Milla Maxwell from Namco Bandai role-playing game Tales of Xillia gets immortalized in plastic with this collectible figurine. Lucky her! The figure is slated for a September release in Japan. It’s priced at ¥8,190—which is US$101. Not exactly cheap! アルター「テイルズ オブ エクシリア ミラ＝マクスウェル」の彩色サンプル 【宮沢展示会2012春】 [Moeyo]
You know things are bad when your old portable is beating your brand new one. This week, Sony’s PS Vita sold only 8,931. The PSP sold 14,804 units. The good news, I guess, is that Sony makes both handhelds. The bad? The newly released PS Vita continues to nosedive in Japan. This week it sold…
While the iPad is roughly the same size as a cutting board, that doesn’t mean it is a cutting board. South Korea’s BuffLab shows off its series of “shock absorption” screen covers by cutting cabbage and smashing walnuts. As one would. If you need more stabby-stabby, the other videos feature a nail, a screwdriver, a…
Japan is expensive. The yen is strong, food is overpriced, and, unless you know how to spend smart, you can blow through insane amounts of cash. And if Japan is expensive, then Tokyo is crazy expensive. Take the Tokyo neighborhood of Minami-Azabu, which boasts what’s apparently the most expensive one bedroom apartment (Jeremy Clarkson voice)…
Every year, Sega holds a cattle call to select a handful of women to appear in its latest Yakuza game. This year, there’s a porn star in the running—not a Sega first. The women typically play hostesses players can chat up in night clubs. But, Sega, why not pick the number one hostess for your…
China already has a handful of Kinect inspired game machines. But that’s not going to stop it from getting more. The latest is the iGame Move, a console with the tagline “Beauty of China Show the World”. Sporting 32-bit graphics (32-bit!!), the iGame Move is a motion controlled game system and is priced at around…
Noboru Aoi was not happy with Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (“There’s No Way My Sister Is That Cute”). After learning the email address of the light novel’s writer, Tsukasa Fushimi, the 32 year-old Aoi sent email after email—over five hundred in total. In them, he threatened the writer’s life. The…
The bigger, the better, right? For a generation of kids, doe eyes are all the rage. Photos of young women in both Asia and the West show that this trend isn’t going anywhere. Big eyes are here to stay. The look is a melding of both the real and the unreal. Eyes that existed only…
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One of the things that can really make or break a cosplay is the type of props used. Are they well-made? Do they look realistic? Are they cool? This Tira from SoulCalibur 4 cosplay ticks all those boxes. That’s Costa Rican cosplayer Angela Bermúdez A. taking on Tira, Ring Blade and all. *TenshinoSekai [DeviantArt Thanks,…
I live in Japan. Japan, according to this poll, is not having much fun on the internet. I grew up in the United States, which is so-so for online amusement. It’s fun, sure, but not everyone is having a good time. But which country is having the most fun online? And what the hell does…
You might not like Angry Birds. You may think it’s crap—or that it’s not a real game. But you are not Shigeru Miyamoto. He thinks Angry Birds is fantastic. The famed game creator told website Edge that he enjoyed the downloadable game and that it was his favorite non-Nintendo game of last year. “I usually…
Growing up in Texas, I always looked forward to fall. September was back-to-school time. New pencils. New notebooks. New backpacks. But in Japan, back-to-school time isn’t fall. It’s spring. With the cherry blossoms and flowers in bloom, there’s rich association with new beginnings and the start of spring. When kids are starting school for the…
We all have worries: school, work, friends, and families. This image, which is making the internet rounds in Japan, apparently can show just how much you worry. So, if you have few worries, then the second image in the above gallery will probably move slightly, as if its fluttering in the breeze. If you are…
Famed Japanese figure maker Kotobukiya is readying a “bishoujo” (beautiful girl) version of Tekken character Asuka Kazama The 1/7 scale figure will be out this August. It’s priced at ¥6,510 (US$80). Kotobukiya’s bishoujo line takes beautiful female characters and tries to make them all “bishoujo”—bigger eyes, softer features. Just look at this figure if you…
Project X Zone is an upcoming collaboration from Capcom, Sega, and Namco. The game is a role-playing sim and features characters from all three game makers. The characters square off in groups of two and duke it out. Have a look at the game’s first screens. Project X Zone is slated for a 3DS release…
Japanese pin-up model Yukie Kawamura plays through Super Monkey Ball: Tokumori Asobi-ta! on the PS Vita. In a bikini. While bouncing on a big ball. Clothing is irrelevant and shouldn’t impact gameplay. But will trying to balance on a ball while trying to balance a ball in game impact gameplay? Yes, yes it will. Gameplay,…
The famous French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard once said, “All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” That certainly seems to be the M.O. for the new televised Lupin anime, A Woman Called Fujiko The anime recently debuted on Japanese TV (check out the first episode here). In the gallery above,…
It’s a big decision. Choose wisely. And more and more Japanese women are supposedly picking towards otaku (geeks) for their marriage partners. The reason why otaku make attractive partners is that Japanese women think they won’t cheat on them and that they’ll be good listeners. But not all geeks are the same! And not all…
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