We are back!?
What can I say but that absence has made our non existent fans grow fonder![...]
Crisis
Philosophy and crisis are linked. It is either a crisis of the self or crisis in a culture. Whenever things stop appearing natural and whenever we must prove ourselves or our way of life philosophy begins to come to the [...]
I am a Lone Otaku
[This is another translation of a conversation between Beat Takeshi and Takashi Murakami found in the book Two Art. Here Beat Takeshi talks about his thought process when making movies movies.] I am a Lone Otaku These da[...]
Kobayashi Yoshinori – The truth about spoiled children
This is an essay by renowned manga artist and thinker Kobayashi Yoshinori.(å°æž—よã—ã®ã‚Šï¼‰ One of the most fascinating and interesting personalities in Japan, he has always been willing to[...]
A Small Island Nation?
This is a translation of a part of a book by Akira Ikegami called Is Japan Really a Society with Large Social Disparity? This book is interesting in that it takes what the author perceives as Japanese common sense and te[...]
漫画 – Das Kapital – English Translation Part 4
Sorry about the week break. I finally have the next small part of Fumio Kaido’s Das Kapital Manga translated. Please click on the page numbers to get the full size version of the pages. Enjoy![...]
Idiot Economics 2 – Where did all the money go?
This is another translation from Idiot Economics, a new economics book out by author Takeuchi Kaoru. Â He here dives into the mysterious world of just what money is. Idiot Economics If there is a worldwide recession, t[...]
Beat Takeshi – What is Art?
This is a translation of a conversation between Beat Takeshi (Kitano Takeshi) and Takeshi Murakami. It was in the book Two Art. Beat Takeshi is a world renown director and also a superstar and major personality in Japan.[...]
漫画 – Das Kapital – Part 3
I have finished translating the first part of the very long second chapter including the first commentary of Fumio Kaido’s manga version of Das Kapital. For the first two parts check here and here. Click on[...]
