[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!

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series!!!

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス) is a baseball team founded in 2004; it played its first season in the Japanese Pacific League in 2005. The team is based in Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture where people got the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Their stadium was heavily damaged by floods during the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 2011.

On the day, the team was in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture where is close to Osaka, Japan. But their family was in Tohoku. When they had the news, they tried to call their family but they couldn't reach them and couldn't go back to Tohoku at the time.  

The staff and the players of Rakuten Eagles tried to think what they can do for Tohoku every night while they can not go back to Tohoku. They started a fund-raising activity in the away.

On April 2nd 2011, the captain of Rakuten Eagles, Motohiro Shima gave a speech in Sapporo Dome, Hokkaido. He said, "Let's show Tohoku's fundamental power!". This phrase was greatly encouraged the people in the disaster. If Rakuten Eagles can win the game, they can give a great hope and courage for the people.

The manager of Rakuten Eagles
Senichi Hoshino

But they couldn't win in 2011. They finished in 5th place. In 2012, they finished in 4th place. The manager of Rakuten Eagles, Senichi Hoshino believed the players. "Just do your best. That's it. Because you guys have a huge potential. "

They achieved a big goal yesterday. This win gives hope and courage for the people in Tohoku and in Japan.

Thank you, Rakuten Eagles! 

Thank you so much!!

[Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary 2] Summary of August, September and October Part 2 (Electronics)

Here is the Part 2 of ASJ Monthly Summary! Thank you!

Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary

Electronics

You can buy Cyber-Shot TX30
from Amazon.com! 

Sony Cyber-Shot (Updated date: Sep 18 2013)

I have a iPhone 4s in my hand now. I use my iPhone to take some pictures often. And also I have sony's Cyber-shot. I have not used my Cyber-shot for a while because I have iPhone and it very useful but when I compare the quality of the photos of iPhone and Cybershot, there is still big different between them. 



A brand-new camera from Sony (Updated date: Sep 27 2013)

Sony brand-new camera
DSCWX10

This is a brand-new camera from Sony. The model name is DSCWX10. I saw this camera on the internet a while ago and I actually could touch it and took a look of this camera's feature at Sony of Canada Ltd yesterday! This camera can attach to your cell phone like iPhone or Xperia. First of all, DSCWX10 connects to a cell phone through NFC (Near Field Communication). 



ToTo Washlet "Neorest" (Updated date: Oct 08 2013)

You can buy ToTo Neorest
from Amazon.com!

I think you can guess what the Washlet do for you without my explanation. When I used Washlet first time, the feeling was so weird. Of course, every time I used the paper so it should surprise no one that I felt like that. I think everybody feels like that. It just feel odd. I couldn't use it for a while after I used it first time. But I tried to use it again. I don't know why, I just wanted use it. I felt the same way but the feeling was a kind of different. It does not feel good but I felt it so clean. There is a warm air dryer so you can dry your bottom after you wash. But it takes a little time to dry so I use some paper at the same time. It makes your bottom clean very much. This is the most important thing. If you have your bottom issue, Washlet makes you happy.

Panasonic
Toughpad 4k

Will 20-inch tablet [Toughpad 4k] be able to save Panasonic? (Updated date: Oct 08 2013)

A Japanese electronics company, Panasonic will release 20-inch tablet "Toughpad 4k" in December 2013. The price will be USD 4600 or CAD 4800. The mainstream tablet in the world like iPad is about 8 to 10 inch and the price is about $500.  The price of Toughpad 4k is about 10 times bigger than the normal tablet. But this Toughpad 4k is not for the small customer. It is actually for the business person who is a car dealer, an architect or etc.

What of Retro appearance, FUJIFILM X20 is amazing？ (Updated date: Oct 29 2013)

You can buy  FUJIFILM X20
from Amazon.com!

FUJIFILM X20 was released in the spring of this year. This camera has a cute design in a very retro. My father had such a camera a long time ago. The camera looked like this camera. The size is small and I think you want to try to hold this camera. It reminds you the good old days. The design is retro, but the functionality is the latest.



Unprecedented experience, It connects the game and people [Sony PS4™] (Updated date: Oct 30 2013)

You can buy PS4
from Amazon.com!

Sony PS4™ will launch on November 15, 2013, in North America, and February 22, 2014 in Japan as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles.
PlayStation 4 achieves rapid access to content and high processing capacity, optimization of user experience, integration with social and a second-screen features, and provides a new unprecedented entertainment to all user of PlayStation 4 as a best playground.  

