Alafista OTAKU's Feed Releases for September 2010

The jacket cover of the latest volume 35 of Berserk manga series has announced that a new anime series is in the works. And now an official trailer featuring the voice of Gackt has been uploaded onto youtube as well: The manga series started serial...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at some very interesting water transportation in Japan. Image Credit: miwaza flickr These interesting duck-shaped pedal boats can be found in some of the lakes (e.g. Lake Ashi) and waterways in Japan...

Folks who caught the final episode of K-On!! would already know that a film version of the anime series have been announced! The official website has also been updated with the news announcement. Here’s the last bit of the show where the announcemen...

If you are flying to Tokyo, you would probably land at Narita airport. But if you are taking a domestic flight within Japan to Tokyo, then most likely you will be landing at Haneda Airport 羽田空港 instead. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking...

Do you have a tendency to leave the fridge door open? Or if you just want something to place inside your empty fridge? Then you might want to consider getting one of these really kawaii Fridgeezoos artic animal pets. They are four different artic an...

For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a slow evening walk along Bankoku Bridge and enjoy the gorgeous night skyline of the Minato Mirai 21 area in Yokohama Prefecture. Image Credit: kamomebird’s flickr From the beautiful skyline you can see som...

If you like to see naked men running in the sea, then you would want to participate in the Ohara Hadaka Matsuri 大原はだか祭り in Chiba Prefecture. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at this interesting festival. Image Credit: Mapple.net...

The final episode of Sengoku BASARA II aired today, and at the end of the show, the producers announced that a new theatrical feature has been confirmed and schedule to premier in 2011.

Here’s a news story of another creepy elementary school teacher and this time it is in Saitama Prefecture. He was arrested by the police after he allegedly hid a camera in a girls’ toilet of his school in an attempt to video his students. When questi...

The gorgeous Aya Kiguchi’s birthday is coming up in two weeks time, so we will be celebrating it in advance by featuring her in our weekend gravure feature. I like this shot of her below because it looks like she is just waking up in the morning. Na...

Still remember the kawaii Panasonic LUMIX FX700 commercial featuring Haruka Ayase kissing the screen? A promotional event was held in Shinjuku with Haruka Ayase to grace the event. However, there was also a gigantic 10 meters tall balloon of her towe...

For Today’s Japan photo, we will be travelling to Hakodate 函館市, Hokkaido. If you climb up to the summit of Mount Hakodate, you will get to see a breathtaking view of the city, and you should go at night because the night view is renowned in Japan...

Still remember the commercial featuring Gackt enjoying his “Golden Time”? Well he is off to somewhere again to enjoy his “golden time for men” 「男のゴールデンタイム」, and it captures him in quite a sensitive manly moment ^^ I just love the tagline...

Hiro Mizushima (水嶋 ヒロ) is one of my most favorite Japanese actor and I particularly enjoyed his performance as Souji Tendou in Kamen Rider Kabuto. Tokyographs report that he has left his management agency Ken-on as of 20 Sep 2010. Apparently, Miz...

How many of you travel by trains to work or school? For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be checking out the special Women-Only Carriage 女性専用車両. Image Credit: MSN Sankei In Japan, the special cars were introduced to combat lewd conduct, particular...

Pepsi Japan is back with its exotic cocktail of soft drink. This time it has announced a new Mont Blanc flavor but it doesn’t have any association with the luxury brand. The favor of the drink is said to contain a hint of French chestnuts, even thou...

Japan has started rolling out its commercial for Gran Turismo 5 and the message is simple yet calls out to every GT fan: We Love Cars! Bring backs good old memories when I used to play with Hot Wheels toy cars ^^

If you thought the Asuka Ferrari Itasha was really awesome, then you gotta check out this really cool HMO Miku Hatsune Ferrari F430 Itasha that was parked in Akihabara. Source: AkibaBlog I think this is one of the best itasha I’ve seen so far, p...

A new clip has been uploaded for the Eight Bit Strange series and this time it features Snake roving around a shipyard. Keep watching after the credits whereby Liquid Ocelot makes a surprise entrance. You can catch the first two episodes here. This...

Over the weekend, the popular Kishiwada Danjiri Festival 岸和田だんじり祭 was held in Osaka prefecture. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be taking a look at the awesome festival that involves many people racing down the street with a large wooden car...

Chara-ani has opened preorder for this kawaii figure of Kirino Kousaka [高坂桐乃] from the light novel and soon anime series Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない). She is scheduled for release in Jan 201...

The debut trailer for Makai Senki Disgaea 4 (魔界戦記ディスガイア4) was showcased by Nippon Ichi Software at the ongoing Tokyo Game Show 2010, and the game has been scheduled to be release on 24 Feb 2010 in Japan and subsequently an English release i...

Today is Friday and probably some of you would be heading out for a fun night out after work. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting Kabukichō, which is the location of many hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclu...

Mika-tan has provided some lovely preview photos of the upcoming photos of the upcoming Nendoroid Flandre Scarlet (フランドール・スカーレット) from the Touhou franchise. She is the little sister of Nendoroid Remilia Scarlet and you can finally comple...