4.14.2016

Official site of The Angry Birds Movie Japanese version opened

The promotion in Japan of The Angry Birds Movie is late a little, because it is shown in Japan on October 1 and Japanese lines are recorded by Japanese voice actors.

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So, Japanese official site of this opened this month at last. In addition, the e- ticket is sold with this, too.

http://www.angrybird-movie.jp/

"I'm not angry!" "The great adventure of the fluffy trio begins!", written in the Japanese official site in this way. And new Japanese Teaser video were shown, too. However, they are shorter than originals.


4.10.2016

[Report] TV anime of Japanese mobile game superstar Nameko began on today

Today, the short anime series of Japanese mobile game superstar Nameko "Nemko -Sekai no Tomodachi-(なめこ~せかいのともだち~: Nameko -Friends of World-" began in national public broadcasting channel NHK.

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Nnf!(Start!)

Nnf nnf!(I'm moving smoothly!)

Nnf nnf(There is the original character only for this anime. His name is Pero)

Nnf nnf!(Handsome Nameko, Nameko-Senpai!)

Nnf nnf!(Robo-Nameko, His head is full of data!)

Nameko-Senpai said, "Nameko forest is a good place. However, something is insufficient."

"Something?"

Then, cute Love-Nameko came over.

"Oh! You are necessary for Nameko forest!!" Girls were not in Nameko forest till then.

Love-Nameko said, "Nameko forest is a very good place. However, I feel that this place is unkindness. Because, though it is very large here, there is no guidance signboard."

Nnf nnf nnf nnf nnf nnf~~~~~~~~

Nnf!!(I've got it!!)

"We become guides, and let's tell charm of Nameko forest to friends of the world!"

"Same scarves are cool!"

They formed team NUR in this way...

This is broadcasted in NHK's education program for kids "Nyanchu World", and the theme of this program is "Let's get along well with people of the world!". So, the theme of stories of Nameko anime is the same as it. In a sense Nameko forest reflects present Japan. This is also an education content for kids. Various rare Nameko comes up from now on. Various rare Nameko comes over to Nameko forest from now on. Anyway, I look forward to it.

4.07.2016

Buddhahoods became handsome guys in Japanese mobile game at last

April 7 is a birthday of Gautama Buddha, the initiator of the Buddhism. This topic is just good for this day.

Japan personifies everything, and they usually become handsome men, cute boy and girl. Japanese personification movement targeted Buddhism at last. This is not April Fool. Because it was released in March 15.


This "Namuamidabutsu!(なみあみだ仏っ!)" - this title comes from one of the Nianfo. It's a term commonly seen in Pure Land Buddhism - is a browser game for smartphones offered in Japanese mobile game platform Ameba. Players meet 13 Buddhahoods, fight against worldly desires spread over the world with them, and aim at purifying the world. Anyway, a important point of this is that all Buddhahoods are handsome guys.

For example...

He is Acala, the dharmapala primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly in Tangmi in Japan, China and other Asia. In Japan, Acala is revered in the Shingon Buddhism, Tendai, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism and in Shugendō.

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Acala in Japanese general statues.

He is Guanyin, the East Asian spiritual figure of mercy, and a bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists.

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Western people think him to be a goddess. However the first place, Buddhahoods are asexual condition.

He is Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures dukkha (suffering) using the medicine of his teachings.

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He is Kshitigarbha, the bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist monk. His name may be translated as "Earth Treasury", "Earth Store", "Earth Matrix", or "Earth Womb".

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You can see his figure everywhere in Japan. He is in not only temples but also graves, sides of the way, towns, villages, mountains and forests.

He is Manjushri, the bodhisattva associated with prajñā (transcendent wisdom) in Mahayana Buddhism.

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The temples dedicated to him are popular among students because he manage wisdom.

He is Vairocana, the celestial buddha who is often interpreted, in texts like the Flower Garland Sutra, as the Dharma Body of the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama). In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana is also seen as the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of Emptiness.

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All characters can check it here(All texts are only Japanese).



The rule of the game is a simple card battle game. Profiles of original Buddhahoods are placed in cards, and we can study Buddhism through a game.


How do we get cards of new characters? Of course it is Gacha!

Illustrations of the normal cards which are not rare are chibi(The design which was deformed small)-style. Cute!

The beginning of the story, Gautama Buddha came up suddenly. Of course he is also handsome.

The bird which there is next to him is Karura. Originally he was Garuda which was one of Indian mythical Gods, but he came to Japan, and became a member of the Buddhism world. n this game, he is a mascot character. He eats too much worldly desires and suffers.

Boss enemies in this game are various worldly desires. The new stories are shown by overcoming these.


You may think this to be J-style dating sim for women, but backgrounds of original Buddhahoods are reflected for characteres and lines of 13 Buddhahoods. The motif of this is Thirteen Buddhas faith born in Japan in the Edo era.

It has not yet passed one month from released, but the sale of various goods was decided(Of course they are not Buddhist altar fittings).


Key rings...

Button badges...

Tapestries...

and more!

If this becomes popular among women, worshipers to temples may increase.

4.06.2016

Japanese travel agency sells tour plans of Ingress for Tōhoku


Japanese travel agency WILLER TRAVEL cooperated with Niantic and started the sale of tour plans of Ingress to the Tōhoku(Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Akita, Yamagata) district "Tōhoku Ingress Plan". Virtual items are included in travel expenses.


For a reconstruction aid of Tōhoku from 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Niantic brings back portal submissions of the coastal place area of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in April ~ May, and hold an portal submissions event "Ingress: Initio Tōhoku Mission" on April 24. WILLER TRAVEL supports agents by selling tour plans. They will open a special page of the English version on April 12 and sell these tours to agents visited from the foreign countries.

Niantic held an event last year in Tōhoku, and more than 6800 agents gathered. This year, Niantic CEO John Hanke participates in "Ingress: Initio Tōhoku Mission".

The first Japanese board game which utilized VR

Japanese board game company Gift 10 Industry released the first Japanese board game which utilized VR "Anyubis no Kamen(アニュビスの仮面: The Mask of Anyubis)". The price is 3,980 yen(about 36USD).

Anyubis no Kamen is a game of the cooperation type to play with 2-7 people. As can be seen, a motif of this is Anubis which is one of ancient Egyptian God, and the simple VR goggles(Mask of Anyubis) which designed his head are included in this set.


This is a treasure hunt game to search for in dungeon. Players search for dungeon in the virtual world with Mask of Anyubis in turn, cooperate, and make a map.





Only one Mask of Anyubis, one player can see dungeon only one minute, and players must tell structure of the dungeon which oneself saw to other players exactly. It may be said that this is "Chinese whispers" game.

They let 500 sets for the reservation already sold out. Now, they sell this in board game shops.