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#videos: While we're waiting for Nico Nico USA to cover more than just the Space Shuttle launch, the Japanese Nico Nico continues to get awesome stuff in the way of official channels -- the latest and gre...

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#videos: This is from the anime adaptation of an ero-ge, Mad Teacher: The Birth of the Punishment School. What the hell, Japan? I cannot see this turning out well in any way shape or form.

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#weird news: Again I am at a loss for words. Even Banana Street seems to make sense compared to the video below, which we found on Japan Probe.All we know is that it's a commercial for elementary school "...

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#xbox 360: [As posted on Destructoid]It might be telling that the first time I heard of tri-Ace's newest RPG was when it had its name changed from End of Eternity to Resonance of Fate for the international ...

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#YouTube: Fumiko's Confession is an independent anime short that's been all the rage on Nico Nico and YouTube lately. Cute characters and great animation aside, this clip's most exceptional quality is its ...

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#weird news: Of all people to join the Softbank family as that "crazy uncle," I did not expect Quentin Tarantino to be that man. While I'm not a huge fan of the man's works, I was really impressed w...

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#YouTube: Now you might be wondering what Jean Grey, and '90s Jean Grey at that, is doing on Japanator. X-Men isn't an anime, is it?Well, no, but I'll bet I'm not the only one here who was all about the X-...

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#videos:  This shouldn't be erotic, should it?

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#videos: ...in the LOTTE Fits's commercial above. Like Colette, I'm confused as to why they're calling this newest chunk of jailbait "the new Leah Dizon." I mean, when Leah started out at 19, ...

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#videos: I've talked about my musical predilections over at Destructoid, but the band that really kicked off my love affair with music was Bon Jovi. These Jersey rockers still hold a special place in my h...

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#videos:  When it comes to cosplay, Adella is my lady, but I have to admit that Kipi does a fine job; in addition to looking great, she's extremely prolific. She's also worn every outfit Haruhi Suzu...

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#videos: I happen to adore these guys. I'm not sure why I love them so much, but it probably has something to do with the fact that everything they release sounds immaculately produced. It's very hard to ...

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#videos: I honestly cannot wait for 2009 to end. It's not that it's been a bad year or anything, but I just 2010 to come soon enough for the new Gundam productions. I've had a good year so far, but I want...

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#videos:  Have you ever wanted to know all about '90s anime sensation Sailor Moon, but didn't feel like watching 200 episodes of unicorns, sparkles, and an army of under-aged girls running around i...

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#videos: We told you about the anime Princess Robot Bubblegum in The Ballad of Gay Tony, the latest part of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Well, Destructoid's Conrad Zimmerman was kind enough to record t...

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#ZOMGWTFBBQ:  Remember that trailer for the eroge game My Girlfriend Is The President? You know, the one where aliens brainwash everybody into thinking that cute girls are actually world leaders? Well, n...

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#weird news: Now that he's retired, I suppose former President George W. Bush can finally go and have some fun while he's over in Japan.Accompanied by former Prime Minister Junichiro (The Lion) Koizumi, Bush ...

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#videos: I have to admit, I never thought I'd see her like this, especially after her role as a nun in the live-action One-Pound Gospel drama that aired the other year. I suppose I sho...

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#videos:  Eden of the East is so damned good. It reeks of quality from the very first frame of the very first episode. I blasted through the series and nearly chewed my nails off when I realized how ...

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#videos: Welcome once again, faithful readers, to another rendition of Rock the Charts, where we highlight the latest and greatest films in the Japanese box office. This week, we've got a couple of new fi...

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#videos: Someone had to do it, right?I wouldn't say that this MAD is particularly good, but it's a K-On!-ized "Macarena," so I had to share it.There's less dancing than there probably should be...

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#videos: Occasionally I'll throw up a PV by a Japanese artist, either because I want to showcase a new release, or just because I love the song. In this case however, we're taking a look at one of the lat...

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#YouTube: Greetings, inferior organic lifeforms! In an attempt to foster understanding between our superior machine civilization and your inferior organic one, we are currently engaged in the study of huma...

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#videos:  Takuya Kimura earns points with me merely because he has the balls to sport a very womanly hairstyle. Well, that and he's in a lot of really funny Japanese commercials. This one is for Wind...

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#weird news:  Dear Dale, Apparently you had an awesome blog post here but, due to some dev work I was performing on the server, I seem to have blown it away while I was recovering from my steak coma...

