Is Japanese sea fight simulation game Kan Colle a militaristic outcome?

I wrote it several times about Japanese sea fight simulation web game "Kan Colle". It has already broken through 1 million users with popularity now. And the active users rate does not fall, the administration team is very busy with the server reinforcement.

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By the way, a motif of Kan Colle is battleships of the Japanese empire navy. Many battleships are personified by cute girls and appear, and It's a popular source:) Because they were too cute, there are the Kan Colle goods of every kind in Japan now. This business model is the just same as Angry Birds and Nameko Saibai Kit.

However, it have a problem. Japan was a major country of the axis Powers and made colonial rule in Asian countries. About Kan Colle, how will Allies and the Asian countries think?

About this, opinion came up at once from Korea. Mr.Kim writes it in Korean site hankooki,

"Why will we often witness such a thing in Japanese society? Because Japanese society becomes turning to the right wing. Long-term economy slump, an aging society, disappointment for the politics would act. It is an big earthquake of March 11, 2011 to have caused such society uneasiness. Japan after 3.11 becomes strong in groupism and a sense of victimization that everybody must unite firmly before the crisis."

How do you think? Do you think popularity of Kan Colle connected Japan's right-wing? Part of indication of Mr.Kim is right. Surely, people of the right wing increase in current Japan. They expect the rearmament of Japan and insist on the rejection of the foreigner(Yes, they are fuckin' stupid). However, is it only Japan? I saw some news similar to this in an overseas news site. Similar stupid seems to increase in North America and Europe. When the world is depressed, the stupid people become the right-wing. This is similar just before World War II. Therefore I can understand that Mr.Kim feels uneasy about it.

However, Why is only Japan in this way?

I think that players of Kan Colle enjoy it regardless of war and thought. They only love a game system and characters purely. The people who were interested for a battleships because of Kan Colle increased, and books and models about battleships sell well, too. However, the people purchasing them come from a pure desire to learn.

By the way, the Kan Colle popularity seems to be handed down to Korea, and earnest Korean gamers made Kan Colle Korean BBS. Though Kan Colle does only Japanese support, they play eagerly and discuss the capture method.

How about another country invaded by Japan? Taiwan was the colony where the rule by Japan was pushed forward most.

via http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/841/841301/

:D :D :D

Clearly Taiwanese enjoys Kan Colle! :) Even if they are what kind of motifs, fun contents and the cute girls bring world peace.

Collaboration of Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons began today

Today, GungHo started collaboration with Angry Birds in their popular mobile game Puzzle & Dragons.

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Until December 1, dungeon of Angry Birds appear in Puzzle &Dragons.

Cute! Though they appear as enemies, they laugh.

When we beat them, they rarely drop an egg.

Birds are born from the egg, and we can make them a friend. This system of Puzzle & Dragons match a concept of Angry Birds. I think that they should have made collaboration earlier.

In addition, I cannot convey it in these screenshot, it's BGM to be the coolest in this collaboration. The music of Angry Birds is completely reproduced in Puzzle & Dragons. This can be called the collaboration of Kenji Ito and Ari Pulkkinen.

In addition, Rovio holds an illustration contest of Angry Birds to this. Let's check a hashtag "#バードとドラゴン" in Twitter! You can watch hot illustration of Japanese gamers. These are those parts.

今日学校で思いついたやつー　ホワイトバードといえば卵、卵といえばたまドラ！って事でホワイトバードとたまドラちゃん。ハッシュタグ間違ったとか内緒。　#バードとドラゴン pic.twitter.com/9EA2zAJEpJ
— 白狼/ハクロ (@hakuro060) November 18, 2013

ボックスが埋まりました。我先にの図。 #バードとドラゴン pic.twitter.com/CB2Tb13BsP
— 武者小路ミゲル (@pu1go) November 17, 2013

ダブサファリットとブルーバーズも描いた！コスプレさせるよりはお互い一緒に居る構図の方がコラボっぽい気がする #バードとドラゴン pic.twitter.com/oKEo27OfOW
— 白狼/ハクロ (@hakuro060) November 17, 2013

パズドラとアングリーバードがコラボすると聞いて！！キングホノりんとレッドバード！ #バードとドラゴン pic.twitter.com/rNyt2Uegnn
— 白狼/ハクロ (@hakuro060) November 17, 2013

やっぱりボムはハーデス化して欲しいって事で初期ハーデス武装押しです。|* ´ω`) ギガグラ搭載しないかなぁ。 #バードとドラゴン #パズドラ #AngryBirds pic.twitter.com/XLwej3TPOd
— ネス (@nesanes) November 7, 2013

Cute social music service Beatrobo evolved and cooperated with Linkin Park

Before, I wrote about Japanese social music service Beatrobo.

