MetaFilter posts tagged with popculture and Japan

When celebrities and language collide. In Japan!

Rhaomi — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:25:37 -0800

Puzzled by sugary J-Pop bands and their eccentric (and failed) TV shows? Frustrated and confused by the complexity of Japanese and want to see what your inchoate blustering looks like from the other side? Then join "perennially unpopular" gaijin celebrity Thane Camus (grand-nephew of Albert Camus), as he walks a class of fellow pop star clichés through an endearingly awkward English conversation class.

Top 60 Japanese buzzwords of 2007

mediareport — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:47:24 -0800

Child-bearing machines, net café refugees and bottom-biting bugs: Top 60 Japanese buzzwords of 2007.

Japanophilia and Japanophobia

madamjujujive — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:37:13 -0800

Japan in America: the Turn of the Twentieth Century - an exhibit of ads, cartoons, art and other popculture artifacts from the decades leading up to WWI. (image menu is at the bottom of the page)

Funky Radical World

madamjujujive — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:13:14 -0800

Funky Radical World was created by Japanese illustrator Radical Suzuki - don't miss the delightful fashion show. One of my favorite works is Real Tokyo Girls, a flash animation about the rather fascinating Ganguro girl fad. This gallery includes a few more samples of his work. warning - some cartoon nudity may be involved!