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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #B-9 is Circa 1997: "The Future has Passed..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Retro Sci-Fi TV (or "Why I Thought We'd ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Channel 2, 4, or 7: "30 Minutes of Fun..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “My Life as a Sitcom” Check back every weekend ...

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NHK is Your Direct Line to Japanese News

The recent 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima went by quietly on American news (in part because there’s just so much news to ...

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“Fresh Off the Boat” could be the tipping point on TV for Asian Americans

There’s a new ABC sitcom being aired starting in February that I can hardly wait to see. I’m hoping Fresh Off the Boat ...

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Internment: A Passion Project

There is a script floating around Hollywood with Japanese Americans as central characters and the desolate landscape of an American concentration camp as the setting ...

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Guilty Pleasures

As with most people who subscribe to cable television, I suffer through an endless number of inconveniences, indignities, and monetary insults. When the signal becomes ...

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TV With Grandpa

My maternal grandfather was born in Japan, in Nagasaki prefecture. In Brazil, he lived in the countryside, very far away from my home in Sao ...

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Hawaii Five-0 recreates Honouliuli Internment Camp

I’m catching up on Hawaii Five-0 and just watched James Saito’s masterful performance in Ho'onani Makuakane, where he plays a former internee ...

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“Hawaii Five-0” airs powerful episode about Pearl Harbor & imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII

We’re fans of the CBS series “Hawaii Five-0” for lots of reasons, including the fact that it’s a showcase for Asian and Pacific ...

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From Shakespeare to tiger mom Jodi Long has done it all - Part 1 of 2

Jodi Long was made for the theater. Yet, she enjoys her work in films and has a knack for playing judges and tiger moms on ...