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Japanese V Sign
You see it in Anime, J-Drama, movies, commercials and in many photos where Japanese folks are being photographed - the Peace Sign or V-sign. I see many poking fun at the Japanese who find it uncool or...
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Hatsune Miku Dollfie
Reader Yui does it again - this time he's gone and made his own custom Hatsune Miku Dollfie Vocaloid Version which looks absolutely gorgeous. You can read how he did it in his figure.fm entry.And this...
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Anime Festival Asia 11 Preview
One of the world biggest anime events is taking place this week - Anime Festival Asia. There will be a load of guests, goodies and other festivities that will virtually transport you to the land of the...
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Kobuichi Itasha
I've got a plane to catch to Singapore in a few hours and I have not packed or done my presentation - noooooooooooo!! I've been working with my men on ground zero prepping my booth for the Anime...
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Mirai Mousepad
You all voted for "A" so I went ahead and put the design to production. The softness of the wrist support system is perfect and is designed to cater for wrists of all shapes and sizes. The mirai...
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AFA11 Behind the Scenes
Everything starts tomorrow - Anime Festival Asia 2011 kicks off to the public with the Cool Japan forum and Hatsune Miku live in Singapore.For us behind the scenes putting AFA together - the show has...
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Singapore Meetup 2011 Details
Meetup details for Singapore! Previously known as CGM Night, "Culture Japan Night" continues with the same mission to bring together folks who are passionate about Japanese Pop Culture to network and...
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AFA11 Day 0
AFA Day 0 - thanks to Kodomut and all comrades (I'll get a full list of everybody later!) who are helping to set up my booth - half done! I need to dash - its day 1 today! All AFA related posts listed...
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Mirai Suenaga Weiss Schwarz
Looks like my vision the other day came true. Mirai Suenaga is now part of the Bushiroad Weiss Schwarz series as a PR card as announced at AFA11. For now, if you want one then you need to find me at...
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CJ Night Singapore 2011
Officially called "CJ Night" (Culture Japan Night) but still known as "CGM Night" took place the other day at the AKB48 Cafe in Singapore. Over 200 comrades joined to mingle, network and have a great...
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X-Men Cyclops Cosplay
A cheap but effective method for X Men Cyclops cosplay. Just get yourself a banana and then place it over your eyes. It can be any banana - even a green one. Try to make sure the banana is fresh or you...
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Queens Gate Marron
Review and giveaway time! One of you will be the owner of this absolutely gorgeous figure of Marron=Macaron from Queens Gate. Folks who are into the figma scene will know that you can only get your...
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Gundam Giveaway
More giveaways! But before that, some background on the giveaway...Once upon a time back in 2004, I used to write about Gundam every day! I was still a salary man at Amazon and actually had time to...
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2011 Thanksgiving Giveaway
Its Thanksgiving which means its either time to giveaway a plate of Sashimi or 100 USD of whatever you want - I guess the latter would be more appealing to you so get along to J-List and choose up to...
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AFA 2011 Stage Events
Had a most awesome time at AFA11 this year where I spent most of my time on stage as MC. I had the pleasure of working with:- LiSA Chiwa Saito Haruhiko Mikimoto FLOW Ichiro Mizuki Go Nakanishi Tow...
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A Day in Tokyo 6
Photos taken throughout today on the Sony NEX-5N which just came back from repairs. Wee too much going on of late with most of my time taken up with TV production of Culture Japan. Season 2 comes to an...
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Kawaii in Oxford English Dictionary
The Japanese term Kawaii [かわいい] has been in urban dictionaries for a while now but its finally made its debut into the Oxford English dictionary."kawayusu" [かわゆす] is the short form of "Kawaii Desu" and...
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A Day in Tokyo 7
Recording 2 studio episodes for Culture Japan with my AFA co-host Yoshimi in the office - and had a few readers come to join in on the fun n games. Filming for most of the day and then its off to treat...
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SoniComi
A load of Super Sonico goodies arrive just in time to film this weeks Culture Japan - the most important goodie of the bunch being her new game SoniComi which also has a guest appearance by Mirai...
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Ahoge
When I wake up in the morning, my hair is usually all over the place. But today for some reason, I woke up and discovered that I grew an ahoge just like Mirai-chan. Like father like daughter?Ahoge...
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