Podcasts about noboru

Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - Noh Theater and Japanese Buddhism Join me as I discuss Noh Theater and Japanese Buddhism. Resources: Brandon, James R. (ed.) (1997). Nō and kyōgen in the contemporary world. (Foreword by Ricardo D. Trimillos) Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press.; Brazell, Karen (1998). Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays. New York: Columbia University Press.; Ortolani, Benito; Leiter, Samuel L. (eds) (1998). Zeami and the Nō Theatre in the World. New York: Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts, CUNY.; Tyler, Royall (ed. & trans.) (1992). Japanese Nō Dramas. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-044539-0.; Waley, Arthur (2009). Noh plays of Japan. Tuttle Shokai Inc. ISBN 4-8053-1033-2, ISBN 978-4-8053-1033-5.; Yasuda, Noboru (2021). Noh as Living Art: Inside Japan's Oldest Theatrical Tradition (First English ed.). Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture. ISBN 978-4-86658-178-1.; Zeami Motokiyo (1984). On the Art of the Nō Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami. Trans. J. Thomas Rimer. Ed. Masakazu Yamazaki. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by finding us on email or social media! https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

En este episodio hablo sobre Noboru Yoshida, Director de arte de Studio Ghibli.   Notas: https://studioghibliweblog.es/2024/12/04/j98/Música:  - Story by Infraction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7L-9KYUcck)Contacto:  https://studioghibliweblog.es/contacto/   http://twitter.com/sghibliweblog     www.spreaker.com/user/studioghibliweblog

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: The Tea Ceremony Triumph: Friendship, Mishaps, and Moments of Growth Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/the-tea-ceremony-triumph-friendship-mishaps-and-moments-of-growth Story Transcript:Ja: 東京の忙しい市街地に位置する伝統的な日本家屋で、ノボルは床の間と一緒に寝転がっていました。彼の目の前には、リコとヒロシ、彼の二人の親友がいました。三人は毎週、城下町を象徴するこの家で茶道を行っていました。しかし、どんな状況でも完ぺきさを追求する日本の文化は、当日、ノボルに小さなトラブルをもたらしました。En: In a traditional Japanese house located in the bustling city center of Tokyo, Noboru lay on the tatami mat along with the tokonoma. In front of him were his two best friends, Riko and Hiroshi. Every week, the three of them would perform the tea ceremony in this house, which symbolized the castle town. However, the pursuit of perfection in Japanese culture, no matter the circumstances, brought a small trouble to Noboru on that day.Ja: さて、その日ノボルは何とかしてワイシャツを背後に向けてボタンを留めてしまいました。ヒロシとリコはそれに気づいたが、どちらも彼の気持ちを傷つけることを避けるため、一言も言えませんでした。そんな中、ノボルは茶碗を持って互いに向き合い、静かに微笑みました。En: Now, on that day, Noboru managed to button his shirt backwards. Hiroshi and Riko noticed it, but neither of them said a word to avoid hurting his feelings. In the midst of this, Noboru held a teacup and smiled quietly at each other.Ja: 次第に彼らの心に居心地の悪さが広がっていきましたが、だれも言葉を発することができませんでした。それでも茶道は続き、ついに最後の部分、抹茶の合間の会話に移りました。このとき、さりげなく、リコが思い切った提案をします。En: Gradually, an uncomfortable feeling spread within their hearts, but no one could utter a word. Nevertheless, they continued the tea ceremony, and finally, they reached the last part, the conversation during the matcha break. It was then that Riko made a casual, yet daring suggestion.Ja: "ノボル、シャツを着直してみるとインパクトがあるかもしれないよと。"En: "Noboru, maybe you should adjust your shirt. It might make an impact," she said.Ja: 涼しい風が部屋を通り過ぎて行き、ノボルは固まったままでした。直視することがなかなかできない彼は、苦い笑顔を浮かべてはにかんだ。しかし、彼の胸中では、友人たちの助けに対する感謝の気持ちが湧き上がっていました。En: A cool breeze passed through the room, and Noboru remained frozen. Unable to face them directly, he forced a bitter smile and blushed. However, deep in his heart, gratitude towards his friends' help welled up.Ja: その後、ノボルが部屋を出て着直す間、リコとヒロシはにっこりと笑いました。彼らはノボルが帰ってきたとき、新たな気持ちで茶道を続けることができました。En: Afterwards, while Noboru left the room to fix his shirt, Riko and Hiroshi smiled warmly. When he returned, they were able to continue the tea ceremony with a renewed sense of connection.Ja: この日の出来事を通して、ノボル、リコ、ヒロシの友情はさらに深まりました。さらに、ノボルは一日が終わるまでに、細心の注意を払ってワイシャツを着るようになりました。それが、ノボルとシャツと親友たちと茶道の物語でした。En: Through the events of that day, the friendship between Noboru, Riko, and Hiroshi deepened even further. Moreover, by the end of the day, Noboru had become more attentive in properly wearing his shirt. And thus, this was the story of Noboru, his shirt, his friends, and the tea ceremony. Vocabulary Words:In: 伝統的なa: 日本家屋traditional: 位置するJapanese: 東京house: 忙しいlocated: 市街地in: ノボルthe: 床の間bustling: 一緒に寝転がっていましたcity: 彼の目center: 二人の親友of: 毎週Tokyo: 茶道Noboru: 城下町lay: 象徴するon: この家でthe: どんな状況tatami: でも完ぺきさmat: 追求するalong: 文化はwith: 当日the: 小さなトラブルtokonoma: 何とかしてIn: ワイシャツfront: 背後に向けてof: ボタンを留めてしまいましたhim: それに気づいたwere: でもhis: 彼の気持ちを傷つけることを避けるためtwo: 一言も言えませんでした

