The Student News Site of The American School in Japan Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:10:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/ /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:10:09 +0000 /?p=4644 Reading Time: 4 minutes On a Thursday afternoon last month, senior Sophia Nielsen strode through the high school hallways searching for an open room where she could rehearse her One Act Play. In tow was Evi Chung, also a senior, who has a leading role in Sophia鈥檚 play.聽 鈥淚 hadn鈥檛 ever done theater and I had always wanted to...]]> /campus-life/the-asij-theaters-all-student-affair/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/the-chaos-of-costuming-and-the-student-in-control/ /arts-entertainment/the-chaos-of-costuming-and-the-student-in-control/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2023 11:49:50 +0000 /?p=4225 Reading Time: 4 minutes For Elle Woods, fashion is a way of life. Her iconic pink outfits, sparkling dress pieces, and colorful 2000s chic are cornerstones of both her personality and the 2001 film Legally Blonde in which she is the central character. And although not quite as fabulously dressed as Elle, the rest of the cast also wears...]]> /arts-entertainment/the-chaos-of-costuming-and-the-student-in-control/feed/ 3 /arts-entertainment/confronting-mortality-in-a-childrens-movie/ /arts-entertainment/confronting-mortality-in-a-childrens-movie/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:57:11 +0000 /?p=4155 Reading Time: 3 minutes Puss in Boots appears to be an utterly playful character. The boot-wearing, rapier-touting, Spanish-speaking anthropomorphic orange tabby was initially a side character in Shrek 2 (2004). He would seem to make for a colorful adventure, a simple entertainment that would be a hit with kids, but lack the substance of meaningful cinema. Yet the movie...]]> /arts-entertainment/confronting-mortality-in-a-childrens-movie/feed/ 1 /campus-life/title-empowering-elementary-voices/ /campus-life/title-empowering-elementary-voices/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:49:58 +0000 /?p=3987 Reading Time: 3 minutes The Elementary Voice, ASIJ鈥檚 elementary school newspaper club, returned with its second issue this fall following its inaugural publication last spring. Covering a range of topics from Spirit Day to the war in Ukraine, the staff of fourth and fifth-grade students spent the fall season reporting, writing, and designing for their own newspaper.聽聽 Led by...]]> /campus-life/title-empowering-elementary-voices/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/behind-the-scenes-of-the-fall-play-with-cooper-johnson/ /arts-entertainment/behind-the-scenes-of-the-fall-play-with-cooper-johnson/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 03:41:34 +0000 /?p=3940 Reading Time: 4 minutes It was the first time the HS Fall Play would rehearse the entirety of Shakespeare鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream without stopping. Cooper Johnson, ASIJ senior and Head Stage Manager, checked her rehearsal schedule and took attendance before getting the attention of the room to begin the run-through. 鈥淧laces for pre-show,鈥� she called.聽 鈥淭hank you. Places,鈥�...]]> /arts-entertainment/behind-the-scenes-of-the-fall-play-with-cooper-johnson/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-a-mad-sequel/ /arts-entertainment/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-a-mad-sequel/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:13:47 +0000 /?p=3847 Reading Time: 3 minutes If you were to watch 2016鈥檚 Doctor Strange and immediately after watch 2022鈥檚 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latter would be nearly incomprehensible. Not because Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is inadequate as a sequel, but because, as is becoming increasingly common among Marvel movies, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse...]]> /arts-entertainment/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-a-mad-sequel/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/cloud-cuckoo-land-anthony-doerrs-paean-to-books/ /arts-entertainment/cloud-cuckoo-land-anthony-doerrs-paean-to-books/#respond Tue, 08 Mar 2022 03:51:16 +0000 /?p=3631 Reading Time: 3 minutes Anthony Doerr is like a tapestry weaver when it comes to his novels. His characters start on opposite sides of the loom, then Doerr threads them closer together against beautifully constructed backdrops until the elegant image is revealed.聽 In his Pulitzer Prize winning 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, Doerr deftly intertwined the...]]> /arts-entertainment/cloud-cuckoo-land-anthony-doerrs-paean-to-books/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/spider-man-no-way-home-makes-peter-parker-a-hero/ /arts-entertainment/spider-man-no-way-home-makes-peter-parker-a-hero/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:15:51 +0000 /?p=3546 Reading Time: 3 minutes Tom Holland fit right in when he first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man. The moment he jumped into 2016鈥檚 Captain America: Civil War, Holland showed that he possessed the classic Spider-Man charm and the teenage energy of Peter Parker. Since then, Holland has portrayed the wall-crawler in two solo films and two...]]> /arts-entertainment/spider-man-no-way-home-makes-peter-parker-a-hero/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/hawkeye-review-not-every-superhero-needs-a-tv-show/ /arts-entertainment/hawkeye-review-not-every-superhero-needs-a-tv-show/#respond Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:05:28 +0000 /?p=3536 Reading Time: 3 minutes For the fifth and final time in 2021, Marvel released the final episode for one of their Disney+ TV series. This time, Hawkeye, the bow-wielding sharpshooter portrayed by Jeremy Renner takes center stage; he鈥檚 the last of the original six Avengers to receive a dedicated movie or TV show. Although, that鈥檚 where the problems start...]]> /arts-entertainment/hawkeye-review-not-every-superhero-needs-a-tv-show/feed/ 0 /arts-entertainment/the-exhilarating-battle-for-the-formula-1-championship/ /arts-entertainment/the-exhilarating-battle-for-the-formula-1-championship/#respond Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:57:19 +0000 /?p=3416 Reading Time: 5 minutes Since 1958, Formula 1 has seen 15 different teams win the constructor鈥檚 championship, that is, the drivers in that team鈥檚 car have collectively scored more points than the drivers in any other team鈥檚 car. Vanwall won the first championship, and Ferrari has won the most with fifteen. Since 2014, Mercedes has won a record seven...]]> /arts-entertainment/the-exhilarating-battle-for-the-formula-1-championship/feed/ 0