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Tokyo Trains 24 Hours
As reported by Nikkei News and Livedoor News, as part of the new governments initiative to make Japan "the easiest place in the world to do business," the government is considering making the metro...
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Iron Man Nendoroid
The real identity of Iron Man is revealed as being Mirai Suenaga Nendoroid ^^; If you are a Nendoroid owner then Iron Man Mark 7 Nendoroid is *the* Nendoroid to own! Not only can you swap heads but...
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Choujigen Game Neptune Anime
Choujigen Game Neptune [超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ] (Hyperdimension Neptunia) is an upcoming anime series based on the popular game series of the same name. The anime will be directed by Mukai Masahiro [向井正浩] with...
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Fantasista Doll
Fantasista Doll [ファンタジスタドール] is an upcoming original anime series created by Taniguchi Goro [谷口悟朗] (Code Geass). The series will be directed by Saito Hisashi [斎藤久] (Sora no Otoshimono, Boku wa...
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Japan Gaming Life
Spending too much time playing games is something I would not really recommend - the world waits for nobody and while you spend 50 hours or so to complete a particular game, you could have spent that...
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Cu-poche Madoka
She not due out until later this week but I managed to sneak into the Kotobukiya HQ with my ninja skills and nab a copy of Cupoche Madoka which can only mean one thing - pre-release preview time!Just...
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Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G [戦姫絶唱シンフォギアＧ] is an upcoming original anime series, and sequel to the original Senki Zesshou Symphogear. The second season will be directed by Ono Katsumi [小野勝巳] with...
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Staying Strong When Things Go Bad
Why?!“Why, why, why?!” - I’m sure many of us have asked themselves this question at some point in their life when bad things happen. Sometimes we seek an explanation as to why something bad happened -...
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Live Action Kiki's Delivery Service
The rumor turned out to be true! Kiki's Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyubin)[魔女の宅急便] will be getting the live action movie treatment next Spring as announced on TV this morning in Japan and in Yahoo...
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Yui Takamura Figure
Yui Takamura [篁唯依] is one of the main characters in Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse series [マブラブ : トータル・イクリプス]. She is a First Lieutenant of the Imperial Royal Guard determined to ensure Japan's...
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Kanji Poster
Are you in need of a kanji poster to stick on the wall so that you can absorb the lingo even more? If the answer is "you bet" then you would be in luck because you can get your grubby mitts on this...
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Iron Man 3 Review
Iron Man 3 [アイアンマン3] came out in Japan yesterday and I'd thought I go and see it with a few readers at Kawazaki Lazona. Posted a note on Facebook and folks from America, Malaysia, Germany, India,...
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METI CIIC - 1st meeting summary
As announced earlier this month, The Japanese government appointed me as a member of the "Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Creative Industries Internationalization Committee"...
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A Week in Tokyo 86
The series that I abandoned for so long "A Week in Tokyo" is back >< Life is moving too fast now and unless I continue to document it then there will be big gaping gaps in it. Looking through...
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Dollpa 29
The huge doll event hosted by Volks called "Dollpa" (Also known as Dolls Party) took place in Tokyo last weekend where a load of parents got together to adopt new daughters or bring their current ones...
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Worlds Biggest Evangelion Fan
Could Tolwyn from Austria be the worlds biggest Evangelion fan? Check out Tolwyn's huuuge Eva collection posted over at Figure.fm.If you got a huge collection of something or other, post it on...
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Pacific Rim Japan
Saw the trailer for Pacific Rim when we went to see Iron Man 3 the other day and it immediately went on the "must see" list. Synopsis from the official site as follows.When legions of monstrous...
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Kiniro Mosaic
Kiniro Mosaic [きんいろモザイク] is an upcoming anime series based on the manga of the same name. The anime will be directed by Tensho [天衝] with animation production by Studio Gokumi [Studio五組] (A-Channel,...
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Dollpa 29 Part 2
Continuing on from part 1 the other day, today we take a look at the dealer tables at the doll event Dollpa that took place at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo last weekend. As usual they had just about...
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Asuka Shikinami Langley Kotobukiya
Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 was one of your fave flicks? If so then you may be interested in this smexy figure of Asuka Shikinami Langley [式波・アスカ・ラングレー] due out in next month by Kotobukiya. Today we take...
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