tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47046020849019973692024-02-09T16:58:57.206-05:00Baseball Japan WorldDiscuss baseball, Japan or the world. It's all connected.iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-82382592276231864512018-11-26T06:50:00.003-05:002018-11-26T06:50:53.111-05:00A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi<a href="https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/662068990634799104">https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/662068990634799104</a><span style="opacity: 0; position: absolute;"><a href="https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/662068990634799104">https</a>://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/662068990634799104</span><span style="opacity: 0; position: absolute;">https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/662068990634799104</span>iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-53919514644304603152018-09-21T21:40:00.002-04:002018-09-21T21:40:27.386-04:00Manga tweets - Get it?<a href="https://twitter.com/sunxoxome/status/774234948425293824">https://twitter.com/sunxoxome/status/774234948425293824</a><br />iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-26876488067117920832018-08-03T21:59:00.001-04:002018-08-17T09:51:49.170-04:00Manga tweets: 2015 Osamu Tezuka birthday tribute by TsunogaiManga tweets: 2015 Osamu Tezuka birthday tribute by <a href="https://twitter.com/sunxoxome/">Tsunogai</a><br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/TezukaInEnglish/status/663012094220963840">https://twitter.com/TezukaInEnglish/status/663012094220963840</a><br />
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Black Jack: Hey, long time no see.<br />
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Tezuka: Sorry, I'm running a bit late.<br />
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Tezuka: Hey, where's Pinoko?<br />
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Black Jack: She says it's too cold to come outside.<br />
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Tezuka: Pinoko... I've missed her so much! She must have grown into a lady by now.<br />
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Black Jack: Hey, you know she doesn't get older in this story.<br />
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Black Jack: Let's get a hot drink to warm up.<br />
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Tezuka: Sounds good<br />
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Tezuka: Pinoko!<br />
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Rock: Nope, sorry!<br />
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Tezuka: Oh, that's awful!<br />
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Pinoko: Sensei!<br />
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Tezuka: P-Pinoko!<br />
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Everyone: Happy birthday, Sensei!! iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-25485131851255468332018-02-23T12:40:00.002-05:002018-02-23T12:40:24.812-05:00Poetry in Motion - Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ここ</div>
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ゲーリー・スナイダー著 1930年生</div>
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暗闇だ<br />(繊月が去って暫く経つ)</div>
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そよ風がほのかな轟を運ぶ<br />それはうんと高くを飛ぶジェット機<br />すでに飛び去った</div>
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名もない惑星が<br />東の空を昇る 輝く<br />樹々をすり抜けて</div>
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iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-27325804076737769942017-12-17T10:56:00.010-05:002024-02-09T14:34:53.304-05:00The 'Under the Air' series and books by Osamu Tezuka<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">In May, Akita Shoten followed with Play Comic magazine.</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Osamu Tezuka contributed to most of the magazines started</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">around this time. Every magazine wants its first issue to sell</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">well, so it was an obvious choice to feature work by Tezuka, </span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Play Comic featured a Tezuka one-shot almost every other </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">issue. It started as a monthly magazine, so readers would </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">get one every other month. Starting with Issue 4 </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(August 10, 1968), it was published bi-weekly, so Tezuka </span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Tezuka story in Issue 1 was 'The Execution Ended at</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"Osamu Tezuka Experimental Series, Part 1".</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The second Tezuka piece in Play Comic was</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">changed to "Osamu Tezuka Series".</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">a sequel to 'Hyōroku ki' (The Record of Hyōroku), which was</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">published in Color Comics magazine from Kawade Shobō</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">in April '68. Color Comics folded after two issues, so this</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">sequel ended up being released in Play Comic.</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"Osamu Tezuka Series, Part 4" was entitled</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the series was known as "Under the Air", so the subtitle</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"Under the Air" (Bottom of the Atmosphere) means</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">setting, Titan (one of Jupiter's moons).</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">After the Under the Air series, Play Comic ran the long story</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The January 13/27, 1973 issue included 'Homecoming'</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Under the Air series was first published in book form as</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Under the Air stories did not make the cut. </span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tezuka compiled his personal favorites in these books.