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Prof.Noboru Karashima, a prominent Japanese Tamil scholar, left an indelible mark on the global stage by dedicating himself to the study of South Indian, especially the Tamil history. Serving as the President of the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) for a decade, he notably presided over the 8th World Tamil Conference in Thanjavur. Two years prior to his passing in 2015, an insightful interview with Prof.Karashima was conducted at his home in Japan in 2013. The interview was skilfully translated into Tamil by Kulasegaram Sanchayan and voiced by Balasingam Prabhakaran. The interview, conducted by RaySel, offers a glimpse into the profound contributions of a scholar whose work transcended borders, leaving an enduring impact on the understanding of Tamil heritage. Part 2. - பேராசிரியர் நொபொரு காராஷிமா அவர்கள் ஜப்பானிய தமிழறிஞர். தென்னிந்திய வரலாற்றை ஆய்வு செய்து மறைக்கப்பட்ட தமிழரின் வரலாற்றை உலகம் முழுக்கப் பரவலாக்கிய பெருமை மிக்க அறிஞர். சர்வதேச தமிழ் ஆராய்ச்சி சங்கத்தின்(IATR) முன்னாள் தலைவராக பத்து ஆண்டுகள் பதவி வகித்தவர். தஞ்சாவூரில் நடைபெற்ற 8 வது உலகத்தமிழ் மாநாட்டை முன்னின்று நடத்தியவர். அறிஞர் நொபொரு காராஷிமா அவர்கள் காலமாகும் இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு (2015), ஜப்பானில் 2013 ஆம் ஆண்டு அவரது இல்லம் சென்று அவரோடு உரையாடி இந்த நேர்முகம் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது. ஆங்கிலத்தில் அமைந்த அந்த நேர்முகத்தை தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்த்தவர் குலசேகரம் சஞ்சயன். குரல் தந்தவர்: பாலசிங்கம் பிரபாகரன். நேர்முகம் கண்டவர்: றைசெல். இது ஒரு மறு ஒலிபரப்பு. பாகம் 2.

Prof.Noboru Karashima, a prominent Japanese Tamil scholar, left an indelible mark on the global stage by dedicating himself to the study of South Indian, especially the Tamil history. Serving as the President of the International Association for Tamil Research (IATR) for a decade, he notably presided over the 8th World Tamil Conference in Thanjavur. Two years prior to his passing in 2015, an insightful interview with Prof.Karashima was conducted at his home in Japan in 2013. The interview was skilfully translated into Tamil by Kulasegaram Sanchayan and voiced by Balasingam Prabhakaran. The interview, conducted by RaySel, offers a glimpse into the profound contributions of a scholar whose work transcended borders, leaving an enduring impact on the understanding of Tamil heritage. Part 1. Part 2: - பேராசிரியர் நொபொரு காராஷிமா அவர்கள் ஜப்பானிய தமிழறிஞர். தென்னிந்திய வரலாற்றை ஆய்வு செய்து மறைக்கப்பட்ட தமிழரின் வரலாற்றை உலகம் முழுக்கப் பரவலாக்கிய பெருமை மிக்க அறிஞர். சர்வதேச தமிழ் ஆராய்ச்சி சங்கத்தின்(IATR) முன்னாள் தலைவராக பத்து ஆண்டுகள் பதவி வகித்தவர். தஞ்சாவூரில் நடைபெற்ற 8 வது உலகத்தமிழ் மாநாட்டை முன்னின்று நடத்தியவர்.

