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Transformers & Gundam dork bringing shitposts & toy pictures. Translator of Japanese movie programs. Be excellent to each other. He/Him
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Today's Japanese Movie Program translation: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Not my favorite Bowie film, but it's still good. That and it provided the cover for my favorite Bowie album, Low.

#filmsky #moviesky #davidbowie
Japan Movie Program - The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) [English Translation] : Shochiku Fuji Co. Ltd : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Japanese movie program for the 1976 Nicolas Roeg film, The Man Who Fell to Earth.This program is read in the traditional Japanese right-to-left...
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February 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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A meme of images from "Twin Peaks: The Return" matched with lyrics from the Talking Heads song, "Once in a Lifetime." Image 1) "And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack" Mr. C (Dale Cooper's doppelganger) sitting in Otis' cabin. 2) "And you may find yourself in another part of the world" Agent Cooper standing on the balcony of the building in the purple space. 3) "And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile" Agent Cooper and Diane in a car on a desert road. 4) "And you may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife" Dougie/Cooper at the dinner table with Janey E. 5) "And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?" Agent Cooper hurtling through the space between spaces.
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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“If I’m here at Super Bowl LX, it’s because I never stopped believing in myself. You should never stop believing in yourself either. It’s worth more than you think.” —Bad Bunny
Still image from the Super Bowl halftime show of Bad Bunny looking serious, talking directly to the camera, pointing at us.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Install thisth into the Gundam, Amuro m'boy, and it's capabilities will surely increase! Gaw ha! Very expensive.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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I've been working on the movie program for "Godzilla•Mothra•King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" off-and-on since July. Every page has so much editing to do to erase the original text. It's been such a slog, but I only have a few pages left...all merch pages, the most annoying to work on.
An in-progress English translation of a page from the Japanese movie pamphlet for "Godzilla•Mothra•King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack." It features a remote-controlled Godzilla toy as well as action figures of Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Mothra and everybody's favorite, Baragon.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Serial Mom (1994)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

This one had me discover & become a fan of Mayumi Mitome's film caricatures. Oddly, Matt Lillard's credits are mostly fake here.

#filmsky #moviesky #johnwaters
The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Serial Mom." It features Kathleen Turner as Beverly Supthin holding a pair of scissors. Framed portraits of Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard and Ricki Lake are in the lower right corner. An english-translated illustration by Mayumi Mitome from the Japanese movie program for "Serial Mom." It features caricatures and factoids of the cast as well as director John Waters and Divine. The colors here have been inverted as it appears black with white linework in the actual program. An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Serial Mom." Matt Lillard's listed credits here are an oddity. His first film appearance was in "Ghoulies III," not "Ghoulies II" as listed here. Also, the films "Today and Tomorrow," "Back in the Saddle," as well as the TV series "The Prom King" and "Blood Brothers" don't exist. I'm not sure if they just made stuff up to pad out his profile, but its very strange. Another illustration (not in the movie program) by Mayumi Mitome that accompanied her review for "Phantom of the Paradise," which is a criminally underrated musical.
February 3, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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*Click* Today's Japanese movie program translation: Hereditary (2018)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

This is easily one of my favorite horror movies, which makes it so disappointing that I've bounced off of Aster's other films

#filmsky #moviesky #horror
Japanese Movie Program - Hereditary (2018) [English Translation] : Phantom Films : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Japanese movie program for the 2018 Ari Aster film, Hereditary, released in Japan under the title Hereditary/Inheritance.This version has been...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Twin Peaks: Sausage Walk With Me
Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "sausage".
January 29, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Hudson Hawk (1991)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

This movie is absolutely a guilty pleasure of mine. But it doesn't deserve its bad rap! It's like a live-action Lupin III! It's dumb fun!

#filmsky #moviesky
Japanese Movie Program - Hudson Hawk (1991) [English Translation] : Toho Co. Ltd. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Japanese movie program for the 1991 Michael Lehmann film, Hudson Hawk.This version has been translated into English using Google Translate & cleaned up...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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My Inart Dark Knight Rises Batman (Deluxe Version) showed up today. The Christian Bale sculpt is ridiculously good, especially at 1:12 scale. I wish the cape had a wire, but other than that, this figure is amazing.

#toyphotography #figurephotography
An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." The unmasked head sculpt is an amazingly realistic depiction of Christian Bale. An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed to appear that Batman is jumping down from a great height; his arms splayed with his cape surrounding him. An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed to look like Batman is kicking someone towards the camera. An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed wearing a miniature Playstation VR and holding two Playstation Move controllers. A miniature white Playstation 4 Pro & Dualshock 4 controller are in the background.
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Hail Satan! Today's Japanese movie program translation: The VVitch (2015)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

One of the pricier pamphlets for me to obtain ($45), it's also disappointingly one of the shortest at only 12 pages.

