Tagged:  japan

By KarbyP, February 26, 2013 0 Gaming, News, Tech & Geek

Whatever the winning design is, I just hope that this Rockman Ultrabook thing will actually materialise. Since, you know, the last time fans got to vote on something Rockman/Mega Man (*cough* *cough*Legends3 *cough*), the entire project got cancelled.

By KarbyP, February 14, 2013 2 Consoles / Arcade, Gaming, Handheld & Portables, News

Unlike the 37-minute-long US Nintendo Direct livestream broadcast that was going on simultaneously, Japan’s ND broadcast was a lot shorter, coming in at just under 20 minutes. Although both broadcasts featured a lot of the same info, there were a… Read More »

By KarbyP, December 14, 2012 69 Anime, News

Earlier this week, when we posted a trailer to forthcoming anime movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (which opens in Japanese theatres March 30, 2013), it wasn’t without any caveats: the video had on it this ugly blemish called… Read More »

By KarbyP, December 5, 2012 0 Events, Gaming, Merchandise, News, Travel

One day before the madness that is Comic Market 83 begins, Arc System Works will also sell the “Noel & Mu-12 Dakimakura”, and a bonus “Guilty Gear & BlazBlue 2013 calendar” at confusingly-titled “Akihabara Denkigai Matsuri in Shinjuku 2012 Winter” event.

By KarbyP, December 4, 2012 0 Anime, News, Travel

Lawson, the second biggest convenience store chain in Japan, will be running a Tiger & Bunny promotional campaign early 2013, a page on its official website revealed today. Specifically, the campaign will run for two weeks from January 1 to… Read More »

By KarbyP, November 30, 2012 0 Anime, News

Star Driver the Movie’s official website was updated earlier today with a second trailer and a new key visual image that appears to be set in Shinjuku – or a fictional modern city with buildings that look like those in… Read More »

By KarbyP, November 30, 2012 808 Anime, Music / Media, News

Well, a brief snippet of it, that is. This latest PV for Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dougu Museum uses the recently-announced Perfume single as a background track in the latter half of the video (from 01:13).

By KarbyP, November 13, 2012 1 Anime, Merchandise, News, Travel

Beginning December 1, visitors to Gifu prefecture’s Takayama city (also called Hida-Takayama in many guidebooks due to “Takayama” – which means “high mountains” – being a common location name) will be able to purchase rice themed after Kyoto Animation’s Hyouka

By KarbyP, November 5, 2012 0 Anime, Concerts, Gaming, Music / Media, News, Travel

Sega today announced concrete details to a Sakura Wars Paris Assault Force Live 2012 ~Revue mon Paris~ (サクラ大戦 巴里花組ライブ2012 ~レビュウ・モン・パリ~) musical that the game publisher plans to stage at Tokyo’s Aoyama Theatre in December.

By KarbyP, October 24, 2012 8 Food, News, Travel, Vocaloid

Akihabara-based izakaya Little BSD has confirmed today that it will sell a Hatsune Miku-style “Ita Yakisoba” – which first made headlines on the Web two weeks ago when it was sold at a “Moe 1 Grand Prix” event – at its… Read More »