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Sato Dai
Had a meeting last night with Sato Dai - screenwriter who brought us titles like Cowboy Bebop, Blood: The Last Vampire, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Samurai Champloo, Eureka Seven, Toward...
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Narcon Anime Event
Photos taken by reader Meji at the Swedish anime and game event Narcon 2012 - I was supposed to post these photos back in August but didn't get round to it ><Great photos which really capture the...
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Japanese High School Photos
Was at Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High School [東京都立国際高等学校] the other day for more Culture Japan filming. Today we have a lookie at the Cultural Festival "Bunkasai" [文化祭] which takes place at most...
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Buying a car in Japan
At the time of moving to Japan 13 years ago, we didn't have the need for a car at all - Tokyo Metropolis is extremely well connected with trains that run regularly and on time.In 2005, we did decide to...
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AFA12 Singapore Merchandise
Its that time of year again! Anime Festival Asia takes place this weekend in Singapore - there will be a load of stage and industry guests together with a humongous exhibition hall ready to leave your...
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Singapore Learn Japanese
I'm working with folks in the Singapore government to spread Japanese culture - starting with a talk at the largest public library in Singapore - the Jurong Regional Library. I will be sharing my...
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AFA12 Preview
Its 1.30AM in Singapore right now and I need to get up in a few hours to be on stage at Asia's biggest Anime Event - the Anime Festival Asia.None of our team have slept to bring you the biggest...
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CJ Night Singapore 2012
Had another incredible gathering at Culture Japan Night Singapore 2012 - over the course of 6 hours, 419 comrades came to network with the anime industry and local guests who included... Kamiyama Kenji...
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Tokyo to Singapore
I'm currently still in Singapore and will be here until the 21st - now that I've set up a company in Singapore, there is a lot to do to grow the business here. Anyway - stuff about the Singapore...
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AFA 12 Culture Japan Booth
Trying to squeeze in time to write stuff amidst the barrage of meetings that I have while still in Singapore so will do the wall-of-photos posts - starting with the Culture Japan/Mirai Suenaga booth at...
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AFA Cosplay
Coverage of Asia's biggest anime event Anime Festival Asia continues! Next up is the cosplay - on stage and around the exhibition halls - photos taken over the 2 days at AFA12 Singapore.The AFA...
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Anime Festival Asia Dolls
AFA12 had an absolute ton of dolls! Most were on display at the Fujiwara Yukino booth which had dolls from all over the world - all so cute leh!Read more about Mirai Suenaga >>>
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Manga and Anime Culture
As you may know, Japan is brought up on manga and anime and even as adults, citizens enjoy these two mediums which are seen as being childish by some societies outside of Japan. I find it unfortunate...
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Thanksgiving Giveaway
Its that time of year again where folks show thankfulness for what they are given throughout the year. I have a bunch of comrades who run e-commerce sites and they would like to thank you for your...
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Tokyo Arrival 8
Just got back from spending a most bodacious 2 weeks in Singapore. 1st week was AFA and CJ Night, 2nd week was filled with a load of meetings and a talk at Jurong Regional Library. Have been to...
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AFA 12 Exhibition Hall
Photos taken at Anime Festival Asia 2012 - in today's post we take a look at the exhibition hall - the biggest in the history of AFA! First photo - AFA is a great place to make friends. He first...
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Cu-poche Kousaka Kirino
Cu-poche is non-scale posable action figure series that was recently started by Kotobukiya. This new figure line features super deformed characters equipped with many points of articulations in the...
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Altina Mel Sylphis
Shining Blade is the fourth game in the Shining series whose characters are designed by illustrator Tony Taka. The PSP game is going to have another 1/8 PVC figure in the form of Altina Mel Sylphis,...
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AFA 12 Stage
Continuing the Anime Festival Asia coverage with the shenanigans that went on in the stage areas. There was the Main Stage where I spent most of my time over the two days MC-ing for our Japanese...
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