All Posts by  koganinjastyle

NMAP.org has mapped out the top 288,945 websites on the Internet (according to Alexa traffic data) in this chart using their browser icons. You can check out the interactive version on their website for a closer look, but aside from being pretty cool...

I had a white iPhone 3G and I was really hoping to grab the white iPhone 4 to follow it up, but with that version delayed with no specific release window I settled for the standard black version. A big part of that decision was the potential compromi...

From Muramasa: The Demon Blade – a Wii game with a gorgeous hand-painted visual style – comes the possessed princess Momohime, now lovingly crafted as a 1/8 scale figure by Noritaka Fukumoto for Alter. I’ll admit that I’m yet to complete Muramasa but...

Ni no Kuni is a collaboration between the legendary Studio Ghibli and Level 5, developer of White Knight Chronicles and the Professor Layton series, announced way back in 2008 for the Nintendo DS. The game is still set for release on DS in December 2...

I love Japanese food. If I had to choose the food of just one country to eat for the rest of my life, I would take that ultimatum quite happily with the reply, “Japan”. I also enjoy cooking – increasingly so – so it’s only natural to put the two toge...

Good news via Kotaku: It used to be that on Sundays and holidays, Tokyo’s electrics and game mecca Akihabara closed off its streets to cars and turned itself into a “Pedestrians’ Paradise”. Then, seven individuals were tragically killed in a stabbing...

It should come as no surprise that the upcoming BD/DVD release of Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance is accompanied by a wave of advertisement and merchandising. UCC (a coffee company that’s no stranger to Evangelion cross-promotion) and Kotobukiy...

-Name: Steve McKenzie -Country of residence: Australia -How long you have been an otaku: Around 10 years, but was watching smaller amounts of anime since I was very young. -What you are crazy about lately: God of War on PS3, studying Japanese, K-ON!,...

Late last year it was confirmed that the Code Geass franchise would continue across various media, including more manga and anime. Of course there was plenty of excitement from the large Code Geass fanbase, but real details on the new anime have been...

After a few months of delays, Good Smile Company has finally delivered their 1/8 scale figure of Canaan (from the series Canaan, of course) sculpted by Kunihito Iwamoto. I watched the anime – which is a spin-off from visual novel 28: Fūsa Sareta Shib...

A recent clean-up uncovered a few old treasures, including my sister and I’s Game Boy collection. I had been playing computer games before I got a Game Boy, but I didn’t get a home console until the Nintendo 64 so this was my first dedicated video ga...

Thus far Studio Ghibli have only released one film on blu-ray disc: Ponyo. Fans of high definition anime have been longing for the studio to dip into their much-loved catalogue of classics, and recently Disney announced some very good news: Nausicaä...

In early November last year, Sega released the first two figures in a set of arcade prizes called Evangelion Vignette Centre of Tokyo-3 based on poster artwork from the Rebuild of Evangelion. Following that release of Rei and Kaworu (check them out h...

You can read my written review of this great set over on my blog if you'd like, but I figure most people here will just want to see the pictures. So without any further adieu, here is a look at the complete set of Nendoroid Puchi Death Note Case File...

I didn't want to push my luck too far after managing to get the whole set of Case File #01 in a randomly packed box, so when I saw that J-List was offering pre-orders for a guaranteed full set of Case File #02 I made the order right away. It arrived...

Lovely interpretation of some Pokemon in a traditional Japanese painting style. I hope the artist does more - at least the original 151! From Asamegraph via Kotaku. Huge high-res version at source.

I'm about to add another shelf to my wall - I'm sure you can see why from the picture (I've even squeezed a few more figures in since that photo was taken) - and I've been thinking: there are a few different methods of arranging a figure collection t...

It looks like Good Smile Company will be releasing an alternate version of their beloved Saber Lily figure. The new figure features a few relatively minor differences to the original that nevertheless create a distinct enough appeal that this will su...

Bayonetta has been out in Japan for over a month now, but it’s only just making its way West with release dates for this week in the US, EU and here in Australia. The standard collector’s edition – or “∞ Climax Edition”, as Sega’s marketing departmen...

I like Haruhi and I like guitars, so this figure was a bit of a no-brainer for me. With fixed-pose figures, you sometimes have to make a compromise between how much you like the character and how much you like the pose and design of the figure. There...

I saw James Cameron's Avatar tonight, and was VERY impressed. It's an enjoyable story told with absolutely stunning technology - the CGI is breathtaking and the 3D version is incredibly immersive. You can read my full review on my blog if you're stil...

I've been posting and commenting here for about four months now, but since I've just finished re-decorating my room (new paint, new furniture... an almost complete overhaul over a few months) I thought it was about time I introduced myself properly....

Assassin's Creed II has just been released, and this morning I picked up my Black Edition. While the US received only one collector's edition - called the Master Assassin's Edition - other countries have been given the choice between two: the Black a...

[Note: I've updated this post with the more detailed review I posted on my blog, which you can see here.] The Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements from Code Geass has finally arrived in figure form from Bandai’s Robot Damashii line, and let me tell you...