Published March 6th, 2008
in Viral.
To be frank, I find the concept of a virtual Japanese girl staring bashfully at me, slightly extremely disturbing. But I’m sure, many of you will find this utterly fascinating.
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Published January 14th, 2008
in Gadgets.
This awesome gizmo from Royal Company can turn your average hard candy into light and heavenly cotton candy.
The device can melt candies and then spin them into cotton candy; all this in just three minutes. The choice of flavors is restricted only by your imagination.
Ah, Japan. How you surprise me again and again. [...]
Published December 12th, 2007
in Ads.
The character ‘Norton Fighter‘, is the face of Symantec’s Japanese ad campaign for its Norton 360 program suite.
The creators of Norton Fighter have obviously modeled the character on famous Tokusatsu characters like Kamen Rider and Ultraman. This superhero fights viruses and creepy bots, rescues cute maids in distress, and generally saves the day. Somehow, [...]
Published December 9th, 2007
in Movie Trailers and Movies.
This is so bad, that it’s good. I almost thought that this was a spoof of Tarentino’s Grindhouse and Kill Bill movies, but it’s actually the official trailer for ‘The Machine Girl‘ (Kataude Mashin Gâru), a Japanese exploitation flick.
The movie is about the quest of Ami, a teenage Japanese girl out to avenge [...]
Published October 5th, 2007
in Gadgets.
The FALTIMA 010 allows you to "rip" your fragile LPs and save them on a CD, USB memory stick or an SD card. This device can also play your standard audio CDs, plus receive FM and AM radio broadcasts.
The recording is done on the fly with minimal user intervention. All you have to do [...]
Published October 4th, 2007
in Movies.
The upcoming AstroBoy movie is based on the hugely popular AstroBoy (Tetsuwan Atomu) anime series. The series was reportedly the first ever anime broadcast on Japanese television.
Astroboy made his first appearance in a manga series in 1951. AstroBoy was brought to life by the acclaimed manga artist Osamu Tezuka. A black and white anime [...]
Published September 28th, 2007
in News.
Watch shocking footage of how veteran Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was shot at close range by a soldier in Burma. Nagai was covering the demonstrations, when he was pushed to the ground and killed by gunshot. This was no random shooting; the soldier knew what he was doing.
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Published September 22nd, 2007
in Gadgets and Retro.
Soundwagon Record Player Is The World’s Smallest Record Player
Published September 20th, 2007
in Gaming.
2007 Tokyo Game Show - 100 Pics from the show
Published September 12th, 2007
in Ads, Movies and Tv Shows.
Long-time fans of the Japanese Simpsons (on cable), have expressed outrage on the move to replace the current Japanese voice actors with more popular TV celebrities for the new Simpsons movie. Fox Japan hopes to popularize the Simpsons in a big way, hence the move. Mainstream Japan knows very less about the Simpsons, and only [...]
Published September 7th, 2007
in Gadgets.
Hand Grenade Alarm Clock from Japan
Published August 25th, 2007
in Automotive.
Japanese Parallel Parking Record
Published July 16th, 2007
in Art.
Dr. Seuss was a racist cartoonist
Published May 9th, 2007
in Design.
Expensive Faux Cracked Japanese Plate
Published March 14th, 2007
in Gadgets.
Xbox TV Commercial in Japan