Month: May 2009

Terminator Salvation – I like to hate it

Let me start off by saying that Terminator Salvation sucked, but that the fact that it sucked doesn’t mean that is bad s

Gundam Double O – Exia Figure

Gundam figure number 5 arrived recently to ease my Gundam figure addiction for a little while. Exia is the main mobile suit fr

America’s F-22 not going to Japan’s Airforce

For many years now I have had a F-22 Raptor obsession, I would buy one if I had the money and I screamed like Japanese schoolg

Tokyo Time-lapse by Samuel Cockedey

Following up on the Alone in the Tokyo Video Phillip Bloom I surfed into another great Tokyo related video that also highlight

I Won a Poken! Check it out

A little over a month ago I entered the Japansoc.org poken contest by blogging and tweeting about Poken and what Japansoc.org

Eden of the East – First Impressions

Eden of the East or Higashi no Eden is one of the cool anime that didn’t even make my Spring 2009 anime watchlist but wi

Full Scale Gundam Being Built in Japan

Update: Full Scale Gundam Complete! – click to read more. An 18 meter tall, 35 ton, mist farting, full sized gundam is s

Bolt Lights up Manchester in 150m Sprint

Usain Bolt set the city of Manchester in England on fire today when he ran the fastest 150m ever in front a a cheering crowd w

Alone in Tokyo by Philip Bloom

Tokyo is the capital of Japan and a very a fascinating city. It is the most populous metropolis in the world, the most importa

Android Teaches Class in Japan

Can you imagine one day showing up at school only to find out that your teacher for that day would be an experimental humanoid

Mr Ando of the Woods

Another cool but very disturbing video I surfed into recently. Who could have thought that I could find something Japan relate

Liar Game – A Competition for Liars

My Japanese drama plunge continues and my latest review is of Liar Game, the first Japanese drama series of the few  have wat

One Love Jamaica Festival 2009 Pictures

From all the coverage I have searched for and surfed into n the net it seems the One Love Jamaica Festival held yearly since 2

Chibi Gundam OO Exia Figure

My Gundam figure addiction continues and this time I opted to take a short detour away from the 1/144 scale figures I have col

Star Trek Movie – Definite Blockbuster

Star Trek fans rejoice! and breathe a sigh of relief as your childhood memories where not trodden upon like “that”

Online TV from Japan in English – JIBtv

Japan International Broadcasting Incorporated or JIBtv is a recently launched 24 hour online television channel based in Japan

World Athletic Champs 100 days away

In a little over 3 months from now Germany’s capital will come alive when thousands of athletes from all over the world

From my other Blogs – Tenth Edition

This is the tenth edition of a monthly recap of interesting posts from my photography blog and my video game blog. Eyeshrine.c

Machaco – Reggae Songstress from Japan

One of the strongest bonds between Jamaica and Japan is Jamaica’s music and entertainment scene. Every year thousands of

Guin Saga – First Impressions

It’s been a while since I’ve had a special itch scratched by a fantasy type anime that is ripe with good storytell

Tokyo Anime Fair 2010 Character Contest

Each year a few months after the the end of the Tokyo International Anime Fair in late winter the organizers of the biggest An