Alafista OTAKU's Feed Releases for April 2010

No matter from which angle you look at it, Mount Fuji is always beautiful. So we are revisiting it again for Today’s Japan photo, but this time in the night. This great shot was taken by miwa** using long exposure so you can actually see the trails...

AkibaBlog spotted a very interesting bus circling the roads of Akihabara today, and upon closer inspection, it is a lovely itabus promoting the upcoming eroge Shin Koi Hime Musou ~Moeshouden~「真・恋姫†無双～萌将伝～」 that is scheduled for release o...

Kotobukiya has announced preorder for the figure of Gertrud Barkhorn (ゲルトルート・バルクホルン) from the anime series Strike Witches. She is one of my more favorite character from the series because of her ability to dual-wield weapons. She is sch...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting one of the most beautiful lake in Japan – Lake Tōya 洞爺湖 which is located in Hokkaido. If you look carefully at the lake, it seems almost transparent. This great photo of the lake was taken by chun 銘俊...

The cast for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of the light novel series Maria-sama ga Miteru (マリア様がみてる) was unveiled at today’s press conference. The movie that is scheduled to premier in Fall season will star Miki Honoka (未来穂香)...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting one of Japan’s best cherry blossom viewing spot in Tokyo – Chidorigafuchi 千鳥が淵. This shot was taken by kanegen. And I just love how the tiny blue boats adds colors to the entire picture. Anyway, Chido...

MaxFactory has announced preorder for this sexy figure of Clalaclan Philias [クララクラン・フィリアス] from the Shining Wind franchise. She is not wearing her armor this time round, but just a simple white bikini. She is scheduled for release in Oct...

Here’s a scan from the latest issue of Hobby Japan and it previews the upcoming limited edition S.I.C. Kamen Rider NEW Den-O Strike Form. The figure is scheduled for release in Sep 2010, and will be retailing for 5,775 yen. Preorder will open on Toe...

The official website of the Beck Live-Action Movie has been updated with 2nd movie trailer. Still hoping for the movie to be shown in Singapore ^^ Here are a couple of screenshots from the new trailer: And here’s the trailer that was just upload...

After seeing sneak preview of it on magazines scans, the Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker Extreme Form finally debuts in this weekend’s latest episode 32 of the Kamen Rider W series. For those who don’t mind spoilers, I’ve managed to located subbed clip...

Since I broke my glasses on Friday, I’ve some difficulties doing my usual favorite activities on the weekend such as watching anime or playing my PS3. So I decided to do some spring cleaning for my Nendoroids that I have procrastinated for some time....

Last December, a new Code Geass project was announced and now we have confirmation that it is a new anime titled 「Code Geass GAIDEN: Boukoku no Akito」 「コードギアス GAIDEN 亡国のアキト」. The announcement came in the form of a trailer that was in...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we are going to enjoy another one of my favorite side dishes that I would always order when I visit a Japanese restaurant – Edamame 枝豆, which are actually boiled green soybeans. Here’s a lovely photo taken by flickr user y...

The new Gundam café will be opening this weekend in Akihabara and before the café open, lets take a sneak peek inside. The café looks really spacious inside, it seems rather spacious. One of the few café where everything inside is colored in white....

For Today’s Japan Photo series, we will looking at the beautiful sunset of the coast of Uto (宇土市) in Kumamoto Prefecture. This photo was taken off Mainichi Japan’s Photo Journal and here’s the description: The coast of Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture i...

The Gundam franchise will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this coming July and since 1980, the first gundam kit was sold for just 300 yen. But how many Gundam kits has Bandai sold over the years? As of this March, Bandai has sold more than 400 m...

Still remember the Monster Hunter 3 Cheater who was banned until year 9999? Well Microsoft has taken similar actions and banned one player’s Xbox Live account until the year 9999, but its not for cheating. Read the forum screenshot below to see what...

How much would you fork out for a bowl of yummy ramen? Well this bowl of ramen cost 10,000 yen and you have to place your reservation 3 days in advance to enjoy it! As reported on this interesting article on CNNgo: The name of the restaurant is Fuji...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at one of the famous Ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock paintings) and it is titled The Great Wave off Kanagawa 神奈川沖浪裏. Just a little description of the awesome painting: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈...

Last weekend, Japan held one of its largest cosplay event, Cure Cosplay Festival Vol.2, in Yokohama, Japan. Gigazine has done a good coverage of the event and here are some of my favorite cosplay of the day.

As promised, Mika-tan continues her preview of the third set of Nendoroid Puchi Bakemonogatari, and today she will be featuring the optional parts that comes together with each character. The coolest parts actually belong to Shinobu Oshino (忍野 忍)...

Konami will be releasing the game Busou Shinkin Battle Masters 「武装神姫バトルマスターズ」 for the Sony PSP console on 15 July 2010. There will also be a special limited edition bundle that comes along with two figures of Arnval Mk.2 figure and Stra...

Its been a while since we heard any chilling stories of Hikikomoris or Otaku killing people. But another one just took place yesterday wherby a 30-year-old man stabbed five members of his family at their house in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, killing t...

Its been a long while since we featured Rina Akiyama 秋山 莉奈 for my weekend gravure feature, and I’m quite sure some of you folks must be missing the idol with one of the best bikini booty in the industry. Name: Akiyama Rina (秋山莉奈) Birthday: S...