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...
30.07.2010 · Blog
Boldly go where no Wonder Festival has gone before!
For the first time in Wonder Festival’s history Kaiyodo was able to distribute Star Trek one-day amateur licenses. A good number of resin...
10.04.2010 · Blog
Railgun and K-on! figures
Preordered my Misaka-chan from "Railgun" today. Coming out in July. What a beauty this one is! Can't wait for the Max Factory version of...
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,...
07.11.2009 · Blog
K-Books Akihabara Renewal Ikebukuro Style
K-Books Akiba in the Radio Kaikan recently went under the re-grand opening knife and was closed from Oct. 27th and re-opened on this past...
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...
28.06.2009 · Features
SIF EX Odin Sphere Mercedes & Velvet Sneek Peak
Yamato Toys invited us over their Akihabara office to take a sneak peek of their Story Image Figure Extra of Mercedes from ATLUS's RPG...
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....
