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TNR-O: the new Tenori-On cheap version!

Frankie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:34:00 GMT

The TNR-O is an orange LED Tenorion cheaper than the original TENORI-ON released a couple of years ago. It will be released on 1st December at half price of the original one. The TNR-O is not meant for live shows and to be used on the go and ...

LEGO NES - 100% brick build without a real console inside!!!

Frankie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:53:00 GMT

I'm again in LEGO mood (I finally found the super rare "Winther Toy Shop" Christmas Set here in Tokyo!!) and I'm happy that I'm not the only one. Dave Sterling just created this brick built replica of the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). ...

DREAMPARTY 2009 on Wired

Frankie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:17:00 GMT

Wired Italia posted my reportage from the Japanese (ero)game show DREAMPARTY 2009 held in Tokyo Big Sight few days ago. This edition was really interesting since there were many itasha displayed among tons of new bishoujo games!
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Bandai + FNCL BIHADA KANTEI - SKIN EXPERT - Beauty tool to measure the state of the skin

Frankie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:38:00 GMT

The Japanese toy giant BANDAI teamed up with cosmetics powerhouse FANCL to produce BIHADA KANTEI: a small digital skin condition checker that will be released on 30 november (suggested retail price 3.570 yen.).
The size of this gadget is limited (924 ...

ITASHA WEELCHAIR @ DREAMPARTY 2009

Frankie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:49:00 GMT

Last weekend, during the eroge heatai videogame show DREAMPARTY 2009 held in Tokyo Big Sight, I spotted this really crazy itasha wheelchair inspired by the bishoujo/Moe character used to promote TACHIPRO (Tachikawa Area promotional Project) by TachiT...

Kanojo Camera – iPhone hentai appli

Frankie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Via Asiajin - Japanese company A2c released a new iPhone application which enables you to take pictures with 5 (ero) manga girls. “Kanojo Camera” (”kanojo” means girlfriend) is also sold to English market by $1.99. The E...

MINI 4WD DS - Tamiya Miniyonku simulation game for Nintendo DS! (hobbymedia.it)

Frankie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Via Modellismo HobbyMedia - During the TOKYO HOBBY SHOW I spotted MINI 4WD DS: a Nintendo DS online game developed by Rocket for Tamiya. It will be released in december. It features 80 different Mini4WD models that can be customized with over 400 optio...

NEW Tamagotchi iD - たまごっちアイディー

Frankie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:39:00 GMT

The Tamagotchi are back with a new LCD color screen, a new download function (mini-games or rare items can be downloaded from a mobile phone via infrared port) and there are many costumes to make the charcaters even more kawaii! What more could you a...

Windows 7 "Nanami Window" - Nana Mizuki MOE OS!!

Frankie — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:13:00 GMT

OK, I think Apple should wake up and start doing some MOE promotion like Microsoft!!! I love OSX but with a Moe cutie like this I fear I will buy Windows 7 next time I make my pilgrimage to Akiba...
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Robo One - VStone JR Propo OmniZero.9

Frankie — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:23:00 GMT

USB Soldering Iron from Thanko

Frankie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Thanko (the company famous for tons of usesell but uber geek USB gadgets) released a Soldering Iron powered USB. It can be powered by up to two USB ports or by a 9V battery. Not really powerfull but the perfect gadget for any hardware hacker out there!...

TOKYO GAME SHOW Companion Super Photo Gallery!!

Frankie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:43:00 GMT

This year I couldn't visit the TGS but Akiba Kakaku posted a huge photo gallery with the most sexy companions!!! An old friend worked as a designer for Yakuza 4 so I really want to go and sit on the King of Shinjuku throne!!
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PELLERMODEL - Photo model kits

Frankie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:54:00 GMT

After the first kit released in July Bandai has announced new Pellermodels to create more 2D+1/2 plastic replicas of you and your friends! I'm pretty sure that within few weeks we will see some stop motion video "Made in Akiba" on NicoNico......

WODE - Wii Optical Drive Emulator - Mod Chip Developer Station Nintendo

Frankie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Official page: http://www.wodejukebox.com/

DeskTopLive .XNA event in Tokyo

Frankie — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Our pal Julie went to DeskTopLive.xna "live programming battle" event held last week in Tokyo SuperDeluxe club. She even won a 360!! Ahh.... the beutifull life of akiba idols...

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Yuria 100-shiki Movie Live Action with AV Star Fujii Shelly

Frankie — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:11:00 GMT

(via John @ AN) Young Animal confirmed that the film adaptation of Shigemitsu Harada & Nobuto Hagio sex comedy manga series Yuria 100-shiki will be a live action feature premiering on November 20th. Hideo Jojo (Gachi-ban) is credited with screen...

Tamiya BMW Z4 TT01 Hatsune Miku - ITASHA RC CAR

Frankie — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:00 GMT

OK, I like the HPI RC Itashas but this Hatsune Miku Super GT from Tamiya is like a dream come true! This is not technically an itasha since it the reproduction of a real GT Car sponsored by Vocaloid / Crypton and probably this makes the car even more ...

RC RAMEN-YA: The radio controlled noodle shop for the real otaku

Frankie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:51:00 GMT

My dream came true and I can finally have my very own Ramen restaurant!!!
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arduino + nunchuck = controle da suspensao da silverado

Frankie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:46:00 GMT

ARCADE GAMES MODEL TOYS

Frankie — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Miki, a Japanese otaku in love with videogames, created this uber otaku diorama dedicated to our beloved game centers!

