nocturne records was an american jazz record company and label founded in 1954 by roy harte , a drummer , and harry babasin , a bassist .

based in hollywood , california , nocturne concentrated on west coast jazz .

on march 28 , 1955 , nocturne merged with liberty and issued the nocturne catalog under the liberty label , as the " jazz in hollywood " series .

babasin , president of nocturne , remained to supervise the repertoire .

roy harte also co-founded pacific jazz records in 1952 .

in 1988 , fresh sound reissued a digitally remastered cd box-set of the complete nocturne recordings : jazz in hollywood series .

nocturne records

nocturne records is a small canada based indie label run by josh furey . i was getting attention of this label through their pawn shop (
awesome albums produced by geffen records i listen their tracks and really very impressive .
official video song taken from debut album ' i found you here ' released by nocturne records 20 / 11 / 2015 filmed by chris jackson in october 2015 . pre - order the . . .
ti bon ange hits shelves june 9 via super secret records . pre - order it here .
official video song taken from debut album ' i found you here ' released by nocturne records 20 / 11 / 2015 filmed by hannah fathers 23 / 01 / 2016 . boat to row are on . . .
a wonderful and fresh album , highly recommended . browsing the nocturne records roster brought me to the music of josh furey himself and his song
winter solstice
and it ' s great mood , just perfect ! .
south carolina - based extreme metallers lecherous nocturne have inked a deal with willowtip records . the band states :
we are excited to join this roster and eager to continue spreading our brand of metal upon the masses .
today , austin texas band suspirians , are debuting the new video for “nocturne” . the track is off the band’s current release ti bon ange , now out on super secret records . suspirians , play july 23rd in new orleans , la .
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list of invisible records artists , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this invisible records roster includes both past and present artists . popular invisible records bands and artists are all listed here with information such as what genre the bands fall under and what albums they ' re known for . if you ' re looking for any of these invisible records band ' s full discographies then click on their name and you can find them here on ranker . the artists and bands on this list might be pop , rap , rock , electronic or any other genre , but what they all have in common is that they were signed by invisible records .
one of austin’s latest noise - rock bands , suspirians , has dropped the new raucous track , “nocturne . ” for the all - woman trio of lisa cameron , marisa pool , and stephanie demopulos , “nocturne” registers as an earth shaking , punk - inspired anthem that will play on loop in your head after it ends .
if any musical artists are missing from this invisible records artists list , you can add them at the bottom of the list . ( 19 items )
lecherous nocturne ' s
ouroboros chains
video can be seen below . the track comes off the group ' s third album ,
behold almighty doctrine
, which was released on march 19 via unique leader records . the cd was recorded at soundlab studio in lexington , south carolina with longtime engineer bob moore .
geffen records was started by david geffen in 1980 . its first album was donna summer ' s
the wanderer
, its second was
double fantasy
, the last album by john lennon ( in collaboration with yoko ono ) . it was distributed by warner bros . records until 1991 , when david geffen sold the label to mca records . geffen also distributed the first incarnation of rick rubin ’s def american recordings through warner bros . records from 1988 to 1990 . at the time of its sale , it was the world’s largest independent label to have major - label distribution . in 1999 , after the merger between mca and polygram , which created the universal music group , geffen became a subsidiary of interscope records and was merged into the interscope geffen a & m division of the universal music group . in 2003 , geffen records absorbed the entire mca records catalog and roster when the mca name was retired . in 2013 , geffen was folded to interscope , but had since been revived in 2017 by interscope geffen a & m ceo john janick . labelcode : lc 7266 or lc07266 note : releases with references to dgc or david geffen company as a label , should be listed under dgc .
we’re proud to announce that our next nocturne night will be on 6th march and is in aid of birmingham children’s hospital . it’s headlined by the wonderful paul murphy with support from midnight bonfires and tom peel .
would you like to hear that sirens and whitles just entered the studio again ? they gonna record their new track
man ' s freedom
exclusively for the first hiperbole records label compilation .
renegades of jazz presents
northern nocturne
an ode to the darkness . featuring music by hugo kant , hidden orchestra , bonobo , the q4 , pepe deluxé , ensemble du verre , loka , blend mishkin and many more . this compilation will be out digitally on 8th of october 2012 .
arriving june 9 via super secret records , ti bon ange finds suspirians parting the psychic sea for a remarkably accessible passage : 40 minutes’ worth of feedback - drenched , brain - melting rock that straddles the line between the stooges’ impatient punk and erickson’s heady jams . “we would end up getting lost in the songs together in a sort of epic fever dream , ” pool says in a press release . “we did not overthink or over - control anything on this record . it was all about going with the flow and following our instincts . ” that primal approach informs “nocturne , ” the album’s new , gnarled single . give it a spin below .
formed in 2012 , the band releases music on austin label super secret records , and it sounds like the group has found the perfect home amongst the local punk and underground bands on the label’s roster . while suspirians’ loud , aggressive style is common among austin rockers , it doesn’t feel like they are trying to overdo things . this group has a natural flow and they stick to playing music that they know austinites will enjoy .
se trouvant quelque part dans cette limite macabre au - delà de l’ordinaire , josh furey , fondateur de nocturne records existe en tant que force angélique . ses samples influencés par le hip - hop et ses chants funèbres électroniques s’unissent pour nous faire suffoquer dans les connotations riches d’une enculturation étouffée et capitonnée . petals , qui suit l’excellent album archaeology ( 2008 ) , comporte le même genre de profondeur déclarée de façon imminente , un déversement de création en céramique . cette musique est modelée et durcie à partir d’argile souterraine , façonnée afin de ressembler aux vestiges des infusions inspirées du blues et du jazz de la gloire du début des années 90 . la collaboration de furey et de khalik allah prouve l’élan cinétique du producteur . nous y trouvons un mouvement délibéré mais silencieux ; intentionnel mais discret . le refrain non - verbal , déduit plutôt qu’insinué , se voit être un calme lent régnant sur le jour . un lent pas animé battant et déferlant vers le sommet de ces firmaments d’artéfacts logeant des gribouillages au ralenti écrits sur l’asphalte en cursive couleur ocre brun .
we ' re super excited about our second nocturne release later this year ! ' i found you here ' is all recorded and ready for winter . we just need a little bit of extra help from you lot to make it a reality so we ' ve been running this pledgemusic campaign . we ' re a week and a half in and we ' re already 73 % there ! if you think you ' re going to buy the album it would mean so much to us if you ' d help us out and pre - order so we can get it out there .
in a recent interview with xplosive metal , lecherous nocturne bassist james o ' neil stated about the making of
behold almighty doctrine
:
the recording went very well . we recorded with bob moore at soundlab in columbia , south carolina over the course of one week in december 2011 . bob is a great guy and very easy to work with . a true master of his craft . the vocals were originally recorded by brett bently , whom myself and ethan had known for years . we went on tour with deicide , jungle rot and abigail williams in march of 2012 . after parting ways with the band during the tour , it was immediately decided that the vocals would be re - recorded . after searching for a vocalist for some time , we decided to get chris lollis . chris is an original member of lecherous nocturne and handled guitar on the previous albums ( self - titled ep , ' admiration of the blade ' and ' the age of miracles has passed ' ) . he also played bass and handled vocal duties for nile . chris has a very powerful vocal style and stage presence that matches the ferocity of our music . but his vocals are at the same time clear and legible .
