When the Sapporo Gakuin University attempted to transfer their mail system from Hotmail to Windows Live@edu, it looks like Microsoft may have misinterpreted the meaning of the word “Troubleshooting.” After a hiccup in the transfer process, the university’s system engineer followed Microsoft’s instructions, and as a result, ended up deleting the entire university mail system.…
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…
Blogger and financial investor, Ichirou Yamamoto recently wrote for website 4Gamer on the danger and “slot machine-like” gambling nature of mobile and social games. In his article, Yamamoto writes about the recent spread of social games that utilize a collectible card game random draw mechanic with “rare” items that are often sold via internet auctions…
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,…
Headed to the Xbox 360 this year, game developer Boost On will be releasing a series of Kinect-only dance adventure games. Titled Love☆Tore, the game will have three versions, “Sweet,” “Mint,” and “Bitter,” and are scheduled for release in 2012 Summer, Fall, and Winter, respectively. In the game, the player takes on the role as…
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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Heck, do not share anything online in Japan. The Hyogo Prefecture cyber police nabbed a 34 year-old man for doing just that. On Jan. 26, he uploaded an episode of anime Toaru Majutsu no Index II as well as the PC version of Resident Evil 4 via closed source Share software. The police picked up…
Cosplayers have it rough. It’s not simply coming up with the outfits and posing for all those pics. It’s also the jerkwads they have to deal with. Of course, not all cosplay photographers are bad people—many are very good people. But according to Japan’s Weekly Jitsuwa, there was apparently a “tousatsu team” (盗撮チーム) or “Peeping…
Every summer there’s a new Pokemon feature film in Japan. And every Pokemon film seems to rope in a big celebrity to do voice work. In the past, Akihiro Miwa and Shoko Nakagawa lent their talents to the flicks. For the upcoming flick, popular Japanese model Rola will be voicing “Marine”, a young girl Ash…
Guild 01 is an upcoming 3DS game made by four different creators. It’s not really “one game” per se, but four games. The games include Kaiho Shojo, a shooting game from Goichi Suda. There’s also Rental Bukiya de Omasse—a game in which you are an arms dealer. Then there’s Air Porter, a airport baggage simulator.…
You are looking at some of the strangest Neon Genesis Evangelion products ever released: Evangelion branded mini toy horses. Neon Genesis Evangelion is an iconic Japanese manga and anime that launched in the mid-1990s. The Italian inflatable Rody toy is teaming up with apocalyptic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion for mini Rody horses made to look…
Cosplay is a fine hobby. Heck, if you are into cross-dressing, that’s fine—who am I to judge? But flashing people is not cool. Flashing schoolgirls is definitely not cool. And neither is flashing schoolgirls while dressed as a schoolgirl. According to Japanese media reports, a 37 year-old policeman was arrested for exposing his genitals to…
Kyoto-based figure maker Volks held its seventh “Hobby Round” show in Tokyo this weekend. At it, Volks unveiled a host of new and upcoming figurines and models. There’s the usual bishoujo (“beautiful girl”) insanity, but also Volks military vehicles and mecha. What always makes Volks so interesting is how varied its range is. Check out…
Sega. Capcom. Namco. The three game companies are collaborating on a new role-playing 3DS game called Project X Zone The game features characters from the three game makers. So Capcom is bringing Ken and Ryu from Street Fighter, Zero and X from Mega-Man, Jill and Chris from Resident Evil, and Dante from Devil May Cry…
You know “Engrish”? The incorrect and strange English that appears throughout Japan is something some English (and even Japanese) speakers enjoy laughing at. You see funny English on signs, company slogans, and, most often, t-shirts. Hahaha, right? But what about when foreigners don t-shirts with goofy Japanese? More hahaha. Japanese and English are very different.…
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