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Alafista's Feature Japan Photo: Kenroku-en

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The photo was taken by flickr user MissDaisy44, and we get to see the lovely garden during winter. The snow-covered garden feels so pristine covered in beautiful white snow. More

J-Cool | Lupin IV | Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Free iTunes Bonus for Honey and Clover Anime

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Check out the Shojo Beat free iTunes bonus! Buy the Honey and Clover, Season 1, Vol. 2 pass and get episode "F" as a free download. That's the 13th episode free when you buy the 12 dubbed... More

Anime | Lupin IV | Tuesday, 9 February 2010

IKEA Manga Sheets Will Bring You Swedish Mochi Balls

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Sadly, I'm kidding about the mochi balls. The IKEA manga sheets are a real thing, though. More

Design | Lupin IV | Tuesday, 9 February 2010

NYAF 2009 - Sunday

So I managed to go to NYAF of Sunday this year and man I wish I had been able to go on Saturday as well. It looks like I totally missed out on a lot of fun. Oh... More

Cosplay Event Coverage | Denkeeper | Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Otakon 2009 pics part 3

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Here is the 3rd installment of images from Otakon 09 enjoy. {morfeo 50} More

Cosplay Event Coverage | Denkeeper | Saturday, 25 July 2009

Otakon 2009 pics part 2

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Hey everyone, here is the second batch of Otakon pics for you to check out. Another thing I would like to mention the Masquarade this year was pretty amazing a lot of the entries were really amazing and... More

Cosplay Event Coverage | Denkeeper | Friday, 24 July 2009

If you love eating hamburger and have a really huge appetite, then you might want to check out the world’s largest hamburger that is pictured below at Sunbeach Hitsotsuba in Miyazaki. The hamburger was created by 15 chefs over eight hours, using 70 kilograms of beef and 30 kilograms of pork.

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sumo, sticker

NTV’s “Real Time News” reports on sumo face stickers that seem to be popping up all over the place in Tokyo:


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Also at Jump Super Anime Tour: One Piece, Naruto, Reborn!, Tegami Bachi


toriko, yu-gi-oh

The current issues of
Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, Jump Square, and V Jump magazines have announced the original anime shorts that will screen at the Jump Super Anime Tour events in Japan this year. The shorts will be Toriko, special One Piece: The Movie footage, Naruto, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Special, and Tegami Bachi. This will be the first anime adaptation of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's Toriko manga. The shorts will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of Naruto's magazine serialization by Masashi Kishimoto, the first One Piece movie directly supervised by manga creator Eiichiro Oda, and the 10th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! television premiere.

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jellyfish, japan

As if machine rebellion and amphibian plagues weren't enough, it seems that another sign of the end times has popped up in the form of terrifying swarms of monstrous jellyfish. Scientists monitoring jelly activity off the coasts of China and Japan have reported crazy-huge numbers of Nomura's jellyfish (Nepopilema nomurai), a giant species that is wider than a man is tall, and three times his weight.

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