One of our readers has let us know that he has been sent a DMCA takedown notice for downloading Canaan. In the original email it is stated that the notice was issued by BayTSP.com on behalf of Showgate Inc., noting that the user was downloading Canaan off the GG fansubs tracker. Dear Sir or Madam: BayTSP, Inc. (”BayTSP”) swears under penalty of perjury that Showgate Inc. has authorized BayTSP to act as its non-exclusive agent for copyright infringement notification.  BayTSP’s search of the protocol listed below has detected infringements of Showgate Inc.’s copyright ...
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Conan O’Brien visited nearby, relative to Universal Studios, anime dubbing studio Bang Zoom to see how anime is dubbed. Needless to say Conan loves to dub cartoons and showed his passion for such at the studio, along with sidekick Andy Richter. The true moment of brilliance comes through when the director begins explaining the plot of GitS, leaving Conan to say the following, “I just have to say I didn’t understand the plot. At all.” I feel the exact same way, Conan. All I can say is that that is English ...
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Manually join IRC: irc.dal.net and join #E3discussion Automatically: Click here to join the IRC using our web-based applet. it takes a while to load so be patient. Be the first to comment! © jp for Japanophile Isle, 2009. | Permalink | Be the first to comment! | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:
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A cranky computer programmer on the way to work in Shinkiya was told to stop playing cell phone games by a 50-year old woman at 8am. Being one of the less self-controlled people among us humans he ended up punching the woman, after which he was restrained by fellow passengers. The punchline here is that [...]
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I bet you can think of a few people on this side of the pond who could use some Japanese diligence. Don’t hide it. What do you think? Be the first to comment! © jp for Japanophile Isle, 2009. | Permalink | Be the first to comment! | Add to del.icio.us Post tags:
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I will get back to business once speed/stability/uptime gets sorted out. The server has been slowly deteriorating on us. My apologies to the readers and everyone with whom I had any arrangements. In the mean time, if you would like a contributing/relief/guest author (me!) at your own blog, send me a holler at jp.theworst(@)gmail.com I’d be [...]
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I don’t know this guy to be honest, however this post on White Album makes me guarantee he’s worthy of the SBP. http://www.lowonhitpoints.com/posts/first.look/white.album/ If you get in touch with me, I’ll do a proper SBP entry for ya, anytime. Be the first to comment! © jp for Japanophile Isle, 2009. | Permalink | Be the first to comment! | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: [...]
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So I watched White Album up to episode 4, but I’ve got nothing to say about it so I’m just gonna let Montaigne take over. This 16th century humanist philosopher. If you like Nietzsche, you’ll find a lot to like here. In fact, many of Nietzsche’s aphorisms are direct reactions to some of these. Tell me if [...]
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They’re bad. That’s the main reason why there hasn’t been an update here in a while. I’ve got some other things to talk about though, such as Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou. It looks easy eh? But I can’t figure it out. I’d love to try to solve the mystery of what I’m supposed to do but [...]
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We already knew that Final Fantasy XIII was hitting Japanese shores sometime in 2009. Today Square-Enix has apparently told business news site Reuters, that Final Fantasy XIII will be released outside of Japan during the 2010 financial year which starts in April 2010. Some of you may be disappointed but this really is the best we [...]
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