While we wait for the unveiling of the Jony Ive-designed iOS 7, let's take a trip back in time and peek at how Apple software looked in its formative years. Classic Note is an app out for iOS that beautifully recreates that classic Mac OS interface for a ...
At a glance, could you figure out what the header image up top is? If you guessed the unholy breeding ground of a multitude of demon snails, you'd be wrong. It's actually a snapshot of some of the bacteria found on a smartphone after being cultured on a p...
Do you ever long for those heady, unstable days of surfing the net on Internet Explorer 6, the world's most loathed browser? Well long no more thanks to Net Explorer 6 a new browser app for your Android that faithfully recreates the IE6 experience in the ...
While LINE maybe the go-to app for free calling here in Japan, Google fanboys like me are overjoyed with the release of Google's own full-function chat service: Hangouts!Up until now, Google's messaging service had been split up into separate services for...
Finally some new info is out on the Puzzle & Dragons/Evangelion collaboration! After hearing about the new project at the P&D Fan Appreciation event in April, we've finally got news that the collaboration will be ready for release on May 27th!According to...
The widely popular manga series Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人, Attack on Titan) is set to make its anime debut very soon, and it certainly looks poised to become the next big thing. To mark the occasion, a new Attack on Titan photo sticker app has just been r...
So yeah, it's got a weird name. Weaphones. But what exactly is it? The easiest way to explain is to have you watch the official movie below:Weaphones is essentially a gun simulator, with its appeal lying in its hyper-realistic visuals and sound effects.
Any grown male anime lover can take a look at the image up top and know straight away what AniPan is here to do. Further inspection of the title, AniPan, and you realize it's a portmanteau of "anime" and "pants" (referring to underpants, of course). Yep, ...
Take control of your own restaurant in this new otome game from Konami!Your usual restaurant owner-themed GxB games make it so you have a handful of handsome customers you have to get to know better, but Tokimeki Restaurant is not your usual otome game. Y...
Aishu-no Defrag is an Android app that faithfully reproduces that instantly recognizable Windows 98 defrag screen right on your smartphone. Just what you were missing, right?Our younger readers may not know what I'm talking about, so let me explain real q...
No doubt you've seen the picture below or something similar to it in the past couple weeks:マカンコウサッポウ！！！！！！！ twitter.com/mkpiiii9/statu...— ちゃんまんさん (@mkpiiii9) 2013年3月25日At first glance, you may assume this pic has been photoshopped or something, but...
Just look at the happy couple above:"I'm so lonely when you're not around, but thanks to my iPhone, I can always hear your soothing voice.""Not just my voice anymore... How does this make you feel?" BZZZZ BZZZZ BZZZZ"!!!"And on and on and so forth... This...
Is your daughter obsessed with all things Pretty Cure, but you can't tell a Splash☆Star from a HeartCatch? Have no fear, Pretty Cure Dictionary (also known as PreCure Dictionary, or even PreCureDic(?)) is here!With PreCureDic, you'll learn all the basics ...
Welcome to Do-M Senyo Taiju Recorder (translated: Weight Recorder for Super Masochists)! This app will help you keep track of your weight loss by having you put in your height and weight, your target weight, then keeping track of how you are doing as you ...
Puella Magi Madoka Magica has already been a hit on smartphones with its series of third-person shooters, and the series is back on smartphones in a new incarnation as a puzzle game titled Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Puzzle of Memories.The App Store descri...
Alright class, everyone close your eyes.Don't worry, I'm not angry with you.The couple that was feeling a bit frisky on Dukes Highway in Australia last week; please raise your hands.We've been contacted by an intrepid member of the popular website reddit....
Hey, have you read the manga Suzuki Sensei? It has been made into a TV show and movie and is currently quite popular. Did you know you can read it all for free on your smartphone? Check it out here.OK, now that the we've lured away the "serious" manga rea...
Hi. I love music.Yet I've got a 16GB iPhone, filled mostly with pictures and apps and little room for my beloved music.If you find yourself in the same boat as me, let me introduce you to a handy little app I like to call Cloud Music Player (well, I guess...
Android finally gets a fully-featured, high quality dating sim titled Watashi-ga Osewa-shite Ageru!. Check out these specs: voice acting by three famous voice actresses, beautiful high def graphics, and best of all, basic play for free!These are the three...
AOI Browser is a convenient voice search app in which a cute little anime girl named Aoi listens to your search requests and tells you the answers. Officially, the developers refer to this as a "small-talk capable browser app." I wonder what that means.An...
Dragon Coins has finally made its way to the Android platform. Sega released the iOS version last November and impressed a lot of people who were skeptical of a Sega coin-game smartphone offering. Dragon Coins combines those coin-pushing games you see in ...
Dragon Quest: Monsters Wanted is finally available for download from Google Play! Yay!!!The payment system for the game is a bit unique (300 yen per month), but I intend to play the heck out of this game and get my money's worth, so no complaints here. So...
Dragon Ball Tap Battle may be the best fighting game available for your smartphone.Traditional fighting games tended to require precise, quick commands often don't work well with touch screens, meaning quality smartphone fighters are few and far between. ...
Nearly 20 years after the original Final Fantasy V was released in Japan, FFV (1,800 yen) has finally made the jump to iOS (Android version expected later in 2013). The iOS port features the jobs and dungeons added on the 2006 remake of FFV and the graphi...
"Use thine own eyes to assess the size of the breasts that appear. This, Chichi-Shi, is the ultimate breast assessing app.From the official Chichi-Shi websiteIt's actually just a quick time-waster game with boobs, but hey, it's boobs so you know I'm there...
Now available from ThinkGeek is a product anyone who as a smartphone would love to add to their collection of gadgetry: the U-Socket USB Wallplug.A simple but excellent idea, right? I wanna replace all the outlets in my house with these. Extension cords a...
