You will not believe waht you're about to see.A girl playing with her smartphone while walking fell into a big hole and rescued in the city of Xian, northern part of China. She should have been warned to watch where she's going in the first place.Here's t...
The "C mark" in the title of this app is referring to the "C" symbol in Japanese eye charts. We all start to cover our eyes when we see them.The publisher of this "C mark Touch" turned these tasteless, boring "C" symbols into a very cool game app, believe...
LINE now has more than 30 million users. This popular app lets you make free phone calls to other users. But that is not all. Using official add-on apps, you can enrich your LINE life.LINEFirst of all, you need the main app. As the registration is a littl...
Beeworks, creators of Mushroom Garden, are back with Gourmet Creature Hungry Mogumon! This is the Android port of the iOS app that was released back in May 2011.Here's the official video:You're put in charge of raising a mysterious Mogumon. As the title i...
The browser version of the much-talked-about free-Internet call app LINE is now available for PCs and smart tablets. LINE has been enjoying over twenty million downloads ever sine its release. Unfortunately, this browser version doesn't cover the app's fr...
I know many of you having troubles putting protection filters on your smartphone display. It's not difficult but quite tricky if you don't want to get any air bubbles. Air bubbles under the filter bug me a lot. Here is the good news for you!Twitter user @...
"Tickling Cats" itself was already pretty awesome app, but this new feature takes it to a whole other level. It has returned with more powerful features and this new version KOCHONEKO ZANMAI is almost a bit over the top. But not quite over the top enough....
Many readers of this article may have played the famous Super Mario Bros. game on Nintendo consoles, including myself. Or you might have seen your brothers and friends playing.For those of you, Super Mario Bros. could be a true classic of the video games,...
This is quite amazing. I've never thought that Twitter would be used in this way.Creative Ad/PR techniques change with the times. A Japanese blogger, KiYOTO, reviews an unique and innovative car ad from Argentina for the eco-friendly super compact "smart"...
To tell the truth, I didn't like "Moe" characters. I couldn't make myself come to terms with the trend which makes everything Moe.But as I was getting used to the trend, I started thinking that it was not so bad. Rather, I noticed it had a potential to ch...
You may be able to save thousands on your phone bills.There are tons of free vocie call apps out there and I've never given serious thoughts to them, until I met this app, LINE.If you have not seen or used it before, check out the phone call taking place ...
Squid Girl invades your calculator!A new squidtacular calculator app featuring that popular manga star of the sea Squid Girl (Ika Musume) has recently set sail for your Android phone.Why now? Why a calculator? Certainly this app may sound a bit fishy to a...
Counting prime numbers will help you soothe our souls.Mersenne is an app which you play numbers with a girl named Mersenne who loves numbers. Every element in this app is about numbers and this surely is a unique app.When it's started, it's in "CLOCK MODE...
Nuko Shortcut Icon Free lets you decorate your Android homescreen with cute "Nuko" cat drawings for your shortcuts. This app is a must for those looking to cuten up their smartphone.Nuko is really easy to use. Once the app starts up, you're shown a list o...
I would like to buy it when it really comes to market. On April 20th, @nekomura_otako posted a design plan of cat-shaped earphone jack accessories to Twitpic (See the picture above). Although it was midnight, many Twitter users favorably responded to the ...
So I've been using this app to lull myself to sleep each night, the dulcet tones of this beautiful woman slowly beckoning and relaxing me into a state of blissful slumber. But one night, the thought struck me, "A moe character putting me to sleep is aweso...
It is not a new nameko mushroom, but a tissue box that looks like a nursery for growing mushrooms.Some readers might have enjoyed the latest update of Mushroom Garden. As this game conveys, the spring air is getting warmer and allergy season has come here...
Oyako de Rhythm Ehon is probably not for your everyday time killing, but it can make your life so much easier when your baby simply won't stop crying.It is a simple musical game where you just make sounds along with a song. Create your own set of five dif...
It took everyone by surprise when a big screen racing game appeared suddenly in Times Square, New York. Check out the excitement in this video.This was actually a surprise event held by the Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai for promoting their new ca...
There has been nothing like this ever before.The video above is a introductory video for a smartphone stabilizer. I'm sure many smartphone users, especially those who use it often for videos and photos, would love this a lot. The inventor is Charles Waugh...
I am a big fan of the Mobile Suit Gundam series, and G Generation featuring mechs and characters from the series is one of my most favorite war simulation games. SD Gundum Generation Mobile NEXT UNIVERSE for Android is out now, and it's getting two thumbs...
LINE is getting better and better. We have recently introduced LINE Card, which lets you send greeting cards using the free talk app LINE . Following that, LINE camera was released. As the name suggests, it allows you to send photos to your LINE friends. ...
Tower Defense: Lost Earth is the pinnacle of fast-paced, brainy action-puzzle gaming, recommended for puzzle game fans who wish there was more action.As the title suggests, this is a tower defense game, which means you place weapons on the field that auto...
Well, he does seem a bit artistic at least.I'm talking about the oh-so-popular free messaging and free calling software LINE, with its popular set of "stickers" that instantly and accurately let your friends know how you're feeling.You could say that thes...
The popular iOS rhythm game Cytus is now available for Android phones. The game has the two most important qualities for rhythm games; good music and quick response when tapping the right button.Here's the official preview.While the video is super cool, i...
We have seen very cool optical camouflage effect done in the anime movie, GHOST IN THE SHELL. Now from Production I.G, the creator of the original anime, we have a camera app that does just the same. Let's check it out.Unlike generic camera apps, you need...
Hero Escape Lv. 99 - 60 Minutes to the End Of The World might look like another ordinary smartphone JRPG at glance. Except that your character's level starts at 99. The story begins with your alter ego trapped in prison at the final boss's castle. You ha...
Uchū Kyōdai is a Japanese manga series that started in 2008. This year, it is being adapted into an anime feature, and a live action film to be released in theaters this May.Uchū Kyōdai Kisekae, an official app has been released to celebrate the live acti...
As we reported recently, an official Evangelion smartphone is to be released this June. I'm sure many hardcore fans can't wait till June to get the phone. However, EVANGELION Battery Kanshi is available now on Google Play to help you hang in there till th...
Spring has come, and new funny mushrooms are in bloom. I mean, the first major update for Mushroom Garden Seasons has beem released! This update includes the addition of a new season, "Cherry Blossom." Check out what the new seasonal Mutant Mushrooms are ...
Pokémon overload!Official Pokémon smartphone accessories including hard cases, earphone mics, and straps are now available in Japan, all featuring cute designs that fans of the franchise are sure to love.The image below to the left is the Pokémon silhouet...
KDDI, a Japanese cell phone carrier, has released a new concept smartphone called "iida."This newly designed phone will be unveiled at the Milano Salone 2012. The most interesting design feature is the analog clock embedded in the top left corner of the p...
Although there are some water-resistant available, the majority of them are not water resistant.There have been cellphones before smartphones that were water resistant, and I used to enjoy using them while I was taking a bath. But I can't do that anymore ...
Welcome to Mogu-Mogu Yuna-chan, one of those lovable, stupidly simple games where you feed a cute little girl bananas and chikuwa (fish paste cooked in the shape of a tube). Who the hell came up with this idea? Here's the star of this chikuwa-chomping app...
The well-known sports brand Puma released PUMA SOCIAL NAME CARD as part of PUMA SOCIAL Campaign. With the app, you can create trading cards using your photos which can be traded with your friends via Facebook.The only things you need to enjoy the app are ...
Do you play the Mushroom Garden games? If you do, you might be interested in these strap-on display cleaners as big as the smartphone itself featuring characters from Mushroom Garden is now on sale.As you can tell from the picture above, they are huge. It...
When you're browsing the internet, writing on a notepad, or playing a game, the numbers you need to punch in will disappear once you switch to a calculator. If you ever thought that is annoying, Float Calculator will save your day. It will stay running in...
Luna might be still fresh in your mind. It has drained us of sleep and this and that like a succubus. And its sister app, Futaba has already been released. It will make your rational self embarrassed again. The series is supposed to put us to sleep with a...
With this charger, you don't have to worry about your phone battery, even when you are picnicking outside.Sanwa Direct released a solar powered smartphone charger with USB output. This charger has a capacity of 4000mA in spite of its compact size. It is n...
You can usually tap on the phone number of a restaurant or a store on your smartphone and save it. But there are times this method doesn't work because the number is an embedded image or the link is dead. In those cases, you either have to jot down the nu...
Isn't it amazing how our reading experience has changed so drastically over the past decade? Yomore is a bookmark app that helps you keep track of articles, blog entries, tweets, and status updates you want to read later.After setting up an account with y...
Virginia Road is a steal at only 198 yen!In this game, you meet a girl online and decide to get married without ever having to meet her. Which means the first time you lay eyes on your blushing bride is on your wedding day. Quite a proposition, eh?You've ...
A good news for those impatient Android owners out there.We usually fail to find and lauch apps when needed, when our smartphones are just loaded with many downloaded apps. Isn't there an easy way to find the app we need without searching for it? Well, Sh...
A virtual idol group called "Android48" debuted in Google Play (though the number of members are actually 12).There is already their official page in Facebook, and you can see their profiles and pictures there.Look at the pictures of three members above. ...
I witnessed the future of keyboards.The keys are projected on the surface of my desk in red. How cool! You can actually type letters by pressing these keys, with the new Projection Bluetooth Keyboard (TK-PBL042BK) from Elecom.It can be hooked up to your P...
Following his space-time continuum-altering clock app, the legend returns!Egashira 2:50-no Otona-no A I U E O: Nihiki-me-no Dojo has tons of famous sayings and blood curdling screams recorded by Japanese comedian, Egashira 2:50, and is a must-have for all...
This app may be familiar for those who played the NES a lot. It is the Android version of the same title for cellphones, which is an offshoot of the classic action RPG, Walküre, from NAMCO. It's a side-scrolling action game targeted both to those who have...
Like the name says, MiniWidget-Manner-Alpaca is a widget app. You can have an adorable alpaca icon on the Home screen at all times, but it's not just cute; by tapping the Alpaca icon, you can easily control your ringing of your phone on and off instead of...
