Category: General

As a followup to the new Spring anime TV series post I wrote the other day, here are another 2 shows I’ve had a chance to watch. GANTZ – I remember seeing a preview for a movie version of this at the beginning of MATRIX REVOLUTIONS last year, and thinking that it looked very cool.…

Patrick gives us a rundown of last night’s Tokyo Fun Party.

For fans of vending machines in Japan, this site if for you. Includes a pic of the infamous used pantie machines (which I’ve yet to see anywhere).

You gotta love Kiiiiiii! They “play songs by… The Wiggles, Chip munks, Roco’s modern life by NIKELODEON, Hooley dooleys, and kiiiiiii!” Go to the MP3 page to find various track links on the big graphic, and start by downloading the “4little Joeys Remix.” From the pics on their site, it looks like their live show…

Haven’t made up my mind if this bike from Finnish Helkama is ugly or nice. But it looks functional and the swedish promotion site is really nice: http://www.studentcykel.nu/ (Keep in mind that “FRAM?T” means forward and “BAK?T” means backward in swedish.) Update (16/08/21): This post was part of a week-long “Next Century Modern Blog” stint,…

A reader sends me a link to this page that features a couple of new TV spots shot in Tokyo, part of automaker Lincoln-Mercury’s latest ad campaign. Nice overhead shot of the Hachiko crossing in Shibuya at the end.

This is priceless. “Dokaka is the Japanese beatbox artist whose acapella remakes of well-known songs have earned him a worldwide fan base.” Check out his rendition of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

Earlier this week, the headphones on my old iPod, the one I gave to Yuko, finally stopped working (they were in pretty bad shape, even showing their inner wiring) and I took the opportunity to upgrade to the new Apple In-Ear Headphones. At first I just wanted to replace them with the same earbuds as…