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#YouTube: Beckii was fine, doing her thing all low-resolution and webcam, dancing around in her room for all the world to watch. Her new DVD, This is Beckii Cruel, soon to be released in Japan, isn't much...

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#videos: And you know what? It looks good. The trailer just hit for Production I.G.'s new project Loups Garous (werewolf in French), Based on a novel that Viz announced it will be publishing back at NYAF ...

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#videos:  I don't mean to sound like a snob, but you either get this video or you don't. If you do, you're rolling on the floor, and if you don't, don't worry about it. This one is for all the K-ON!/...

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#videos: Kazuo Umezu, one of the elder statesmen of the Japanese horror manga scene, is getting his own documentary. The man is something of a fascinating subject to me. I repeatedly read about him over a...

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#videos: Discuss.

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#weird news: Topless Robot just doesn't get it. First that thing with Robotech v. Macross, now this with a Lucky Star depiction of the Decepticons. It's awesome, and after the recent movies they're frankly...

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#videos:  Let me tell you, unless you are some sort of Lego master and have won awards for crafting a forty foot replica of Doraemon out of the classic colored blocks, this video is going to shrink y...

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#weird news: Simply put, it's people running like idiots. Yet, put into slow motion, and with "Luv (sic) Pt 2" by Nujabes playing in the background, it shows itself to be utterly fascinating -- not ...

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#weird news: Damn, why can't I be like this guy? I bet he gets all the ladies with his anime hand-flute performances. [Via Japan Probe]

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#weird news: I know I've already posted a video today, but I couldn't help myself. I can't really sum it up in words, so you're just going to have to trust me when I say it's nothing short of epic. It also re...

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#videos: I know many of you have heard this song before, though I doubt most of you have heard this version. I was fortunate enough to stumble upon it while I was looking for the promotional videos f...

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#videos:  Oh, Beckii. You've won Nico Nico over, which is like being a world power somehow. You haven't necessarily won American otakudom over, nor have you won Japanator over (yet), but props for yo...

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#videos:  Okay, I know that Japan loves to watch homemade videos of people dancing to music. I don't personally get it, but you know, I get it. What I do not get is how fourteen year old Beckii Cruel...

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#videos: Talk about a total lack of enthusiasm. Three tries and still nothing. Even when he asked for moms and dads and grandmas to get into it, bleh was still the result. Also: You have to love when the...

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#videos: Damn, Danny. Your moves are even more slick now.See for yourself, Japanator. This stormtrooper can move. Surely you've seen him dancing about Tokyo before, but this level of dancing is a new lev...

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#videos: My mother still maintains that the best haircut I've ever gotten was while I was in Japan -- at this place called "America Barber" that was just a block or so from my house. Since I men...

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#videos: While you're sitting back and relaxing during this rainy weekend, why not watch two minutes worth of beautiful girls with guns shoot down sand whales? Written and directed by Mamoru Oshii, the ma...

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#videos: I've been seeing Dohzi-T show up in videos over the past few years, but I never really gave him much thought. He always strike me as a Japanese P-Diddy--an opportunist who'd find his way into oth...

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#videos: Oh the moe.This video is just too cute. Like, "there should be a van outside my door right now" kind of cute. Both Ichigo Mashimaro and K-ON! exploit the moe genre very well, and so whe...

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#videos: I have this strange attraction to sports series like Big Windup and Eyeshield 21. I suppose it's the message of team building and "we can all do this together" that gets me excited. Rat...

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#videos: Oh my stars and bars.Do you remember the Happiness Realization Party? Well, their main religious branch has its own anime film going on a roadshow on October 17th. The film, The Rebirth of Buddha...

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#videos: See? This is what Japan could have become if they had won the Olympic bid. A place that was safe for children to run around and play in. No gaijin for the police to bother. A place salarymen coul...

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#videos: So, there's a Hetalia movie coming out sometime in 2010. No word as to what the film is about or anything like that (of course), but you can get your imaginations going.I'm imagining this going o...

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#weird news: You heard it, folks. The people of Kobe are now safe, for the life-size statue of Tetsujin-28-go (aka Gigantor) is complete and in position outside Shin-Nagata train station. The citizens wil...

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#videos: Now you can let the purge begin in Little Big Planet, thanks to gevurah22! You can find the level for yourself by searching for "gevurah22 level - Mm Gundam (Beta 1)" on Little Big Plan...