Mushroom Garden Seasons, the sequel of the smash-hit app Mushroom Garden, has been released.The basics of the game is the same as the previous version. Choose a Funghi Food, grow mushrooms, get Nameko Points to buy equipments, and collect rare mushrooms.S...
As smartphones are becoming increasingly popular, in Japan, a new term has come to describe its popularity among girls. "Smartphone girls" or "Smapho-joshi（スマホ女子）" is now used to label these girls. Smartphone girls take pictures with smartphones quite a l...
Welcome. This review is brought to you buy someone who has never had the pleasure of actually seeing the Japanese magical girl anime, "Pretty Cure."While it is eminently regrettable that I cannot keep up with my friends when they start discussing the late...
Try sending a greeting card instead of a boring email!The free talk app, LINE now has an official greeting card app called LINE Card. LINE features an SMS function, however with LINE Card you can send cute greeting cards easily!Once you start the app, all...
Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū, also known as "Power Pro" is a popular Japanese baseball game series. Its Android version Powerful Pro Yakyū Touch 2012 has been released. Although the title does not contain the word "Jikkyō" (which means "live" in Japanese), y...
Almost every girl has some kind of photo retouch software installed on their smarphones.Lopica comes with auto face recognition feature that gives you the big eyes, small face, and the perfect skin you've always wanted. Check it out in this video.Let's se...
Kalenda! is a calendar app for Android phones that stays on the notification bar on the screen. Are you having a hard time organizing your home screen because of too many widgets, but you can't decide which one to erase as they all really come in handy? T...
The famous Japanese anime, Doraemon, features many neat gadget introduced by a cat-like robot from the 22nd century. Now you can finally use one of Doraemon's secret gadgets right on your Android smartphone!The app is called Koe Katamarin. The original ga...
Set a bomb, hide, explode, break the brick wall, and set a bomb again... I just cannot remember how many times I played Bomberman on NES back in the old days. And now in this brand new Hyakunin Taisen Bomberman, you're matched up against 100 enemies, wow....
Infinite Face Slapping No.1 is designed to relieve the stress of urban life. How? You slap a mean-looking middle-aged man's face.This is the poor guy you slap.You flick your finger right and left to slap his face. As your stress gets relieved, his face ge...
With NHK Net Radio RADIRU*RADIRU you can listen to NHK FM, NHK Radio 1, and NHK Radio 2. NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization, and it has a wide variety of programs.This app is a great tool to keep regular hours. For example, waking up...
With Japanese Virtual idol, Hatsune Miku, anyone can be a music producer. Most Hatsune Miku music can be heard for free, which made it even more astounding when it was reported that Hatsune Miku-related sales topped $100 million. That's nuts!I myself have...
Thermae Romae Ancient Roman Maker is the official app of the Japanese manga series "Thermae Romae."In Thermae Romae, a Roman architect Lucius Modestus finds a time tunnel underneath a spa which leads to present-day Japan. He calls the Japanese people as "...
A suspicious-looking man approaches you on a deserted street. He gets closer. All of a sudden he exclaims furiously, "You don't want to make me angry! I'll make you regret it! Show me your phone's call history or you're going to pay!" What will you do? Yo...
Almost all pet owners would agree that they have taken photos of their pets at least once. And they would also agree that they can spend hours without getting bored just talking about their pets. Well, PetSmile is a perfect SNS app for those pet-lovers. I...
There are more and more shooting game classics available for smartphones these days. Sonic Wings Special is now added to the list. Along with the complete version, a free trial version is also available. Here's the review of the game. In my opinion, the c...
Number Plate Tokei Widget is a clock widget that looks like a Japanese car license plate. Below is an usage example.It really is photorealistic. The picture below explains how to read the time and date. From top left to bottom right, they are translated a...
PhotoColoring(Free) is an addicting and fun photo coloring app. You can color any pictures you take with your smartphone. Your lovely daughter, puppy dog, name anything. Here is a picture of the Android character to show how it works.After choosing a phot...
Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun is a Japanese arcade game first released in 1986. The Famicom (NES) version also hit the market the following year. It features a delinquent high school student Kunio, and he fights with a bunch of motorcycle gangs to save his frie...
This app has figured out how to get me to notice in-app advertising. Shizuku Talk's super-kawaii "moe" character keeps me coming back!I discovered a pretty amazing app. Well, actually it was just covered at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, but anyway, ...
Andy, sushi, and Manneken Pis... There are various types of earphone jack accessories. Personally, I don't feel the necessity of them, but new products are hitting the market one after another. And this one, happa PLUG APLI is, as you can see, young leave...
THE KING OF FIGHTERS Android is finally out and after playing for a while, it gets two thumbs up from me, a big fans of this series and an active arcade fanatic.This really is an optimised Android version of THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII currently available f...
One of Japan's most famous children's cartoon hero, Anpanman, whose face is made out of Anpan (bean-curd bread), is a real sweetheart. He is a hero of love and peace, helps hungry people by offering his bread face, and fights Meanyman to help the people. ...
It not only looks cool but it's also quite useful.Here is the official video for this product. At first glance, it looks like a cute and colorful bracelet.Both connecter ends of the cable are magnetic, allowing you to roll it up into a ring or attach them...
Seeing as it has been downloaded 5 million times, it makes sense that Bubble Live Wallpaper Bubble has got two million user reviews. I've been always trying out fun wallpapers, but this time what grabbed me was its relaxation effect.This is how it looks. ...
We mentioned in a previous article about FooCat Notes Live Wallpaper, whose main feature is a sticky notepad. FooCat Live Wallpaper doesn't have that kind of useful function, but instead, this app is solely for the enjoyment of watching FooCat's cuteness...
When you're not quite sure with whom you should have lunch, let Myoji Omikuji (Family Name Fortune) decide who will be the best match based on your names.For example, my best match (daikichi) for today (as of Mar. 26) was:It's telling me Aoki-san! But the...
A female version of the popular Android mascot, named "Droid-kun," was revealed in Hachioji Keizai Shimbun. Luckily, Droiko-chan isn't merely a pink version of the original green Android mascot with a cute bow slapped on.Anthropomorphizing mascots and ide...
You can guess what this game is all about from the title. ("Uni" is a Japanese word for sea urchin).The objective of this game is to tap and beat the sea urchin scrolling down on the screen. As you may have imagined, they will move faster and you'll need ...
The tick-tocking of Japan's national broadcasting station, NHK's clock something many Japanese people remember and recognize. The NHK Clock app brings back those memories, and recent updates have made it easier to use than ever. This app is basically just...
Mujinto Dasshutsu is an escape game for Android phones. With its 8-bit graphics and retro music, it will certainly bring back memories of the good old days.Like many other escape games, Mujinto Dasshutsu's the story starts with your alter ego not knowing ...
A new kind of virtual pet-sim app, POPCORN came back with a substantial update. Now it is called POPCORN salt.If you have played the previous version, you will recognize the change of the interface, but there are generally three remarkable improvements ot...
There are times in our life when we have to pretend to be sick.However, as we are not all natural born actors/actresses, it is not easy to pretend illness while talking on a phone. In addition, fake awkward coughs will hurt your throat. Sickfeign is an ap...
Flip Silent is not the most exciting app of all, but definitely one of the apps that many people could never do without. What it does is make it super easy to silence when your phone it rings but you can't answer right away. All you have to do is flip ove...
Seiyu+plus lets you live out your dreams and talk with famous Japanese voice actors! It is a virtual call app that lets you "talk" with recorded voices of real voice actors including:Shizuka ItoYuki KajiAyana TaketatsuAtsuko TanakaKisho TaniyamaEriko Naka...
We use the USB Mini-B Port on our Android devices mainly to charge the battery. But if you would like to make better use of the port, I recommend this card reader.Although it may look a bit unbalanced when plugged into a smartphone, it is useful.Plug this...
"Sensei" is a magnetic drawing board by Takara Tomy that has been loved by Japanese kids for decades. Now it's available for Android phones with new additional tools.Once you open Sensei on your phone, those who are familiar with the original will see the...
Every day, there are so many photo ops for girls. Like the food we eat, fashion, nails, hair, pets, landscape, etc. Girls are so busy in taking photos of each and every moment.However, just taking any old picture is not good enough for most girls. The pic...
A lot can be expected from this official app, built by one of the major karaoke service providers in Japan.It's very common in a dark karaoke room for you and your friends to end up searching for the karaoke machine remote. But now you can install Kyoku N...
Do you have bad eyesight? I myself am ridiculously nearsighted, and heard about this new eyesight improvement app available for Android. It's called EyeMaster.Take a look at this video to see how it works:What an exciting video, eh? Like one of those heal...
Bousai Sokuhou (beta) for iPhone by Yahoo! Japan has been available since last December. Now an Android version is available.It pushes the disaster flash news onto your smartphone, rather than your smartphone going out and getting them. When there's a na...
Bump is a popular app that lets users share data like contacts and photos with others by physically bumping each others smartphones. It is supposed to be used by two people facing each other, but recently a new way to use the app called "Alone Bump" was f...
Picplz is a very convenient photo sharing app. The built-in camera function allows users to take pictures and quickly upload them.You can share photos with others and communicate with them via comments or the "Like it" button. As shown below, if you follo...
Garlic Contacts makes messaging on your phone so much easier. What I like most about the app is that you can make groups from your contacts and easily send mass messages using those custom groups. Something the original message app on my phone could not d...
You must own one or two of those, which you just cannot throw away for no reasons.Strapya, the world famous Japanese online mobile accessory shop based in Odawara City, Shizuoka for its rare lineups of products, apparently held a memorial service for the ...
It was last night. Another sleepless night. So I decided to give this sleep aid app Luna a try. What a mistake. My precious sleeping time (and something else precious to me...) both remained unfulfilled...That's a rather negative way to start of a review,...
Virtual noodles. I have never imagined such thing.Slurp Up Noodles is a game featuring the Japanese way of eating noodles. What you do is to pull the noodles on the screen and making slurping sounds into the mic, as if you're eating soba, udon or ramen.Bu...
Everyone's done it.You say something inappropriate to a friend, a family member, your boss; you didn't mean it in a bad way, it was an accident, but you end up hurting their feelings or making them angry. Then there's the uncomfortable silence that follow...
