Another Cute Gadget!

Ok, so you all know I love cute little things. Like the sleepy peach tumble dolls or the Big Momo (かわいい！) that are available over at Strapya-World (I'm still waiting on those Sakura stickers, the Kawaii Bean-Jam Buns, and the white Healing Owl to be in stock...). Well, I found something else that is equally as adorable and fun.

Poken are little electronic social business cards. What they do is store your cyber information (such as for your myspace, Twitter, and Facebook accounts). When two Poken meat up, they high-four and swap business cards in a matter of seconds. Simple. Cute. Handy. No pun intended.

I bet you want one, too. Right? Oh, come on now. Say it. "I want one!" That wasn't so hard now, was it? Well, thanks to the people over at JapanSoc you have a chance. Head on over and see how. It's not like it's rocket science or anything... Hum. That really isn't a good analagy; I once knew a litteral rocket scientist who foregot to tighten the tire he was changing before driving his car.... Yah...



Ok, so where are we going today?
JapanSoc - http://japansoc.org
Poken - Official home - English site - http://poken.jp/en/
Strapya World - http://strapya-world.com

Drop Everything!

So it's very late Thursday night (oh, wait... 4am makes it Friday, right?!) and I'm sitting here channel surfing Japanese TV (waiting for the darn Zune to sync) when I stumble across a commercial for DROP. "What is DROP?" you may ask. Well, I didn't know. But it looked good, and being the inquisitive person that I am *cough-drama addict-cough* I did some searching.

Turns out DROP isn't a drama but a movie based on the manga of the same name. The movie is directed by Hiroshi Shinagawa who just so happens to be the writer of the manga/novel. Oh, here's what Anime News Network had to say about it:

Drop's story follows Shinagawa's early life as he grew up in the streets of 1980s' Tokyo. Young Shinagawa decides to become a delinquent after reading the manga classic Be-Bop-Highschool and transfers from a private middle school to a public one. Shingawa's new life of cigarettes, bats, and iron pipes begins when he meets the leader of the delinquents at his new school.

Shinagawa first wrote the story in 2006 as a novel with illustrations by manga artist Hiroshi Takahashi (Crows, Worst). Another manga artist, Dai Suzuki, adapted the novel for Monthly Shonen Champion in 2007, and three volumes have since been compiled. The producers plan to open the film in the early months of 2009. - ANN

Interested? I know I am. Sure, it's a guy's fighting flick but you know what? Mizushima Hiro is in it! Oh, yah. And with a very full head of BLOND hair. Narimiya Hiroki is also in it sporing a very nice read top (er, the hair, not his shirt).

Check out the movie for yourself. Visit the official website here. Be sure to check out the trailers (which are of a much better quality than the ones on youtube) and judge for yourself.

Just in case you wanted to watch it here anyways, you can ^^ Enjoy!