” width=”150.96774193548″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> China watchers have been marvelling at a Guangzhou traffic crossing which gives pedestrians 5 seconds to dash across a 100m stretch of busy road… The report: Some wags have suggested the 5 second limit may not be such a problem as no Chinese take any notice of the signals anyway – although more fair-minded Japanese have [...]

” width=”68.421052631579″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda hospitalisation with a tonsil infection has caused the cancellation of at least two One Piece instalments, alarming many fans yet again . According to Shonen Jump’s editorial announcement , volume 26 and 27 of Weekly Jump will be missing One Piece due to his hospitalisation. Jump also clarified that he is suffering from a peritonsillar [...]

” width=”187.2″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Sony has finally revealed a fleeting and rather indistinct glimpse of their social wonder-console the PlayStation 4 , though the suspense over the console’s design which they have so assiduously cultivated looks set to continue until its formal unveiling on the 10th of June – so far all that has been gleaned from their new video is that [...]

” width=”88.973384030418″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Even as GG introduces UE , BB is heading in the opposite direction with TV in the form of a full TV anime adaptation, to the general relief of fans – most of whom seem prepared to overlook the generally abysmal fate of fighting game to anime adaptations. Boasting staff involved in the production of such classics as [...]

” width=”182.10116731518″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The latest entry into the Guilty Gear series has been revealed in the form of Guilty Gear Xrd, although the decision to introduce 3D to the traditionally hardcore 2D franchise by way of the Unreal Engine has caused something of an stir amongst the more purist fans… The trailer: [...]

” width=”177.94676806084″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The latest video exposé of the power of makeup in the hands of Japanese women has been circulating online to the usual howls of terror… This time the comparison comes courtesy of “S Cawaii,” which proclaims that “girls change themselves as much as they want with the weapon called makeup!” and kindly warns men to “exercise [...]

” width=”178.62595419847″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The first leaked glimpse of the movie adaptation of Tomodachi ga Sukunai – which even the author seems keen to disown – appears to have revealed its casting choices were even more misguided than had been feared. Even a blurry long-distance shot of the production has set fans off, so it is anyone’s guess how they will [...]

” width=”90″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Square Enix’s latest exciting new title has been announced as “Grand Union” – a social card battle game for mobile phones, prompting the usual howls from the few remaining gamers who expect anything more from the company. Aside from the usual moaning about Square Enix focusing on facile card games instead of endless JRPG sequels, [...]

” width=”78.260869565217″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The quality of Chinese artists has been in the spotlight after some of the candidate Vocaloids for the 2nd “Vocaloid China” project were revealed – securing much approval even in Japan. The top-runners of the 666 entrants the competition received have received much praise: An earlier effort also secured praise: Luo Tianyi has also inspired plenty of [...]

” width=”72.558139534884″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> One of Japan’s valiant defenders has been arrested for controlling his sexual energy with the help of two schoolgirls. The 20-year-old leading private was apparently led by his privates into an encounter with two girls aged 15 and 16. He used an “Internet community site” to arrange a night with the pair at a local Akita prefecture hotel, [...]

” width=”70.694864048338″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The prospect of a Hollywood movie version of shocking titan anime Shingeki no Kyojin has been causing some enthusiasm for once, after a parody Hollywood-style poster stimulated the imagination (to say nothing of naive optimism) of fans. By Kouji Tajima , the theatrical poster is strictly unofficial – but has inspired the vanishingly rare sight of actual enthusiasm about [...]

” width=”158.64406779661″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Japanese gamers have been stunned to learn that the market cap of Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo now exceeds that of Nintendo, prompting both despair and incredulity and perhaps explaining about the Japanese gaming industry’s rapid decline into idolising card and puzzle games for phones . GungHo Online Entertainment, now known almost exclusively for Puzzle & Dragons but [...]

” width=”71.450381679389″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> After having posted the worst losses in its history and sacking its CEO , Square Enix has announced its new focus will be social games. Its final balance sheet for the last fiscal year showed an operating loss of 6 billion yen – the first time since the merger with Enix that the company has posted an operating [...]

” width=”177.94676806084″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The leader of Japan’s third largest party has spoken of the “cold” reaction his suggestion to the commander of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma that he have his soldiers make better use of Japanese prostitutes received, and for good measure has stated that Japan’s wartime use of “comfort women” was justified too. Tooru Hashimoto, Osaka’s ex-mayor [...]

” width=”100″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> The latest exhibition of the Japanese army’s moe arsenal saw 2 “ita-heli” sporting moe girls on display to the general public – only the latest of Camp Kisarazu’s efforts to impress the world with its ability to paint pretty girls on the side of their old choppers. The event was attended by bandwidth-challenged journalists but few otaku it [...]

” width=”100″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Ultimate production controversy anime Aku no Hana continues to elicit highs of both praise and scorn from its tsundere fans, with the shameful action heating up in what many hope is the prelude to creepy protagonist actually getting laid properly for once. The show has even scored its first omake which omits either a satirical comparison of [...]

” width=”69.230769230769″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> A new trailer for the highly controversial Ghost in the Shell ARISE movie series has been released, and the scepticism of GitS fans disturbed by radical changes in both character design and voice casting appear to be evaporating rapidly. The latest trailer: An updated site also reveals old school Tachikoma, although it is hard to see Tsumugi being the object [...]

” width=”90.173410404624″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Almost approaching the Sorceress in eye-popping hugeness , Dragon’s Crown’s ultra-muscular Amazon has finally received her own trailer, and is already proving the first choice of many eager gamers both for her massive axe and rather prominent posterior and skull-cracking thighs. The Amazon and her trailer: Also released was the inexplicably far less popular Elf: The volume of [...]

” width=”133.33333333333″ height=”100″ alt=”Thumbnail” class=”align-left thumbnail” /> Police have arrested one chikan and are hunting another after the pair joined an online chikan mash-up on a train to grope a woman egging them on from a chikan forum – only to find out they were victimising an innocent woman whose clothing and position on the train mysteriously matched the instructions left for [...]