This is an odd little story. This big old fish, the Asian Sheepshead Wrasse, has been spotted off the coast of Japan. That’s nothing surprising, as the fish is common to the area. What isn’t so common, though, is how this fish supposedly resembles the animated movie character Shrek.  Check out the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I….just don’t see the resemblance. To me, t...

Photo from LA Weekly Blog This past weekend was the Power Morphicon, the fan convention for Power Ranger enthusiasts…be they fans of the original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers or any of the numerous spinoff series that are still actually on television. Growing up, I was ADDICTED to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, watching it every single day and tirelessly wanting more. Yeah, I was obsessed. The show, which was originally based on a Jap...

So, here we have Tommy Lee Jones starring in his own line of Japanese commercials. You don’t even have to be able understand the language to appreciate the awkwardness of Tommy Lee Jones, who is playing an alien that has been sent to Earth to spy on humans. a2a_config.linkname="Weird Japanese ad of the day"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=4120"; a2a.init("page");

Wow. Just wow. Yoshifumi Takashe, a 30-year old guy living with his mother in Kasai, Hyogo prefecture, burned down the house they shared after his mom threw out some boxes of Gundam robot action figures. Takashe is quoted in this article as saying, “The Gundam figures are like the partners I spend my life with,” he reportedly said after pleading guilty at western Kobe’s District Court. “I wanted to die with them in a fi...

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I’ve seen my share of amazing baseball catches throughout my life, but this one might be the best yet. Masato Akamatsu, outfielder for the Hiroshima Carp, made this astounding play in a game last week: EMBED-Spiderman Style Baseball Catch – Watch more free videos He treated the outfield wall like a ramp with which to project himself up ABOVE the stands to catch the home run ball! My favorite part about the play is how nonchalant he ...

photo found at Comics Alliance I posted about this way back a while ago, but more information just came out regarding four special anime series that will be premiering on G4 in 2011. Madhouse, the animation studio behind this coolness, is working on four separate anime series chronicling the tales of Wolverine, Iron Man, Blade and the X-Men. While clips and extensive previews of the series are not really available yet, there is a trailer for the ...

The World Cosplay Summit took place this weekend in Nagoya, Japan, and Italy emerged victorious. By that, I mean the grand prize winners were Luca Buzzi and Giancarlo di Pierro, who dressed up as Link and Ganondorf of the Legend of Zelda games. According to this recap from Anime News Network, the Italians beat out representatives from 15 countries and did so in front of about 15,000 summit attendees. That’s a lot of costumes. The article a...

The lines between J-Pop and K-Pop are increasingly being blurred. It’s no coincidence that the Tune in Tokyo sound is an amalgamation of Gobal Pop with an Asian flavor–we love to spin whatever is catchy and progressive, and any of our attendees will know that we love dance music from both Japan and Korea. Tune in Tokyo was founded as a J-Pop and J-Rock club event, and since our beginnings in earnest, our sound has expanded to reflect ...

     Hello Friends!  Many of us have heard that Tokyo, Japan is one of the main “Fashion Hubs” in the world. Right away we think of runway models, bright lights, designers, celebrities and pets? Yes, pets!   Fashion is not just for Humans… it also includes our beloved four-legged friends. Pet Fashion is a world wide multi-billion dollar industry. I know if I add up all the things I purchase for my pets through out the ...

Japan Probe is always posting interesting videos on their site, and this one is no exception. It’s footage from a playdate between a baby tiger cub and a small baby monkey on “Shimura Zoo”. Observe: monkey tigersUploaded by jpnbot55. – See video of the biggest web video personalities. Alright everyone, let’s all say AWWWW at the same time….GO! –Adrian G. a2a_config.linkname="Shimura Zoo provides too mu...

KESHIKI. The japanese pop-band KESHIKI will perform at the anime convention Sacanime in California, Sacramento, on September 3rd-5th. Other musicians to perform during the convention are Mari Iijima, akai SKY and Phoenix Ash. Zill. Something a great deal more gloomy is the news that Zill passed away. Zill was bassist in the visual band Moran. The circumstances concerning his death are still unknown, although one of his bandmates mentioned his hea...

Right at this very moment, comic book/movie/game/tv show/cult/pop culture obsessors are converging in San Diego, California, for the yearly Comic-Con convention. Once there, everyone will stand in lines to see panels for all types of things, such as upcoming films like TRON: LEGACY and SALT and SCOTT PILGRIM and THE GREEN LANTERN and so on. Unfortunately, I won’t be attending the convention, much to my disappointment…I haven’...

I have no clue what that lady above is doing in a Jetsons-like pod car thing that doesn’t appear to have wheels, but that picture popped up on my Google image search and it amused me. We already have a bunch of different electric cars on the market, such as those in the Tesla line, but Honda announced yesterday that they plan to bring some plug-in models to the US and Japanese markets in 2012. As this cNET article describes, Honda said it ...

Hello Friends! Okay, It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog – or anything for that matter but after shooing away a few keyboard dust bunnies and setting up camp, I’m back! The topic I would like to touch on today are the ‘Anime Eyes’ or ‘Wide-Eyed’ contact lens craze. I will admit I am pretty excited about them, I mean who wouldn’t? To finally achieve the ultra sexy, hypnotic, come-hi...