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Month: December 2005

  • Mamma Gun Tote Bag

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    You know you want a Mamma Gun tote bag! More Cafepress store offerings here. Oh, and in case you’re wondering, I don’t get a penny from these.

  • Production I.G History

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    Fans of the Production I.G studio — or anyone simply looking to know more about how an anime studio gets started — should enjoy this history of the company, in English, posted on their official site.

  • Animated Nana

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    Fans of NANA rejoice! Anime News Network reports that an anime adapation of Ai Yazawa’s (Paradise Kiss) older audience shoujo drama Nana will be adapted into an anime series to air on Japanese TV in Spring 2006. The series follows the lives of two 20 year old women named Nana, a middleclass girl who considers…

  • Mamido Burger

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    What you’re seeing in the above image are in fact sweets made up to look like your typical burger combo. Patrick has more on the Mamido Burger stand in Shibuya.

  • Polypunk IV

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    Digiki has just released a fourth edition of his great POLYPUNK podcast!

  • Torino Olympic Hockey Stadium

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      The hockey stadium for next year’s Torino Winter Olympics was designed by Arata Isozaki, and this page features plenty of construction images. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Ubiquitous Sounds

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    I featured Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-On (pictured in this post) in the first edition of my “On Design” column, and it’s great to see an event which will include the device. There’s “ATAK@ICC” (see below, and also the event on 12/18) and the CCMF, which is held concurrently with this this event, so fans of digital…

  • PSP Madness Continues

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    Just a heads-up to those who could be interested: we’re meeting again today (Saturday) at 17:00 for some wireless PSP action at Cafe Pause. GTA will of course be on the menu, but we’ll also be playing some RIDGE RACERS and WIPEOUT. So if you a PSP and one of these games and want to…

  • Photo of the Week

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    Lil gets one of her pictures published in today’s edition of METROPOLIS as the photo of the week.

  • New Apple Stores

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    New Apple Stores in Japan: It seems that Apple is preparing to open two new retail stores in Japan in the month of December. Specifically, Apple Store Fukuoka Tenjin is scheduled to open on Saturday, December 3rd, and Apple Store Sendai Ichibancho will swing its doors open on Saturday, December 10th. (TUAW)