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american jazz record company and label based in hollywood , california . founded in 1954 by roy harte and harry babasin they concentrated on west coast jazz .
this week you can pick up our album on lp for £10 , cd for £7 . 50 or download t
he album for £5 . to take advantage of these ' anniversary special ' price from the links below . . .
free download ! lauren laverne made ' time and time again ' her mpfree track yesterday and played it on her show . lovely lady !
birmingham baroque quintet , boat to row . their western - tinged ‘time and time again’ is a slow - building folk epic . download and savour it
you can download ' time and time again ' taken from our up coming record ' i found you here ' , for free clicking on the link below . . .
the dates for the ' i found you here ' launch tour have been announced . these will all be very special shows - not to be missed !
boat to row ' s new song had it ' s first airing on bbc radio 2 the other night . thanks janice ! you can listen back to it here - urltoken
this friday join the wonderful paul murphy , midnight bonfires and tom peel ' s music at kitchen garden cafe kingsheath to raise money for birmingham children ' s hospital . we can ' t wait !
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regarding the musical direction of
behold almighty doctrine
, o ' neil said :
the style of music we play is not easily absorbed in a single listen . i have read reviews of this album where our music is described as confusing . saying the riffs are crowded together into a nonsensical mess . the way we write is not your typical this riff four times , that riff four times , breakdown , repeat . it challenges the listener to pay attention to the detail of the music itself . regardless of how many times the album is listened to , something different is noticed every time . in retrospect , like a film that you may have seen hundreds of times but you always notice something different every time you watch it .
01 . intro 02 . ouroboros chains 03 . bring the void 04 . archeopteryx 05 . those having been hidden away 06 . prelude # 2 07 . judgments and curses 08 . lesions from vicious plague 09 . caustic vertigo 10 . creation continuum
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a mixture of exotic afrobeat , hot boogaloo , heavy latin funk and mesmerizing samba jazz is what you can expect from the mondo exotica ep series wh . . .
if you ' ve ever rolled into bed in the small hours after a heavy night out and then been woken ' early doors ' by someone under the age of five you ' ll have some idea of how i was feeling yesterday and , . . .
get it on juno download urltoken with remixes from daytoner , the coconut monkeyrocket , pushin wood , eze lodeiro , jugoe , planet monkey and many more .
after releasing two albums in 2003 and 2005 and gaining a wider audience for his work , loopez took some time to remix the dusty vaults of sexteto e . . .
we ' re very proud to announce the addition of meszecsinka as the latest signing to the hiperbole family . hiperbole will release their debut - album digitally early november , followed by a remix ep . meszecsinka is based in hungary and was formed by emil biljarszki and annamari oláh . their sound ranges from funk and flamenco to tango and balkan , creating a unique sound with annamari ' s distinctive voice .
would you like to hear that this song is probably their best work up to date ? are you excited like we are to hear the final result ? . . . okay , stay tuned and check out this page for more updates and in the meantime we recommend their
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matti limitless takes us through some of the best demo submissions we have received over the past couple months . you heard it here first .
“the song was originally called ‘oh mouchette’ inspired by the robert bresson film mouchette . it’s a loveless tragedy about a young girl who is treated cruelly by everyone in her life . thus the title ‘ octurne’ . i was in awe of the sad beauty of this film and related to it on many levels . mostly my own experience as a young woman navigating misogyny and abuse . writing and performing it has been a way to channel my personal trauma and rage in a positive way . but i put a twist on it and made my character in the song survive even if she had to carry her own head around to do it . its not a pretty song but it has meaningful core and is about finding strength in human misery . ”
“we honestly didn’t have much time to make a video , unfortunately ! but we brought friends together to make it happen . neil ebflow created the visuals by using modular video synths and our friend steve marsh of evil triplett helped edit live footage shot by our other friend ángel delgado - reyes . it turned out cool ! ”
rock music , when done right , will always take us into a netherworld that we never knew existed , but we always somehow felt was within ourselves . the cosmos of inescapable rhythm , in - your - face melody and words , all speak simple truths that perhaps we couldn’t speak for ourselves . austin , tx trio suspirians summons that netherworld with their sophomore album ti bon ange .
the album title is taken from a haitian voodoo term that translates literally to “little good angel” — the part of one’s soul that holds one’s individuality and personal qualities , which leaves the body when sleeping so you can dream . it’s a title quite befitting of the experience listening to ti bon ange , where listeners become immersed in a sound , not just casually attending to it .
from the first notes of the album , throughout its 7 - song , 40 minute duration it’s clear that suspirians aim to deconstruct rock in a way that’s both psychedelic and mysterious as much as it’s direct , infectious and powerful . guitarist / vocalist marisa pool , bassist / keyboardist stephanie demopulos and drummer lisa cameron craft songs that shape - shift from part to part rather than follow traditional verse - chorus - verse structure . it’s a wall of guitars and subtle synth layers , vocals drenched in reverb and on the brink of feedback , powerful and open drumming that allows the songs to flow like molten lava without ever sounding lethargic . points of reference bridge a wide array of psychedelic , punk and experimental sounds : pylon , siouxsie and the banshees , the stooges first album , frightwig , early butthole surfers , roky erickson & the aliens , late 70s british post - punk and more .
“we would end up getting lost in the songs together in a sort of epic fever dream , ” pool says . “we did not overthink or over control anything on this record . it was all about going with the flow and following our instincts . ” suspirians’ self - titled debut album — with original drummer anna lamphear — was comparatively a more straightforward and garagey affair . pool and demopulos began experimenting with their sound soon after and with the addition of cameron , they collectively found the aesthetic they were after . cameron’s extensive musical history — having played with the legendary roky erickson , as well as celebrated austin psych band st37 and other improv / noise projects — helped the band expand its vision . suspirians’ former synth player sheila scoville also guested on the recording .
ti bon ange was recorded at 5th street studios with engineer evan kleinecke , while the band was still navigating their way through the nascent songs . “we had some raw and powerful basic tracks to bounce off of and the rest of the time was just having fun playing really loud and experimenting , ” pool says . the results are equally as deliberate and completely free as groundbreaking rock’n’roll should be .
a brief lesson in etymology : ti bon ange , the forthcoming sophomore album from austin psych - rock trio suspirians , gets its name from the haitian vodou for “little good angel” : the part of the human soul that departs the body every night for a trip to the dream world . it’s an apt title , considering how the band’s heady racket isn’t too far off from having an out - of - body experience — and these three are no ordinary shamans . guitarist / vocalist marisa pool and bassist / keyboardist stephanie demopulos are staples in the austin psych scene , while drummer lisa cameron cut her teeth performing with roky erickson and st 37 .


