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Making Dolls
Looks like my job now involves me manufacturing dolls ^^; More about the whole process soon including the sculpting, molds, slush molding, painting, joints and all the other steps needed to create the...
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Bootleg Figures
Has to be one of the worst figure bootlegs I've seen. Apparently cost $1 - is that in USD or Ringgit? Poor Nendo Puchi Miku. Posted by Chibi Miku over at Figure.fm.
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Culture Japan AFAX Special
Tonight's Culture Japan is an AFAX special - should let folks re-live the awesome 3 day event and serve as a taster for those who didn't manage to attend. Cant wait for AFA 2011!Today's show features:-...
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Christmas Shopping in Japan
Doing a wee bit of Christmas shopping at Lazona in Kawasaki. By this time of year, Christmas illuminations are up all over Japan which look lovely - a shame that they take em down on the 26th....
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Shibuya Gal
Filming in Shibuya 109 with some of the Gal's. "Gal" [ギャル] is the Japanese word used to describe young fashionable girls who are in the loop with the latest fashion trends. There are many different...
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Shibuya Tour
This weekends Culture Japan (Saturday 4th December on Tokyo MX TV from 22:30) will be a Shibuya Tour with the most sweetsome actress and model Elly Otoguro (twitter). We go to cover Shibuya 109,...
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Saber Cosplay
Have been meaning to post these photos from figure.fm since October ^^; Maridah is known as "Real Saber" and you can see why from her Saber cosplay photos. She also does lovely Mirai Cosplay...
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King Kazma
Released by the Max Factory/Good Smile Company folks is this rather spiffing King Kazma figma from Summer Wars. Loved the anime and love the figma rendition of this character. He comes with a bunch of...
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A Week in Tokyo 60
Looks like I'm only getting round to doing these once a month ToT. Will try to do the next one again within a week before this series gets renamed "A Month in Tokyo" ^^; Today we look at everything...
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K-ON! Dolls
K-ON! girl Tsumugi Kotobuki escapes from the Hobby Search offices and for some reason ends up at my place.Mugi-chan likes to eat a lot. She seems to like the Big Puchin Puddings.And in return for...
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Japanese Cell Phone Straps
Asanon upgrades her phone straps from last year - this time round they are even bigger! Japanese cell phone straps are a part of Japanese culture and you can see just how many people use them by taking...
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The Anything-You-Want Giveaway
When I was back in the UK waiting for the Internets to be invented, all I could do to get my grubby mitts on Japanese goodies was to go to the Japan Center in Piccadilly or actually go to Japan. Now we...
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Mirai Millennium
Managed to rummage some time to develop the Suenaga Sisters plot which starts at the beginning of 2011 with a project called "Mirai Millennium Universe." Going to leave you with some images and a very...
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Figma Mirai Pre-orders Open!
Details uploaded to the Good Smile Company site today. Been waiting for this day for a very long time - the effort that went into making this happen has finally paid off! I'm just over the moon. Been...
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Separated at Birth
Going around the Internets on various chan's is this figma-Mirai-separated-at-birth. Just as Keikaku ^o^
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Japan TV Purchase
Out n about in one of the major electronic stores Bic Camera. Walking through the TV section and noticed how cheap TV's have become. Back in the good old days when we were a wee bit more wealthy, we...
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Disabled Facilities in Japan
Thought I'd share some information about facilities for the disabled / handicapped in Japan after a friend visited Tokyo in her wheelchair. I also get questions from readers asking about the facilities...
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McDonald's Food Strap 2
Looks like my girls are certainly going to gain weight. After Food Strap 1 follows Food Strap 2 - the limited editions started today and I went along and forced my producer to super-size his meal too...
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How Anime is Made
In mid October 2010, the Culture Japan crew went along to the headquarters of Production IG to see what goes on behind the scenes of making hit anime titles such as Ghost in the Shell, East of Eden and...
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What should this pose be called?
So what should this pose be called then? Anybody up for adding some interesting ones to the pool? Folks at Facebook have already donated some ideas including:- -like father like daughter -the armchair...
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