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Japanese Man to Marry Nene Anegasaki – Who Happens to be an Anime Game Character

by Jay Garrett on November 26, 2009

nene-anegasakiAh…….. that feeling of finding your perfect partner.

You see them and suddenly you drift off into a different reality.

If you spend most of your time on the interweb you may even get romantically involved with someone’s avatar before you actually get to see each other for real….

….or perhaps you fall in love with a virtual girlfriend.

I mean – *really* in love to the point of marriage!

Konami’s Love Plus has apparently made a Japanese man, SAL900 (not his real name by-the-way), fall so deeply in love with his virtual girlfriend that he is planning to legally marry her.

The man flew to Guam to marry the girlfriend, Nene Anegasaki.

I wonder if a virtual wife is still entitled to half the house, car, and music collection?

Here’s a video of the event:

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Scott Pilgrim’s Life Put into Game as well as Movie

by Jay Garrett on July 27, 2009

Scott PilgrimCult comic book character, Scott Pilgrim, is to be made into the star of a videogame as well as a film!

This has been confirmed by creator Brian Lee O’Malley at the San Diego Comic Convention over the weekend.

If you’re not familiar with this cult comic (Subset’s singer, Rom, is a huge fan!) here’s a quick outline:

The graphic novel features Scott as a twenty-something unemployed slacker who falls for “perfect” Amazon delivery girl – Ramona Flowers. However, in order to date her, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends (one of which is actually a girl!).

What begins as your typical emo indie book quickly becomes an over-the-top manga-like epic full of colorful battles and ridiculous silliness.

The upcoming game is set to debut around the time of the feature film (which stars Arrested Development’s Michael Cera).

The game is still early in development by Ubisoft Montreal, so few details are available. What is known is that the game follows the plot of the movie (which in turn follows the plot of the book). O’Malley expects it to be a side-scrolling beat-em-up.

The downside is that we all have to wait until 2010, when the film is due, to find out more.

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Otaku Can Peep At AR Alice

July 20, 2008 Click to read more →

Let me introduce you to the very cool (if not a little scary) world of Augmented reality (AR).
This is the combination of virtual worlds and reality and could lead to extremely useful applications in navigation systems, medicine, architecture and many other fields.
Geisha Tokyo Entertainment Inc. [JP] now found a way to help all single Otaku [...]

G-Force! Gacchaman Phones

November 7, 2007 Click to read more →

If you were/still are a fan of Battle of the Planets you need to check out these limited edition cell phone designs based on the popular manga/anime series, Gacchaman. In addition to these beautifully designed shells, all the icons and notifications on-screen are themed. 

Clockwise from top left: menu screen, screensaver, text message notification, incoming call [...]