Television & radio
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One Piece Film: Red review – eye-popping hijinks in spectacular anime franchise
There are frequent stretches of nonsense in this anime about a pop star, but with music and a central story th…
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In praise of iyashikei: why we love soothing anime where nothing happens
Too tired to enjoy stressful telly after work? Perhaps you need slow anime, where the drama might be someone f…
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Ministers are old enough, but not wise enough to go it alone | Brief letters
A remake worth watching | Strongman myth | Boris Johnson’s ‘secret’ trip | Drama in schools | Ukrainian visa b…
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Iron Chef is coming back: Adam Liaw celebrates Japan’s cult classic cooking show
Known for its flamboyant dubbing, costumes and absurd premise, Iron Chef transformed cooking into entertainmen…
- Japan, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Languages, South Korea, Modern languages and linguistics, Education, Squid Game, Language courses
Can you say Squid Game in Korean? TV show fuels demand for east Asian language learning
Japanese and Korean are in top five choices in UK this year at online platform DuolingoWhether it’s down to Sq…
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Japanese anime One Piece to air its 1,000th episode in 80 countries
Cartoon series, starring Monkey D Luffy, started life as a manga in 1997 and is a record seller as a comic boo…
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BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights
Viewers complain after rights-holder Discovery puts majority of events behind paywallThe BBC has received a la…
- Japan, Animation on TV, Hayao Miyazaki, Richard E Grant, World news, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Television, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Earwig and the Witch review – a disappointing CGI debut for Studio Ghibli
Gorō Miyazaki’s foray into computer generation, a magical tale of a gleeful brat adopted by a witch, falls far…
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Can the BBC survive by opening up? | Letters
Former MP Derek Wyatt thinks the BBC needs to evolve quickly in order to survive, while Don Keller says the br…
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Every Studio Ghibli film – ranked!
In a bonus edition, we rank all 21 animations – from Spirited Away to Ponyo – by the revered Japanese studio, …
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James May: Our Man in Japan review – penis festivals are no place for jokes!
The ex-Top Gear star reveals rarer sides of Japanese culture in this travelogue – but why won’t he just quit t…