altjapan co. , ltd. is a tokyo based company specializing in the translation and localization of japanese entertainment .

it is particularly active in manga and video game localization .

it specializes in japanese-to-english and english-to-japanese translation , but also handles european language localization as well .

it has worked on titles for companies including capcom , koei-tecmo , namco-bandai , konami , taito , and square-enix .

credits include dragon quest viii , the ninja gaiden series , the dynasty warriors gundam series , lollipop chainsaw , lost planet 3 , and the 2014 remake of strider .

in addition to localization of text , it also produces the recording sessions for video games as well , most notably on the dynasty warriors gundam and dead or alive series .

altjapan 's manga translation credits include nura : rise of the yokai clan , togari , and dorohedoro .

at the 2013 san diego comic-con , fuijko f. fujio productions announced that altjapan would produce the english version of the manga doraemon in conjunction with voyager japan .

inc . original content produced by altjapan includes the books hello , please !

very helpful super kawaii characters from japan ( chronicle books , 2007 ) and the attack !

series , which includes yokai attack !

the japanese monster survival guide ( kodansha , 2008 ) , ninja attack !

true tales of assassins , samurai , and outlaws ( kodansha , 2010 ) , and yurei attack !

the japanese ghost survival guide ( tuttle , 2012 ) .

altjapan co . , ltd .