#moviesky #filmsky #horror
Japanese Movie Program - The VVitch (2015) [English Translation] : Interfilm : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Japanese movie program for the 2015 Robert Eggers film, The VVitch.This version has been translated into English using Google Translate & cleaned up...
archive.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Another Japanese movie program translation: Lupin III: The First (2019)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Hot take, but I like this better than Castle of Cagliostro. They're both fantastic but this feels more fun.

#filmsky #moviesky #lupiniii #anime
The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It depicts a CG Lupin III in grey slack, black shirt, yellow tie and red jacket. He's standing supported with his grandfather's cane and his face partially obscured by his grandfather's top hat. Two English-translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features an interview with director Takashi Yamazaki as well as concept art of several character's heads and storyboards from the rooftop chase sequence in the film. An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features an interview with the composer, Yuji Ohno. An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features a collection of Lupin III-related merchandise including shot glasses, keychains, postcards, pens and more.
January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Paris, Texas (1984)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

One of my favorite movies; just such a beautifully shot film. I just love the shot of Harry Dean Stanton looking over the city at night.

#filmsky #moviesky
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: The Thing (1982)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Probably my favorite John Carpenter film. The special effects are just so gross and hold still hold up pretty well today.

#filmsky #moviesky #horror
January 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Spaceballs

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

I spent way too much time clone-stamping the Japanese text away to preserve the background image for a few pages. AI solutions (predictably) suck.

#filmsky #moviesky
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
Translated: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Even this can't help but spoil the twist in the movie, despite one of the guest writers being asked not to.

#filmsky #moviesky
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Collecting toys in 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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From my heart and from my hand, why don't people understand that today's Japanese Movie Program translation is Weird Science (1985)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Movie doesn't hold up, but at least it introduced me to Oingo Boingo

#filmsky #moviesky
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Now that there's a MonsterArts Anguirus, my Santa Godzilla in my Christmas display finally has a reindeer.
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Got a new batch of Japanese movie programs in.

I finally tracked down the one for "House," which it turns out is a double feature with another movie, "Pure Hearts in Mud."

The one for "Cecil B. Demented" came with a card CD.

"Brazil" is actually a press sheet from a rerelease.

#filmsky #moviesky
Covers to various Japanese movie programs. Row 1: 3 Women, Akira, Blade Runner 2049, Brazil, Cecil B. Demented Row 2: Easy Rider, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus Row 3: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Goodfellas, House, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Picnic at Hanging Rock Row 4: Princess Mononoke, Pure Hearts in Mud. A blue card-sized mini CD-ROM disc included with the program for "Cecil B. Demented." It includes 2 PDFs for "John Waters Cinema Express," 2 low-res by modern standards desktop wallpapers, a low-res Japanese trailer for the film, and an extremely 2000's interface.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Two of my favorite musicians AND Beat Takeshi?

#filmsky #moviesky #DavidBowie #RyuichiSakamoto
The cover to the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," known in Japan as "Battlefield's Merry Christmas." It features a photograph of palm trees with mountains in the distance. In the foreground are illustrations of "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tom Conti. Translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." These pages feature incidents that happened on set according to "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. Translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." These pages detail Ryuichi Sakamoto's thoughts on the filming of the movie. Two pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." A centerfold featuring a still of the film, Major Celliers (David Bowie) approaches Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto), attempting to prevent the execution of Captain Hicksley (Jack Thompson).
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

John Carpenter's movies have some of my favorite programs. Good interviews and behind the scenes info.

#filmsky #moviesky #johncarpenter #horror
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Today's Japanese movie program translation: True Stories (1986)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

I love this movie and Talking Heads, so this was a fun one to work on.

#filmsky #moviesky #talkingheads #davidbyrne
The cover for the Japanese movie program for "True Stories" featuring David Byrne in a suit and wide-brimmed hat, holding a newspaper reading "True Stories" on the front. An english-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "True Stories," featuring an article by the music critic, Toyo Nakamura. An english-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "True Stories," featuring an interview with David Byrne by the film journalist Yasuhiko Sawada and a profile on Byrne. An english-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "True Stories," featuring an interview with David Byrne by the film journalist Yasuhiko Sawada.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Willkommen! Today's Japanese movie program translation: Cabaret (1972)

Original: archive.org/details/jmp-...
English: archive.org/details/jmp-...

Having really only enjoyed Rocky Horror Picture Show before, Cabaret and Phantom of the Paradise are changing my mind on musicals.

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The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey on stage performing the song "Money." A page from the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring several stills from the film, mostly focused on Liza Minnelli. English-translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring a review by film critic Hisamitsu Noguchi. English-translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring a profile on Liza Minnelli.
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM