Japanorama - Season 1 Episode 2 Part 4

[Skadeedah]

Struggling to get original Battle Royale in UK :-( 2nd one wasnt as gripping for me but definitely need to catch up on my anime in 2012!

[penof1337]

did anyone else have timer go to 6:59 out of 6:18 then back to 6:00

[TimeManInJail]

battle royale manga shit i got little twisted.

[nublex]

we've learnt that you're fucking crazy

[LondonZine]

People have things the wrong way round. Before shows like this most British people would only think of geisha, businessmen and tea ceremonies in regards to Japan. Japanorama offered something new to challenge the traditional notions embedded in peoples minds. This super modern Tokyo based culture may be unusual to Japan as a whole but it's interesting & different thus the subject of a good TV show. People know traditional Japan already like people know royalty + tea when thinking of Britain.

[Nicky131Popstar]

I mind seeing that films that was sick -3:02

[OmgLolWtfSpleen]

haha going straight from Battle Royale to Hello Kitty... xD

[Sh06o]

Battle Royale sure is great. All the versions, film, book, manga, awsome. I never read books but I just had to read it and it was just excellent. I recommend all of the versions to anyone.

And to make it clear, for some reason people don't get how old the students on Battle Royale are, well, they were on junior high on 9th grade, 15 years old.

[CONKER17]

@Sh06o ehh some have said it was 11th grade :s

[Senkyakubanrai]

I do know JR is intensely interested in Japan and I've heard quite a few times he loves it. But every time I see this sort of documentary about it, I get to be felt that western countries, of course in this case it's the UK want Japan to be a bizarre country. I totally don't get why they always exaggerate and focus on a minor aspect of the culture? Well, in case it could be called culture. Is it just because that is a telly show?

[StarUnwrittenDestiny]

lmao I'm riding a Panda! xD

[thatSaori]

3:41 "Blimey" XD

[Larukuislove]

I'm riding a PAnda! xD

[patheticbaka]

it was a wrong idea that they recited the marriage vows in Japanese. i thought my ears started bleeding. just kidding. nice episode. hayao miyazaki and battle royale, two of my favorites.

[phantasMoon69]

When I first saw Battle Royale on tv I thought WTF?! But I just couldn't stop watching it xD

[NoMoreCinnamonRolls]

I. Wanna. Go. To. Hello. Kitty. Land.

*~*

[MonimaSuzumiya]

spirited away actually won an oscar too

[B4IRUTUARU16]

spirit away was my first anime i saw as a child

- i loved it so much !!!

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

noob

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Great documentary so far. Time for the Episode 3. Hail Japanorama.

[HideoFTW1]

Battle Royale is the fucking best.

The manga is the greatest thing I've ever read. The movies were perfect too.

[sethorlando]

i think my poor ears began to bleed once they started reciting there marriage vows, they utterly slaughtered the Japaneses language.

[ToruKun1]

Badly mangled Japanese wedding vows FTW~!! XD

OMG, @ 5:13, it's the Princess of Puroland~!

Go-go Second-Time Virgin!

[AnarchistGoth]

11th Grade? The Battle Royale students were 14 years old in the 7th grade.

[ReadyFreddie2009]

the外人体験

[Uaiiko]

1:27

THE BEST

[HoneyBunchesMcLover]

Ugh, I'm so freaking jealous I can't stand it.... I wanna get married in a cute Kimono at Puroland by a talking tree while Hello Kitty dances at my wedding. Life can be cruel.....

[khoihq]

ano...how old are you?

[SpecialK234]

wtf was that the great deku tree? laolaolalasollasoalaoal

[sarenthach]

Battle Royale was a freaking amazing movie.

[TheRock1]

@sarenthach it was, Battle Royale 2 wasnt that great though.

[CONKER17]

@sarenthach yep its one of my favs along with most other movies named here lol

[yamba]

i love miyazakiii (:

[ilikechickens12]

aw lol that was so cute his wedding

[operationflux]

Found the places to drop the next bombs: Akihabara and Hello Kitty Land.

