tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post6404391398211907975..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: Would You Believe I’ve Actually Read…Jun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-62014762626565397742008-04-10T15:44:00.000+09:002008-04-10T15:44:00.000+09:00Mon Chére Anonyme:Regardez vous my nose ici.Mon Chére <I> Anonyme</I>:<BR/><BR/>Regardez vous my nose <A HREF="http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.com/2008/04/nose-knows-my-take-on-politics-of-late.html" REL="nofollow">ici</A>.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-44864764307496143402008-04-10T11:14:00.000+09:002008-04-10T11:14:00.000+09:00Sir,If you can pull your nose out of the comics fo...Sir,<BR/>If you can pull your nose out of the comics for a minute, I would be grateful if you would comment on the possible political effects of the new changes in Japan's health care payment regime. <BR/><BR/>My understanding is that the elderly now have to pay more and their families have to shoulder more of the burden of taking care of their aging family members. <BR/><BR/>LyonsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-75287260546535559442008-04-09T23:36:00.000+09:002008-04-09T23:36:00.000+09:00And it’s a two man/production team.And it’s a two man/production team.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-35083896965105654762008-04-09T23:33:00.000+09:002008-04-09T23:33:00.000+09:00I used to read it, but it doesn’t work for me any ...I used to read it, but it doesn’t work for me any more. Now that I cook regularly, I do what I can, with what I have. <I>Oishimbo</I> is sexual acrobatics; it’s like, dude, I’m a gazillion-years old, I don’t need instructions, I need something I can actually do. In twenty minutes. Hot. And. Sour.<BR/><BR/>Catch my drift?<BR/><BR/>And the artwork is pretty lousy, if you ask me.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-13645212300293374872008-04-09T23:22:00.001+09:002008-04-09T23:22:00.001+09:00Big Otomo fan here, but pre-Akira...And speaking o...Big Otomo fan here, but pre-Akira...<BR/><BR/>And speaking of the diversity of manga, what better example is there than Oishimbo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-62188030550197270542008-04-09T23:22:00.000+09:002008-04-09T23:22:00.000+09:00PS: Robert D., the un-Colbert S., has a thing for ...PS: Robert D., the un-Colbert S., has a thing for Tin-Tin. Look him up the next time you’re in Japan.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-39879880997460077652008-04-09T23:19:00.000+09:002008-04-09T23:19:00.000+09:00Sophie, you Francophone have always had a feel for...Sophie, you Francophone have always had a feel for pop culture, and I’ll never forget the French reverence for Philip K. Dick. And Mssrs. Ōtomo and Moebius have a mutual admiration society of their own.<BR/><BR/>But Jerry Lewis? Please…<BR/><BR/>Hey, you know what’s sad though? Takehiko Inoue is the youngest guy whose work I know that changed the paradigms of the genre, and he’s in his forties. <I>And he’s young enough to be my biological (if illegal) son.</I>Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-46757350175024753422008-04-09T22:02:00.000+09:002008-04-09T22:02:00.000+09:00I'm not even sure I can refer to manga as a genre,...I'm not even sure I can refer to manga as a genre, its sub-genres being so diverse.<BR/>Here we refer to Bandes dessinées (Franco-Belgian comics) as the 9th art, and I think manga is the same.<BR/><BR/>From Tintin to comics about history or social issues, from Astro to The time of Botchan, these forms cover as many subjects in as many different ways as cinema does.Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507512077820034913noreply@blogger.com