It's soooo cute-nyan! Nekogo-nyan changes what you type in Japanese so you sound like an anime cat girl!To use this app, all you have to do is choose half-conversion or full-conversion, and you're done! Let's test out "good morning" (ohayo)...(=^・ω・^)ノ＝＝＝...
Every year, as spring approaches, I want to start something new that I don't usually try. This year, I'm thinking to try being more cultural and visit art museums and galleries.But, I have no idea what kind of art events are currently open, or where those...
Rhythm Coin! is a coin drop game for Android smartphones. The game is highly recommended for people like me who keep playing coin drop games at arcades just to keep losing coins. This is how it looks. Look at that cute bear in a jersey in the back. If you...
Securing with passwords is one of the very common themes in the IT industry.There are several smartphone lock apps on the market; however, App Lock MAPAE has a little twist that offers an easy unlock for the owner, but unsolvable for someone else.Accordin...
Some of you might remember the game, Old Offender, but it seems like escape games and smartphones go well together. Dangerous Luxury Liner is another successful escape game for smartphones. Gameplay is very simple, yet the game will entertain a wide range...
Including the world heritage Himeji castle, there are many historic castles throughout Japan. The castles are must-see landmarks, and if you ever go to see them, I Like Castle in Japan will be of your help. As the name suggests, it offers information abou...
This may not stay on Android Market for long, so hurry everyone!The objective is to play a popular Japanese drinking game Yakyu-ken with lookalikes of the members of a very popular Japanese idol group. It is not free (150 yen) but it is getting two-thumbs...
Spring in Japan, where cherry blossoms (sakura) bloom everywhere, is truly a sight to behold.Here is a live-wallpaper app called Sakura Pro Live Wallpaper, for smartphone users who want to embrace the spirit of the season. Below are some samples from Pro ...
Panasonic is releasing the industry-first Android-operated electric rice cooker will in June. Something the American made iPhone would have never come up with perhaps?Here's how Panasonic's new SR-SX2 series rice cooker works: After downloading the app, t...
I was so shocked at how useful this app is! As its name indicates, "Mirror" is an app that uses the smartphone's display as a mirror. By using its embedded camera function, you can see yourself on the display screen like a mirror. Since this app utilizes ...
Japanese mobile phone company NTT docomo recently announced the release of "docomo Next series SH-06D NERV" in June. The SH-06D NERV is inspired by the new anime film "EVANGELION:3.0" releasing this fall, and is dubbed the "Eva Smartphone."Prior to its of...
I keep hearing about SuperMobile Utilities, which supposedly can make your phone's battery last 64% longer. I thought I had to check it out for our readers, and my conclusion is the app is very favorable, although 64% longer couldn't be accomplished with ...
No matter what your preference, the Japanese tabloid paper, Sponichi's Shunketsu! Idol Report will help you find your ideal gravure idol!With Shunketsu! Idol Report, you can find the gravure idol that perfectly matches your exacting tastes. The app runs l...
PAC-MAN Live Wallpaper is now available for Android phones to entertain us with its cute and retro animated wallpapers.For those who don't know about live wallpapers, you can find them on your phone if you open the menu by pressing your home screen and ho...
BABAR was an app for visually showing the remaining battery life of your Android phone. This is a similar app called REBAR, short for "REmain in memory BAR", for displaying the remaining memory in the bar shape.If you used BABAR before, this simple interf...
The Osawari Danshi series, known for letting you talk to hot guys in various different fantasy situations, is finally here, and it's free.Even though this is the free version, it comes with full voice acting and an ending picture, making it on par with pa...
A rhythm game app featuring the electronic diva, Hatsune Miku, hass just been released.In Hatsune Miku no Lip Sync Game, Miku lip-syncs along with the Nico Nico Douga hit songs, "Melt" and "Sayonara Goodbye" (Both full and short versions of each song are ...
This is something all fans of Doala, the official mascot of Japanese professional baseball team Chunichi Dragons, have been waiting for.It is simply a calendar with Doala and his flaming eyes. You can choose from three other designs, as seen in the image ...
Music files are storage hungry, and syncing music data is bothersome. If these are the reasons why you avoid using your smartphone as a portable music player, I would like to recommend PVSTAR+. At first glance, it may look like other music player apps, bu...
To all the allergy-sufferers out there: it's almost that time of year again, where your eyes are insufferably itchy and your nose is unstoppably runny.For you poor allergy-suffering souls, Kafun Browser is a must-have app during this upcoming allergy seas...
The touchscreen, which conveniently lets us do a lot of things in other respects, has a drawback when it comes to talking on the phone. An unintentional touching on it with an ear or cheek sometimes hangs up the phone. It's so embarrassing and irritating....
There're some things in your life that you don't really appreciate until you actually lose them. A physical button to set your phones to silent mode is one example, which is commonly seen on the legacy cellular phones, but not on the smartphones.This is w...
This Android app, Sleep as Android Unlock helps you wake up in the morning. Unless you are a morning person, you probably understand how hard it can be to wake up even to an alarm clock, or how easy it is to go back to sleep again. Here's how this app hel...
Though I'm not very good at it, I'm a massive sucker for puzzle games. I recently started playing Block Puzzle 2.It's probably fair to say that this king of puzzle games is sure to entertain all puzzle game buffs. As seen above, all you need to do is move...
As the title of the app suggests, Dragon Quest Slime Wallpaper is a live wallpaper app starring the slimes from the famous Japanese RPG, Dragon Quest.As you can see from this clip, it is very simple in terms of its feature and design. The blue background ...
Deco Manga COMICMAKER is a photo editing app that makes your pictures look like cartoons using various decoration tools. I always wanted to become a manga artist as a kid, so I didn't hesitate for a second to download when I heard about this app.Luckily, ...
EDGE is a game that received an average of 4.9 user-rating on Android Market. You will find out why this app is so popular as soon as you play it. EDGE features unique action mechanics and a vey techno and sci-fi atmosphere.Have a look at the official gam...
Gomu-gomu Punch!!!! o(⌒∇)=━━━○★)ﾟOﾟ)/Emoji (Japanese Emotes) are fun, aren't they? Just looking at them is interesting. Because I'm getting older and I've got my pride, I can't go using them all over the place like a high school girl, but I can dream, can...
The Japanese broadcasting station, TBS has released many apps featuring anime titles airing on their network. So it is no surprise they issued Kill Me Baby Alarm Clock, a free alarm clock app which is of course based on Kill Me Baby, an anime currently ai...
Katamari Bouncy Live Wallpaper is a wallpaper app for your Android smartphone. It is based on the Katamari Damacy, a puzzle-action game released by Namco in 2004 for the Sony PlayStation2.Katamari Bouncy Live Wallpaper includes wallpapers featuring charac...
If you liked Tickling Cat, you won't be able to resist Desktop Character Ver. Cat, a widget that lets you pet a cat on the screen.After installation, choose a white or black cat. You can name your cat as you like.The cat randomly toddles around in the sc...
It has become a common practice today to use smartphone cameras for taking quick notes. CamiApp does the same but in more sophisticated ways. It scans and converts your notes into electronic format before you lose it.They sell dedicated notebooks to go wi...
Ever since I was born, I have never needed glasses because of my good eyesight.These days, however, men with glasses seem to be popular among Japanese women. So I tried V-O-O-V, a photo app to try on glasses virtually. I'm going to attract all the girls w...
The legendary Japanese comedian, Egashira 2:50 iss here to tell you what time it is with Egashira 2:50-no Ore-ga Tokei-da live wallpaper. This wallpaper is literally covered in Egashira. This app's creator certainly understands the honor and fantastic nat...
So, how many of you own a massager of some sort? Quite a few, I'd suppose. Even though all they do is vibrate. Of course I'd like one, it's just I'm not going to ask what you use it for...Well for the cheap bastards fiscally responsible citizens of the wo...
WeekBar is an Android app that shows the day of the week on the smartphone's status bar. It's a very simple yet useful concept that I've never seen before.You can choose how to display the day from 4 different characters. Say, for Wednesday, it can be sho...
Maia to Issho is a live wallpaper app for Android phones, featuring a character named Maia. There are a few other widgets like Tohoku Zunko and Froyo-tan which stay on your home screen as your friends. But Maia to Issho is a little different. You can actu...
MOJIPITTAN is a Japanese word puzzle video game series, officially called Kotoba no Puzzle: MOJIPITTAN (ことばのパズル もじぴったん). Think of it as a Japanese version of Scrabble.Rules are simple. Choose a hiragana letter from the left and place it anywhere on the b...
How hard do you like your boiled eggs?I like soft-cooked eggs, which is almost raw. However, it's difficult to boil eggs to my desired softness. If you put them out of the hot water too soon, the yolk is still runny, or, If you boil it too long, the yolk ...
Welcome to Talking Girls!, a new Android app from Wani Magazine, the fine purveyor of all things you don't want to be seen looking at in public.Talking Girls! has already debuted on the iPhone as well, so a number of you may have heard about it already. T...
It took everyone by surprise when we saw the description of this app. It was telling that this app will collect one yen from us and donate the rest to charity. It does nothing else. The publisher sure deserves a round of applause.In order to show my respe...
There are a lot of map apps that offer information about eating places. But let me introduce Kaiten Sushi Map, an app that lets you find conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Japan. Unlike many other free map apps, however, it costs 200 yen. So is this reall...
FlipScanner is an app that allows users to scan books with their Android devices. Of course, you cannot expect a 100-yen app to be super professional, but if you're not expecting much and if you don't mind being a bit crafty, this app can really come in h...
March is a big season for traveling overseas by Japanese students who are graduating. Especially now because Japanese yen continues to be strong. And here's an app which will help them enjoy the biggest events of their student lives. As the app title Tour...
GPS is wonderful. It tells you exactly where you are; no trouble, no fuss. That is, if you actually know how to use your phone's GPS function correctly. Let's take my mom for example. She's got a smartphone, one of those gloriously convenient technology t...
Monster Hunter is a series of action role-playing games very popular in Japan. In this series, the player seeks and hunts monsters in a fantasy world. Monster Hunter Frontier Eggrun is a spin-off app of this series.As the title suggests, what you do in th...