[TeddyKitty34]

Funny xD

[CLAMPfanLokiLee]

I... really wouldn't want to get married if I wasn't pronoucing my vows right... I think I wouldn't be able to make the words come out. Hello kitty land!!!!! I wanna go!!!!!

[amenatsuhasujinseii]

i oved battle royale!!

[Erithramere]

He didn't mention the oscar Spirited Away won!?

But he mentioned some other award no one knows about!? :o

Haha

[PerrySimm]

The Golden Bear of the Berlinale says much more about the quality of a film than an Oscar.

[Ryoga2K]

When this TV program was made Spirited Away wasn't already distributed by Disney so it was unknown in the US until a year later when it won that Oscar, this was made a year before it was even distributed in the US.

[xKyonKyonGirlx]

The interview with Miyazaki was cringe worthy, but Ross seemed so in awe and respectful! I loved that. Though I think the first comment that he was the 'japanese disney' pissed him off for the rest of the interview XD

[SubMerged0]

he's pretty taciturn all the time, if you watch the nhk professional about him, he says that himself.

[ToruKun1]

"BTW, nice ginger cake." LOL! Jonathan Ross is awesome (and so is Miyazaki-sensei!). ^.^

[RedMoonAi]

cool his wife has red/pink hair

[Mistress0fyaoi]

*squeals* i absolutly for one love battle royale! well the first one atleast i was rather disapointed as a fan with the second and i absolutly love the manga as well!

[prettysunshyngrl]

OMG it annoys me so much when people compare Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale!

Yeah okay you have young people stranded on an island but that's about as far as the similarities go! Their differences are too vast!

[djm19]

He doesnt really mention the book which the movie is based on

[vandalking78]

I don't know, this program seems to take a "hey look! Isn't Japan weird!?!" perspective rather then taking a genuine introspective on their culture. The hello kitty bit for example taught us nothing other then "whoa get a load of this crazy stuff". If the Japanese were to do a show on us, wouldn't you rather it not be one where we are all in clown suits?

[almanacofsleep]

Its called being tounge and cheek I think its much better than being super deferental as if every thing from Japan is a gift from the heavens.

[aaron4820]

@vandalking78 which show do you think would get more views? "learn about japanese culture" or "check out those crazy japanese"?... it's television after all, and they are just showing the most different things they have over there.

[XieYali]

@vandalking78

That's pretty much ONLY how Japan is portrayed to Western countries, and I agree with you. Its absolutely ridiculous.

[Kamisamadesu1]

@vandalking78 Uh, Jonathan Ross (Wossy) speaks Japanese and also is quite well versed in things Japanese. He is in no way, shape, or form, being offensive about Japan. He is witty, not xenophobic. Get real lives people!

[Skadeedah]

@Kamisamadesu1 He's done right by me doin docs like these (some episodes he is a bit too harsh but we know what to expect when we (who are familar with his style) know he's gonna be on it, lol! Missed loads of original screenin so well chuffed to catch up ;-)

[Japanorama]

@vandalking78 Hello Kitty has been a huge contributor to the Japanese infrastructure over the years during its peak. Do I think its silly? No, There are plenty of documentary's about Japan's culture and history so why not look into the other side of things for a change. Loosen up.

[nero2kewl]

@vandalking78 i think it's more of an exhibition of the japanese youth's peculiar interest in new and odd things. plus this episode is about what appeals to japanese youth and how colorful their culture is. this show is more an exhibition of japan's pop culture media rather than their cultural values.so this show does what it's meant to in an entertaining way, it shows japanese pop culture and how unique and interesting the modern japanese society is without diving into complex cultural values.

[MrVinushka]

@vandalking78 That's the point of the show. There are plenty of documentaries on Japanese culture - this is more about its entertainment industry and pop culture.

[rachelseagroatt]

Battle Royale is amazing

[MrHiberto]

would you happen to know where i can see it? besides japan obviously and english subs? lol

[demoneyescona]

dvd? xD

[MrHiberto]

yah i know now i bought it and the book too which is great

[demoneyescona]

awesome =D

u read the manga?

thas good 2 =]

[MrHiberto]

nah the novel but i think the manga is the same anyways

[demoneyescona]

nahh its not

the characters are kinda different in personality, its alottt more violent and it explains more background stuff so its awesome xD

[theangryocelot]

I'm riding a panda!! haha.