RETRO GAMES: BQLSI STAR LASER - iPhone LSI simulated game - LSIゲーム

Frankie — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:19:00 GMT

The programmer of the DS 10 recently released a port of a classic LSI videogame from the 80s: BQLSI STAR LASER! Seems the perfect appli do download with Julie's PIXEL LOVE!!
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Sexy Gravure Idol Mikie Hara stars in "Jyouou Virgin ~ Roppongi Night GP Part II" Jdrama sequel - TV ドラマ

Frankie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:43:00 GMT

Jefusion via jappydolls - Ryo Kurashina's manga series "Jyouou Virgin ~Roppongi Night GP Part II~" (illustrated by Nao Kurebayashi) is getting a TV drama adaptation with the popular idol Mikie Hara (22) as main role.

Currently serializ...

RETRO: Getter Robot Car With Siren - Go Nagai Japanese Vintage Toy

Frankie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:52:00 GMT

HPI - Bishoujo RC Cars - Itasha Radio Controlled Model Cars

Frankie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:41:00 GMT

The Japanese illustrator Washio Naohiro (he is the mecha designer of a couple of Gundam TV series) started a collaboration with the RC car company HPI RACING: the model car brand that started to release the very first Itasha RC Cars...

JAPAN SUGOI - DEKOTORA

Frankie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Our friends at Japan Sugoi wrote an interesting post about Japanese Dekotora!
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Pixel Love - iPhoneDigital Artbook from Julie

Frankie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:40:00 GMT

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Our friend Julie released PIXEL LOVE: her first Appli for iPhone! It costs less than 1 euro so I already downloaded a copy of it. If you got an iPhone I hope you will give it a try too!

Play with some sexy Japanese Game Girls and discover "Pixel Love": the media-mix application created by Julie Watai. Julie is a young photographer and digital artist who recently published
the photo book "Samurai Girl". Julie (aka Amano Ai) is a sexy idol
herself and an avid gamer. She collaborated with several video-game
companies and last May was interviewed by the well-known magazine "Famitsu".

This application takes you into her World of Samurai Girls and 8bit Lolitas.
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http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=325914822&mt=8

BAKUC 2009 - GUNDAM model kit contest!

Frankie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Modelismo Hobby Media announced the 2009 edition of the Gundam model kit competition BAKUC. The winner will get a free trip to Hong Kong to partecipate to the finals that will be held at the end of the Year!! Who will be the best gunplanner of 2009?...

My interview on Metropolis

Frankie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:32:00 GMT

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This week the Tokyo based magazine METROPOLIS published a short interview to me...

http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/803/qa.asp

Francesco Fondi
"Magazine publisher, writer and otaku"
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Amano Ai - Synchronicity PV - JPOP - Japanese Sexy Music Video (天野あい )

Frankie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:35:00 GMT

Synchronicity is the new song from the Japanese sexy idol Amano Ai. She wrote the lyrics of this Perfume's electro pop style track and she sings like Hatsune Miku Vocaloid!!

MOVIE - CARPET RACERS: A Crash Course

Frankie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:35:00 GMT

CARPET RACERS: A Crash Course - The first movie about RC cars and racers! This is going to be bigger than TRANSFORMERS 2!!!.

STRAPYA - STREET FIGHTERS 4 MOBILE PHONE REAL VOICE ACTION STRAP

Frankie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:00 GMT

MINI ARCADE CABINETS - DIY

Frankie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Pocket Lucho is the king of arcade modding: his mini arcade custom tabletops should be mass produced by Sega or Nintendo!! Via Danny Allen @ Giz...

TIROL BOTS - The chocolate transformers

Frankie — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:03:00 GMT

b1.robot.am spotted these super kawaii robots produced by Megahouse. Nice way to introduce your girlfriend to robotics... Seems that these micro-plastic-chiocolate bots are non made in Tirol but China anyway you can buy one on Strapia Wold at ca $6 e...

EZVi - DSi 1.4 - DSi update cracked - Flash cards win! Nintendo loose

Frankie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:13:00 GMT

First team R4i cracked it and now EZ Flash is going to release the first updated Boot ROM for EZVi users (for R4i instead the hack will be used only in a future release since the card is not upgradable)!

Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek Flying Model Rockets

Frankie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:25:00 GMT

On Modellismo Hobby Media I posted these uber geek model kits produced by Estes. You can choose to build your own Flying Model Rocket of the Enterprise (Star Trek), of the Space Probe (from the cult sci-fi movie “The Black Hole” released b...

DJ HERO Nintendo Game & Watch version

Frankie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:42:00 GMT

This is how DJ HERO would have looked like if produced by Nintendo during the Game & Watch days! I Imagine the name would have been something like: DJ HERO The house party or DJ HERO 4 beats! And yes, I would buy it even today!!!

Thanks to T...

CAPTCHA T-SHIRTS: make your own custom antibot T-shirt

Frankie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:34:00 GMT

The Japanese designer+hardware hacking collective EXONEMO just started an ubergeek online service that let you input your own text and create your very own captcha T-shirt!

Finally I can defend myself from real life spammers!!

A CAPTCHA o...

COSPLAY EPRON: MINI SUKA POLICE

Frankie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:22:00 GMT

The COSEPRON on sale on Rakutem is is the future of cosplay. With this new style of costume, in just few seconds, you can transform into a sexy minsuka police girl!! At it costs only $20 so way cheaper than COSPA costumes!! Now, just wait for the firs...

FLASH ROBOT GENERATOR - GENZU

Frankie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:25:00 GMT

Input your name and genzu.net will generate your very own custom robot! This is a "classic" in the Japanese blogosphere but seems that this site never crossed the Japanese borders...
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"Hunter Blade" Chinese MMORPG ripped "Monster Hunter" files

Frankie — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:20:00 GMT

WTF ? The character design, movements and seyu voices of the chinese MMORPG "Hunter Blade" are very similar to "Monster Hunter": HUNTER BLADE Nico Nico via gigazine
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