Well, here's a partnership we should have seen coming...
In what cynics might decry as mere geek pop culture tailored for the Brutus-reading, CINRA.net-browsing Tokyo hipster, Hiroki Azuma -- the ...
Evangelion and Tanita digital pedometer gets anime fans fit
November 19, 2012
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William
No more flabby anime fans. Stop watching Evangelion and get off the couch. You've got walking to do!
That's what health gadgets maker Tanita is banking on with this Evangelion Digital Pocket ...
Otaku konkatsu: “Marriage-hunting” for geeks… with anime masks!
November 2, 2012
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William
Konkatsu is the "marriage-hunting" dating activity popular recently. Kind of like dating for the serious-minded.
Well, it stands to reason that even otaku (which very broadly translates as "geek") ...
Monteroza, a major nationwide Japanese izakaya chain operator, is currently offering a discount for customers with name connections to the five pilot characters from the anime series Neon Genesis ...
Bed-sharing shop Soine-ya for lonely otaku opens in Akihabara, Tokyo
September 28, 2012
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William
We all like the feeling of sleeping beside your loved one, right?
Well, how about those times when your said companion is not nearby or even if you don't have someone at all -- but you still want ...
Tokyo’s Thunderbirds Cafe brings retro puppets to delicious life again
September 26, 2012
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William
Sometimes it seems there is a cafe for every theme in the pulsating, organic mass that is the city of Tokyo. From cat cafes to robot ones in Kabukicho, Gundam eateries, maid cafes and more... every ...