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Posted in: 'Black Panther' toy sales fierce as film opens big See in context
"Black Panther" -- the first film in the Marvel universe focused on a black superhero
The movie is good but this is wrong. The first Marvel movie based/focused on a black superhero was Blade (1998).
Image had Spawn (1997) and DC release Steel (1997)
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Posted in: Everything metallic gone from isle after N Korean visit, caretaker says See in context
Pacint, Seita died in Grave of Fireflies. After Seita cremates Setsuko's body, he puts her ashes in the fruit tin, which he carries along with his father's photograph, until his own death from malnutrition in Sannomiya Station a few weeks later. The author, Akiyuki Nosaka lost his little sister during the war to malnutrition and blamed himself for her death and thus wrote Grave of Fireflies as a way to honor her but that is were the parallel ends.
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Posted in: Ayumi Hamasaki offends S Korean fans during concert with Japanese war flag See in context
There is a difference between the IJA and the flag used on her jacket.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Japan#Military_flags
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Posted in: Trump, Clinton court voters in swing states three days before election See in context
Well, most of these comments seem silly now don't they?
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