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[21 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Rock Band Now Available on iTunes

You can now carry the game, Rock Band anywhere. Yes it’s finally available for your iPhone/iPod! Harmonic’ Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod Touch lets you jam out with a lead guitar, bass, drums or vocals… though no singing is involved with that [...]

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[21 Oct 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Nendoroid Megurine Luka Preview

Preview pictures of the upcoming Nendoroid Megurine Luka as seen on Mika-tan’s Blog! From the Vocaloid Series, this Nendoroid is a get for all lovers!

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[21 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
1/8 Alphard

Like I posted the last time, reservations of Alphard are up. You can start visiting your respective sites to place your preorders!

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Japan »

[20 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Man Performs Ponyo Theme Song With Hands

Heard of Ponyo? It’s another one of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies. And yes I caught the movie when it premiered in Singapore! Simply love it – though I prefer if the story had more to it. The ending was really sudden ^^”.

I can’t blow any noise out from my hands!!! T_T. This guy should invent the hand flute or something. Lol.
Source: Japan Probe

Merchandises »

[20 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
Preview of Cute Character Charms From GSC

Some preview pictures of the upcoming Character Charms Collection as seen on Mika-tan’s Blog! They look so adorable and simply irresistible^_^. Produced by GSC, there are Pirori Miku, Pirorin, and Toeto for you to collect!
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[20 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Wii Remote – Now in Blue & Pink

With the Wii Controller getting a black version, it’s no surprise that they are releasing other colors!

Out in Japan December 3, they are priced at 3,800 yen each. [...]

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[20 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | ]
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Character Song Vol.1 [Jessica and Maria]

Another Character Song Volume that was out on 7 October, 2009. Character songs are pretty decent if you actually gave them a try. And well, yes that was how Hocchan started on her path to singing too. She sang character songs and soon, she released her first album. Okay back to the topic before I go off course with my Hocchan obsession :X. This single features Jessica and Maria with their character songs. Jessica is voiced by Marina Inoue, while Maria is voiced by Yui Horie(HOCCHAN!!!)
Track-listing:

Dokkyun Heart
Happy Halloween MARIA
Anthology Drama …

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[19 Oct 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Preorder Figma Reimu and Nendoroid Marisa!

Previously these lovelies were exclusives.. But today, I’m here to share some good news with readers: You can preorder Figma Reimu and Nendoroid Marisa online at an awesome price!!!

Figma Reimu official retail price is at 2,800 yen, while Nendoroid Marisa is at 3,000 yen. Otacute has listed Figma Reimu priced at $39.50 and Nendoroid Marisa at $41.50. Expensive by 10 plus dollars – but it’s totally worth it (EXCLUSIVES!!)
Also, Nendoroid Reimu is available at Otacute too, at a price of $41.50.

After staring at the site for minutes, I decided to …

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[19 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
14 Anime Singers Helping To Fight World Hunger

14 anime singers have recorded John Lennon’s “Imagine” song in a charity effort to fight world hunger. The song is available for download since last Friday(Not available for download services outside of Japan). 100 yen from the proceeds of each download of the song will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) – United Nations organization that fights world hunger and poverty.

Singers involved in this are:

Mami Ayukawa
Yoshifumi Ushima
Minami Kuribayashi
Hiromi Satou
JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endou, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, Yoshiki Fukuyama)
Hiroki Takahashi
Kaori Hikita
Faylan
Yumi Matsuzawa
Shunji Inoue

It’s true that I’m turning into …