From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #1238 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Friday, September 24 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1238 In this issue: RE: [monkey] 13 newly-dubbed Monkey episodes world premiere on Ch4! RE: [monkey] Australian fan met Masaaki Sakai yesterday! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:46:13 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: RE: [monkey] 13 newly-dubbed Monkey episodes world premiere on Ch4! The next unseen episode will be shown on Tuesday 28th September 2004 night, after midnight (so strictly speaking the early hours of Wednesday 29nd September 2004), at 01:50am - 02:40am: Stoned Disowned by his parents for being unable to do sorcery, the young demon Shosanpu practises on the unsuspecting pilgrims, but is soon found out. After listening to his story, Monkey decides to give him special training, against Tripitaka's wishes. Using Monkey's staff, Shosanpu turns the four pilgrims into stone statues, and goes to fetch his father, Yuzankun. While he's away, the four statues are stolen and taken to an auction. Will Shosanpu find them in time, to change them back? Howell - -------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:25:02 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: RE: [monkey] Australian fan met Masaaki Sakai yesterday! Following on from the account of Australian Monkey fan Darren Hassan meeting Masaaki Sakai on Saturday 11 September 2004, I've put together a new "The Day Darren Met Monkey!" page on my web site: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/meetings_masaaki_darren.html It contains the following additional information that I've received from Darren: 1) Masaaki Sakai's live TV show that Darren watched was called "Saturday Studio Park". Here's an old web page describing this TV show: http://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/publica/dayori-new/en/tv-9912e.html 2) After sending him a followup email, I received this extra information: "To answer your questions, we weren't allowed cameras in the studio and he was whisked away pretty quickly after the show. I took a few shots of NHK and a close up of a still of his. Even better though, it was broadcast live throughout Japan!! I intend to ask them for a copy of the show, I will submit it to you if I have any luck. You are most welcome to post the mail on the site, reading the story `The day I met Monkey` kind of inspired me to try and meet him so maybe others will do the same in the future, who knows? I have great memories of yesterday, and feel some sense of accomplishment in having met him. Well done with the site, keep in touch!! Long live Monkey, Great Sage. Equal of Heaven!! Regards, Darren Hassan" 3) I then sent him a short Q&A, to get some information that may help other fans meet Masaaki Sakai too. Here's his answers: A) Do you have details (address, rough location, e.g. nearest train / subway station) of NHK's studio that you visited? To get to NHK studios you need to take the Yamanote line to Shibuya station. There is a shuttle bus for Y150 that takes you straight to the studio. Entry is Y200 for the tour and the studio is pretty big! To get into the studio audience you need to wait outside the live studio an hour before the show and draw a number from a barrel to qualify you for entry. Once you get through that, you're in! B) How did you find out that Masaaki Sakai was doing a show that day? I had been making frequent calls to NHK and S-Dash Management since last year as to how I could meet Sakai san. I was lucky enough to be able to take holidays at the time that he was taping that particular show although I thought it was taped late saturday night for some reason. I had a Japanese friend (who, God love her, is very persistent!) help me to find out when, where etc.She gave NHK and S-Dash the story that an Aussie fan had come there just to see him, and they told her all the details but couldn't promise that I'd meet him...the rest is history! Telephone numbers: NHK Audience department - 03 3746 1111 ( You can find out when he will be doing shows) S- Dash Management 03 3586 0738 ( Mr Sakai's agent.) They are very helpful if they know you are a foreigner, but you need a Japanese speaker to communicate with them!) - ---- At some point in the future, I should be getting his photos of NHK Studio and of a photo of Masaaki Sakai, and I will add those to this web page. Howell - -------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? 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