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Moe Moe Kyun Meido Café House Rules
I’m sure many of you folks are as excited about patronising the Moe Moe Kyun Meido Café at the upcoming Anime Festival Asia 2009. But just before you decide to try anything funny, they have announced some of the house rules so that you can have a “sa...
Nozomi Ohashi And Funny Potato Chips
Nozomi Ohashi is the talented young Japanese girl that sang the popular theme song for Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea”. In this kawaii commercial by Calbee, we heard her singing in the background while animated potato c...
Microsoft Rumored To Have Disabled 600,000 Xbox Live Accounts?
はちま起稿 highlight this interesting article whereby some blogger mentioned that Microsoft had been clamping down on illegally modified Xbox 360 and more than 600,000 Xbox Live accounts have been banned.
Here’s the dubious conversation which was re...
Cool Japanese Barcodes
Comrade Kodomut spotted these cool Japanese barcodes and shared it on his twitter. Apparently these barcodes are created by a Japanese firm d-barcode, which specialises in creating unique barcodes.
Here’s more interseting barcodes, and I wonder if t...
Amiami Trials SAL Shipping
Two weeks back, Amiami Goes Began Its English Portal for international hobby fans. It seems like now the online figure store had received feedback from its new customers and realised that EMS shipping might be too expensive for some of us. Therefore,...
Project BM! 1/6 Kaneda Shotaro & Bike
Fan of cult anime movie Akira would be delight to know that Kaneda and his coolsome bike are being released as part of Project BM! series.
Kaneda Shotaro and his bike will be released seperately in March 2010. Kaneda will retail for around 17,800 y...
Nendoroid Plus Rin & Len Plush Preview
Mika-tan has uploaded a couple of preview photos of the kawaii pair of Nendoroid Plus Rin & Len Plush.
The kawaii duo will be up for preorder soon on the Gift online store, together with the 2nd batch of Nendoroid Plus Kaito Plush.
Source: GSC Blog...
Television Powers Down While You Sleep
Do you often fall asleep while watching TV late at night? Then you might want to check out this new Bravia TV from Sony which has some cool sensor that detects you are asleep and will power itself down.
Not sure if this technology has been around al...
Tokyo Figure Show Comes To Singapore AFA09
Great news for fans of DannyChoo who are attending the upcoming Anime Festiva Asia 2009 event in Singapore because Danny will be bringing along two of his recent signature creations along to the event: Tokyo Figure Show and Otacool.
Folks who purch...
Watching TV on Cellphones
Last week I asked whether you folks “watch anime while travelling?”, and it seems like a couple of you enjoy watching anime on your PSP. I previously used to watch anime on my iPod Touch as well, but I found that converting the anime to a compatible...
SH Figuarts Battle Hopper & Acrobatter
Fans of Kamen Rider Black and Black RX would be familiar with their cool rides – Battle Hopper and Acrobatter. Bandai is now releasing the two bikes as part of their SH Figuarts series, and they are already up for preorder exclusively from their Tama...
Dragon Resurrected Using Legos
necromancer7 always believed the dragons existed, so he resurrected them using lego bricks and created this stunningly cool bone dragon below:
Source: necromancer7’s Flickr via Gizmodo
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Torii Gate On Mount Fuji
Here’s a stunning photo of a torii [鳥居] gate which is located on the top of Mount Fuji. I really like the composition and how there is a slight ray of light shinning on the top of the gate.
The photo was taken by Kevin Menchavez and posted on Toky...
Packing For Nendo’s Travelogue
Yesterday, comrade Kodomut and myself went out for Chapter 07 of Nendo’s Travelogue. Unfortunately, due to my unreliable sources, there were only one or two kite fliers in sight, and thus we were unable to complete our photoshoot. So I thought it wou...
Marvel X Madhouse’s Iron Man & Wolverine To Air Mid-2010
Back in July, I shared with you folks on the news that Marvel was collaborating with Madhouse to jointly reproduce an anime series of Iron Man and Wolverine. Now we have news confirmation the series are scheduled to air in Japan in the middle of 2010...
Umika Kawashima All Dressed Up For Monster Hunter 3
Here’s a television commercial for Nintendo Wii, where teen actress Umika Kawashima gets battle ready to play some Monster Hunter 3.
She looks so cute in that outfit, while carrying that immensely huge club ^^
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Aya Kiguchi 木口亜矢
Didn’t managed to find any nice new gravure collections for the past couple of weeks, so I have been digging into my archive for the weekly features. This week is the gorgeous Aya Kiguchi whom I think has one of the brightest smiles in the industry....
Customised Nendoroid Roy Mustang
Here’s a really cool customised Nendoroid of “Flame Alchemist” Roy Mustang from the anime/manga series FullMetal Alchemist by ちびトロ-san.
And are you able to guess which Nendoroid was actually used for the customisation?
Source: 地球座日記 via w...
