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:::March 20, 2003:::

"Aim For the Ace!(Ace wo nerae,1973)" is one of the most loved and well known anime series in Japan. The most famous character in this series is the tall and elegant student with the "O Chou Fujin(Madam Butterfly, real name is Reika Ryuzaki)". "Chou" in Japanese means "butterfly" and is pronounced just like a different Chinese character that means "Intestinal". That is why we have this elegant beauty on the bottle in the picture. A beverage company released bottled prune juice by using "Ochoufujin" as the image character. But, they replace "chou" with the Chinese character of "Intestinal" to name this drink for fiber in prune is good for stomach. This "Ochoufujin(Madam Intestinal)" healthy drink is targeting at female market in Japan. Even so, I gave it a tried with animators in AIC...Reika Ryuzaki's hairstyle was the center of our chatting...how come her rich long curled hair never bothered her while she plays tennis?..you know, some guys-will-never-get-the-clue things.>:-)(BBS_M)

:::March 10, 2003:::

This was a very normal Monday afternoon in Tokyo and as usual, I stepped in to the train heading for AIC. While I was enjoying some cheery blossoms on the outside, I noticed something very weird in the train. I looked up and realized that the whole commuting train is occupied by...Stitch!?!? Each train consists of 10 or 12 cars and EACH and EVERY (literally) ad poster in all those cars featured that little blue alien and the Hawaiian girl. I have never seen anything quite like this so I took a picture of it and couldn't help but wonder, how long will it takes until distributors will do things like this to promote anime in Japan or US?
>:-)(BBS_M)

:::March 4, 2003:::

A former AIC worker's personal interest is making anime music videos. Last weekend he invited me to a dance party which had his work on screen. According to what he said, there are a lot of anime music dance parties or cosplay gatherings in Tokyo during every weekend and there are lots people making music videos nationwide. Fan made music videos in Japan are called "Mad movie". Somewhat different from music videos in anime conventions, most of "Mad movie" are just the opening animation with different theme songs. Like using the Sailor Moon opening with the Fruits Basket theme song or the Ghost in the Shell opening with Fatboy Slim. Therefore you have to know both anime in order to get all the fun and jokes. The host of the party last week is a very hard-core anime fan. Most his anime videos are way too "elite" so that I couldn't follow his choices in anime. But being able to know how anime fans in Japan get together is fun. >:-)(BBS_M)

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