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NicoNico Douga to be Japan’s National Infrastructure

Nishimura (2ch founder) on the left, with his taskmaster Natsuno watching over him to try to stop him spending any more investor cash

NicoNico Douga bosses 夏野剛 / Takeshi Natsuno (a seasoned seller of mobile phone melodies parachuted in to try to stop the cash haemorrhage at Nico’s managing firm Niwango) and 西村博之 / Hiroyuki Nishimura (no less a man than the founder of 2ch and now Nico honcho) have given a most interesting interview on the future and past of NicoNico.

Much is revealed of their plans for expansion; notably we hear they intend to see NicoNico become a part of the national infrastructure of Japan, that they intend a plan of overseas expansion, just as soon as they have dealt with the trifling matter of losing millions of dollars, and that, yes, the biggest challenge facing them may indeed be kowtowing to the intellectual property cartels without wiping their servers bare.

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  • Anonymous commented on May 2, 2009 08:46

    He's not the creator, the writer was comparing him TO the maker. And the article is exactly about his lack of money. Poor bloke.... More

  • Resonance commented on August 12, 2008 03:16

    Hm, I always wondered what kind of person the creator of 2ch would be like. While this is a novel idea (global expansion) I don't think it'll go beyond the bounds of where it is now.... More

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DL Eroge in Engrish – MangaGamer Opens

DL Eroge in Engrish – MangaGamer Opens: Edelweiss (nothing to do with the Alps either)

Hoping to break into (or rather, create) the English (or at least something approximating it) language market for bishoujo games/hentai games/eroge is new entrant MangaGamer (replete with a poorly designed Engrish site), with their site set to open for business on July 10th, offering digital download editions of a variety of less well known titles, to start with at least.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 22, 2009 08:05

    Where the hell do I buy these games!?... More

  • Anonymous commented on February 5, 2009 08:39

    I was also sent the scripts, but they did not want to pay. It is not as hard as everyone might think. I guess you get what you pay for. Also I... More

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Bill Gates Manga – My Computer God

This manga was published in 1982 as “My Computer God – The Story of Bill Gates”, in KoroKoro Comic マイコンの神さま ビル・ゲイツ物語 別冊コロコロコミックEnglish version

This manga, published in 1982 as “My Computer God – The Story of Bill Gates” (マイコンの神さま ビル・ゲイツ物語), in KoroKoro Comic, is a fascinating piece of history, and quite amusing to boot. As a piece of history, it harkens back to a time when Bill Gates was the Larry Page or Sergey Brin of his day, a dynamic entrepreneur in charge of an up and coming venture company, a far cry from the monolithic titan of corporate America Microsoft would later become. The entire story is translated below.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 13, 2013 20:22

    bill gates has donated more than 50 billion dollars to charity, more than anyone else in the world, and you call him evil.... yeah, he sounds like the pinnacle of evil, dont he, what with... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 3, 2012 06:33

    Watch Magical Girl Pretty Sammy - the OVA has Bill Gates in it as the evil guy.... More

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Diet Beer & Canned Cocktail – Brewers Desperate

Diet Beer & Canned Cocktail – Brewers Target Female Drinkers

Japanese beer makers have been stung by a reduction in consumption of their products amongst young women, and are now scrambling to recapture the market with “innovative” products oriented towards the female demographic. The results are disheartening, but amusing.

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  • fatimmortal commented on April 12, 2009 00:11

    Diet jesus juice, anyone?... More

  • Ayu commented on December 14, 2008 19:37

    there's be lots of sauce for anime themed beer XD... More

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DVD Group Demands End to Free Recording of Anime

Blood+ yours for only $70,000? A steal?

DVD and video industry group the Japan Video Software Association (JVA) has issued a long and unambiguously worded complaint to the effect that personal recording of shows, particularly anime, damages its potential bottom line, so can’t something be done to rectify this, preferably involving payout to the JVA.

Close reading of their demands in fact reveals their sales are healthy, but they are being damaged “potentially”.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 15, 2010 13:26

    HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 12, 2010 20:47

    MAFIAA FTW! What's next: "even if customers aren't pirating our content, compensation is still required" And then: "No one is buying our shit anymore! WE DEMAND COMPENSATION FOR THIS INSULT!"... More

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Anime TV Chief Fears Loss of Child Audience

SPEJ executive and Animax CEO Masao Toyama ソニー・ピクチャーズ エンタテインメント　アニマックスブ社長 滝山雅夫

Head of top Anime TV station Animax, 滝山雅夫 / Masao Toyama, has said his greatest fear is that anime will lose popularity amongst the young, and seems set on trying to rectify matters, if in a modest way.

