The Tatami Critic: High Kick Girl

Several recent American martial arts releases have tried to take genre to higher levels than simply chop-socky kung fu fare: and failed. Perhaps the most recent example comes from Red Belt, which opened many plot twist avenues only to get lost in its own tangle of possible themes.

Coming from overseas is a film that avoids this recent trend, instead favoring a fairly a straight-forward plot and theme. High Kick Girl, while unfortunately carrying an ominous title more suggestive of hentai antics than actual martial arts, keeps things simple: Karate fighting at its best.

Check it! Build your own PC w/ anime girl

Windows 7 mascot Nanami Madobe

Follow Windows 7 mascot Nanami Madobe as she walks you though building your very own PC (extremely quickly), and the wonders of the Windows 7 platform. (Nanami Madobe)

The voices are, of course, in Japanese, but the curiosity factor should be compelling enough.

Nanami is one of several OS-tan personifications, depicting various operating systems as anime characters. The “tan” suffix is a cutesy way of the “chan” suffix, which in itself is a way of rendering affection or adorableness.

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