You still can...they are called 'Chūshingura' .
'The Loyal 47 Ronin' is one version you can watch for free with subtitles, it can be found on YT in 2 parts, part one is at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE9lG7G6t4E

Many are just named 'Chūshingura', including the most famous one, made in 1962 named "Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki" There are many versions. None of the Japanese made versions have dragons or witches, as far as I know. I'm almost certain they are ALL better than "47 Ronin", but I haven't seen them all...I just know it's true.

Actually, the hurricane kick is "Tatsu Maki Senpu Kyaku".

Also: Is that Zack Morris as Ryu?

I wish he'd move on from these bits.

@arekin @NinjaInHeat -

"Sushi is all about the fish." False. Sushi is as much about the rice as the fish. In fact, it literally means "vinegared rice." Certainly the fish is important, however my understanding is that much of the subtlety that distinguishes various chefs is their preparation of the rice, not the fish. This may be why it is more acceptable to apply wasabi and soy to sashimi rather than to nigiri or maki. So yea, it's like a hamburger on a really fancy bun. I still want my barbecue sauce.

The lack of wasabi in the maki and nigiri did strike a jarring tone for me too.

>> ^Phreezdryd:

>> ^artician:
Pathetic Nigiri.

Totally! I've never had fish sliced that thin on nigiri.
And no wasabi in the middle.
This must be sushi for little old white lady tea parties.

Thank you for that I did attempt to own that search engine, but alas...

In reply to this comment by cybrbeast:
dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Maki-Sure-Staring-Contest-Winner

other versions (with sound):
http://www.videosift.com/video/THX-in-the-wild
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dramatic-Tarsier

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Maki-Sure-Staring-Contest-Winner

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by alien_concept.

dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/Maki-Sure-Staring-Contest-Winner

other versions (with sound):
http://www.videosift.com/video/THX-in-the-wild
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dramatic-Tarsier

Thanks for pointing this out. The rules bend both ways on this. I think that thte genereal consensus is: if the music changes the video enough to be unique then it stays. Look up the Tarsier/Maki/THX videos. What do you think?

In reply to this comment by Tymbrwulf:
Your video http://www.videosift.com/video/Adding-the-Benny-Hill-Theme-to-Anything-Makes-it-Funny seems to be a dupe of http://www.videosift.com/video/HonestlyA-Shrimp-On-A-Treadmill, except it has music added to it. Not sure about the rules on that.

^ No, not at all. Just because something else got to stay because of a different sound track does not make this one valid. The other one (Original, Jumper editing, Heavily edited, and the THX intro) was all edits that dramatically altered the content.

This one just adds some music. I don't think it differs enough to warrant staying.

More Maki Madness!

To get the thread back on track: The sifter that fixed the video with the wrong code should PM the poster, or if the poster is an absent member (i.e. Firefly/ladybug) then they should invoke the * discuss command so that the admins can fix it or send it back to the dead pool if the proper embed is not found.

As for the original topic: If a short clip is here already, and a longer one is added, it can stay, provided that it adds significant context over the first. If a longer clip is here, and a short one is submitted, it's a dupe is a dupe is a dupe. I don't want to hear about "oh, well I don't want to have to watch 40 minutes to see 10." That doesn't matter. The content is already here.

As for same video content with alternate audio:

Provided that the new audio changes the context/purpose of the clip than it's acceptable.
Example: Original Maki clip Kinda boring, if you ask me. Then there was the THX remix. This one added a new level of comedy to it just with the added sound. Lastly, there's the Dramatic Tarsier II video. This time the sound exists for shock value, not comedy.

BTW, where is this "maki monkey" coming from? I don't think it is a real animal name. I found that it is a Tarsier -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsier ...

So here's a question O fellow Sifters: This video has already been posted here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Maki-Sure-Staring-Contest-Winner but I found this one (above).

Would this be considered a dupe? Or would you say this was a new take on it? I'm interested to see what the community thinks.

VBM

Glad to see you have an adventurous spirit, MG. Do you remember what was in the bento that you found so offensive? Was it animal, mineral or vegetable?

Japanese food falls into several categories. I'll list them starting with the most common/popular, to the highest cuisine styles.

1. Street food, including yakisoba, tako yaki (octopus in batter balls) and okonomi yaki (Cabbage pancakes), modan yaki, tai yaki (fish-shaped cakes filled with red beans) etc

2. Street-style bento/bowl food, including rice with seaweed and grilled salmon, chicken kara-age, gyudon (beef bowls) etc

3. Izakaya food (pub food), which is a bit like tapas, in that it's small plates of all kinds of interesting yummies, fried and otherwise. My favourite is grilled eggplant in soy sauce

4. Ramen noodle shops can range from the hole-in-the wall to more expensive restaurants, but are usually the kind of food you grab on-the-run, which is why Japanese love to slurp their ramen as fast as they can.

5. Chinese food, which is appropriated to the Japanese palate, like gyoza (fried dumplings), haru maki (spring rolls), cha han, mabo dofu (chili with tofu) etc

6. Pizza restaurants are very popular. You can sample very Japanese style pizzas, that have kim-chi (pickled cabbage) or kamaboko (fish cakes) on them. Some pasta restaurants can be quite classy, usually because they have a European trained chef.

7. Kateika which is home-cooked food, including grilled fish, like salmon and mackeral, rice, miso soup, nabe yaki (hot pots) vegie and rice dishes like gomoku gohan, curry rice, omu rice (a kind of omelette) etc


8. All-you-can-eat restaurants sell food like shabu shabu and suki yaki and are very popular, usually offer all-you-can drink as well.

9. Sushi, including sashimi and all the varieties of sushi. Some sushi places are VERY expensive.

10. Soba restaurants specialise in all kinds of traditional noodle dishes and can be quite revered for their particular style.

11. Kaiseki Ryori is high cuisine, serving some of the foods you would find in osechi ryori and include the food served at a ryokan (Inn), like clear soups with rare mountain vegies, sashimi and delicacies in seafood. We were teated to some kaiseki ryori last time we visited friends in Japan and my favourite was tiny slices of hard butter in between slivers of dried persimmon. It was delicious!

I've probably left some out, but there you have it. Even after you've lived in Japan for some time, it can be quite difficult to become comfortable with some of the high-end stuff, unless you have an absolute love of seafood in its simplest form, because the flavour is usually very subtle.