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U.S. Online Apple.com Store is Down on Black Friday
Is it just me or is the United States Apple.com down right now for Black Friday? I'm trying to buy myself a swanky new MacBook Air at a discount and can't! What's the deal? I can't seem to get any good information about it other than this dumb error...
New York Comic Con on the O'Reilly Factor
It seems even Papa Bear, Bill O'Reilly, couldn't avoid jumping into the Comic Con hoopla! I never thought I'd see the day. I like how this a$$hole tries to link the "record numbers of people that have no idea what's really going on in this coutry" to...
Coolest Japanese Fitness Club Looks Like Alice in Wonderland
Imagine a fitness club where your rock climb wall resembles something out of Alice In Wonderland -- with inexplicably placed chairs, deer trophies, and picture frames for you to grab onto and pull yourself up with. Well, thanks to architectural desig...
3rd Annual Doomsday Film Festival in NYC
The revolution may not be televised, but the apocalypse will be... Today at Manhattan's 92YTribeca! With so many great apocalpyse films out there, it's only fitting that someone would showcase them all in one place. That place, is the Doomsday Film F...
Lupin IV's Top 10 Best Cosplays at New York Comic Con
Here's a list of our Top 10 Favorite Cosplays from New York Comic Con 2011
Zombies at Comic Con
We saw a lot of really creepy zombies at Comic Con this year. With a little photo magic we were able to Romero-ize!
Best Day Ever: iPhone 4S and Comic Con!
Not only did I receive my iPhone 4S today, and not only is it literally blowing me away, but I also get to go to Comic Con. Why can't the stars aline like this every day?
Japanese Media Goes Seal Crazy
The seal I blogged about yesterday is still hanging out in Saitama, and it seems to have ignited a major media frenzy:
Yamato's Amanda Werner from Blassreiter
From its Creators' Labo, Yamato unveils its latest master creation... Amanda Werner from Blassreiter. She's packin' heat and curvy as hell! I'd say this figure is a must have on those two points alone, but it seems like somethings a bit off. Don't ge...
Swords Girls Ain't Child's Play
When you combine moe, cards, and the internet, you get Sword Girls - Zeonix's new online card battle game. There are hundreds of pieces of anime artwork to swoon over. If Magic: the Gathering was high school, this is definitely a frat party.
Tokyo's Idea That All is Well in Fukushima is Off the Mark
It has been quite some time since a Tsunami devasted Japan's coastal areas and decimated nuclear reactors in Fukushima. Unfortunately, it seems that the capital and the people in it are under the impression that things are under control.
Hanasaku Iroha Anime Review
It's with both a sigh of relief and a tint of melancholy that I sign off on Hanasaku Iroha. The show ran the bulk of this year and it marks a roughly same length of time within the show as it did in real life: from Spring to the first hint of cold we...
New York Comic-Con 2011 in Just 5 Days!
All of us at Otakuden are super pumped to be going to Comic-Con this year. All of the the daily passes are already sold out and they've had to turn away nearly a thousand press applicants. There are only a few weekend passes left. I think this could...
The Imagine Science Film Festival - Where Einstein Meets Eisenstein
The Imagine Science Film Festival is dedicated to science-fiction that actually makes sceintific sense. Who woulda thunk? Cerebral films for a cerebral bunch! I definitely plan on attending this.
Kanagawa Institute of Technology Unveils Pregnancy Simulator
At the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, Kanagawa Institute of Technology enveiled the world's most advanced pregnancy simulator system proving, yet again, that the best part of pregnancy is conceiving.
Steve Jobs Dies
It is Otakuden's sad duty to inform you that Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56.
Miku Hatsune Figure Comes Out This Month
Otakuden's John Arzayus already has a beautiful Miku Hatsune figure in his collection. I think he might soon have another. The hair on this figure is cRaZy! Definitely great craftsmanship and creativity went into this one.
Ceng Ya Ling vs. Rika Ishikawa
Today we have two new contenders: Ceng Ya Ling from Taiwan on the left and Rika Ishikawa from Japan on the right. I don't know much about Ceng Ya Ling, btu Rika is a well known J-Pop singer from Morning Musume. I wouldn't kick either one of these two...
Crunchyroll to Offer Chihayafuru TV Anime Streaming Online
The media site Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will begin streaming the Chihayafuru television anime series at 1:30 p.m. EDT. The anime's streaming will be available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Austra...
