Japanese new social game platform for smartphones "Bushimo"

In Japan, anyone wants to become a platformer. Now, Japan has 23 social game platforms. At last, major phone company NTT DoCoMo opened social game platform for smartphones "d Game" last month.

It is Bushimo to be interesting in them. It's a social game platform for smartphones that Bushiroad started last month.

The user's registration is possible only from a smartphone. Bushimo users can use avatar, chat, friend registration and timeline.

Each social games are released as a native apps.

Renai Replay(Love Replay)

Daishissou! Milky Holmes Turbo(Great Scamper Milky Holmes Turbo)

Milky Daifugou(Grand Millionaire)

Bound Monsters

Bushiroad is known as a company of the trading cards. However interestingly, Bushimo does not have the J-style card social game for the moment. It is Renai Replay now to make a hit most. This broke through 300,000 downloading from release in 10 days.



This is Dating Sim using drawing technology "Live 2D".

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Users come back for school days and can simulate ideal love with girl students. The graphic of Live 2D creates a sense of reality such as 3D as 2D anime. Furthermore, characters talk by a full voice. It may resemble LOVEPLUS of KONAMI. However, the touch pen is unnecessary in Renai Replay and the update is carried out frequently and Free to Play. Bushimo makes use of characteristics of the game for smartphones very well.

By the way, Do you want to see the list of 23 Japanese social game platforms? I write it in next post :)

Virtual Goods of Japanese style Disney

Japanese popular virtual worlds Ameba Pigg sells virtual goods of Japanese style Donald Duck by Gacha.

Compu Gacha was regulated by the government, but there is still normal Gacha.

Gacha has male type and woman type and we win fashion items and the furniture items of the avatar in each.

When avatar wears fashion items, it becomes in this way. Sailor style of Donald Duck and the Japanese kimono style are combined.

Furniture items are very cute, too! Why does the stuffed toy of Donald Duck wear the snake costume? Because the sexagenary cycle of this year is the snake.

Gacha one time is 250 yen(about 2.9USD).

Japanese popular messaging appa LINE becomes Anime

There is LINE anywhere in Japan now. Book, stuffed toy, figure, stationery, capsule toy etc... At last, Anime starts broadcast  on January 7!

The title is "LINE OFFLINE -office worker-". It's the comedy which characters of the LINE stamp become Japanese office workers and presents funny daily life. Digest movie is here(Japanese).


Airdate and times are AM1:30 - AM1:35 of every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The broadcasting station is TV Tokyo.

In addition, there is the plan to make the LINE anime of 30 minutes as well as this. Do you want to see moving LINE stamp characters?

Sumo wrestlers appear in the street view of Google Maps

70 sumo wrestlers appear in the street view of Google Maps this year!

via Japan Sumo Association Twitter

Sumo wrestlers stand in front of Ryougoku Sumo Hall. This is a project by the partner program with Google. In late years, Street view collaborate with various institutions in the world such as museums and theme park. On December 25, 2012, the photography for this partner program was carried out for Ryougoku Sumo Hall. The popular yokozuna is included in them. It is not yet still decided it at the time, but we can meet sumo wrestlers in a street view as soon as data are reflected.

Steve Jobs revives! He became the cool action-figure

Japanese figure maker Legend Toys made cool action-figure of Steve Jobs.

His expression, clothes, shoes, all of life-like. The sculptor of Legend Toys Kato  produced this. The size is 12 inches, and the price is US $ 149.99. Shipment is due to begin the end of January and Legend Toys accepts a reservation. Order page is here.

(c)2012 Legend Toys Limited