LINE Camera broke through 20 million downloading

NHN Japan announced that camera apps for smartphone "LINE Camera" broke through 20 million downloading.

"LINE camera" is camera apps linking popular messaging application LINE. We decorate photo and can post in LINE. This was released on April 12, 2012 and it broke through 20 million downloading from release in about 10 months. According to NHN Japan, it is popular in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Nepal. So LINE Camera links with the social networking except LINE such as Twitter, Facebook, mixi, Sina Weibo, Renren, me2day and Cyworld.

Of course I like LINE Camera, too. It has many functions and useful. We can use 22 filters, various writing brushes, and frame and stamp more than 100. Furthermore, it has function that puts some photo together to make collage.

This resembles J-style photo booth "Purikura". Therefore it seem to be supported by women.

Game arcade prize of LINE characters

I wrote an post of Nameko yesterday. However, there are popular characters like Nameko in Japan. These are characters of messaging apps LINE.

These were displayed in the recommended section of the game arcade with Hello Kitty and Rilakkuma.

These are prizes of the crane game. Cute mascot stuffed toy and a cushion!

Furthermore, they are popular as capsule Toy(Gacha).

These are a sticker and mini-figure.

Now, they are loved like characters of anime, comics and other Fancy character.

Nameko came to Oomagari, Akita!

Today, I went to huge shopping mall AEON Oomagari to meet Nameko.

I already wrote it several times about Nameko(Please search "Nameko" in this blog). His popularity is still crazy in Japan. Therefore the suit which reproduced him goes on a trip to the all over Japan.

KAWAII!!
Akita is the very poor country. First, I was skeptical about popularity of Nameko in Akita. However, it was imaginary fears.

Many people equalled a long line to photograph a souvenir photo with Nameko.

Nameko is drawn on the signboard of the shop. The staff of this shop is good at an illustration! :)

Furthermore, there was a crane game of Nameko in the game arcade, and this was extreme popularity, too. 1 time of crane game is 100 yen(about 1.1USD). Because too many people played this, the stuffed toys of Nameko have run low immediately. I played this, too, but unfortunately I have failed :(

Ninjas began delivery service in Japan

Japanese IT startup NABARU started ninja delivery service.

If you use a ninja to the present to a business partner and a customer? It will become the big impact. If a ninja appears in an event and the party? It will be wonderful surprise. If a ninja appears in the birthday party of kids with a present? It will become the good memory.

NABARU has 3 ninjas now.   However, unfortunately this service is only Japan. Support areas are Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba. Originally the ninja was a spy and an assassin. However, they do not undertake it by this service and we can't ask them for the works about the crime.

I think that they should go abroad.

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DeNA renew a logo and enters the social music service

Today, DeNA announced their new logo.

They change a name and the logo of service brands to this sequentially. In addition, ngmoco:) becomes "DeNA San Francisco". According to them, the new logo expresses "Delight" and "Impact the world". These seem to be important keywords of DeNA.

Furthermore, they start social music service "Groovy" for smartphones by the end of this year. According to them, Groovy is the service that combined a social networking function with a music player function. 24 labels have already cooperated with DeNA, and 1 million number or more are offered at the service start.