Movie company Nikkatsu established game label SUSHI TYPHOON GAMES

Japanese movie company Nikkatsu(日活) announced it suddenly that they established game label SUSHI TYPHOON GAMES.

Nikkatsu is known for having ever made many masterpieces of Yakuza movies. Will they follow it? Their first game Irezumi no Kuni(刺青の国: Nation of the Tattoo) assumes Yakuza a motif.

This is a rivalry simulation game, players bring up own organization, enlarge control areas and aim at the local unification. According to the title, the tattoo is an important element. They release this in a global market as well as Japan by the end of 2016, and exhibit on business days of Taipei Game Show 2016.

Hologram robot "Gatebox" realizes the dream of Otaku

It is a dream of Otaku to live with favorite virtual characters. Japanese startup Vinclu developed hologram robot Gatebox which realize it.

Gatebox is the hologram communication robot which combined various sensors with a hologram projection technology. The virtual character is displayed by a hologram, it recognizes the actions of users by sensors, complies with their lifestyle, and communicates with them. In addition, this is also IoT gadget. When users let this link Internet and other household appliances, this becomes the many functions more. For example, this becomes the alarm clock, operates TV, and teach weather news.

Vinclu raised 90 million yen from Incubate Fund, Primal Capitalal and iSG Investment Works for recruiting activities. They push forward development of Gatebox with new staff and aim at the commodification of this.

Disney TSUM TSUM becomes the petit cakes

Before, I wrote about Disney TSUM TSUM become cute Makizushi(Roll Sushi).

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Next is petit cakes.

Sweets brand Ginza Cozy Corner sells petit cakes of mobile game of Disney and LINE "LINE: Disney TSUM TSUM". Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, Chip, Dale, Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Olaf, and alien are designed in them. In addition, buttocks are emphasized daringly. Really cute! Minnie Mouse is made with white chocolate fresh cream and sweet-sour franc Boise jam. On the other hand, Olaf is a white roll of the yogurt flavor. In this way, each petit cakes is a different flavor. The sale period is January 18 to February 14 and the price is 2,268yen(about 19USD).

21 kinds characters of Yo-Kai Watch and Level-5 CEO prayed at Shinto shrine

On January 8, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino and 21 kinds of Yo-Kai Watch characters went and worshiped at Kanda-Myōjin(神田明神) which is one of the representative Shinto shrines of Tokyo. It is really cute!

They prayed for the big hit of their movie "映画 妖怪ウォッチ エンマ大王と5つの物語だニャン！(Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan!)". It beat Star Wars in a box-office records, but they aim at the further hit.

How ‘Yo-Kai Watch’ beat ‘Star Wars’ at the box office in Japan(The Japan Times)

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You may see these oddly. However, this is a serious holy ritual. When we pray for something to gods, we have the Shinto priest of the Shinto shrine advance Norito(祝詞: ancient Japanese Liturgy) for gods in place of us. The Shinto priest must read names of all attendants of the ritual aloud on this occasion. The Shinto priest of Kanda-Myōjin would be desperate to stifle laughter. Because he had to read aloud names of 21 kinds of Yo-Kais.
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The 72-years-old retirement old man makes LINE stickers and makes money than his active career

I wrote about the elderly person drawing cool pictures by Excel before.

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Now, the 72-year-old retirement old man who designed LINE stickers using Excel becomes the topic in Japan. The LINE ticker sets which he drew by Excel are 27 kinds and each of them is original.

Seiji Tazawa of the designer worked as a construction manager of the electric equipment construction. He at the age of 52 years old, he had to learn how to use PC because his workplace introduced PCs. However, his workplace had none of people who knew a lot about PCs, and he learned how to use of Windows 95 by self-education. He found that he could draw illustrations by Excel and it was convenient on this occasion. He opened own web site "Tazawa Enterprise" and showed the illustrations which ne drew by Excel. He has begun to make LINE stickers by the advice from his grandchild. He has not used smartphone and LINE till then, but he manages them and communicates with a grandchild in LINE now.

His individual LINE stickers became the topic among Japanese Twitter users. As a result, his LINE stickers made a big hit, and he got income 5 times as large as the his active career. His most confidence stickers are about the safety management of the construction area. These are designed based on his career.

This article has his photos
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