Posts from — April 2008
Picture Moment : Neon Shanghai Restaurant Sign
Here’s a neon-retro Shanghai restaurant sign. There should be more of these!
Technorati Tags: design, neon sign, restaurant, Shanghai
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April 23, 2008 No Comments | 564 views
Japanese Manga Film “Death Note” at London’s ICA
Popular Japanese Manga Film “Death Note“, directed by Shusuke Kaneko will be shown at the ICA from this Friday for a few dates.
This spin-off from a best-selling Manga series is one of the biggest popular hits to emerge from Japan since the original Ring.
A must for fantasy fans and Goth-inclined teens, this chiller-thriller breathlessly follows the mayhem that ensues when law student Light is given a special book that can cause a person’s death just by writing their name in it.
Urged on by the Angel of Death (a memorable CGI creation), Light becomes a serial-killing vigilante and attracts the attention of a mysterious detective mastermind known only as L.
The 6.15 screening on Friday 25 will be introduced by Paul Gravett, director of the ICA’s Comica Festival.
Death Note performance days are: 25 - 30 Apr, 2 - 8, 10 - 15, 17 - 18 May 2008.
Technorati Tags: Death Note, film, Japanese, Japanese Manga Film, manga, Shusuke Kaneko, Ring
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April 22, 2008 No Comments | 822 views
Brazilian Japanese Vector Illustrations
Elisa Sassi has excellent, clean Japanese character illustrations in her portfolio. She’s a self-taught artist from Brazil.
Technorati Tags: illustration, Japan, Elisa Sassi
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April 21, 2008 No Comments | 810 views
Female Samurai Figure by Esc-Toy
The new Kissaki figure by Esc-Toy, stands at 10 inches tall and will be exclusives at this years NYCC show with very limited numbers.
Find out more on UrbanRetroLifestyle.com
Technorati Tags: designer toys, Esc-Toy, Kissaki figure, NYCC show
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April 20, 2008 No Comments | 522 views
Japanese Thong Girl
Whoa - Spring is coming - at least in Japan.
Technorati Tags: fashion, Japan, thong jeans
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April 19, 2008 No Comments | 1,374 views
Japanese sushi chef creates Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and Pandas
Something a little different with sushi. Japanese sushi chef Ken Kawasumi, recreates Van Gogh’s Sunflowers with sushi.
He’s also created some mammals and other “characters”:
Technorati Tags: cuisine, Japan, sushi, sushi pandas, Van Gogh Sunflowers
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April 18, 2008 3 Comments | 1,127 views
Japan’s Stupid Robot Contest
More proof of Japan’s endearing eccentricity. Meiwa Electronics‘ annual Stupid Robot Contest is a place for inventors to showcase their stupidest inventions, as long as it follows three rules:
1. It must be mechanical
2. It must be completely useless from a societal point of view.
3. It must make people laugh.
This guy plays a flag game and falls down…
Technorati Tags: Japan, Meiwa Electronics, stupid robot contest
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April 17, 2008 No Comments | 338 views
China Picture Moment : Woman walks through Cottonwood Seeds
A woman tries to cover her mouth as she walks through cotton-like seeds from poplar trees, also known as cottonwood trees, in Beijing, China, on April 14, 2008.
More than 300,000 poplars in the Chinese capital are flowering and releasing pollen, adding to Beijing’s air-quality problems — exacerbated by industrial pollution and sandstorms.
Technorati Tags: China, cottonwood, photographs
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April 16, 2008 No Comments | 246 views
