Sometimes it is fun to see how people from one country are depicted by the popular media in another country.
Click here is see a video of a Japanese TV anime that shows how super-cool Japanese guys deal with a bigger and stronger black American and his Japanese girlfriend.
Now click here to see an old […]

Anime has really gotten big in the U.S. in recent years, changing the face of popular culture as people are more in sync with the anime world. This isn’t a new phenomenon in Japan, of course, where animation has been a part of everyone’s lives since the old days of Mighty Atom, Giants no Hoshi […]

Walt Disney Co. has announced plans to launch a mobile phone service in Japan next near in cooperation with Softbank, which will offer users animated content. The two companies plan to work together to develop handsets.
While the tie-up would secure Softbank stable revenues from leasing unused frequencies, Disney’s entrance into Japan as a mobile […]

In October, 17,110 members of the MyVoice Internet community completed a questionnaire about manga on mobile phones, according to the latest What Japan Thinks summary.
It turns out that while 64% of Japanese do not buy manga at all (which nevertheless does not mean they don’t read them), about 25% spend up to 1000 each month […]

Remember, you saw it right here. . .
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In case you have not seen this yet, SoftBank will be selling a Sharp phone in Japan that comes with a charger unit/stand shaped like a Gundam Zaku 2 helmet.

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From the popular TV cartoon show Chibi Maruko-chan, the character named Hamazaki-kun does his imitation of a gaijin (foreigner).

Via Japanjin

One of the best paper craft I had ever seen. It was made from a KFC card board and some muffin cardboard. The the robot is fully poseable! The creator even shows pictures of the progress as the robot is built.

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Recently we have been hearing about how people working for various government agencies in Japan and elsewhere have been editing Wikipedia in order to make their group look good or competing groups look bad.
Then just yesterday we had a report from Overoften about how members of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture were reprimanded for editing […]

More info about the ax girl incident, TV Kanagawa suddenly decided not to air the last School Days episode and replaced it with a nature/scenery program instead.
Thanks to the ax incident in Japan, the last episode of School Days was canceled, leaving the Japanese message boards full of angry otakus. One of the most […]

Negima Live Action from the creator of Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu. It will start in 2007-10-03

Opening Theme:
“Pink Generation” by Class 3-A of Mahora akademy
Ending Theme:
“Tsuyoku Naaare” by Wakatsuki Sara

Just check this beautiful speed painting and at the same time hear Hatsune Miku. The software sold out and became the top #1 sales in amazon Japan and it cost about 150 bucks. The song you hear in the video is from Lucky Star.

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The new lucky star dance from Episode 24. I cant wait to see the fan made videos

Just check this guy beating the Pro, with a mixture of breakdance and Haruhi dance. Great moves!

The latest indications from the Japanese stock market seem to be that the country may be getting ready to go manga.
According to Nikko Cordial Securities, manga, anime and video game-related stocks have risen noticably following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation announcment. They say this may be attributable to expectations that Taro Aso, an unabashed […]

For the Anime fans of Lucky star, here is an old trick that I learned when I was a kid, just check how the Lucky Star Logo appears like magic.

Here is a video clip from TV Show called Super Chample, featuring an “animation dancer” named TOZAWA.

All you GUNDAM lovers out there can now enjoy piecing together your own super mobile suits with these kits with parts that fit together much like LEGO blocks.

Each suit is about one foot tall and is made up of some 700 individual pieces.

Price: 8,925 yen
Not bad compared to this, this, or this. . […]

Top models Leah Dizon, Yasuda Misako, Yamamoto Azusa, Becky and Natsukawa Jun cosplaying in Akihabara.

Via animenarutard

PV “Beautiful World”, is the song used for the Trailer of the new Evangelion movie “Evangelion Rebuild”. The full song, which I really like, is in this video.
The movie was released in Japanese theaters this September 1, 2007. It will be the first of four Evangelion films, with story by Hideaki Anno and directed by […]