all conference q + a deguchi hiroshi , vince shortino , matthew alt ( vice president , altjapan co . , ltd . )
zutto dokushin de iru tsumori ? © mari okazaki / shodensha publishing co . , ltd .
company name : altjapan co . , ltd . established : january 1 , 2003 capital : 10 , 000 , 000 yen main bank : mizuho bank president : hiroko yoda
the judging committee this year consisted of urltoken ' s deb aoki , manga translator william flanagan , author and co - founder of altjapan co . , ltd . matt alt , and associate professor at kyoto seika university matt thorn .
haruwa akebono tsukimo nau soramo nao © machio same 2012 originally published in japan in 2012 by ohzora publishing co . , ltd .
dorohedoro . 10 [ graphic novel ] / story and art by q hayashida ; translation , altjapan co . , ltd . ( hiroko yoda + matt alt ) ; touch - up art & lettering , maui girl .
apologise for the spoo . . . . . . glish translation by altjapan co . , ltd . , [ 6 ] in 8 tankōbon volumes between july 10 , 2007 and september 9 , 2008 . [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
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altjapan specializes in international co - productions , including full communication support for both japanese and english - speaking dev teams ( technical documents , email communications , interpretation , cultural consulting . )
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. . . writer and artist of comics . he was co - founder of the independent comics
a native of washington , d . c . , matthew has been working as a professional translator since the early 1990s . together with hiroko yoda he is the co - founder of altjapan co . , ltd . , a dedicated entertainment localization company that has produced the english versions of many top video games , toys , and manga , including the gundam series and the doraemon series . he is the co - author of numerous books about japan , including
yokai attack ! the japanese monster survival guide .
will be messrs . john bale , sons and daniels - son , ltd . , s3 - 91 gr . . .
judging from the logos and some simple induction , i have deduced that bitch started as a hostile parody to girl skateboards , and the net seems to name sal rocco , jr . at world industries as the original prankster ( he’s the guy who gave the name “wee man” to “wee man” of jackass for those who like trivia ) . how this low - key parody ended up being licensed to crown f . g . co . , ltd in a deal brokered by tenacious ltd . and then distributed through yubisha sangyo co . , ltd is an amazing commercial adventure novel waiting to happen .
we produce english versions of japanese games , manga , & other stuff . co - author of yokai attack !
born in tokyo , japan , hiroko yoda has co - authored numerous books on the topics of japanese pop culture , history , and folklore with her husband and collaborator , matt alt . when they aren ' t hunting robots , yokai , ninja , or ghosts , they run altjapan co . , ltd . , a company that produces the english versions of japanese entertainment , including electronic toys , comic books , and video games . she also is the local language editor for the japanese edition of the popular travel website cnngo tokyo .
craig mod is a writer and designer who splits his time between san francisco and tokyo . he is a macdowell writing fellow and a techfellow award recipient for product design and marketing . he is co - founder of hi ( http : / / sayhi . co ) . he was previously a product designer at flipboard . he is also the co - author of the tokyo city guide , art space tokyo .
altjapan is also the name of the translation / localization company matt runs with his wife , hiroko , in mitaka , tokyo , and the books that the two co - authored include “hello , please ! very helpful super kawaii characters from japan” and “yokai attack ! : the japanese monster survival guide . ”
altjapan is a localization company based in tokyo , japan . we have more than a decade of experience localizing best - selling content for top publishers , televisio . . .
matthew alt , a native of washington , d . c . , has been working as a professional translator and writer since the early 1990s . his experience includes four years as an in - house technical japanese translator for the united states patent and trademark office . he currently runs altjapan co . , ltd . , a tokyo - based localization company that produces the english versions of video games , comic books , and other forms of entertainment . an expert in japanese folktales and character culture , he is the co - author of numerous books , including
hello please ! very helpful super kawaii characters from japan” and
yokai attack ! the japanese monster survival guide . ”
matthew alt , a native of washington , d . c . , has been working as a professional translator and writer since the early 1990s . his experience includes four years as an in - house technical japanese translator for the united states patent and trademark office . he currently runs altjapan co . , ltd . , a tokyo - based localization company that produces the english versions of video games , comic books , and other forms of entertainment . an expert in japanese folktales and character culture , he is the co - author of numerous books , including “ hello please ! very helpful super kawaii characters from japan ” and “ yokai attack ! the japanese monster survival guide . ”
altjapan is a localization company based in tokyo , japan . we have more than a decade of experience localizing best - selling content for top publishers , television producers , and video game studios in japan , america , and around the world .
he is the co - author of numerous books about japan , and a contributor to cnn , wired magazine , slate magazine , the independent , newsweek japan , the japan times , the new yorker , and many other publications .
what sets altjapan apart is that we don ' t just translate . we are creators and scholars of pop culture . that hands - on field experience powers our localization of best - selling video games , manga , tv and film , books , and toys .
professor deguch’s research focuses on complex social systems , evolutionary economics , and cultural diversity . he is also the president of the japan association of simulation and gaming , and a member of the board of directors of the japan association for social and economic systems studies and the advisory board for the east asian journal of popular culture ( intellect ltd . )
the former editor of the japanese edition of cnngo , she is the co - author of numerous books about japanese folklore and an accomplished photographer whose work has appeared in photo you magazine , cnngo , on national geographic television , and more . she was also certified as a language examiner for applicants and employees of the federal bureau of investigation .
author and translator matt alt runs altjapan , an entertaining and informative blog launched in 2006 . calling it a “digital scratchpad , ” the maryland native writes about a wide variety of japan - related subjects , ranging from the role of lolita girls in military simulations to the majesty of japan’s toy robot culture . his topics may be off beat but weirdness for the sake of weirdness is not his goal .
they ' re the people in the shadows . you don ' t know their names , but you know their words . they localizers , the folks that take games not only from another language , but also another culture and open them up for another audience .
good translation is tough to quantify ,
says tokyo - based localizer matt alt .
if it ' s well done , it sort of disappears . ideally the person playing the game doesn ' t even realize they ' re reading something that wasn ' t originally written in their native tongue .
he runs altjapan along with his wife ( and company president ! ) hiroko yoda out of a small second story office on tokyo ' s westside . and with 99 . 999 percent of the games altjapan works on that ' s true . well , save for one : ninja gaiden ii .
since the playstation 1 era , the altjapan team has been working on big aaa titles — games you ' ve probably played . games like dragon warrior vii , shenmue 2 , monster hunter , final fantasy xi , dragon quest viii and most recently ninja gaiden ii . like we said , big famous games that were made by big famous japanese game designers .
one of the big misconceptions about working in localization is that you have constant face - to - face contact with the game designers and directors ,
says alt .
