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		<title>A Dire &amp; Personal Topic &#8211; A Banana&#8217;s &#8220;Embraced Contradiction&#8221; &amp; TorontoALPHA</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2010/10/22/a-dire-personal-topic-a-bananas-embraced-contradiction-torontoalpha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After working three days straight with TorontoALPHA&#8217;s historic Educator&#8217;s Conference 3 weekends ago, I had a lot to think about. There were a lot of thoughts roaming around inside my head regarding the events of World War II in Asia and how it is lost in most history books. A lost chapter in history it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIFF 2010 Review &#8211; Bunraku</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second of three movies on Friday September 17th, Bunraku on the surface gave vibes of Kill Bill, Sin City and other highly stylized dystopian revenge films of our generation. A concept fantasy film that has a gunslinger/boxer (Josh Hartnett) and a samurai (Gackt) as partnering heroes both seeking vengeance on the same man, what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fullmetal Alchemist: The Closed Gate &#8211; A Review</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2010/06/11/fullmetal-alchemist-the-closed-gate-a-banana-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of today, the acclaimed story of the Fullmetal Alchemist has ended with its 108th chapter. The second anime series adapted from the original manga, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, will also conclude later this month. Fans across the globe could not ask for a more wholesome and honest ending, without any loose ends or leaving us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Giant Anime Life-Size Robots, Evangelion at Mount Fuji</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 22:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June of 2009 I did a post about a 59-feet tall life-size Gundam replica to be unveiled at Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba island. That attraction was epically shown to the public, and I speculated on how all these monumental statues across the world will come to life and destroy the planet in the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Similar Melody in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood &amp; Yuu Yuu Hakusho?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 22:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How nerdy are you when you recognize melodic similarities in theme songs from different Anime series? Otaku alert! So when the fifth ending theme song, Ray Of Light by Shoko Nakagawa, premiered on episode 51 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice a similar tune in a much earlier Anime, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heroic Melon Fan Art!</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2010/03/24/heroic-melon-fan-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know already, The Banana Times and I have worked frequently with the Heroic Melon Collective. The HMC&#8217;s history is a new one, and as of April 2010 it would be one year old! I am truly proud to be part of Heroic Melon for many reasons, most recently because of THIS. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decading Bananas: Hong Kong &#8211; Part III &#8211; CoCo</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2010/01/19/decading-bananas-hong-kong-part-iii-a-young-banana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though we are at the 19th day of the new decade, the Decading Bananas series shall continue until the end of January, as it still marks the events and cultures of the past 10 years. In Part III of Decading Bananas, we are going to open a time capsule of sorts and reveal what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decading Bananas: Hong Kong &#8211; Part II &#8211; Banana Cinema</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2009/12/30/decading-bananas-hong-kong-part-ii-banana-cinema/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with a good friend about my future and how The Banana Times is going to progress. One option for my future was to work for a few years then return to school for a masters degree in possibly Journalism. She asked why not Film Studies, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crayon Shin-chan VS Pastel Chii-chan</title>
		<link>http://thebananatimes.com/blog/2009/12/08/crayon-shin-chan-vs-pastel-chii-chan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another short post for today. I performed a skit in Japanese language class yesterday. I based my character on the very popular Shin-chan from the Crayon Shin-chan manga and anime franchise. A tribute to the creator, Yoshito Usui, who passed away in September this year. The result.. The outfit could&#8217;ve been better but I did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random Antics Volume 14: You Can (Not) Advance &#8211; Rebuild of Evangelion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philbert Lui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last of four posts for today! Three weekends ago, the boys from the Heroic Melon Collective (including myself) took a drive from Toronto to Waterloo, Ontario. Why Waterloo, Ontario you might ask? Well, other than the being a student town and having a high concentration of studious young people (some people call them nerds, [...]]]></description>
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