This week! SASUKE Trial Summer 2008! サスケトライアル2008夏!
It's the Final Stage! There are only eight slots to the big show! The final 12 competitors will try to muscle their way onto the Stage of SASUKE Hopes and Dreams. To earn a place to sit on one of the Chairs of SASUKE Trial Success and Future Glory! To put their numbers on the Boards of..OK, I'll stop now.
It's SASUKE Maniac!
Don't forget, the Final Stage goes like this: 4 Hurdles (4連ハードル), Rope Cling (ロープクリング), Jump Ring (ジャンプリング), Shinzou Yaburi no Saka - literally the Heart Break Hill (心臓破りの坂), Danchigaubou - Uneven Poles (段違棒), Power Hanger (パワーハンガー), Final Ladder (ファイナルラダー).
OK. JSpo does a long segment on the San Diego Chicken. Must be a slow sports news day.
Wait. Is it an ad for..Oh OK. It is an ad for a Ferrari model.
Here we go! SASUKE Maniac!
Highlights from last week. We learned that under 55 seconds is the the minimum you need to make it to the stage.
Whoops, missed the name. Rope Cling. Jump Ring. Hill. He's a bit behind the split. Logs. NO! Majika yo! He slips into the water!
Super koukousei! Satou Jun! UH OH. WARN THE G4 FORUMS. HE'S FREE RUNNING! And right on cue there's the clip of Levi (hits) Meeuwenberg from 20. Can he do it!
He's 16! Satou Jun! Hurdles. Rope Cling. Hayai! Jump Ring. Hill. Time is ahead of the split. Logs. No problem. Power Hanger. Final Ladder. And...48"72! he's the new number two! See ya Azuma. Nice knowing you. Takami, the other 16 year old is the new number 8 and on the chopping block.
Next is a university student whose name I missed again. Hurdles. Rope Cling. Final Ring. No problems but he's behind the split. Logs. NO! All for naught as he falls into the water.
The next guy fails at the Rope Cling!
The remaining fellows are getting more and more nervous.
Asa looks more and more nervous which is weird since he's the safest at this point.
Matachi Ryo! He has lots of pictures. He must go to the events. He doesn't know what he would do if SASUKE finished, In his room he has some stuff he put together to help him train. Ahh. It's a Cliff Hanger.
Why do they keep showing Asa being nervous? Isn't he the safest at this point?
Hurdles.Rope Cling. Jump Ring. He's going through quite quickly. 48"28! He's the new top! Wow. Asa is shocked. Man that was fast. Takami is out. He does the walk of shame. He must do more training!
But we're not over yet! Kawaguchi Tomohiro! He didn't make it before so this is yet another chance at revenge! His wife helps him train.
Here he goes! Wait. Is Matachi automatically in? I think I missed something. Wow. He's going quite fast. Already at the Logs. Power Hanger. Final Ladder. Can he break 48? WHOA.
46"64!
Jeez. Sugoi taimu! Yamazaki Daisuke is out. OH OK. I think I understand. It's because of the number of people left. It's mathematically impossible for the top two to be eliminated but Asa still can be eliminated.
Kanou! Nomura! They both have appeared on the big show before!
Kanou Takaaki! Here he goes! Hurdles. CMs.
We're back! Hurdles. Rope Cling. Jump Ring. Any time over Asa's guarantees a spot. Logs. Power Hanger. I don't know if he can make it over Asa. Final Ladder. No! 51"35! He barely makes it on to the stage! Border line no clear!
Asa Kazuma is IN!
Math is fun!
Five more people are left! Asa can now chill out. We get one more walk of shame.
Kanou's rival! Nomura is up next! There won't be enough time for everyone this week.
Nomura. Hurdles. Rope Cling. Jump Ring. Uh OH. He's well behind the split. Logs. Power Hanger. Final Ladder. He ain't going to make it.
NO! Not enough stamina! The super koukousei is IN!
Satou is IN! He lets out a small yell of relief. It sucks to get in at the expense of others, but what can you do?
Satou (the non-high school student one) is safe for now.
And then there were four! That we won't see this week.
But it looks like someone will either fall or not make it judging by the reactions of the audience in the preview.
Well, it looks like Mr. SASUKE's Assassin will at least make it to the Power Hanger. And Mr. SASUKE will be there! That's not a good sign though.
So, aside from Yuuji Urushihara 漆原裕治 we have Kazuma Asa 朝一眞, Jun Satou 佐藤惇, Tomohiro Kawaguchi 川口朋広 and Ryo Matachi 又地諒 all in.
If any of the last four finish above the time of the fifth guy whose time is 49"59 they'll be in. Doesn't matter where they place. The top four are guaranteed their spots.
