http://www.shin-otaku.com Shin-Otaku Blog Site Thu, 15 May 2008 08:30:09 +0000 http://www.shin-otaku.com/index.php?permalink=20080515083009 Hatsune Miku Cosplay
While the word "ミクミクミクミク" (MikuMikuMikuMiku) is still spinning on my head after my blog about Hatsune Miku's fame in my previous entry recently, I could NOT resist but to point this cute cosplayer out. I first saw her on Danny Choo's blog and he pointed the source Yukawa...]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 08:30:09 +0000 http://www.shin-otaku.com/index.php?permalink=20080512100155 Vocaloid Hatsune Miku: All About Her Fame
As a PVC figure collector, I just could NOT miss Hatsune Miku (初音ミク). So who the heck is this girl who suddenly pops out of nowhere and jumped into the PVC figure scene exactly? If you would have asked me this question a while ago, you'd see lots of "???"-signed halo on my head. She was discovered when I was lurking around at Play-Asia & Amazon and she was ranked top (#1 on both sites in fact) in their figure pre-order listing. Having that informed, I could not resist but to study more about her. After some 2 hours of consultation with ゴード　グーゴル ('God' Google), I was pointed to the mega virtual library, Wikipedia and including the all following findings... ]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 10:01:55 +0000 http://www.shin-otaku.com/index.php?permalink=20080507074747 Consumerism In Japan: Girl Power and Otaku!
It has been quite a while since I read this UK Magazine called WTF (What's The Future?) Issue 3, published Feb 2008. I find the headline interesting -BIG IN JAPAN- and I thought I should mention some of the interesting parts here. Excerpts from the magazine are indented as follows...]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 07:47:47 +0000 http://www.shin-otaku.com/index.php?permalink=20080507074418 Shin-Otaku Officially Launched!
Hi and welcome to this newly born personal blog. Shin-Otaku is a blog site belongs to the author, Divne Fang who is a super otaku wannabe. Here he shares his thoughts just about anything related to otaku in this very portal -figurines, anime, games, jpop, cool technologies, Japan, Japanese language e.t.c. As of time of writing, he is especially obsessed with...]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 07:44:18 +0000