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Anime Festival Asia Dolls
AFA12 had an absolute ton of dolls! Most were on display at the Fujiwara Yukino booth which had dolls from all over the world - all so cute leh!Read more about Mirai Suenaga >>>
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Manga and Anime Culture
As you may know, Japan is brought up on manga and anime and even as adults, citizens enjoy these two mediums which are seen as being childish by some societies outside of Japan. I find it unfortunate...
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Thanksgiving Giveaway
Its that time of year again where folks show thankfulness for what they are given throughout the year. I have a bunch of comrades who run e-commerce sites and they would like to thank you for your...
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Tokyo Arrival 8
Just got back from spending a most bodacious 2 weeks in Singapore. 1st week was AFA and CJ Night, 2nd week was filled with a load of meetings and a talk at Jurong Regional Library. Have been to...
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AFA 12 Exhibition Hall
Photos taken at Anime Festival Asia 2012 - in today's post we take a look at the exhibition hall - the biggest in the history of AFA! First photo - AFA is a great place to make friends. He first...
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Cu-poche Kousaka Kirino
Cu-poche is non-scale posable action figure series that was recently started by Kotobukiya. This new figure line features super deformed characters equipped with many points of articulations in the...
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Altina Mel Sylphis
Shining Blade is the fourth game in the Shining series whose characters are designed by illustrator Tony Taka. The PSP game is going to have another 1/8 PVC figure in the form of Altina Mel Sylphis,...
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AFA 12 Stage
Continuing the Anime Festival Asia coverage with the shenanigans that went on in the stage areas. There was the Main Stage where I spent most of my time over the two days MC-ing for our Japanese...
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Tokyo Residential Areas
We usually go for walks around at night after dinner and even though we've been living in this neighbourhood for about 7 years, I never get bored of walking around, looking and discovering new...
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Yui Takamura
From the anime series Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse comes a figma of the heroine, Yui Takamura [篁唯依]. She comes with three expressions including a confident expression, a shouting expression for...
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Mori Yuki
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is a remake of the first Space Battleship Yamato TV series from 1974, with some changes in the main story, new characters, and more modern designs. The Ship Affairs...
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Queens Blade Izumi
Has it been ages or has it been ages since the last figure review? Today we have a lookie at War God Samurai Izumi [戦神の侍イズミ] from the Queens Blade Rebellion series. This figure was released this July...
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Anime in Japanese Politics
As we spoke the other day, anime is heavily rooted in Japanese society for all ages. Its everywhere and now in Japanese politics too. This photo taken the other day at Harajuku where I came across...
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Retro Japan
I've always been interested in the Showa period which lasted from 1926 through 1989. Probably the biggest era of change for Japan. Had the pleasure of visiting a toy store in Asakusa called Kusou Zakka...
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Do you own male figures?
Barnaby Brooks Jr. [バーナビー・ブルックス Jr.] is one of the main characters in the anime series Tiger & Bunny. He will be getting a new figure in the G.E.M Series made by MegaHouse. Product Name: G.E.M...
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Queens Blade Grimoire
Queen's Blade Grimoire is an upcoming project from Queen's Blade series that is set in a parallel universe where characters battle each other using the Grimoires (magical books). The main character of...
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Tokyo Walking Tour
Photos taken while out n about with wifey the other day in Tokyo. Please join us as we go on a walking tour which starts at Harajuku [原宿] and passes through Omotesando [表参道] and then onto Shibuya [渋谷]....
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Cu-poche Saber
Kotobukiya have kindly allowed me to be the first to publish photos of their up n coming Cu-Poche Saber! We have seen a few photos of her unpainted but here she is with a fresh lick of paint.This fully...
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Kuuchuu Yosai
I'm delighted to be able to let you know that Japanese illustrator Kuuchuu Yosai-sensei [空中幼彩] has taken time out of his busy schedule to draw Mirai Suenaga for us!Kuuchuu Yosai-sensei has been...
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