On May 12th 2008 in the Sichuan province in china there was an earthquake that took the lives of 69,196 people. This tradgedy makes its mark in the history books as the 19th most deadly eartquake of all time. The most deadliest earthquake of all time was Tangshan China in 1976 with 242,419 dead. Continue reading “Stars shine on natural disaster”
New news writer Fazman
Welcome to the AP news team Fazman. He is our first non-host member of the news team and will be posting Japan and Industry related news. Join me in welcoming him.
Tokyo Wanderings #2
Full day #2. I decided to spent more time in Akihabara this time. So I headed over there in the morning. I spent a lot of time just browsing the stores, played a bit more of the Gundam game. I have decided that yesterday must have been a fluke, because this time I got my ass handed to me. Instead of being the top out of both teams, I was near the bottom this time. Plus I was against people with much more advanced mechs, either they had played a lot more or had paid a lot more. I found a great CD called CROSSFIRE BARRAGE by CROW’SCLAW which I’m currently listening to on repeat. It’s all instrumental metal. Continue reading “Tokyo Wanderings #2”
Anime Boston 2008: Ian Condry
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This is Ian Condry’s panel from Anime Boston. Many thanks to Rangiku for recording this panel.
Man who issued death threat against Mizuki Nana arrested
A man who allegedly issued a death threat June 19th on 2ch against … (Mizuki Nana) was arrested the day prior to her July 5th LIVE FIGHTER concert in Yoyogi (between Harajuku and Shinjuku in Tokyo).
Part of the threat posted on 2ch was. This roughly reads “You can all relax. I will use a 2 ton truck and a dagger to kill Mizuki Nana and her fans in Yoyogi.” Continue reading “Man who issued death threat against Mizuki Nana arrested”