Japanese Titbits #3 –絶対領域
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View ArticleHistory has been rewritten once again
History is always written by the victors and Kyo-Ani has certainly been a winner. Here’s a picture from Akiba-blog. Taken from Akiba-blog Yay!! The first anime adaptation of Kanon!… right? – Asobit...
View ArticleThe perfect CD for your masochistic self
妄想ボイスCD第二弾「おしかりCD」 Mousou Voice CD Vol.2 “Oshikari CD” Do you love tsundere girls? Especially when they go tsuntsun? Well, here’s the perfect CD for you then! (...)Read the rest of The perfect CD for...
View ArticleDanny Choo Akiba Report Translations
Danny appeared on Technorati’s BlogTV again! It seems like he’s hosting a section called “Danny Choo Akiba Report” now. Mirai-chan, dannychoo.com’s new mascot Illustration by Yuuko Azami I want one...
View ArticleNet Infamy — Windows 100% Interview
I have been featured as the 42th (ooo, lucky number!) “Overseas Otaku” in the April issue of Windows 100%, a Japanese IT magazine that also features otaku and internet pop culture related articles....
View Article2ch’ers do Hare Hare Yukai in Akiba
A bunch of 2ch’ers made offline to dance Hare Hare Yukai in the middle of the main road at Akihabara on Sunday. In case you are concerned, the main road is close to traffic on Sundays so no otaku was...
View ArticleLost in Asakusa
I’m now lying in my bunk bed at K’s House Tokyo in Asakusa. We just reached Tokyo this morning after an overnight transit flight via Bangkok. After leaving our luggage at the hostel, the group of us...
View ArticleA Busy Day
I am so tired… I want to just drop dead and die, but here are some pictures. I think I walked about 6km in total today. A fire engine just drove by. I wonder where it’s heading to. But anyway, read on...
View ArticleOre no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
There is no way my post title is so long. Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, or OreImo as it is commonly abbreviated, is an interesting twist of the quintessential tsundere anime genre...
View ArticleJapan Anime Map
Japan National Tourism Organization made a simple map showing the locales of some popular anime titles and the major anime retail hotspots across Japan. While an interesting initiative, the map itself...
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