Gundam Kodan Storyteller Minamihankyu Kyokudo Starting New Tour
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Mainichi reports that Minamihankyu Kyokudo, a Japanese kodan storyteller who tells stories about Gundam, has begun his second big tour of Japan, retelling Gundam’s One-Year War. (Ramba Ral’s attack retold by Kyokudou)
He’ll be performing about once a month in the Tokyo and Osaka areas, is doing a show on the 23rd in Yokohama, and is looking into Sapporo and Fukuoka shows, so check it out if you have a chance! Or just watch his youtube videos, they’re plenty cool. Also, in case you were wondering, he is classically trained, and can do traditional stories, too!
May 24th, 2009 at 4:53 am
[...] Going off of a tip from kransom, as well as a series of amusing youtube videos, I decided to pop down to Yokohama’s Chinatown yesterday to see a Gundam Kodan performance. That is, scenes from Gundam told in the Kodan style. I’m not sure how many Japanese people I’d offend by saying this was my first time watching a Kodan performance, but it was. [...]
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