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Monday, September 01, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
SASUKE MANIAC August 24, 2008 Sort of liveblog サスケマニア
Last week! Um. I heard something about the final stage of the SASUKE Trials!
This week! More SASUKE Trials! It's the Final Stage! Who will survive?
The Final Stage goes like this: 4 Hurdles (4連ハードル), Rope Cling (ロープクリング), Jump Ring (ジャンプリング), Shinzou Yaburi no Saka - literally the Heart Break Hill (心臓破りの坂), Danchigaubou - Uneven Poles (段違棒), Power Hanger (パワーハンガー), Final Ladder (ファイナルラダー).
The best eight will go on to the big show! At the end of last week, Kazuma Asa 朝一眞 was at the head of the class! Will he get moved out of his seat? Will Casey Cummings ケーシー・カミングス airplane his way to SASUKE 21? It's SASUKE Maniac!
I got soul but I'm not a soldier!
The pictures for this week are here.
Here we go. Clips from last week. Casey gets bumped by Mr. SASUKE pants Kazuma Asa.
SASUKE Maniac!
Hashimoto Koji 橋本亘司 is a sports instructor!
Under one minute is a safe time to get.
Hurdles. Rope Cling OK. Doing OK so far. Jump Ring. Hill. A bit ahead of the split. Final Ladder. 49"91! He's the new number two! Casey gets bumped down a spot.
Next is Takami Toshiharu 高見俊治. He's 16. So far so good. He's ahead of the split. But he must have gotten tired because he finishes at 51"89. Casey moves down again.
Next up! He's a firefighter! Is firefighting the best suited job for SASUKE? So far he's do...NO! Course out! He got to the uneven poles but couldn't stay on track.
Someone doesn't make it. Someone doesn't quite make it to bump off number 8.
Kubota Takayuki 久保田崇之. He failed at the Cliff Hanger at the last Trial. Revenge! By the way, I'm not picking on Casey. He's just the easiest to remember.
Asa's time is 48"67. Kubota is a bit behind the split so far. About two seconds. But he picks up the pace. Final Ladder. 50"26! New number 3. The older high school teacher gets bumped.
Didn't catch the next guys name. Wait, 東雅彦. Azuma Masahiko? 54"56! Yet another older guy gets bumped. Aoki is nervous!
Yamanaka farmer guy is up next! He's a buff fifty year old. The family that trains together..trains together. Yep.
The older competitors have not fared so well during this part of the Trial. Katsuo? Tatsuo? I'll check later. OK. Kazuo. 山中和男. Here he goes. Hurdles. Rope Cling. He's doing OK so far. Wait. Problem with the rope. No! Koko de ochita! He couldn't reach the platform.
Aoki is safe for now. Next guy is Sakuma. No! He missed the Rope Cling!
The host Ishibashi Yuki 石橋祐記 misses the Jump Ring. Aoki is quite nervous.
Yamazaki Daisuke 山崎大輔 is up next! He needs at least a minute three seconds. He's a bit behind the split but is on track to get under a minute.
Stamina wa dou da? 51"77! Oh my god! Aoki is out. Casey is now 8th.
Murakami 村上 is a hairdresser! His someone is there! Mom? Wife? Hudles. Rope Cling. Doing well. He's at about the right time. Poles. Power Hanger. Final Ladder. Uh oh. 49"59! Ouch. He's the new second. Murakami has a first name but for now we'll leave it at Murakami.
Bye Casey. Maybe next time. If you're reading, email me!
Still 12 people left! Including Mr. SASUKE's Assassin and all the remaining Muscle Park All-Stars.
CMs.
Hey, it's Mr. Handball, Daisuke Miyazaki. He was at Muscle Park recently. Team handball seems to have made some fans in Japan this year when Team Japan tried to make it to the Olympics.
Clips of Daisuke and his teammates trying out the different events at Muscle Park. They show his autographed jersey and shoes commemorating his Sportsman No. 1 wins. Tobi key chains. They debut the Tobi handball key chain at this event.
We relive Miyazaki and his teammates runs at SASUKE. Oh. OK. Let's relive ALL of his run.
And they take a look at SASUKE Park. One of them can't handle the Salmon Ladder. Wait, two of them can't. None of them can but here goes Daisuke!
After these CMs.
Catherine Zeta-Jones wants the women of Japan to buy her shampoo.
I wonder if his teammates purposely tanked the Salmon Ladder to make Daisuke look good?
Here goes Daisuke on the Salmon Ladder. Whoops. My picture froze. But the sound says he did it!
Next week, more SASUKE Trial!
