Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 28, 2010
By now, most of you should be familiar with the Japanese practice of gijinka, where various objects and programs are turned into cute girls or prettyboys. It’s pretty standard now, but Choujigen Game Neptune (Superdimensional Game Neptune) has taken this to an all-new high – or low, depending on your perspective on the trend. Choujigen Game [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: July 21, 2010
Presented for your consideration: Hirano Kohta from High School of the Dead: He’s a fat, sharpshooting otaku with a glasses fetish and a yen for military hardware. Also presented for your consideration: Hirano Kouta, the author of Hellsing, as of his appearance at Anime Expo in 2005: Back then, when they announced the Hellsing Ultimate [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 23, 2010
Landon Donovan and Krillin: separated at birth? I have come to believe that it is the awesome power of the US soccer star’s forehead that gives him an advantage over his opponents, blinding them with the reflected rays of the sun. Go USA!
Posted by: sidereeldom on: June 16, 2010
The World Cup is a fascinating time to study Japan, because they approach the event with all the tentative enthusiasm of a lifelong Cubs fan. The Samurai Blue aren’t bad at all – though the two own goals during the World Cup friendlies made me doubt that for a while – but going toe to [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: May 19, 2010
I’ve watched this three times now, and I still can’t find any rhyme or reason to it. For the seventh episode of Mayoi-Neko Overrun!, the animation staff apparently went completely insane and did the whole thing as a pastiche super robot show. Almost all signs of the boring fan service show disappeared and were replaced [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: April 14, 2010
It’s kind of a slow news week, so here’s a look at a shameless Japanese game that has sold far more games than it has any right to. No, it’s not Record of Agarest War, though it’s very close, spiritually. It’s Nuga-Cel!, the cosplay SRPG where costumes are power and the character designs are by [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 31, 2010
Over in Japan, it’s April 1st right now, and all kinds of pranks and jokes are flooding the Internet. Like most cynics, this time of year just makes me want to hole up for a day and wait for the Internet to stop being stupid, but there are a few noteworthy gags out there right [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 17, 2010
I have to admit: I never heard of the light novel series Rokujouma no Shinryakusha until today, when Hobby Japan released an amazing English language trailer for a mysterious project. The page comments narrow down the possibilities to either an anime or a game, which isn’t very specific, but it does a good job of [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: March 3, 2010
Yes, that’s right. Subaru, the car company, has published a free dating sim game, playable on popular Japanese social networking site Mixi. The game is titled Love Drive, and unlike other games in the genre, uses real models. The game takes place entirely in your car (a Subaru Legacy B4, of course) as you drive [...]
Posted by: sidereeldom on: January 13, 2010
It’s not just the existence of skirt-flipping iPhone app PUFF! that makes it weird. It’s the way it cheerfully adorns a featured article spot on the website of Japan’s premier video game publication, Famitsu. It’s how it somehow managed to sell well enough to have a sequel that is now out in international iPhone and [...]
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