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)

Localization of the social game of GREE

GREE started the global offer of the social games which made a hit in Japan. Such as "Clinoppe"(踊り子クリノッペ), "Driland"(探検ドリランド), "Pirates Age"(海賊王国コロンブス), "Cerberus Age"(聖戦ケルベロス). There is a game replaced with artwork totally different from an Japanese ver. This is "Pirates Age".

Icon
Japanese Ver.

Global Ver.

Art Works
Japanese Ver.

Global Ver.

Male character
Japanese Ver.

Global Ver.

Female character
Japanese Ver.

Global Ver.

Enemy character
Japanese Ver.

Global Ver.

Those are totally different. Why was only artwork of Pirates Age replaced? Probably this will be because the pirate existed in history.

Which of Japanese Ver. and Global Ver. do you like?

Anonymous was personified as a bumbling girl by a Japanese

Probably, this is only Japan...

Anonymous attacks Japanese Government and JASRAC now. However, they worked as a blunderer first. They attacked not "Kasumigaseki" but "Kasumigaura" first. These are another town(Kasumigaseki is the town where there are a lot of government offices). Furthermore, they tried to attack not the Democratic Party but the Liberal Democratic Party. In current Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party is an opposition party, and the Democratic Party is the ruling party. Both are stupid groups in fact :D In addition, Anonymous announced that the attack to the Liberal Democratic Party was not a mistake later. Because Democratic Party agreed downloading was illegal.

Japanese Internet users made this a topic. And it became the opinion finally "Anonymous is lovely at a blunderer. This is the whole story of the Anonymous personification. By the way, is there the Japanese in a member of Anonymous?

Anonymous starts Tweet in the Japanese now.

https://twitter.com/#!/op_japan

昨日は忙しいだった。でもちょっとミスしました。誤爆ごめんな（笑）やっぱり日本語は難しい。でもみんなは優しい。ミスの説明を言いました。ありがとう。頑張ります。
— OpJapan Official (@op_japan) June 27, 2012

Some their Japanese are funny. However, the Japanese Internet user receives it favorably.

See Also:
Anonymous Hackers Personified As A Clumsy Girl On Japanese Web [Asiajin]