Thank you so much!!

[Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary 1] Summary of August, September and October Part 1 (Book and DVD)

I started this blog since the end of August. I am trying to update some wonderful Japanese products and some Japanese people everyday. So I think I should make a summary of a month. I hope it can be a good things for you to find a nice Japanese stuff again.

Thank you!

Astro Shop Japan Monthly Summary

Book

Parasite Eve (Updated date: Sep 12 2013)

Mitochonddria are the energy factories of biological cells. It has own independent genome againt human genome. It has been in the cells over hundred million years. It try to occupy the human being to take up initiative. It was so thrilling and scary story but very interesting. I want to introduce more books by Hideaki Sena.

Koishikute (Updated date: Sep 17 2013)

Haruki Murakami's new book "Koishikute (Ten selected love stories)"is now in Japan. The picture is from a japanese news paper. I have not read this book yet but it says he selected 9 love stories of the novelists like Maile Meloy, David Kranes, Tobias Wolff and Lauren Groff etc. And his new love story is in the book! Of course this is a japanese book but I just wanted introduce his new book to all. 


Kazuo Murakami [The Devine Code of Life] (Updated date: Sep 17 2013)


Did you know that the bene is not much diffferent between human and chimpanzee? It is only 1.2% different! But the looks and almost everything are different between human and chimpanzee. Because some of the genes of human are ON but those genes are OFF in chimpanzee. The switching of genes makes the different. 







A Compass to Fulfillment  (Updated date: Sep 19 2013)

Kazuo Inamori has founded and led to global success two giant corporations, Kyocera and KDDI. Also he helped Japan Airlines in bankruptcy in 2010. He excellently could bring Japan Airlines back from the grave. 
He has his own philosophy and faith. That is a kind of very easy things to do but people forget or don't believe it. He tells us what the life is, why we are existing, what we should do for our life.

DVD

Honey and Clover (Updated date: Aug 31 2013)

Honey and Clover (ハチミツとクローバー) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chika Umino. It is also known as HachiKuro (ハチクロ) and H&C. The series was also adapted as a live action movie, which was released in theaters in Japan on July 22, 2006. I actually watched the movie by DVD. It was so warm and lovely movie for me. 

High and Low (Updated date: Sep 09 2013)

"High and Low" is created by Akira Kurosawa. He is a great Japanese film director. The title in Japanese is "Heaven and Hell". One day, Kingo Gondo got a phone call from a guy. The guy said "I kidnaped your son." But his son, Jun was just playing outside. Jun was OK. The kidnapper mistook to kidnap. The boy was Shinichi, a son of Gondo's chauffeur... There is no way to pay the ransom for Shinichi because he is not Gondo's son. But what if the kidnapper killed Shinichi? Shinichi is a best friend of Jun. Gondo has to make a decision.

Totoro (Updated date: Sep 09 2013)

A university porfessor Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, move into an old house. Satsuki and Mei met the monsters but they are not scary monsters. I think they love kids and love to play with kids. I believe they are the fairy. If I can, I want to meet them too. The film is good for the kids! 





Whisper of the Heart (Updated date: Sep 23 2013)

This movie is very thoughtful and warm. Shizuku Tsukishima is 14 years old girl who is a bookworm. One day, she found out Seiji Amasawa is reading same books at a library which she read already. There were his name on the check out cards of some books which she was trying to read. He is reading a book which she wants to read and she is reading a book which he wants to read. Shizuku is wondering "who is Seiji Amasawa". She got a feeling that she wants to meet him.

Unprecedented experience, It connects the game and people [Sony PS4™]

Sony PS4™ will launch on November 15, 2013, in North America, and February 22, 2014 in Japan as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles.

PlayStation 4 achieves rapid access to content and high processing capacity, optimization of user experience, integration with social and a second-screen features, and provides a new unprecedented entertainment to all user of PlayStation 4 as a best playground.  

The game life of PS4™ spreads on the network out of your living room to combine your daily life. You can get the surprise and excitement by getting in tune with the game and people, and people and people. A New gaming experience, with a new game console!

I don't know why Sony release PS4™ in North America faster than Japan. Don't they want to sell it for Christmas in Japan? 

This is a promotion video PS4™. Sound exciting!

Thank you!