Items for December 2009 in "Japanese Pop Culture"

I've seen many gaming rooms/collections but this set of photos uploaded by donkey*kong from the Netherlands just blows everything away. Its like a museum!

Haven't been to Comiket for a while now but it looks like the number of figures they are displaying has increased *a lot* Out of the coverage, I'm looking forward to Azunyan the most. Anything you saw tickled your fancy? All these photos and more f...

When this absolutely gorgeous figure of Tamaki Kousaka is released next April, one of you will receive her at your doorstep - why? Because online manga and anime store Archonia and I would love you to have one!

Moorina (also known as Ayuyu) is the character designer for dannychoo.com's 3rd mascot character Hoshikawa Kanata [星河かなた]. You can see more of Kanata in the mascot page. As its still Christmas in some parts of the world, I'm not too late post...

I've always known about the existence of TCG (Trading Card Games) but didn't really know much about them. Through my work, I came into contact with Bushi Road - the biggest TCG maker in Japan. We first met at the AFA in Singapore last month.

Pre-order details just released to the Good Smile site. The Black Blade version is due out next April and will retail for 6,800 yen. Great for DFC fans. Which version do you prefer? Which BRS version do you prefer? Original Rock Canon 0% Black...

Karin gets ready for the new year by donning her Miko gear. Here shes holding a Hamaya from last year. The Hamaya (破魔矢) is an arrow that destroys evil spirits. It can be purchased every new year at a Shrine to be placed at home throughout the year...

Love Plus means that no otaku needs to be ronery this Christmas. This photo posted by @hs_takepiko. The text at Twitpic says:- Taking photos of the cake with nobody around in the office. Now (we) can eat the cake. Who are you spending your 2009 C...

As most of you are probably aware, Mirai, Haruka and Kanata are the dannychoo.com mascots - you can read more about them in the Mascot page. Over at Figure.fm, many talented folks have been posting their fanart of the girls and here is a selection o...

Figutto is Griffons new line of articulated figures. Akiba Hobby has some photos of the up n coming Tamaki sample thats due out in March. Included with Tamaki is an articulated stand and a case for face and hand parts - the whole set for 3,360 yen....

Released by Toranoana last October was this gorgeous figure of eroge heroine Nikaidou Aya from the Akatsuki no Goei series. Sculpt and production was bu Kotobukiya and is my most fave Koto figure to date - if she was a strawberry cake I would have ea...

I don't think doll bodies get more articulate than this - the S.F.B.T (Special Fullaction Body Type) also called "Safbit."

The trailer is out for the Haruhi Movie entitled Suzumiya Haruhi no Soushitsu (Disappearance of Haruhi). Animation looks gorgeous. Due out in cinemas across Japan on Saturday 6th of February. You could have a perfect otaku weekend by going to the Wo...

This lovely figure of Nagase Minato from the eroge/anime series Akane Iro ni Somaruzaka is due to be released next March by Gemaga with production done by Kotobukiya. Just like Suzuhime, Minato-chan will come in a box pack filled with goodies such...

Now that the Iron Man 2 trailer is out, thought this would be a good opportunity to upload these photos I took ages ago of Gunmetal Iron Man. T'was a limited edition that went on sale at a previous show in Tokyo. I couldn't get along to the show but...

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Pre-order info for Kotobuki Tsumugi just released to the Good Smile site where you can see more photos. Due out in April and retails for 3,500 yen. Look for Mugi at one of the following recommended online figure dealers http://jlist.com http:...

More Danny Choo cosplay - this time spotted in Toronto by Christina.

Know that many of you are fans of Figma Drossel. If you is being wanting the Winter version however, you will have to buy the Fireball Winter Package DVD - retails for 5,880 yen and due out on the 22nd of this month. ore pics at Disney blog. Have a...

Snapped at the GSC offices yesterday. Not sure if I should be posting this right now - if the photos disappear later then it means that I shouldn't have ^^; Saw pre-production samples of these a while ago and immediately thought "want!"

Been spending the day trying to clean up the house/office - but its been a wee bit difficult due to the amount of samples that keep arriving ^^;

Nendoroid Drossel snapped at the GSC offices today. Very cute! She should be out any day now. GSC increased the size of their sculpting studio and was filled with a load of up n coming figures. Chris n I saw something in particular that will cause g...

Details and more photos just released to the Good Smile site for this Miku VN02. Due out next June and will retail for 12,800 yen. She should be up for pre-order at your fave online store:- http://amiami.com http://toylet.net http://www.1999.co.jp/...

By this time of year, the office is flooded with samples. Anime merchandise of all shapes n sizes. For anime licenses, the license holder typically gets 5% royalty of the unit price. I heard yesterday that the most expensive license in the world is t...