We’re back for Season 3 of Centaku Media Journal, ready to catch up with the ever evolving world of anime, gaming, and much more! To kick off the season and this year, we’re recapping news stories we missed from 2021 and talk about what to look forward to in 2022!
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The past decade has been dominated by many K-Pop acts–PSY, to BIGBANG, to BLACKPINK, to BTS. Elsewhere, in Japan, the idol industry has been dominated by Japan’s largest girl group, AKB48. They have had more than a dozen songs sitting on top of Japan’s Oricon charts in the several years since their debut. However, their popularity has dipped in the past few years. In this post, a non-AKB48 fan talks about another non-AKB48 fan covering a video that chronicles their rise to fame.
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This episode marks the end of Season 2 of the Centaku Media Journal! We discuss the upcoming film adaptation of the manga-tized version of Mobile Suit Gundam’s “lost episode”, Persona 5 and the results of the fifth anniversary character poll, and the excitement surrounding the annual Tokyo Game Show!
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When I first set foot into Hong Kong, while playing through Shenmue II, I couldn’t help but notice the strange, yet fascinating landscape of the next place Ryo would soon venture into to find answers behind his case: Kowloon.
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One Piece celebrates the release of its 100th volume with news from the manga-ka, Genshin Impact celebrates its first year in service with a huge contest, and two new boy groups set to debut under JYP Entertainment and Psy’s PNATION labels.
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In the past, I’ve been very vocal about my appreciation of the Gundam franchise. I was even invited to run a panel for our anime club back in 2009, inspiring a conversion into a three-part blog series on the how and why of Gundam; with recommendations of which Gundam TV anime to divulge into first, in a sea of multiple universes.
In an attempt to rekindle the passion of blogging again, I have remastered all the parts of the Gundam Crash Course series, originally targeted for the 40th anniversary of the franchise. However, for those who are short on time to read all three parts, I present an interesting topic of “5 Reasons Gundam is Serious Business”.
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There is another K-Pop survival TV show in the wild that I did not know about until it was announced that two new boy groups would be joining the endless sea of K-Pop groups, called "LOUD". Of the two groups set for their future debut, they will be joining the ranks of JYP Entertainment and Psy’s PNATION label.
Back in late 2011, I wrote a Music Spotlight post (FKA “Ni-Ongaku Spotlight”) highlighting a song released by South Korean actor Jang Geun Suk. At the time of writing he was the most desired actor Japanese fans wanted to see in the midst of the Korean Wave in Japan, trending above even AKB48, and performing at a sold out concert at the Tokyo Dome.
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