This week! More SASUKE Trials! It's the Final Stage! Who will survive?
The Final Stage goes like this: 4 Hurdles (4連ハードル), Rope Cling (ロープクリング), Jump Ring (ジャンプリング), Shinzou Yaburi no Saka - literally the Heart Break Hill (心臓破りの坂), Danchigaubou - Uneven Poles (段違棒), Power Hanger (パワーハンガー), Final Ladder (ファイナルラダー).
The best eight will go on to the big show! At the end of last week, Kazuma Asa 朝一眞 was at the head of the class! Will he get moved out of his seat? Will Casey Cummings ケーシー・カミングス airplane his way to SASUKE 21? It's SASUKE Maniac!
I got soul but I'm not a soldier!
The pictures for this week are here.
Here we go. Clips from last week. Casey gets bumped by Mr. SASUKE pants Kazuma Asa.
SASUKE Maniac!
Hashimoto Koji 橋本亘司 is a sports instructor!
Under one minute is a safe time to get.
Hurdles. Rope Cling OK. Doing OK so far. Jump Ring. Hill. A bit ahead of the split. Final Ladder. 49"91! He's the new number two! Casey gets bumped down a spot.
Next is Takami Toshiharu 高見俊治. He's 16. So far so good. He's ahead of the split. But he must have gotten tired because he finishes at 51"89. Casey moves down again.
Next up! He's a firefighter! Is firefighting the best suited job for SASUKE? So far he's do...NO! Course out! He got to the uneven poles but couldn't stay on track.
Someone doesn't make it. Someone doesn't quite make it to bump off number 8.
Kubota Takayuki 久保田崇之. He failed at the Cliff Hanger at the last Trial. Revenge! By the way, I'm not picking on Casey. He's just the easiest to remember.
Asa's time is 48"67. Kubota is a bit behind the split so far. About two seconds. But he picks up the pace. Final Ladder. 50"26! New number 3. The older high school teacher gets bumped.
Didn't catch the next guys name. Wait, 東雅彦. Azuma Masahiko? 54"56! Yet another older guy gets bumped. Aoki is nervous!
Yamanaka farmer guy is up next! He's a buff fifty year old. The family that trains together..trains together. Yep.
The older competitors have not fared so well during this part of the Trial. Katsuo? Tatsuo? I'll check later. OK. Kazuo. 山中和男. Here he goes. Hurdles. Rope Cling. He's doing OK so far. Wait. Problem with the rope. No! Koko de ochita! He couldn't reach the platform.
Aoki is safe for now. Next guy is Sakuma. No! He missed the Rope Cling!
The host Ishibashi Yuki 石橋祐記 misses the Jump Ring. Aoki is quite nervous.
Yamazaki Daisuke 山崎大輔 is up next! He needs at least a minute three seconds. He's a bit behind the split but is on track to get under a minute.
Stamina wa dou da? 51"77! Oh my god! Aoki is out. Casey is now 8th.
Murakami 村上 is a hairdresser! His someone is there! Mom? Wife? Hudles. Rope Cling. Doing well. He's at about the right time. Poles. Power Hanger. Final Ladder. Uh oh. 49"59! Ouch. He's the new second. Murakami has a first name but for now we'll leave it at Murakami.
Bye Casey. Maybe next time. If you're reading, email me!
Still 12 people left! Including Mr. SASUKE's Assassin and all the remaining Muscle Park All-Stars.
CMs.
Hey, it's Mr. Handball, Daisuke Miyazaki. He was at Muscle Park recently. Team handball seems to have made some fans in Japan this year when Team Japan tried to make it to the Olympics.
Clips of Daisuke and his teammates trying out the different events at Muscle Park. They show his autographed jersey and shoes commemorating his Sportsman No. 1 wins. Tobi key chains. They debut the Tobi handball key chain at this event.
We relive Miyazaki and his teammates runs at SASUKE. Oh. OK. Let's relive ALL of his run.
And they take a look at SASUKE Park. One of them can't handle the Salmon Ladder. Wait, two of them can't. None of them can but here goes Daisuke!
After these CMs.
Catherine Zeta-Jones wants the women of Japan to buy her shampoo.
I wonder if his teammates purposely tanked the Salmon Ladder to make Daisuke look good?
Here goes Daisuke on the Salmon Ladder. Whoops. My picture froze. But the sound says he did it!
Next week, more SASUKE Trial!
Monday, May 19, 2008
SASUKE MANIAC May 18, 2008 Sort of liveblog! サスケマニア
As always, the pictures that go with the story are here!
