Konata’s Otaku Quiz

As promised, I have scanned in the Konata Otaku Quiz from Newtype. Basically its a quiz on the various otaku reference that have been made in Lucky☆Star.

There are a total of 30 questions. So if you understand Japanese and are a hardcore Lucky☆Star fanatic, put on your thinking socks and try out this quiz.

For those [...]

Konata’s Summer Otaku HotSpots

This will be the first of two posts that features the Newtype Lucky☆Star goodies. Firstly is this handy travel guide for those avid fanatics and otakus.

First up are the hotspots that Otaku should go for this summer. Especially since there are 3 main events this coming August, with Comiket, CharaHobby and WonderFestival. So Konata has [...]

August Issue of Newtype

Once again, gundam is back on the front cover of Newtype. This august issue is jam-packed with interesting content. Especially the Lucky☆Star otaku guide.

Of course, the main article is about the new Gundam 00 anime series which is going to be premiering in October 2007. This article features the 4 main gundams and their [...]

Nendoroid Primula

This has gotta be the cutest Nendoroid ever yet. This time is featuring Primula from the big eroge hit SHUFFLE!. This is scheduled to be released in October.

This is one of the priciest Nendoroid because this particular figure comes with the “Primula no Chittyana Daiboken!?” PC CD-ROM game. Therefore expect to fork out 7600 Yen [...]

Japan’s Defense and its Lolita Spokesperson

Its very interesing how Japan’s defence ministry uses a cute lolita dressed as a maid with a hawkish stuffed teddy bear to give a simple explanation of Japan’s defense policies.

Apparently, there seems to be a rising trend in government agencies using kawaii loli characters to promote their activities in recent years. The one that actually [...]