Coming in May from Goodsmile is this lovely figure of Chu Chu Astram from Unisonshift’s eroge game Chu Chu Idol. She come with a full range of castoff options with her skirt being a very large bat holding on for dear live. Standing in at 21cm tall she retails for 6,800 yen. She is [...]

Well went and ordered my Mac last night should be here in the next day or so as I paid for the upgraded shipping. I went with the base model though I think I will add a couple of gigs more of RAM to it pretty quick. That is the major complaint that I have [...]

Coming in April from Orchidseed is this very nice figure of Sherrice from the ergo game and ergo anime Ma ga Ochiru Yoru. She stands in a 20cm tall and retails for 7,800yen. While that is a bit on the high side for PVC figures she does come with several interchangeable arm [...]

Well the “It’s About Time” to learn the switch to Mac, it the best concept I have seen in a while. It’s said the for the first time computer user that the Mac is a more intuitive interface but for the life long Windows user it can take some time to get use to.  As [...]

Ladies and Gentleman The Slants. The Slants are a New Wave/Elotro/Dance band with a Rock and Asian twist. An almost all Asian band out of Portland, Oregon. Their first album Slanted Eyes, Slanted Hearts has quickly gained them international attention. Their sound is kind of a mix between The Faint, Depeche Mode and The [...]

Well it is tax season once again for those of us living in the US, and while a lot of people dread this time of year I don’t. Why is that you may ask. It’s simple I am not rich, while I am not poor either. I don’t really have a lot of those things [...]

Well it’s 22:30 and apparently my brain has decided to take Friday’s off ’cause I can’t come up with anything to post tonight, again. So I decided to take my cue from last Friday and post a bunch of links. So here they are some (not all) of the web-comics I read.
Belfry WebComic [...]

Well the Anime blogs are all a buzz over Alter’s announcement over the release of the this Siesta figure from the anime Zero no Tsukaima. Slated to come out in June this 1/8 scale Siesta will stand in at 20cm, and MSRP for 5,775 yen. While there is no word yet on castoff ability I [...]

A Dutch Company, Polymer Vision, has unveiled plans to introduce a mobile phone with a fold away screen. The screen that about the size of two business cards uses e-ink technology built on a semi-flexible substrate. Because the screen only uses power when changing states the battery life of the device should far exceed that [...]

Wish I had heard of this sooner. Macheist is selling a bundle of 14 Mac Apps for only $49, with 25% of all proceeds going to 10 charities. That’s the good news the bad is that if you want the pack you have less then 24hrs left to take advantage of the deal. I [...]

Toy’sworks put up a promotional image on their official site announceing the re-release of a their line of Gunslinger Girl Collectible Figures. Coming out this May the lineup includes Claes, Rico, Angelica, Henrietta, Triela, and one secret, plus a color variation for each figure, for a total of 12 possible types to trade and collect. [...]

Well just to prove how wide spread Otaku culture has spread. Even the Japan National Tourist Organization is targeting the foreign Otaku. Thou the article briefly mention doujishi and other more sub-culture items it’s main fouce is more on mainstream stuff like the upcoming Tokyo International Anime Fair being held in late March.