Items for October 2009 in "Japanese Pop Culture"

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.

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...

While the other girls are busy guarding the house, Karin-chan is still a bit shy - even though she is a tsundere. Here we see Karin relaxing in the lounge with our new pet - a boar from Hokkaido which sleeps all day long.

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

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...

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...

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.

For you Hayate no Gotoku fans out there - goodies from Cospa in the form of these 1/6 scale doll heads of Nagi and Katsura.

I'm sure you remember the flying pantsu in the Sora no Otoshimono ED. Looks like somebody went and made it a reality. Skip to the middle of the vid to see the pantsu fluttering on its own through the air. Hijacked from Yamada at figure.fm.

Have you been waiting for some live action Macross? Well wait no longer.

After 10 years of publication, idol gravure magazine Sabra is calling it quits on its printed strategy. Sabra was first published in May 2000 and gained popularity as being seen as a new generation of magazine due to integrating the web in its strat...

Another production sample appeared on the desk from lord knows where. There must be a mini Stargate hidden around the desk somewhere ^^;

Just wanted to cover a few updates and wanted your feedback too. First up are the photo pages. Click through to the A Week in Tokyo page for example. If you keep scrolling, the page will continue to load previous photo articles until you hit the end...

Have only completed one level on Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 but already have a game that I need to get - Bayonetta. Brought to us from the same guy who brought us the Devil May Cry series featuring a megane musume running around slashing and shooting at t...

I thought this was pretty cool but completely forgot about it but. Yuko Goto is the seiyuu who does a load of characters including Asahina Mikuru and she has been looking at your Otacool rooms! Have a look at the Nico Nico video below - if you skip...

Aki Takanori - the boss of Good Smile Company at the offices earlier on today together with Chris Gaunt and Ken Lee. Apart from the Good Smile website (soon to be on the new version of Mirai Gaia) and the Mirai Figma, we are working with GSC on somet...