Alafista OTAKU's Feed Releases for February 2010

Japan has many wonderful nature scenery and mockmoon has uploaded his latest work, and this time it is a lovely time-lapse video of the winter scene in Japan. I’m a big fan of his video, especially those that capture the night sky because living in...

Its been a while since we last saw Mikie Hara on this site, so I decided to find one of her galleries for this weekend’s gravure feature. I’m sure she doesn’t need any introduction since she is one of the leading gravure idols in the industry. Name:...

As some of you might know, I have been taking photography classes, and here’s one of my recent assignment which was shared during Wednesday’s evening class. This image of the wine cork encased in ice was one of my most favorite shots and it received...

Here’s another awesome stop-motion video based on the original Bad Apple! Touhou silhouette animation, and this one is made entirely using real juicy red apples! I’m always amazed by the dedication and effort spent to make such awesome videos. Sour...

Back in Jan, we saw the first trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron which is being developed by High Moon Studios. Now a new trailer has been release with some gamplay footages. The game seems to be a third person shooter, but I wonder how wil...

For the upcoming White Day ホワイトデー, Softbank and Glico will be coming together for a joint marketing campaign. Softbank mobile subscribers can show staff their cellphone with the download wallpaper from the campaign website and they can redeem a...

Twitter has become so popular worldwide that now a Japanese dorama is being produced on the social networking tool. The drama is called Sunao ni Narenakute 「素直になれなくて」, which literally means “Hard to say I’m sorry”, and will star Eita and Ju...

Kotobukiya has announced preorder for another sexy figure of Tamaki Kousaka from the To Heart2 Another Days franchise. Essentially it is a “wardrobe malfunction” version of the 1/6 Tamaki Kōsaka PVC released back in Mar 2009. She is scheduled for re...

Back in Dec 2009, I shared with you folks that Moyashimon was being adapted into a live-action drama and now the first trailer of the show is out! The show will air on Fuji TV in Jul 2010, and will star Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一), who is better kno...

Last Friday, in the article on Sexiest Japanese Winter Olympians, I mentioned that the Japanese women curling team had some really cute team members. Today, we will have a more in-depth look at Team Aomori [チーム青森]. Team Aomori currently compris...

A really cool commercial by Coca-Cola featuring former soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata (中田 英寿) drinking Coke Zero in zero gravity. This CM got me wondering whether it was really shot in zero gravity or did they just used some camera tricks. Its rea...

This weekend’s gravure feature is the lovely Mai Nishida whom I’ve mentioned previously is gorgeous from head to toe. Name: 西田 麻衣 [にしだ まい] Birthday: 23 March 1989 Height: 158cm 3 Sizes: B89cm/W58cm/H81cm Blood Type: O

For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall visit the tallest building in Japan – Yokohama Landmark Tower 横浜ランドマークタワー, standing 295.8 m (970 ft) high. This awesome shot of the tower was taken from .nicky.’s flickr. I loved how he managed to capture...

Here’s another shot of my Danboard Mini taken during New Year gathering at comrade kodomut’s house. Here we see him turning on his glowing eyes and peering into this mailbox coin bank to see if there are indeed any coins hidden inside.

After enjoying some some yummy Taiyaki たい焼き, we shall proceed to observe the traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony [茶道] for our Today’s Japan photo series. This photo was uploaded onto flickr by user FotoBob#. I liked the composition of this photo...

What is the largest amount of ice-cream you’ve ever consumed? Three scoops? I’m sure your expression would be like the reporter lady if you ever saw such a tall tower of ice-cream parfait being served. This ice-cream is called “World Tower” and will...

The sporting world focus is now set on the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver. While not all of us can appreciate the sports, I’m sure many of us can appreciate the sexy athletes that are taking part in this Winter Olympics. Here’s a really interesti...

Yumi Sugimoto [杉本有美] is one of my favorite gravure idol and is frequently featured on Alafista.com as well. Now it seems that she is trying to enter the music industry with the release of her debut single on 17 Feb 2010. There are two different...

Would you ever jump onto the train tracks to save someone from the oncoming train? This brave man jumped onto the tracks at Koenji Station on the JR Chuo Line in Tokyo on Monday night to save a drunk woman that fell off a platform. The woman, 20, wh...

Ngee Khiong reports that the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Cyclone-Cyclone form and Joker-Joker form (which appeared in the MOVIE大戦2010) will be a limited edition release. Interested collectors would first have to purchase “S.H. Figuarts Collection”...

The official website for K-On! has been updated with the announcement that the new season of K-On! will be titled K-On!! (with an extra exclamation mark), and the series is scheduled to air on TBS on 06 April 2010! But not too sure why they slotted...

Never knew my Mini Danboard had musical talents until I caught him playing some lovely tunes on comrade kodomut’s piano while I was over at his house for New Year gathering.

The first episode of Tensou Sentai Goseiger [天装戦隊ゴセイジャー] was aired last weekend and if you have not decided whether you want to catch the series, maybe you want to check out their first henshin sequence and battle. I thought their weapons...

Alter has started taking preroder for the this cool-looking figure of Sanya V. Litvyak (サーニャ・V・リトヴャク) from the anime series Strike Wtiches. She is scheduled for release in Jun 2010, and will be retailing for around 8,190 yen. Interested f...