Japanese Anime TV Ranking
Here’s the Anime TV ranking in Japan (Kanto region) for January 28 – February 3, 2008. It includes the show, the TV station, and the average household rating. Source: Video Research (Kanto Region) Sazae-san Fuji TV 21.7 ????? ????? Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV 15.3 ???????? ????? Detective Conan NTV 9.5 ?????? ????? Yatterman NTV 9.4 ?????? ????? Doraemon TV Asahi 9.4 ????? ????? Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi 9.2 ????????? ?????...
Who needs another Mortal Kombat movie?
I have to admit that, as a kid, I was into Mortal Kombat and who wouldn’t be with all the blood and gore previously unknown to gaming. “Finish him!” became a buzz word among gamers. But many incarnations later, it suddenly lost its novelty. I have to admit that starting with the third game, I’ve grown tired of it. And also with the offshoots of the franchise. The first movie, on its own, was a big...
Hunter x Hunter is back
Photo from Wikipedia Hunter x Hunter (read as “Hunter-hunter”), is back after a long (an over all total of 2.3 years) break! The popular shounen-manga-turned-anime was created by Togashi Yoshihiro who is also famous for creating YuYu Hakusho (a.k.a. Ghostfighter), and for marrying Sailormoon creator Takeuchi Naoko (I’ve always dreaded a nightmare cross-over of Sailormoon and Yuyu). The new installment of Hunter x...
Genius TwinWheel F1 Set for PC/PS2
I have always been a PC gamer. And that meant being a keyboard ninja. While I did develop some proficiency with games, I’ve never developed quick enough thumbs to match button mashers. I’ve never bothered buying joysticks or gamepads either. Until today, when gamepads are required by many sports games on the PC, I still resort to using a virtual gamepad driver. One exception though – racing games. No matter what you...
Rock it with Air Guitar Pro
Remember the Japanese dude who won the World Air Guitar championships? I bet he was practicing with this: Photo from StrapYa World Yep, this amazing gadget from Takara Tomy uses infrared to simulate real guitar strings. Photo from StrapYa World You can choose rock and roll classics such as Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water;” or you can J rock to the max with “Kanpai” by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi. Photo from...
Lightsabers to invade Soul Calibur 4
When you hear the tag line “May the Force be with you”, obviously Star Wars comes to mind. Most of us have seen all six of the movies, while some went as far as to collecting anything there is that has Star Wars in it. And if these people are yet to touch a video game controller, then they may want to get themselves either a Sony PlayStation 3 or a Microsoft Xbox360 and play Soul Calibur 4 when the game hits the shelves...