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Archive for September, 2008

Oricon: Namie Amuro and Yui Argaki Voted Ideal Women

Oricon: Namie Amuro and Yui Argaki Voted Ideal Women

Oricon released a survey yesterday which asked 1,200 Japanese to vote for which female celebrity represented their image of an ideal women.
There were 2 separate categories, one for music artists and another for actresses. Namie Amuro clinched the top spot for the artist department.

So here’s the list for female musicians which voters thought represented an [...]

Overweight Dolphins

Overweight Dolphins

Following our story of Overweight Monkeys, now the dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World are also having weight problems.

Zookeepers were wondering why the dolphins were having trouble making high jumps during shows, so they measured their weight and found all had gotten plumper.
Some of the dolphins had gotten up to 22 pounds heavier just during the [...]

Minase Yashiro 八代みなせ

Minase Yashiro 八代みなせ

This week gravure idol feature is once again the beautiful Minase Yashiro. She’s still quite new on the scene but I think she looks really good.

She has already graced the covers of  Young Jump, Flash Exciting, Monthly Gon and Weekly Asahi Entertainment.
Name: Yashiro Minase 八代みなせ
Birthday: Feb 3rd, 1985
Height: 165cm3 Sizes:
B88/W58/H88cm
Blood Type: B
Her blog: http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/yashiro0minase
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Animation Nation 2008

Animation Nation 2008

I was sent this press release from Singapore Film Society a while back, and now I finally got around to share it with you folks. Basically its an animation festival in Singapore that will feature animated works from all over the world and not just limited to Japan.

This event is organised by The Singapore Film [...]

Needa Schuetlich @ Fort Canning

Needa Schuetlich @ Fort Canning

Went out for a nice photo shoot with the Figurakuen gang this afternoon at Fort Canning Park. Under the hot sun, we had to climb like 89060597 steps before we managed to find a nice location for the shoot.

The first series was shoot was Needa in the hot jungle. Of course, in order to survive [...]