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 No.1[Reply]

Welcome to Sushichan!

Original Samachan.org migration discussion thread at >>>/yakuza/776

This board was made to handle some of the discussion topics that were common on Samachan but not so common on Sushichan. Japanese and Otaku culture as well as Anime-related discussions can go in this board, whether you were originally from Samachan or not. In addition, if you are from Samachan and you're not sure if your topic would fit in one of our other boards, you can post it here. If the moderators think it would be a better fit for another part of the site, it might get moved.

Sushichan Guidelines
* Read the rules! Also take a minute to look around.
* All conversations should be comfy and use polite language.
* Less comfy conversations (within reason) can be had in /hell/.
* NSFW content goes in /lewd/. Keep 3D threads in /lewd/ to a minimum.
* Site meta discussion goes in /yakuza/.
* The /culture/ board is mostly for literature and artwork, despite the name.
* Cute stuff goes in /kawaii/, but it is an SFW board.
* The /arcade/ board has been expanded to include all kinds of games, including tabletop.
* Keep most Japan / Otaku / Anime related topics within this board.

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Archived copy of Yuno's goodbye message that was posted on Samachan.org before the 4chan redirect: https://web.archive.org/web/20200517154448/https://samachan.org/



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>>6517
Last thread hit the bump limit.

Stream starts every Saturday at 20:00 UTC or 21:00 UTC depending on daylight savings time (16:00 EDT/13:00 PDT). See each week's announcement for the UTC time.
https://cytu.be/r/SushiStream

We usually watch one older show as a "main feature" as well as keep up with several currently airing shows as voted on by the community. We'd love for you to drop by!

Things we've watched before: https://pastebin.com/pgK1NFDJ
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>>8343
movies or the show? apparently first episode spoils the ending and people rec'd skipping it

 No.8345

>>8344
The show, and no worries the proper episode order was noted in the description.

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cant believe you guys didnt pick up Clevatess its awesome

 No.8351

but more importantly where is fat hiro



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 No.8348[Reply]

remember when we had a thread for currently airing anime? no wonders no one wants to post here anymore with this mod team… anyway i liek clevatess

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i thought grit of the first episode was just a bait but it really delivers

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 No.7693[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

The 27th anniversary of Hunter x Hunter's first chapter has passed by recently, and I thought it might be a fun idea to stream the 1999 anime series.

Stream link: https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

The stream will officially begin on March 13th, 20:00 UTC. See you there!
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Stream starts in 5 hours (21:00 UTC). See you there.

https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

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Stream starts in 4 hours (21:00 UTC). We're starting Greed Island today, and I'd like to discuss some variety in our streaming schedule. We might take a break from the main show and stream something else after this stream. See you at:

https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

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Stream starts in 8 hours (21:00 UTC). Last time, we've finished the second episode of the Greed Island OVA.

https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

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Stream starts in 2 hours (21:00 UTC). Last time, we've finished episode 6 of the Greed Island OVA.

https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland

 No.8341

Stream starts in 3 hours (21:00 UTC). Last time, we've finished episode 2 of the second Greed Island OVA.

https://cytu.be/r/GreedIsland



 No.8338[Reply]

aww yeah I love gals you could even say I'm a galholic look at all these gals isn't consumerism amazing?

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Following egg channel (the big gyaru magazine) on YouTube and waking up to cute girls doing cute stuff almost every single day!!

 No.8340

>>8339
>「20歳のギャルママ」祝い!!娘の1歳の祝いします♡
>20 year old gyaru mama celebrates her daughter's 1st birthday
Wow even moms can be cool gyarus.



 No.8257[Reply]

Sushirolls seem to like these shows so I'm making a thread for them.

I will be posting Bocchi the Rock, Bang Dream, Girls Band Cry, etc. because their respective bands are currently active and popular. But feel free to post K-On and whatever else as well.
If theres a cute girl with an insturment post it here.
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>>8259
Shes cute I want to fluff her hair.