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It passed from release for one year, and greatly evolved. The design became more pop, released smartphone apps version(iOS/Windows), and develop earphone plug type device "PlugAir".

This is a device that link with a smartphone, users can play movie and music from the Internet just to put this in a smartphone. At first, this was a name "BeatPlug" and had a shape of the robot(It's an avatar of Beatrobo). However, they omitted "Beat" because they examine the share of contents except the music. Furthermore, the shape became simple.

PlugAir had not been yet released officially, but they tied up with universal music. And they sell a new number of Linkin Park using PlugAir! Fans of Linkin Park can listen it with a smartphone using PlugAir and lend it to their friend. Well, PlugAir is a tool for recommendation and word of mouth.It makes us feel good old days. It's like the music tape :)

By the way, Beatrobo CEO Hiroshi Asaeda is BETTER at English than me. Please ask Asaeda directly if interested in their business.

Beatrobo,Inc.

Dōjinshi(self-published works) fair of Cookie Clicker was held in Japan

Before, I wrote about a hit in Japan of Cookie Clicker. Based on it, Dōjinshi(self-published works) fair of Cookie Clicker was held this month in Tokyo.

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Event site
クッキーを焼くだけの簡単なお仕事(The simple work that only bakes cookies)

According to event organizers, they decided event holding by force of the liquor :) and some people worried about popularity of Cookie Clicker was kept until the event date. It is September that Cookie Clicker made a hit in Japan. The preference of people is easy to fade.

However, the worry was useless.

クッキー本のレベル高いですね…w pic.twitter.com/PNB9W5zBf6
— とりはる 1日目西り21b (@toriharu) November 4, 2013

【くっきーばばあ】クッキークリッカーオンリーに、コスプレ参加なう pic.twitter.com/rUEJCqBwqR
— れもん３日目東Ｉ40a (@lemon_despair) November 4, 2013

クッキークリッカーオンリーよかったです イヤホンの代わりにイヤホンジャックストラップつけるレベル 好きなだけクッキークリックできる pic.twitter.com/jzuWYLRxnP
— ハルカタ101 (@harukata101) November 4, 2013

Japanese Cookie Clicker fans enjoyed this very much. In addition, Dōjinshi of Cookie Clicker was found by developer orteil. He said "I NEED IT".

Probably the marketing in current Japan is the most difficult. Nobody can't predict what is popular in Japan in future.

Let's fall in love with scary creature in an Japanese indie game

Japan has every kind of romance sim games. However, this stunned Japanese gamers.

"Let's fall in love with creature -Kokonoekokoro-" is a work of Japanese indie game team nostalgia. Human beings do not appear in this at all. Of course, because it's a romance sim of simulate love with scary creature.

She is a heroine...

He is one of the friends...

He is a school teacher...

She is a younger sister...

:D :D :D

The game does not mention their figure at all. A story only unfolds plainly like normal romance sim.


Though this did not do promotion at all, it became the topic only by word of mouth. In particular, Japanese video sharing site NicoNico Douga contributed to it. Play movie was reproduced more than 280,000 times, many comments were contributed to it and Nico Nico users said, "This is too early for human beings".

nostalgia boss Yoshiyuki Yoshino said, "Usually, we develop long story serious games, but the short story game that we developed willingly in the interval has become the topic".

Play time is about 30min~1hour, for Windows, and Download is free. Unfortunately it is only Japanese, but all characters are full-voices. Furthermore, there are some of sexy scenes! The novelty exists in indies.

via http://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1311/15/news120.html

LINE sells a charity sticker for typhoon damage of Philippines

LINE sells a charity sticker for typhoon damage of Philippines in global region. The patterns are eight kinds, and the price is 100yen for JPY(It's about 1USD. It should be sold at a similar price level in other countries). LINE donates all sales except the settlement fee to the Philippine Red Cross. The sale period until December 31. At first they sell this with an Android version, and begin it in iOS version in a few days, too.

