CyberAgent, [J] which manages “Ameba,” has begun to offer the second installation of their English conversation study application series for iPhone, “Moshi Kareshi Ga Gaikokujin Dattara Eikaiwa” (If Your Boyfriend was a Foreigner English Conversation), “Moshi Kanojo Ga Gaikokujin Dattara Eikaiwa” [J] (If your girlfriend was a foreigner English Conversation). Although the price is set… Continue reading What If Your Girlfriend Were a Foreigner? CyberAgent’s English-Study App
Tag: Android
Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone
Saitama-based company Pocara [J] released a new iPhone social camera application “Nailapp”, dedicated for nail decoration lovers. We covered some geeky nail-arts by Japanese girls before. As well as other countries, there are not so many ladies in industry so having those techy nail art may show how popular nailing in Japan. Must-have feature for… Continue reading Nailap – Nail Art Photo Sharing Service For iPhone
Voltage’s Romance Game For Girls “Pirates In Love” Advance Overseas
Voltage company has begun to offer “Koi ni Ochita Kaizoku Ou,” one of their popular games from the “Koibito Game” series on their official website, in an English version intended for overseas applications on iPhone and Android as “PIRATES IN LOVE.” This marks the first part of the “Romance Sims” series aimed for North America.… Continue reading Voltage’s Romance Game For Girls “Pirates In Love” Advance Overseas
Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App
Nyotai-Goyomi (=girl’s body calendar. The word nyotai is the same one in notorious nyotai mori) is a set of girls’ photos who has date drawn somewhere on her skin. The date drawn on girls seem to be in various formats including Japanese digits. If you don’t understand Japanese date notations, these apps may be not… Continue reading Nyotaigoyomi: Page-a-day Calendar Girls App
Opt Offers Social Recommendation Application Market “myappee” Also In Coordination With T-points
Opt has begun to implement the social recommendation application market “myappee,” which knows which Android apps are popular based on “Like this” and user tweets. New applications are also open for registration [J]. Myappee is a service which introduces popular applications for Android. It combines “ranking.” “recommended,” and “points” to introduce the truly most popular… Continue reading Opt Offers Social Recommendation Application Market “myappee” Also In Coordination With T-points
BREAKING: DeNA Officially Launches Mobage to All English Speaking Countries and China
In a truly global rollout, DeNA has just announced that Mobage social games platform for Android has just been released in English-speaking countries around the world as well as China. Mobage is immediately available for download on Android in these markets, with more than 100 game titles currently in development for English-speaking markets. DeNA aims to deliver… Continue reading BREAKING: DeNA Officially Launches Mobage to All English Speaking Countries and China
DeNA Recruits Legendary Japanese Game Designers Into “Super Creators” Initiative
In a press conference yesterday, DeNA announced [J] the formation of the “Super Creators” initiative, an all-star team of five veteran game designers from the traditional Japanese games industry who will create social smartphone games for Mobage. All games will be published by AQ Interactive. The veteran game designers include: Keiji Inafune: Legendary game designer formerly employed… Continue reading DeNA Recruits Legendary Japanese Game Designers Into “Super Creators” Initiative
Dentsu Releases Android Decorational Twitter Client Decotter
Dentsu, Japanese advertising colossus, released a new Android client with D2 Communications and Bijutsu Shuppan Networks Co., Ltd. The new client Decotter lets you tweet not only 140 characters text but also Deco Sozai(=decoration materials), colourful images and character letters. FYI, those “deco moji” are not emoji, which is now part of Unicode. With maximum… Continue reading Dentsu Releases Android Decorational Twitter Client Decotter
Angry Jobs – Throw Ninja Stars To Beat Off Androids!
Angry Jobs is an Android game developed by Japanese Studio Hitori (“hitori” in Japanese means “one man”), who is also selling an iPad Twitter Client TwitRocker. In the game, you play a guy who is wearing black turtleneck and blue jeans to shoot falling green Androids with shuriken, a Japanese ninja flying dagger. Swiping your… Continue reading Angry Jobs – Throw Ninja Stars To Beat Off Androids!
Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications
If you still doubt that Japan is in the middle of a smartphone revolution, here is another news item that serves as a good piece of evidence for it: Japanese pop sensation AKB48 released apps for the iPhone and Android today – in both English and Japanese (iTunes, Android market link). Fans of the country’s… Continue reading Japanese Girl Band AKB48 Gets Android And iPhone Applications