Japanese Box Office Analysis

Posted: September 24, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Anime, Ghibli, Movies | 1 Comment

I just saw Marnie Was there a few weeks ago and it makes me wonderhow well Ghibli films, and other anime for that matter, did in the box office in previous years. For the analysis, I am using Box Office Mojo’s data between 2002 and 2014 for this analysis. Here are the results of top Japanese films:

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AKB48 Janken Tournament 2014 – Conspiracy theory disproved?

Posted: September 23, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: AKB48, J-Pop | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

I just finished watching the latest AKB rock-paper-scissors tournament and want to write my thoughts on it. Statistically, I find it very fascinating, especially in conjunction with the results from last year.

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