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Archive for October, 2007

Japan Defense Ministry: Towards Realization of Gundam

Japan’s Defence Ministy has been known for using elements of pop culture to attract youth audience. For instance, they previously used a loli spokesperson for their ministry. This time round they are using the best icon of all: GUNDAM

Their Technical R&D Institue is holding a Defense Technology Symposium on October 29. The interesting thing is [...]

A Really Gigantic Meronpan!

I’m sure Shana would love to get her hands on this gigantic meronpan. According to this news article, a bakery 「モンタボー札幌西西町店」 in Sapporo has made a meronpan that is 11 times larger than that of a normal sized melon pan.

Its about 30 cm large and weighs 1kg and retails for 1,500 yen. The shop owner [...]

Rina Akiyama X Aya Kiguchi

Rina Akiyama X Aya Kiguchi

This week gravure feature is once again “2 for the price of 1″. The 2 gravure idols featured this week are Rina Akiyama 秋山 莉奈 (on the left) and Aya Kiguchi 木口亜矢 (on the right).

I think I’ve mentioned somewhere before that Rina has a amazing bikini booty. She’s also currently featured in Kamen Rider Den-O [...]

Kodomo no Jikan Play Stationary

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the loli-licious play stationery produced by Solid Theatres. Today Akiba Blog reported that they have received official license to extend their Play Stationery series by releasing a special range with Kodomo no Jikan three main characters: Rin Kokonoe, Kuro Kagami, and Mimi Usa.

This particular series will be [...]

Lucky☆Star PS2 Visual Novel

Lucky☆Star PS2 Visual Novel

Kadokawa Shoten will be releasing its Lucky☆Star PS2 visual novel game in Japan on December 20. The game will be titled Lucky☆Star: Ryoo Gakuen Otosai and it will retail for 7,140 yen.

According to the article on Mainichi JP, its supposed to be an adventure game but it seems like a normal visual romance game.
Here [...]

Candy Girl Photo Contest in Japan

“Take a shot of your favorite doll and enter it into the contest.” Of course there is a catch, its isn’t just any doll but those “love dolls” that are produced by Orient Industry, or better known as Candy Girl.

For those that have absolutely no idea what Candy Girls are, you can read it on [...]