Origami is the traditional Japanese art of creating objects with folded paper, and now people all over the world enjoy the craft. I bet many of you have done origami, but have you ever thought about making origami anime figurines? With Graphig, you can make …Read more »
With Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D coming to a theater near you, Jedi Madness is everywhere once again, even in Japan! Akagi Nyugyo Co., Ltd. has announced that they'll be selling a new popsicle line called “Gari-Gari Kun Rich Chocolate Vanilla …Read more »
Studying is not always fun, especially if you are taking a very difficult college entrance exam. Japanese college entrance exams are often called the “Hell Exams” and it is painful to prepare for all the tests. BUT, there is good news for Japanese high school …Read more »
Do you know NAMJA TOWN? It's an indoor theme park at Sunshine City shopping mall in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, and it's managed by video game giant Namco! NAMJA TOWN is known to host a number of events every month, and between February 17 and April 8 …Read more »
Sunrise has announced that they will open a small theme park called “Gundam Front Tokyo” in the Tokyo Waterfront Area on April 19, 2012. They are planning to bring back the life-size Gundam to “Diversity Tokyo Plaza” in the Oume district, which has both a free …Read more »
Are you familiar with Space Battleship Yamato ? Well producer Leiji Matsumoto has a surprise for many of his fans! After 30 years of silence, the story entitled Ozuma produced by famous mangaka Leiji Matsumoto will finally be released on TV in Japan. Mr. Matsumoto …Read more »
How about a different kind of "Cool Japan"? Otaku come from many occupations, but have any of you ever wanted to be a weather reporter? If so, the “Self-Study Application for Weather Forecasting” by animated Prof. Fujisaki Sorara has been released! Software company SofToLet has …Read more »
The World Cosplay Summit (WCS) is a cosplay event hosted by TV Aichi in the city of Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Since 2005 WCS has held a championship contest in which winners of preliminary contests in respective countries compete for the grand championship WCS title in …Read more »
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011 was held in Chiba, Japan from September 15-18, 2011. This is the biggest computer entertainment show in Japan and 180 game companies were expected to attend the show. This year the show attracted 222,668 attendees, the highest turnout since the show started. 193 …Read more »
I'm sure you know Akihabara, the otaku town, but do you know Otome Road (Maiden Road) in Ikebukuro district, where otaku girls and female fans of yaoi get together? If you go through “Sunshine 60 Street” from the East Exit of Ikebukuro Station, you will …Read more »
Hello! Yunmao Ayakawa here! It has been very common among Japanese Otaku to create “doujinshi” (self-published amateur works) involving manga, magazines and novels. An individual artist or a group of artists publish their own works and distribute them through Doujinshi conventions in local areas as …Read more »
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2011 will be held from September 15 - 18 in Chiba, Japan. This is the biggest computer entertainment show in Japan and 180 computer game companies are expected to attend the show. About 750 new products will be introduced to approximately 180,000 …Read more »
Hello Everyone, While writing this followup to my article in this month’s Otaku USA an earthquake shook Virginia, and Hurricane Irene hit the U.S. just this past weekend. This article relates to the Earthquake and Tsunami that took place in Japan earlier this year so …Read more »
With a crowd of 17,000 cosplay fans, the World Cosplay Championship took place at Oasis 21, Japan, on August 7, 2011. Seventeen teams from all over the world entered the championship, and displayed grand performances. This is the largest number of contestants in World Cosplay …Read more »
Comiket—held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan—is the world’s largest event for self-publishers of manga, music and games. The number of booths, venders and industries grows every year, and approximately 550,000 fans attend the event. Comiket held in summer is called “Natsu-comi,” and the one …Read more »
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