Yamada! Nagano! Takeda! Akiyama! Someone else! You have two choices! The All-Stars go head-to-head at the Maguro Festival! Can their friendship survive? Will the maguro ever be the same? Who will be number one? Who will conquer the Maguro Festival Mock-SASUKE Obstacle Course of Doom and Destruction? It's SASUKE MANIA!
While we're waiting, let's watch JSpo and take a look at Princess Megu (プリンセス・メグ) and the rest of Yanagimoto Japan, i.e. the Japan Women's National Volleyball Team who beat Puerto Rico tonight, 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24 in their bid to play in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.
Whoa, what's up with that new Axe commercial? (It's the limited whatever one with the puppets)
What would YOU do if your girlfriend was a cyborg?
Last week we saw the first day of the Maguro Festival and the fun to be had there. This week, they promised us a competition of sorts as the All-Stars and others try to complete the short course.
More information about the Maguro Festival. HEY! That's Shingo Yamamoto! Perhaps he was busy pumping gas. Hey! Crazy marriage lady again.
Pipe Slider, Jumping Bar, Trampoline (just Trampoline), Shin-Cliff Hanger. It's some kind of special stage for today? No idea.
Some spectators try to tackle the course.
One guy (Yahagi Makoto 矢作誠) is from Tokyo. He has sent in SASUKE videos before but couldn't cut it at the last SASUKE trial. The Maguro Festival could be his chance!
Start! Pipe Slider. Cut to the Jumping Bar. No problem! Takeda and Yamamoto look on! Shin-Cliff Hanger. Swinging...swinging. NO! Was this his last chance? I guess we'll have to wait for 21 to find out.
Others are unable to clear the Shin-Cliff Hanger.
The All-Stars confer with each other. They're going to do a time trial! So they'll not only be competing against the course but against each other! All-Stars explode! They climb to the top of the course as they are introduced. Too bad Yamada didn't fall down while he was doing that.
Akiyama is up first! Pipe Slider. Hayai! Jumping Bar. SASUKE no All-Stars Gachinko Battle! Trampoline! Shin-Cliff Hanger coming up. NO! He fell! (He had made it during the demo part last week.)
Yamamoto is up next! Pipe Slider and Jumping Bar are done! Whoops! He went in the wrong order! He went for the Shin-Cliff Hanger before the Trampoline. Shin-Cliff Hanger..NO!
Mr. SASUKE is next! Pipe Slider and Jumping Bar are fine. Trampoline (you jump to a bar to hold on to then go a short distance). Shin-Cliff Hanger. OY! He's the first to complete the course! 50秒91!
Takeda up now! Pipe Slider. Jumping Bar. Woo. He's going fast. HOLY CRAP. Did Mr. SASUKE do something to piss him off? Takeda finishes the short course in less than half the time of Yamada. 20秒87!
Nagano! Can he do it? Man. It was too fast to even describe. What was his time? We wait to build some tension...21秒20!
Takeda wins!
Your Maguro Festival Mock-SASUKE Obstacle Course of Doom and Destruction winner is Toshihiro Takeda!
Yamada and Takeda miss Shiratori.
They go to Shiratori's house to talk to him (where he was apparently cleaning his SASUKE set - does he use Pledge?). Didn't quite catch what they said. Sorry.
Back to Maguro Festival. They all get a present! Free fish for everyone!
The All-Stars talk about their experience. Some little kid tries to get into Nagano's camera shot.
And that's it for this year!
2008 Muscle Queen! 2008 マッスルクィーン!
Last week! Kayo Noro 野呂佳代 defeated Yurisa ユリサ to tie them up at the top of the leader board. This week they go to Hiromichi Sato's old hangout, the Muscle Park!
Noro and Yurisa are already through so the others have to battle it out to determine the final..um..finalist.
Coordination! Momomi Yoshino 吉野ももみ and Izumi Takami 泉貴美! They have to follow the voice and touch the appropriate pad with their hands or feet. Yoshino is first! She gets 42. Izumi up now. She missed one somewhere I think. They stop tracking her score to build suspense. She has 40! Yoshino wins!
Next! Cherry Pie チェリー☆パイ explodes! I have no idea what the name of this event is. It's like Can Alley, if you know what that is. They have to throw balls into a raised basket but a cover is rotating so something. I have no idea. Kassun gets a total of 15 after two rounds. Miho only needs five to get through since she had 11 in the first round.
CMs. FYI, Kyoko Fukada has taken Kumi Koda's place as the CM face of Kirin.
Back.
Pressure! Miho struggles but pulls through! Kassun is out!
CMs.
Oh wait. The program is over. I guess next week is more Muscle Queen! See you next week!
