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Japanese fashion model Nozomi Sasaki tries to reach out to the otaku crowd in this video where she visits a maid cafe in Akihabara dressed as a schoolgirl. It makes for a very fun watch but not for the intended reasons. Half the time her expression screams “GET ME OUT OF HERE!” and the other half it mutters “what the hell is up with these weirdoes?”. Watch her laugh, is she laughing with the maids or at the maids?

And this was easy, she was sheltered. I’d like to see her deal with the attention of a couple dozen otaku. I’m not sure she’d hold up… but it would be quality entertainment!

[JapanSugoi]

Most of us men hate it when women just stare at us blankly, they are either pissed, judging us or preparing to give us the look. However, in japan, some men will actually pay to see a woman staring them down. That’s why Avex Group in Japan have released their Miteru Dake (just looking) DVD in which you can select from any 50 women including children and the elderly to stare blankly at you for one minute and one minute only (that is unless you loop them). Here’ we’re showing you 3 examples of Just Looking for your… um… entertainment.

The mind runs wild coming up with theories of why on earth they want this. Its weird, its creepy, its kinda disturbing but this is, after all, Japan.

[Mitery Dake / Japan Probe]

In a likely attempt to expand her legion of lonely otaku to the english speaking world, Shoko-tan, Japanese otaku idol (and an otaku herself) has started blogging in english. Well this is somewhat of an overstatement, as her posts are actually being translated by someone in the shadows.

In this blog she narrates her stay in Los Angeles while she appears as a guest at LA’s Anime Expo. Its filled with tiny tidbits of info and pictures, pretty much her saying how American cosplayers are so cute. This girl has Japan tied by its collective nutbladder and now she’s about to do it to America too.

Go on, click the link! You know you wanna go look at the pretty pictures and then argue online about how she’s your waifu.

[Shoko Nakagawa English Blog]

The many faces of street fashion in Japan never ceases to amaze, from gothic lolitas to ganguro, there’s always something exciting going on. Today we’ll see two videos about Hime Gyaru or Hime Style. A fashion trend about looking like a pseudo-Victorian princess and apparently adding as much curls and volume to your hair as possible. I guess you could also call it blond Amy Winehouse style.

These two videos deal particularly with a store that specializes in Hime Gyaru clothing called Jesus Diamante. Apparently some of the gowns in there go for over a thousand bucks. Where do these people get all that money?! I don’t really see them leading very well paid corporate jobs dressed like this. But who knows, Sanrio needs executives too I guess!

[Tokyomango]

Swiss underwear company Sloggi held a competition in Japan find Nihon’s best booty. Check out the video to see highlights from the show and an interview with the winner Kaho Watanabe, in which she talks about how she was apprehensive about entering the contest and didn’t think she’d win because she’d burnt her arse sitting on a curling iron. Silly girl obviously forgot to plug it out before she sat on it. Roll video.

Would somebody please pass me a flashlight, because I’m looking for those girls’ arses. I’ve seen more booty on ironing boards! The judges must’ve had a hard time deciding on a winner because all of those girl have arses as flat as pancakes. There is a misconception and stereotype that all Japanese girls have zero junk in the trunk and Sloggi’s ‘Japan’s best ass’ competition didn’t do much to counter that. Though in the winners defence, she has a nice rack. What she wasn’t graced with in the back, she compensates with in the front. So congrats to Kaho and her ‘best ass’ win.

[Mainichi Daily news]

When video game characters enter the mainstream culture they are usually revered by all and pop culture embraces them. They become icons, they become gods! Oh wait, that’s only if they are male characters. Female characters get turned into horrible Halloween costumes, such as this Juna outfit which isn’t much of an offence in the resemblance, its a nicely made costume but its such a blatant rip-off! And to add insult to injury the model looks like a whore, you can even see her nipples with that blouse. With no offense to whores out there but if you are peddling video game costumes the very least you can do is have a sexy geeky girl do the part. I know a good amount (you know who you are) and any of them would have been a thousand times better.

Then again, can I really complain? This 3wishes we are talking about, the company that made the infamous Peach costume, a pac-man bra and even turned a bee into a slutty outfit. Oh yeah, and did I mention they also did Chun Li? Oh sorry, Kung Fu Cutie they call it.

[3wishes]

Two of japan’s oldest private high schools have been fighting for the claim of inventing the iconic Japanese sailor schoolgirl uniform. The picture above is of the first sailor schoolgirl uniform used by Heian Jogakuin, one of the disputing schools, and as we can see things were a lot different back then.