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sack (in English in 'Clockwork Apple')</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Deep Cave (not published in English)</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Rovanna/Oh, Robanna!</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sack (</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Manga Sunday, extra issue, </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">May </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">10, </span></b>1968)</span></b></span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Night on the Bypass (Shūkan Post, </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">October 10, 1969</span></b>)</span></b></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Masterless Samurai</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> (Sunday Mainichi Yomimono Senka, </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">February 1970) </span></b></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Blood Suckers (Sh</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ō</span></b>setsu Sunday Mainichi, October 1970)</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Octopus' Legs (Sh</span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">ō</span></b>setsu Sunday Mainichi, </span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">April 1970)</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Deep Cave</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">These stories first appeared in magazines during the</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">period from June '68 to November '70. The inclusion of </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">each non-series story points to Tezuka's personal regard</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">A few years later, in May '75, Daitosha published a paperback</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">edition in size B6, as part of its Hard Comics line.</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">This single-volume edition sold well for a long time.</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It contains four fewer stories than the first edition.</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Several non-series stories were kept, while others were cut.</span></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Among the excluded is 'The Deep Cave', a heartbreaking yet</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">cathartic story about a man struggling with his Korean identity</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">in late 1960s Japan. This work has yet to be published in</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">any edition since, and its omission has inspired numerous</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">readers to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/175892502559957/permalink/915524805263386/">post about it online</a>. There are many blog posts on</span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">it in Japanese.</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">'The Deep Cave' </span>contains Korean dialogue with </span></b><br />
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">no Japanese translation or explanation. The average <br />Japanese reader does not read Korean, </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">and I imagine</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre;">Osamu Tezuka </span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">wanted this story to encourage </span></span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Japanese
readers to interact with </span>friends and </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">acquaintances </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">who would</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">be able to </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">tell them what the Korean </span></span><span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">dialogue </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">says. </span></span></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">(small paperback anthology) </span></b></span></b><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-4e61c777-6526-b9c5-5ee0-86f21a906a41" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">edition</span></b></span></b>, available for purchase</span></b></span></b><br />
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<span class="_ttu" data-offset-key="1e1l3-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_63ey" data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">Time is a human construct with a depressing effect. As individuals, we cannot escape death. But there are places, even in urban environs—where the clock ticks louder and the gears grind harder—where one can be free from all that.</span></span><br /><span class="_ttu" data-offset-key="u0m4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_63ey" data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">The one I'm thinking of is the baseball field with game in session.</span></span><br /><span class="_ttu" data-offset-key="u0m4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_63ey" data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">Watch a game, or play or officiate. It frees you from time and personal demise. Experience community and be in love and passionate.</span></span></div>
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iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-9364711330683255062017-08-25T20:26:00.001-04:002017-08-25T20:26:24.361-04:00Cartoon tweets - Eisaku KUBONOUCHI - Minovsky<a href="https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/901237635057946624">https://twitter.com/iyasuN/status/901237635057946624</a>iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-88325306021617395962017-08-24T04:03:00.004-04:002017-08-24T04:03:27.684-04:00First interview of Akira ToriyamaFirst interview of Akira Toriyama <br />
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32nd Nanshiki Baseball Tournament of the Japanese American Association of New York<br />
aka Minister of Foreign Affairs Cup<br />
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Babe vs Rodeo 50s<br />
Field 41 <br />
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Radiators vs Shockers <br />