Angry Birds is not angry in Puzzle and Dragons

GungHo showed part of images about collaboration of Puzzle & Dragons and Angry Birds. They start a collaboration event from next week.

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They are never angry! Rather they laugh. Cute :)

When Puzzle & Dragons performs collaboration with other contents, some design arrangement is added to it usually. For example, characters of Clash of Clans were drawn cutely again.

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Angry Birds did not have it, but they became the smile. Probably, because the character of the angry face is not accepted in Japan.

Escape from Japan: GungHo may move the head office to Finland

According to The Wall Street Journal JP ver, Taizo Son, the chairperson of Japanese game company GungHo(Developer of Puzzle and Dragons) is going to let their head office move to Finland. They have already pushed forward preliminary investigation about it.
GungHo and SoftBank purchased Supercell last month, and Collaboration of Puzzle and Dragons and Angry Birds begins from next week.

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However, the reason is not only them. They pay attention to the lower corporation tax in Finland and excellent entrepreneurship.

This is the fact that is not known very much, Japanese IT industry, contents industry and game industry do not receive help from the Japanese Government at all. Rather the Japanese Government are causing trouble for them. Politicians smash up innovation by regulation. "Envy is the companion of honour". Most of the Japanese politicians are stupid old men(Japan slips further to 105th in gender equality ranking. Ha! :P). They can understand neither the technology nor the POP culture nor the innovation. It is “Complete Gacha” (Kompu Gacha) to be new in memory in their worthless regulation.

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A lot of Japanese mobile social game companies lost profit for this worthless regulation. Though a mobile social game is business growing up most in Japan, politicians cannot understand it.

Then why do Japanese companies not run away from Japan? There are many reasons, but the first problem is language ability. Japanese people are poor at a foreign language somehow. However, there is no reason why we must shut ourself up in Japan if we can overcome even it first of all.

I support examination of GungHo.

News Flash: Nintendo acquired stocks of Dwango which ran video sharing site Nico Nico Dougaico Douga

Nintendo does not yet go into social games and mobile games at all. In the first place, they seem to be weak in "Social". Probably because of it, the profit of Nintendo gradually descends, and the deficits increase, too. Therefore they announced this morning that they acquired 612,200 stocks of Dwango. It is equivalent to 1.5% of issued stock total number.

Dwango is known as a company running Japanese popular video sharing site Nico Nico Douga. Their business may not have the connection. However, they make collaboration many times so far. Nintendo broadcasts original program Nintendo direct in Nico Niko live streaming, became a sponsor of Dwango's real event Nico Nico super meeting2(ニコニコ超会議2), and provided free video software for Wii U Nico Nico. They each bring each other's business know-how and will plan further reinforcement of relationships in future.

SEGA's mobile game "Puyo puyo Quest" became the arcade game

SEGA released an arcade version of their popular mobile game Puyo puyo Quest. This is the game apps that added the element of the RPG to their popular puzzle game Puyo puyo...well, It's a method of puzzle & Dragons. However, it makes a big hit in Japan and has already broken through 5 million downloading.

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They develop this in not only the smartphone but also the game arcade.

An interesting point of this is to be F2P though it is an arcade game. This is the first time that an arcade machine of F2P is released in Japan. Players play a game while using game point "Genki(Stamina)" in Puyo puyo Quest arcade. Genki is restored by progress at time, but players must charge coins when they play in succession. Furthermore, this copes with an online play, players can play a game with other players in Japan. This is a system of the social game definitely. SEGA seems to want to scatter Puyo puyo Quest to the people who do not have a smartphone(For example, small children and elderly people).

In addition, KONAMI did the thing like this in Doragon Collection, too.

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teamLab released photography system "teamLabStudio" which united real and virtual

teamLab is a very artistic Japanese company. Web Service, application, Digital Signage, etc... always they develop the novel and artistic services. teamLabStudio is those one, too.

teamLabStudio is a photography studio system enabling a video and photo shoot in the virtual world in real time. We can shoot photos and videos while moving in the 3DCG virtual world. The position of the camera is modifiable, and place and the angle of the camera are reflected in real time.

The photography technique like this existed than before(It was used for a child TV program well). However, the characteristic of teamLabStudio is "real time". It is suitable for events than TV programs.

This was exhibited at once by Indonesian Japanese POP culture event HelloFest9. It seemed to be popular with Cos-players.

投稿 by HelloFest Indonesian Motion Picture Arts Festival.