10.01.2011 · Blog
Buddhist monk on figures
A friend took me to Vow's Bar in Nakano, which advertises itself as a "Buddhist bar." The master, Shaku Genko, was indeed a priest of the...
21.02.2010 · Blog
Kaiju/Musume Event in Akihabara
Kaiju/Musume In the heartland of anime, manga and games, Akihabara, Schatz Kiste is a maid cafe dedicated to spreading Akihabara's culture...
22.01.2010 · Blog
Intriguing transformable interior object
I am super impressed with this design, which I just received from Yamaji Tomo. He is an independent creator, and this is all made in Japan,...
26.09.2009 · Blog
Lucky Star X Macross Frontier Ichiban Kuji Now On Sale!!!
Lucky Star X Macross Frontier hit 24 hours convenience stores in Tokyo at 12am this morning. Radiokaikan should be flooded with people at...
11.08.2009 · Blog
Tokyo Figure Show
It was a rocking time at Danny Choo's Tokyo Figure Show this past week. The event was held in the new art space in Harajuku promoting Coca...
11.07.2009 · Blog
Busy week ANN and a vist to Danny Choo's office WooHoo!!!
This week was my four year anniversary living in Tokyo. I moved here on Saturday July 8th 2005 the opening day of Star Wars Revenge of the...
10.06.2009 · Blog
Lucky Star X Macross Frontier X Macross Frontier Ichiban Kuji Prize Figures
Tomorrow Branpresto's official Ichiban Kuji site is going to release details on the Lucky Star prize series but yesterday it appears the...
01.05.2009 · Reviews
Platonic Heart Aya Isheshima 1/7 PVC Figure Review
Zettai Shougeki's story centers around a young school girl named Aya Isheshima who ends up getting sucked into the Platonic Heart battle...
19.03.2009 · Reviews
Elfen Lied Nyu, Nana & Lucy 1/8 PVC Figure Review
Elfen Lied (pronounced Leed) is one of those anime titles that few people have actually ever heard of let alone seen. When ever this...
18.03.2009 · Blog
Beagle Fuke, Rei Ride Armor and MPC Grimlock.............OH MY!!!!!
The Tokyo International Anime Fair Business Day is back and Beagle Toys was there showing off a very early 1/10 scale prototype Fuke (Rook)...
22.02.2009 · Features
Macross 2009.2.22 Launch Event Wrap-up
The Macross SDF-1 launching ceremony based on fictional events which played out during the first and second episodes of the original...
26.11.2008 · Features
Miyazawa Mokei Show Fall 2008
Miyazawa Mokei Show was on November 19th, 2008 and held in a new location next to Kinshicho station inside MARUI's 8th floor exhibit space....
30.10.2008 · Blog
Ride Miku Ride!
As the following video suggests, have we all seen the Murata Boy commercial? Murata was a bicycling robot developed by a company of the...
30.10.2008 · Blog
My lunch date with the Lonely Soldier Boy!
Yesterday I meet up with Takashi from Over-Drive for lunch in Akihabara and he just happed to bring along Beagle's 1/10 scale VR-052-F...
06.10.2008 · Reviews
Bome figure exhibition at Parco Factory in Shibuya
The man known only as “Bome,” 47, is the most famous figure sculptor in Japan, well known for his meticulous, even otaku depictions of...
19.09.2008 · Reviews
Shibuya's BINGO Used Clothes, Toys, and More!!
What do you get when you toss Melrose Blvd., Mandarake, and a thrift store into a blender? BINGO! No really that’s the name of this new...
