Oddities

I really enjoyed Training with Hinako. It was a great video, featuring a cute girl with nice assets and also She "interacts" with the viewer in an entertaining way.

Sleeping with Hinako is a completely different story. The girl still cute but the interaction is just BORING...For most part of the video, you can check virtually every side of Hinako (I will leave that to your imagination), her sleeping habits, some dream sequences, etc...

Dont blame Me...Thats the title for the post on "What Japan thinks"...Of course, the survey includes boyfriends as well...The real title for the survey is " moments when people realise as they have a dog they don’t need a partner." and was made by Goo Ranking

Demographics

Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.0% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.9% in their fifties, and 9.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Q: At what moments do you realise as you have a dog you don’t need a partner? (Sample size=1,077)

It seems there are some good news for Akira fans. Apparently, the movie will be directed by some famous brothers...and the movie is not going to be a single shot one...

Warner Bros. is negotiating to reteam with The Book of Eli's Hughes brothers to have them direct a live-action remake of the cult favorite Akira, from a script by Iron Man scribes Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. (Akira is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's company, Appian Way, along with Andrew Lazar, who’s also currently producing an adaptation of DC Comics’ Jonah Hex for Warners.)

Respecting the source's complexity (or perhaps acquiescing to it), Warners won’t proceed with a single, live-action remake of the film, which trimmed away the last half of the 2,182-page graphic novel in order to weigh in at just over two hours. Instead, we hear that the studio is planning to make Akira in two parts, with the first three volumes of the six-volume manga making up the first film, due out next year.

An official release from the studio is expected later this week.

Source: Vulture / NY Magazine

I still have to watch The Book of Eli but at least, Akira will receive some justice by doing a two part movie of it...Lets just hope it does not plummet at the Box Office.

Valentine´s Day is really close and it seems many stores are using some imagination to attract customers...

A woman stands in front of the air guitar-inspired "air sanpai," or "air prayer," booth in Yokohama on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Set up by the Sogo Department Store's Valentine's chocolate sales counter, customers can use the keyboard provided to ascend the steps to the Jishu Jinja shrine in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward and pray for romance.

Source: Mainichi Photo Journal

Now you can pray for romance...Virtually!

Pixar and Studio Ghibli has an strong friendship...and it seems the Toy Story 3 trailer is a proof of that...

After the awesome Toy Story 3 trailer went online yesterday, director Lee Unkrich started using Twitter to interact with fans of the movie and daring them to find some of the hidden Easter Eggs in the trailer...

Source: Collider via Live Journal

One of the hidden Easter Eggs found in the trailer is one famous Studio Ghibli character!  We still have to see if Totoro will appear in the actual movie...For more hidden Eggs and the trailer news, just visit this site......Just Awesome!

Despite all the economic trouble that JAL is facing, They unveiled the Doraemon Jet!

Japan Airlines unveils its Doraemon jet at Haneda airport on Sunday. The Boeing 777-300 bears images of characters from the popular animation series Doraemon to mark the 30th anniversary of the first release of a Doraemon movie. The plane will be used from Monday until the end of April, mostly on routes connecting Haneda, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuo

Source: Japan Today

I wonder if Doraemon can pull something from his magic pocket to help JAL...Well, no need for that for now!

If you want to taste Japan, there is a good chance to do so, thanks to Kit Kat...

Nestle has given one of the most popular and long-established chocolate bars in the world a uniquely Japanese make-over.

Kit Kat bars are now available in 19 new flavours that reflect specialities from regions across Japan, ranging from sweet potatoes from Okinawa to melons from Hokkaido, strawberries from Tochigi, green tea from Kyoto and soy sauce from Tokyo.

Launched late last year, Nestle said it hopes people will buy the lines – which are only available in Japan – as souvenirs or as gifts. The company has also teamed up with Japan Post to produce boxes that can be sent through the mail when a Y140 (€1.14) stamp is attached and one side of the box has a blank space for a message – in much the same way as people send postcards from a holiday destination.

"Giving gifts is an important part of Japanese culture and we like to travel, so we wanted to combine these two things together," Miki Kanoh, a spokeswoman for the Kobe-based company, told Relaxnews.

Other flavours include pungent wasabi – a green horseradish that is more commonly found in sushi – apple, chili, miso, cherries and strawberry cheese cake from Yokohama.