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Look closely before you pick these up at the super market thinking that they are salads - because they are actually beetles.

Anime Expo and I have been working on this years program guide for the past few weeks and its finally done! The artwork was directed by myself and put together by my illustrator Pinakes. The artwork features Anime Expo's mascot character Max with our...

I skipped the Itachari and made two Itasha instead - the Nissan March and recently the Nissan Dualis - but! The circle had to be complete so I recently made my road bike into a Mirai Suenaga Itachari. An Itachari [痛チャリ[いたちゃり]] is the word t...

Attempting to try to bring you more life from Tokyo as it happens using Instagram. All these are posted live from my iPhone to my Facebook, Twitter and now Tumblr. This batch of photos actually taken over 2 days. I *usually* try to post Instagram p...

All this Singlish study is driving me siao but need to continue so that folks can actually understand what I'm saying when MC'ing at AFA Singapore later this year. I heard that if I pass the SLPT (Singlish Language Proficiency Test), I can get jobs i...

Looks like this commercial has been out for a while but only just saw it on TV the other day - and one of the first anime titles that I saw too! Fist of the North Star x Black Black Gum - depending on how much you put in your mouth, it will bring tea...

Been playing around with Instagram of late - the mobile app that allows you to easily snap and share to multiple social networks. I currently use it to update my Facebook and Twitter. It really is hard finding time these days to just sit down and wr...

This morning, the annular solar eclipse was visible from Japan and millions took to the streets to glare up at the "ring of fire" - called Kinkan Nisshoku [金環日食[きんかんにっしょく]]。 I only had my Sony NEX 5N with no zoom lens so these were the...

Managed to take a day off to get out of Tokyo and went to a town called Karuizawa [軽井沢] in the Nagao prefecture. Karuizawa has a population of 17,833 and is recognized particularly as a summer retreat spot.

Mentioned it in the previous Desk Diary when we moved office but wasn't too keen on the curtains - so I went and made my own ^^;

Recently we saw a review of Real Action Heroes Black Rock Shooter White Edition and today we take a lookie at an up n coming release - "REAL ACTION HEROES MGM : Madoka Kaname." She is about 30cm tall and is a blend between figure and doll just like a...

Kigurumi - a sign that your mascot character has finally made it big time ^^; This Kigurumification of our mascot character Mirai Suenaga by Haru. Photos by Hoson/Danny - uniform available for purchase by Lucy Pop! These photos going into the Mirai...

Spent last Sunday near Mount Fuji doing some filming. Been living in Japan for about 13 years and realized that we should have done this more often! Was a gorgeous sunny day and we were just in time for the Shibazakura (Moss Pink) season at the Shiba...

Thanks to you, Moekana was an overnight success which sold out during the pre-order period leading to a second production run. Through my own experience of learning Japanese, I wanted to make Japanese learning more fun and developed the Hiragana lea...

As its name suggests - Super Potato is a fortress filled with retro games covering all eras - everything from Nintendo Game Watch to PC Engine, Megadrive, Super Famicom, Dreamcast and more. Today we are back at Super Potato filming once again - this...

My most fave character form the anime series Working! is Taneshima Popura. A small bundle of joy who is surprisingly big for her size. Some Popura-chan in action below. Today we take a look at what Popura-chan has been up to since she joined us in...

The last time I visited Ameyoko was a couple O years ago - should probably visit more often as the food is great and there is lots (and lots) to see. Also wrote up a post on Ameyoko back in 2008 which lives here - going to cheat and copy/paste bits o...

Gina from California, USA shows us her latest anime loot which includes a load of signed shikishi! Figures, pillows, manga, plushies and a ton of other stuff. Post your loot on figure.fm and I'll share them - include a link to your website and I'll s...

A look at some cosplay photos from the Malaysia community. I'll be looking forward to seeing more in person when I attend Anime Festival Asia in Malaysia that takes place this time next month. I'll be with my TV crew filming for Culture Japan Season...

A 500 meter wide tonado struck the city of Tsukuba (located 50 kilometers North of Tokyo) a few days ago and images of the damage have just come onto TV. The tornado wrecked everything in its path, injured 55 and killed a young boy. While researcher...

The Japanese learning product that I produced called Moekana was designed to make Japanese learning more fun - you liked the concept and as a result we sold much more than expected within such a short time - thank you so much! Even Japanese local fol...

There have been many variations of the original Black Rock Shooter but I personally like this one the best - BRS White Edition. She was supposed to be a limited edition at the last Wonder Festival but is actually available to purchase online for 20,0...

What happens when an American record producer (specifically one who produces records for the likes of Elton John and k.d. lang) sets out to produce anime by teaming up with the Japanese animation house STUDIO 4°C?

Announced yesterday on the Anime Expo website - I'll be back at AX 2012. I loved working as a member of AX staff so much last year that I'll be doing more this year as the AX Master of Ceremonies ^o^ All the AX staff I work with are volunteers - eve...