For the first time ever the Tokyo Film Center will be holding an International Film Festival which will be screening short films made by talented filmmakers who come from different parts of the world. The event will be held on Sat 25th and Sun 26th of July.
So, if your asking yourself “Is this one of those movie buff festivals where they’re just after your money?”, I have to say YES, we are movie buffs but not after your money because it’s a no charge event, yes you got it …

I still remember when this song caught my ears as it left me with a strong impression during a TV commercial.
Sakura War was first released as a video game for Sega Saturn. Then, it became an animation for TV and musical because of its charming characters and well thought-out stories.
The character’s costumes and names are like Japanese ones from around the end of the samurai period, but they live in a very technologically advanced nation with advanced weaponry. The main characters are such pure ladies, though they have strong wills …

Hello Kitty, the leader of Japanese Kawaii (Cute) culture, got 35 years old this year.
Sanrio Company created her just that long ago.

She had been for little girls for a while. But, a Japanese popular singer said that she loved Hello Kitty’s goods, and then the lid was off and she got popular among broader generations.

Here, I will publish Kami Anisons (Godly Awesome Animation Songs).
The memorable first one is Sosei no Aquarian. It is from a Science Fiction animation, which broadcasted in 2005. The story is about the war between humans and their enemies, Datenshi (Fallen Angels). They were beaten 12,000 years ago, but came back due to cataclysmic weather changes. Global Warming, anyone?

Yuka Kashino, Ayano Ohmoto, and Ayaka Nishiwaki are members of Perfume, they have an enormous popularity to not only boys, but also girls in Japan.

Their mechanical dancing, cute techno sounding music by Yasutaka Nakata, and their rugged characters attract people across various generations.

Almost ready…This giant 35-ton, 18-meter tall, full-scale Gundam is in Shiokaze Park within Odaiba, Tokyo to commemorate 30 years of Mobile Suit Gundam. The Gundam sports a moving head and is able to shoot mist and light from fifty points on its body. Check out the cool video below.

Susumu Hirasawa is a very eccentric and interesting techno musician, who’s always looked for new challenges in his music.

If you have seen Satoshi Kon’s animation films like “Paprika”, “Millennium actress”, or “Paranoia agent”, you must have heard Hirasawa’s songs. The harmony of his high voice and the chorus of “Vocaloids” (a kind of virtual vocalist) are awesome and addictive.

This giant 35-ton, 18-meter tall, full-scale Gundam is being built in Shiokaze Park within Odaiba, Tokyo to commemorate 30 years of Mobile Suit Gundam. Once complete sometime in mid-July, the real show will begin. The Gundam is to sport a moving head and be able to shoot mist and light from fifty points on its body.

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Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese seiyū and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne.

Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called ‘Gunkanjima’ that is hardly known even to the Japanese. Long ago, the island was nothing more than a small reef. Then in 1810, with the chance discovery of coal … people came to live there, and through coal mining the reef started to expand continuously.