Category: Cartoons

Danchi Tomoo

Danchi Tomoo (団地ともお) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tobira Oda. An anime adaptation was announced in January 2013 and ran between April 2013 and February 2015.

Danchi (団地 lit. “group land”) is the Japanese word for a large cluster of apartment buildings of a particular style and design, typically built as public housing by government authorities.

The opening and credits sequences of most anime television episodes are accompanied by Japanese pop or rock songs, often by reputed bands. They may be written with the series in mind, but are also aimed at the general music market, and therefore often allude only vaguely or not at all to the themes or plot of the series.

NHK General TV (NHK総合テレビジョン NHK Sōgō Terebijon) is the main television service of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). It shows news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime and specials which directly compete with its commercial counterparts.

Jean Reno ReBORN as Toyota’s Doraemon

Doraemon (ドラえもん) (also known in some overseas markets as Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future) is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise. The series is about an earless robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, Nobita Nobi (野比 のび太 Nobi Nobita).

Dorayaki (どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) is a type of Japanese confection, а red bean pancake which consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet Azuki red bean paste. The Japanese manga and anime character Doraemon loves dorayaki, and it has been a plot device several times throughout the series. Doraemon is addicted to dorayaki and falls for any trap involving them.

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社 Toyota Jidōsha KK) abbreviated TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez known as Jean Reno (born July 30, 1948) is a French-Spanish actor.Reno has also appeared in American television commercials for UPS and portrayed Doraemon in a Toyota ad in Japan.

Homer gets Fugu-ed

“One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish” is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons’ second season. The episode aired on January 24, 1991.

[Fugu] contains lethal amounts of the poison tetrodotoxin in the internal organs, especially the liver and gonads, and also the skin. Therefore, only specially licensed chefs are allowed to prepare and sell fugu to the public, and the consumption of the liver and ovaries is forbidden. However, a number of people die every year from consuming improperly prepared fugu.

Karaoke (カラオケ, Karaoke from kara, “empty” or “void”, and ōkesutora, “orchestra”) is a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and a PA system. The music is typically a well-known pop song in which the voice of the original singer is removed or reduced in volume.