in reality , many times you have very little contact with the people who made the game outside of sporadic emails . the dev team is busy with their own work , trying to make their own milestones . so i can count the times i ' ve met directors of projects we ' ve worked on on one hand . if your deepest desire is to simply speak with star video game directors and designers , you ' re probably better off going into journalism !
though , for ninja gaiden ii , altjapan was doing more than mere translating .
jason karlin is an associate professor at the graduate school of interdisciplinary information studies at the university of tokyo , where he teaches gender and media studies . before coming to the university of tokyo in 2003 , he taught at the university of florida and michigan state university . he is the co - editor ( with patrick w . galbraith ) of idols and celebrity in japanese media culture ( palgrave macmillan , 2012 ) and the author of the eternal return of history : gender and nation in meiji japan ( forthcoming ) .
patrick w . galbraith received a ph . d . in information studies from the university of tokyo , and is currently pursuing a second ph . d . in cultural anthropology at duke university . he is the author of the otaku encyclopedia ( kodansha international , 2009 ) , tokyo realtime : akihabara ( white rabbit press , 2010 ) , otaku spaces ( chin music press , 2012 ) and the moe manifesto ( tuttle , 2014 ) , and the co - editor of idols and celebrity in japanese media culture ( palgrave , 2012 ) .
altjapan is kind of my second life as a blogger . i first started doing things online in about 1998 . i cofounded this blog — they were known as ‘web sites’ back then — called urltoken with this guy from boston . we were both toy geeks , we just loved japanese toys . he had already kind of started the site and i started giving him information because i was able to read japanese books and japanese magazines and stuff and it kind of snowballed . over course of three or four years , that site just blew up , i mean we were getting like millions of hits a month at its peak .
patrick w . galbraith received his ph . d . in information studies from the university of tokyo in 2012 , and is currently pursuing a ph . d . in cultural anthropology at duke . he is the author of the otaku encyclopedia ( kodansha international , 2009 ) , tokyo realtime : akihabara ( white rabbit press , 2010 ) and otaku spaces ( chin music press , 2012 ) . he is also the co - editor of idols and celebrity in japanese media culture ( palgrave , forthcoming ) . he has published academic papers in mechademia , ejcjs and signs and is a former contributor to metropolis , otaku usa and cnn go .
mechademia’s keynote address will be presented by prof . hiroshi deguchi ( department of computational intelligence and systems science , tokyo institute of technology ) , one of the founders of comiket and a co - editor of the forthcoming essay collection the rise of japanese visual narratives : cultural , institutional , and industrial aspects of reproducible contents ( springer ) . other speakers who will be participating in mechademia include both a number of established who have written and lectured on anime / manga extensively , among them deborah shamoon , marco pellitteri , akiko sugawa - shimada , renato rivera rusca , stevie suan , wendy goldberg , heike hoffer and andrea horbinski , and scholars who are just entering the field . just some of the specific talks on the program include :
i didn’t start the altjapan blog until 2004 or 2005 . i really resisted it for a long time , because i kind of burned out on blogging or — whatever you call it — “websiting” for a while . not because it was bad or anything , but it was a niche web site , obviously . it was all about japanese toys and it was very successful at what it did . but the problem is you can only write about that one topic . nobody is really interested in maybe a deeper aspect or a side aspect of japanese culture . they want to know , “when is the next toy coming out ? ” or “why is this toy designed this way . ” i love that stuff — i still love it even now — but it got kind of stifling after a while . it became a hungry mouth to feed , that i had to keep shoveling information into , and it just started feeling like a job after a while .
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burp , don ' t burp . slurp , don ' t slurp . the rules of social protocol around the world are as varied , and as conflicting , as countries on the planet . so how ' s a traveler to know what to do , when and where ?
to misquote madness , don ' t watch that , read this . never again do you need to feel like a bull in a china shop . or a fairy in a bull ring .
“shanghainese men almost always carry the handbag or purse for their girlfriends . you don’t see it anywhere else , except sometimes hong kong . but shanghai men are well - known for taking care of this for their women . ”
“although most shanghai tourist guides include nanjing dong lu pedestrian street and several ‘fake’ markets around the city , shanghainese rarely shop there . we consider them ‘tourist only’ areas .
there are exceptions - - a lot of local women shop at historic food stores on nanjing dong lu , such as shen da cheng and shanghai no . 1 food store . for fashion , young shanghainese prefer to shop in the luwan , xuhui and jing’an districts . ”
“when a group of thais go out to drink , rather than ordering individual drinks they will buy a large bottle of whiskey to share . the waitress keeps bringing small bottles of mixers and ice as required .
at the end of the night , regardless of who has had more glasses of whiskey , the bill will be split evenly . ”
“in tokyo , a classic foreign tourist thing is going to a sushi bar and never ordering any raw fish . focusing on cucumber rolls or inari rice balls or tamago doesn’t cut it .
basically , those items are for little kids in japan , so it’s funny to see adults keep ordering them and avoiding what japanese consider to be the more flavorful fish . ”
definitely do not answer your phone on a train . locals can expect to be lambasted by teenagers for the merest mumble , or at least get the evil eye from restrained salarymen .
if you must pick up , the accepted gesture is to cup your cell with your hand , say nothing longer than , ' am on the train , will call you back , ' then bow to the disgruntled commuters around you .
“in mumbai just cross the street . just go . god will protect you . if you wait for cars to stop before you abandon the safety of the curb , you may never make it . ”
women should not buy tobacco or alcohol from shops , or drink or smoke in public . or , if they do , they should prepare for some quizzical looks , and maybe even a raised voice asking what they think they ' re doing .
in singapore , don’t question why the locals refer to anyone older as ‘auntie’ or ‘uncle’ - - it’s a singaporean thing .
“locals wear surgical masks at the mildest hint of flu . call it post - sars trauma . locals who have sniffles and are not wearing a mask may be evil - eyed by complete strangers on the street .
it’s also local habit to overreact whenever someone near them sneezes or coughs , especially on public transport . i’ve been in a situation in which the people around me literally formed a little ring around me with their faces averted when i coughed .
“koreans are pretty big on blood type , so have it ready when socializing . there’s a pretty strong perceived correlation between one’s personality and their blood type here . ”
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i needed a sounding board ,
says tokyo based localizer and former team ninja member andrew szymanski .
so it was great having matt and hiroko .
andrew , who joined tecmo after college and recently left the company last september , did an excellent job localizing the first ninja gaiden for the xbox , but felt it was somewhat stilted . if game development is a group effort , why should localization be solitary ? he was able to convince tecmo and microsoft to let him bring in matt and hiroko for the ngii localization .
it was a reunion of sorts as the trio had previously worked on ninja gaiden : dragon sword and dead or alive xtreme 2 .
one of the things that helped me convince the higher ups ,
recalls andrew ,
was that matt and hiroko both are authors and write books together .
both are best known for titles like yokai attack ! or hello , please ! .
for localization , your skill at writing english is actually more important than your japanese ,
says matt . if you don ' t know a japanese word , you can always look it up or ask someone . but if you can ' t string together a sentence , you can always , no wait , you ' re screwed .
