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The second-best otaku shopping center in Tokyo
By Muza-chan on Aug 10, 2009 | In Anime & Otaku | 1 feedback »
Today was a rainy day in Tokyo, just fine for some otaku shopping… This time I went in Nakano, in search for… anime figures, of course. ![]()
I wrote two days ago that Otome Road is the second place in Tokyo for manga/anime shopping. After I visited Nakano, I understood that I was wrong: the number of the manga/anime shops and the merchandise variety available, places Nakano on the second place on the list of otaku shopping in Tokyo.
The shopping center is located in the Nakano Broadway, close to the JR Nakano station. The entry is located at the end of this arcade:

The shops are at the second and third floor:

Here I found several Mandarake shops…

… a big Tetsujin statue guarding the entry:

Several shops specialized in trading and chibi figures…

… and many new and second-hand anime figures shops…

A cosplay shop catched my attention:

I found a lot of interesting items, I completed my Death Note trading figures collection with Rem, which i was missing and I even found the chibi Date Masamune I was searching for, but at the price of 4.000円 ( a trading figures box costs around 600円 )… I didn’t buy it.
By the price, the chibi figure with Sakata Gintoki from Gintama is also very popular these days.
20 years of Ghost in the Shell
By Muza-chan on May 1, 2009 | In Anime & Otaku | 3 feedbacks »
This month marks the 20th anniversary of The Ghost in the Shell ( 攻殻機動隊 - Kokaku Kidotai ) manga.
One of the most appreciated cyberpunk manga, Masamune Shirow’s work was adapted into three anime movies, two anime television series and and three video games.

The main character, Motoko Kusanagi, bears the name of the famous sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi and we can assume that this is not a coincidence, because the name of mangaka Masamune Shirow (born Masanori Ota) is also linked with the history of swords.
The name Masamune is based of Goro Nyudo Masamune, who lived in the late 13th - early 14th centuries and is widely recognized as Japan’s greatest swordsmith.
More information on official site and Wikipedia.
Manga Ghost in the Shell împlineşte 20 de ani
Luna aceasta se împlinesc 20 de ani de la apariţia manga The Ghost in the Shell ( 攻殻機動隊 - Kokaku Kidotai ), una dintre cele mai cunoscute şi apreciate lucrări din genul cyberpunk, adaptată în trei filme, două serii anime şi trei jocuri video.

Personajul principal, Motoko Kusanagi, poartă numele celebrei săbii Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Pornind de la faptul că mangaka Masamune Shirow (născut Masanori Ota) şi-a luat ca pseudonim un nume legat de istoria săbiilor (Masamune), putem presupune că nici alegerea prenumelui Kusanagi nu a fost întâmplătoare.
Numele Masamune a fost luat de la Goro Nyudo Masamune, cel mai mare creator de săbii din Japonia, care a trăit la sfârşitul secolului al XIII-lea şi începutul secolului al XIV-lea.
Mai multe informaţii pe site-ul oficial şi Wikipedia.












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