Whoa, i was trying to show a coworker Japan’s favorite Holy Poop Shinto cellphone strap charm when i came across this wonderful R2-D2 soy sauce dispenser. this is definitely a must have! They even have other astromech droid styles available along with star wars shampoo dispensers, doo-rags, key covers and more. God Praise Nippon! more […]

Giant Robot - the fanzine dedicated to covering Asian and Asian-American pop culture - has hit issue FIFTY! That’s a Godzilla-like accomplishment. And in this issue they interview our friends.

Saaaahhweeeeeeettttt. Beautiful Katamari demo hit XBL this morning! We haven’t had a chance to touch the prettiness yet but it’s first on the list when we get home from the FV Cult Caverns. Maybe, if you’re good i’ll write a review of this and the Bioshock demo that dropped yesterday. Anyways, go have fun rolling […]

Via Yahoo: “BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring “Hello Kitty,” the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday….. “Simple warnings no longer work. This new twist is expected to make them feel guilt and shame and […]

my drinking days are over but i still do enjoy cold beverages and robots so this is right up my alley. It’s not the newest thing on the internet but it’s new to me so cut me a break damnit. For only $800 you can be pounding beers with a japanese speaking beerbot in no […]

So here i am in the second half of my 29th year in this body, on this planet, uh earth. And somehow or another i have become a gaming n00b. It all started last November

On this grey, soggy Philadelphia morning i thought i’d offer a bit of joy from the land of the rising sun. In 2001 Japan had it’s own short lived PaRappa The Rappa Anime that was super fun and well… Japanese. Enjoy!