Archive for December, 2007
1/8 Kanu Black Uniform [Limited Ed.]
Just saw this on Hobby Channel, Hobbby Japan will be releasing a limited black uniform version of the 1/8 Alter’s Kanu Uncho from Ikkitousen. The release date is similarly scheduled to be in April 2008.
Unfortunately she will only be available through Hobby Japan on January 7th. So I guess those interested would have to stand [...]
How Japanese Enjoy Christmas Eve
How do Japanese celebrate Christmas? Or do they celebrate it at all? I’m sure many of you are interested what they had planned for Christmas this year.
Here’s a suvey conducted by Macromill Inc which asked how Japanese planned to spend Christmas Eve.
This internet survey was conducted on the 5th and 6th of December with 516 [...]
World Hobby Festival 17
World Hobby Festival 17 [WHF有明17] is another of the major otaku events in during December next to Comiket.
It was held yesterday on the 23rd December at Tokyo Big Sight.
As usual I’ve source all over the internet so I can share with you the links to WHF 17 galleries. (Do take note that most of the [...]
Bullying Lawsuit in Japan
A 15-year-old girl who was bullied as an elementary school student was awarded 1 million yen in damages on Friday in a lawsuit filed against four parents of the girl’s former classmates.
The girl, whose father is Chinese, was often teased by her former classmates over a period of about 11 months from April 2000, when [...]
NEC Rozen Maiden Speech Synthesis Engine
Seems like following the immense success of Vocaloid engine by Yamaha, its other competitors are also moving in to cash in on the situation.
According to ITmedia JP, NEC is now offering a pre-trial period of 2-3 months where registered users of Alice Project can help them to test their Rozen Maiden Speech Synthesis Engine.
Users will [...]
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