Posts in "Japanese Pop Culture"

Ladies around the world like to cosplay as Mirai Suenaga and if I was a lady too then I would probably do so - but wait - I *can* cosplay as Mirai during the evenings. If you have cosplayed as Mirai (or any of the Mirai Millennium characters) then po...

Recently had a giveaway to win this Racing Miku from Good Smile Company over at Facebook - winner announced this morning. But the nice folks at Hobby Search are offering another Racing Miku as a giveaway! This time we'll run the giveaway here at dann...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This is the current Moekana tournament card which you can get starting tonight at Culture Japan Night Tokyo, Anime Festival Asia Malaysia and Anime Expo - but only if you beat me! The rules are at moekana.com - practice with friends first - you can e...

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...

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...

I completely dropped the ball on this one but there are still 3 days to go! As you know, Good Smile Company have a racing team which is supported by fans - fans pledge cash to support the team and in return they get goodies - a bit like Kickstarter t...

Previously known as "CGM Night", "Culture Japan Night" or "CJ Night" is an event held worldwide that brings together folks who share a passion for Japanese Pop Culture. Because we all share the same interest, its easy for us to make new comrades at t...

Comrade Kipi was also at the NicoNico Chokaigi event that took place last weekend. She popped by to say hello at our Mirai Itasha.

NicoNico Douga held an event at Makuhari Messe called the "NicoNico Chokaigi" and as part of the event there was a mini Ita G Festa where about 60 Itasha where picked from hundreds of applicants. Was an honor that they picked my Itasha to be displaye...

The press conference for Anime Festival Asia Malaysia was held yesterday in Kuala Lumpur - one of my Bothan spies took some photos for us.

Even though I previously worked at Microsoft as a Product Manager, I've never been a fan of many of the Microsoft products including the XBOX 360. Lately, my attention was drawn to the Kinect because of all the Star Wars Dance Off videos on the Inter...

Itagasa [痛傘[いたがさ]] is the word used to describe an umbrella plastered with cute 2D girlies - just like an Itasha. The reason I brought this up is because I'm thinking of making some - especially some of these clear see-through ones. My line of...

Discovered these gorgeous Mirai Suenaga cosplay photos by Chinese Canadian AnsaMao the other day on Deviant - then discovered all her other lovely cosplay photos - some taken by Jerry Fei. Just added her photo to the Mirai Suenaga Cosplay post - if y...