Noboru Nakatani has been leading in a global environment in various industries including manufacturing, IT, finance, and consulting in France, US and Japan. He is currently the President and CEO of JASTEC Co., Ltd., a leading systems integrator in Japan. Mr. Nakatani graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University and holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School. After graduation, Mr. Nakatani worked first as a Production Engineer at Canon Japan, and then led the Research and Development Department in their France operation. He then moved to New York, working as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte before joining JASTEC. As Chairman and CEO of JASTEC International, Inc Mr. Nakatani acquired a French company called LTU, and expanded JASTEC's business portfolio. Mr. Nakatani also successfully improved JASTEC's revenue during the first few years of his leadership after the company had been struggling.   When looking back at his early leadership years at Canon in Japan, Mr. Nakatani describes it as a “free” environment where engineers were allowed to try new things. The hierarchy was not as top-down, and the decision-making was not necessarily logical. When comparing his early leadership experience in Japan to France, Mr. Nakatani observes that both countries take their time in the decision-making process, yet the reasoning is different. In Japan, it is largely due to people being risk-averse and hesitant to make decisions, whereas in France, it is because there are so many different opinions and discussions that need to be held.   In order to maintain trust and engagement during JASTEC's difficult times as an externally hired leader, Mr. Nakatani listened to his employees and repeatedly communicated his vision and commitment to improve their business. Moreover, he worked to readjust the organization's client portfolio, and tried to maximize and diversity sales from existing clients. Mr. Nakatani points to internal training and research for his team's success in upselling, by having a well-trained sales and project management team that carefully analyzed the midterm plans of companies to make attractive proposals. Additionally, when making changes, Mr. Nakatani says it is important to start things from a small scale, where there is more flexibility and room for making mistakes. He also states how essential it is to learn from these mistakes and share the experience within the team.   For foreigners coming to lead in Japan, Mr. Nakatani advises to avoid micromanagement, as this prevents people from thinking independently and creatively. Moreover, Mr. Nakatani emphasizes the importance of listening to the team, and understanding their expectations, likes and dislikes and so on at the beginning of joining the company. From there, Mr. Nakatani recommends creating goals with a clear road map to help the employees succeed in reaching them. Being an externally hired executive, Mr. Nakatani also strongly advises to show commitment to the team and communicate to them that he or she will stay until their goals are reached. Mr. Nakatani also indicates the value of understanding Japanese clients and working on business development to increase sales as the leader. Although Japanese is helpful to know, Mr. Nakatani thinks that as long as the direct reports can communicate in English, it is not essential to be fluent. Lastly, he recommends leaders to learn from other executives from different industries and participate in training to expand their perspective.

Episode 7 of the Ramen in Japan podcast with my very special guest Logan Sullivan aka @ramenbae11 on Instagram. Logan has been the head ramen chef at "Hakata Teppenyaki, Sushi, and Ramen bar" in Jacksonville and has now relocated to Japan, more precisely to Gunma. We talk about the latest ramen bowls that we had in Japan and bowls or shops that impressed us in the recent time, as well as his time as a ramen chef in the States. Today's covered shops are: Menya Sakuragi (麺屋桜木) https://goo.gl/maps/idz6GFyztyRp3ftj9 Chukasoba Tomita (中華蕎麦 とみ田) https://goo.gl/maps/1yNc1cksWA655CEj7 Hi Wa Mata Noboru (陽はまたのぼる) https://goo.gl/maps/SqUsy1mbbfBUA6km8 Ramen Takumi (らーめんたくみ) https://goo.gl/maps/9H75GzETxkmy1Yp69 To make a reservation at Tomita, visit omakase.in and be ready to make a reservation Tuesday, 12:30pm Japanese time, at which new reservation slots for the upcoming 7 days open up. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rameninjapan/message

