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    The end of Akihabara?

    Well my earlier post about Akihabara returning to semi-normality may have been a bit premature. I’m sure you have by now heard the news about Asuka “Wide-Open” Sawamoto being arrested for her… colorful displays of the female body. This past Sunday brought on even more unusual events. Volunteer groups and residents took to the streets […] More

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    FC Mobile revives classic Nintendo games

    This is news to me, but Gizmodo says its true, so it must be true. Seems that Nintendo’s original patent on the NES has expired, so we should start seeing a whole bunch of new devices that may revive retro gaming. Sure, it wont be as big as the PSP and Nintendo DS, but for […] More

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    Sukayu Hot Springs

    A campaign has started by a group of concerned citizens to stop the stares of men at one of Japan’s most famous hot spring resorts that still practices mixed sex bathing. The Konyoku wo Mamoru Kai (Protect Mixed Bathing Association) has seen an increase of men to the Sukayu Hot Spring resort in Aomori. With […] More

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    Attack negativity with Kendo widget

    Kendo, “the way of the sword”, is a Japanese martial art somewhat similar to European art of fencing. Recently this martial art has made its way into the blog-o-sphere in Japan due to a very popular widget by Kendo Magazine. Their widget will first search and identify a negative word within your post. When it […] More

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    Weekend News

    Hey, time for another edition of the Weekend News. I think I settled on Sunday for doing this as it’s usually a slow day for news anyways, and I can sit down with my tea for a while and sift through all the items I saved during the week. This week was a busy one, […] More

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    Buso Renkin

    If you are a fan of Rorouni Kenshin, Viz Media is bringing a new series to the states inspired by the work of Nobuhiro Watsuki. Buso Renkin will be released on April 29th, and the 3 disk set will feature the first 13 episodes of 26 total. The collectors box features exclusive art prints from […] More

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    Ningin – The Asian Social Bookmarking Community

    Just got an email from the owner of Ningin, and was pleasantly surprised. Seems my post for the new Naruto Shippuden Kizuna Trailer has reached a red stared, level 5 post. Dear Louis, I just want to congratulate you for one of your more popular posts on our site this past week: Naruto Shippuden Kizuna […] More

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    Unreal Tournament as Super Mario Bros

    How awesome is this? I have been away from Unreal Tournament for too long it seems. Apperantly there is a mod that turns Unreal Tournament from 3d into a classic 2d side scroller (UT2D). So it was only a matter of time before someone made a Mario Bros map! Via Kotaku More

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    Takehito Shigehara, panty thief?

    I am a big soccer fan, however, I don’t get a chance to watch the J.League play much as I have yet to figure out when matches are played on KeyholeTV. As far as the English Premier League, I’m a big Manchester United and Newcastle fan. If you do follow the J.League, you may know […] More

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    Bleach: Memories of Nobody in Theaters

    Just got this bit of news, Bleach the movie: X is playing in select theatres here in the states! Tickets go on sale May 9th, and Bleach: Memories of Nobody hits theaters June 11-12, 2008. Along with the movie, there will be a special documentary on how the characters come to life, and special never […] More

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    Cosplayers break Guinness Record

    I didn’t know that the Guinness book of World Records had a record for the largest gathering of game characters, but apperantly they do, and that number is 80 people. This record was broken on March 19, 2008. I wonder what other cosplay-like records need to be broken. How many of the characters can you […] More

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    AmerikaJinMusume dances to JPOP

    Who doesn’t like to watch a cute girl dancing to JPOP? Nobody, that’s who. Here is Youtube user, AmerikaJinMusume, and her favorite Hello! Project Dance Mixes. To check out more of her JPOP dance videos, visit her profile. More

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