A perfect pour in Japan has just the amount of right amount of head. This beer tap (beer fountain?) tilts the glass, just so. At after the beer is poured, foam jets out, and a creamy head is poured. I’m not sure if this exists outside of Japan. Perhaps it does. When I first came…
If something exists, then, yes, there is a dirty movie of it. Video games and anime exist, so, yes, there are dirty movies of them. Japan just seems to have more of them. Sure, the West has its own video game porn parodies. Blue movie versions of World of Warcraft, Left 4 Dead, and Tomb…
Japanese idol group AKB48 hold meet-and-greet events in which its young idols shake hands with their rabid fans. It’s a chance for their adoring public to rub elbows with their favorite singers. Some of AKB48’s fans are older. Some are young. Some are cool. And some are not. I know the difference, you know the…
Sony’s Japan-only digital recording system, Torne, is getting an upgrade. Say hello to Nasne. Outfitted with a 500GB HDD, Nasne comes with an onboard digital and terrestrial tuner. Using Torne’s software, Nasne can record and stream to a variety of Sony devices—such as the PS3, the PS Vita, the Vaio, the Sony Tablet, and Experia…
Suicide is not to be taken lightly—especially in Japan, where it has a long (and bloody) tradition. In Japan, samurai committed seppuku (切腹 or “ritual suicide”) if enemies captured them or if they defiled the samurai code. The ritual suicide, also called “harakiri” (腹切り), was performed in front of an audience, and samurai sliced open…
At the age of 88, this grandfather got his hands on a Cattleya statue from Queen’s Blade. But grandma wouldn’t let grandpa see Cattleya topless—not at his age! Figure collector HSkeleton had been gushing to her grandpa for months about this enormous Cattleya from Queen’s Blade statue, and her grandfather was keen to check out…
Clive Lee is a Singapore-based game designer, a Flash programmer, and a cosplayer. He is also a hero. Lee specializes in amazing Gundam cosplay, bring the huge mecha to life with huge costumes. His work is truly impressive. Just look at the detail and craftsmanship that goes into each of his outfits. Bravo. In the…
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Don’t choke anybody actually. Snapped by photographer Paul Weiskel, this photo was taken at a, deep breath, pseudo-Occupy protest against an anti-LGBT Tea Party rally. An individual wearing a Neon Genesis Evangelion shirt. Are police allowed to chokehold unarmed protestors? That purple wig is no weapon. Photo [Flickr via Albotas] (Top photo: Paul Weiskel |…
And they’re not just sci-fi. As you can see in the above image, there’s fighting game Tekken, too. Whether it’s World or Warcraft or Avatar, photographer Michelle Monique mixes photos and art for her wildly vivid pictures. “I wouldn’t call myself a ‘traditional’ photographer because I like to create not interpret,” Monique wrote on her…
The Japanese entertainment industry is crawling with young women who hope to become the next geek idol. With her anime songs and maid outfits, Mako Okita might seem like any other hopeful, but she stands out. How many idols can say they’ve been arrested for cyber crime? Late last week, Okita was arrested by Japanese…
Gunslinger Stratos is an upcoming third-person shooter for Japanese arcades. The Square Enix title features four-on-four online combat that allows players to face off against others across Japan. It is also dual wielding. Players can take their pistols and conjoin them to form new weapons. Check out gameplay in the above video. More details in…
This is the “Breast Line Cover”, and it’s here to block unwanted leering. Priced at ¥1,050 ($13) and available in six colors, the Breast Line Cover is for those women who want wear stylish clothing, but want to avoid embarrassing “accidental glimpses of cleavage”. The Breast Line Cover resembles a camisole, but simply affixes itself…
Kazunari Ninomiya, best known in the West for Letters from Iwo Jima, is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi. Ninomiya’s also a Nintendo spokesperson. And a toilet gamer. Lots of people game on the throne! (Heck, game designer Goichi Suda thinks up video games on the toilet.) Recently on Japanese television, Ninomiya admitted that…
When you are shopping for iPhone cases, you probably want something durable, something strong. You probably do not want something that weighs over 4.5 pounds and could be used as a murder weapon in Clue Dubbed the “One-Inch Armored Case”, the case can possibly stop a 50-calibre bullet. Priced at ¥52,500 (US$648), the case comes…
In ninjutsu, the concept of “shinobi” (“stealth”) is key. So what happens when you mix it with aerobics? Fishnets and a thong, apparently. Sneaky! Exercise guru and former cabaret dancer Hibari Igano, the self-styled “World’s Toughest Transsexual” of Ninja Warrior fame, was a member of a ninja breakdancing team during the 1990s. Once again, she’s…
This summer, Alisa from Namco’s monster hunting game God Eater Burst is getting her own figurine. It’s not very subtle! And at ¥8,190 (US$101), the 1/7 scale figure is not exactly cheap, either. God Eater is one of the PSP’s most successful titles in Japan. The series is similar to Monster Hunter, but does offer…
Later this month, Nintendo is releasing the Nintendo 3DS in South Korea. To mark the event, Nintendo’s South Korean branch held an online Nintendo Direct press conference. The head of Nintendo Korea, Hiroyuki Fukuda, and Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s President Satoru Iwata both put in appearances. Instead of giving their speeches in Japanese with Korean subtitles,…
On the morning of August 5, 2009, Yoshiyuki Oide logged onto his blog. He posted some photos of a model tank he was working on as well as some cookies he recently got in Tokyo’s geek district, Akihabara. “To tell the truth, I’m getting married, and today, I’m going to meet her family,” Oide blogged.…
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