A Quick Look Inside Fate/Zero Café
To celebrate the premier of the new anime series Fate/Zero, the ufotable cafés in Tokyo and Tokushima were converted into a temporary “Fate/Zero Café” serving special themed dishes. Gigazine has gone to the ufotable cafe in Tokushima so that we can h...
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Trailer
Mobile Suit Gundam: Unicorn Episode 4 - At the Bottom of the Gravity Well is premiering on Playstation Network and XBOX Live on November 12th. If you wanna own this bad boy on Blu-ray you're going to have to wait until December 12th.
AKB48 Café Opens in Akihabara
Today was the official opening of the brand new AKB48 Cafe & Shop in Akihabara. It was a grand event covered by various Japanese press media because the event was attended by several media senbatsu members from AKB48, including Sae Miyazawa 宮澤佐江,...
Japanese Video Sales Up for the First Time in 5 Years
Good news for the future of anime, Blu-ray, and the film industry in general. For the first time in 5 years, sales increased in video sales showing promising signs of Blu-ray's penetration into the market place, especially in anime.
Koda Kumi to Write Theme Song for ‘Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de’
Koda Kumi from Kyoto will be singing the theme song for an upcoming TV show in Japan. You may remember her from her single, "Take Back".
Tsubasa Hanekawa Makes Me Wants to Stay Late for Extra Credit
This Tsubasa Hanekawa figure from anime Bakemonogatari looks like a winner. The sculpting of the desk and chair is so good they almost look real and I love when anime figures come with props. To this day I'm still amazed at how much better Japanese f...
Writer and Supporting Casting of Live Action Ranma 1/2 Unveiled
On Tuesday, the Mainichi Shimbun paper's Mantan Web and Oricon sites provided more information about the upcoming live-action television special based on Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ martial arts comedy manga. As a revival of the manga, the special tel...
Satellizer el Bridget: Sexy Ver. from Good Smile Co. Released Sept. 2011
Good Smile Company released a plethora of great figures this month, but for me, none of them top this one. I've long been a fan of figure's with fishnet. At such a small scale, the effect of those tiny cross-hatched holes usually looks really great....
Fate/Zero Streaming Worldwide - Dubbed in Eight Languages
With netflix in the news all week, we get a surprise announcment that Fate/Zero will be offered up online free of charge. It's clear that online streaming is the future of video content. Monetizing streaming, however, is still up in the air. Until th...
Good Smile Company's Makise Kurisu 1/8 PVC Figure
I can't wait to see this figure of Makise from Steins;Gate. I hope the shading on her jacket and hair looks as good in person as it does in the photos.
Keio University Demonstrates Interactive 3D Gaming Hologram
When it comes to hologram technology, I always feel like humanity should be further along than it is. When I was young I figured we'd have holograms everywhere by now. Progress seems slow, but it seems researchers at Keio University have made a giant...
Persona 3 – Aigis ART WORKS Ver. 1/6 PVC Figure by Alter
Alter is going to release the Aigis ( アイギス ) ART WORKS Ver. 1/6 PVC figure form the video game “Persona” series “Persona 3″ ( ペルソナ3) published by Altus. Will be released in January 2012. Around 285mm tall (with based), 9,800 yen.
Hotties and Cosplayers at the Tokyo Game Show 2011
When you think about a gaming convention, typically you'd picture a room filled with guys like you and me and maybe a few of our tag-along girlfriends (no offense ladies). But not at TGS 2011! There were a plethora of cute cosplayers and J-babes ever...
Revamping Queen's Blade's Alice Figure
This is a great post that breathes new life into the Queen's Blade Alice figure. This set has a great mood. The lighting is particularly well done.
Top 10 Domo Finds From Around the World
Domo is a lovable, brown monster that began life as a mascot for Japanese TV network NHK in 1998. Since then the toothy hatchling has gained global popularity and has been immortalized on on everything from t-shirts to golf ball markers.
Another Great Post from Happy Soda
It's always a treat to see new figure posts from Happy Soda. Before this post, there haven't been any figure posts since back in February. As always, the photos are amazing. Enjoy my fellow otakus.
Riko Hoshimi vs. Jennifer An
Today's Asian Babe Match-Up is between gravure idol Riki Hoshimi (left) and actress Jennifer An (right). Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section and be sure to vote in Akihabara News' Poll!




