Tokyo Rampage....

Posted on 06/09/2008 00:59 | by kei | 6 | Category MISC
Like many, we were very affected by Sunday's events in Akihabara, and send our sincere condolences to the victims and families. For those who don't know, a Japanese ("tired of living" according to Japanese police) was driving a truck that swerved into pedestrians, in th…

kitsunebi21 in The end of the world (Canada)- 06/09/2008 @ 09h02
*sigh* Well, what can I say? This incident, recent scandals in the US.…read »

albundyhere - 06/09/2008 @ 12h12
holy shit what a psycho! in most countries including here in the US, h…read »

Srudes2 in The Netherlands- 06/09/2008 @ 12h43
Hello, I would like to send my condolences out to to the families and…read »

This Week on Akihabara News

Seattle Mobius 2008, Here I Come! USB Fan from Green House A New Keyboard from Enermax in Two Classic Colors Pioneer's at it Again with a New DVD…
Posted on 05/18/2008 | by Korben Dallas | 0 | MISC

What Happened Last Week on Akihabara News?

What was "hot" last week on Akihabara News? Well here you are! •Samsung Strengthens Its Blu-ray Leadership •New Hello Kitty Goodies of the Week…
Posted on 05/04/2008 | by Daimaou | 0 | MISC

Mandarake's New Store in Akihabara

Mandarake is one of the most famous used anime and manga-related product stores in Tokyo, and worldwide. With three stores in Tokyo (Nakano Broa…
Posted on 04/25/2008 | by Daimaou | 2 | MISC Timotei- Wow, that's some old stuff. Th…read »
muurschilderingen- Looks pretty nice…read »

Sa-ya-chan Launches a New DVD in Japan

A little bit off topic, but we were pleased to receive an invitation from E-Net Frontier to participate in their official DVD launch event last…
Posted on 04/21/2008 | by Daimaou | 7 | MISC Danny- おっぱいおっぱい！…read »
Timotei- She's pretty cute, I would say…read »

Mario Kart Wii Unboxing

Ok! Ok! Ok! Mario Kart was officially launched yesterday, but we barely had time during lunch to run like madmen to the nearest video game stor…
Posted on 04/10/2008 | by Daimaou | 6 | MISC Cutkillavince- Excellent, I will have mine to…read »
Danny- Want!…read »

Get Your Own Copy of Vista SP1 Ultimate â�� Now in Japan!

Get Your Own Copy of Vista SP1 Ultimate ∑ Now in Japan!

This Saturday Microsoft held a small joint promotional event for the launch of its SP1 based Vista software "Vista SP1 Ultimate ∑.” This event…
Posted on 03/16/2008 | by Daimaou | 7 | PC whatever- Not a Microsoft event ......…read »
Daimaou- Microsoft was present during t…read »

Hey ! We’ve been Blogged !

I've known of the Blogged website which promotes and rates new blogs a bit like the “Guide Michelin” book… Yesterday I received an email from…
Posted on 03/11/2008 | by Daimaou | 4 | MISC fz22gq- Nice to see they appreciate a…read »
CesarCardoso- Cool! Akiba News is taking ov…read »

Pi-Box Sizka from Pinon

Nowadays there are tons of compact desktops and the Mac Mini is by far one of the most famous. Let’s imagine for a minute that you can spend as…
Posted on 03/10/2008 | by Daimaou | 0 | PC

Looking for the Ultimate HDD Storage Tower?

The well known company behind the Lubic Cases this week-end promoted in Akihabara their ultimate storage case for HDD. It allows you to store u…
Posted on 03/10/2008 | by Daimaou | 2 | PC Thetrue- Kinda small for my taste, I us…read »
Leefe- Lol I don't even have half as…read »

Participate in this Survey and You Have a Chance of Winning One of Our Three Prizes (Panasonic R7, Nintendo DS Lite, or PSP Lite) !

Hi folks, we have three contests for you coming ! One with NihonCar.com as well as on ManualGear.com (coming Monday) and starting today on Akihab…
Posted on 02/23/2008 | by Daimaou | 11 | MISC Rod- I hope I win!…read »
ArcticWolf- Interesting survey, lol…read »

Akiba Maid Cafe Style!

While most Geeks in the world are CRAZY about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, a pretty slick Windows Mobile phone (photo below), Japan decided to mo…
Posted on 02/11/2008 | by Daimaou | 7 | MISC fz22gq- It's National Foundation Day t…read »
kitsune- M. Akihaba, You live in parad…read »

Mario World Slippers for Geeky Men

Are you are a fan of Mario and his imaginary world? Well treat yourself nicely with these great Mario World flavored slippers...…
Posted on 02/07/2008 | by Daimaou | 3 | MISC Cutkillavince- Great, a pair for me :D…read »
kitsune- Just out of curiosity, are the…read »

How Do Video Game Parallel Imports to China and HK Really Work?

As you may know, Japan is often the first country to get cool toys when it comes to video games. Strangely, a few days or weeks after the launch…
Posted on 02/06/2008 | by Daimaou | 8 | MISC MicroDesign- He wears Vans. _o_…read »
Cutkillavince- Very interesting, thx…read »

And You, What Did You Buy this Morning?

This morning I went walking around Akihabara, and I couldn't resist purchasing some geek oriented T-Shirts. I also bought a patch (to put on my…
Posted on 02/06/2008 | by Daimaou | 7 | MISC Marc- The T-shirt on the left is fro…read »
Cutkillavince- Nice tee-shirts…read »

O.T. Lord I Want One, and Sorry for Yesterday!

First of all I apologize for yesterday’s lack of news on Akiba, BUT I have a pretty good excuse. The past two days I was testing the most AMAZIN…
Posted on 01/17/2008 | by Daimaou | 4 | MISC Cutkillavince- Nice to hear…read »
Markus- Link? Can´t find it in Nihonca…read »