It doesn’t happen often but the CDs delivered by DHL had cracked cases. They arrived in a paper pouch packaged. The ones delivered in the thin cardboard box were okay.
CDs from Japan
Mariya Takeuchi & Tatsuro Yamashita
These pictures were from October 2018 that I didn’t post. They make a great husband and wife team!
More One Night
Purchased iTunes card at Japan Codes
I purchased 10,000 yen iTunes cards from Japan Codes for $90. That’s the lowest price I’ve paid so far. I tried purchasing last week but they were out of stock. I got my redeem codes instantly from the site. Looks like they only accept Paypal for now.
| Date | $ |
|---|---|
| 07/13/17 | 89.99 |
| 06/27/16 | 110.47 |
| 04/04/15 | 95.90 |
| 02/03/15 | 98.99 |
| 06/18/14 | 128.99 |
| 10/15/13 | 125.99 |
| 05/05/13 | 123.99 |
| 01/15/13 | 140.99 |
| 12/06/12 | 135.99 |
| 10/26/12 | 135.99 |
Yagami Junko’s Golden Best
I discovered Junko’s Kashimiya no Hohoemi (Cashmere’s Smile) on Tumbler and loved it! I wanted the original album but it’s too expensive so I purchased Junko’s Golden Best instead. It also includes this song.
Junko Ohashi’s I Love You So (1984)
I love this song and just realized it sounds very much like Chaka Khan’s What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me (1981). The melody and style of singing is similar.
Now I know why these songs sound alike
Bananarama’s, I Heard A Rumor, used to be one of my favorite songs so I noticed similarities when I first heard Meiko Nakahara’s, Dance In The Memories. It shares the same style although slightly different melody. Then I heard Yoko Nagayama’s, GIVE ME UP. It also reminded me of I Heard A Rumor and I’m thinking these songs are copying it. It turns out all these songs sample Michael Fortunati’s, Give Me Up. I’ve never heard of him because the song wasn’t released in the U.S.
Anime has some great songs. I wouldn’t have discovered these other songs without watching Ranma ½.
Took Funimation 2 months to fix bugs
I reported this problem back in February and Funimation just added subtitles back to their Japanese dialogues. I’ll finish the anime I started and then drop Funimation for good.
Funimation’s new site has bugs
First, the logon page won’t let you logon with Facebook. Clicking the Facebook button just sends you back to the logon page. Second, there’s no subtitles for A Certain Magical Index. I’ve been watching the series subtitled with the original Japanese audio up until now.
It’s sad Funimation won’t let you bring up these problems on their forum. They want to hide the fact their site is broken. No one at Funimation has responded to my email.
Gunbuster redraw
