Utada Hikaru and Ninja Warrior!

This is Utada Hikaru. She is a singer in Japan. きれいです。^.^

She was actually born in New York, but I'm pretty sure she is Japanese. I first heard of her from a song she did for Square-Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game called Simple and Clean.

Here is the music video:











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Ninja Warrior is a television show that airs in America on a channel called G4TV. It's a Japanese game show of sorts and it is really fun to watch. Men and women compete in order to defeat crazy obstacles in a certain amount of time. If you make it, you get to move on to other stages and it gets progressively harder. There have only been 2 people who have completed the entire competition and have earned the title of Ninja Warrior! The show has had more than 10 "seasons" and each one has 100 contestants, so that just goes to show you how hard this game show really is. Here are some clips:

Best Wipeouts!



Here is a clip of the first stage in all of its difficulty!

Anime and Music!

Hey guys,

I'm in the middle of watching anime and I thought that I would post on my blog. I started watching an anime called School Rumble. I am on the third episode and it is pretty funny. Throughout the semester I will be bringing up a lot of animes, so if you would like to watch them, here are a couple of websites you should check out:

anime6.org
sidereel.com (this one is good for more than just anime)
veoh.com

These are all streaming websites so you shouldn't have to download anything (except for maybe a webplayer)

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On another note, I thought I would post a Japanese song that I think is really cool. This particular version is actually the opening theme for an anime called Bleach, but it is a single and there is a full version which is even better than this one! It is called Chubura and the artist is Kelun. I first heard it this summer and I have been trying to learn the drum part because I think it is really good.

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Here are the lyrics for the chorus... I can't understand them yet but I thought it would be cool to post.

<-- Screenshot from bleach!





さあまぶたおあけて
こどくにすりがえてた
なくしてたゆうきをこのてにかかげよ
こらえてたなみだ
いまおもいだしたから
きみのてをにぎってものがたりわはじまる

ニュヨクノパチ！

I am going to a party on friday night. It is in Brooklyn and I am very excited. This has nothing to do with Japanese but I knew how to say the title, so I thought I would write it anyway =)

いくらですか

ぜろえんです！やった！！

J-type video

This is a video of the gameplay of j-type...

I know this is the third post I have made about j-type, but I just want to stress how amazing this flash animation is.

SCREENSHOT OF JTYPE

This is a screenshot of the amazing hiragana/katakana learning game that i mentioned in the last post. The url is there as well. I HIGHLY suggest you check this out. If you do this for ten minutes everyday, you will quickly become efficient in recognizing the characters.

WANT TO LEARN HIRAGANA AND KATAKANA FAST?

Hey guys, I found this great flash program that will help you learn hiragana and katakana!

it is located here:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/401271

be sure to check it out!

My first post (intro draft)

こにちわ

はじめまして。おなまえわシンクラです。どぞよろしく。アメリカじんです。コロンビアのだいがくのにねんせです。にじゅきゅさいです。

Hey im jeff. This is my first post for my japanese class =D

Im really excited to learn japanese. I am a computer science major and I will probably head into the world of game design. Since many big gaming companies have presence in Japan, it would be great to study abroad there.

Another reason i'm learning Japanese is so that I can watch anime without subtitles. One day in class, our teacher, はまだせんせい, asked if any of us were あにめおたく, and I probably should have raised my hand xD

I love most animes. I am currently watching bleach, naruto, deathnote, getbackers, and I am getting ready for Full Metal Alchemist. And i have a bunch of others that I have already finished.

Anyway, I'm really excited for this entire class and I'm looking forward to any comments that any of you have.