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Japanese Anime Companies Launch Free YouTube Channel
日本のアニメ制作会社、無料ユーチューブチャンネルを開設
Some of Japan's top animation companies have come together to share anime for free on YouTube.
On August 7, Japanese company Analyzelog started a YouTube channel called AnimeLog. It will share anime shows from animation companies such as Kodansha, Tezuka Productions and Toei Animation.
AnimeLog will start with shows like World Masterpiece Theater, Black Jack, Astro Boy and Mirai Shonen Conan.
By 2022, AnimeLog hopes to offer 3,000 anime shows from 30 animation companies.
For now, videos can only be viewed in Japan in the Japanese language, but the company plans to add subtitles in English, Chinese, and other languages in the future.
Some companies, like Kadokawa and Toei Animation, already have their own YouTube channels, but Analyzelog wants anime companies to work together on one channel.
Anime has become increasingly popular both in Japan and abroad. According to a report by The Association of Japanese Animations, the anime industry made more than 2 trillion yen, or about $20 billion, in 2019. Around 50% of that is from countries other than Japan, where anime made more than 1 trillion yen, or about $10 billion.
Watching anime on the internet has become more popular, too. The report found that online anime made almost 60 billion yen, or about $600 million in 2018, about 10% more than in 2017.
With a combined age of 215 years, Julio César Mora and Waldramina Quinteros have been named the world's oldest married couple by Guinness World Records.
110 year-old Mora and 104-year-old Quinteros are both in good health, though relatives say they're a little depressed because they miss their big family get-togethers due to the pandemic.
Both retired teachers, Mora and Quinteros live in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito and have been married for 79 years. Guinness World Records says there have been longer marriages, but none at the moment between such an old couple.
Their daughter, Cecilia, describes her parents as "lucid and active" and says they love gardening and going to the cinema together. Cecilia says her father enjoys watching television and that her mother, who enjoys desserts, likes to read the newspaper every morning.
The record for the oldest married couple previously belonged to Charlotte and John Henderson from Austin, Texas. They have a combined age of 212 years and 52 days.
Researchers from Oxford University have found that honey is better than antibiotics for treating a cough or a cold.
The researchers looked at 14 studies that compared how honey treated coughs and colds compared to medicine from stores or doctors, including antibiotics. They found that honey was an average of 36% more effective at reducing how often people coughed. Honey also helped reduce how long it took people to recover by up to two days.
The researchers said that honey is cheap and has almost no harmful side effects. Different types of honey can also have different effects. For example, manuka honey has been found to help heal cuts, and even helps protect against stomach ulcers.
The Oxford research supports advice from Public Health England and the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, which suggests using honey, rather than medicine for a cough.
However, this advice is only for adults and children over 5 years old as honey isn't safe for children under the age of 1.
Public health organizations in the UK have said that using antibiotics too much reduces their effect, so they should not be used too often. Experts say antibiotics should only be used when they are needed so they are as effective as possible.
Czech companies Studio 519 and Egoé have made kits that turn normal vans into campers. The kits, called Nestbox, can be put into the back of a van or SUV, and unfold to include a bed, sink and small stove.
There are five different Nestbox kits that can go into different cars. The kits usually have three modules: a sleeping module, a water module and a cooking module.
The sleeping module includes a fold-out bed that sleeps two people. The water module includes a fold-out sink and shower hose, and the cooking module includes a small stove, drawers and a fold-out space to prepare food. A small fridge also comes with some of the kits.
If you like, you can buy just the sleeping module or just the cooking and water modules. However, there is no toilet module.
The smallest kit is the Tramp, which is about 1 meter by 2 meters when unfolded, and weighs 37 kilograms. It costs about $2,500.
Larger kits, like the Roamer and Supertramp, are about 1.5 meters by 2 meters. These include a small fridge and cost about $4,000. The Roamer is the heaviest, and weighs almost 100 kilograms.
Richard Vodička, head of Studio 519, told Dezeen that Nestbox can give people a new way to take vacations during the coronavirus pandemic. He said that Nestbox can give people freedom and a space that's private and safe.
He also said that, by traveling with a Nestbox in your van or SUV, you can "slow down your life and get closer to nature."