J-Meme Only Japan would produce an Onigiri “model kit”. I’m surprised they didn’t make it a Gundam! April 5, 2025
J-Meme Yoshida-kun – Shimane’s grumpy alternative mascot. Has slogans such as “Shimane – it’s just to the left of Tottori”, playing off of how unknowna and unpopular the prefecture is. April 4, 2025
J-Meme At Oita Airport (in Japan), they put giant fake sushi on the luggage carousel to make it look like a conveyor belt sushi restaurant March 30, 2025
J-Meme Kazuo Umezu’s Horror Theater:Snake Girl / 楳図かずお恐怖劇場 まだらの少女 (2005) A short movie adaption of a Umezu horror manga -Feels like a low budget episode of Japanese Goosebumps in all it’s PG glory March 27, 2025
J-Meme Female Ninjas – Magic Chronicles 2/くノ一忍法帖II 聖少女の秘宝 (1992) When a kabuki make-up wearing man taking flight using a weaponized magical swastika umbrella isn’t even close to being in the top ten strangest things to happen in your film series, you know you’re doing something right March 26, 2025
J-Meme Lizard Baby/日野日出志の怪奇劇場 わたしの赤ちゃん (2004) Part of the late 1990’s Japanese horror boom, this short movie slice of budget yet freaky v-cinema takes a baby as disturbing as Eraserhead or Combatshock’s and… gives it a loving mother!? March 25, 2025
J-Meme Reincarnation / 輪廻 (2005) If you enjoy freaky turn of the century Japanese horror films like Ringu chances are you’ll enjoy this effort by director Takashi Shimizu March 23, 2025
J-Meme Battle Girl – Living Dead In Tokyo Bay/バトルガール (1991) Low Budget Japanese Zombie V-Cinema Cult March 23, 2025