Yamada! Nagano! Takeda! Akiyama! Someone else! You have two choices! The All-Stars go head-to-head at the Maguro Festival! Can their friendship survive? Will the maguro ever be the same? Who will be number one? Who will conquer the Maguro Festival Mock-SASUKE Obstacle Course of Doom and Destruction? It's SASUKE MANIA!
While we're waiting, let's watch JSpo and take a look at Princess Megu (プリンセス・メグ) and the rest of Yanagimoto Japan, i.e. the Japan Women's National Volleyball Team who beat Puerto Rico tonight, 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 26-24 in their bid to play in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.
Whoa, what's up with that new Axe commercial? (It's the limited whatever one with the puppets)
What would YOU do if your girlfriend was a cyborg?
Last week we saw the first day of the Maguro Festival and the fun to be had there. This week, they promised us a competition of sorts as the All-Stars and others try to complete the short course.
More information about the Maguro Festival. HEY! That's Shingo Yamamoto! Perhaps he was busy pumping gas. Hey! Crazy marriage lady again.
Pipe Slider, Jumping Bar, Trampoline (just Trampoline), Shin-Cliff Hanger. It's some kind of special stage for today? No idea.
Some spectators try to tackle the course.
One guy (Yahagi Makoto 矢作誠) is from Tokyo. He has sent in SASUKE videos before but couldn't cut it at the last SASUKE trial. The Maguro Festival could be his chance!
Start! Pipe Slider. Cut to the Jumping Bar. No problem! Takeda and Yamamoto look on! Shin-Cliff Hanger. Swinging...swinging. NO! Was this his last chance? I guess we'll have to wait for 21 to find out.
Others are unable to clear the Shin-Cliff Hanger.
The All-Stars confer with each other. They're going to do a time trial! So they'll not only be competing against the course but against each other! All-Stars explode! They climb to the top of the course as they are introduced. Too bad Yamada didn't fall down while he was doing that.
Akiyama is up first! Pipe Slider. Hayai! Jumping Bar. SASUKE no All-Stars Gachinko Battle! Trampoline! Shin-Cliff Hanger coming up. NO! He fell! (He had made it during the demo part last week.)
Yamamoto is up next! Pipe Slider and Jumping Bar are done! Whoops! He went in the wrong order! He went for the Shin-Cliff Hanger before the Trampoline. Shin-Cliff Hanger..NO!
Mr. SASUKE is next! Pipe Slider and Jumping Bar are fine. Trampoline (you jump to a bar to hold on to then go a short distance). Shin-Cliff Hanger. OY! He's the first to complete the course! 50秒91!
Takeda up now! Pipe Slider. Jumping Bar. Woo. He's going fast. HOLY CRAP. Did Mr. SASUKE do something to piss him off? Takeda finishes the short course in less than half the time of Yamada. 20秒87!
Nagano! Can he do it? Man. It was too fast to even describe. What was his time? We wait to build some tension...21秒20!
Takeda wins!
Your Maguro Festival Mock-SASUKE Obstacle Course of Doom and Destruction winner is Toshihiro Takeda!
Yamada and Takeda miss Shiratori.
They go to Shiratori's house to talk to him (where he was apparently cleaning his SASUKE set - does he use Pledge?). Didn't quite catch what they said. Sorry.
Back to Maguro Festival. They all get a present! Free fish for everyone!
The All-Stars talk about their experience. Some little kid tries to get into Nagano's camera shot.
And that's it for this year!
2008 Muscle Queen! 2008 マッスルクィーン!
Last week! Kayo Noro 野呂佳代 defeated Yurisa ユリサ to tie them up at the top of the leader board. This week they go to Hiromichi Sato's old hangout, the Muscle Park!
Noro and Yurisa are already through so the others have to battle it out to determine the final..um..finalist.
Coordination! Momomi Yoshino 吉野ももみ and Izumi Takami 泉貴美! They have to follow the voice and touch the appropriate pad with their hands or feet. Yoshino is first! She gets 42. Izumi up now. She missed one somewhere I think. They stop tracking her score to build suspense. She has 40! Yoshino wins!
Next! Cherry Pie チェリー☆パイ explodes! I have no idea what the name of this event is. It's like Can Alley, if you know what that is. They have to throw balls into a raised basket but a cover is rotating so something. I have no idea. Kassun gets a total of 15 after two rounds. Miho only needs five to get through since she had 11 in the first round.
CMs. FYI, Kyoko Fukada has taken Kumi Koda's place as the CM face of Kirin.
Back.
Pressure! Miho struggles but pulls through! Kassun is out!
CMs.
Oh wait. The program is over. I guess next week is more Muscle Queen! See you next week!
