Comments on: The Legend of Koizumi

By: SohKai

SohKai — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:39:57 +0000

I hunted this shit down when I was in Japan for C78 this year.
Even though I couldn’t read anything in the bookstores to save my life, still found the volumes after 2-3 hours of looking.

By: Kinny Riddle

Kinny Riddle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:39:45 +0000

LMAO at Chairman Mao being an evil Dark Lord being sealed away for eternity that was accidentally awoken.

To the eyes of most Japanese, Koizumi is one awesome Japanese PM, and rightly so for managing to last so long and being maverick enough to differentiate himself from the boredoms that were his predecessors and successors. (Whether he has substance to match his style is another debate altogether)

To the eyes of most people outside Japan, his biggest blemish will forever be his constant visits to Yasukuni, winding the war victims up (as well as giving the bigwigs in China and North Korea plenty of jingoistic ammo to feed their people with to distract them from the true woes of their respective countries).

To these people, Koizumi can and should have been an awesome Japanese PM, so it’s a pity he had to resort to pandering to the nationalistic sentiments of his electorate when he really didn’t have to.

Anyway, here ends my rant. I now go back to feeling moe for Tymoshenko of all people (her being voiced by Sato Rina (Biribiri) helps somewhat).

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:53:19 +0000

@pad, koizumi made that missle blow up louder

that whole video was glorious. favorited it

By: math4origami

math4origami — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:03 +0000

The manga gets even better.

By: padpod

padpod — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:11:09 +0000

If you watched Durarara before, this would also be to your interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNFYthqPVnA

Welcome to the bandwagon, hop aboard.

By: KayDat

KayDat — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:10:41 +0000

Haha wow, Japanese patriotism and excessive racial stereotypes to the max huh?

By: OH SNAP

OH SNAP — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:57:28 +0000

My college Professor showed #1 to us in class. It was so ridiculously awesome that it blew my mind

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:11:17 +0000

This OVA is quite awesome.

By: Panther

Panther — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:24:03 +0000

This show had GAR and awesome written all over it and I thought I was late to the party.

But yeah, they seem to have no problem indeed stepping on political toes. Still, it probably made this show all the more awesome.

By: JapanSoc

JapanSoc — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:43:44 +0000

The Legend of Koizumi Anime Series…

Probably the best collection of youtube anime videos that combine past prime ministers of Japan, other heads of state, and mahjong. They’re short vinnettes, but worth the ~7 min of your time to see so……