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#videos: Well, it almost seems like it any way. The PV for supercell's latest single, "Kimi no shiranai monogatari," is a glimpse into Japanese high school life. Of course, it's an all too ...

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#videos: Protip: ditch the mullet. Otherwise, SMAP has instantly become cool in my book.[Thanks to Michael Pinto for this]

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#videos: If you didn't know yet, Monster Hunter is the hotness over in Glorious Nippon. It's everywhere, and its elements are worming their way into games right and left. All the same, there hasn't been a...

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#videos: Welcome once again, faithful readers, to the latest charts of the Japanese box office! This week, we're seeing 20th Century Boys hold onto the top slot with a death-like grip, despite a 28% drop ...

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#videos: As part of the pre-party event for New York Anime Fest, Del Rey Manga celebrated its 5th anniversary. Normally, cutting the cake is a simple affair that calls for a simple knife. But when you've ...

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#videos: Man, Studio 4C gets around. We've talked about First Squad before, and how batshit insane it is for its zombies and Nazi crusaders packed into a World War II epic. Now that the film's Russian rel...

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#videos: As most of you know, Tokyo Game Show is in full swing, and as such, several of our editors are currently there covering the event for Destructoid. I'm stuck in California dealing with record brea...

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#vocaloid: Fresh off trips to Japan to play at the huge Sumner Sonic festival, as well as WaterAid, Oregon native Becca is ready to bring her pop-rock sound back to American shores. In addition to her live ...

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#videos: Okay, this is getting a bit ridiculous. I've been trying not to talk about Noriko Sakai for the last several weeks but I really can't help the fact that she's pretty much dominated the headlines ...

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#videos: It seems that with Dale and Colette on their way to Tokyo, the site has been seriously lacking some sexy today. So, I'm going to bring that back with a couple more commercials from the latest ser...

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#weird news: Don't you love it when old dirt on politicians comes to light? While not as exciting as Meiko Tanaka's predicament, Yukio Hatoyama, it was revealed, released his own little single when he was ele...

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#videos: I love you guys. You always come up with the best stuff.EuricaeriS was stuck without Internet for the last few days, and so what does he do? Gives us a taste of what an Andrew WK version of Gunda...

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#videos: I'm really used to foreigners being shown as fools on Japanese TV. There are the small groups of foreigners who make the rounds on the Japanese TV circuit and speak for all of Western civilizatio...

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#videos:  My love of j-drama has led me to also become an Arashi fan, and while I realize they are the Japanese equivalent of the Backstreet Boys and I am officially less cool because I like them, I ...

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#weird news: That just happened. Now it's on like Donkey Kong. I am so getting this game and playing the hell out of it. [Via Kurogane]

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#vocaloid: If you're a Vocaloid fan like myself, you will find yourself stuck on Youtube for hours just browsing through videos. There could be one popular song and others will make versions using the other...

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#weird news: As one of the world's leading electronics manufacturers Sony stands on the bleeding edge of new technology, and Augmented Reality is one of the fronts the company wants to push. Basically put, Au...

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#videos:  Poor Otousan.  In case you don't keep up with the Softbank commercials (and you should), the little dog was crushed under a piano in the last CM, leaving his family in a tizzy and fans...

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#videos: Google is seeking to become the world's "do-everything" company when it comes to information, and Google Maps has been a large part of that effort. One facet of the service in partic...

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#videos: Growing up, I always loved the original Ninja Gaiden series. In fact, the NES version of Ninja Gaiden 2 had probably spent more time in the cartridge slot than any other game I owned, except mayb...

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#videos:  Dear Duke Togo, You, Sir, are easily one of my heroes. Impassive even in the face of extreme danger, handsome in a suit, and able to swiftly execute your foes all while making it look ...

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#videos: As much as I love watching films like The Machine Girl and Godzilla: Final Wars, I also enjoy watching good films. Some people find it hard to believe. And I don't mean watching the classics by K...

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#videos: Well, to be fair, the actual Gundam statue only makes up a small part of this latest time-lapse footage project by Youtube user mockmoon. Nevertheless, this awesome film stands as one more hurr...

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#videos: You might know Kaneda Tomoko as Chiyo-chan from Azumanga Daioh, or perhaps as Leticia from Madlax. She's got a pretty rare voice, which suits her small stature. But life wasn't always so easy for...