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From 2-D to 3-D, 8-Bit to 64-Bit… Thank you, Mario! Still haven’t had enough of Mario? Well, you’re in luck! Dig deeper into the Super Mario world with this “Super Mario: 25 Years Celebration Book”! Good design, by the way. Posters! Stickers! Yum. The father of it all: Shigeru Miyamoto. Thank you for superb level-designs! [...]

Found this ‘Usavich: Buchi-Kire (Super-Mad) Book’ at Ministop convenience store! Full coverage of who and how the mini-animation series were made. The characters never speak in the show, so I don’t know how much the names are of  significance. I didn’t know the series was a Japanese production. Really cool, though. Magazine comes with a [...]

One of Japan’s 2011 Heroes are Nadesico Japan: World Cup Soccer champions! I actually haven’t seen the games, but they are the trending topics of this summer. I did get to see the last few moments of the championship live on television! Congratulations Japan! We hope great news like these will help encourage people in [...]

AKB48 Special Mook by Playboy Magazine Japan. AKB is a Japanese cultural phenomenon… It’s hard to explain, so visit the AKB48 wikipedia page for details! Includes full coverage of AKB48 General Election 2011 plus extras like posters and cards. This event had more media coverage and rates than Japan’s recent prime minister election… Playboy does [...]

Picked up this very adorable book from METEOR when I visited for Fami-Mode 2011 tickets!