Monday, April 07, 2008
SASUKE MANIAC April 7, 2008 Sort of liveblog! サスケマニア
I was supposed to go to bed early but eh, whatever.
Daisuke Miyazaki! The 20th was his first SASUKE ever! BUT! So many people before him failed that day! Can Daisuke ignore that and conquer SASUKE!
Daisuke and his teammates discuss tactics while watching the other competitors. Kore wa daijoubu! Terebi de zen zen chigau! White people sighting!
Let's go into his background!
He's a handball player! He's a Sportsman No. 1. Miyazaki Daisuke!
Hey! That's cheating! Daisuke and his handball buddies get a chance to practice with the trampoline for the Jumping Spider. Maketakunai!
Naoki Iketani and Daisuke talk shop! Hey! Yamamoto! And Mr. SASUKE. Yeah.
Nakagawa Handball player has to go earlier than the others.
Kazuhiko Akiyama! He failed during the Half-Pipe Attack.
Nakagawa gets busy with the SASUKE SPRAY!
Steps. Pole Maze (skipped the Log Grip). I remember this. They clipped his run. Mainly because the pole got stuck like it usually does at the beginning of the show. He retires at the Jumping Spider.
SWAT Guy!
The day goes on. Some people fail!
Izuma handball player! Not as much problem with Pole Maze. He almost slipped during the Jumping Spider but was able to adjust. Half-Pipe Attack! He overshoots! So a misjump on the Jumping Spider is survivable if you can get your legs set.
Let us relive Shingo Yamamoto's miss on the Half-Pipe Attack. It makes the others a bit more nervous.
Daisuke is warming up! But there are still 18 more people to go before him! Better early than late is how Daisuke thinks.
Let's see Iketani's scrawnier than usual body fail the Spider Walk portion of the Jumping Spider.
Shinji Kobayashi goes looking for trash under the Jumping Spider.
The other handballers get a big kick out of their teammate failing the Log Grip.
Not-Olympian Okuyama! And Levi (google hits) Meeuwenberg! They finished! Everyone else did not!
Oh good. We get to relive Kongo's goofy looking fail on the Flying Shoot.
Takeda, Jordan Jochtev, Takamasa Nagasaki and Yuuji Washimi all fail. Just not in that order.
More Daisuke warming up! He should have worn the Sportsman No. 1 yellow jersey or something.
Over the course of the day the pressure built up for him I guess.
Here he goes! His teammates pray for him. Is there a handball deity to pray to or something?
Mr. Handball Miyazaki Daisuke!
Zard! New single! Um.
Yazawa Eikichi wants you to buy a place to live!
Bones! What? Is it a TV series? Movie? I am so out of touch. I just started renting episodes of Rome.
Reina Tanaka beats up Tsuyoshi Kusanagi!
Rookies! I think heard about that show during SASUKE.
Back to Miyazaki! Steps. Log Grip. He took a couple seconds to get set there. Shogakkou sannensei is when he started playing handball! Handball boom! Pole Maze. Jumping Spider! Takai! Takai! He definitely got some height on that.
Half-Pipe Attack! Miyazakiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was on then he was off. It happened quite often that day. More people passed the Jumping Spider only to somehow misjudge something about how to land, mostly ending up on the end of the platform, lose their balance then fall off.
Masaka no retire!
Oh. Daisuke makes a sort of prediction! His handball number is 21 so the 21st SASUKE will be THE ONE.
His handball teammates want to try again!
Another Bones CM. Maybe it will appear at random times on my TV like all the other foreign shows.
OK. That bear is all grooving out and stuff.
OK! OK! I'll find out what Bones is. Enough with the commercials!
Daisuke waxes philosophical about SASUKE. Mochiron dashitekudasai! He wants to try again.
And that it's for another week in SASUKE Maniac!
Daisuke Miyazaki! The 20th was his first SASUKE ever! BUT! So many people before him failed that day! Can Daisuke ignore that and conquer SASUKE!
Daisuke and his teammates discuss tactics while watching the other competitors. Kore wa daijoubu! Terebi de zen zen chigau! White people sighting!
Let's go into his background!
He's a handball player! He's a Sportsman No. 1. Miyazaki Daisuke!
Hey! That's cheating! Daisuke and his handball buddies get a chance to practice with the trampoline for the Jumping Spider. Maketakunai!
Naoki Iketani and Daisuke talk shop! Hey! Yamamoto! And Mr. SASUKE. Yeah.
Nakagawa Handball player has to go earlier than the others.
Kazuhiko Akiyama! He failed during the Half-Pipe Attack.
Nakagawa gets busy with the SASUKE SPRAY!