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Junks vs Hamakko<br />
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Batmen vs Orega<br />
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iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-24821781751183795812016-08-05T08:01:00.001-04:002016-09-16T14:32:32.029-04:0031st Japanese American Association Foreign Minister Cup Nanshiki Baseball Tournament 2016<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19.32px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
The nanshiki baseball team I play on, the Brooklyn Dumbos, is in the playoffs.<br />
(Nanshiki means soft type. We use a sturdy rubber ball, not the conventional hardball.)</div>
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The first round (quarter final) is on Sunday, August 7 at 8 a.m. at Field 6 in North Meadow in Central Park (by subway: 96th St on the B or C; 96th St on the 6). We play last year's champions, the New York Radiators.</div>
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The games are 7 innings with a 2-hour time limit, so it's baseball with restrictions (due to limited field permit availability) but it's a pretty competitive league with some former pros, top division college players, and players who made it to Koshien, the high school tournament that is in many ways a bigger deal than pro ball in Japan.</div>
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If you enjoy baseball, please stop by! </div>
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The Quarter Finals:</div>
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<span id="goog_1476329289"></span><span id="goog_1476329290"></span><br />iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-85341530071149567662015-04-23T20:33:00.001-04:002017-03-09T06:01:55.209-05:00Conversation between Sadaharu Oh and Akio Chiba (creator of ‘Captain’)<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">New Year’s Special Feature in the January 1978 issue of Monthly Shōnen Jump</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Mr. Oh, congratulations on hitting home run number 756. I was
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Thank you. I was only able to do it because I had everyone's
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: That's right. Our manager [Shigeo Nagashima], during his playing
days, would express joy with his whole body after hitting a home run, but I
just can't do that. Kuni-san [Hitting Coach Akira Kunimatsu] always tells me: “The
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">I was really happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Around May and June, when you were in a slump, some people
said you might not be able to break the record this year [1977]. How did you
feel about it?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: As long as one keeps practicing, the slump will pass. Once that
happens, I will be able to do it. That's what I was thinking.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: I also play baseball, on a team called the Whiters. We're all
manga artists [graphic storytellers].</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: What position do you play?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Center field. We've played at Korakuen Stadium [then
home of the Yomiuri Giants].</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Last season, I played right field a bit. Outfielders have no one
else around. It's a very lonely position, isn't it?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: I'm hoping you'll teach me about hitting, Mr. Oh.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Batting varies from person to person, so there isn't one
particular way. But I can say one thing for sure: the first thing is to see the
ball well. Not just see it, but focus everything you have on the ball.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: So that's why you look so stern when you're in the batter's
box...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Also, never tense up before you hit. The only time you exert is
the moment the bat makes contact with the ball. That's why my swing looks
slower than others'.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: I'm lucky to receive such valuable advice. Are there any
secrets to your one-legged stance?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: When you raise the leg, squeeze the inside muscles, from your
thigh to your knee.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Speaking of practice, in 'Captain,' the characters are always
practicing. They practice so much you wonder if they'll still be able to play
at game time.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: I know. I always read the latest issue.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Really?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: The first captain, Taniguchi, is now in 'Playball,' in a weekly comic, right? Also, that short guy, Igarashi. He's pretty good.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: I'm sure Igarashi is thrilled to hear that from you, Mr. Oh.
The next captain will be this guy, Kondo [illustrated in photo]. He will
succeed Igarashi.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Oh yes, Kondo... that jumpy kid. I'm not sure that's going to
work out. Can he live up to the responsibilities of a captain? I'm concerned.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: I'm worried, too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: By the way, Sumiya Junior High School No. 2 [the fictional
school featured in 'Captain'] is in the Shitamachi part of Tokyo, right? I grew
up in Shitamachi, so I feel a connection. You grew up in Shitamachi, too,
right?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Yes. Mr. Oh, I heard that in junior high school, you played
in the Teiko Grounds in Sumida Park. I played there, too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Oh, sure, I played there. That brings back good memories. When I
was a child, my days were filled with baseball, every day.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Did you read manga?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: Of course. It was a monthly magazine that came with many bonus
gifts.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Chiba: Mr. Oh, I hope you keep hitting home runs — even after number
