{"id":30290,"date":"2017-03-01T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=30290"},"modified":"2017-03-05T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T16:49:04","slug":"miscellany-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia-640x360.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia-1200x674.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Adansonia.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watched the first episode of <i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/kemono-friends\" target=\"_blank\">Kemono Friends<\/a><\/b><\/i>, the post-apocalyptic children&#8217;s show that allegedly is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/feature\/2017-02-24\/kemono-friends-this-season-sleeper-hit\/.112202\" target=\"_blank\">insanely popular<\/a> in Japan. I didn&#8217;t dislike it as much <a href=\"http:\/\/ani-nouto.animeblogger.net\/2017\/02\/24\/kemono-friends-01\/\" target=\"_blank\">as Pete did<\/a>, but I doubt that I&#8217;ll watch more, even if it does feature baobabs (above) and tree euphorbias (below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees-640x360.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees-768x431.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees-1200x674.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Trees.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Although there are innumerable Alices in anime, the most Carrollian show of them all never mentions her. Instead, we have Ami, who finds a door to &#8220;Animal Yokocho&#8221; in the floor of her new bedroom. Things are <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/childrens-theatre-of-the-absurd\/\" target=\"_blank\">done differently<\/a> in AniYoko. <i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Manga\/AnimalYokocho\" target=\"_blank\">Animal Yokocho<\/a><\/b><\/i> is nominally a children&#8217;s show, and it&#8217;s okay for kids, but adults will better appreciate the absurdities. This celebration of friendship, nonsense and emotional blackmail probably will never be licensed for North America.<span id='easy-footnote-1-30290' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-10\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-30290' title='There is an English dub made for Philippine television.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> However, I recently discovered that the first third of the show is available subtitled on youTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3H6o71pnwLg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-now.com\/entry\/2017\/02\/26\/000048\" target=\"_blank\">a helpful article<\/a> that walks you through registering and making purchases at Amazon Japan. One important detail it omits is that you cannot download music to addresses outside of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Saturday I placed orders with both Amazon Japan and Amazon USA. Which will arrive first? This is how matters stood at 7:30 this morning:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/japan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/japan-640x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30361\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/japan-640x472.png 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/japan-768x566.png 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/japan.png 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/usa.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/usa-246x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/usa-246x640.png 246w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/usa-394x1024.png 394w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/usa.png 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 85vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I expect both will arrive tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Update: We have a winner.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30386\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL-640x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"591\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL-640x591.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL-768x709.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL-1024x945.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL-1200x1107.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DHL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japan wins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the first episode of Kemono Friends, the post-apocalyptic children&#8217;s show that allegedly is insanely popular in Japan. I didn&#8217;t dislike it as much as Pete did, but I doubt that I&#8217;ll watch more, even if it does feature baobabs (above) and tree euphorbias (below). ***** Although there are innumerable Alices in anime, the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/miscellany-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Miscellany&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-whatever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-7Sy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30290"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30521,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30290\/revisions\/30521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}