Japanese Dinner, The Aftermath
At a birthday dinner for a friend last night I was told I was neglecting my duties here by not posting up some things I thought had already received wide internet play. Normally if things are turning up on a bunch of sites I skip posting it, but I was reminded that that are some who don’t read the big sites so consider this post a quick wrap up. Warning, this will be a big post with stuff you may have seen before. The dinner was great by the way, the double tuna rolls were fantastic.
First up is this Japanese cartoon from 1936. Note the warped Mickey Mouse who leads the villains and that Momotaro, the little peach boy helps the good guys as well as some very helpful kappa.
Next up is a great video for anyone that has ever done any computer support at any time in their life. It is from Norway and sub-titled but well worth a watch.
We also discussed the legendary Mall Ninja, but the Grumpy One’s story of ninja tiger riding training beat anything the Mall Ninja comes up with. Still I am sure that riding a tiger around beats riding a rascal.
No gathering of my friends would be complete without at least a brief mention of Dungeons and Dragons. I haven’t played it in many many years, but now my son is fascinated by it. The nerd circle of life I guess. Anyhow, my games were never as interesting as Jack Chick’s or these guys games.
Lastly no discussion of this site is complete with a mention of Top Gear. We miss you Robert.

March 29th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Merry Cliffmas to all, and to all a good night!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:22 am
That 1936 cartoon is fascinating. One of my interests in Japanese history and culture and there are a lot of things there from folklore as well as the historical setting. Thanks for posting this.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Looking at the cartoon again, I *think* it’s actually from 1934 and is *about* 1936 when from what one person posted on YouTube, a Naval Treaty was set to expire. I’ll have to look it up in my books. Also, from YouTube, one person wrote that the first banner reads “Surrender the Island”.
A fascinating piece of historical animation with politics.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:27 pm
You could be right, the same person has posted up shorter clips from several other cartoons that are also worth looking at.