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En este episodio hablo sobre Noboru Yoshida. Puedes leer las notas de este podcast en el siguiente enlace: https://studioghibliweblog.es/2022/08/03 ---Música: Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. ---Contacto: https://linktr.ee/studioghibliweblog Más información en: www.spreaker.com/user/studioghibliweblog

It's not your imagination, summers have been getting hotter and hotter with extreme heatwaves occurring earlier and more frequently. But why is this happening and can we better predict heatwaves in advance to give people time to prepare? In June of 2021, an unprecedented heatwave shocked the Pacific Northwest and Canada. It ended up being one of the most deadly extreme weather events in the region. But no one could figure out how it occurred, until one Professor of Geophysical Science at the University of Chicago, Noboru Nakamura, saw it as an opportunity to test a new theoretical framework he had developed for understanding atmospheric phenomena. On this episode, we discuss the science of heatwaves, the mystery behind the Pacific Northwest heatwave, and how Nakamura's framework can be used to better understand and predict climate change and other extreme weather events.

A book where I'm certainly glad the ending got cut short!'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea' by Yukio Mishima is a story of 3 characters with romantic notions that crunch up against reality. Set in post WWII Yokohoma, young Noboru struggles to accept the courtship and impending marriage of his widowed mother Fusako with the stoic sailor Ryuji. The themes delve into the sentimental honour to be gained with glory and finding meaning in life by dampening emotions to embrace destruction/emptiness.I summarised the book as follows. "All 3 have an idealised emotional perspective of the world which seems to come crashing down, for better and worse. I liked the 3 pronged storyline & gained some insight into Japanese culture. I myself wasn't too put off by the disturbing scene with the kitten, but this isn't for the squeamish."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!If you would like to support the channel, you can grab yourself a copy of the book here! https://amzn.to/38o0xFKTimeline:(0:00) - Intro(0:27) - Synopsis(4:01) - Glory: Honour gained by notable achievements(7:24) - Inhuman: Finding meaning through destruction & emptiness(10:18) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(13:27) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

A book where I'm certainly glad the ending got cut short!'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea' by Yukio Mishima is a story of 3 characters with romantic notions that crunch up against reality. Set in post WWII Yokohoma, young Noboru struggles to accept the courtship and impending marriage of his widowed mother Fusako with the stoic sailor Ryuji. The themes delve into the sentimental honour to be gained with glory and finding meaning in life by dampening emotions to embrace destruction/emptiness.I summarised the book as follows. "All 3 have an idealised emotional perspective of the world which seems to come crashing down, for better and worse. I liked the 3 pronged storyline & gained some insight into Japanese culture. I myself wasn't too put off by the disturbing scene with the kitten, but this isn't for the squeamish."I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro (0:27) - Synopsis(4:01) - Glory: Honour gained by notable achievements(7:24) - Inhuman: Finding meaning through destruction & emptiness(10:18) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(13:27) - SummaryConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/

This week is our wrap up episode for the Japanese literature unit. We've learned to enjoy the three main ingredients of the Japanese Spirit - koku, depravity, and suicide. There have been many memorable characters as well, the goshin in his search for Yam Gruel, the outcast eta Segawa, the hysterical Komako and her emotionally distant lover Shimamura, and of course Noboru and his sadistic friends. We also had the pleasure of learning of Saigo Takamori's failed rebellion with Mark Ravina and the forces that shaped the Meiji Restoration with Beasly. All in all, this unit had a breadth and depth that the others lacked - partly due to our more purposeful selection of books and partly due to the unique and rich experience of the land of the rising sun. Across snowy mountains to see a mountain geisha, to the seaside to kill our step dad, investigating the murder of a nobleman in a grove, it feels like we've been everywhere on this strange island. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub

This week we're reading The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea by Yukio Mishima (who I've mispronounced as Yukia Mishima several times.) The book is about a young child named of Noboru, the son of the middle class mother. Noboru and his friends shun the world of adults as illusory and beneath contempt with only a few “permissible” things such as the sea and ships. Noboru's mother Fusako falls in love with a sailor named Ryuiji who Noboru initially identifies as a hero. Ryuji rises above the domestication of modernity, only to fall from grace as he leaves the life of a sailor to become a husband and, worst of all, a father. Yukio's grotesque and engrossing tale of Ubermensch children will leave you queasy and contemplative. Yukio Mishima is perhaps Japan's best known novelist. Of samurai lineage, he is known for his extreme, nationalist politics and intense devotion to his art. His works range from poetry to theatre, but he is best known for his magnum opus tetrology the Sea of Fertility. After finishing the last words of the Sea of Fertility, Mishima attempted a coup against the Japanese government to restore the Emperor in which he failed and performed seppuku - ritual Japanese suicide. Next week we're reading the first half of the The Last Samurai by Mark Ravina. You can call and leave voicemails on our Book Nerds Hotline and we'll play them on the show: 1-978-255-3404 Follow us on Instagram @literalfictionbookclub

Noboru Kimura est l'interprète de Love is Everything, l'un des nombreux génériques de fin de la seconde série de Lupin the 3rd (Edgar détective cambrioleur). 1ère diffusion le 03/06/2019

'China's Rise, America's Pivot and Japan's Choice for Peace and Stability of the Asia-Pacific Region', presented by Lieutenant General Noboru YAMAGUCHI, Professor and Director for International Programs, National Defense Academy (NDA) of Japan. 13 June 2013. Perspectives:Asia is produced by The Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University and the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art.

