Show. Me. The. Monkey!
Tag: Folklore
Recommendation: Ya Boy Kongming!
Known in the original Japanese by the superior title "Kongming of the Party People"
Music to Write Realmgard to: Loreley
'We should all be so lucky as to find that true love that we can get a decent band name out of. I, for example, yearn to marry Ms. Conquest so our eventual band can be "The Norman Conquest"…'
Music to Write Realmgard to: Ramble On
Zeppelin: some of the most iconic rockers of all; also, colossal nerds — Exhibit B.
Music to Write Realmgad to: Chanson de Roland
Oddly jaunty for a song about a battle where everybody died…
Music to Write Realmgad to: Chanson de Roland
This song tells about a man The ride to destruction With cheerful courage and in hand So he rode deep into enemy territory with a proud army Then his horn Oliphant sounds at the pass of Roncevaux
Recommendation: The Forbidden Kingdom
Actually a pretty good introduction to the wuxia genre.
Music to Write Realmgard to: The Lullaby of Takeda
There is, as far as I can tell, no connection between the song and famous Takeda clan of Feudal-era Japan. The lullaby and the clan are written differently in Japanese.
Recommendation: Ya Boy Kongming!
Known in the original Japanese by the superior title "Kongming of the Party People"
Recommendation: 47 Ronin
10/10 visuals, 5/10 script, Hiroyuki Sanada/10 casting.
