Sales for the PlayStation 3 in Japan skyrocketed, overtaking every other consoles by quite a huge margin. Playstation fans lined up on the launch date to get their hands on the new PS3 Slim. Retailers in Japan has shifted over 150 000 units since the beginning of September. I can think of 3 obvious factors that could help with the rise in sales:

The launch of the PS3 Slim. This is not just in Japan though, because other countries are reporting the same thing. I guess Sony made the right …

The 1/1 scale Gundam might not be there anymore, but a 30cm model of the life-sized Gundam is available.

The statue has a weight of 4 kilograms(wow!) and is 30cm tall.
Out Spring 2010, yours for 81,900 yen. You can buy around 9-10 1/8 scale figurines with the money.. The cost of this statue is definitely huge, even though it’s a miniature model T_T. I wonder what it is made of? That it could actually weigh up to 4 kg?
Source: Yahoo

Ubisoft has recently released a new video showcasing some of the new features that Assassin’s Creed II will have. We have already seen some of them from E3 2009, like the double hidden blade. However, it is still nice to see them in action again.
Video courtesy of GameTrailers

Here are the features which were mentioned in the video:

Economic System
In the first game, Altair gets an upgrade after every main assassination. In ACII, upgrades to Ezio will not be a scripted event. You will have to visit stores on the streets to …

As fall season will be starting next month, we know that there is a White Album Season 2(More like a continuation of S1). And with a new season, there will be new OP/ED songs. And yeah, there’s definitely a new single out next month by Nana Mizuki XD.

Not related cover art.
Retail price of the single is at 1,300 yen, out on 28 October 2009. Preorder now at CDJapan! First press still available. Instant get for me. Already ordered mine like a few weeks ago ^_^.
The single consists of 4 A-Side …

Fancy catching a movie? The most recent news of watching a movie in Sendai, Japan is that a PS3 console was being used to project the movie, Kara no Kyoukai – the Garden of sinners.
Folks have claimed that they saw messages to charge the USB controller. LOL!

According to one site, the Blu-ray version of the film is being screened, but Wired Vision confirmed this with the film’s distributor and Sony subsidiary Aniplex that a data file of the movie is running off of a PS3. The film is in full …

Not many girls game these few days, and even if they do, it’s either the PSP, DS or the Wii XD. A Japanese marketing company has polled mostly Japanese schoolgirls about their console tastes. Here are the results:
Out of the 3,339 polled, only 161 of them were male students and the rest were female. Fifty-two of them were under the age of 11 years old; 2,387 of them were between the ages of 12 and 19; 682 of them were between the ages of 20 and 25: 218 of them …

Kotobukiya is releasing this lovely Kanu -Aisha- figurine from the anime series Koihime Musou, in the scale of 1/8! Preorders are already up, so hurry ;)

Retail price is at 7,140 yen. Scheduled for release this December 2009. Preorders available at beNippon, HobbyLink Japan or Hobby Search.
I didn’t catch the anime show at all, but I do know of her existence :). Any fans here?

More K-ON! goodies. Another case of self-poisoning when I was checking the preorder list at Hobby Search.

2 pairs of slippers available for reservations: Mio and Yui Version and Tsumugi and Ritsu Version. Each pair at a retail price of 2,100 yen, out this October 2009. [...]

There was a rumor going around that the release date for Final Fantasy XIII has been announced thanks to a leaked advertisement on YouTube Japan. Now, it is official. Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan on December 17, 2009 pricing at around 8,800 yen. [...]