Year: 2009

Anime based on Halo Videogame coming

The trilogy of Halo games may be over but Microsoft is not prepared to let the Halo cash cow lay idle in the pasture. The milk

Death Note: L Nendoroid Figure

I’ve not blogged about Death Noteย  here on a my blog many times but the Death Note series is one of my favorite anime s

Jamaica to Conquer Berlin at World Champs

I am still counting down the days to the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics to be held in Berlin Germany from August 1

Video of my Room and Gundam Figures

For over a year now I have been dragging my feet and putting off starting a Youtube channel. I killed off my original Youtube

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 – First Impressions

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is the first anime off my interesting summer 2009 anime watchlist. After enjoying Eden of the East I was i

Crowds Flock Gundam in Odaiba Tokyo

The Full scale 18 meter tall, 35 ton RX-78-2 Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo Japan took very little time to be built and was completed

Win a copy of NihongoUp

I teased it a few days ago in my review and as promised I have teamed up with Philip Seyfi of NihongoUp to give visitors to Ja

Tokyo and Yokohama at High Speed

My interest in time lapse videos of Japan continues. I surfed into my latest favourite by Andreas Doppelmayr a few days ago en

NihongoUp – Japanese educational game

My study of the Japanese language is a stop and go process but I have been making a lot of progress lately. On the reading sid

Robo-Geisha – movie trailer

Robo-Geisha is one of those movies that you will either love or not even try to watch in the first place. Japan is known for s

Gundam Astraea Type-F Figure

My journey as a newbie figure collector continues with my latest figure being the Gundam Astraea Type-F. The Astraea is a prot

Japan’s Obsession with Blood Types

A few days ago I was asked to donate bloodย  for a coworker’s father who was about to undergo an operation. A few years

I Speak Japanese – Japan focused Videos

For the past few months I have been enjoying an excellent blog called I Speak Japanese more specifically their video entries e

BBC fast:track in Tokyo

While checking out BBC World News recently I saw a very interesting episode of their travel program called Fast Track. I’

Giant Robot Statue to be displayed in Kobe

Tokyo may be the capital of Japan but that doesn’t mean that it’s the only city allowed to enjoy an awesome 1:1 gi

Firefox 3.5 Released – Upgraded Yet?

Firefox 3.5 was released with a long list of new features, functions, updates and tweaks. I’ve been taking the new versi

i-Real Personal Mobility Vehicle by Toyota

Japan keeps coming up with more and more exotic uses for technology, but what might seem strange and almost humorous now might

K-ON! Anime Review

K-ON! is one of those anime you end up watching after hearing everybody talking about it and seeing it being mentioned everywh

Japan an Illustrated History

I haven’t been reading as much as I used to lately. In between work, video games, anime, blogging, TV, the internet and

Japan to use Point System for Foreigners

The government of Japan is planning to introduce a point system for foreigners wishing to live and work in Japan similar to on

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was myย  most anticipated movie off my must watch summer 2009 movie list. After going into

I Like searching with Bing – Here is why

Bing is the new internet search engine from Microsoft, it replaces Live Search, MSN search and Windows Live Search to become t

Eden of the East – Anime Review

Eden of the East (Higashi no Eden) is the type of anime that I wouldn’t watch under normal circumstances, but after bein

I Survived a Japanese Game Show Season 1

I Survived a Japanese Game Show is a hilarious, fun to watch and quirky television show that premiered on ABC last June. I had