[Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary 3] Summary of August, September and October Part 3 (Game and Manga)

Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary 3

Games

Sonic Colors 

(Updated date: Sep 11 2013)

You can buy Sonic Colors Wii
From Amazon.com!

Sonic Colors is a 2010 platforming game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is released by Sega for the Wii and Nitendo DS. I played this game on Wii. It is so much fun! It's soooo speedy and the graphics is so beautiful. Of special note is the high quality of the sound! The music is very fantastic and matched for all stages. Especially, I love the opening theme, "Reach for the Stars"!

Hiroshi Yamauchi

(Updated date: Sep 20 2013)

Former Nitendo head Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away at 85. He made Nitendo as a worldwide company. 
In 1889, Nitendo was a playing cards (Hanafuda) company but they made the "Game and Watch" in 1980. We loved it so much when we were a kid. Everybody had one and we wanted keep it in our hands all the time like the cell phone. In 1983, they made "Family computer (Nentendo Entertainment System: NES)".

Manga

Doraemon

(Updated date: Sep 04 2013)

Doraemon English Comic
Audio Version
from Amazon.com!

Doraemon came from the future. His work is to help Nobita who can not make anything anytime.
Nobita asks Doraemon to make something well. But sometimes he tries to solve a problem by himself with his courage. He is a boy who is actually very kind and taking care about his friends and he has the guts. That is why Doraemon helps him with his full might. Doraemon has 4 dimension pocket which he can remove the tools of the future. I really wanted get the tools when I was a kid. 

Buddha

Buddha
Osamu Tezuka
from Amazon.com!

(Updated date: Sep 05 2013)

Osamu Tezuka is a pioneer of manga in Japan. He wrote a lot of fantastic manga until he died of the cancer of the stomach. One of his manga which I love very much is "Buddha". This story is based on the real story of Buddha. You will be able to know what the life is, what the human is, why we exist in the world and where God is. Our life are connected to everything even the small lives like the bugs and the flower. It is easy to understand the Buddha's work. You should try to read this!!!

Power Ranger is made in Japan

Power Ranger
Storybook
from Amazon.com!

(Updated date: Sep 06 2013)

Shotaro Ishinomori is a manga artist who wrote Goranger. Power rangers is coming from his Manga, Goranger. The goranger series is airing on TV from 1975 and it is still going on! When I was a kid, I love this rangers. Red, Bule, Green, Yellow, Pink! Red is a leader of them. Pink is only lady. The situation is now a little bit different but the concept of Ishinomori is still same.

Dragon Ball

(Updated date: Oct 05 2013)

Dragon Ball vol.1
from Amazon.com!

Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. 

If you collect all seven dragon balls around the world, a dragon "Shenron" will show up from the balls. And then Shenron will ask you, "I will grant your one wish." The main character "Goku (Son Goku)" had No.4 dragon balls as a keepsake from his grandpa. A teenage girl named Bulma find it on her dragon ball radar and she meets Goku. Dragon Ball is a feature-length cartoon drawn "friendship", "adventure", "effort" and "battle".

"Are you hungry? Eat my head!" A Japanese super hero "Anpanman"

Anpanman
Heart Warming Life Series
from Amazon.com!

(Updated date: Oct 16 2013)

Anpanman (アンパンマン) is a Japanese picture book series written by Takashi Yanase. He passed away at 94 yesterday. I would like you to know his wonderful work "Anpanman" today and have to say this first to you that Anpanman is a very weird Japanese hero. 

Thank you so much!