His statement was made amidst celebration of Animax’s tenth anniversary, with a long and glorious stable of anime (Dragonball, Gundam, etc.) stretching out behind it, mostly being distributed on a tried and true fee based model.

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  • Anonymous commented on July 1, 2013 16:58

    Just gimme the SUB!!! Not DUB!!!... More

  • なっきにゃーNakkiNyan commented on July 3, 2009 06:53

    ...And it won't progress until you get through the 20sec commercial.... More

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Cities Look to Ban Late Night Shopping

Cities Look to Ban Late Night Shopping - 24/7 convenience stores face restrictions in Japan?

Citing concerns over global warming, politicians in several large Japanese cities have started talking about banning or harshly regulating convenience stores open late at night, or 24/7. The areas pushing this, with Kyoto, Saitama and Kanagawa mentioned, seem to be looking to burnish their credentials as “model” environmentally friendly cities, whatever the inconvenience and cost to inhabitants and local businesses.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 22, 2014 02:40

    Yet I doubt that anyone is going to suggest that factories or logistics are going to stop for the night, and compared to them, late-night supermarkets are completely irrelevant in terms of energy expenditure.... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 9, 2013 05:15

    ...because having the lights & register on after midnight is going to make a difference, when every business with refrigerated goods has a cooling device running 24/7. Damn those people are stupid.... More

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Lolita Prices to Rise

Lolita Prices to Rise, Quantity to Decrease - Fans of delicious cake are set for a hit in the pocket

Regrettable news for fans of delicious cake; Yomiuri reports a price rise has been announced. Just what impact this will have on Lolita sales is unclear, but it seems likely that those with a sweet tooth will be hit in the pocket.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 17, 2009 20:33

    same here... More

  • kumbi kumbu commented on August 4, 2008 20:56

    lol this had me worried for a sec... More

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Teacher Goes Shopping with $44,000 from Student Council

Teacher Goes Shopping with $44,000 from Student Council - ああ、絶望した！

A high school teacher helped herself to ¥4,400,000, earmarked for the school student council, and then treated herself with some shopping. The teacher, in her 40s, fiddled the books over a yearlong period, using the pilfered cash to pay down her debts and rack up even more debts with shopping and high life.

She was sacked for her creative accounting, though we do not hear of any criminal charges, perhaps since she paid back the “borrowed” funds; the headmaster also made amends by forgoing a month’s salary for not bothering to do any auditing, and for stamping all her receipts. A subtle connection there, perhaps? Via Sankei.

  • Anonymous commented on October 23, 2009 12:03

    interesting story, too bad that i only read it now...... More

  • LanceRayne commented on October 14, 2009 11:25

    hehe.. paid it back with interest? hmm... More

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Pants Procuring PE Teacher Put Away

Pants Procuring PE Teacher Put Away - no word on if the pants concerned were striped or not

“They were for me to enjoy myself with”, he laments. A high school teacher has just been arrested on suspicion of violating laws against child prostitution and pornography; his crime? He attempted to arrange some pants and photos thereof from a high schooler, on a pants trading site, a common enough pastime amongst Japanese teachers, it would appear.

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  • gordon commented on May 20, 2008 22:45

    it's still small but thanks anyway. better than nothing. cheers! :)... More

  • Artefact commented on May 20, 2008 14:14

    Try the pic now - it's back to original size.... More

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MGS4 Product Placement Bonanza

MGS4 Product Placement Bonanza - Snake uses Regain to fight 24/7

With Metal Gear Solid 4 complete, all the details regarding the marketing arrangements in the game have come to light. It seems the game will be a vehicle for product placement on an unprecedented scale for an A-List title, with 10 product “collaborations” evident; but it is not so much the number as the prominence and lack of consideration for fit which stand out. Read on for the full details.

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  • Anonymous commented on April 18, 2010 09:27

    cool... More

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Japanese Youth: IQ and Lust in Decline?

Japanese young men no longer visit brothels - the reason seems obvious

Two rather similar stories come to my attention via Itainews, one alleging that Japanese youth are suffering from a decline in literacy and historical knowledge, and another asserting the Japan’s sex trade is facing dire straits because young men no longer have the sex drive they once had (presumably they are pursuing alternatives rather than abstinence, although the article doesn’t address this for reasons which will become obvious).

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  • Anonymous commented on December 8, 2011 02:53

    lol, femnazi. Rape stats are blown out of proportion by politicians and happens less often then it's made out to be...except in prison, which is ignored by femnazi's such as yourself.... More

  • GreasyWeeabooVirgin commented on June 5, 2010 02:26

    :0... More

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