I’m a total sucker for moogles. That might seem like a really strange thing to say, but I have a hard time resisting those adorable little guys. If there was one thing that really disappointed me about the last few Final Fantasy games, it’s that the moogles simply haven’t gotten enough love. Which is why [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 17, 2011
What’s better than pictures? Getting a look at the first trailer! Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) gets plenty of chances to look cool in the first trailer for the live action Rurouni Kenshin film. Unfortunately, this trailer is all action and suspense, with no hint as to where the director wants to take the story. In [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 3, 2011
Before jumping into this review, I must first make a few points about where I stand on visual novels and eroge on the whole. I admit to having a decent amount of experience playing both family friendly and adult VNs. I think the genre actually has a lot of potential as a storytelling medium, with [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 14, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday revamped his Cabinet in the hope of boosting his popularity and improving ties with formidable opposition parties, recruiting veteran lawmakers known to be enthusiastic about fiscal consolidation and trade liberalization. The shakeup, resulting in four newcomers to the Cabinet, took place ahead of the 150-day regular parliament session due [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 13, 2010
To promote the new MTV Japan reality show “Shibuhara Girls” the focus is on the fact that it marks the ‘acting’ debut of model Akimoto Kozue (23). Which is significant mainly because she is the daughter of sumo legend Chiyonofuji (55), now a sumo elder and known as Kokonoe “oyakata” (stablemaster). In his heyday as [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 26, 2010
The Sendai District Court ruling that on Thursday sentenced a minor to death for killing two people and seriously injuring another in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, said the fact that he was 18 years old at the time had no bearing on the decision to hand down capital punishment. The case, which was tried under the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 24, 2010
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Ibaraki Prefecture and its vicinity on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries from the 8:09 p.m. quake, the agency said. The quake measured 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in southern [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Toyosaki Aki’s 3rd solo single Dill was released yesterday, ranking #11 on Daily Oricon Singles chart. It’d probably sell better if the song was used as an opening or ending theme in some anime like in Tomatsu Haruka’s latest single’s case, but Dill can hardly be used as an opening or ending. The style of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 17, 2010
Pacific Rim economies agreed Sunday on the need to boost agriculture production and facilitate farm trade and investment at their first ministerial meeting on food in Niigata Prefecture. The 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum adopted the Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security and an action plan aimed at preventing food shortages. The forum’s first ministerial [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Think mountain climbing is a male pursuit? Try again. It used to be a man’s world, but its image is changing due to a growing number of fashionable female climbers right on your trail. Dubbed “yama girls” (mountain girls), the women are usually clad in trendy tights or leggings paired with short pants or skirts. [...]
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