800 — and that you'll continue to extend your record. I'll also be rooting for
you to win the Japan Series.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Oh: 'Captain' is fun to read. I hope you'll make it even more so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source (w/ photo of Oh and Chiba holding a drawing of Kondō, autographed by both. An illustration of Oh by Chiba is also posted):</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://plaza.across.or.jp/~furano/captain/essei/tuitou98.html">http://plaza.across.or.jp/~furano/captain/essei/tuitou98.html</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Encoding may need to be changed to “Japanese (Shift_JIS)”)</span></span>iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-66558049356006893222015-04-23T20:31:00.001-04:002017-03-10T04:15:35.003-05:00Masahiro Tanaka comments on ‘Captain’“<i>Captain</i> shows you that effort pays off. It's wonderful how it depicts the bond between teammates and the solidarity born from overcoming difficulty together. My favorite characters are Taniguchi and Igarashi. The team doesn't have many reserve players, so the further they progress in the tournament, the tougher things get for everyone. But they battle through it. That left a strong impression on me.”<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.animax.co.jp/press/2011/110718-01">http://www.animax.co.jp/press/2011/110718-01</a>iyasuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00699761150276391437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704602084901997369.post-77692401213910897452015-04-23T20:30:00.001-04:002017-03-03T02:46:28.467-05:00Ichiro talks about ‘Captain’<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.456px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />"Back in elementary school, I was deeply moved by this story. It was all I thought about."<br /><br />Interview and text by Yuta Ishida<br />Published in Playboy (Japan), Vol. 37, No. 34, September 17, 2002, Shueisha<br /><br />When asked "<span style="font-family: inherit;">wh</span>ich manga influenced you the most?", Ichiro answers without hesitating. He names a timeless masterpiece. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The</span> main characters are ordinary baseball-loving kids. That's right... it's that manga we all loved: 'Captain'<br /><br />Ichiro wasn't always a superstar. Today <span style="font-family: inherit;">h</span>e competes for the batting title in the <span style="font-family: inherit;">big </span>leagues, but he started out as a baseball-loving kid just like anybody else.<br /><br />'Captain' is a classic baseball manga by the late manga artist Akio Chiba. It's a story about junior high school kids on an average baseball team. They work extremely hard toward their goal of competing with powerhouse baseball teams. 'Captain' is a long-form manga that depicts four captains of the baseball team at Sumiya Junior High School No. 2.<br /><br />Ichiro: "I was in elementary school when I first <span style="font-family: inherit;">heard<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span>about 'Captain.' To give you an idea of how influential it is...</span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I showed it to a friend, and soon after that he joined the baseball team. The story moved me deeply. I first saw the part about Captain Taniguchi."<br /><br />Takao Taniguchi, the main character, was a reserve player on the second team at baseball powerhouse Aoba Gakuin. But he transfers to Sumiya Junior High School No. 2 in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo. He joins the baseball team hoping to get playing time and enjoy the game. But Taniguchi shows up at the first practice wearing his old Aoba uniform, and his new teammates assume he was the starting third baseman on that championship team. Taniguchi tries to clear up the misunderstanding, but he fails. The whole school starts having unrealistically high expectations of him. But Taniguchi decides to keep practicing. He's determined to be as good as the starting players at Aoba. In his third year of junior high, he's playing third base and batting fourth. He's also named captain of the team.<br /><br />Ichiro: "There's a scene where Taniguchi is now the captain and is leading the team through rigorous fielding drills. Since Taniguchi is the one hitting the ball, he's never on the receiving end of the drills. The other players start to get fed up. One of them says: "Let's protest." Naturally, Igarashi doesn't join them. He says something like: "Why would you do something like that? That's dumb." When the players go to Tanuguchi's home, his mother says he went to the shrine. The players say: "He probably went there to pray for a win against Aoba Gakuin," but Taniguchi actually went there to train, since he didn't have a chance to work on his fielding during team practice. He's at the shrine, drilling himself even harder than he trained his teammates. From afar, the teammates see him doing this. They start to feel foolish. One by one, they go home. Igarashi sees this and says to himself: "This is how a captain leads and motivates everyone." The way people are when no one is watching them - that has a strong influence on the team, even more than what they do on the field. I love this manga because it has many scenes that illustrate this. If I was in that situation, I wouldn't have joined the players in protest. I would have gone to check on them covertly, like Igarashi did. But I wouldn't have been talking to myself (laughs)."<br /><br />Igarashi is a new member of the Sumiya baseball team. He is Ichiro's favorite player. Igarashi is short and looks like a monkey, but he astounds the older players on the team with his sharp hitting skills. However, Taniguchi isn't sure whether to play Igarashi. Sumiya has an unwritten rule that new members can't play in games until the fall [the second half of the school year in Japan], to give them time to grow accustomed to playing junior high ball. The situation is compounded by the fact that Igarashi doesn't hold back with his opinions, and the older players don't like his attitude.<br /><br />Ichiro: "All of the characters are unique and each one is intriguing, but I think the one who's most like me is Igarashi. His face looks like mine, and the way he is cheeky towards upperclassmen, that's just like me (laughs). I was in a similar situation. In elementary school, players couldn't appear in games until 3rd grade. But I faked my name and played in games as a 1st grader. If I used my real name, I would be caught, so I used an older student's name and appeared in games."