Frankie is on Japanese TV!!
Today on J-Model Works I found a video of me being interviewed by a Japanese TV during the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2008. I'm happy that the interview has been cut so the super cute Japanese girl who made it is not visibile (I keep staring to her... "eyes"... she was so... MOELICIOUS!! )
In this image on the left I'm with geek legends like Matt Alt, Patrick Macias and Adam "The king of Toys" from Bandai. I'm pretty sure that TV should have interviewed them not me... ^_^'
GAME GENERATION X DVD
Yesterday, the Japanese satellite TV Mondo 21 has announced Game Generation X : a documentary dedicated to 8 bit videogames that will be releases next February. The DVD, created with support of 8bit legend Shin Masaru, will feature 18 of Xevious perfect play and a brand new nes-like game called Mr Splash.
Looks like Game Center CX finally got a real competitor!
GAME CENTER CX: Christmas Special
(Yomiuri via Zepy ) Game Center CX will be aired live on TV as a Christmas Eve special on the 24th of December. The show will air on starting from 8pm and will feature Arino trying to beat Kai no bouken, which he has failed to finish in previous episodes.
The special is scheduled to run for 3 hours but can be extended for up to 9 hours if Arino is unable to complete the game.
NHK: LOLI IDOL SHOW!
(via 2ch) Next week NHK BS2 will start a The Net Star: new show (11月27日（火）22：30〜23：10) dedicated to internet memes that usually pass under the radar of TV shows... I hope they will do more that show videos from NicoNico but The Net Star will hosted, among the other, by the super loli gravure idol Kyan Chiaki (official page / blog) and by the meganekko godness Ami Tokito (official page / blog).
JAPAN TV: NONFIX Yaoi documentary
Tonight, around 3am, Fuji Telebi will broadcast a new documentary dedicated to Otaku women in the NoNFIX documentary slot (a cult late night, low budget show). This doc has been shooted during last Comiket (actually I was in the press room when they were trying to obtain a press pass and I happy to say that Comiket organizers are really concerned about Comikers privacy and for TV crews is not easy at all to shoot during Comik Market). If you are in Tokyo area and you like Boy's Love you can't miss this show!
Friio: Japanese HD TV DRM Free
Friio (the name comes from english term " being free") lets user watch and record on a PC High Vision tv shows (ハイビジョン = Japanese HD TV) bypassing the DRM limits. This means that we will start to see a flood of HD japanese shows on torrents in the next weeks (dramas and anime fansubbed in better than DVD quality...). Friio costs 29,800円 (Yen) and is compatible with Windows XP and Vista (but still no OSX).
GUNDAM 00: Episode 1
Yesterday at 6 pm MBS broadcasted the first episode of the brand new gundam series GUNDAM 00.
Read more on Danny's blog...
Tsundere Digital TV
Today One Seg TV Segnity is finally on sale in Akiba ( One Seg refers to terrestrial digital TV broadcasts aimed at mobile devices). This portable Digital TV has been presented in January by the giant toy maker Takara Tomy Co. during the Toy Forum 2007.
What makes this product special is the fact that this device features a "tsundere voice system". Tsundere (ツンデレ) is a Japanese term for a personality that is initially combative, but becomes loving and emotionally vulnerable. When you first turn on Segnity you will be welcome with a tsun tsun (cold) voice message: 'Gonna watch some TV, huh?' When the brightness is lowered, a cold voice says, "This is daaark!".
After you use the device more times the voice becomes gradually attached to you and start to be kind and warm and, for example, switching off Segnity prompts the phrase: “What?! Are you really going away?” as if the Segnity is sad that the you are leaving. There are 33 different voice samples and on October 28 will be realeased a software that will let you customize the voices auploading you favourite tsundere anime character voice trought the Mini SD card slot.
TV GIAPPONESE
Ecco la bella Natsume Sano che partecipa a uno show televisivo dedicato ai Photo Restaurant!
SUMMER OF ANIME
Finalmente è estate e sta per iniziare la stagione estiva degli anime. Ovviamente per chi non vive in Giappone ci sono sempre i fansub e i raw... Ci sono serie per tutti i gusti... giusto per avere un motivo in più per trascorrere l'estate barricati in casa invece di far finta di avere una vita vera...
TV: L33T SU RAI 2
Dal 3 giugno 2007, Leet torna in TV su Rai Due la domenica mattina (verranno trasmesse sei nuove puntate da trenta minuti). Fra gli autori del programma c'è il simpaticissimo Andrea Materia: un amico esperto di manga nonchè direttore della linea editoriale della Free-Books (conosciuta e amata dai lettori della rivista GX grazie alla propria linea di manga hentai).
La trasmissione ha un target prettamente infantile (non per niente va in onda la domenica mattina) e rappresenta un primo esperimento di portare la cultura otaku in televisione.
L'unica critica che vogliamo fare è alla ragazza che appare nel video decantando la bontà dei California Rolls: questi cosi pieni di maionese non appartengono alla cucina giapponese ma sono solo un'orrida variazione creata per avvicinare il sushi ai palati americani abituati a mangiare hamburger e patatine anche a colazione...