team ninja knew ninja gaiden ii wasn ' t aimed strictly at the japanese market .
the main target for ninja gaiden ii was the west ,
says andrew .
the market is global , and japan is more global than ever before .
and since it ' s a game targeted for a western audience , it needed to be written in a western language : english . the game ' s story was conceived by ninja gaiden ii ' s director hiroaki matsui in highly detailed , manga - like stories boards .
but where did former team ninja lead ninja tomonobu itagaki factor in ? according to andrew :
itagaki - san ' s main responsibilities are , of course , overseeing the development of the whole game , but he is often focused on combat design , enemy ai , level design , and other key gameplay elements . he trusts matsui - san implicitly for art and story direction , and thus we mainly worked with matsui - san to develop the dialogue , worldview , and key story points . he also relies on my judgement when it comes to the localization and the entire english version of the game as a whole , so it was great having the freedom and support to bring on matt and hiroko and create an english script that we were all proud of . it goes without saying that itagaki - san has final say over everything that goes into the retail game , and it was a tremendously satisfying feeling to hear his words of praise when it came to our finished voiceovers and other localized assets . it was great seeing him say ‘submit , or die ! ' in english as he watched the cutscenes !
at work and after work over bottomless beers , matsui gave andrew very vivid instructions of how he envisioned ninja gaiden ii ' s story and world .
these team ninja guys live and breathe this stuff ,
says andrew .
so much stuff happens outside the office because they ' re always thinking about whatever they ' re working on .
andrew then typed up a rough english draft . andrew then reconvened with hiroko and matt to punch up the first draft — which was also in english . meaning ? that the script team ninja was working from was in english and all the motion capture and voice acting was in english .
even though it was being written in english , the trio were striving to make sure it stayed in line of what a ninja would actually say . explains andrew ,
the question we always asked ourselves was ‘is this ninjy ? '
basically , would a ninja actually say this . continuing , he adds ,
so i ninja would never say ‘i am going to kill you . ' instead , a ninja would says , ‘you will be the bloostains on my blade . ' that ' s ninjy .
andrew , matt and hiroko weren ' t simply pulling out a dictionary and digging through to find words that
match
, but rather , entrenching themselves in the game from head to toe and back and again .
the first rule of localization ,
says andrew ,
is to integrate localization into the development process .
but this wasn ' t * just * localization — ninja gaiden ii was something else entirely , somewhere between translation , collaboration and straight - up writing .
ninja gaiden ii is the game as team ninja conceived it — no compromises .
it turned out exactly the way we wanted ,
says andrew . team ninja ' s plan , the original impetus , was to create a throw - back — you know , a spiritual successor to something you would ' ve played on the nintendo entertainment system .
this is a game where ninjas fight dinosaurs ,
says andy .
if you can ' t have fun with that , where can you ?
the hardest projects i ' ve worked on have been the ones where the client doesn ' t appreciate the value of a good translation .
says hiroko .
or ones where the contribution of a native japanese speaker to the english version isn ' t appreciated , which happened more often in the early days . the easiest ones are the projects where the dev team welcomes us in as part of the process , because the closer the you can work with the people who designed the game , the smoother the whole process goes .
no matter how good your localization skills are , nothing can compare to working directly with the team that made the game to ensure that their vision makes it to gamers outside japan . that ' s exactly what happened with ninja gaiden ii . if any of the localizers had questions about what the developers originally intended , then hiroko and matt could immediately turn to andrew . if matt or andrew had any questions about the intricacies of japanese culture or nuances , they could refer to hiroko .
it ' s so rare that a native japanese speaker confronts an english speaker about their english translation ,
says matt .
i ' m not talking about errors , necessarily , but more like nuance .
you know , the stuff between the lines , not on the page . the ninjy .
kinja is in read - only mode . we are working to restore service .
the tradition of narrative art or telling stories with a series of sequential images has been a part of japanese culture long before superman ever put on a cape . the earliest examples of pre - manga artwork that influenced the development of modern japanese comics are commonly attributed to toba sojo , an 11th - century painter - priest with a whimsical sense of humor .
toba’s animal scroll paintings or choju giga satirized life in the buddhist priesthood by drawing priests as mischievous rabbits , monkeys engaging in silly activities including farting contests , and even depicted the buddha himself as a toad . while there are no word balloons or sound effects in toba’s paintings , they do show a progression of events , happening one after another as the scroll is unrolled from right to left . this tradition of reading images from right to left continues today in modern manga .
in later years , toba’s influence on manga was acknowledged with the introduction of toba - e or “toba pictures , ” an 18th - century style of humorous images bound in books , accordion style . created by shimoboku ooka , toba - e relied on visual humor and used few words .
another influential artist in the development of modern manga was katsushika hokusai , the famous 19th century (
floating world pictures
) artist and printmaker . while hokusai’s iconic woodblock print images of 36 views of mount fuji are known the world over , his manga sketchbooks are also some of the best early examples of humor in japanese art .
hokusai was also the first artist to use the term
manga
or
playful sketches
to describe his humorous images . hokusai’s manga includes irreverent images of men making funny faces , sticking chopsticks up their noses and blind men examining an elephant . originally intended as sketches for his students to copy , hokusai manga was distributed throughout japan .
shunga , or erotic art is another popular genre of japanese prints and painting that has influenced the development of modern manga .
the exaggerated eroticism of shunga (
spring pictures
) imagery often included suggestive metaphors for genitals such as long eggplants or mushrooms and even depicted outrageously large penises engaging in intercourse . shunga’s influence continues to be seen in contemporary manga , especially hentai or sexually explicit manga .
another example of influential pre - manga japanese artwork includes prints of yokai or mythical japanese monsters .
tsukioka yoshitoshi created several popular prints featuring yokai , as well as scenes of ghosts , warriors committing seppuku and true crime stories . his exquisitely rendered scenes of graphic violence have made him popular with contemporary art collectors and has influenced modern horror manga masters such as maruo suehiro ( shojo tsubaki , or mr . arashi’s amazing freak show ) and shigeru mizuki ( ge ge ge no kitaro )
manga has a long and strong tradition of poking fun at society and mocking the rich and powerful . kibyoshi or
yellow cover books
satirized japanese political figures and were very popular in the 18th century ( whenever they weren’t banned by the authorities ) .
after commodore perry opened up japan to the west in 1853 , an influx of foreigners followed along with the introduction of european and american - style comics . in 1857 , charles wirgman , a british journalist , published the japan punch , a magazine modeled after a popular british humor publication . george bigot , a french art teacher , started toba - e magazine in 1887 .
while both publications were originally intended for the non - japanese expatriates living in japan , the humor and artwork in the pages of the japan punch and toba - e caught the attention of native japanese readers and artists . ponchi - e or
