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Shinkansen Scenery: Shinosaka to Tokyo

June 25th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Architecture, Art, Music, Video | 2 Comments »

Shinkansen ver.2 from daihei shibata on Vimeo.

A friend of ours found this captivating video of one man’s Shinkansen journey from Osaka to Tokyo.
The creative twist he put into the video makes this Jhype worthy.  Have a good weekend, Jhypers.


Music: Wings of Honneamise OST

April 24th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Music | No Comments »

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Older anime fans, and younger ones with their heads not on backasswards, will be familiar with the 1987 film, Wings of Honneamise.

Set on an alternate version of Earth, Honneamise tells the story of humankind’s first attempts at manned space flight. Unlike our Earth, the Royal Space Force is ridiculed and generally seen by the public as a waste of time and money.

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