 No.8265

ENOZ

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More cute girls with instruments
That Asuka Telecaster is an actual thing

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 No.8332

トゲナシトゲアリ - 運命の華 【from 3rd One-Man Live “咆哮の奏”】



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Another Friday night with the Bocch
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round bocchis

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literally me

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 No.4574[Reply]

Holycrap, I completely forgot about this place lol, nice to see that this is still running XD
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 No.8076

Me(ku) in your wifi

 No.8079

Windows Me on her laptop

 No.8323

I just got here, and i have to agree yes

 No.8325

>>8323
Me when I agree

 No.8326

>>8325
Yay my first reply!
Thank you sushi roll, have a nice day



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YUMMY TUMMY
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 No.8240[Reply]

Do any of you enjoy reading academic works on Japanese media? I want to broaden my horizons and learn more about this medium that means so much to me.
Reading is difficult, but I think I'll start with Otaku: Japan's Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma.
The work of Patrick W. Galbraith also seems promising.

I've also found out about Mechademia, an academic journal that concerns this stuff. Have any of you ever taken a look at it?

Do you have any pointers? Maybe for stuff the other rolls should look at, or that really any proper otaku should read up on?
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 No.8244

Maybe you have some concrete recommendations for some good Japanese authors then? I wasn't trying to hear about western academics in particular.

 No.8245

>>8243
This is the sort of weebery that needs to be corrected with such reading. If anyone has some recommendations, I'd love to see them.

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>>8244
Sorry. If you like Hiroki Azuma, you might want to check out Asada Akira. There's a collection on Japanese film theory by Naoki Yamamoto called Dialectics without Synthesis. This isn't strictly speaking anime-related, but worth checking out. Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn isn't an 'academic' work, but I consider it scholarly. The same with Okakura Kakuzo's Book of Tea. I really like this one. Heidegger is said to have stolen ideas from this book. Precarious Japan by Anne Allison is pretty good book. Robo Saipians Japanicus by Jennifer Robertson. Anthropology of the Machine: Tokyo's Commuter Train System by Fisch. If you are into Japanese religion, I'd recommend A New History of Shinto by Breen and Teeuwen amd Sourcebook in Shinto by Stuart Picken. There are a lot of really fun anthropology papers on Japan that focus on everything from maid cafes to conventions too but you have to surf scihub to find good ones. I wouldn't waste money and energy focusing on a specific journal, only do that if you find an academic who's work you like.

I can't think up of anything else right now, but if I get the time, I could go digging for some of the books and papers for you. If I see other fun papers on Japan, I'll be sure to post them here.

>>8245
Sorry. I shouldn't have been so kneejerk. I apologize. Generally, I don't enjoy academic works on Japanese media because I'm generally very cynical and pessimistic towards academia, and Westerna academia specifically. I only have a preference for Japanese academics because they are less likely to be intellectual tourists. Good scholarship is rare these days. There's lots of sloppy work, lazy analysis, tone deaf arrogance, and lack of reflection with that crowd. I recognize that I have many of these flaws within myself too and struggle to rectify them.
One thing that really bothers me is the way academics can kill fun subcultures.

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>>8240
I'd say the most 'important' anime writer/theorist other than Azuma would be Thomas Lamarre (his 2009 work specifically), and other writers to look into would be the Journal of Anime & Manga Studies, Dani Cavallaro, Susan Napier, and Christopher Bolton, and if you distrust western academics like the first guy, then Yoko Arisaka and Sakabe Megumi have offered some commentary on Japanese art (not anime specifically)

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>>8244
If Japanese language papers are acceptable, A. Tachyon provides neoclassical interpretations of otaku subjects that stand in stark contrast to the decadent works of other modern academics. Compared side-by-side, other works appear as gross imitations, senseless regurgitations of buzz-words as the author attempts to please the algorithms in the minds of the inbred community that consumes such works. Often considered too provocative by Western academics, Tachyon ignores their criticisms. She is unafraid to cut to the heart of difficult moral questions, one of the few authors who coöperates with soaplands and JAV studios to get stories of the experiences there straight from the horse's mouth. This type of subject matter has led to her censure from all English language journals, but she still regularly publishes in certain Japanese circles.



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