• Music(Ska, Punk, J-pop)
• Movies/Film
• Drawing
• Writing
• Video Games(SEGA hardware-R.I.P)
• Asian languages
• DISNEYLAND
ARTISTS:
• Trevor Brown
• Mark Ryden
• Drew Struzan
• Terada Katsuya
• Hyung Tae-Kim
FOOD:
• Cheese
• Tofu
• Soon Tofu
• Bulgogi
• Gyouza
• Tacos
• Spaghetti
• Pizza
• Pho
• Ramen (in Japan, because ramen here sucks when compared)
• Somen
• Taco Bell
• A bunch of other crap that I shouldn't be eating
That's about it!
Nice, cool people! Any age, any race, any size, straight, gay, Martian! Doesn't matter to me! Just be cool with me and ill be cool with you! Let's be friends! But it wouldn't hurt if you were a cute female either. *Wink*
NEW ROTE'KA - BAI BAI MONKEY
SKA:
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
• The Skatilites
• The Rollings
• Arts
• The Chinkees
• Mephiskapheles (R.I.P.)
• Sk @ yMate's
• The Planet Smashers
• The Skoidats
And many, many others!
PUNK:
• The Vandals
• NOFX
• Pennywise
• Ten Foot Pole
• Hi-Standard (R.I.P.)
• Hawaiian6
• Snail Ramp
• Slime Ball
• LolitaNo.18
• Going Steady (R.I.P)
• New Rote'ka
• NOB (R.I.P.)
• 30 % Less Fat
• Husking Bee (R.I.P.)
And many, many others!
J-POP:
• Puffy
• Shiina Ringo
• Tokyo Jihen
• Ootsuka Ai
• Kouda Kumi
• BoA
And many, many others!
MOVIE SCORES:
• Danny Elfman
• John Williams
• Michael Giacchino
• Joe Hisaishi
• Amano Masamichi
OTHER VARIOUS BANDS:
• SAMBOMASTER
• Yellow Machinegun
• Weezer
• The Band Apart
• Asphalt Frustration
• Ala
• Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Sakerock
• The Futureheads
• Oingo Boingo
• They Might Be Giants
My favs. In no particular order:
GhOstbusters
Star Wars (all of them)
Back to the Future trilogy
Austin Powers trilogy
Wayne's World 1&2
the Goonies
Dick Tracy
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
As Good as it Gets
Kill Bill (I consider it one whole movie)
Lost in Translation
Groundhog Day
Howl's Moving Castle
Gosford Park
Shaun of the dead
Hot Fuzz
The Full Monty
Keeping Mum
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Stranger Than Fiction
Memories of Murder
The Host
Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls - US Title)
Kiraware Matsuko no Isshou (Memories of Matsuko - English title)
Dai Nipponjin
Little Miss Sunshine
Various Hong Kong Action Flicks
All of Satoshi Kon's works which include:
Perfect Blue
Millennium Actress
Tokyo Godfathers
Paprika
All of Brad Bird's films which are:
The Iron Giant
The Incredibles
Ratatouille
Park Chan Wook's films:
JSA (Joint Security Area)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
Cut
Alexander Payne's films:
Election
About Schmidt
Sideways
I LOVE anything directed by Tim Burton .
I might as well list them:
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Beetlejuice
Batman
Edward Scissorhands
Batman Returns
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Producer)
Ed Wood
Mars Attacks
Sleepy Hollow
Big Fish
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Sweeney Todd
You'll notice that i didn't include Planet of the Apes! It was his worst movie! Although I do like it on some level but I'm not sure what level that is!
Movies by Jean-Pierre Jeunet:
Delicatessen
the City of Lost Children
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Guillermo Del Toro:
Pan's Labyrinth
The Devil's Backbone
All Christopher Guest movies are great:
Waiting for Guffman
Best in show
A Mighty Wind
For Your Consideration
• Alf
• Scrubs
• Everybody loves Raymond
• King of Queens
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• A Thin Blue Line
• The Office (Both American and British versions but I have a special place in my heart for the British one!)
• Extras
• My name is Earl
• 30 Rock
• Gilligan's Island
• Arrested Development(R.I.P)
• Andy Richter controls the universe(R.I.P)
• Golden Girls
• Cowboy Bebop
• Firefly
• Kino's Journey
• Paranoia Agent
• Downtown no gaki no tsukai
• Ametalk
• Meccha Ike
• Uchimura Produce(R.I.P)
• Rinkan
• Densha Otoko
• Various shows that play in my head
• Harry Potter
• George Carlin's Napalm and Silly Putty
• Jackie Chan's My Life in Action
• Tim Burton's The Melancholy death of Oyster boy and other stories
• Various manga
• Tim Burton
• Danny Elfman
• Brad Bird
• Park Chan-Wook
• Jackie Chan
• Sammo Hung