It was another time, a simpler time, long skirts were all the rage and freakish tiny dogs were like today’s phone charms. But time goes on and time changes things, usually for the better and we can now see how Japanese schoolgirls…

…have come a long way. A toast to the Japanese Schoolgirls!

[Japan Probe]

A sequel to Kite, one of my favorite anime movies of all time was announced a while back and even a shorter while back, about a week ago, the trailer was released. This is not news, but the trailer was tyrannously trapped inside the publisher’s website. So I took it upon myself to liberate it from its prison so you fine people could enjoy it without having to do the inhuman effort of clicking a link. So here it is, in all its glory with its crappy video quality intact. And if you haven’t seen kite, shame on you!

Oh yeah anime doesn’t get much better than high school girls kicking ass! Kite Liberator comes out somewhere in the first half of 2008.

We’ve seen our fair share of Akihabara video tours, some aimed at foreigners, others by and for normal Japanese citizens who find the whole Otaku thing fabulously fashionable to know about right now. Next year? Not likely. But now Japan Sugoi brings us a collection of Akihabara shop tours by Otaku, for Otaku. Akiba.tv is a relatively new Japanese website where Akiba duelers tour and review the most prominent shops and even some hidden treasures. The videos are very cool, despite the lack of english subtitles.

Like this optician’s shop where not only does some random Japanese guy stand outside rocking out with a giant owl but a cute girl in cosplay will clean your glasses with care and put them back on your ugly mug. Which for any glass wearing male is about as awesome as it gets!

Rock on Salary Man, rock on!

[Japan Sugoi]

We previously covered the crowning of Miss MaxGames, a sort of queen of mobile gaming in Malaysia, and today we have for you an exclusive interview with Deborah Tan, Miss MaxGames. Find out what king of gamer is the queen of mobile gaming, her take on female gamers, casual games and even if she and the Maxgirls fight crime at night, awesome! Hit the jump for the interview!

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From the department of fucked up what-if scenarios comes this video  of a Maid football team battling it out with a Dominatrix team on a football match. Only in Japan Ladies and Gents! Maids, the epitome of submission and purity versus Dominas the epitome of aggression and perversion, epic!

Aww, that’s too bad, but for a team of maids they sure know how to dribble.

Its time for a little relaxation and eye candy, wouldn’t you say? How about this Aya Hirano photo shoot video? She’s the Seiyu who gave voice to Haruhi Susumiya, Misa Amane in Death Note and currently Voices Konata in none other than Lucky Star. In this photo shoot for Japanese magazine Voicha! Aya breaks from her usual good girl style when she’s transformed into a full gothic lolita, Internet gold I tell you!

Although, for being a voice actress her everyday voice seems… less than appealing to say the least, you may watch it in mute and spare yourselves the experience.

[Japan Sugoi]

Singapore just scored a a point for mobile and female gamers worldwide with the crowning of Miss MaxGames, the queen of mobile gaming. Deborah Tan, and no this isn’t Tuesday-tans, won her title after beating 14 other contestants in a mobile gaming tournament organized by MaxGames, the leading mobile gaming publisher in the Malaysian area. Her prize? A PS3 and a contract with the MaxGirls, MaxGames’ all-star female gaming team, with an annual pay of 15,000 Malaysian Ringgits, roughly $4,340 USD.

No idea how much use the queen of proverbial casual gaming will enjoy the cancer-curing hardcore gaming super computer, perhaps a Wii would have been better suited, or hell an N-gage!

[Miss MaxGames]

If there’s something that’s brought Japan both fame and infamy is their ability to obsess over anything. On the one hand you have superior engineering and administrative process, on the other… this.

The Japanese can and will eventually have an idol for everything, the latest addition to the ominously growing list are these, mask idols. Worn to prevent spreading colds and getting allergies, masks have evolved into fashion items. Gothic lolita masks, maid masks, schoolgirl masks and even masks on gravure idols (glorified bikini models).

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I dont know about you, but my video game prowess has rarely helped me impress the ladies, much less romancing them on the first date. But it seems back in the 80’s, when gaming as so much less geeky and much more thrilling (italicized for the sarcasm challenged), it made the girls like putty through your fingers.

No, being young, funny and quick witted Italian bachelor has nothing to do with it. Its the Mario effect! It was the rage amongst teens, 8-bit aphrodisiac.

[overtime comedy]