All Posts with tag "otaku"

AkibaMap reports on GameBank's new shop in Akiba. GameBank has been around for years as an online store and a shady store set up in an apartment but now has a proper store near Sue Hirocho station in Akiba. If you want devices to allow you to play op...

According to Nikkei Japan, All the Starbucks in the US closed for 3 hours where 135000 members of staff took lessons on how to make good coffee. The move was taken and also used as a PR event as many customers seem to be "leaving Starbucks." Some co...

I'm going to take the site down in a few hours for major open heart surgery. Changes involve a ton of scary database work and migration. It all works on my dev server but may break on the live server. Watch for updates at my twitter account. See you...

We've established that many of you like girls with guns and now we establish how young they start playing with guns. Via Neta.

OK, heres one for the girls. Which of the following is most desirable and which is a complete nono? Might as well make this applicable to guys too - what do you currently look like right now? I'm at around 70% ^^; Via Byonavi.

The divx high quality video sharing comminity Stage6 is to shutdown forever tomorrow on the 28th. Main reason being the cost of running the site was too high. I never used the service myself as the divx plugin never worked for me. Even though the Yo...

Member Dragun alerts us to the development of a Satellite by the Japanese which will bring homes a 1.2Gbps internet connection. Most cities in Japan get a decent speeds with optic fiber anyway so not really news over here but the satellite will also...

I found that I had to keep double checking whenever I saw female looking characters - checking to see if they were traps. Trap spotted at the AmiAmi booth. Was really windy yesterday and they closed the shutters which meant no cosplaying outside - wh...

Only stumbled onto Kev Jumba's videos recently and was impressed at the amount of views he has for his vids. Found the following vid pretty interesting. Do you watch any other online talk shows like Diggnation and RocketBoom? I've been meaning to...

A bunch of Japanese actresses and singers when they were younger. Included here are Ito Misaki, Gotoh Maki, Hasegawa Ryoko, Hamazaki Ayumi, Utada Hikaru and Amuro Namie. How many can you name? Via Byonavi but cant remember which page. A load of Ito M...

ACE: "SIR! I've run out of missiles - I cant fire!" CAPTAIN: "You are dismissed of your duties - I have plenty of ammo left - you may retire and head back to base - I will take over." ACE: "Sorry sir!" CAPTAIN:"We have target, eagle twenty, fox two,...

We all know that mags like to give away stuff but the latest version of Dengeki G's Festival magazine comes with an oppai mouse pad, dakimakura cover AND a ToHeart keyring. The cost is [currency=3600] but still cheap considering the goodies included....

Aquadom is the largest cylindrical aquarium on the planet. At the moment it only has fish in it but soon they will have girls from Seto no Hanayome swimming in it (maybe). More pics and video clips at Gizmodo. Thanks to member DRAGUN for sending this...

PSX Extreme reports on a PSP Phone - more details on their site. Image from News 4 VIP.

This guy deserves credit for being able to keep this up or 2.5 mins. BTW, the Japanese otaku blogsphere refer to this song as "Uuu Uuu Uma Uma" [ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)] Minamike Uuu Uuu Uma Uma below. Hatsune Miku - wait until he picks her up.

More photographic evidence proving that otaku in Japan will never be ronery. If you are wondering - this is Miku - one of the newer Candy Girls. An interview with a doll owner below who explains why "he just cant love real women." Image from Mikoto-...

In some folks eyes, this person may seem like a gorgeous school girl. While to some folks it may look like a man dressed in sailor fuku wearing a pink apron with Mickey ears. Whichever he looks like to you, hes giving out free hugs - any takers? Via...

When a license is taken out from Sanrio to use Hello Kitty, strict guidelines on the placement of the eyes, spacing of ears etc have to be followed. Looks like some company lost those guidelines. Via Hello Kitty Hell.

Toshiba is officially pulling out of the HD DVD market leaving Blu-Ray to dominate the market until the new format comes out in 2100. Anybody purposely went out to buy a HD DVD player? Maybe Toshiba lost because of the size of their HD DVD players .....

Member FatB alerts us to the availability of the trailer for the fourth Indiana Jones film - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I loved the first two but didn't really enjoy the third one for some reason.

Member Melonpan opens his newly arrived Dakimakura and other goods that are commonly looked at while the dakimakura is in use - see the pics at his burogu.

A bunch of the Vocaloid Nendoroid characters get together to do their thang - adorable! The best bit is the end - what is the name of that song and how come its all over the internets? I love it - trooper version next? Thanks to member Henry for subm...

Will be re- launching bits of the site within a few weeks on a new platform and am thinking about the header design. Through observing user behavior, I see that the categories in the header are clicked mostly by new users and that regular users main...

Interesting awareness ad. While real guns are not easy to get hold of in Japan, air guns like my Beretta can be purchased easily. Are real guns or air guns easily available in your region? Image via %%http://netamichelin.blog68.fc2.com/blog-entry-20...