Month: August 2005

  • Anime Column for August

    This month’s anime column is now up at Tokyo Q. It includes a short review of GUN X SWORD, and lots of news bites.

  • Over My Dead Sony

    And things get even more interesting regarding the Japan iTunes Music Store — take it to the man! I imagine Marxy will have a few choice words on the subject. Last week Apple launched its iTunes Music Store in Japan with great success, becoming the number one such service in the country. Now Japanese musicians…

  • Graffiti in Shibuya

    Yuki has put up a bunch of nice pics of graffiti in Shibuya.

  • Design Column for August

    I didn’t mention it here (hey, I’m on holidays), but my design column at Tokyo Q got posted last Friday. I did something different, offering up a design-friendly tour of Ginza (basically the route I follow on my monthly visits to the area).

  • Selling a Million

    Looks like the Japan iTunes Music Store is off to a good start! Apple today announced that its iTunes Music Store in Japan has sold more than one million songs from since its launch four days ago. With over 90 percent of the songs priced at ¥150 per song, the iTunes Music Store in Japan…

  • Polypunk

    Digiki, now a Tokyo resident, has just launched a new podcast/radio mix called Polypunk, which you can download here (or subscribe to the feed). Also, you can catch Digiki live this Saturday (August 6). More info here.

  • Green Bird

    I haven’t seen these around, but I do like the images they have up at this gallery. Here’s the lowdown from ODK: green bird is a non-profit organization which has been running these cute ads around tokyo promoting cleanliness and courtesy to the environment with the slogan “keep clean, keep green.” Their print ads are…

  • iTunes Music Store Japan

    As expected, Apple has finally launched the iTunes Music Store in Japan. Tracks are going for 150 and 200 yen, which is the more expensive than all the other international stores, with 1 million songs available at launch.