Hello Kitty’s pink world and serene face are a soothing healing totem for me when there is stress and illness. I use the healing pink light of Reiki and when I became a Reiki master many years ago I became interested in all things Japanese. Hello Kitty remains a part of my life, from Hello [...]

Fans of Bleach will enjoy this DS game. This is the third one that I have reviewed, each one has had a different format. This one is a turn based RPG so there is no button mashing. You select the activities of your characters from menus and wait it out while the animations go. It [...]

There is a divination method popular in Japan that is similar to the Ouija board. The Kokkuri device is hand drawn each time it is used instead of using the pre-made cardboard one. Although the Ouija dangerously enters the participants into a contract with random and often deadly demons. The Kokkuri summons specific helper spirits [...]

Ma Jong

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You’ve seen it online at websites like Alwar or Popcap Or in anime such as xxxHolic Kei Episode 6 Memento and Saki which is an anime entirely about high school Ma Jong champs. In some cases the origins of the tiles is attributed to Confucious or even to Chinese soldiers who adapted it from an [...]

Bleach 10th Opening

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A good deal of the popularity of Bleach in the US has to do with the music. The tenth opening theme does not disappoint. Upon further investigation of all things ‘sugoi!’ “cool!” in Japan is this video of Shojo S Artists Scandal. What is not to love here? Four beautiful and talented Japanese ladies soaking [...]

Ponyo and Nekko Taisho

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Nekko Ramen Taisho = Cat Ramen Boss The ramen cooking cat Nekko Taisho cooks up a storm to battle his abusive Dad in this strange but funny live action film. It includes a J-pop star, and a celebrity cat named Tama who is a train station mascot. Nekko Taisho the movie came from manga originally. [...]

The anime series Blood + and the short  film Blood the Last Vampire (2000) were very good anime. It also spun off PS2 and PSP games. The anime and manga had a deep plot and a vampire mythology that was a little more fresh than most. They used mythology and settings from ancient Egypt, Bordeaux [...]

Today’s mail brought the news that Viz Media has canceled Shojo Beat. “Why is Naruto on the cover ?” I asked, and my partner handed me the letter with the bad news. Shōjo is the Japanese word for a “young girl”.  In english it is romanized as shojo.  Shojo Beat Magazine offered monthly insights into [...]

xxxHolic Shunmuki

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xxxHolic is a supernatural manga and anime series. There have been two seasons and this summer we are awaiting an OVA and volumes 14 and 15 of the manga. This release is slated to be the end of the series. But you never know. There have been times when that has been said about other [...]

Afro Samurai PS3 Review

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Often reviewers despair for something new. We long for something fresh, a game that changes things up. You get one of those usually once per console sometimes once a year if we’re  lucky. A good game is fun, but a great game changes the ladscape of gaming and raises the bar for everything that comes [...]

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