Nameko everywhere

Do you know a character of the most popular game application in Japan? Angry Birds? Plants vs. Zombies? Fruit Ninja? No! this is Nameko!

See also:
The game application which is the most popular in Japan is a "nameko mushroom"
Japanese popular game apps "Nameko" goes music! 


The Nameko spread now in every place of Japan. I wrote that Nameko goods were sold and a music CD was released. However, Nameko increased more. It is a game arcade in the large shopping mall of the workplace of my younger brother.

A lot of crane games of Nameko! Akita where I live in is the country that went to ruin most in Japan. However, the crane games of Nameko were placed at the same period as Tokyo. This is just popular manifestation of Nameko.


Furthermore, the fan art increase explosively, too. A lot of fan art of Nameko are contributed to Japanese illustration social network pixiv. Fan videos are uploaded in Youtube.


This is fan made original song and art.


The other user made cool 3DCG with this as material







In addition, Nameko jumps out of one's game application and multiplies in the application of other companies.

Nameko became the "LINE stamp". (LINE is a messanging apps for smartphone from NHN Japan)

And Nameko appeared in the social game for PC "Makiba Seikatsu Hitsuji Mura(Ranch life sheep village)".

It seems that Nameko is popular not only throughout Japan but Asia now. According to the official site of Nameko, he went to Taiwan recently.

By the way, Nameko is originally kind of the Japanese mushroom. 

via Wiki

Is Nameko eaten in countries other than Japan? 

Can Ameba Pigg beat Turntable.fm? They added a social music function

Ameba Pigg is the virtual world where is the most popular in Japan. They have users more than 20 million. Many entertainers and artists log in here, too.

They added a new function "channel floor area" yesterday.

Ameba Pigg users can share favorite Youtube video here. It is right DJ(VJ) play.

We can make one's playlist beforehand.

We search Youtube video and can put it in a playlist.

Like? or don't like? Let's evaluate video!

We can become a fan of favorite DJ.

The avatars shake automatically when we enter the floor. Such a direction is important to the virtual world. It lets us make the feeling that really listens to music.

There may be the people who noticed. This resembles Turntable.fm very much. Furthermore, this resembles Japanese new social music service Beatrobo very much.

See also:
Kawaii social music service "Beatrobo"


For Beatrobo, the new function of this Ameba Pigg is a menace. Ameba Pigg has users more than 20 million. Users of entertainers and artists are included in that, too. Furthermore, the tie-up with many artists were carried out until now in Ameba Pigg. They have already had know-how to join artists and users together. I think this new function to be conjugated by the tie-up with the artist.

Are you Otaku? Then check this site!

"Tokyo Otaku Mode" is one of the most popular Facebook pages by the Japanese. They collected more than 5 million "Like!"  in about 1 year.

Tokyo Otaku Mode is introduces various Japanese Otaku culture in English. Manga, Anime, Game, Figure, Cos-Play and Event...etc...Here is English articles of every Otaku culture. They are companies, but they were active until now only in Facebook page. However, they opened a Web site suddenly in this month.

http://otakumode.com/login

They are developing a α version of new service now. However, it is unknown what kind of service it is. If you are interested in this, register an e-mail address. I already finished it.

Date with Hatsune Miku using AR glasses

Have you been in love with a virtual character? and wanted to go to the world where they lived in? However, it is impossible at present. There is still difference in the virtual world and reality world.

However, a Japanese developer destroyed the difference.

 

Well, If we cannot go to the virtual world, the virtual character come to the reality world.

The Japanese developer developed AR glasses which can date with virtual diva Hatsune Miku. He put Kinect and HMD together and developed this. Miku appears in markerless, She walks and works in conjunction with the movement of the person of wearing of AR glasses. Alining it is perfect. Because they put two products together, the AR glasses seem to be heavy. However, we seem to be able to enjoy the entertainment appropriate to it.

I think that this is cooler than AR glasses of Google.

Anonymous holds offline meeting in Japan. However...

Anonymous holds interesting offline meeting in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan on July 7. This is a cleanup activity.

Anyone can join in this event. The thing necessary to join in this is 2.

• Mask of Guy Fawkes
• Black suit

But this is not a demo. They are appealing to the participant to act like a gentlemanly. Anonymous was not known well until now in Japan. However, they have begun to attract attention by their having attacked the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and JASRAC recently. This event may raise their popularity in Japan more.

See also:
Anonymous Cleaning Service@op.A.C.S
OpACS: Anonymous Cleaning Service (OpJapan, English)