“Fanatical Heart, like flame the first Japanese my car a ladybird goes to the town” Project X ~Challengers~

Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group

Publisher: NHK Publication

Category: Non-Fiction

I will tell you “Fanatical Heart, like flame the first Japanese my car a ladybird goes to the town”. There is the car which caused the revolution about the consciousness of cars for Japanese. It is SUBARU 360. In1930s this is an epoch-making car because Fuji Heavy Industries (SUBARU) makes it cheap as office workers even can buy the car which was as expensive as a house. Although the displacement of SUBARU 360 is just 360 cc, 4 people can ride in it. This car is equipped with amazing running and suspensions as it is equal to luxury foreign cars, so it was called a ladybird. Its natural parents were engineers of Fuji Heavy Industries who were making buses after the war. During the war, they were smoldering although they had the technique as they could make combat planes. The things which engineers were demanded in order to make the high-performance and cheap car were to be light weight of SUBARU 360 and the development of the suspensions which were light and soft. The thing which inspired the engineers was the wish to the families although there were many obstacles in front of them. This is the story of the men who were putting their hearts and souls for the development of novel car and their families.  

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One car amazed the world

Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group

Publisher: NHK Publication

 Category: Non-Fiction

I will tell you one car amazed the world. It is HONDA CICIC CVCC (Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion) which made its debut on July 11^th 1972. The engine was 1200 cc SOHC (Single Over Head Camshaft), and the max power was 60 ps. In addition, the max torque was only 9.5 kg. The transmission was only 4MT. This is the document of young engineers who developed HONDA CVCC engine which first cleared Muskie Act (Clean Air Act) in the world. This document describes the birth of the low-emission engine which had been said “making such an engine is impossible” with Soichiro Honda who is the famous founder of HONDA and intelligent engineer, the interchange of engineers who adore him as daddy, and generational change.

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Alex from Deutschland

I will introduce myself in Deutsch. Ich bin Alex. Ich bin von Deutschland. My job is secret agent like James Bond. My car is Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. It is one of Bond Vehicles. It is equipped with V12 DOHC and 6 Speed Automatic Transmission. The price is 27.3 million yen!! What a great British super car it is!! Next, I will tell you The enemy car. It is Jaguar XKR-S. The max power is 550 ps, and the max torque is 68 kg. The engine is 5000 cc V8 DOHC Super Charger. The transmission is 6 Speed Automatic Transmission. The price is unknown. My hobby is stamp collecting. What I dislike is snow because I cannot drive my Bond Vehicle very well. My wife, Anna dislikes English cars, but she likes German cars. She says"Sell your Martin, or I will divorce you!!" What a selfish wife she is!! Her car is Mercedes SLS AMG. The price is more than 20 million yen!!

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The fight of Rotary 47 men

Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group

Publisher: NHK Publication

 Category: Non-Fiction

I will tell you the fight of Rotary 47 men. Rotary Engine, it had been called the engine of dream for a long time. The only company that succeeded the development of Rotary Engine at the first time in the world was MAZDA whose head office is in Fuchu town, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is the drama of the development for Rotary Engine that the men who lost the family members by atomic bombs revive their hometown. However, the fact was found that Rotary Engine’s fuel efficiency was worse than any other reciprocating engine because the oil crisis caused in 1973. Still, RE fans liked RE. In 1991 787B achieved the champ of Le Mans 24 hours Race. 12 years later RX-8 was born, but it has already been decided to be stopped being manufactured because of bad fuel efficiency. 

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The destiny plans of Z ~the legend of the sports car which was sold the best in the world~ Project X

Writer: NHK Project X Producing Group

Publisher: NHK Publication

 Category: Non-Fiction

I will tell you The destiny plans of Z ~the legend of the sports car which was sold the best in the world~. In 1969 one sports car which was made in Japan. It is Fair Lady Z. After Z was sold, American people were amazed. Z is the legendary car which recorded 1.4 million cars were sold, whose record was No.1 of all sports cars in the world. At the time the export of Japanese cars began. Yutaka Katayama (age: 50 in those days) try to sell Japanese cars. However, they were called second-rate cars. As a result, few Japanese cars were sold. In other day Katayama turn his eyes to sports cars. This book shows the unknown drama that the Japanese sports car which was hand-made developed got the worldly reputations. 

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School of Rock

I will tell you School of Rock. It is the comedy movie which was

released on October 3rd 2003. The director was Richard Linklater.

The scenario writer was Mike White who is famous for the

producer of Freaks and Geeks. The producer was Scott Rudin who

got 80th Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year,

Academy Award for Best Picture.

The main actors are Jack Black and Joan Cusack (real name:

Joan Mary Cusack). Jack played as Dewey Finn. Joan played as

Rosalie "Roz" Mullins. In addition, Mike also played as Ned

Schneebly. Other actors are Sarah Kate Silverman, Rebecca

Brown, and Miranda Taylor Cosgrove.

Dewey loves rock music fanatically. However, he was fired the

band club because he performed too fanatically and selfishly. If I

were Dewey, I would behave not so fanatically, but calmly,

logically, and like an adult member of society. It is true that I also

have something to be fanatical. For example, I like sports cars, so

I tell some car enthusiasts many Japanese sports cars’ details

fanatically sometimes. I also drive a car fanatically on some

expressways. As a result, I have been charged with speeding.

However, I could know how important behaving as an adult

member of society is after I saw this School of Rock.

If you do not want to be fired the club or the corporation, you had

better make it a rule to behave calmly, logically, and like an adult

member of society, and you had better do it a rule to consider

logically and to straighten your clothes. In addition, you had

better be careful for your health. You had better make it a rule

not to drink any liquor and not to smoke. Or, you will be shamed.

I want you to remember all of them.

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Toy Story

I will tell you Toy Story. It is the American animation movie which was released on

November 22th 1995 in United States of America. Four months later it was also

released in Japan. Toy Story was produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and The Walt

Disney Studios distributed this movie Toy Story. Tom Hanks (the real name: Thomas

Jeffrey Hanks) who is famous for the actor of “Saving Private Ryan” played the leading

Part. The total proceeds of Toy Story in the whole world were 361958736 dollars, and

the proceeds of it in USA were 191796233 dollars. The director John Alan Lasseter got

Academy Special Achievement Award which is one of Academy Awards. In addition,

scenario award (Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.), original main theme song award

("You've Got a Friend in Me"), and musical composition award of comedy (Randall

Stuart Newman) were nominated although none of them was awards.

No toy speaks languages and is lifeless although some toys can move with human

strength. However, this movie makes me feel sympathy for the toys. I learned to think

that I should make it a rule to handle everything more preciously. When I become a

father, I will tell my children not to handle their toys roughly. Or, they will become

accursed. If I were a living toy, I could not endure my toy’s life because I would be

broken or injured by bad kids. Then, I would continue to curse them until they are

scared, so you had better handle not only toys but also foods, drink, and many other

tools. Or, you may be punished by heaven. I will remember it, and you must also!! Toys

are same as friends and partners for me and for a child playing alone. Especially, I like

Hot Wheels, TOMICA, and Radio Control Cars. All of them are my precious.

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