Japanese high school students made stop-motion animations with blackboard, chalks and all school things for school festival. The first one uses over 2,500 photos, the second one over 3,000. According to the poster’s comment, free tools like PictBear [J] and NicoVisualEffects [J] are used. via @ryohgo_narita
Author: akky
[Live] 4chan’s moot Talk With 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki
On Nico Nico Live tonight, 20:00 July 27 (Japan Standard Time), Christopher Poole aka moot and Hiroyuki Nishimura’s talk session is being broadcast now. (if you prefer Japanese page, here is Nico Nico Live Japanese version) Moot x Hiroyuki Social Media Talk Session Join in on the entertaining talk show featuring 4 chan founder Moot… Continue reading [Live] 4chan’s moot Talk With 2-channel Founder Hiroyuki
Web Reactions – Japan Analog TV Ends Its 58 Years History
All Japanese analog terrestrial television broadcasting were terminated today at 12:00 p.m. July 24 (Japan Standard Time) as planned, aiming more effective radio wave usage by re-assigning their bands from analog TV to newly introduced digital TV. They have been simultaneously broadcast until today. All channels stopped in 44 prefectures, besides three prefectures, which suffered… Continue reading Web Reactions – Japan Analog TV Ends Its 58 Years History
July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Early part of July news which we did not write as a dedicated article. Continued to (Part 2) Asiajin’s WordPress was upgraded to version 3.2. Referred pages are all in Japanese, unless otherwise stated. Yahoo! Omiai – Yahoo!’s Renovated Matchmaking Service Launches July 1 Taiwan AMD Website Features Schoolgirls Ifengine – Multi-platform Novel Game Engine… Continue reading July 2011 Japan IT Links (Part 1)
Microsoft Japan Introduces Another Anime Girl For Small And Medium Business
Following to the cloud girl Claudia, Microsoft’s Japan local branch tries to appeal their target by using a new character. The Microsoft Virtualization campaign page suggests three Hyper-V solutions to Small and Med sized enterprise. The character name and other information are not disclosed but some anime fans already pointed out that it must be… Continue reading Microsoft Japan Introduces Another Anime Girl For Small And Medium Business
iPhone App Helps You Predict Next Vacant Seat On Commuting Train
This app can be used everywhere, but probably it is only needed in Tokyo. Densha de Suwaru (sitting down on train) by Velc is a newly released free iPhone application to make your own database of passengers whom you commute with every morning and night. On the app, for each other passenger you will make… Continue reading iPhone App Helps You Predict Next Vacant Seat On Commuting Train
Lady Gaga Kicked Out From YouTube By Uploading SMAP Program
Lady Gaga’s Japan visit was a sensation, left a lot of news with celebrities including Japanese’ Ophra Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, prime minister Naoto Kan and SMAP, long-time ruling boys unit. Lady Gaga’s appearance on Japanese TV was estimated 135 million dollars worth [J] if it was advertising. Gaga is recognized as a celebrity who directly talk… Continue reading Lady Gaga Kicked Out From YouTube By Uploading SMAP Program
Apple Lowering iPhone App Store Prices For Yen: 115 becomes 85
Japanese Yen has been staying high against US dollars, especially last year. Apple finally thinks its 115 yen(US$1.45) is too much for $0.99 apps. @kokubucamera reported [J] that all 115 yen iOS apps are now sold at 85 yen, which is $1.08 on today’s rate, about 26% discount this morning. 230 yen app is now… Continue reading Apple Lowering iPhone App Store Prices For Yen: 115 becomes 85
Twitter Finally Supports Japanese Hashtag
Official Japanese Twitter blog announced [J] today that Twitter is now capable of Japanese character hashtags. Now when you use # or its Japanese version ＃ followed by Japanese keywords on your tweet, that will be automatically linked on Twitter. As Japanese is not a language separated by spaces, it is a bit tricky to… Continue reading Twitter Finally Supports Japanese Hashtag
Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone
Two huge Japanese social gaming networks who are working on oversea expansion showed a new move to utilize their accumulated assets on Japanese feature phone world – Flash based games. On June 30, Mobage company DeNA announced [J] that they had purchased Broadtail, a Tokyo-based tech start-up, who developed a tool named “ExGame” to run… Continue reading Mobage And Gree Both To Bring Their Flash Games Into Smartphone