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The tagline on the poster for the new Miike Takashi film, ZEBRAMAN: 2004.02.14 Hard On Zebraman

I recently mentioned the Kusamatrix exhibit now taking place at the Mori Art Museum, but the main new show is called ROPPONGI CROSSING, and it’s on now. I’m glad I finally have a reason to go back to the MAM, as it’s quite an impressive space, especially considering that you also have access to the…

I was watching a show last night (UN NOBLE ENNUYEUX) that had a segment on a Japanese gaming magazine called CONTINUE that was having a meeting to choose the worst game of the year. The winner? An exciting game that sort of translates as MEN’S FRIENDSHIP ADVENTURE. It looks like a choose-you-own-adventure style game, where…

Patrick finds a shop in Kichijoji called Etre Au Point where the listening booth is shaped like a toilet.

Momus recently centered one of his Click Opera Live Journal entries on the Japanese freeter movement, and Robert Duckworth had this quite interesting response to add.

Danwei takes us on a tour of Chinese glossy magazines for the month of February.

I love the Panda-Z figures, designed by Oshida Shunichi. Basically large robotic pandas, usually controlled by a smaller panda inside the head. They’ve become quite popular, and now comes news of a new anime series that will debut in April. An official site has launched, but it has almost no info. Hopefully they’ll update it…

Check out the very cute graphics at TADO.

For decades, Akihabara has been home to the world’s cutting edge consumer technologies, acting as the launching pad for Japanese companies’ videogames, VCRs and TVs later to be sent around the world. But, with home appliances now made cheaper and better in Kuala Lumpur and Canton than Kanto, outlets like Gachapon are encroaching on some…

I’ve already listed a work by Tokyo Plastic (the drumming animation that won at the Rockstar Games contest), but this is the first time I see their site.