GPM Anime Challenge is an anime character making contest run by NASA and JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Overview Anime is a Japanese style of animation popular around the world. Anime characters have filled television shows and comics, and inspired costumes and educational activities. The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) and our partners at the… Continue reading NASA and JAXA Runs Character Contest
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Northeast Japan Support Character “Touhoku Zunko” Appears On iOS Game App
SSS LLC. [J] has released the iOS game app of the northeast Japan support character “Touhoku Zunko.” Download is free. “Touhoku Zunko” is a free copyright character made by SSS to show support for northeast Japan. The character is based on the “Zunda Mochi” (rice cake) famous in northeast Japan, and creators who want to… Continue reading Northeast Japan Support Character “Touhoku Zunko” Appears On iOS Game App
Hachioji-city Makes Unofficial Android Girl Character Droiko-chan
Hachioji is a city in Western Tokyo, about 1 hour ride train from Tokyo station. It is a bedroom suburb of Tokyo with 555,000 population. The city, local chambers of commerce, enterprises and universities formed a project Cyber Silkroad Hachioji [J], which aims economic development of the city. The latest Android news from Hachioji is… Continue reading Hachioji-city Makes Unofficial Android Girl Character Droiko-chan
Kyushu Mascot Character “Kumamon” Android Apps Released
A Team [J] has released the Android applications Kumamon’s Simple Clock Widget, Kumamon Full! [Kumamon’s Clock Widget], and Kumamon’s Live Wallpaper♪, based on Kumamon, Kumamoto Prefecture’s tourism PR mascot and champion of last year’s Mascot Character Grand Prix 2011. Download is 200 yen each. Kumamon is a character born out of Kumamoto Prefecture office’s shinkansen… Continue reading Kyushu Mascot Character “Kumamon” Android Apps Released
Microsoft Japan Windows DSP Campaign Comes With Its Anime Poster Girl Nanami Madobe
Microsoft Japan’s Winter campaign of Windows Ultimate DSP version [J] comes with Deanne Cheuk design Touch Mouse and its official poster character Nanami Madobe. Nanami Madobe (Madobe Nanami in Japanese name order) was originally an unofficial character appeared from an Akihabara shop, became an official later before Cloud girl and Hyper-V girl. Nanami is from… Continue reading Microsoft Japan Windows DSP Campaign Comes With Its Anime Poster Girl Nanami Madobe
WordPress Japanese Official Character Gets A Name
WordPress set [J] its Japanese official character in February 2011, and held a naming contest [J] recently. So its name is Wapuu. Wapuu’s character is copyrighted by the creator Kazuko Kaneuchi [J], but the license is the same as WordPress, GPL version 2 or any later version. Six Apart, a blog application rival who led… Continue reading WordPress Japanese Official Character Gets A Name
Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?
[Update 2011-08-01] Some emoji-s may cause troubles by bugs. NAOI reported [J] folder with emoji-s categorized in specific section could disappear. Japanese blogger NAOI pointed out how Lion, the new version of Mac OS X, added more support of color emoji on its system level. Gmail has been known its emoji support, but that support… Continue reading Will You Use Color Emoji Folders And Files On Mac OS X Lion?
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
Project: Holding Hands – Popular Characters Cheering Survived Kids
Teotsunago (=we shall hold hands) is a new project which many creators gathered their popular characters, to encourage people who suffered the East Japan Big Earthquake. The big list includes some very popular characters such like Doraemon, Miffy, Shimajiro, Domo-kun, Cheburashka, Elmo, Toro, etc. We are holding our hands hoping to deliver smile to everyone… Continue reading Project: Holding Hands – Popular Characters Cheering Survived Kids
Hello Kitty Twitter App For iOS
It’s official. Bandai Namco has just released Hello Kitty themed Twitter client under the license of Sanrio. With basic Twitter client functionality, you may select two themes, “Kitty White” and “Kity and Love Teddy”. The app also has puzzle game It is available on iTunes app store with $2.99. English, French and Japanese menus are… Continue reading Hello Kitty Twitter App For iOS