Did you know that elementary school kids in Japan is only walks 11382 steps a day on average? That is 30% less than what is used to be in 1980's. This comes as no surprise because everything from transportation to electronic devices has become so convenie...
Music Volume EQ is an equalizer app that lets you control sound effects on your Android device. Are you a music lover who have never used an equalizer? Then you have to get this app. It's free, handy, and most importantly, very effective. You'll be amazed...
Stable your Android phone and start the app. Shoot. Move the objects a tiny bit and shoot again. Anime Camera is designed to create a film by repeating these steps. It is really exciting to be able to create your own clay animations.So let's give a quick ...
Have you ever played one of those push medal games at the arcades? Well, now is the time for you to get back at it.Treasure Toruja is a push medal game for Android phones. To paly, tap on the orange part at the top of the screen to drop a medal so that it...
As some research studies show, certain types of noises increase the power of concentration and reduce stress. However, if you want to keep listening to noises, you need to have a PC or special sound player which can do loop playback. This app COLORED NOIS...
Long time ago when I was a kid, analog games at the candy store near my school looked like this Shinkansen Game II.The objective is to snap a 10-yen coin from start to goal. This version of Shinkansen Game II is just a remake of the retro game of the same...
CoverFlow Dialer is a contact list app which gives your phone an iPhone-like cover flow view function.When the screen is vertical, the contact list is shown in the usual style.Rotate your device to the horizontal position, and your contacts are shown like...
One of the most popular category in Android Market is clock widgets. And here is Aozora Clock which I recommend to anyone who is always looking for a better one.The meaning of "Aozora" in Japanese ("blue-sky") may suggest something very simple, but it let...
As I recall, I pretty much ate and drank throughout the holiday season at all kinds of holiday and year end parties. I also just laid around at home eating and drinking after New Year's, not being physically active. On the first day of work this year, I a...
Calculator is something you cannot find where it is when you really need it. You can paste a widget on your home screen, but it may be ugly and block your favorite wallpaper.Transparent Calculator Widget is a calculator app that looks good, and also is pr...
When you want an anime with big robots transforming and joining together to fight, Genesis of Aquarion is the one to beat. While Genesis of Aquarion ended in 2005, a follow-up series, Aquarion Evol, was announced in 2011 and premiered on TV earlier this y...
I am every inch a gentleman, not kinky or pervy, even though I feel excited to show off my shameful pictures.Every women on this planet hate me and scream when they see me, including my mother. On nightmarish Valentine's Day, I planned to take sanctuary i...
The simplest games are often the ones that attract people the longest. When it comes to being simple, not many games compare to Today's Square. This is an amazingly simple game for Android smartphones. The official description describes it as a "game cale...
A spin-off app of the popular anime series Squid Girl has been released. This app contains three modes: "Photo Collection Mode" : You can collect 11 Squid Girl's pictures. "Dokodemo AR Mode" : You can take CG photos of Squid Girl. "Kyodai AR Mode": You ca...
NetCafe, published by NC Japan (maker of online games like Lineage), lets you search for plaync (a brand owned by NC Japan) certified net cafes around Japan, meaning essentially that it searches for net cafes where you can play Lineage (and also use the n...
If you can't get enough of old-school RPGs like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, you'll love 8bit Command Window!8bit Command Window is a multi-widget/multi-window/overlap type app. Install the app, put the widget on your home screen, tap and...This is wha...
Do you remember the "Pop-up Pirate" game? It was really fun to play with friends or family, and the rule was really simple. The pirate is placed into a spring-loaded barrel, and when a player inserts a sword into the wrong slot in the barrel, the pirate p...
"Sukima" literally means a small gap.This is a simple game to read kanji characters correctly as each characters pass through a small gap between shoji screens. Answers are chosen from three choices. It sounds easy, but it's actually not.There is a time l...
Everyone was thrilled by the returning of the Japanese asteroid probe Hayabusa. A motion picutre about this amazing true story has been made, and now the story can be revisited with Hayabusa for Android smartphones.This app is based on an manga, and you'l...
PAC-CHOMP! is a tile-matching puzzle game featuring our beloved Pacman. The basic rule is to pair three ghosts of the same color to make them disappear.There is nothing significantly different from most other tile-matching puzzle games, but there are some...
[+]HOME hearkens back to the good ol' days of feature phones and their plethora of easy-to-swap themes. [+]HOME is a made-in-Japan app that makes theme switching easy for those not yet used to their new smartphone, and those who like to make daily theme c...
"Objection!" This is the iconic phrase in Ace Attorney, a video game series set in a courtroom. It was just made into a live-action movie in Japan, and a spin-off app, Minna de Igi Ari! was released to celebrate this film adaptation.Playing the role of Ry...
Awww! So adorable! This would be irresistible if you're a cat lover. Tickling Cat is a pretty simple game. Just tickle a cat's belly! This is the first screen when you start the app. The cat is showing it's belly, and it looks totally tamed, defenseless, ...
Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) has gained decent attention in Japan, and traveling overseas is easier than before. But you'd need to book your hotels separately if you're flying one of the LCC's. And you certainly want to pick good hotels for your trip.I have use...
Do you feel like your Android phone gets slow too often? Try Smart Optimizer. It's a task killer app to prevent your phone from too much multitasking. As many of you might already know, your phone can run several apps at the same time. For example, you ca...
Android Shogi is a free, single player shogi (Japanese chess) game based on Bonanza ver. 4.3.1. which is a free shogi software developed by a Japanese scientist.This is a very tough and fast shogi game empowered by Bonanza's brain. Even with my shogi skil...
First off, take a good hard look at the screenshot above.Notice something? Yep, in the upper right hand corner, you can see the percentage of battery left, date, and time. This is all thanks to the app Migiued (pronounced me-gyoo-ed).This app displays the...
Android conveniently allows you to share files between apps. But when open a given file, it displays all associated apps, only a few of them are necessary in most cases. I HUB lets you freely customize the list of those associated apps.To use I HUB, you n...
There have been so many types of virtual pet-sim games around, but POPCORN is something totally new. You raise a character called "p-corn (ぴーこん)", but p-corn is also yourself!P-corn is born from an egg and gradually grows its eyes, nose, hands, and legs. ...
Yeah, I know what you're all thinking; "Another remote app!?" Yessiree, that's what it is, but this one is different. It runs backwards: PC to phone! What do I mean? Allow me to explain...AirDroid is pretty amazing. I initially thought the app would be a ...
I was looking down on iPhone users who were infatuated with the high school girl character in Time Card Girl. They seemed happy to be told off by her for being behind schedule.We Android users would not accept such a humiliation.I was thinking like that. ...
Zura Tore is an Android game where you guess if someone's wearing a wig or not. Don't tell me you think it's mean because we all think about it when someone walks past us, and there's something not quite right about his hair. In the game, you'll see two g...
In winter, everyone should be careful not to catch the flu by washing hands or gargling. However, it is very tricky to stay alert against flu virus all the time, since the virus itself is invisible to the naked eye. I really wish there was a tool to visua...
After garnering a following on Windows, Xbox 360 and the PSP, CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is finally here for Android. The original Windows version was released in 2008, which then went on to become an anime on TV, got turned into a series, and was followed up by the...
Japanese people say everyone has three periods in life when they become very attractive to others? As a girl, I have always wondered when it is going to be my turn to be chased around by dozens of cute boys. Moteki Shindan is an Android app that tells you...
Yoga originates from India, and it is believed to be effective in balancing your mind and body. Did you know that practicing yoga in the morning is most effective? Refreshing Morning Yoga is a great app for waking up your mind and body.Let's try the begin...
MEN'S KNUCKLE, a Japanese street fashion magazine popular among some internet users in Japan for its over the top headlines, released a design template app called MEN'S KNUCKLE Original Kisekae. To keep staying at the top of the street fashion scene, it's...
If you consider yourself a heavy user of your smartphone, then one of the biggest worries in your life may be how much juice is left in your battery. Smartphones do consume more battery power than conventional cell phones.There are many battery management...
Today, you can unify the entire nation of Japan in 10 minutes. Well, sort of. 1552 Tenka Souran is a game that embodies the words of one of the most famous Japanese samurai worrior, Nobunaga Oda.First off, you must to choose the difficulty level of the ga...
This is one of those games where I'd like to ask whoever made this game what exactly they were smoking when they came up with this idea.Mysterious Creatures, known as Minna-no Shirasu (みんなのしらす) in Japanese, pits you against a screen full of tiny whitebait...
Eat Girl might be what you need at the end of a long day. It's an Android app that shows you videos of girls eating hamburgers.Yup, that's it. I know it sounds ridiculous, but they are not just eating. They are eating like champs! I'm sure once you check ...
It is interesting and convenient to read tweets on Twitter client apps. But even while you are going back the timeline, your followees post new tweets, and you have to reload to check them. If you are feeling inconvenience, Akaitori (Red Bird) will be a s...
tSpyChecker is an Android app that helps you protect your personal information by showing you what kind of information each app wants to access.There are many convenient apps for the Android phone, but some of them can actually be harmful. As you might kn...
Most of you are probably unfamiliar with the Japanese word "Ehou", unless you know Japanese culture very well. "Ehou（恵方）" literally means "Lucky direction." People used to believe in a god called "Toshitokujin" who controls all the luck that year, and the...
Touchscreen is one of the major features of current smartphones. But it often makes us mistype and prevents smooth browsing.If you are feeling frustrated at the browsing on the touchscreen, I recommend Smoozy. You can use Smoozy like any other browsers. W...
Have you ever wished you could take better photos of food for your blog or website? Deelish Cam is an app that adds some effects on your food pictures to make them look better. It's very simple to use, but there is no free trial version available for this...
Here comes another classic game. Crazy Climber from Nihon Bussan, who is known for other classics like Balloon Bomber and Moon Cresta.It hit the arcades in 1980, two years after Space Invaders came out from Taito. You maneuver a twin joystick to climb up ...
OnePunch Notes is a sticky note app for Android smartphones. Most of you are probably tired of trying new note apps by now, but OnePunch Notes sets itself apart from the other mediocre memo apps, especially with the sticky widget functionality, which link...
