2013 New Years Greetings!
Happy new year folks! Hows your new year celebrations? But before you answer that, have you ever thought to yourself why we celebrate the new year? Is it because we want to celebrate what we have...
View ArticleAre you buying less figures?
The manga and anime series Yuru Yuri revolves around the daily life of the Amusement Club's members. Yoshikawa Chinatsu [吉川 ちなつ] is one of those members who is going to get the figurization treatment...
View ArticleIkebukuro Gamers
Not only does Ikebukuro in Tokyo have anime shops like Animate (which is also packed with fujoshi goodies), they also have Gamers which is also filled with anime goodies with a bit more focus to ecchi...
View ArticleTokyo Photos 2
The second part of the Tokyo Photo series where I aggregate all the latest photos I've been posting to my Instagram account ( http://instagram.com/dannychoo ). Today we take a look at life in Tokyo and...
View ArticleMirai Suenaga Press
Looks like the Mirai Suenaga brand is growing in Malaysia - first project was Touch n Go (Malaysia's electronic payment cards) and Culture Japan Night was a collaboration with Penang Global...
View ArticleMinami-ke Tadaima
Minami-ke Tadaima [みなみけ ただいま], the fourth season of Sakuraba Coharu-sensei’s [桜場 コハル] popular Minami-ke manga began airing January 6, 1:30 AM JST on Tokyo MX. This time around the production is being...
View ArticleUeno in the Winter
The Japan in the Winter theme continues and today its Ueno. Here we have a lot of Japanese tradition to be found - many shrines dotted around the area, the Ameyoko market, zoo, park and small streets...
View ArticleWhat online games are you playing?
Photo of the PC parts shop DosPara - taken at Shinjuku. On the left you can see a Phantasy Star Online 2 banner which reminded me to ask you what online games are you playing? I want to try and pick...
View ArticleThailand Game Show & CJ Night Bangkok Details
It starts this Friday - the Thailand Game Show 2013! Last year they had about 100,000 attendees over the 3 day period where they had a load of cosplay and of course a ton of gaming shenanigans - I'll...
View ArticleYuu Asakawa
This lovely lady is Yuu Asakawa [浅川 悠] - voice actress for characters such as Megurine Luka (Vocaloid), Rider (Fate/stay night), Satsuki Shinonome (Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate) and many many more -...
View ArticleDid you enjoy Sword Art Online?
Sword Art Online anime ended with the 25th episode in Japan last month but fans of the heroine Asuna [あすな] will be able to re-live the scenes from the anime by getting their grubby mitts on a figma of...
View ArticleHarajuku in the Winter
More life in Japan with the "Japan in the Winter" series. Today we take a look at Harajuku where you can find the latest trends in fashion, food and accessories for young folks - in particular high...
View ArticleJapan Winter
Its been snowing in Japan a lot and we got a load of snow around the Yokohama and Tokyo area. Tokyo had 8cm of snow while Yokohama had 14cm. Some places in Japan got 40cm of snow within 24 hours. Many...
View ArticleOdaiba in the Winter
Tis freeezing in Japan at the moment! But thats one of the great things about Japan - the 4 very distinct seasons. Today the Japan in the Winter theme continues and we take a look at the area called...
View ArticleComic Fiesta Cosplay
Just came back from being in Asia for a month and got a load of event coverage to catch up on including Culture Japan Night KL, Culture Japan Night Penang, Culture Japan Night Bangkok, Thailand Game...
View ArticleComic Fiesta 2012
And here is the coverage of the exhibition hall at Comic Fiesta - Malaysia's longest standing ACG (Anime Comics Games) event that takes annually in December. It was my first time attending CF and was...
View ArticleCJ Night Kuala Lumpur 201212
Culture Japan Night Kuala Lumpur took place at Menara PGRM on the 27th December 2012 and was attended by a ton of comrades! We had the usual shenanigans - cosplay, live anisong, moekana tournaments and...
View ArticleInsane BRS
Photos of Insane Black Rock Shooter taken at the Good Smile Company headquarters. Awesome sculpture but you will need a lot of space to display her - she's a biggie! Retails for 13,800 yen and will be...
View ArticleComic Fiesta Mirai Fanart
As part of the Comic Fiesta festivities, there was a fanart countdown where folks submit their artwork of the Comic Fiesta mascots Tea and Coffy. For CF2012 however, I was most humbled to see so many...
View ArticleShibuya in the Winter
Its been 5 months since we last took a look at Shibuya - it was sweltering back then but its freezing right now slap bang in the middle of Winter. If you are visiting Tokyo then Shibuya is certainly a...
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