TITULO ORIGINAL Manie Manie: Meikyû monogatari (Neo-Tokyo – Labyrinth Tales)
AÑO 1987
DURACIÓN 52 min.
PAÍS Japón
DIRECTOR Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
GUIÓN Katsuhiro Ôtomo, Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Masao Maruyama
MÚSICA Micky Yoshino
FOTOGRAFÍA Animation
REPARTO Animation
PRODUCTORA Haruki Kadokawa Films / Kadokawa Publishing Company Ltd. / Mad House / Madhouse Productions / Project Team Argos

SINOPSIS: Neo-Tokyo reúne tres historias cortas dirigidas y escritas cada una por tres de los directores de animación japonesa más reconocidos del sector: Katsuhiro Ôtomo (Akira, Steamboy), Rintaro (Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis) y Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, Demon City)

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NEOTOKYO, LABERINTO DE HISTORIAS

Quer saber o que significa seu nome? Ou o nome de um amigo, conhecido, personagem, ator japa? Aqui está uma lista dos principais nomes japoneses:

 AIKO – FILHO DO AMOR.

 AKIRA – O INTELIGENTE.

 DAICHI – PRIMEIRO NETO.

 HAJIME – COMEÇO, PRIMEIRO FILHO.

 HAYATO – ÁGIL, RÁPIDO, VELOZ.

 HIDEAKI – MANEIRAS, MODOS.

 HIDEKI – ÁRVORE MARAVILHOSA.

 HIDETAKA – PRÓSPERO, RESPONSÁVEL, EXCELENTE.

 HIROÍTO – HOMEM GRANDE.

 HIROKI – ALEGRIA DA PROSPERIDADE, DA ABUNDÂNCIA.

 HIROSHI – GENEROSO.

 ICHIRO – PRIMEIRO FILHO.

 ISAO – CORAJOSO, DE MÉRITOS.

 KANJI – SAUDÁVEL, SEGUNDO FILHO.

 KATSUO – CRIANÇA VITORIOSA.

 KAZUAKI – PAZ AGRADÁVEL, BRILHANTE.

 KAZUMI – PAZ AGRADÁVEL.

 KAZUO – PRIMEIRO, PACÍFICO.

 KEN – SAUDÁVEL, IDEAL.

 KENICHI – SÁBIO, MODESTO.

 KENJIRO – MODESTO SEGUNDO FILHO.

 KENTARO – SAUDÁVEL GRANDE HOMEM.

 KENTO – CRESCENTE, PRÓSPERO.

 KIICHI – FELIZ PRIMEIRO FILHO.

 KOJI – EXPANSIVO E CONTROLADOR.

 KOTARO – FILHO GRANDE E BRILHANTE.

 RAIDEN – HERÓI DA MITOLOGIA JAPONESA.

 RIKI – O PODER.

 RYOTARO – FILHO ESPLENDIDAMENTE VIGOROSO.

 SATORU – ILUMINADO.

 SEIJI – SINCERO, RELIGIOSO.

 SHINICHI – QUE AJUDA NO CRESCIMENTO DA FÉ.

 SHUICHI – ESTUDIOSO, APLICADO.

 SUSUMO – PROGRESSO.

 TAKAFUMI – EXALTADO.

 TAKASHI – NOBRE ASPIRAÇÃO.

 TAKESHI – BAMBUZAL.

 TATSUO – SÁBIO, LÚCIDO.

 YACHI – CENTENÁRIO.

 YASUHIKO – PRÍNCIPE PACÍFICO.

 YOKO – CRIANÇA POSITIVA.

 YOSHIAKI – BRILHANTE E CORAJOSO.

Alguns nomes masculinos modernos terminam com o sufixos “ichi” (Jun-ichi, Ken-ichi, Ryuichi) ou “kazu” (Masakazu, Toshikazu), que significam “o primeiro filho”. 

Já os sufixos “ji” (Eiji) e “zo” (Senzo) significam respectivamente “o segundo filho” e o “o terceiro filho”. 

A maioria dos nomes femininos modernos terminam com o sufixo “ko” (Keiko, Masako, Naoko, Yoko), que significa “criança”. 

Outros comuns nomes femininos terminam com o sufixo “mi” (Harumi, Naomi, Yumi), que significa “beleza”.

Quer mais?

A JBC lançou recentemente o Dicionário de Nomes Japoneses, com significado de mais de 800 nomes, além da explicação sobre os nomes dos principais personagens de mangá, das celebridades e da família imperial.

Quer saber mais sobre os sobrenomes japoneses? Aqui, aqui, aqui, aqui e aqui tem! 

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A troubling position on ‘comfort women’
The Yomiuri Shimbun

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20071215TDY04305.htm

The Japanese government must lobby other governments to persuade them not to follow in the footsteps of the European Parliament in adopting a resolution that sullies Japan’s standing.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning Japan over the “comfort women” issue. The resolution calls for the government to apologize, saying the Imperial armed forces coerced young women in Asia to work as “sex slaves” before and during World War II.

The latest development resembles the resolution adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives over the comfort women issue in July. This matter has now spilled over to Europe. The parliaments of Canada and the Netherlands also have adopted similar resolutions.

However, interest in the comfort women issue has not necessarily been high in Europe. The European Parliament’s resolution was advocated by the minor Green Party and fewer than 10 percent of the members of parliament attended the voting.

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Moves behind the scenes
However, Amnesty International, an international human rights organization, has organized hearings of former comfort women, including Dutch women, at various places, and is lobbying many governments to adopt resolutions on the issue. Anti-Japanese organizations with ties to China and South Korea are orchestrating such moves behind the scenes.

When Japan controlled Indonesia during World War II after ousting the Dutch military, detained Dutch women were taken by Japanese soldiers and forced to become comfort women against their will. However, Japanese military headquarters in Jakarta closed down the comfort station immediately after learning of the incident, and released the women.

This was indeed an unfortunate incident, but the story provides “counterevidence” that sinks allegations that the Japanese military systematically coercively recruited women into sexual service.

Officers and soldiers involved in the incident were sentenced as Class-B and Class-C war criminals by a war tribunal in the Netherlands after the war.

The German military had more than 500 “comfort stations” in East Europe and other occupied areas, yet we rarely hear a peep about this. A number of documents verify this fact, including a report by an official of the Catholic Church to the then pope, saying Nazis took Jewish women to serve as prostitutes for German soldiers.

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Kono statement to blame
The Green Party that advocated the adoption of the latest resolution has many German members. We wonder if they intend to keep silent over what happened in their own country many years ago.

One reason why Japan has been repeatedly dragged over the coals regarding the comfort women issue is the 1993 statement issued by then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono. The statement suggested that Japanese officials systematically and coercively recruited women to be comfort women.

However, there is not one single document or a shred of evidence that substantiates this. Nobuo Ishihara, deputy chief secretary at that time, later said the Kono statement was issued to deflect pressure from South Korea, which had been pressing Japan to acknowledge it had carted off comfort women.

The government must review the Kono statement, which has become a source of misunderstanding in the international community.

(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Dec. 15, 2007)

(Dec. 15, 2007)