Official crime prevention apps of the Metropolitan Police Department

You may see dog girl in this apps, but this is not entertainment or game apps. This "Digi Police" is crime prevention apps by the Metropolitan Police Department. They offer various useful information to prevent phone fraud such as "it's me scam" by this application. In addition, the application has the practical function such as personal alarm, police stations search, open criminal investigation information, inquiry counter introductions. However, they do not forget to appeal to users for a friendly image...by Japan-specific style. This application has the camera function of their official character, characters collection function, and fraud karuta - the card game that words to be used in a fraud crime are displayed at random- also. They may not help crime prevention immediately, but may become the motive to run application to users many times. Download is free(iOS/Android).

The man who stole game characters of Monster Strike was arrested

According to Japan's Sankei News, the 33-year-old jobless man who lives in Osaka and stole rare characters of mixi's popular mobile game Monster Strike using cheating software was arrested. This is a crime called "illegal production of private electromagnetic record" in Japan.
He downloaded cheating software from the Internet and stole three kinds of rare characters from Monster Strike using it. Furthermore, he made three kinds of characters a set and sold it on Internet auction for about 1,500yen(about 13USD). He earned 4,400,000yen(about 38,720USD) by this criminal technique from last April through this February. He accepts a crime and tells that he fed his family by selling game characters.
The Hyogo Prefectural Police cybercrime measures section found his crime in the cyberpatrol which they carried out in last December.

[Review]mixi released cute mobile puzzle game of Marvel Heroes "Marvel TSUM TSUM"

Japan's mixi released cute mobile puzzle game of Marvel Heroes "Marvel TSUM TSUM" on February 24.

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This is the puzzle game that combined popular mobile puzzle game Disney TSUM TSUM with Marvel Heroes. Marvel Heroes and Villains become cute mascots "TSUM", and players connect them of same kinds with a single stroke. After Disney store closed, the stuffed toys of Marvel TSUM begin to move and fight. By the way, the real Marvel TSUM stuffed toys were released in Disney store in Japan on February 26.

At first, players get TSUM of the Iron Man. He is existence such as the mascots of Marvel TSUM TSUM.

 In Disney TSUM TSUM, score competition is the main, but in Marvel TSUM TSUM, it is the main to clear levels.

 The game system is the almost same as Disney TSUM TSUM. Players connect same type of TSUM more than three.

Each TSUM have skills.

An original element of this includes the battle with TSUM of the enemy. When players win enemy TSUM, they can go in the next level.

Furthermore, there is the Co-op function that fight against enemy TSUM with other players whom there is near oneself.

Of course players can purchase other Marvel TSUM using a virtual currency. All are cute!

Marvel TSUM TSUM is the puzzle game that combined a mixi's popular mobile game Monster Strike with Disney TSUM TSUM. Game in itself is the same as Disney TSUM TSUM, but battle with enemies and Co-op function resemble Monster Strike. This has characteristics of two popular mobile games.

In addition, it has not been yet announced whether this is released in a global market.

The The Angry Birds Movie Japanese version got Japan's original voice actor

In Japan, the overseas movies are dubbed into Japanese by voice actors. Because Japanese people are weak in a foreign language, and children in particular are so. In addition, dubbing becomes the promotion of the movie because voice actors are popular in Japan. Recently, as part of promotion, it increases that actors who are not a voice actors, musicians, idols, and comedians do dubbing. The Angry Birds Movie is also no exception. Sony Pictures announced that Japanese actor Shinobu Sakagami(坂上忍) was in charge of a voice of Red in The Angry Birds Movie Japanese version.

He is an skilled actor, active as an actor since 3 years old, and was known as a genius kids actor from that time. He established a theatrical company in 2005 while he was active as an actor, and established the training school of kids actors in 2009 furthermore. And he has a sharp tongue, and is famous in TV talk shows as a person always feeling resentment in something. Sony Pictures thought that his character was good to Red. This is the first time that he is in charge of a voice actor in 3DCG anime movie. He comments, "Because I worked as a dubbing voice actor in the days of a kids in "Little House on the Prairie", I feel with nostalgia. I love work of the voice actor, so I do my best while enjoying this."
The Angry Birds Movie is shown in theaters of Japan from October 1.

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Minecraft becomes the erasers in Japan

Minecraft is popular among primary schoolchildren in Japan. It is creative, helps education and can play with parents.

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The toy section of BANDAI releases the original Minecraft goods which kids seem to be pleased in the end of May. It is erasers.

This "Mine-Keshi"(Minecraft & Keshigomu, means erasers in Japanese) is the goods which reproduced objects and characters of Minecraft as erasers. Of course these are available as erasers, but kids will not intend to do so it.

The series released in May is a starter set(1,300yen, about 11USD), a character box(500yen, about 4USD) and a block set(1,600yen, about 14USD). Kids can easily make dioramas of Minecraft by buying these.