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Monday, November 23, 2009

Fresh Pretty Cure & The Many Secrets of Toyland

Today I took Anna to see the newest os the Pretty cure animation series, Fresh Pretty Cure & The Many Secrets of Toyland.


Now, the premise of the story is that someone is causing every toy in the world to suddenly vanish into thin air. The girls of Fresh Pretty Cure find that a villan by the name of Toymajin is responsible. From there they must travel to Toyland to get the toys back to the children of the world.

Soon after arriving it is discovered that Toymajin's body is comepletely made of the forgotten toys of children & many of the toys of Toyland sympathize with Toymajin's plans.

I find story to be incredibly ironic coming from the team of Toei Film Studios and the major toy manufacturer, Bandai. Each year the toy makers in Japan change the characters and stories of these shows each year. (The Pretty Cure TV show is in it's 5th year)

These companies count on the old toys being set aside and the new ones being bought every year. We avoid buying these toys at our home here because we know that, eventually, my daughter, Anna, won't be asking for the same toy next year.



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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Koshigaya Lake Town Mall

Today we decided to brave the trains and head to Saitama to the brand new mall in Koshigaya. The place was HUGE! We were very thankful for public transportation due to the 3 day weekend and the massive crowds looking to avoid the cold.



This was my lunch. Massive fried cod and oysters. YUM!!!


Here we are waiting for our connecting train at Higashi Matsudo,

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