:: Jap Pop ::
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The Japanese are amazing. They produce some of the best electronics, usually before the rest of the world does. They are among the trendiest people in the world - picking up on the newest fashions ahead of others. They have visionary entertainers, as seen in their well... unique TV shows.
I'm a big fan of Initial D, an anime show about downhill drift racing. I've also enjoyed watching Slam Dunk, also an anime show, this time about a high school basketball team. There are bunch of other shows, about everything from samurai to space travel. The most unique shows, however, at least in my opinion, are those about cooking.
Yes, there are a whole lot of cooking shows around. I'm sure we all remember Wok with Yan and the Nora Daza series of shows. Now, I'm also a fan of Good Eats and other cooking shows, but the Japanese have taken cooking on television to a whole new level.
Another anime show, Cooking Master Boy, is about... well... a boy who travels to different places and beats the resident chefs in cooking matches. Just a while ago, I caught Iron Chef on ETC. This show seems to come from the same vein as Cooking Master Boy. In Iron Chef, a guest chef challenges one of the 'Iron Chefs' to a duel. They are both given an hour to prepare any number of dishes with one theme ingredient. At the end, three judges decide who came up with the better dishes.
The local entertainment industry could learn a lesson or two from the Japanese. Their ideas may sometimes border on the the bizaare, but at least they have a lot of fresh, unique, and creative concepts. I may not like everything the Japanes produce; I may in fact find some of their shows downright silly, but I do admire their willingness to try new things. I've heard that the Japanese are rigid, unwilling to change. Well, after watching some of the shows they produce, I'm not too inclined to agree.
11:27 | post a comment | view 0 so far
The Japanese are amazing. They produce some of the best electronics, usually before the rest of the world does. They are among the trendiest people in the world - picking up on the newest fashions ahead of others. They have visionary entertainers, as seen in their well... unique TV shows.
I'm a big fan of Initial D, an anime show about downhill drift racing. I've also enjoyed watching Slam Dunk, also an anime show, this time about a high school basketball team. There are bunch of other shows, about everything from samurai to space travel. The most unique shows, however, at least in my opinion, are those about cooking.
Yes, there are a whole lot of cooking shows around. I'm sure we all remember Wok with Yan and the Nora Daza series of shows. Now, I'm also a fan of Good Eats and other cooking shows, but the Japanese have taken cooking on television to a whole new level.
Another anime show, Cooking Master Boy, is about... well... a boy who travels to different places and beats the resident chefs in cooking matches. Just a while ago, I caught Iron Chef on ETC. This show seems to come from the same vein as Cooking Master Boy. In Iron Chef, a guest chef challenges one of the 'Iron Chefs' to a duel. They are both given an hour to prepare any number of dishes with one theme ingredient. At the end, three judges decide who came up with the better dishes.
The local entertainment industry could learn a lesson or two from the Japanese. Their ideas may sometimes border on the the bizaare, but at least they have a lot of fresh, unique, and creative concepts. I may not like everything the Japanes produce; I may in fact find some of their shows downright silly, but I do admire their willingness to try new things. I've heard that the Japanese are rigid, unwilling to change. Well, after watching some of the shows they produce, I'm not too inclined to agree.
