Yoshito Usui was found dead at the foot of a cliff near the Gunma prefecture’s Mount Arafune. He was a 51 years young.
Usui was most famous for creating the manga Crayon Shin-chan, a weekly serial published in Weekly Manga Action. First debuting in 1990, the series follows the comedic adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke “Shin” Nohara and his family, friends and neighbors. The manga and its 1992 anime adaptation have been regarded by some as Japan’s equivalent to The Simpsons, and is popular worldwide, aired in Spain, the US, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Poland, Vietnam and other countries.
At the moment it is not clear what will happen to the future of the series. Hopefully it will continue on in some fashion. Even so I will surely miss Usui’s work.
One day, sooner than you may think, everyone could have cyborg powers enabling them to move around with much more ease. This could mean vast life improvements for the disabled.
Finally, NIS America has a Twitter! To make this news even sweeter, they are thinking about implementing exclusive Twitter giveaways and contests.
NIS America is, of course, the Japanese counterpart of Nippon Ichi Software. They love bringing Japanese pop culture over to America. However instead of releasing a new video game, they are bringing a picture book to the US.
“Tsubame the Ninja is a story about a ninja boy, Tsubame. He is an ordinary elementary school student during the day, but at night he and his family turn into Ninjas! The story follows his life and the Ninja Olympics, which Tsumabe enters.”
It is a hardcover book which will be shipped out mid-September. Pre-order it at the Rosenqueen store.
In what sounds like it’s actually some sort of elaborate April Fool’s day prank on the brink of September, Square-Enix just announced that it would be publishing Japan’s version of Activision’s Modern Warfare 2.
Ever have the feeling that your zombies were not scary enough for the public? Well Japan’s Fuji-Q Highland amusement park thought their zombies were not exactly as scary as they used to be at their 900-meter-long zombie-infested labyrinth. Below is the additional training the zombies were put through to improve their brain eating skills and the such.
You can check out more zombie training videos here.
Today, we have two robot foes locked in mortal combat, except that one is actually a robot, and the other is a robot piloted by a guy. Continue Reading…
No Pokemon cosplay is complete without Kanto region gym badges. On a made to order basis, KeroKeroCola crafts these realistic representations of Pokemon gym badges from polymer clay and paints them with acrylics. $25 for 8 handmade badges? Not bad at all. This Craft of the Day is inspiring me to throw a Pokemon trainer costume together myself.
Today I bring to you rings that I would never wear for fear of destroying them but would love to own. SouZouCreations hand makes these amazingly detailed, adorable rings ranging from tiny little plates of sushi to cups of green tea.
A little bit strange but what is it with minature versions of real life things that make us go dawwww?
Finally, NIS America has a 
Today I bring to you rings that I would never wear for fear of destroying them but would love to own. 
