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Jonathan Ross Japanorama - Kawaii WhiteUsagi
http://www.mininova.org/tor/452198

"Jonathan embraces the passion that underpins most aspects of Japanese popular culture, the concept of Kawaii, which means cute.
Jonathan salutes the fat cat of cute, Hello Kitty, and visits the global mecca of all things cute, Hello Kitty Land. He discovers the ultimate 21st century accessory when he meets the Hello Kitty robot.
We look at the latest and cutest Japanese animation and examine the weird trend for Kawaii Noir, dark cute. Jonathan meets Gloomy Bear, a giant pink teddy bear turned bloodthirsty killer who is all the rage in Japan.
The Japanese love of dolls is also examined and Jonathan looks into the cult of the Super Dollfie, outsize £500 dolls, and their strange hold over Japanese adults."

I was expecting more of the episode but nothing, love the Super Dollfie dolls though. They are truly kawaii.

Some higher power did all it could to stop me encoding this ep. Aginst all odds it's here (HDD crash, Avisynth website down and some other stuff). The HDD failure means I will not encode the Kakkoi ep. Sorry guys.
>> Anonymous
Now that this is being posted frequently, is this Japanorama series good for real? This is a documentary, right?
>> WhiteUsagi
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>>130078
Only the Otaku ep, if ur gonna download any of them. It has to be that one.... ignore the others

http://www.mininova.org/tor/435511
>> Anonymous
>>130078
this is the last episode. there are 6 in total.

i wouldn't call it a documentary and i don't think it's meant to be called one either. more like a madcap ride about japan.
>> Anonymous
I could see having one of these dolls, as a decorative piece in your home/apartment. But to actually buy clothes for them and dress them up, play with them, etc, is just creepy.

I'll just stick with PVC figures. lol
>> Anonymous
>>130138
PVC is fine but one of these dolls as a decorative piece? I find that pretty damn creepy myself.
>> Anonymous
>>130095
six?

i have : Bushido, Otaku , Owari and now kawai, what words are the other 2?
>> Anonymous
now all that's left is the first episode, Kakkoi.

Tadanobu Asano's in there.
>> Anonymous
>>130144
That's all I have too. Anybody want to help us?
>> Anonymous
>>130147
>>130144

You're both missing Zoku. Link is here:
http://www.mininova.org/tor/441473
>> Anonymous
What are the big dolls made out of? Are they anything like the 6" or 10" PVC figures or are they made of something else? Serious question.
>> Anonymous
>>130151
What about Kakkoi? as mentioned by>>130145
>> Anonymous
>>130151
Thanks btw :-)
>> Xenos
A friend of mine is doing a comic about Dollfies for his webcomic. I gotta check this out as I haven't really noticed them at cons. It seems my friend has and is working out his trauma in comic form.

>>130144i have : Bushido, Otaku , Owari and now kawai, what words are the other 2?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/japanorama/episodes.shtml

Those are the six eps of season 2, airing now. There are also six eps that aired in 2001. There's a torrent for those also at mininova. I got Otaku (a must for everyone here). I also got the fashion tribes one, but only a minute of gothic lolita, but the yakusa fashion and uniform parts were pretty funny).

I'm actually sharing those on direct connect.
>> Anonymous
What is the song at the end of this episode?
>> Anonymous
The dolls are commonly made of resin, but some others are made of vinyl.
>> WhiteUsagi
>>130202
It's called Daydream Believer.

http://hcgtv.com/item/1806
For the lyrics
>> I have the first episode. Anonymous
I got the first episode(Kakkoi) off of Usenet. It's an avi@350MB. I'll try seeding later when I have the time/bandwidth.
>> Anonymous
>>130223
Torrent it, if possible... I'll try to seed it for up to a month (can't create torrents myself)

Anyways, I liked every single episode. It's a documentary but with some humor (for those who doesn't detest british humor).
And it's the most up to date and crude documentary I every saw on Japan.

Most documentaries on Japan are about samurais, mount fuji, geishas, trains or whatever... this series cover different stuff on japan.
>> Anonymous
anyone manage to get the 1st ep of the 2nd season yet?
>> Anonymous
>>130222
is this shonen knife?
>> Anonymous
I HATE THE MAGIC NUMBERS! THEY'RE SO FUCKING GAY!
>> Xenos
>>130222It's called Daydream Believer.

No shit, Sherlock. O rly, Dr House? Who's the Japanese band sining it? That's what we need to know. I tried looking in the credits, but it didn't have it.
>> Anonymous
>>130292
see>>130259
>> Anonymous
I hope the Magic Numbers bus drives off a cliff.

With them in it of course.
>> Anonymous
This episode failed. Magic Numbers always fails... worst part of every episode.
But this episode failed for showing almost no anime, not one character that lurks /c/, and dragging too fucking long on the whole Dollfie stuff.
I mean, it was really interesting... but c'mom, there are better ways of spending time on an episode named "kawaii".
Were they afraid of showing loli or something?
Gah.
>> Anonymous
Thanks, OP. Even though the episode titles are totally incongruous with the subject matter, (Crab Goaltender in the Bushido ep, WTF?) I still like it.

The Magic Numbers need to get cancer now. Japan -1 respect for not killing these hippy fucks.
>> Zugzug
>>130334
I can't even tell apart the men from the women. They're equally ugly and overweight!
>> Anonymous
They could really use the time with some Jpop or Jrock music but nooooooooooooooo "Let's put some unknown hippy fat lame-ass band touring Japan".
Show is made of wins... but with some hard fail too
>> Anonymous
>>130223

'tis appreciated. announce when seeding.
>> Anonymous
God damn, if it weren't for the "Magic Numbers 5 Minutes of Pointless Faggotry" segement, this show would be without blemish. And you weeaboo fag need to lighten up; there's a LOT more to Japan than anime, and I'm personally glad he doesn't dwell too much on it. Makes more room for stuff I've not heard of.
>> Anonymous
>>130292
The Jp band's Shonen Knife:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonen_Knife

Them or Cibo Matto:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cibo_Matto
>> Anonymous
>>130514
it is shonen knife, as already mentioned. who don't really sound anything like cibo matto
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>130542

post .torrent!!!
>> Anonymous
Any place where there is a batch torrent of all these Japanorama episodes?
>> anymonyous
http://www.isohunt.com/download/12733110/Japanorama

Complete season 1
>> Anonymous
Both series are made of win. It's bound to be because Ross is a self-confessed Otaku as well as one of the best presenters on TV. I think he tries to give a feel for the 'eccentric' side of Japan, but he does it as a fan rather than as a critic.
>> Mr. Towel
this torent has been like 5-10 kb/s for 2 days wth? I was hoping to watch it by the weekend.
>> Anonymous
Dont know if anyone is interested but I was just watching friday night with Jonathan Ross and he confirmed there is going to be another series soon and they have already started filming. Seems the first show will be about theme parks, he just showed a clip on his show, were he visits a theme park with the worlds biggest haunted house. And he takes a load of school girls with him for protection! :) cant wait!
>> New Series of Japanorama WhiteUsagi
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>>131313
Yup, I saw the show, looks like there will be another series of Japanorma. A little preview from Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rqGOkIbVFBo
>> Anonymous
interestring