The Simpsons. You'd know the voices of this famous yellow family anywhere, right?

Well, try this Japanese commercial for Kirin's lemon-y and vitamin-y beverage C.C. Lemon on for size. How crazy does the Japanese version of the Simpsons sound? Surprisingly, Marge and Lisa sound so similar. Marge does have that grit that we're used to, but it's so Japanese Mom that it's not even funny. Bart? He sounds just as I would've imagined.

Homer is on a whole new level, though. His "D'oh!" is replaced with a "Guh!" -- and I don't know if I'm alright with that yet.

The only thing crazier is hearing the Japanese SpongeBob Squarepants. I caught that on television last time I was there. Talk about a mindfu*k!

[via fanboy.com]

WARNING: NOT SAFE FOR WORK. Do not hit play if you are at work!

Mio? Dearest? Is something wrong? I can't quite see what's going on there, but it looks like you're bouncing up and down? Are you ill? Is...is there some kind of cat latched onto your back that you're trying to shake off? You're flushed and all red? Are you sick or something? Is this some kind of convulsions or something? Hiccups?

And...and I'm embarrassed to ask this, but did you not wear a bra to work today?

Look, I don't know what's going on below where the screen cuts off, but it looks like...well, I know you wouldn't do that to me. I'm just going to imagine that there's something...wrong, and that you're having some kind of fit or something there. I know you wouldn't do that to me.

I know you wouldn't dare do that to me.

You'll see some familiar phrases in this list of 60, compiled by publisher Jiyu Kokuminsha. Buzzwords, political stuff, hot news, all just like in our country...but completely different. I've picked out some of the most notable ones, many of which we've talked about here on Japanator this past year.

Herbivore men - These poor guys. The ones that are all about their looks, and a lot less about relationships. There's an English (American) term for these kind of guys. Pansies.

Change - Obama coined it, Japan borrowed (and mocked) it. Obama was also a popular term. They're obsessed!

King of Pop - Too Soon.

Life-sized Gundam - The big bastard stayed around for most of the year, being all 18 meters tall and looking over Tokyo's bay. I was in Japan twice in 2009 and did not see him either time. I'm still pissed.

Pandemic - They're talking about H1N1, or the Swine Flu, of course.

Otomen - Girly mans were everywhere. See this.

Ashura - A popular exhibit at the Tokyo National Museum that opened this year, featuring national treasures. The highlight was an 8th-century statue of Buddhist deity Ashura. Amazing. It's no life-sized Gundam, but I did get to see Ashura. 

Pink Tentacle has the full list of 60.

Name: Aki Hoshino
Birthdate: March 14, 1977
Home: Tokyo
Sizes: 88/56/87 cm

Probably the top idol in Japan right now is Miss Hoshino, the lovely, top-heavy, cute-faced face of any product or company that can afford her. They call her the "Angel of Japan." Really. She's impossibly curvy and has the most attractive midriff I've ever seen in my entire life. And she knows it, too. If you haven't seen her before, you're not paying enough attention. She's 31 and still ruling Japan. Rock on, Akky.

You're Welcome.

Also be sure to check out our past Idol of the Week posts.

The headline of this feature could be considered pretty sad, but I'm a confident guy, and I feel like I can proceed with this wishlist of 2D-to-3D transformation without worry of ridicule.

I take that back. And it's not that I'm concerned about ridicule from the non-otaku set. Who cares about them, right? I'm more concerned with what you think of my choices. Will you be grading me on the realism of my choices? Will you scold me for the inclusion of moe blobs in my list? Should I work age laws into my fantasies?

You know what? You're not in my fantasies anyway. I don't care. I'm going balls out! 

Here we go.

Oh, and clarify, I would want to make these girls real so that I may court them. Isn't that part obvious? Don't worry, I'm not going to go all high brow on you. We'll leave that to the anime snobs.

And no dated crap like Rei and Fay in here.

We've told you about God Eater before. It's Namco Bandai's one-up of Capcom's Monster Hunter. It's coming out for the PSP soon, and they've released this over ten minute promotional video of the game's animation to get us pumped up.

The folks at ufotable produced this for Namco Bandai. It's a pretty big production, too. It turns out that the anime is set a few years before the game's story takes place. They want this video to make the rounds, so we're doing our part. 

How big are they pumping up this game? Well, there's a manga, too.

Who would've thought that the language barrier would be broken by a pair of glasses?

These aren't your everyday glasses, though. NEC has created this eyewear translator from the future. You put them on your face, just like any other glasses. They take in foreign languages through voice recogition and spit out translations in the form of subtitles. And get this: These subtitles will appear in space, right where you're looking, as the glasses beam the translations to your retinas, in real time.

These glasses, named Tele Scouters, won't be putting fansubbers out of business yet. When released in 2011, a set of 30 will cost 7.5 million yen (83,300 dollars), plus the cost of software.

The above image may look pretty cool as is, but wait until you see it as an animated image on Pink Tentacle. Wow.

This and many others are 3D stereoviews photographed back in the late 19th and early 20th century by Japanese photographer T. Enami. You'd normally need a stereoscope to see these pictures spring to life, but the power of the internet revives them. 

You'll see views of everyday life in the Meiji period, originally captured in tinted silver print. They look fantastic for 110-year old photos, even when not moving. When moving, they're spectacular.

Check them all out. I love the campfire one.

Britian's Got Talent, sure, but it has no place in anime. We'll let this one slide, mostly because it's hilarious.

Surely you've heard of Susan Boyle. Most of the world fell in love with this ugly duckling story when she rocked television show Britian's Got Talent with her beautiful voice. How the transition to anime came about is unclear, but it's totally happening, and it's going to be great.

You'd think Boyle would do music for something dramatic and arty, but she's the opening act for gag anime Eagle Talon (Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume). Boyle will be performing the opening theme for the upcoming third movie. The song pick? "I Dreamed a Dream." Seriously. Jerky, crazy Flash animation with symphony-backed ballads? Amazing.

[via ANN]