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		<title>Dōmo arigat&#333;, giant robotto</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hideo Okamoto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Matt, and I have a problem: I&#8217;m a grown man who thinks way too much about giant robots. Actually, I&#8217;m just kidding &#8212; it isn&#8217;t a problem at all. Japanese robots literally changed the course of my life. Without robot anime, manga and toys, I wouldn&#8217;t be speaking Japanese or even living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer brings out the creepy crawlies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the tsuyu (梅雨, rainy season) has ended and the dreaded heat has descended upon the city, most of us have taken refuge indoors, camped out in front of the eakon (エアコン, air-conditioning) in a desperate attempt to wick away some of summer&#8217;s sticky mushiatsusa (蒸し暑さ, humidity). The summer months conjure up images of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of making monsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for monster fans: Not one, not two, but three separate tokusatsu exhibitions are stomping their way through downtown Tokyo as you read these words. While you may never have heard the word &#8220;tokusatsu,&#8221; you are likely familiar with what it is. A contraction of the Japanese words tokushu and satsuei, it means &#8220;special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban safari in the concrete jungle reveals Tokyo wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo is a city of many things, but &#8220;nature&#8221;? Not exactly a word that most associate with the metropolis. When it comes to the city&#8217;s animal life, most Tokyoites think meiwaku d&#333;butsu (迷惑動物, pests) rather than yasei-d&#333;butsu (野生動物, wildlife), associating animal encounters with mischievous karasu (烏, crows), skittering gokiburi (ゴキブリ, cockroaches), and the occasional dobu-nezumi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Halloween watch out for y&#363;rei of all kinds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urameshiy&#257;! (うらめしやぁ！) Oops! Didn&#8217;t notice you there. Don&#8217;t mind me. I was just practicing my Japanese ghost-call. &#8220;Urameshiy&#257;!&#8221; is pretty much the standard opening line for any self-respecting Japanese ghost. It&#8217;s nonetheless a word that is peculiarly tough to translate, but in a nutshell it means something like &#8220;Curse it all!&#8221; You may be wondering [...]]]></description>
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