A knight in shining armor. That's every girl's dream, isn't it?MY FORGED WEDDING is a very fun romance simulation game for any girl dreaming of love.The story starts with the player coming to Tokyo to visit your uncle. For some weird reason according to e...
Froyo-tan is a ghost, a mascot, a soothing character; in short, an otaku's wife that resides on your homescreen.After downloading the app, we're going to open it up and tweak the settings. First, enter your name and your nickname. Next, paste the widget o...
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a popular Japanese manga series, and it's known for its unique use of onomatopoeia (sound effects). GoGoGo DoDoDo JoJo no Kimyo na Camera is a photo app that adds Jojo-like onomatopoetic effects to your pictures. Oh, the name o...
Dora-chan is so cute! Doraemon is the most famous robotic cat in the galaxy (for those unfamiliar with Doraemon, he in fact is intended as a cat-like robot, despite his appearance), and his official Doraemon Live Wallpaper has been released on the Android...
Useful for "accidentally" bumping into that special someone? Or useful for "accidentally" avoiding that other special someone?A couple days ago, Jigloco Beta, an app that uses GPS to share your location with your Facebook friends, was released. Not only d...
Many of us grew up with classic games by Namco. Some of them are making a comeback today, and Namco Games Card Getter is a game for classic game lovers in which players collect those games in card form.It's not designed to play and enjoy the games itself,...
There were days when we all worshipped Takahashi Meijin (Known overseas as Master Higgins) with his rapid-fire skills. Now you can try to be just like him in this app. If you played the original Nintendo game console as kids in Japan back then, you must h...
Mayoiga no Oni is another horror game by Sun Denshi, who released series of horror games such as Seventh Blood Vampire and Yugami no Kuni no Alice last year. Why did I give it a go with this game even though I'm not particularly big in to the horror gen...
I decided I will do more exercise this year as my New Year's resolution. However, up until this point I haven't done any running at all. But let me make an excuse for myself. It is freezing here in Japan this winter, and it even snowed in Tokyo. It's to...
A new app based on the anime, Puella Magi, Maho Shojo Madoka Magica iP has been released. When the anime series started about a year ago, who could expect it was going to be such a breathtaking and nail-biting story? I really enjoyed it.You can enjoy comm...
Before reading this review, let's see if you can spot the differences between the images below.Must have been too easy for some of you out there.If a Herbivorous Baseball Team Owned an Android Smartphone (もし草食系野球部がアンドロイド携帯をもったら) is a genuine baseball mang...
The Android version of Nicolson, a voice communication app by Dwango, was released following its iOS version. It lets you enjoy voice chat, Nico Nico Live broadcast and more on your smartphone.The pictures above are the initial screen. You can listen to t...
File Tasker lets you make new files within the folders on your phone, and also automatically performs an action when there is a change to your files. For example, if you download a video or song file from your browser, you can then automatically open it, ...
Side-scrolling, beat 'em up action is back!Third Blade is a high-speed, side-scrolling action game that pits you against wave after wave of enemies. Newbies are welcome too, but those who grew up playing classics like Final Fight and Golden Axe are sure t...
Warning: You'll be totally addicted once you try this app.Become cuter for free! Every girls' dream comes true with this app. Today I'll mostly explain the how-tos of Beauty Camera because weirdly, this app comes with no instructions.Once you open the app...
Magapo is an Android app that recognizes items on magazines. The app gives you detail information about the items, and you can go to shopping websites to buy them. Here's a little video explaining how to use this app. First, hold your phone up to the cove...
Shall we date?: Ninja Love is a ninja themed romance game for girls. The player takes to role of a princess on a mission to server and protect the ninja village with good-looking ninjas, in a hope of having a happy ending with them, during the chaotic ye...
Silent Camera is an app that allows users to shoot serial photos automatically and silently, amongst other popular silent camera apps for Android.It is very simple and easy to use; just choose Single or Serial mode and start shooting. A settings screen ex...
B!KUMA Girls is an information-gathering and social bookmarking app for women. Push the menu button on your device. In "new topic mode"(see above right), it shows all new popular articles. On the other hand, in "genre mode" (see above left), it sorts the ...
Everyone knows the trombone, a brass instrument that looks kind of like a trumpet but has a long sliding part used to change the pitch of a note. Now, there is a trombone app for your Android smartphone, so for all you who might have played the trombone i...
Noruhito A is a simple yet very addictive game. You simply use your index finger and avoid obstacles by jumping. The black blocks can be stacked on top of each other. You can adjust the height of the jump by the the duration of the button press.The purpos...
One of the concerns that everyone has about smartphones is the battery. That's why there are tons of apps that notifies the battery status of your phone in many different ways. BaBar is one of the more practical battery status apps I've ever seen. Some b...
Kanji. If you are a Japanese language learner, maybe just the sound of it can make you nervous, let alone idioms using complicated kanji characters.Kanji Supplement can help you out there. This Android app gives you various quizzes on kanji. There are six...
Are you enjoying a good sleep? If not, why don't you use Raku Raku Suimin App?It contains four mini games that make you fall asleep.First is a very slow driving game inviting you to sleep. There are some gentle curves on the way, so you need to concentrat...
Nowadays, it has become really easy to post pictures taken with your smartphone to any of your social media profiles. However, this has led to problems dealing with protection of privacy and personal information. A common problem is random people seeing y...
Finally it is here. A real-life version of the popular Zettai Ryouiki anime-style game series. If I had a wife, I'd sell her to get my hands on Zettai Thigh, so strongly am I drawn to this game by my, ahem, "baser" urges. Take a peek:No longer does the ga...
The latest of Oppai Choice (BoobsChoice) game sequel is out. The rule of matching breasts with the girls remains the same in BoobsChoice2 LITE, the only difference is the size of the breasts. This time, they are bigger, according to the publisher.Unlike t...
Many of today's RPG games feature stunning realistic characters with stylish moves in a fantastic world. High quality graphics make games look like live-action films, and has became the mainstream of the game industry. That's the kind of game you can enjo...
Not many people know what "Minato Nezumi（湊鼠）" means. It literally means "port mouse," and for most Japanese it sounds like some type of mice. But this is actually the name of a color from Japan's Edo period, which is grayish light blue."Minato" means ver...
If you like the Japanese TV detective drama series, Aibō, you should check out Aibo Calendar for Android smartphones.This is not a mere calendar app. It lets you know your schedule with Ukyo's or Takeru's voices, all of which were newly recorded for this ...
Battery Clock Pro is an app that tells you the hours, minutes, and seconds. Yes, it is only a clock, but have you ever realized that most clocks on smartphones only tell you the hours and minutes, and not the seconds? Battery Clock Pro tells you the exact...
The updates every 10 minutes are awesome!Helpful for those with pollen allergies, and a must-have for heavy sufferers, Docomo's Kafun Live is now on the scene. This app's big important feature is it gets real-time updates from over 4,000 locations through...
Memorize the where the paper balloons are in a Japanese garden, and try to busting them all through a shoji door (paper screen door). Shoji Door Poke-Poke was a popular brain teaser game for iPhone, now available on Android.Check out the gameplay video be...
This kind of "deco mail" (decorative emails with gif illustrated icons) apps are always ranked high on Android Market's bestseller list. But I've never written or used deco mail, so I always think this has nothing to do with me...But with this free deco m...
Thanks to Google Maps, nowadays we assume that digital maps are free, but it was not the case until recently. Before the advent of Google Maps, we need to buy map softwares or subscribe to map services, paying a fee.Zenrin Datacom is a Japanese cartograph...
I Want To Be Alone Sometimes, which translates to "I want to be alone sometimes," is an Android SNS app similar to Twitter. I bet a lot of you are curious about Twitter but still hesitating to actually create your own accounts to tweet. Maybe You feel aw...
We've all had that same experience, at a strange place, unexpectedly.If you're driving it's relatively easy to find a bathroom at gas stations or convenience stores these days. But when you're on foot or on public transportation, it may not be that easy a...
Disney Japan released an official live wallpaper app for the famous Disneyland ride "It's a Small World."If you're a big fan of Disneyland, I recommend downloading it right away; however, it's a little bit on the pricey side - 1,500 yen. (Note: It's also ...
Photos convey message when they are on magazine covers. But our photos cannot usually make the covers of magazines, unless using POI CAMERA, which is an app that adds frames somewhat similar to the covers of popular Japanese magazines to your photos. You ...
When the New Year rolls around in Japan, a popular pastime is to play games at the New Year's festival stalls. PopCork! brings all the fun of a festival cork gun shooting gallery to the palm of your hand.PopCork! is a game based on those old shooting gall...
Crystal Defenders is a tower-defense game featuring Square Enix's famous "job" characters from the Final Fantasy franchise. Unlike the charming appearances of those characters, their act is quite impish. It was a popular game on iPhone/iPad/Wii/PS/XBOX pl...
How was your new year holidays? What did you do?Traditionally, Japanese people play a card game called Karuta during new year holidays. Although the tradition is becoming outdated recently, almost all Japanese still knows the rule of Karuta, and when the ...
This new and wonderful board game was born in Japan! It's simple yet well-made and takes a brain to play. It's called CubeSieger.Firstly, read the tutorial to learn the rule. By move a chess piece one square in any direction, you can place a block anywher...
Jinja Bukkaku Map is an Android app that tells you where major temples and shrines are located in Japan. This app will come in handy if you have no clue how to find beautiful shrines and temples when visiting Japan. It also will help frequent visitors to ...
Finally there's an app for that!Taiyaki-kun conveniently records your expenses simply by taking pictures of your receipts! Shop names, amounts spent, dates; it all gets saved automatically!Taiyaki-kun is really easy to use. First, tap the Read Receipt but...
Cold days continue here in Japan, but these brothers are HOT! In response to enthusiastic requests from fans, the Cho Aniki Zero is finally landing to the Android platform.I have tried the game with Idaten, the 8.2 billion years old character, and Adon, t...
Omikuji are random fortunes that predicts a person's fortune, found at Shinto shrines throughout Japan. But here is the good news for the people who don't have reason to visit a Shinto shrine or live outside of Japan. Now, you can enjoy Omikuji at home on...
