On the 27th of February 1996, a pair of games were released for the Nintendo GameBoy: ポケットモンスター 赤 (Poketto Monsutā: Aka, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Red’) and ポケットモンスター 緑 (Poketto Monsutā: Midori, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Green’). Between these two games and their English counterparts (Pokémon: Red Version and Pokémon: Blue Version, released two years later), over … Continue reading A global phenomenon: Pokémon in translation
I’d like to talk about something today that I’ve not really gone into for a while. Now, maybe it’s just me, but I still have a lot of guilt attached to watching television - maybe it’s because I sometimes struggle to focus on just one thing, or maybe because it’s always been perceived as a … Continue reading Down the anime rabbit hole: Neon Genesis Evangelion
I find it quite hard to believe that's suddenly May already. I must have expressed this before, but there's a certain amount of stagnation involved in a global pandemic in my experience. Or perhaps 'stasis' would be a better word that doesn't make me sound like a load of old pond water. Everything feels like … Continue reading A statement of intent
This month, I wanted to try something a little different. I wanted to talk about an interest of mine that I don't think I've ever discussed online before, so... bear with me, 'cause it's kinda weird. I'm really into cults, and cult mentality... I just find it interesting, so I listen to a lot of … Continue reading The darkness underground
こんにちは！元気ですか？僕はデン・スプロークリガ・スカータンです。イギリス人です。二十六歳です。翻訳者です！英語とデンマーク語とスウェーデン語とノルウェー語を話します。日本語を勉強します。日本語は美しい言語です。僕はいつか日本へ行きたい。あなたは日本語を勉強しますか？頑張って！寿司を食べませんか？ I can't actually remember if I've mentioned it on this blog, but I'm currently trying to learn Japanese. As those of you with any knowledge of Japanese will be able to see above, my current level is very basic, but I'd like to think that I'm slowly improving... I managed to transcribe the Swedish … Continue reading 日本語を勉強しましょう！
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