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Anime Project 13
What happens when an American record producer (specifically one who produces records for the likes of Elton John and k.d. lang) sets out to produce anime by teaming up with the Japanese animation house...
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Black Rock Shooter White Edition
There have been many variations of the original Black Rock Shooter but I personally like this one the best - BRS White Edition. She was supposed to be a limited edition at the last Wonder Festival but...
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Moekana Booster Pack
The Japanese learning product that I produced called Moekana was designed to make Japanese learning more fun - you liked the concept and as a result we sold much more than expected within such a short...
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Japan Tornado
A 500 meter wide tonado struck the city of Tsukuba (located 50 kilometers North of Tokyo) a few days ago and images of the damage have just come onto TV. The tornado wrecked everything in its path,...
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Asian Cosplay
A look at some cosplay photos from the Malaysia community. I'll be looking forward to seeing more in person when I attend Anime Festival Asia in Malaysia that takes place this time next month. I'll be...
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Anime Shopping
Gina from California, USA shows us her latest anime loot which includes a load of signed shikishi! Figures, pillows, manga, plushies and a ton of other stuff. Post your loot on figure.fm and I'll share...
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Ameyoko
The last time I visited Ameyoko was a couple O years ago - should probably visit more often as the food is great and there is lots (and lots) to see. Also wrote up a post on Ameyoko back in 2008 which...
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MIrai-chan Curry 2
Back in 2010, I worked with the Max Factory run Indian restaurant Indotei, to develop and bring you Mirai-chan Curry. 2 years later, Indotei and I now bring you Mirai-chan Curry 2 which will be served...
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Moekana Tournament Card
This is the current Moekana tournament card which you can get starting tonight at Culture Japan Night Tokyo, Anime Festival Asia Malaysia and Anime Expo - but only if you beat me! The rules are at...
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Mount Fuji
Spent last Sunday near Mount Fuji doing some filming. Been living in Japan for about 13 years and realized that we should have done this more often! Was a gorgeous sunny day and we were just in time...
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Mirai Suenaga Kigurumi
Kigurumi - a sign that your mascot character has finally made it big time ^^; This Kigurumification of our mascot character Mirai Suenaga by Haru. Photos by Hoson/Danny - uniform available for purchase...
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Medicom Madoka
Recently we saw a review of Real Action Heroes Black Rock Shooter White Edition and today we take a lookie at an up n coming release - "REAL ACTION HEROES MGM : Madoka Kaname." She is about 30cm tall...
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Ita Curtain
Mentioned it in the previous Desk Diary when we moved office but wasn't too keen on the curtains - so I went and made my own ^^;For a wee bit, we were using Yuzusoft tapestries as curtains ^^I...
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Karuizawa
Managed to take a day off to get out of Tokyo and went to a town called Karuizawa [軽井沢] in the Nagao prefecture. Karuizawa has a population of 17,833 and is recognized particularly as a summer retreat...
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Shinshu Ueda
Located towards the North of Tokyo in the Nagano Prefecture is Shinshu Ueda [信州上田[しんしゅううえだ]] - the home of Summer Wars and Sengoku Basara. After leaving Tateshina, wifey and I drove up to Shinshu Ueda...
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Japan Eclipse
This morning, the annular solar eclipse was visible from Japan and millions took to the streets to glare up at the "ring of fire" - called Kinkan Nisshoku [金環日食[きんかんにっしょく]]。 I only had my Sony NEX 5N...
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Tokyogram
Been playing around with Instagram of late - the mobile app that allows you to easily snap and share to multiple social networks. I currently use it to update my Facebook and Twitter.It really is hard...
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Fist of the North Star Commercial
Looks like this commercial has been out for a while but only just saw it on TV the other day - and one of the first anime titles that I saw too! Fist of the North Star x Black Black Gum - depending on...
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Singlish Language Proficiency Test
All this Singlish study is driving me siao but need to continue so that folks can actually understand what I'm saying when MC'ing at AFA Singapore later this year. I heard that if I pass the SLPT...
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Tokyo Today 4
Attempting to try to bring you more life from Tokyo as it happens using Instagram. All these are posted live from my iPhone to my Facebook, Twitter and now Tumblr. This batch of photos actually taken...
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