Disney Wait Time is very useful when visiting Disneyland during busy holiday seasons. It tells you the wait on the attractions in Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea.There is a similar feature onn Disney's official web site, but this app is optimized fo...
You must remember Oppai Choice (Boob Choice), which rocked all boobs lovers in the world. The irresistible challenge for men from the two mysterious summits has not yet ended. In a word, here comes the sequel of that app.As you can see, what you do is fin...
Otsukaresan Alarm is an alarm app developed by Guronsan, an energy drink brand in Japan.Unlike the energy drink, this app is totally free to download. It has the following functions:-Oversleep alarm for using on the train (including the function to avoid ...
Remote Control. The concept has always sounded so futuristic; the ability to control something in one place while being in another. Today's app helps to bring us closer to our futuristic, remotely-controlled tomorrows. Let me introduce you to TeamViewer.W...
The silent camera app, Uva Silent Widget Camera is always at the top in various app rankings. I'm sure people like taking photos of their sleeping baby without waking them up (right?), but does this app actually kill the shutter sound completely?To answ...
Running is tough. It's tough mentally because staying motivated is not easy. Have you ever wished you had a coach or a trainer to keep you in line? Here's good news for you. Adidas miCoach does that for you on your phone.MiCoach helps create your training...
Your smartphone becomes a fashion magazine with Staff Snap.There used to be a popular Japanese term, "Charisma Shop Tenin (charisma clerks)," to describe apparel store staffs who are very knowledgeable about the latest fashion trend. They know everything ...
Apparantly, the number of people keeping rabbits as pets grew considerably in Japan. They're popular because they're easier and cheaper to take care of than dogs or cats. The unfortunate consequence of their increased popularity was the reality that a lot...
Bb Pad is a score book application for all baseball teams. Although it doesn't have the most stylish design compared to other apps, you'll be amazed at how meticulously and easily you can organize your score book with this app.You can keep track of game e...
An acquaintance of mine was boasting a smartphone with a handwriting input feature the other day, telling me how handy it is. Since then I have been contemplating whether to switch to a new phone.7notes with mazac is an Android app which provides handwrit...
I'm assuming there are not so many people who have experience chopping firewood nowadays. Want to try chopping wood? Here is the perfect app called Makiwari Master（Woodcutting Master）.You are a bear in this game. There are 2 different colors of bears. The...
Mushroom Garden, an already popular app among iOS users, has finally become available for Android users. What you do with this app is cultivate and harvest nameko mushrooms. The first thing you do is to pick one "Funghi Food" out of five, and give it to...
Okaeri! (Welcome home!)In Japan, no word is more effective than this in healing an exhausted man after a long day of work. Sendai Okaeri Bijin is an app that will make you hear the magical word everyday.This app includes "Okaeri!" from all four members of...
Let me introduce you to the super-cute and soothing social app, Mofumofu Bokujou. This social Hangame app has been available on PC and mobile phones for a while, and it finally makes its appearance on the Android Market.For those of you already playing Mo...
PostPet was an unique e-mail client that had been developed and released in late 90's in Japan. The adorable pink bear, Momo, visually delivers your emails and also is your interactive pet. This made people feel at ease and had them enjoy using e-mail in ...
Some people think they will never be able to dance. I'm one of them. I have two left feet. But I've always dreamed of doing cool dance moves someday. Well, I guess my dream has come true thanks to this super cool app, DP Animation.Here's how. You take a p...
Natsume's Book of Friends is a Japanese manga series, which has been adapted into anime since 2008. As well as the story about spirits, its depiction of atmospheric sceneries is acquiring a good reputation. The spinoff widget app, Natsume Yujincho Nyanko-...
For those of you that just don't have the time to play all the different kinds of games you want, I recommend Kingdom Conquest. This game has everything.To all you greedy Android players looking to play simulations and role-playing games, but don't have t...
Ever hesitated in telling how you want your hair done at a barber shop or hair salon? Hope you're not asking to cut whatever grew in the last two months.If this sounds familiar, let Hair Catalog tell your hairdresser how exactly you want your hair to look...
Being an otaku is often associated with the lack of exercise. But it's also an otaku's nature to fantasize having great powers and fighting abilities.So MoePunch, a game that lets you play shadow boxing with a lovely sparring partner, is appealing in both...
I'd finally had enough of Android's stock browser; I switched over to iLunascape.iLunascape is a web browser created based on research into smartphone browsing habits. While I had always liked Android's stock browser for its simplicity and ease-of-use, iL...
Dwango is one of Japan's most unique mobile content providers, mainly specialized in music contents. Their ringtones cover everything from Japanese Anime song, J-pop, K-pop to sound effects of Niko Niko Douga (a video sharing website in Japan - Niko Niko ...
Oni ga Sumu Shima (鬼が棲む島；Island Where a Demon Lives) is a horror game that made me literally scream while playing. Yes I actually did. You won't able to go to the bathroom alone at night after playing this.Here is the plot of this game from its official w...
There was one area of the arcade that I tended to steer clear of as a child. The strip mahjong game section.The game showed scantily-clad, gleeful young ladies, and was usually surrounded by a group of gawking guys. My mixed reactions of interest and fear...
Did you know Android Market is not the only place where you can get apps?Moe App Store（萌えAPPストア）, as the name suggests, only sells apps that feature moe.In this store, you can basically get two types of apps: games, and moe tools. The former are, of cours...
Few days ago, I met AKB48's Yuko Oshima. In that moment, I was totally fascinated by her cheerful morning calls. Only two weeks later, I've lost another part of my heart to the other top idol of AKB48.I've downloaded AKB48 Atsuko Maeda Morning Call withou...
If you have problems managing your phone's battery life, you will be thanking Battery Man for saving your day. With a touch on the OFF button located in the center of the app's main screen, it can disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Backlight, Silent Mode, an...
Great news for Touhou fans out there. Yes, the official alarm app of the Japanese shooting game Touhou Project, Toho Project Alarm Vol.1 has been released! I've heard of "Touhou" for several times before, but I actually knew nothing about it. Touhou is be...
Do you enjoy posting photos on social networks? If so, you might want to try PICNICO, a new social networking service app for Android and iOS that focuses on the sharing of photos.If you don't want to create a new account for PICNICO, you can sigh in with...
FooCat Notes Live Wallpaper is a sticky note app with a silly little cat named FooCat. Create a note, and FooCat writes it down on a sticky note for you. FooCat also stays on your desktop keeping an eye on your notes.If you want to edit your notes, just d...
Tale of Luckleberry is a role playing game featuring picture book-like graphics and heartwarming story about two brothers. I guarantee it will grab your heart.The lead characters are Naflan and his shy little brother Pino. Both are very adorable, especial...
Dogs owners must have thought of dressing up their dog at least once.However, putting clothes on your dog is not easy. Easier for small dogs maybe, but big dogs? It's a real hassle. Flea and other parasites prevent most pet shops from allowing you to try ...
Pandom Board is an app that will make decisions for you by 5 pandas' majority vote. Whenever you can't make up your mind over a small thing, or need a decisive answer like "Do" or "Do not", "Go" or "Don't go", "Who should pay?", "What to eat?", these pand...
A new spinoff game from Puella Magi Madoka Magica（魔法少女まどかマギカ） has been released. As shown in the title, the heroine of the game is Homura Akemi（暁美ほむら）, who is popular among the fans for her tragic destiny.As it became available soon after the announcement...
"There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love." by Stirling Moss.I guess it's not easy to evaluate how good someone is at making love, but it may not be that hard when it comes to driving. TOKYO SMART DRIVER Norigogochi-Sh...
As a social trend, we have entered a paperless age where most documents are processed digitally. Still, wouldn't it be nice to have handwritten words as notes? Or some of you may think that typing by flick input on the smartphone has never been convenient...
Photo Movie Creator eliminates all the bulky steps and lets you create a good-looking photo movies with background music from your photos saved on your smartphone.It only took me two or three minutes to create one, and it did not look like a quick dirty j...
On an Android phone, you must return to the home screen if you want to use an app that isn't currently running. You can also open apps by tapping and holding the home button, but only 8 apps can be shown, and you can't choose which ones.SwipePad: Hyperspa...
The Game of Life is a long-running board game that has been made into innumerable variations and adaptations. While originally an American game, this game has become so popular in Japan that nearly everyone has played it at least once.Jinsei Game 2011 (Th...
Yugami No Kumi No Alice (歪みの国のアリス; Alice in Warped Land) is a text based adventure game formerly on mobile phone, and now available on Android devices. When I heard about this horror game gone viral, I couldn't help myself from seeing what all the fuss wa...
Time flies, doesn't it? 2012 is around the corner."Kohaku Utagassen", which literally means "Red and White Song Battle", is an annual music performance competition TV show in Japan, airing every New Year's Eve. The most successful singers/artists are sele...
There's no better jigsaw puzzle app than Jigsaroid. I don't think anyone needs to hear how to solve a jigsaw puzzle. Then, what makes Jigsaroid so special? Of course you you can use your own images as a puzzle like many other puzzle apps out there, but wh...
"With this app, I can shut out all peeping eyes on my smartphone screen," I thought. But...It shut me out as well!Though cutely designed, Private View Protector is an app you should never take lightly.I assumed that it would prevent from being peeped whe...
The well-known series of ads on weekly magazines in Japan, Otona Tobacco Yousei-Kouza (大人たばこ養成講座; Grownup Tobacco Lesson) is now on Android with some extras.It is based on JT (JAPAN TOBACCO INC.)'s long-running manner ads, which are already in three books...
It became a news when a CEO of Japanese major mobile carrier posted a tweet with a picture. "This is a Christmas present", he said, and added a kaleidoscopic photo of his forehead with very little hair left.Nobody knows whether he used this Android app, ...
"Another 80's retro game review?" If you thought so, hold on. This one is different. Ringo looks like a retro game with 8-bit graphics, but when you start playing, it has the magic to keep you playing.You're a little boy in the game. Move your character a...
Phone numbers, prices... writing them down on your smartphone takes time. You'll have to power on your phone, launch the app, and when you're ready to take memo, you've probably lost a few seconds already.If you ever have those experiences, try MiniMemo. ...