<br /><br />On his path to major league stardom, Ichiro trained extremely hard, just like Taniguchi. That's a big part of why Ichiro relates to 'Captain' so strongly.<br />Ichiro was a schoolboy who loved 'Captain.' How is he different today? And how is he the same? <br /><br />Ichiro: "Junior high was the first time I met a real manager. Before that, I had this impression that managers of school teams just want to mold every kid into their own personal ideal. So back then, I refused to listen. But now, I first listen to what people have to say. Then I decide what makes sense for me and what doesn't. So I've changed a lot in that way. How am I the same? Well, if someone tells me to do something and I don't agree with the reasoning, I still rebel. I'll go right up against them. After all, I'm just like Igarashi (laughs)."</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://ameblo.jp/darvish-yu-blog/entry-12002574294.html">http://ameblo.jp/darvish-yu-blog/entry-12002574294.html</a> </div>
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English translation:</div>
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Tomorrow</div>
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<br /></div>
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March
16, 2015</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tomorrow,
I will undergo right ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction.</div>
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<br /></div>
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A
tendon in my right wrist will be transplanted into my elbow.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It
will take one year to make a comeback.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Looking back, in elementary school, junior high, and high school, I had a low
tolerance for pain, and I was physically susceptible to injury.</div>
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Still, I entered professional baseball in 2005, and I think I have thrown a lot over
the past ten years.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Until
the middle of my second year as a professional, I was physically and mentally
weak, but <br />
<a name='more'></a>I was able to notice various things. That allowed me to be creative, which in turn let me arrive where I am today.</div>
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<br /></div>
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What
supported me through all of that was my body, and my right arm in particular.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The
various appearances I have shown fans were all made possible by this right arm.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Tonight
is the last time I will spend together with my right elbow ligament.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It
makes me sad, but I have no regrets.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It
brought me to this amazing place I am in, so I am truly grateful and nothing
else.</div>
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<br /></div>
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At
the same time, I feel that something is ending inside me.</div>
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<br /></div>
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When
the surgery is over, something will have ended, and I think that something new will
start.</div>
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<br /></div>
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This
surgery does not come with a 100% guarantee of recovery.</div>
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<br /></div>
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There
is a possibility that I will not be able to return.</div>
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<br /></div>
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However
– and this is not false bravado – I have no anxiety or fear.</div>
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<br /></div>
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When
I was twenty, I decided something.</div>
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That
something is: “So that I can accept the end, whenever it may come, I will not compromise
in anything.”</div>
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<br /></div>
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I
have kept my word on this every day of my life since then.</div>
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That’s
why I have no regrets in my life in baseball up to now.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Naturally,
I want to return and perform for the fans, so I will give my best effort while
trying out various things.</div>
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<br /></div>
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However,
my honest feeling right now is that I am calm and I am only looking positively
toward the future.</div>
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The
next “Yu Darvish” you see may be stronger than what you’ve seen. He may be
weaker.</div>
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Whatever
that “result” turns out to be, I will never compromise in the “process” called
rehabilitation on the way to that “result,” and I am not going to have this
surgery for nothing.</div>
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It’s
too early to tell whether this is “the beginning of Yu Darvish” or “the end of
Yu Darvish.”</div>
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However,
I feel certain that it will lead to “advancement of the baseball world,” which
is a world that I love.</div>
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I am
truly grateful to everyone who has rooted for me.</div>
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I
will do my best with the surgery tomorrow.</div>
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If
there is a next life, I want to be born with this ligament again.</div>
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Thank
you for everything up to now. (^^) [smile emoticon]</div>
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