Japanese TV comes to Hulu
Years ago I remember reading about a Japanese show that forced someone to live in a small room and rely on nothing but sweepstakes winnings for sustenance. That show, I’ve found out, is called Susunu! Denpa ShÅnen, and it exemplified the type of inhumane, borderline-sadistic shows we’ve come to think of as synonymous with Japanese television.
I’ve totally forgotten about the show, until Hulu started upping episodes of it, complete with subtitles. Here’s the first episode. (Make sure to enable English closed captioning from the menu.)
They’ve only posted the first five episodes and I’m beyond hooked. Hopefully they end up posting the entire run. You can read a nice synopsis of Nasubi’s adventure here, but it pretty much spoils all the twists and turns.
Also on tap are some bits from Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! which you could’ve seen on youtube if you were industrious enough. Hmm, maybe they can work out a deal to stream GameCenter CX/Retro Game Master? They’ve already subbed some episodes.
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