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RIP. You touched many lives, many childhoods were brightened by your game-and-watches, your chimneys inhabited by man-eating plants, your moustached italian plu
by nakedrobot2 13y ago
RIP. You touched many lives, many childhoods were brightened by your game-and-watches, your chimneys inhabited by man-eating plants, your moustached italian plumber heroes. I hope to inspire 1/1,000,000 as many people.
edit: here are some Nintendo Game and Watch devices on eBay for all you young runts. http://www.ebay.com/sch/Vintage-Pre1990-/155342/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=nintendo+game+watch+-magnet+-magnets&_sop=1 http://www.ebay.com/sch/Vintage-Pre1990-/155342/i.html?_from...
- netcan 13y agoIt was always having the Japanese in the periphery of my pop culture, contributing from a parallel world. They very obviously were (are) building on top of different tradition of art and storytelling. Where I grew up a dubbed 70s manga cartoon (also about a little Italian) was one of only a handful of kids shows we got on our single TV channel.
- contingencies 13y agoOn the different tradition of art and storytelling meme, a really cool exhibition just finished at the Rotterdam Wereldmuseum in Holland showing the evolution of Japanese manga from early Buddhist deities and Edo period printmaking. The book is 25EUR: http://wereldmuseumwinkel.com/pages/2/webshop.html?categoryId=13&productId=140 http://wereldmuseumwinkel.com/pages/2/webshop.html?categoryI...