Steps. Pole Maze (skipped the Log Grip). I remember this. They clipped his run. Mainly because the pole got stuck like it usually does at the beginning of the show. He retires at the Jumping Spider.
SWAT Guy!
The day goes on. Some people fail!
Izuma handball player! Not as much problem with Pole Maze. He almost slipped during the Jumping Spider but was able to adjust. Half-Pipe Attack! He overshoots! So a misjump on the Jumping Spider is survivable if you can get your legs set.
Let us relive Shingo Yamamoto's miss on the Half-Pipe Attack. It makes the others a bit more nervous.
Daisuke is warming up! But there are still 18 more people to go before him! Better early than late is how Daisuke thinks.
Let's see Iketani's scrawnier than usual body fail the Spider Walk portion of the Jumping Spider.
Shinji Kobayashi goes looking for trash under the Jumping Spider.
The other handballers get a big kick out of their teammate failing the Log Grip.
Not-Olympian Okuyama! And Levi (google hits) Meeuwenberg! They finished! Everyone else did not!
Oh good. We get to relive Kongo's goofy looking fail on the Flying Shoot.
Takeda, Jordan Jochtev, Takamasa Nagasaki and Yuuji Washimi all fail. Just not in that order.
More Daisuke warming up! He should have worn the Sportsman No. 1 yellow jersey or something.
Over the course of the day the pressure built up for him I guess.
Here he goes! His teammates pray for him. Is there a handball deity to pray to or something?
Mr. Handball Miyazaki Daisuke!
Zard! New single! Um.
Yazawa Eikichi wants you to buy a place to live!
Bones! What? Is it a TV series? Movie? I am so out of touch. I just started renting episodes of Rome.
Reina Tanaka beats up Tsuyoshi Kusanagi!
Rookies! I think heard about that show during SASUKE.
Back to Miyazaki! Steps. Log Grip. He took a couple seconds to get set there. Shogakkou sannensei is when he started playing handball! Handball boom! Pole Maze. Jumping Spider! Takai! Takai! He definitely got some height on that.
Half-Pipe Attack! Miyazakiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was on then he was off. It happened quite often that day. More people passed the Jumping Spider only to somehow misjudge something about how to land, mostly ending up on the end of the platform, lose their balance then fall off.
Masaka no retire!
Oh. Daisuke makes a sort of prediction! His handball number is 21 so the 21st SASUKE will be THE ONE.
His handball teammates want to try again!
Another Bones CM. Maybe it will appear at random times on my TV like all the other foreign shows.
OK. That bear is all grooving out and stuff.
OK! OK! I'll find out what Bones is. Enough with the commercials!
Daisuke waxes philosophical about SASUKE. Mochiron dashitekudasai! He wants to try again.
And that it's for another week in SASUKE Maniac!
Monday, March 31, 2008
SASUKE MANIAC March 31, 2008 Sort of liveblog! サスケマニア
SASUKE MANIAC March 31, 2008 Sort of livblog! サスケマニア
SASUKE Maniac usually has clips of qualifiers and whatnot. After each SASUKE they milk the broadcast by showing people who got cut out of the main show.
More info here.
Well, I'm up and I found a way to watch it so...
I believe this is the weightlifting guy (Torisawa?) who smashes the apple (there he -- he just did it again!). He just failed the Log Grip.
1911. Kuroda something something. Action haiyuu! He has a brother. Steps. Log Grip. Action haiyuu! Oh well.
1912. Kuroda something something's brother! Kuroda something else! He's an action hayuu too! Are they twins? Steps. Log Grip..otouto! Onaji tokoro!
Replay to show that they learn nothing from each other! Nothing!
Shibuya something something Taiko drummer! He's showing us what he's got! Steps. Log Grip. Pole Maze. I think he got the digest treatment and will fail the Jumping Spid...oh, OK, there it is. His group was playing while he was doing the course to pump him up!
Takahashi Satoshi! He's a former Orix player! Steps! He's 41. Log Grip..No free rentals for you!
Yomiuri training coach! Saeki somebody! Steps! No problem. Log Grip..he was Matsui's training coach? Not that it helps him or Matsui as he fails to hold on to the Log Grip.
Karateka Maeda! One of the few women to compete this time. Steps...oy. She couldn't get past the first two steps. Hazuakashii yappari!
Charisma model Yuumi Seimiya! By the way, for the person who was doing a google search for "Yuumi Seimiya nude" Um. This might not be the place you're looking for. I'm sorry?
Talento. Inui? She doffs her top to show her bikini top MUCH to the pleasure of the announcer. Inui Mayu? Well, at least she was properly dressed for the dip into the water after the Log Grip.
