Whenever I need to find old/rare anime (unlicensed of course)  I head over to Boxtorrents.com, but last weekend I was shocked to find the website was gone! Not just down for maintenance but completely vanished with only a placeholder declaring the domain was for sale by owner. Even if you weren't a member, this affects ... [Read More]

If you've ever watch any school-related anime, then you're undoubtedly familiar with skirt-flipping (the after-school activity where you flip a girl's skirt to get a peek at her panties). Well now you too can unleash your inner perv with Mekuri Master AKA Skirt-Flip King. This free flash game by Nigoro.jp challenges ... [Read More]

"It is a fantasy on earth but can humans fly in space?" ponders the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). We'll soon have an answer. Astronaut Koichi Wakata will attempt to ride a "flying" carpet inside the Japanese laboratory Kibo at the International Space Station (ISS). And while that will no doubt provide ... [Read More]

For years programmers having been trying to teach robots to be more human. Now ironically the robots are teaching us. As part of Japan's 'robot in every home by 2015' agenda (AKA enslave humanity), Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi has created Saya, a robot that can speak multiple languages, take roll call, and never goes on ... [Read More]

There's a van that goes from town to town harvesting organs. It sounds like the newest J-horror movie, but it's real. Chinese police are deploying the vans, which carry out executions by lethal injection, as a more humane alternative to the traditional death by firing squad. But Amnesty International says they've "gathered ... [Read More]

What's black, 12 inches long, and fits in the palm of your hand? That's right, the new 1/6 scale Barack Obama Action Figure from DiD corp. This isn't some cheesy bobblehead knockoff. It's a fully posable work of art. There are 3 sets of hands (grasping, finger pointing, and posable), 2 heads (mouth open/closed), and ... [Read More]

For just 50 bucks you can poke some Asian box (legally). Tuttuki Bako, or poking box, is the newest curiosity out of Japan. Similar to Cube World, Poking Box features spunky stick figures but it's much more hands on. Players can stick their finger, or any other appendage (wink wink), inside the game and interact with ... [Read More]