Another Update from Chiba: We are still getting aftershocks large enough to rattle the shelves but they are now hours apart as opposed to minutes. According to NHK, the last one a few minutes ago was only a magnitude 3 or 4 depending on where you are. That's on the shindo scale and I don't know the ...

Writing from Chiba Prefecture Japan. The quake hit right as I was teaching a class. The kids reacted wonderfully, ducking and covering and following all the emergency procedures they'd been taught. The room shook violently for about 15 minutes. Books flew off shelves, doors opened and closed on thei...

As preface, I haven't read the other posts in this thread. I'm just here to voice my opinion of the issues raised on the front page I'm sorry if any of my points are redundant. I love the TVN use of what I think of as "Strategic Japanese." The main reason I watch TVN programs is as a langu...

Greetings TVN staff. If this is in the wrong forum, please delete and forgive me. I know this is big thing to ask, but I would like permission to use TVN subs in a series of Nostalgia Critic style reviews of various Toku shows and films. If I'm going to do this, I want the best possible subs to do i...

Lunagel wrote:Little off topic, but Carter, are you a JET or an independent teacher?

Equally off topic: I'm an independent teacher. I work for an ALT group called Interac. I work Elementary and Middle School, but I'm planning to move to elementary school only for next school year.

It's possible W may survive. The series is still VERY popular in Japan. Bandai is still making collectible merchandise. W toys are still on display in Akihabara for insane prices (one store near the station wants 30000yen for a mint in box trigger magnum). And, the new Climax Heroes video game featu...

I am in Japan. Chiba Pref. to be exact. Heck, if I knew where to go I'd pick it up myself and pay cash. As for the extra cost, yeah I know. But I'm willing to pay an "Idiot Tax" for missing the deadline. This is the first time I've decided to buy a Tokusatsu role play toy and I don't mind ...

OK, I am officially an IDIOT!!!! I missed the second preorder deadline by less than a day! Now that I'm done cursing myself in both languages, does anyone know if they're going to do a 3 round of this product? If not, know anyone else that's selling them and shipping to Japan? grrrrcursesgrrrrrrmumb...

Ho--ly--bleep! Go back and look at 4:14. On Stopwatch Lady's iphone a third project of Foundation X's appears. The Core Medal and Cell Medal system with a budget of $43,250,000,000 (they use dollars? This is an American company?!?!?) and an "A" rank of expected value. Doesn't OOOs use some...

There's been so much good character development for Double that I will miss it when it ends in the next few weeks. Agreed! Every time we get near the end of a Rider series (Note: I've only been watching since Kabuto) I always feel one of two ways. 1. "Get ON with it!" By this point the pr...

Is it just me or was the yellow on that armor blindingly bright? HUGE shoes (or is that huge belt?) to fill but it looks to have potential. Although I don't see how a medal system can be as versatile as the gaia memory system from a toy making perspective. Anyone think there might be a connection be...

I happened to wake up early this morning and noticed that TV Asahi is running something they call Super Sentai vs. Series Theater from 6 to 7 am on Sundays. The show is basically screenings of the various Verses movies that they've made over the years with the Goseigers acting as hosts. The showed O...

Um....I'm pretty sure he's just supposed to be a bumbling, good-hearted guy that's a bit plump, not a stereotype of fat people. Yeah, I know, and now that I've had a couple of days to cool down, I realize you're probably right. Speaking as someone who's been overweight since childhood, I have a ver...

NO! Nononononononono!!!!! That's it, I QUIT!!! The Super Sentai Series has officially crossed the line with Datas. I don't mind product placement, I understand that every piece of the ranger's arsenal is available in stores near you. That's fine. But this is ridiculous!!! Having the ARCADE MACHINE a...

"Attention passengers this is your captain speaking. We would like to remind all of our customers to try not to freak out at the giant dragon head assimilating our plane. it's just the new Sentai fighting a giant monster. Perfectly normal in Japan. Please stay in your seats and relax." LO...