Comments on J-List side blog: The Japanese Think You Know Everything

i'm in the U.S. (its wierd because they use the br...

2008-05-27T12:36:00.000+09:00

i'm in the U.S. (its wierd because they use the british spelling for everything)

Hah, I knew I'd have someone call me out on the po...

2008-05-27T09:54:00.000+09:00

Hah, I knew I'd have someone call me out on the post. Are you in the U.S. or in Europe?

i'm in the international baccalaureate program at ...

2008-05-27T03:37:00.000+09:00

i'm in the international baccalaureate program at my school =]

Capt Elias, we're trying to find those pans, espec...

2008-05-26T01:03:00.000+09:00

Capt Elias, we're trying to find those pans, especially takoyaki, but can't find a good one. We'll try again soon. Taiyaki would be great, too. Man, now I want to watch Kanon again...

David, my perception as a seller of DVDs was that most didn't have too much problem with the PAL/NTSC thing, at least that was the case by the time they got mainstream. I don't think I've gotten a single complaint from a European viewer about region 2 DVDs not playing.

R., yes, we'll try to get some blu-ray action going soon. It's hard since, as usual, the suppliers are all uptight weenies who think the best way to sell something is to make it difficult to find and difficult to buy. I totally love the region situation though, no more needing to own two players.

i know how that feels... even for English converte...

2008-05-25T15:02:00.000+09:00

i know how that feels... even for English converted Katakana words... i have to read it several times in order for it make sense in English. if i read it with the wrong intonation or pitch accent i get the impression of another word or non-existing one.... lol

anywho.. for the Blu-ray region codes Japan and America both are Region 1. that's kinda nice and makes it easier to watch Japanese things.

While it's true that Japan and Europe have the sam...

2008-05-25T10:51:00.000+09:00

While it's true that Japan and Europe have the same region code, Japanese DVDs, as you know (you sell enough of them) at NTSC encoded, whereas European DVDs are PAL encoded.

In the early DVD days, most NTSC players couldn't handle PAL and vice-versa, making it effectively a separate code.

The region code is a 8 bit number (your chart is missing the special purpose region and the airline/ship region), so most likely Japan shares with Europe because they ran out of codes.

Well...To be exact, the "Roux" refers to the thick...

2008-05-24T01:49:00.000+09:00

Well...

To be exact, the "Roux" refers to the thickening agent typically used in gravys and currys, which is flour or other starch cooked in butter.

It's not easy being both a cook and an otaku... You wind up having to cook everything you see in Anime, and some of it is downright Scary...
BTW are you planning on selling Takoyaki or tamagoyaki pans? And I cant find carp shaped Taiyaki presses anywhere...