Frankie on Aljazeera TV!
Thanks to Karen and Nick last Saturday I've been interviewed by Aljazeera TV (a global channel like CNN). It was fun and I promise I will brush up on my english!
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Wonder Japan TV
My friends at Sansai Books are working on a new TV show called after their uber cool Wonder Japan magazine. The show will be broadcasted from June.
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Gunkanjima: Battleship Island 1/1400 model kit
Last weekend I while visiting the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010 I spotted this wonderful model kit replica of the Gunkanjima: Battleship Island produced by Aoshima. The island has been made famous in 2003 by the Japanese photographer Saiga Yuji book "Gunkanjima: Awakening of a Dead Island" and has been featured in videogames like Killer 7, Siren 2 and movies like Battle Royal 2.
The reproduction is really detailed and the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall can be observed trough a magnifying lens.
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Super Robot Chogokin - Tamashii Nation
Today I visited Bandai headquarters in Tokyo for the Tamashii Nation press event where the new Super Robot Chogokin series has been revelead! The new chogokin are smaller than the traditional ones but way cheaper and, even more interesting, more posable.
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LEGO Table Top 80s Arcade Game
Aside from the obvious electronics, everything in this Arcade cabinet is LEGO. It uses a Jamma 48-1 board to play a variety of 80's arcade game including Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and many more classics...
K-ON! RC Heli: The manga helicopters from Tokyo Marui
One of the most otaku new product displayed at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010 are these K-ON! IRC mini Heli produced by Tokyo Marui in full itasha style!
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BANDAI - New Gunpla @ Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010
Till sunday I'm in Shizuoka for the Hobby Show 2010 to find the most interesting new models that will hit the (Japanese) stores shelves in the next few month. In this video (yes I know: I'm not a great cameraman) you will see all the new gunpla and plamodels presented by BANDAI.
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LEGO Shuttle Adventure 10213 - AFOL
Nintendo - Satoru Iwata hates Apple
Nintendo's Satoru Iwata hates Apple... What we should expect? Flash on Wii?! Direct export of DS games from Adobe CS5? If only the Big N followed "us" and produced a Gameboy Phone 10-15 years ago (when we asked for it) probably the situation would be way different now...
Photo: Pixiv
GAME T-Shirts exhibition in Shibuya Parco
TOKYO - From May 27 the T-Shirts 8Bit Memorial exhibition (orgranized by The King of Games) will be held in Shibuya Parco.
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