punch - style pictures
began to appear as japanese artists were inspired by western - style comics and began the evolution toward the uniquely east - west style that is modern manga .
at the dawn of the 20th century , manga reflected the rapid changes in japanese society , and the influence of western culture in this once isolated nation . manga artists responded enthusiastically to imported artistic styles and began mixing western comics with japanese ideas .
rakuten kitazawa was one such artist who embraced this east meets west sensibility . inspired by popular comic strips such as the yellow kid by richard felton outcault and the katzenjammer kids by rudolph dirks , kitazawa went on to create popular comics features , including tagosaku to mokube no tokyo kenbutsu ( tagosaku and mokube’s sightseeing in tokyo ) . in 1905 , he founded tokyo puck , a magazine showcasing japanese cartoonists .
kitazawa is considered to be the founding father of modern manga and his artwork is displayed at the omiya municipal cartoon hall or manga kaikan in saitama city , japan .
another early pioneer was ippei okamoto , the creator of hito no issho ( a life of a man ) . okamoto was also the founder of nippon mangakai , the first japanese cartoonist & apos ; s society .
kitazawa , okamoto and many other artists of this late meiji - early showa period tapped into the excitement and anxiety felt by many japanese people as their nation left their feudal days behind to become a modern industrial society . but this was only the beginning of even greater changes for japan because the land of the rising sun would soon go to war .
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this is haraguchi . i ' m filming ' death kappa ' and need an extra gaijin for a few scenes . can you handle it ?
i was born to play this role , sir . literally .
now that the death kappa dvd / bluray is out , the true story can be told . this wasn ' t our first shot as extras in a monster movie - - that would be our epic , blink - and - you ' ll - miss - it roles in a crowd of yokai in takashi miike ' s
yokai daisenso
- - but this was the first chance we got to actually react . emote . method act . really express the essential humanity of . . . of . . . being in a japanese monster film .
our role was to occupy the
command center
set up by the military to deal with the giant , nuclear kappa raging through downtown tokyo . things started quietly , with us as little more than human backdrops to the action . the extra ranks were filled with pals of the director . right to left in the photo below , flanking the
real
actor , you can see kondo yutaka ( illustrator of ninja attack ! ) , hiroko , me , and the karasawas ( creators of the mind - bendingly awesome
king of pachimono
magazine . ) this was a big step up for both of us but hiroko in particular , who spent most of her time on the yokai daisenso set wearing an enormous frog head .
about halfway through the day , haraguchi had a flash of inspiration .
i need some freaks . kappa freaks . you !
he said , pointing at me ( big surprise ) , then kondo , and then naoki karasawa . our job was to react to news of the kappa defeating the human military forces - - and here ' s the result :
so . total time spent on set : eight hours . total screen time : maybe eight seconds . compensation : a bento lunch . and the experience ? absolutely priceless . . . because now i ' m one step closer to that elusive goal of becoming a professional kaiju eiga extra . maybe i ' l really luck out and get to actually be stomped by the giant monster next time .
huh ? how ' s the actual movie ? also priceless . death kappa is the citizen kane of radioactive yokai movies . buy it now ! seriously ! it ' s a lot of fun .
i missed seeing this at the roxy in sf by * one * day - i was disappointed . . . now i ' m heartbroken !
damn it ! i was dubious about this one and was planning on holding off on getting it .
man , where there ' s a will to get a bunch of middle aged men to dress up in military uniforms for a monster movie , there ' s a way .
you must watch the mysterians over and over to learn how to properly be a gaijin extra with a speaking role . i recommend the scene when they start using the markalites .
also , you need some horn rimmed glasses . the cool frameless kind ( or the uber gay ' little hipster ' style ) are usually reserved for villain and men with secret agendas .
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heh that guy with the bucktooth looks a little like eric idle .
that ' s nabe yakan , seemingly in every b movie this country has to offer ( and if i sound jealous , it ' s because i am . : )
> >
you must watch the mysterians over and over . . .
now where have i seen that face before ? ah yes , of course .
i did a commercial that ran for a year and i got a bento and a 5 , 0000yen gift card . . ! ?
horror dining
roppongi ' s goth - y trick or treat almost fills the gaping hole left by the departure of kichijoji ' s bar jap , but for better or worse it ' s more horror flick heaven than death - metal crashpad . plus it has the downside of being in roppongi . . . .
reading rainbow i am now the master of unlocking . this friday , i ' ll be appearing on nhk world ' s show japan unlocked to discuss koji suzuki ' s pioneering j - horror book ring and japanese ghost stories in general . thrill to top - notch special effects as hosts jonathan . . .
i love the gacha gacha doraemon too ! http : / / ww . . .
we get what you need . we get what your customers want . because from ancient folklore to cutting - edge technologies , we get japan .
a native of tokyo , japan , hiroko holds a masters degree in international peace and conflict resolution from american university in washington , d . c .
her diverse experience includes interpretation for united nations delegations ; translation and localization of dialog for game software and comic books ; and translation and proofreading of television scripts .
a native of washington , d . c . , matthew has been working as a professional translator and freelance writer since the early 1990s .
his translation experience includes four years as an in - house technical japanese translator for the united states patent and trademark office .
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sad news : actor makoto shimotsuka , the pilot of super robot mach baron , passed away yesterday at the age of 65 . urltoken
just stumbled on a street where the children apparently ritually slaughtered some kind of chalk creature . urltoken
in 1983 the only
anime expo
was strictly confined to rooftops ! one of the photogs from this session was in the audience at my 80s fandom panel at animenext & i asked him directly if any hook - ups between cosplayers resulted from this event . his reply ?
no comment .
this is from some cosmetic company ' s ad campaign , but it really works better without any context at all . urltoken
things i learned from a 1963 esquire ad : 1 ) buying liquor can cause
feminine flutterings
2 ) cutting the cheese is a real he - man ' s job . urltoken
digital detritus : old laserdiscs going out with the garbage . ( well , the audio signal ' s digital anyway . the video was analog . )
aging awesomely : bandai announces a series of walking canes decorated in classic super robot motifs of tetsujin , mazinger z , and getter robo .
some people say ultraman has cheesy vfx , but this fight has two simultaneous fights choreographed across the foreground and background plates , pyrotechnics , and all of this with live camera movement . on a kids show budget . the chutzpah alone kicks the ass of most prestige shows
32 years ago today in 1986 ,
project a - ko
was released in japan .
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japanese motion comic publisher mangapolo named the winners of its 2015 manga translation battle on tuesday . a panel of judges chose the winners based on their translations of one of four manga . readers also voted on their favorite translation , which received the audience award .
grand prize : alethea nibley & athena nibley , u . s . a . ryohei saigan ' s kamakura monogatari
first prize : hayley tournier , u . s . a . ryōsuke tomoe ' s museum
casey loe , u . s . a . yoko kamio ' s the crown of thorn
audience award : hana ihaya , u . s . a . yoko kamio ' s the crown of thorn
the grand prize winner receives a trip to japan and a job offer to translate the manga . first prize winners receive a job offer to translate the manga and runner - ups receive a tablet computer . an awards ceremony and symposium to honor the winners will be held february 24 in tokyo .
