Aldnoah Zero is the second anime I took a look at from the spring 2014 season premieres after Tokyo Ghoul. There are a number of mecha anime premiering this spring but Aldnoah Zero seemed the most interesting and after watching the first three episodes I...
Monthly Archive: July 2014
I like to Tweet like a Robot, do you? #jamaibot
All fully or partly mechanical creations/lifeforms are cool; robots, androids, cyborgs, gynoids, the Borg… well maybe not the Borg. Point is that everyone has one (or more) mechanical love(s) in their life at one time or another be it Astro Boy, R2D2, C3PO, Megaman, Asimo,...
Tokyo Ghoul – First Impressions
Tokyo Ghoul is a new anime which began airing a few weeks ago. It is based off a manga series by Sui Ishida. This was the first anime from the Summer 2014 lineup I decided to take a look at as I liked the art style...
Japanese Training Squadron to visit Jamaica to mark 50th Year of Diplomatic Relations
To mark Japan and Jamaica’s 50th Year of Diplomatic Relations and the Japan-Caricom Friendship Year, a Japanese Training Squadron (Ocean Navigation Training Ships of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (MSDF)) will visit Jamaica from 22-25 July 2014 for the first time in MSDF’s history...
Happy Geekness Day to all!
Today, July 13th has been recognized for a few years now as “Geekness Day”. A day when geeks all over the world stand up and cerebrate their geekness. I have been invited to participate this year and below you can find a couple questions and...
Edwin Elliot Motivational Quote
Obenkyo – Japanese learning App for Android
There are many resources available online for helping those interested in learning and practicing Japanese. Obenkyo for Android is one of those apps that does a good job providing a lot of options for students of Japanese who are learning formally through classes or are...
From the Jamaipanese.com Archives – July 2014
Jamaipanese.com recently celebrated its 8 year blog anniversary. Occasionally I like to dive into the archives and fish out a couple posts from a few years ago that I think would be interesting for new readers to look at as well as be nostalgic to...
Samurai Flamenco – I tried really hard to like it
When I wrote my first impressions post for Samurai Flamenco a few months ago I described it as a “quirky superhero-themed comedy drama that although seemed off-putting at first actually became more interesting as I watched the first few episodes.” Now after watching all 22...
