by Miranda Ruth Larsen K-pop as we know it simply isn’t possible without Japan. Dal Yong Jin contends that Japan is “the most significant foreign…
by Raizel Liebler and Keidra Chaney Hey, metalheads! Are you listening to BABYMETAL under cover of darkness? We at TLF want to you throw off…
by Raizel Liebler I didn’t especially like teen directed shows even when I was a teen. And now when high school seems so long ago,…
26 Jul: I Read A Book: Christine R. Yano’s Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific
by Raizel Liebler State of the world kawaii! One of the inspirations for our starting this blog was trying to explain Japanese culture, especially anime…
Ever seen those square bar code-looking thingies on the bus or train or in a magazine and wonder what they were? They’re called QR Codes…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzOWMGfpMXM] Americans are often separated from the musical traditions of other countries and unaware of the cultural influence of American music, Hip-hop Japan: rap and…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVxgVNdmmM] Hello Kitty seems to be falling on tough economic times — at least according to the New York Times. This is despite her appointment…
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOS43N8tAyI”] At what point is copying homage (as a way of honoring and being respectful of the original) even through direct copying? transformative (in…
As a followup to our recent posts about anime and Korean dramas, we have more about the cross-cultural influence of pop culture from Asia, or…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwaYb16hNk] If you don’t know the artists (Faith No More & Kylie Minogue) and musical genres (J-pop & hallyu) mentioned in the title of this…