurate. Read more

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