MetaFilter posts tagged with cool and Japan

My SUV seats two

twoleftfeet — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:55:04 -0800

Britney Spears loves Japan for its tiny cars. Tiny cars are huge in Japan. But Americans are not very big on very small cars. Nonetheless, automakers may bring tiny microcars to the U.S.. The trick will be making money on smaller cars. Small cars are nothing new, but soon they may be cool.

Can't sleep. Juhyo will eat me.

Mr.Encyclopedia — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:56:29 -0800

I want to put winter behind me like any other right-thinking Midwesterner, but these trees are too cool to ignore. On Mount Zao, in Yamagata prefecture, the Juhyo silently lurk. Or if you prefer you can visit Mt. Zao during greener seasons.

bit Generations

Dr-Baa — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:11:32 -0800

bit Generations is a line of Japanese budget-priced Game Boy Advance games Nintendo released these past two weeks. Most of the titles feature minimalist graphics combined with simple but engaging gameplay, echoing the company's recent philosophy. Perhaps the most intriguing of the games is Soundvoyager, in which the player relies almost entirely on audio positioning to progress- a bit reminicent of this. No word on a US release yet, but if Electroplankton made it out here, maybe there's a chance.

THE TRUE FIGHT WILL BEGIN FROM NOW!!

40 Watt — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:51:01 -0800

NEGADON!! "NEGADON - the Monster from Mars" is a "digital monster film", a film for the future. Similar in execution to the short film which eventually spawned "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", Negadon is a 100% computer-generated short which has been cleverly designed to look like the old Japanese man-in-the-rubber-suit monster movies of the 50's. Even the posters look the part.

gen — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:37:21 -0800

Japan’s Gross National Cool - Foreign Policy has an interesting article on the impact of Japanese culture and how it has replaced "Made in Japan" products as the dominant export from Japan. The author points to director Hayao Miyazaki, director/actor Takeshi Kitano, artist Takashi Murakami, and singer/songwriter Namie Amuro, as well as anime in general and Hello Kitty as examples of the global spread of Japanese culture. Do you recognize these people or their work? [more inside]