Popular anime Attack on Titan does not star Japanese fashion models. But what if it did? What would it look like? Probably something like this.

Oh no. Japan can do better—or rather, the girls at fashion magazine Koakuma Ageha can.

Westerners notice it. The clothes run slightly smaller, and a medium in Japan would be a small—or even a petite—back home. Barring the exception here or there, Japanese people tend to have smaller frames. People are, generally speaking, thin.

Late last week, Capcom held a typical and somewhat ho-hum press conference for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D in Tokyo. The bright spot was when heavy metal band Aldious took the stage. Unfortunately, they weren't they're to play music, but games.