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Post by okonomiyagi on Oct 31, 2012 23:45:10 GMT -5
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greatsg
Gourmet Academy Recruit
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Post by greatsg on Nov 1, 2012 16:32:34 GMT -5
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Post by tuthead on Nov 2, 2012 21:41:05 GMT -5
I wonder where these abbreviated battle videos came from. Maybe there were "highlight" videos released in Japan at one point?
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Post by Man Alive! on Nov 5, 2012 1:05:14 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was thinking, tuthead.
It's frustrating that, even after all these years, there really is no definitive list of Iron Chef merchandise that was made available in Japan during the show's original run. I bet there are lots of gems out there if we just knew where to look.
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Post by persimmon on Jan 27, 2013 17:29:47 GMT -5
d**n taken down by fujitv already!
I want to watch both battles of Michiba vs Shu Tomitoku! Michiba mentioned these battles after his retirement match, so they should be epic! Wah someone find them and share plz!
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Jan 27, 2013 19:44:23 GMT -5
These were released on VHS as part of a six-video series by Pony Canyon back in the mid-1990's. Many portions of the battles and the original broadcasts are edited out, but there are two interview-recipe segments inserted in each battle.
If memory serves, there were 18 battles from 1993-5 which were released this way, 6 for each of the Big Three (Michiba, Sakai and Chin).
The 1993 Crab Battle excerpts are terrible, just the chefs standing around mostly. Most of the others are much better, but overall, these video offerings are more appetizers than entrees!
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Post by miwaneisan on Feb 4, 2013 12:51:42 GMT -5
tetsujin-san, I'm surprised that you wrote "Chin" instead of "Chen"! Why do you know it? We never call him Chen but call him Chin in Japan. Chen is Chinese pronunciation that food network started to use. When we read his Chinese name in Japanese, we say Chin.
More interesting fact is that Chin's official name in Japan is "Azuma". He became a Japanese citizen and you need to have a Japanese name to become a Japanese citizen. Then he changed his family name to Azuma.
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Feb 4, 2013 15:34:05 GMT -5
tetsujin-san, I'm surprised that you wrote "Chin" instead of "Chen"! Why do you know it? We never call him Chen but call him Chin in Japan. Chen is Chinese pronunciation that food network started to use. When we read his Chinese name in Japanese, we say Chin. More interesting fact is that Chin's official name in Japan is "Azuma". He became a Japanese citizen and you need to have a Japanese name to become a Japanese citizen. Then he changed his family name to Azuma. Hello, Miwa-san. During the original run of the original series, he was Chin-san. Food Network anglicized the name to Chen-san for the dubbed version on their network. It's a Japanese show in Japanese language, so it's "Chin-san" to me...
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Post by miwaneisan on Apr 13, 2014 8:43:56 GMT -5
Trully sad news. Tomitoku Shu died of pneumonia on Tuesday. His crab battle with Michiba was really impressive.
Another great challenger of Iron Chef has gone... RIP.
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Post by tetsujin070561 on Apr 15, 2014 11:29:16 GMT -5
Trully sad news. Tomitoku Shu died of pneumonia on Tuesday. His crab battle with Michiba was really impressive. Another great challenger of Iron Chef has gone... RIP. Very sad news, but thank you, Miwa-san, for keeping us informed. The Cantonese-style superchef who invented that gin and mayo sauce is gone, but he lives on in the annals of Kitchen Stadium...
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Post by miwaneisan on Apr 16, 2014 13:26:22 GMT -5
>he lives on in the annals of Kitchen Stadium...
Agree...Just like Kaga's word...!
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