Japan's trains are well known around the world for their inimitable punctuality, but we know that in actuality things happen and trains run late. The amazingly large number of commuters in big Japanese cities also contributes to another aspect of Japanese...
There are tons of other photo editing apps for smartphones, but you've probably never had cool effects like what Paper Camera offers. Paper Camera allows you to take pictures with your Android device and make them look like paintings.When you launch this ...
"Konjaku Sanpo" ia a map app that enables you to see 3 different maps by switching periods between Edo, Meiji, and modern period. It's fun to compare current maps with old maps, but there is another unique way to use old maps; one quite useful for people ...
Shufoo! is a web service where you can search and read digitalized Japanese newspaper ad inserts. In Japan, you can get useful information from these inserts, especially about local grocery stores. Today, you can watch Shufoo!'s commercial spot on Japanes...
Attention all sega fans!ChuChu Rocket!, the popular action puzzle game originally released on Dreamcast has now been ported to AndroidUse the arrow panels wisely to guide the little mice (ChuChus) to their rocket. But be careful, there are hungry cats on ...
Yome-colle （嫁コレ） is an app that lets you collect illustrations and voices of your favorite female anime characters.The title of this app is an abbreviation of "Yome Collection." "Yome" is the Japanese term for "wife", but Japanese anime fans use this word...
One of the sufferings for Gundam geeks has been the lack of Gundam related apps on Android. Itakura Platoon Official App may be the app to overturn that. The biggest advantage here is that this app is not available on iPhone yet. This is a big win for And...
The action puzzle game, ZOOKEEPER has been around long before smartphones existed. It was sometimes a pre-installed game on traditional cell phones. Now, the same game has arrived to Android as ZOOKEEPER DX TouchEdition. It's simple to play. Clear out the...
100 Squares Calc is an IQ training system developed by Hiroshi Kishimoto in Kobe in the 1970's. Later it was made to form one of the backbones of the best selling Kageyama Methodology by Hideo Kageyama.100 Squares Calc for Android has many features that m...
I'm a lousy cameraman, so I always process my photos and add toy camera effects to them. With this effect, any photo can be made impressive and stylish. However, most photos edited this way lack personality.MANGA Stamps 200! is a great photo effect app fo...
The Boxed Life is an escape adventure game, a type of point and click adventure where you must figure out how to escape from imprisonment.This game is very unique because it takes you into the dark, comedic world of a depressed man. You don't find a game...
So you've went through the trouble of buying a smartphone, but you don't actually use the "phone" part of it anymore. Not only do you feel lonely, but you're also not using one of the main features of the phone!Well, today is the day you say goodbye to su...
Making phone calls over the Internet is free of call charges. This technology is called VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). Skype is the leading VoIP service provider. Viber and Line are also becoming popular these days. Meanwhile, there are some VoIP ap...
The year is almost over. Have you bought your planner for next year yet? I know some of you prefer using a traditional pen-and-paper planner over the digital calendar on your smartphone. Let me introduce you Jorte (ジョルテ), a great digital planner app for y...
Astro Tankentai recently ranked NO.5 among the paid game apps in the Android Market. If you're curious about this game, the trial version, Astro Tankentai Lite, is available for free. This simulation game lets you develop and expand your territory by buil...
QR Code Scanner is always ranked high in the list of popular apps. You'll find many apps that do just the same, but there are three distinctive benefits that makes QR Code Scanner stand out.1. Easy and fastOnce the app is started, bring it over to barcode...
The classic visual novel game, Kanon, has finally come to Android. Kanon, for the most part is a dating simulation game. However, the game is presented in text (and of course graphics as well) like a novel. Players must read the text, and sometimes make c...
AKB48 is an enormously popular Japanese idol group consisting of around 48 girls, who are chosen from more than 150 members in the periodic elections by the fans. AKB48 Yuko Oshima Morning Call literally features Yuko Oshima (大島優子), who won the most votes...
Do you ever want to call in sick and just go somewhere to relax? Go somewhere no one knows where you are? Buttobi no Jumon (ぶっとびの呪文; The Jump Spell) is an Android app that lets you forget everyday chores for a minute.When you're feeling down, just open th...
In Uroobo-e 17 (うろおぼ絵17), you are given something to draw, and you must draw it within 17 seconds by memory. 17 seconds seems short, but it actually just the right time for it to be challenging.Tap "Start" (すたーと) and it gives you a problem. You can change...
This game is so silly that it becomes good. The objective of Zettai Ryouiki 3 is the keep the girl's butt in the center of the screen as she shakes it left and right. All you need to is tap the space to the left or right of the butt as it swing towards it...
Before we start, watch this trailer.What'd you think? Frankly, I was left speechless the first time I watched it. Azteca-00 (アステカ-00) is a chaotic, surreal, and lightweight (less than 1MB!) shooting game. Below is the plot of this game from the official A...
It's not uncommon for someone to ask you to show them your smartphone. At such times, some apps can help you hide specific apps or photos you don't want others to see. And now, Rireking Maniac (履歴ing Maniac) can help you hide call log as well.Rireking Man...
It's not so bad to fall in love with a woman who twists your world around for once. In this game, a woman does much more than that by swinging a gigantic wrecking ball about the size of her height. Tekkyu Princess is not a bluff.As seen in this video, the...
ZombieBooth is a photofabrication app that converts your face into that of a gruesome zombie.The knack of taking a suitable picture for the app is to put a straight face. Don't smile, or the corner of the mouth will not fit right for the zombie's face.It ...
Sony's NEX series DSLR cameras are pretty popular. Did you know they released a photo-editor app for Android? The app is named Photo Editor, easy to remember!Below, are a few examples from its 41 available effects. Add an effect simply by tapping. Here is...
The cult-hit mahjong game is making a comeback on Android. Super Real Mahjong was one of the first "moe" games; however, it is actually a proper mahjong game that can be enjoyed for just that. Although it is a nearly full-featured game, it is still free.T...
"Ramen Jiro" is a ramen joint in Japan famous for its insanely huge servings. Foods are piled on top of each other and almost hanging out from the bowl. However, it is so popular among ramen fanatics in Japan that Ramen Jiro customers have now been dubbed...
We are all familiar with the swiping gestures on our smartphones. Light Speed Swipe WR is a game to test how fast you can swipe the 3x3 pattern lock screen of Android smartphones.You will be competing the total time of swiping 10 different patterns from s...
The way of boobs. It's a long winding road leading to the two majestic summits reaching up to the heavens above. The mystery of boobs has intrigued men from generations back and still intrigues them to this day. Why boobs? Because they are there.Oppai Cho...
Ukiyo-e is the traditional woodblock printing art of Japan. Ukiyoe-e master, Hiroshige Utagawa's art has influenced expressionist painters of the West including Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet. Now with The 53 Stations of the Tokaido for Android, you ca...
"Jugemu" is a kind of Japanese wordplay/tongue-twister that is a part of traditional Japanese rakugo comedy. It involves saying a very very very long name many times, to humorous effect.This classic rakugo runs at varying speeds. It original originally ap...
Hey girls! Arn't Android smartphone home screens terribly boring and tasteless? If you were thinking of customizing it and making it cuter, get Hello Kitty Home Screen. This is a home screen replacement app that enables you to change your home theme compl...
Have you ever wasted away the hours popping bubble wrap? Yes, that magical, mystical, magnificent packing material full of thousands of tiny plastic bubbles just waiting to be popped. This app, Mugen Puchi-Puchi (無限プチプチ), recreates this experience on your...
Kaleidoscopes were created in Scotland and brought to Japan in the 1820's. It is, so to speak, an ancestor of modern gadgets. Now you can enjoy it as a free app for your Android smartphone with Toy Kaleidoscope.This is not a live wallpaper, but rather an ...
Sumo, the traditional Japanese sport was originally performed as a ritual at Shinto shrines in ancient times. With great strength, intellect, and luck, sumo wrestlers showed their sincere gratitude to the gods through fighting. That is why many Japanese p...
Here's a fun game for guys.Sexy Hito-fude Dynamite (THE セクシーひとふでDynamite!; Sexy Single-Stroak Dynamite) is a simple puzzle game where you drag your pencil over the blocks to the golden block in a single stroke. The blocks are covering the girl's body, and...
Pictam is a photo-edit app for Android, similar to Instagram on the iOS. There are many other photo-edit apps out there, but Pictam is the best when it comes to sharing photos with others. You can add fancy effects to your shot and tweet it.I took two pic...
Genkidama (元気の玉； Spirit Somb) is an unofficial app that simulates the finishing move from the famous anime, Dragon Ball Z. Here is how you charge and fire your very own Spirit Bomb.1. Hold your device horizontally over your head.2. Gather energy from ever...
This Android app, Rokuon Shojo (録音少女; Recording Girl), makes your voice sound like an anime girl. You can record your voice by tapping on the start screen. I recorded a video demonstrating the process. Enjoy.Well, that was um...creepy.Perhaps I wasn't the...
Super Sudoku is a great app for sudoku fans out there looking for a quality sudoku app for your Android phone. This my well be the last sudoku app you'll ever want to lay your hands on.As an Android app, Super Sudoku is quick and stable. However, Sudoku i...
Every morning, half asleep, I watch TV news vacantly. But once the weather forecast begins, I get wide awake to gaze at the weather reporter. Why are they all so charming? Otenki Casko no Weather-desu (お天気キャス子のウェザーデス。) is an app for weather reporter fans...
The video game classic has been returned. Only it has evolved now. Many people will recognize Space Invader Infinity Gene, a game released in 2009 for mobile phones including the iPhone, and subsequently received worldwide acclaim for its creativity. They...
Popular music reflects the times, and we often remember hit songs with our memories. As your country has well-loved old music, Japan have a lot of golden oldies as well, especially from the Showa period (1926-1998). Omoide Song (思い出ソング; Memory Song) is a...
So, is this a wallpaper or a game? The name of this app, Space Invaders (Game Wallpaper), suggests it is both. So let's find out more about this free app.Initially, it's quite a surprise playing the famous Space Invaders as a smartphone wallpaper.To play,...
A safe and dependable night life guide for Android.You already had a few drinks, but still some time left before the last train, and don't want to go home yet... Japanese men in this situation may find their ways to a "Kyabakura", Japanese hostess clubs.N...