Ryo Shirai! He's a model. He's participated in the Geinojin Sportsman No. 1 shows but I believe this is his first SASUKE. Nugimashita! He doffs his shirt but doesn't get as much applause for it as the talento above. Steps. Log Grip. Pole Maze. No problems. Jumping Spider. No problem! Half-Pipe Attack coming up. Shi-ra-i! Shi-ra-i! Ye..a! Zannen! He landed at the very end of the platform and couldn't get his balance.
K-1 fighter Andy Olugon! This is his 2nd time I think. Steps. Log Grip. Zannen! Bobby would be disappointed and then attack someone to get himself temporarily suspended from TV. Or not.
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido basketball player Makoto Kato! Steps. OK. Log Grip..douda? No! He can't hold on to the rock! I mean Log! Turnover!
American football player (meaning the style of football not the place he plays). He plays for NFL Europe.
CMs.
Shirokiya? Whoa, that was way off. Kohei Satomi. Steps. No problem. Log Grip. Oh, hora hora. No problem! Pole Maze. A little bit of trouble here. But he's through! Jumping Spider! Satomi!!! He didn't get his legs up in time. He doesn't make the cut!
Yoshioka Masanori! He's a hurdler!
CMs.
Steps are no problem. He's got yellow shoes. Log Grip. Pole Maze. Jumping Spider coming up. Whoa! He whiffed and didn't get his hands or his feet up in time. How will his sponsors feel?
Well, that's it for tonight!
SASUKE Maniac usually has clips of qualifiers and whatnot. After each SASUKE they milk the broadcast by showing people who got cut out of the main show.
More info here.
Well, I'm up and I found a way to watch it so...
I believe this is the weightlifting guy (Torisawa?) who smashes the apple (there he -- he just did it again!). He just failed the Log Grip.
1911. Kuroda something something. Action haiyuu! He has a brother. Steps. Log Grip. Action haiyuu! Oh well.
1912. Kuroda something something's brother! Kuroda something else! He's an action hayuu too! Are they twins? Steps. Log Grip..otouto! Onaji tokoro!
Replay to show that they learn nothing from each other! Nothing!
Shibuya something something Taiko drummer! He's showing us what he's got! Steps. Log Grip. Pole Maze. I think he got the digest treatment and will fail the Jumping Spid...oh, OK, there it is. His group was playing while he was doing the course to pump him up!
Takahashi Satoshi! He's a former Orix player! Steps! He's 41. Log Grip..No free rentals for you!
Yomiuri training coach! Saeki somebody! Steps! No problem. Log Grip..he was Matsui's training coach? Not that it helps him or Matsui as he fails to hold on to the Log Grip.
Karateka Maeda! One of the few women to compete this time. Steps...oy. She couldn't get past the first two steps. Hazuakashii yappari!
Charisma model Yuumi Seimiya! By the way, for the person who was doing a google search for "Yuumi Seimiya nude" Um. This might not be the place you're looking for. I'm sorry?
Talento. Inui? She doffs her top to show her bikini top MUCH to the pleasure of the announcer. Inui Mayu? Well, at least she was properly dressed for the dip into the water after the Log Grip.
Ryo Shirai! He's a model. He's participated in the Geinojin Sportsman No. 1 shows but I believe this is his first SASUKE. Nugimashita! He doffs his shirt but doesn't get as much applause for it as the talento above. Steps. Log Grip. Pole Maze. No problems. Jumping Spider. No problem! Half-Pipe Attack coming up. Shi-ra-i! Shi-ra-i! Ye..a! Zannen! He landed at the very end of the platform and couldn't get his balance.
K-1 fighter Andy Olugon! This is his 2nd time I think. Steps. Log Grip. Zannen! Bobby would be disappointed and then attack someone to get himself temporarily suspended from TV. Or not.
Rera Kamuy Hokkaido basketball player Makoto Kato! Steps. OK. Log Grip..douda? No! He can't hold on to the rock! I mean Log! Turnover!
American football player (meaning the style of football not the place he plays). He plays for NFL Europe.
CMs.
Shirokiya? Whoa, that was way off. Kohei Satomi. Steps. No problem. Log Grip. Oh, hora hora. No problem! Pole Maze. A little bit of trouble here. But he's through! Jumping Spider! Satomi!!! He didn't get his legs up in time. He doesn't make the cut!
Yoshioka Masanori! He's a hurdler!
CMs.
Steps are no problem. He's got yellow shoes. Log Grip. Pole Maze. Jumping Spider coming up. Whoa! He whiffed and didn't get his hands or his feet up in time. How will his sponsors feel?
Well, that's it for tonight!
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