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For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓     It’s about time we dedicate an article to the hugely popular hobby of GUNPLA (ガンプラ Ganpura), which has been around for decades with a devoted and growing fan community in its homeland as well as abroad. Gunpla is the abbreviation (oh how Japanese like to abbreviate things!) of the words GUNDAM + PLASTIC MODEL and the products are manufactured by the renowned Japanese toy company BANDAI. Gunpla are customizable assemb

As you already know, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo (Japan), and founded on June 15, 1985. "Spirited Away" (2001) was their highest success, grossing over US$290 million worldwide and also winning a Golden Bear in 2002 and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003. Many of their works have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, and four have won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Five of Studio Ghibli's films rec

The most popular way to make your Gundam look its best is to paint its detail lines.The popular consensus is that you should line with a color and darkness relating to the plastic you're working on. For example, when lining on white use a light gray. For medium colors try a darker gray, and on dark or somethings vibrant colors use a black. If you're lining with paint try to mix in portions of the base color for a subtle effect. Remember to try different things and go with what you think looks

You behold a beautiful scenery that leaves deep impressions, sit in a coffee shop to unwhide from a busy sightseeing tour through the city or a philosophic moment comes to as you wait at a remote railway station, with MIDORI's Travel's Notebook series you may capture the essence of the those very moments and make it an unforgettable memory. The notebooks come in two, brown and black, respective three colors, the 2015 limited blue edition, and two size formats, regular and passport. The starter k

  For nearly 70 years, Pentel has supplied the world with the highest quality products, in fact Pentel invented roller ball technology...the smoothest way to express ideas.  Today we want to introduce you The Pentel Fude Touch Sign Pen, a must-have for every cartoonist and ink artist, a version of the popular and long-lived Pentel Sign Pen, but with a brush tip, adds a further dimension to the popular Sign Pen, capable of expressive strokes with its flexible fibre tip. This felt tip br

Calling out to Nintendo players! Are you prepared to blast off to PNF-404 and help Olimar fix S.S. Dolphin to get back to Hocotate? Today we'd like to spread the word on Pikmin goods you can get here, at J-Subculture! If you're someone from the GameCube era, then you probably know about the game Pikmin. Even if you don't, you must have seen Olimar and his little plant friends here and there on the Nintendo Wii or 3DS. The Pikmin series offer a three-dimensional, real time strategy

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓   On your marks, splat or get splattered!    SPLATOON for the WII U brings a fresh stroke into NINTENDO's game landscape and squids have probably never seen such a rapid rise in popularity - even if it is not for the palatine, then for the screen, as the INKLINGS, who can shape shift easily between humanoid and squid form, chase each other around the bizarre city of INKOPOLIS.  After many year

It´s not the first time we talk about Japan´s favorite eraser, Tombow´s Mono eraser, we already introduced you the fantastic Tombow Mono One eraser, a extremely compact, convenient and refillable Tombow Mono eraser. This time we bring you something even better, the super useful Tombow Mono Zero Eraser!  Imagine that you combine a Tombow Mono standard eraser and a mechanical pencil, that´s exactly what the Tombow Mono Zero is. This is probably the world´s thinn

  The Cow Brand Beauty Soap that is made in Japan offers simple, natural ingredients for healthy, soft, and beautiful skin. It is a famous brand of Japanese bar soap that has been loved by all since its production in 1909. Through its continuous usage, your skin will grow supple, smooth, and gain a youthful glow. It is a trusted brand of soap that will never fade out. There are two different kinds of Cow Brand Beauty Soap. They come in BLUE and RED. The kind of soap varies, but the good ef

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓ POKEMON, or Pocket Monsters written out, is a franchise centered around fictional creatures that often root or are inspired by Japanese folklore, which is filled with specters, demons, ghosts and other mystical beings of old. Since its launch in the mid-90's, Pokemon rapidly spread out and has firmly established itself as a top media franchise, representing an unprecedented phenomenon around the world. There are numerous video games, animated