All Items for October 2009

Folks who follow my Twitter will already know that I will be signing copies of Otacool at the Kotobukiya store in Akihabara tomorrow at 1PM. There will also be some sort of photo session with media folks. Amano Ai will be with me too ^^

Quick photo review of the Alter Yoko Littner figure that came out a little while back. First saw the prototype of this figure over a year ago at Chara Hobby - looked great in primer alone and looks even better painted.

Gorgeous Mirai and Haruka art posted by Inkscratch at Figure.fm. Original high res image uploaded to Flickr. Hi! This is an image of Mirai that both me and my friend Jessie Lam collaborated on (she did the awesome colors). You can view her portf...

One of the nicest figures of Taiga Aisaka that I've seen - garage kit found on FG.

Damn. I'm a sucker for new Nintendo DS's - looks like I'll be on the hunt for the new DSi LL. Almost exactly one year since the DSi was released in Japan, Nintendo have announced a new version of the console: the DSi LL. This is the fourth version o...

This is the land of the rising sun where we get to use tomorrows technology today. The future is here once again.

Its that time again - I'm looking for a full time developer to work with us at Mirai Inc in Tokyo to start in December 2009 or Jan 2010. Hope you don't mind me recycling this post (from Mon 2009/04/20 05:03 JST) as all the qualifications are the same...

When Cospa and I first met last month, we identified many synergies and areas that we could work together on. 3 projects are planned for this year. One of them will be Tokyo CGM Night which will be held at the Cospa offices in December. One of the pr...

In Japan, even dogs try to keep up appearances. Do you kit your K9 out in clothes? How about folks in your neighborhood? Via Tokyo Fashion's Twitter Feed. Do dogs wear clothes in your neck of the woods? Some of them 0% Err no 0% Vote record...

Prezzie from comrades at eroge maker Circus - a crate of moe moe canned Oolong tea!

Snapped on the way home at night. Somebody tried to throw out this bag O rubbish without separating it out properly. The pink sticker has been left by the waste disposal guys which says "this rubbish has not been separated. Separate it properly and...

Need to move fast on this one as the clients waiting to be Mirai Gaia-ized are starting to pile up! Thank you to everybody who sent in designs. I've decided to go initially with one of these three designers. They will be sent a separate task to com...

Many folks think that my daughters just sit around and don't do much - not true! Each of them do stuff around the office and I give em pocket money to buy what they want. Lately, I've given the task of 'body guard' to Nanoha, Saber and Aoi which mea...

Would love to have one of these at home - Mirai-chan pumpkin by Chun - see how she made it at her burogu.

Tetsujin appears in the middle of Ginza controlled by NTT Docomo services. Like the end of the commercial when hes flying. NTT is a telecommunications company who provide phone communications for the whole of Japan. They offer a load of services f...

Beckii Cruel - a young lady at the age of 14 gained popularity from the videos that she posted on YouTube of her dancing to JPop and anime tunes. Today she performed at the Enta Matsuri in Akihabara where 600 fans showed up to egg her on. An exampl...

I'm currently looking for somebody who fits the following description - have you seen him or her. Or maybe you are him or her? Has experience using Photoshop or Fireworks for website mockups. Has experience with Flash. Is able to work remotely v...

Korean game maker T3 is in the middle of producing a new 52 episode tokusatsu series called Shigong Chongi Rayforce.

I guess this is what a 3D girl with anime eyes would look like. Kawaiii! Via ThisIsGame.com

Mikatan has posted a couple of pics of this most cutesome Nanoha Nendoroid Plus - next to her is the Nendoroid Puchi Miku. The Nanoha Nendoroid Plus is being sold with the ticket to see the movie - but you need to reserve now and can do so at the Ci...

Japan Probe has two vids of how live demonstrations of Windows 7 failed with grace on live Japanese TV. First up is the evening news - the zooming stuff no work desu. Rather amusing - "It turns like this" and nothing happens. Then its the morning...

Been another packed month which means that I've been late with the A Week in Tokyo updates. Better write up before I have a huge chunk missing in my life ^^;

Having some Indian food this afternoon and was handed a flier for the new anime movie Rebirth of Buddha. Seems to be a religious flick from what I read but even if you are not religious, you can enjoy watching the nice girl in it who looks quite cut...

Gorgeous! This figma Saber Extra will be exclusively packaged with the PSP game Fate Extra thats due out next March.