Issue #3 October, 2020

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Shoyo Buzz

J-Horror in North America

Table of Contents

Page 2: The History of Halloween

Page 3: Manga

Pages 4 and 5: Games and answers from last issue.

Page 6: Story Time: Howie’s Haunted House

WORDS YOU MAY

NOT KNOW

Horror

ホラー

Impact

影響

Subtitles

字幕

Videotape

ビデオテープ

Was received

受け取られた

Remake

リメイク

Praise

賞賛

Influence

影響を与える

Many Japanese horror movies and TV

shows have had an impact not only on Japanese

culture, but also on the culture of North

America. Given the nickname ‘J-Horror’, many

of these things have become very popular

outside of Japan.

In the early 2000s, the first J-Horror

movies came to North America. Though people

watched it with English subtitles, one of these

movies – “The Ring” （リング〉 – became very

popular. Based on a story of a scary videotape

that would kill those that watched it, it was well

received outside of Japan. Even though it came

out in 1998 in Japan, it became so popular in

North America after that it got a remake with

English speaking actors in 2002. Today, many

people in North America think it is one of the

best horror movies ever made.

Similar to “The Ring”, other movies such as

“The Grudge” (呪怨じゅおん ) have gotten

similar praise and English remakes as well.

Even now, a new version of “The Grudge” is

being made in the U.S. because of the success

of the Japanese film.

Even horror anime have become

popular in North America. For example,

teenagers and younger adults have become

fans of shows like Death Note (デスノート).

With many movies and TV shows

becoming popular outside of Japan, J-Horror

continues to influence North American

culture.

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The History of Halloween

Like many other holidays, Halloween has changed throughout history. Over 2,000

years ago people called the Celts lived in Ireland, the UK, and parts of Northern France.

November 1st was their New Year's Day. They believed that the night before the New Year

(October 31st) was a time when the living and the dead came together.

More than a thousand years ago the Christian church named November 1st, “All

Saints Day” (also called “All Hallows.”) This was a special day to honor the saints and other

people who died for their religion. The night before “All Hallows” was called “Hallows Eve.”

Later the name was changed to Halloween.

Like the Celts, European people also believed that the Ghosts of the dead would visit the

earth on Halloween. They were scared that evil ghosts would hurt them. So on that night

people wore costumes that looked like ghosts or other creatures. They thought if they

dressed like that, the spirits would think they were also dead and not hurt them.

The tradition of Halloween started in America because of European people. Some of the

traditions changed a little, though. For example, on Halloween in Europe some people would

carry lanterns made from turnips. In America, pumpkins were more common. So people

began putting candles inside them and using them as lanterns. That is why you see “Jack 'o

lanterns” today.

These days Halloween is not usually considered a religious holiday. It is mainly a fun day for

children. Children dress up in costumes like people did a thousand years ago. But instead of

worrying about evil spirits, they go from house to house. They knock on doors and say "trick

or treat." The owner of each house gives candy or something special to each trick-or-treater.

WORDS YOU MAY

NOT KNOW

Saint(s)

聖人

Hallow

神聖

Eve(ning)

夜

Ghosts

幽霊

Evil

悪の

Costumes

衣裳

Creatures

生き物

Lanterns

灯籠

Is considered~

～だと考える

Treat

扱う

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It's an ______. It's a __________ It's a ________ . She's a ________ .

It's a ________ . He's wearing a ___. It's a __________ . It's a ___________ .

It's a _________. It's a _________ . It's a __________ . It's a__________ .

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form.

1. Look! A huge black spider ………………….. (make) a cobweb over the

window.

2. The old witch ………………………. (ride) her broom last night.

3. Our black cat ………………………. (usually/ go) for a walk at midnight.

4. Bats ………………………..(fly) out from the dark cave.

5. I ……………………… (buy) a new broom yesterday.

6. Kids …………………(like) wearing funny costumes at Halloween.

7. Something strange ………………(happen) in the haunted house yesterday.

8. Pete ……………….(see) a ghost a couple of weeks ago.

9. My Granny …………………..(grow) an enormous pumpkin last year.

owl spider black cat costume haunted house cobweb

candle witch broom pumpkin ghost bat

WORDS YOU MAY

NOT KNOW

Costumes

衣裳

Haunted

幽霊な

Cobweb

クモの巣

Enormous

巨大な

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Let’s Check the Answers From Last Issue!

Look at the two pictures below. Circle as many differences as you can in picture 2 and list the differences in

English:

Picture 1 Picture 2

1. The bird is not outside the window.

2. The boy is not watching the bird.

3. The boy is playing with a soccer ball.

4. The girl and the cat are not there.

5. There is a new picture on the wall.

6. The sock is not on the bed.

7. The baseball is not on the floor.

Look at the pictures and letters below. Put the letters in the correct order.

1. PLANE 2. PUPPET 3. ROBOT 4. BALLOON

5 THIRSTY 6. CROCODILE 7. TEACHER 8. BUILDER

9. CAKES 10. MILKSHAKE

Mystery Word: Each issue will add new letters to a word. Use the word at the E-Hive correctly to earn a prize!

The next letters are:

I T

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Story Time: Howie’s Haunted House

Every year, on October 31st, many

children and adults celebrate Halloween in

Canada. Children wear costumes and go to

many decorated houses to get candy from

people. Adults will put up many

decorations like plastic spiders or fake

skeletons in their houses and outside of it,

but there are some people that make their

houses even more scary.

When I was in school, there was

always – ALWAYS – one house that

everybody went to every year, because it

was crazy! This place was “Howie’s

Haunted House”, and every year, many

people would go to “Howie’s” both for

candy and to be scared. Most houses had

small, not very scary decorations, but

“Howie’s” had so much more!

It was so scary for many reasons.

First, people would volunteer to scare

people on the way to the house. People

would hide in bushes and jump out to scare

people! One year, one of the volunteers

even had a fake chainsaw, and would

sneak up on people before starting behind

them! My grandmother was terrified when it

happened to her!

Second, there was always scary noises

being played. This could be wolves howling,

or people screaming far away. It was always

so scary! It was so scary, that sometime

people would not even get to the house!

Every year, the most interesting thing

was a giant metal dinosaur that Howie had

made for Halloween. Every time someone

would get to the front of the house, the

dinosaur would have fire come out of its

mouth! It was so cool!

Sadly, Howie’s Haunted House does

not happen any more in my home town. But,

the giant dinosaur can be seen on the road

into town. He does not have fire any more,

but he carries a hockey stick instead!

Brought to you by:

WORDS YOU MAY

NOT KNOW

Decorations

装飾

Fake

偽

Volunteer

自発的に～する

Chainsaw

チェーンソー

Sneak up on

こっそり忍び寄る

Noise

騒音

Wolf / Wolves

オオカミ

Howling

遠吠え

Scream(ing)

喚く

Credits and special thanks

- Aiake Nomura, who created manga for this issue!

- Tashmika, Joe, Sherman, and Quinton – Your Shoyo ALTs!