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6:00 PM on 01.31.2013

Get a feel for the BD/DVD release of Senran Kagura

There is only one way that the Senran Kagura series could be advertised in Akihabara for the BD/DVD release and that is with oppai standees. Three of the main girls of the series, Ikaruga, Asuka, and Hibari got the 3D op...

Josh Totman

5:00 PM on 03.20.2012

Char's hot curry brings all the space girls to the yard

Blond space loli magnet Char Aznable lives on in Gundam Cafe's spicy red hot curry. With curry that is advertised as being as antagonizing as Char is as a villain, and called Char Zaku Curry to even match the color of his ste...

Kristina Pino

8:00 AM on 02.08.2012

Visit Nene, Manaka or Rinko at 7-Elevens in Akihabara

If you happen to be around Akihabara from Valentine's day (Feb.14) through Feb. 29 this year, you're in luck! Now you could take your Love Plus girlfriend on a date from your device to 7-Eleven via their download service 7-sp...

Kristina Pino

2:00 PM on 01.24.2012

Idols x Instant Ramen x Akihabara

I imagine there are a few of you out there that, for one reason or another, put up with the monotonous and wearisome preparation required for making instant ramen. Pouring hot water, only to have to wait patiently for three m...

Chris Walden



JapanaTour: Akihabara part two photo
JapanaTour: Akihabara part two
by Chris Walden




JapanaTour: Akihabara part one photo
JapanaTour: Akihabara part one
by Chris Walden


8:00 AM on 10.29.2011

The choice of Steins Gate is for buildings to do cosplay

Others might tell you that the mysterious object that "crashed" into the Akihabara Radio Building was merely an elaborate promotion for conspiracy time-travel anime Steins;Gate. Others would tell you that the "promotion" invo...

Josh Tolentino

6:00 PM on 10.18.2011

Hmmmm: Akiba's stabbing rampage going filmic

In July of 2008, Tomohiro Kato ran a truck into the crowded streets of Akihabara on one of its "foot traffic only" days, killing three people and injuring two. He then exited the vehicle and proceeded to stab a dozen random p...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 PM on 07.04.2011

Senran Kagura gets new PR group, lots of details emerge

Yesterday's press conference from Marvelous Entertainment brought much news to light on the upcoming 3DS bouncy ninja game Senran Kagura. The first is of the formation of a PR group made of five girls, who each represent a ch...

Tyler Jones

10:38 AM on 01.23.2011

Acquire's underwear game is Akiba's Trip, a vampire game

Quirky Japanese dev Acquire, responsible for the likes of Way of the Samurai and the decent portions of Tenchu, has just revealed its newest PlayStation Portable game: Akiba's Trip. It had been teasing the game earlier with m...

Josh Tolentino

7:00 AM on 01.02.2011

Acquire wants you to guess what's up with these boxers

Because they're just lying right in the middle of Akihabara's main road (and in all kinds of other places), and Acquire took the trouble of photographing them and setting up a teaser site and twitter widget that allows you to...

Josh Tolentino

12:00 PM on 12.16.2010

Akihabara has pedestrian streets again after two years

Akihabara, the geek haven of Tokyo, used to close its streets on Sundays, keeping cars out so pedestrians could have free run of the place. There were plenty of shoppers, cosplayers, street vendors, and performers making it a...

Bob Muir