Borneo is an island where three very different nation-states meet: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Indonesian province of Kalimantan occupies most of the island; of the rest, all except one percent is taken up by the Malaysian provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. The tiny but wealthy Sultanate of Brunei occupies that one percent. So, people living in the northern parts of the island have lots of borders to cross. It’s almost like having your own mini-continent; and one that the outside world doesn’t really think of in terms of barbed wire and immigration check points- such imagery being reserved for the more famous borders of India and Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, or even Thailand and Cambodia. Borneo to most of us out here is all about orangutans, long houses, and tropical rainforest.  But Noboru Ishikawa‘s magnificent, trail-blazing book, Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a South East Asian Borderland (NUS Press, 2010) is all about the borders and frontiers that slice up Borneo, the people who have to live around them, and the daily negotiations that take place on them. Noboru conducted extensive fieldwork in the villages on the border demarcating Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan to see how the people lived the experience of being on a borderland- for the Malaysian village of Telok Melano, for instance, it was 3 kilometres to Indonesia, and an 8 hour walk (tide permitting) to Sematan in Malaysia when the sea was too rough for boats to traverse. The result of his work is a marvelous fusion of historiography and anthropology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Borneo is an island where three very different nation-states meet: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Indonesian province of Kalimantan occupies most of the island; of the rest, all except one percent is taken up by the Malaysian provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. The tiny but wealthy Sultanate of Brunei occupies that one percent. So, people living in the northern parts of the island have lots of borders to cross. It’s almost like having your own mini-continent; and one that the outside world doesn’t really think of in terms of barbed wire and immigration check points- such imagery being reserved for the more famous borders of India and Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, or even Thailand and Cambodia. Borneo to most of us out here is all about orangutans, long houses, and tropical rainforest. But Noboru Ishikawa‘s magnificent, trail-blazing book, Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a South East Asian Borderland (NUS Press, 2010) is all about the borders and frontiers that slice up Borneo, the people who have to live around them, and the daily negotiations that take place on them. Noboru conducted extensive fieldwork in the villages on the border demarcating Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan to see how the people lived the experience of being on a borderland- for the Malaysian village of Telok Melano, for instance, it was 3 kilometres to Indonesia, and an 8 hour walk (tide permitting) to Sematan in Malaysia when the sea was too rough for boats to traverse. The result of his work is a marvelous fusion of historiography and anthropology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Borneo is an island where three very different nation-states meet: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Indonesian province of Kalimantan occupies most of the island; of the rest, all except one percent is taken up by the Malaysian provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. The tiny but wealthy Sultanate of Brunei occupies that one percent. So, people living in the northern parts of the island have lots of borders to cross. It’s almost like having your own mini-continent; and one that the outside world doesn’t really think of in terms of barbed wire and immigration check points- such imagery being reserved for the more famous borders of India and Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, or even Thailand and Cambodia. Borneo to most of us out here is all about orangutans, long houses, and tropical rainforest. But Noboru Ishikawa‘s magnificent, trail-blazing book, Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a South East Asian Borderland (NUS Press, 2010) is all about the borders and frontiers that slice up Borneo, the people who have to live around them, and the daily negotiations that take place on them. Noboru conducted extensive fieldwork in the villages on the border demarcating Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan to see how the people lived the experience of being on a borderland- for the Malaysian village of Telok Melano, for instance, it was 3 kilometres to Indonesia, and an 8 hour walk (tide permitting) to Sematan in Malaysia when the sea was too rough for boats to traverse. The result of his work is a marvelous fusion of historiography and anthropology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Borneo is an island where three very different nation-states meet: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Indonesian province of Kalimantan occupies most of the island; of the rest, all except one percent is taken up by the Malaysian provinces of Sabah and Sarawak. The tiny but wealthy Sultanate of Brunei occupies that one percent. So, people living in the northern parts of the island have lots of borders to cross. It’s almost like having your own mini-continent; and one that the outside world doesn’t really think of in terms of barbed wire and immigration check points- such imagery being reserved for the more famous borders of India and Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, or even Thailand and Cambodia. Borneo to most of us out here is all about orangutans, long houses, and tropical rainforest. But Noboru Ishikawa‘s magnificent, trail-blazing book, Between Frontiers: Nation and Identity in a South East Asian Borderland (NUS Press, 2010) is all about the borders and frontiers that slice up Borneo, the people who have to live around them, and the daily negotiations that take place on them. Noboru conducted extensive fieldwork in the villages on the border demarcating Malaysian Sarawak and Indonesian Kalimantan to see how the people lived the experience of being on a borderland- for the Malaysian village of Telok Melano, for instance, it was 3 kilometres to Indonesia, and an 8 hour walk (tide permitting) to Sematan in Malaysia when the sea was too rough for boats to traverse. The result of his work is a marvelous fusion of historiography and anthropology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manga review of GTO Volume 13 by Tohru Fujisawa. Translated and adapted by Dan Papia. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Tokyopop, $9.99, Rated OT-- Age 16+. So the Holy Forest class trip to Okinawa is happening. Onizuka is having fun with the trip, bunking his class co-ed in the hotel, even sometimes shacking up arch enemies together. But something else got his attention last volume. One of his students, Kikuchi, told him about a legend concerning a Christian missionary that had buried 2 billion yen worth of treasure on Iriomote Jima, a sparsely populated island which is one of the wildest and most unexplored areas of Japan, consisting mostly of subtropical jungle. Deceiving most of his students, Onizuka tells them that they will be conducting research on how sea turtle eggs taste. Yep, that's the excuse he gives to make them start digging for the treasure! As they trek through the jungle, Noboru gets kidnapped by Anko and her cronies and they drag him deep into the wild. They tie him up, thinking that Onizuka will get blamed for his disapperance. Instead, the girls realize they have become lost. When Anko falls into a sea cave, it's Noboru to the rescue, which sets off a chain reaction leading to one of the most unlikely romances I've come across in the series so far.   The cool thing about GTO is that Fujisawa always uses the characters as the focus. Yeah, he puts Onizuka in there with all his rudeness and crudeness, but in the end all the kids and teachers are human beings. Yes, even Uchiyamada, who sets out to bring Onizuka down once again, only to find himself being lapped danced and boob slapped at a strip club and then ending up dredged in a fish net! The spotlight of volume 13 is on the evolving relationship between Noboru and Anko, which goes back to the earliest volumes of GTO. If you remember, Noboru was being bullied by Anko and her crew so much, he attempted to kill himself. My, how far we've come, thanks to Onizuka. Now, thanks to their test of survival, it might be that Anko and Noboru might end up loving each other! In some other manga series, characters are introduced and seem major before they move back into a supporting role forever. You have the sense in GTO that any character can step up into a starring role at any time if it serves the story. It can get repetitive at times because in the end GTO's main purpose is to find a way to reach every kid in his class, no matter how much they may hate him. But finding out how he reaches them is what is fun. My Grade: A You can listen to my podcast review of Volume 1: http://sesho.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=319225 (I will say this. GTO is one of the titles Tokyopop has lost the license to publish, so I wouldn't dally if you want to try this series out. The entire series is now out of print)

Here's our interview from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2007 with renowned science fiction anime director Noboru Ishiguro, whose works include Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) as well as Superdimensional Fortress Macross (part of which became Robotech). Visit www.animeworldorder.com for full show notes and supplemental links.