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Centaku Media: South Korea Bound

Post author:Sanjo-chan
Post published:June 11, 2019
Post category:Otaku Musings
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I posted on my Twitter a while back of an acquisition of exciting proportions! It’s a key to an upcoming adventure coming later in 2019 that will change my life as I have made it to Level 30 on this planet. I have obtained my very first passport! It took a year, maybe more, or debate of where I should go for my first out of country trip. It originally started as just saying random things that may not come true, but a close friend of mine, who I will refer to as DJ Panda, suggested two places: South Korea or Japan.

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K-Pop Idol Criticized for “Promoting” Attack on Titan

Post author:Sanjo-chan
Post published:November 4, 2018
Post category:Entertainment Anime & Manga
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In South Korea, the nation’s up and coming idols are also big fans of Japanese anime. Case in point: Kang Hye Won of rookie girl group, IZ*ONE, who happens to be a big fan of Attack on Titan after declaring so on South Korean TV.

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Channel Surfing: Flowering Heart

Post author:Sanjo-chan
Post published:November 4, 2018
Post category:Entertainment Anime & Manga
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The idea for this edition of Channel Surfing came as this: In a random quest to find Korean anime on YouTube at 3 AM, I came across this series called “Flowering Heart”. It’s probably what you think it is: a magical girl anime series–that tackles issues as such in 10 minutes every week.

Each episode is roughly 12 minutes long, and there are two seasons of the show that began in 2016. It’s a Korean anime series targeted to “tweens”, as described in the description and video titles. What really caught my attention is that it has an English dub, which can be viewed right now on the series official YouTube channel.

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Channel Surfing: Space Black Knight

Post author:Sanjo-chan
Post published:February 22, 2018
Post category:Anime & Manga
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This was originally posted on June 17th, 2010.

Did you know that the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime was so popular that many sequels were produced due to popular demand from reruns on Japanese television, into the powerhouse that it is to this very day? It’s also popular enough to warrant a Gundam-inspired anime series developed in South Korea for Korean television, called Space Black Knight. While you could call it one of the very few Korean anime series to come out from the era, there is something off about this show…

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