Canon EOS 7D Japanese CM
Here’s a series of three Japanese commercial on the latest Canon EOS 7D.
I especially loved the last one where famous photographer Bishin Jumonji used the camera to film one of the festivals:
But still, I’m happy with my new 5D MK II ^^
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PS3 Controller Coffee Table
Want something to decorate your living room which is geeky and cool at the same time? Here’s an interesting and cool looking PS3 coffee table which was conceptualised by French designer Stephane Perruchon.
Source: Créations designer Stephane .P via...
Do You Watch Anime While Travelling?
I’m sure there are many folks like me who tries to make the best out of their travelling time by watching anime on public transport. Apart from downloading anime and loading them onto your portable media devices, how else is it possible to watch anim...
Nendo’s Travelogue 07: Voting Results
I’ve been praying for good weather the past week because this evening Comrade kodomut and I will be heading to Punggol to capture some lovely kite-flying action for Chapter 7 of Nendos’ Travelogue. The two lucky Nendoroids joining me for the day will...
1/7 Azusa Miura PVC
Megahouse has announced preorder for this figure of Azusa Miura from THE iDOLM@STER, and she is looking really hot ^^
She is scheduled for release in late February 2010 and will be retailing for around 7,800 yen. Interested folks can place your preo...
Bayonetta Tops Japanese Games Charts
Bayonetta was released this week in Japan and it shot all the way to the top of the Japanese game charts, with a combine PS3 and Xbox360 sales of nearly 200,000 copies.
The PS3 version of Bayonetta sold 135,000, while the Xbox 360 version sold less...
Cookie Monster Sang About Google 27 Years Ago
Even before the company Google had existed, Cookie Monster of Sesame Street sang a funny song 27 years ago, which is the year before I was even born!
And in case you didn’t know, Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary ^^
Source: Official...
Ichiro Mizuki Tells You To “Maz-Dash”
Here’s a commercial by Mazda featuring the ever-cool Ichiro Mizuki, and at the end of the CM, he tells viewers to “Maz-Dash” to the nearest store. I especially liked how Ichiro-san’s scarf is floating in the air, makes him look like some epic hero. L...
Square Enix Reduces Staff By 10 Percent
Square Enix has officially announced that it will be reducing its 3,805 employees by 10 percent, in a bid to “revitalise” the company.
The “shedding exercise” is expected to take place sometime in March 2010, despite the fact that Square Enix has in...
New Villian In Powerpuff Girls
Here’s a new villian whom might just defeat the Powerpuff girls once and for all ^^
Source: Twitpic
Just a sidenote: Who is your favorite villian in the show? I always thought Mojojojo was a very hilarious character.
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Lego Foosball
Here’s a really cool foosball set that is built entirely out of lego bricks. Its made by a dad for his son who loves playing foosball and I can imagine the time and effort to plan and construct it.
Here’s a video of the foosball table in action:
So...
CM Featuring AAA with Ping Pong Balls
Here’s an interesting CM that features Japanese pop band AAA, pronounced as Triple A [トリプル・エー], throwing ping pong balls into a tiny glass. I only knew about the band after they performed Climax Jump for Kamen Rider Den-O.
I thought that the...
1/6 Kosaka Tamaki PVC [MaxFactory Ver.]
MaxFactory has announced preorder for this sexy figure of Kosaka Tamaki from ToHeart 2 series.
She is scheduled for release in April 2010 and will be retailing for around 8,800 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with Hobby Search, Hobby...
Nintendo DS Thrown Through A Wall
Have you ever been so fustrated that you just want to throw something at the wall? Not sure why anyone would such a cruel thing to a Nintendo DS, but here’s a cool photo it being thrown through the wall and being split into two halves.
Source: Game...
S.I.C. Vol 53: Dark Kabuto & Gatack Confirmed
Here’s an image of the upcoming S.I.C Vol 53, featuring Kamen Rider Dark Kabuto and Kamen Rider Gatack.
Source: ホビーネット via Ngee Khiong
Seems like after milking the Den-O series, Bandai is now gonna release an entire series based on Kabuto....
誕生日おめでとう
Feels kinda weird to be saying [誕生日おめでとう] to myself. But anyway, today is gonna be a great day because I’m celebrating my anniversary of surviving another year on this planet ^^
The most awesome gift has gotta to be yesterday’s excursion tri...
Otaku Proficiency Test
Here’s a quick a quick and reliable method to find out whether you are a hardcore anime otaku.
All you need to do is to tell me who do you see in this serie of five pictures:
Source: Golden Times via Gigazine
I’m not really sure whether I shoul...
Da Capo III Announced
Circus has announced their latest upcoming plans for their popular Da Capo franchise, and the best news of all is that they will be making a 「D.C. ~Da Capo~ III」 visual novel.
All the rest of the announcement can be summarise in the screenshot of...




