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I would like to clarify that the story circulating on social media regarding the inspiration of Crayon Shin-chan series is just a false rumor. It is  not  true. I've been a big fan of the series ever since I first saw it on TV. I have seen all movies, read all mangas and seen almost all episodes in the original version. I have even read critics and reviews from Japan. The original author Yoshito Usui before beginning his career as a mangaka worked at a shop called Darakuya store. The founder and owner of the store was Shinnosuke Nikaidō. In 1987, he started his mangaka career by creating a manga called “Darakuya Store Monogatari” inspired by his experiences, which got published in the magazine Weekly Manga Action. Shinnosuke Nikaidō was one of it's characters and the manga depicted his growing up from a boy to becoming the store owner. The then editor in charge, Katsuyuki Hayashi, suggested Usui that if they make this character as the protagonist of another manga, it...

The album of Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren starring Vijay Sethupathi and Gautham Karthik was launched on Saturday in Malaysia during the Celebrity Cricket League event. The album scored by Justin Prabhakaran is heavy on percussion, the dominant part of the trailer. While “En Elumba Enni Enni” was launched earlier as a single, the other three songs of the film were released on Saturday. “Lamba Lamba” is a party style number with the music composer creates an interesting contrast with the lyrics and the techno flavour of the song. Looks like Vijay Sethupathi is Yemah (The Lord of Death) in the film. While the quickest film that has earlier dealt with the afterworld is Rajinikanth’s ‘Adhisaya Piravi’ where Rajini strikes a deal with the Lord of Death. While we don’t know if ONNPS will be on the same lines, it is definitely bound to tell an interesting story. Justin’s songs don’t have the effect his songs from ‘Pannaiyarum Padminium’ or ‘Oru Naal Koothu’ had. For example, I am...

For young South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, making his Test debut in front of his home crowd is a dream come true moment and said he too experienced goosebumps just like any other cricketer. Ngidi was instrumental in reducing India to 183 for five as he not only affected the first-ball run-out of Cheteshwar Pujara but also scalped his maiden Test wicket in the form of Parthiv Patel. “Test debut was a dream of mine and I am happy it came true on my home ground. I actually had goosebumps,” said Ngidi at the end of day two in the ongoing second cricket Test against India in Centurion on Sunday. “I was talking to Vernon (Philander) in terms of game plans on how to get that wicket. Listening to someone with so much knowledge, and it planned out exactly the way he was telling me. It made me really happy and I now believe that I can perform at this level,” he said. “I stuck to my lengths. We keep it as basic as possible. Being hypercritical, I think I could have done a little bit...

When it gets dark in a video game, it’s usually not all that dark. The cave you’re in may be  dim . The forest at night might be  shadowy . But video games almost never go pitch black.  Assassin’s Creed Origins  is a welcome exception. 00:00 00:00 I’ve been replaying  Origins  on PC, taking a more methodical approach than I did when I reviewed the game on PS4 last fall. I’m currently in Giza, a region of the map that’s home to a variety of pyramids and their enclosed tombs. Anytime you enter one of those tombs, the game will remind you (incessantly) that you should take out a torch to light dark spaces. Unlike most games, however, it really means it. Origins  isn’t the only game to actually require a light source in dark places, of course. But in so many other games, “dark” actually means “dim.” A cave in  Skyrim  or...

Pongal, celebrated mainly in Tamil Nadu, is a popular harvest festival and marks the auspicious beginning of the sun's northward journey towards the equinox, known as Uttarayan. Pongal celebrates the first harvest of the year. The festival, which is celebrated over four days, coincides with Makar Sankranti and Lohri, which is celebrated in North India. Pongal translates to "spilling over" and the festival derives its name from the tradition of boiling rice in a pot till it starts overflowing. Other popular traditions in the celebration of Pongal include the drawing of rangolis and  cooking of the Pongal dish , which is a Tamil preparation of rice boiled with milk and jaggery. This year, Pongal began on January 13 and ends on January 16. The first day of Pongal is called Bogi, or Bhogi Pongal, and is celebrated in honour of Lord Indra. Lord Indra is considered the God of clouds and rains, and is believed to bring plenty and prosperity to the land. 

It’s a new year, and with that new year we now have another new lawsuit in which someone has accused Ed Sheeran of ripping off their song. Thankfully, he’s not alone this time, as the lawsuit concerns a song he co-wrote for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill—both of whom are also named in the complaint.  This comes from  The Hollywood Reporter , which says Australian songwriters Sean Carey and Beau Golden believe that the McGraw/Hill/Sheeran joint “The Rest Of Our Life” is a “blatant” copy of their 2014 song “When I Found You” that would be “obvious to the ordinary observer.” Carey and Golden are being represented by Richard Busch, the attorney who won the “Blurred Lines” lawsuit for Marvin Gaye’s family and who also recently faced off against Sheeran in a lawsuit over his song “Photograph.” Sheeran ended up settling in that case, with the  THR  story noting that he gave up a “significant share of royalties” as part of the deal. Shortly before agreeing...

I’m quite certain that at the beginning of this year no one on the planet would have predicted that 10 months into 2017, a little family drama from India would have out-grossed nearly every single Hollywood film in China. Or that since its opening day in early May, that only one Hollywood picture,  Transformers: The Last Knight , would have topped  Dangal ’s run, and barely, at that. Dangal  played for 60 days in what turned out to be one of the leggiest runs in global movie history, finishing up with $189 million, a multiple of 80 times its May 5 th  opening day total of $2.35 million, It was the number one movie at the Chinese box office for 16 consecutive days, and it ranked among the top three from the day it opened until June 7 th , a remarkable 34 straight days. The only Hollywood film that has ever come close was the Disney animated feature  Zootopia , which finished up with a then-record multiple of 67 times its opening day collection, and 1...