[iuhxsevb]

Battle Royal looks great i will bet you thta if you get the kids from "high School Musical" and get them to start shooting each other with some high tech weapons would be even better!

[BeckiEnchanted]

lol

[darkelf2x1]

half naked?

[ShibuyandTokyo4life]

Nah, if they did that they would be puching the envelope a bit too much

[WarningDontReadThis]

I so want that panda thing XD

[Ezu8T]

Loser...getting married at hello kitty land LOL

[TakikoShindou]

i wanna see battle royale!!! it looks awesome

[nnuS13]

i love the book Battle Royale!!

[xayumixsanx]

hey i never thought of that..battle royale=lord of the flies

[ndebbiegirl]

Right after the part about Battle Royale, was the segment about Hello Kitty.....talk about bipolar....

[zazieke]

Aaahh...I want to see Battle Royale I but I'm not allowed...

But I saw Battle Royale II on MTV.

Is the first part really better then the second ?

[Silverr]

BR 1's much better.

BR 2 is really cool tho. :3

[kareninsilver]

lol he got married in Puroland

[BlindAngelProduction]

Hey, where's episode 3? I looked for it everywhere. aw....Momo-chan's sad now.

[gunbuster87]

And btw nice ginger cake xD

[Igotyou]

Thats it. I WILL get married at Hello Kitty land.

[Adjamo]

this is so c00l ^^!!

great work Wonathon Joss!

[SukmyPikachu]

So you like death note yet hated battle royale? Wow. Death note file sucks but the anime is awesome.

[davidcook2]

it's beat takeshi!!! whooooooooo

[moondikentsu]

Unh, I hated Battle Royale. I just watched it because it had the actor from Death Note The Last Name lol. I LUV HAYAO!

[lois4dead4]

I love johnathon ross, I love hayao miyazaki even more... IM RIDING A PANDA!

[whoisfriend]

Why can't they pronounce Japanese words properly T_T. The wedding made me cringe with their bad Japanese.

[CTaran]

What the hell is wrong with you? Do you get just as pissed when someone from Japan can't pronounce English properly?

[whoisfriend]

You know, it's not hard to pronounce Japanese words. As someone who has been learning the language for 4 years now, it's especially annoying.

And yes, I do cringe when I hear bad engrish. All the time. I was never pissed with them. I was just cringing. Jonathon Ross mispronounces everything. Especially "Oyasuminasai" He says it like "oyasumnisai" Ick.

[OnceUponAMidnight]

I imagine Jonathan Ross' speech impedement combined with a cockney accent doesn't help his pronounciation.

[Silverr]

Yeah, like when he pronounced Kobe as "Kobie" instead of using the proper Japanese e pronounciation.

He does have speach problems though, so some things can be excused.

[TheThirdSock]

I'm with you on that. Still, he talks funny in English (accent nonwithstanding), so you can't blame him for the Japanese.

[plugginmuffin]

Oh be easy on Jonathan Ross, he can hardly pronounce English as it is.

[F3uerFrei]

It's the way he speaks that has made him an epic in the UK!

I love the way he speaks :D

[Rozilla]

I don't think my boyfriend would ever EVER agree to a Hello Kitty wedding unless I threaten to staple his nuts to the floor.

[dionnysierra]

I just love Spirited Away... (as well as the other Miyazaki works anyway :P ) and Battle Royale is incredible, I just rented it again las week. ^__^ Bad thing is BR2 wasn't all that great movie.

[GoldenDem0n]

What 'bout a Battle Royale island? lol

[galoku]

LMAO ima try that one day.getting married in Hello Kitty land.. but only if theres such a thing as DBZ land :D

[grimdreamer]

If you read the book for Battle Royale, the sympathy lies with the kids, not the adults. And Jonny, you muffin!

[scpure88]

lol

[shinkosai]

lmao johnathen ross is such a joker getting married in hello kitty land XD roll on the next part...