Developed by GungHo Online Entertainment, Princess Punt is a new action puzzle role-playing game for smartphones. (Official site)So how does action, puzzle, and RPG mix? It's sounds strange at first, but these genres fit perfectly with each other in this ...
I really enjoy perusing navigational maps of neighborhoods. I'll search out old residential maps from 40 or 50 years ago to see how the houses used to be laid out. Bus maps from 1978? Been there, enjoyed that. For you see, I am a historical map geek. And ...
Puyo Pop Fever TOUCH LITE is the Android trial version of the classic puzzle game by Sega.Puyo Pop is a simple and fun puzzle game that anyone can enjoy. The basics of this game is to line up four puyos of the same color. Although the main gameplay elemen...
In the past few years, there has been a boom of historical tourism in Japan. "Rekijo（歴女）", is a popular term for female history buffs who often visit castles and historical sites across Japan. Recently, the number of Rekijos visiting such sites for enjoy...
BathingCat （風呂ねこ） is a cute little widget where a cat in a bathtub notifies the battery status of your smartphone. The water level shows how much of the battery is charged, and the water temperature represents the battery temperature. The cat will change ...
Here is a new Future Gadget for Steins;Gate fans. It is... an alarm clock. But Don't be disappointed yet. This alarm clock wakes you up with the characters' voices, and what's more, all the voices were newly recorded specifically for this app.I installed...
If I'm ever invited to an offline meeting with my online friends, I will be at a loss of words. I wish if I were good at face to face communication, but that doesn't necessarily mean I don't like communicating with people. I just need something to break t...
Gyudon Map (牛丼マップ: Beef Bowl Map) tells you where to find your favorite gyudon (beef bowl) shop, as well as where new gyudon shops are in Japan for you to explore.As the name implies, Gyudon Map is a map app that displays all the gyudon-ya (beef bowl join...
Can you spot the difference? Look harder.The popular JAVA game on the internet, Super Masao Brothers is finally available on Android.In this side-scrolling action game, the player controls "Masao", an Italian guy wearing a blue shirt and red pants. That p...
I know it's strange, but that is the main screen of this app.Ever heard of Eagle Talon? It's a Japanese slapstick Flash anime about a secret society plotting world domination and a hero who tries to stop them.Yoshida no Daiben (吉田の代弁; Yoshida the Spokesma...
No other game has withstood the test of time like Space Invaders. The king of shooting game was born in 1978, and during the 33 years since its release, there hasn't been a moment where this game was forgotten.Space Invaders LITE for Mobage is the Android...
Are you woken up by the sound of an alarm clock, by your mom or wife, or do you have a butler who wakes you up? Everyone has their own way of waking up in the morning, but why don't you give this app a try?With Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alarm (探偵オペラ ミルキィ...
Japan is very proud of their traditional alcoholic beverages, sake and shochu.There's a plethora of sake and shochu available in Japan. Too many of which are sadly left untasted even by sake-lovers like me. Furthermore, I've forgotten a lot of what I've d...
Tohoku Zunko (東北ずん子) is a copyright free moe character created to support companies in the Tohoku region of Japan where the catastrophic earthquake on March 11th hit hardest.For Android users, a widget app featuring her is available. After the installati...
Aozora Bunko is a Japanese e-library which distributes publications with expired copyrights and copyright-free publication in both text and html format.For instance, the e-library contains works by famous Japanese writers like Sosuke Natsume, Ryunosuke Ak...
The art of Japanese tea ceremony is one of the most iconic tradition in Japanese culture.But did you know there is a certification test for Japanese tea ceremony? Let alone an Android app for test preperation? Sado Bunka Kentei 4 Kyu (茶道文化検定4級; Tea Ceremo...
Out of all the genres of games becoming available on smartphones, Old Offender will convince you it is the "escape adventure" genre that fully exploits the power of 3D graphics and full-screen touch panel.In this game, you are a prisoner in jail. What you...
Parents are very passionate about raising their children. Nowadays, more Japanese men are participating in raising their child; however, at the same time, many are spending a bulk of their time at work, sacrificing time to spend with their children. Many ...
Tategaki Viewer (縦書きビューワ; "Vertical Writing Viewer") is a must have app for reading Japanese books downloaded from Aozora Bunko, a Japanese digital library.It is just like any other text viewer app, execpt the lines are displayed vertically. You will feel...
Are you a fan of old-school roguelike RPGs like NetHack and Rogue? Here's a great game for you.I've been wondering if there were similar RPGs on Android? There must be right? It's the 21st century after all. We have plenty of sophisticated graphical RPGs ...
Japanese society places a high value on group harmony. The slang "KY", short for kuuki yomenai (空気読めない； can't read the atmosphere) once became popular in Japan to describe someone who is a buzz-kill or someone who does not act in accord with others.The us...
"Let's do it..."Do what? Calculations, of course!!!Junichi Yamakawa, a comic artist known for writing and drawing homosexual manga, became popular on the internet for his characters' strange yet memorable dialogue, such as "Ah! such a cute guy (ウホッ! いい男)"...
An angel... no, Amane-chan has landed on my smartphone. Well, for me Amane is a real angel so maybe there's no need to correct myself.Ever since Amane-chan came to my smartphone, I've been noticing myself booting this app all the time. Maybe I should dele...
You may have heard of Usavich, a CG short cartoon series originally part of MTV Japan's mobile content, and later made available on TV, DVD, and its official website. Much of its branded merchandise (stickers, figurines, key-chain holders, etc.) are wildl...
Your handheld devices are left unattended more than you think.Especially with smartphones that eats away your battery, you may feel a bit insecure when having to recharge it away from home where you can't keep your eyes on.Well, your worrying days are ove...
Emoticons add some spice to your text messages. One of my friends had been a frequent user of them until she bought a smartphone. "It's not easy to type them on the touchscreen," she grumbled. "So I was sending messages without them. Then my friends star...
Kurashi no Koyomi (くらしのこよみ), which roughly translates to "Everyday Life Almanac", is a popular iOS illustrated calender app, and many have been eagerly awaiting for it to appear on Android. Finally, on October 24th, the Utsukushii Kurashikata Kenkyujo (In...
There are all kinds of video games out there, and "Shoot'em Ups" (or "shumps" for short) is still a popular genre in Japan. However, one sub-category in particular has a large fan-base, and is considered the king of all shumps. Enter "Bullet Hell Shooter"...
More people are staring at their smartphone screens on trains these days. I myself spend much more time on my smartphones compared to the cellphone I used to carry.While I was tweeting the other day on the train, I felt a strong glare from someone sitting...
Akihabara, the subcultural center of Japan, is a paradise not only for fans of video games, anime, or gadgets, but also an attractive town for tourists in general.In recent years, the layout of the streets and stores of Akihabara has changed a lot. Even s...
The anime, "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" has caused a great sensation amongst audience and fans due to its unpredictable story and lovely characters designed by Ume Aoki.Because of its popularity, A game based on the anime will be released next year on PSP ...
It has been a while since a lot of funny Flash animations first hit the internet. Lupin Title Creator recreates one of those famous Flash application on Android.All this app does is replay the text you entered with Lupin III anime opening title effect. Bu...
We tend to be good at things we like. If you have a mind to learn Japanese, and are especially interested in Japanese anime, Anime Serifu-Ate (アニメセリフ当て), or "Anime Dialogue Quiz" is a great app.The quiz consists of ten questions, each of which quotes well...
Fall foliage of Japanese Maple is a popular tourist attraction during the season.But for those who are too lazy to get out can still enjoy it from their warm and cozy home with Momiji-Gari (紅葉狩り) or, "Maple Hunt". "Momiji-gari," is the traditional Japanes...
Usually, camera functions on any type of mobile phone make extremely loud and annoying shutter sounds like "Snap!" or "chhk chhk!" Sometimes, it's impractical when you try to shoot in situations that require silence such as your sleeping kids or pets, sin...
Twitter is the SNS in Japan right now. Twitter enjoys as leading share of the SNS market while still being based on the very simple concept of tweeting.Android users can use both the official Twitter app and the web-based Twitter client, but you really st...
The possibilities of crossover between comics and games have often been talked about, but Imaginary Range, now available in English, French and Japanese, seems to pursue it further. As you read on the comic, games reflecting the events of the story will ...
If you were born around the 70's, you might have come across the PC-9801 personal computers growing up. It was the dominant 16-bit platform in Japan, long before the Windows-days.It was also the days when we were blessed with tools to do networking and de...
Flowers have such an important role in our lives; they decorate our ceremonial occasions like wedding parties, can be sent as a present for someone's birthday or anniversary, or simply admiring them blooming on the side streets or the office. They are eve...
My power level is 6549.Scouter Lite will bring back memories of your favorite childhood anime. This app lets you read people's power levels by using the camera on your Android smartphone.The way you use this app is so simple. You start Scouter Lite, and h...
Nowadays, Mahjong has gained popularity thanks to virtual Mahjong games.Mahjong Rising is one of such games to generate that trend. This game has been popular on iOS devices, and a greatly updated version has been ported to the Android platform. Recently,...
R-TYPE, the game that swept the gaming world in the early 80's, is finally ported to Android.R-TYPE, along with another shooting game classic Gradius, is one of the best two "shumps" of all time. Originally released in 1987, R-TYPE has built up a wonderfu...
Ever seen a satellite?You might say, wait, but it's not visible to the naked eye, is it? Actually, Yes. It is! You can even see the International Space Station! With this Android app, ToriSat AR, you can easily figure out when and where to look at satelli...
While they're becoming increasingly common, front-facing cameras are still few in number on smartphones, when compared to their dumbphone ancestors. A lot of people still longingly remember how easy it was to take front-facing photos in the pre-smartphone...
Do you like cup noodles? They were invented in Japan, and since then, they have been loved as a kind of Japanese national food. Nowadays, cup noodles are enjoyed around the world. It can be said that cup noodles have become an international food.It is us...
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About TABROID"TABROID" is a combination of the words "Tabloid" and "Android". We chose this name because we aspire to be a news blog that delivers exciting Android information from Japan, in the same way tabloids deliver variety of news. With Japanese An...