last year ' s manga translation battle asked contestants to pick from masaaki nakayama ' s fuan no tane plus , ishiki ' s acchi kocchi , machiya hatoko ' s and eda yuuri ' s koi to wa yobenai , and fumiko tanikawa ' s saya saya to .
contest manager mangapolo is affiliated with online retailer tokyo otaku mode . mangapolo collaborates with publishers to bring legally produced motion comics to its youtube channel in japanese and english . series for which mangapolo has produced motion comics for include attack on titan , dragon ball , and vinland saga .
the summer anime season has begun , and we ' re reviewing every new anime of the season . check back daily for new reviews ! now available : drop kick on my devil ! - holmes of kyoto - phantom in the twilight - asobi asobase - master of ragnarok - music girls - planet with - chio ' s school road - angels of death - harukana receive - seven senses of the re ' union - banana fish - and much more !
this season ' s kaiji spinoff mr . tonegawa : middle - management blues sets mike off on a journey through the long history of anime spinoffs - the good , the bad , the confusing and the sublime !
― five years ago , i wrote a column about some of the works of nobuyuki fukumoto , a manga artist sometimes affectionately called fkmt by his fans . it was a celebration of milestones like akagi and kaiji , and several . . .
justin goes in - depth on the numerous reasons your favorite unlicensed anime remains unlicensed , from music clearing headaches to personal grudges between licensing parties .
― tony asked : one of my favorite anime in the early 90 ' s , dragon quest : the adventure of dai , in japan got a vhs release , but never got a single dvd release . it aired in japan in october 1991 , and got all 46 episodes released on . . .
james digs into a terribly uneven 2006 tv special from madhouse about a japan plagued by natural disasters , and paul breaks down all this week ' s new anime releases .
― i didn ' t go to see fireworks on the 4th last week , but i did go to see fireworks the anime movie on the 3rd . that ' s some clever timing on the part of whoever ' s in charge of promoting the film . the movie itself is alright , and it ' s cert . . .
this focus story for orario ' s toughest tavern elf offers plenty of colorful new details about the story ' s world in a must - read for danmachi fans .
― ( note : because the main character ' s name is consistently transliterated as lyu rather than ryu in this novel , that spelling will be used throughout this review . ) in a franchise full of colorful characters , lyu leon is far from being among the most dynamic . . .
― the kingdom hearts orchestra – world tour 2018 launched on june 9th with an unforgettable sold - out show at the dorothy chandler pavilion in los angeles . with composer yoko shimomura on stage , and surprise special appearance by director tetsuya nomura that announced the long - awaited release date of kingdom hea . . .
flcl progressive started out pretty low - key - especially compared to the original - but the plot becomes a noisy riot of abstract ( yet familiar ) elements in this finale .
both the english and japanese voices of the seven deadly sins hero melodias - bryce papenbrook and yuuki kaji - were on hand to answer a few questions from their fans at anime expo 2018 .
― due to the success of the first season , the seven deadly sins made its return to netflix with a second season earlier this year . a movie is set to be released later . the popular series is based off a manga created . . .
― july 5 - 8 2017 , los angeles , california cosplay galleries day one day two what ' s going on in the entertainment hall ? ( gallery ) premiere reports jojo ' s bizarre adventure : golden wind world premiere my hero academia : two heroes world premie . . .
studio trigger enlists the help of inferno cop director akira amemiya to reboot tokusatsu series ssss gridman ( known to the us as superhuman samurai syber - squad ! ) , and they showed the first episode at anime expo 2018 .
― during trigger ' s industry panel before the ssss . gridman premiere at anime expo , hiromi wakabayashi emphasized the point of trigger ' s younger staff heading the show . akira amemiya ( dir . . .
― friday at anime expo was even bigger than i expected with a packed main floor , crowded dealer ' s hall and premiere line - ups capping hours in advance in the blistering heat . i found myself between two choices . brave the giant crowds or begin my hunt for a casual space to relax . i ' d already checked ou . . .
it won ' t stream on netflix until this fall , but anime expo 2018 provided an early look at shinji higuchi and mari okada ' s fascinating new show , with a twist on dragon riding you won ' t believe .
― dragon pilot : hisone and masotan has a strong pedigree . the new series , streaming this fall on netflix , was helmed by shinji higuchi and hiroshi kobayashi , produced by masahiko minami , and written by mari oka . . .
all the details from this weekend ' s trigger panel at anime expo 2018 , including new details and a sneak peek at hiroyuki imaishi ' s explosive new action show , promare .
― if there was any way to describe trigger ' s anime expo 2018 panel , it would be “full of adrenaline . ” this isn ' t too off the mark for the studio , but trigger really played to their high - energy reputation to a totally packed house on fri . . .
― 2018 is an explosive year for bkub okawa ' s pop team epic , as it transformed from a 4 - koma to an epic 12 episode anime with some of the biggest voice acting talent in japan . with 24 pairs of actors , innovative meta gags , and . . .
anime expo 2018 : jojo ' s bizarre adventure : golden wind u . s . premiere
― jojo ' s fans got a very special treat at anime expo this year . only weeks after the anime adaptation of jojo ' s bizarre adventure part 5 was announced , anime expo announced it would host the u . s . premiere months before its planned television premiere in oct . . .
― warning : this article contains some spoilers for recent episode of my hero academia season 3 . startling changes transformed my hero academia ' s
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in the series ' third season . all might ' s stalwart role as a beloved hero for u . a . ' s students , deku in p . . .
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on the plane bound for nagoya in summer 1996 , my friend dennis — who had been to japan many times before — mentioned that there was a japanese brand called bitch skateboards and the logo mark involved the international bathroom door symbol for men pointing a gun to the head of the international bathroom door symbol for women . to my seventeen year - old ears , this was the holy grail of engrish : a whole host of products not only emblazoned with a “bad word” but a totally politically - incorrect logo to match . i spent a lot of time during my three weeks in gifu prefecture searching for bitch goods , and for my first two weeks , my closest encounter involved snapping a blurry photo of a tiny tag on a backpack .
i finally hit the mother lode / motherload one day in a neighborhood clothing shop targeted towards teenage girls and soon became the proud owner of a bitch skateboards lighter and a ridiculous bitch skateboards retractable umbrella . ( i liked the idea of using the latter in the u . s . , because seriously , who is going to stop you on a rainy day to voice a complaint against the offensive language and imagery on your umbrella . )
in hindsight , i somewhat wince at the idea of brandishing bitch goods , but i can promise you that my early endorsement was completely ironic . i was very confident that the brand was a misguided and unconsciously - misogynistic commercial venture dreamed up by non - anglophones in japan . much to my chagrin , i later learned through the product tags that bitch was based out of a city called “los angeles , california . ” so now the joke was not linguistic mishap as much as licensing gone amuck . as time goes by , the situation has lost its initial humor , but there remains the enigma of how bitch skateboards came to take over the second - rate shopping centers of rural japan in the mid - ’90s .
the internet is very good at solving these kinds of history mysteries , but a simple search came up with very little in the way of thorough explanation . this “ bitch skateboards ” is not the decks we’re looking for . the rise and fall of the brand unfortunately happened in the 1990s black hole of japanese internet coverage .