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Rockman franchise (better known as Mega Man outside of Japan) is back with Rockman X-Over (pronounced "crossover").Rockman X-Over (iOS version here) revisits some of Rockman's long and storied history in a game that's...
Steve Jobs: the father of the iPhone. A manga series detailing his life, simply titled "Steve Jobs" is out now in the girls' manga magazine Kiss (Publisher: Kodansha).The author of the manga is Mari Yamazaki, famous for penning the popular Thermae Romae m...
Strapya is coming out with a new series of headphone jack covers featuring the rear ends of popular Disney characters. It's a little startling how recognizable Disney character butts are.I'm not sure who came up with this idea, but it certainly makes for ...
I can't be the only one who, as a little kid reading Dragon Ball, dreamt of one day getting my hands on a Dragon Ball radar and a scouter and going hunting for Dragons Balls.With the release of Google Glass in the near future, it looks the a Dragon Ball s...
I am Boss flips the tables and puts you in the shoes of a boss character who was minding his own business until a "hero" came along and started shooting up the place. Ever wondered what all those bosses you've beaten in games were thinking? Now you can ex...
So there's a new Hello Kitty Battery Saver app available for 480 yen. How does that make you feel?I'm not particularly interested, to be honest. My niece was a big Hello Kitty fan, but it's just not for me. I'm well trained in the art of battery-fu and kn...
Star Wars meets pinball in the super-high quality, slick new Android game Star Wars Pinball (check out the iOS version here!). The 3DCG graphics are stunning, and they don't merely recreate your normal pinball machine; Star Wars Pinball features 3D charac...
How much are you willing to spend on a Hatsune Miku tablet?RWC Co., Ltd. is planning to release a Hatsune Miku-themed 7-inch Android tablet this April, titled Hatsune Miku Tablet Navi starring Saki Fujita.Miku is plastered all across the tablet and packag...
As many young males know, Young Magazine is the place to go to get your gravure fix, and I'd now like to inform you that I've had the pleasure of playing around with the newly released official Young Magazine Wallpaper App. Even though Young Magazine is o...
MikuMikuBench is a handy app that benchmarks your phone by running a 3D animation of everyone's favorite computer generated singing star, Hatsune Miku. You get to enjoy plenty of Miku's poses and movements while testing out the power of your phone.Allow m...
Disclaimer: These are the observations of an inexperienced pachislo player who, attracted by the rather buxom fighters depicted in Ikki Tousen, decided to drop 900 yen (!!!) and give this game a shot without any prior pachislo knowledge.Are you familiar w...
As the image up top shows, this app has come for one reason, and one reason only: to put panties on your face. As you can probably guess, PantyFaceCamera takes pictures from your smartphone and adds a pair of panties to cover the face of whatever lucky pe...
A wise man once said something to the effect of, "Life is like a sushi dinner; you never know what the hell you are eating." Well now it's time to get a hold of your life through better understanding of your sushi dinners thanks to the wonderful new sushi...
All you fans of the Tales series of games finally have something to be excited about.The past couple years have witnessed a staggering paradigm shift from home console gaming to smartphone-based hand-held gaming, which unfortunately have left hardcore gam...
Mentally unstable readers should probably skip this article. Scratch that; they're probably the only ones who will understand the app I'm going to review.Today we're going to gaze into the lunacy, the abnormality, the surrealism, the sheer craziness that ...
These are the new Vuzix Wrap1200AR alternate reality (AR) glasses, featuring 3D stereoscopic dual cameras and dual wearable displays built in. They look like something out of Ghost in the Shell, but I assure you they're really high-tech and are just as co...
If you don't know Japanese and you took a look at the header image of this article, you may make the mistake thinking that this is a wholesome app that serves an important purpose. Once you know the English translation of the app's name, though, you'll le...
What's the deal with Japan and mushrooms? Why are apps (games, wallpaper, utilities, etc.) featuring mushrooms so popular over here? Sure, I like mushrooms as much as the next guy, maybe even more than your average person, yet I only regard them as someth...
Capcom recently released a new edition in the Monster Hunter franchise for smartphones, titled Monster Hunter: Massive Hunting. There is already a Monster Hunter game out for smartphones, Monster Hunter: Dynamic Hunting, so what's the reason for releasing...
If you've got an HDD TV recorder hooked up to your TV, it's more likely than not that you've recorded dozens and dozens of shows but haven't had time to watch them. They're just sitting there, eating up space, yet they're too valuable to delete.One of the...
Playing with old-fashioned toy cars has finally made the technological jump into the smartphone generation with the new toy app Toycar (iOS version here). Don't let the relatively mundane naming fool you; this app is of surprisingly high quality and is a ...
Puzzle & Dragons is one of the top puzzle games available for both Android and iOS and requires strategic combo linkage in order succeed in the game.The game is popular enough to spawn its own third-party strategy and helper apps, and one of these is what...
For the last couple years, the crowded ranks of AKB48 have stood at the top of pop culture in Japan and have gained a significant number of fans throughout Asia. I personally have zero interest in them, but it's also kind of embarrassing to be completely ...
You may know LINE POP, a fast-paced puzzler for Android starring a few of the popular LINE characters. Even without the LINE branding, LINE POP would be a pretty popular game. I'll come clean as well; I'm a pretty big LINE POP fan.Anyway, we here at TABRO...
Sometimes (well, rather often, for me) you just need to get your hands on some gravure. And of course, when nature calls, you never have one of the numerous magazines that cover the world of gravure idols within reaching distance.Let us welcome the male p...
I've never met a clock that got in the way so much...Just in time for the broadcast premier of the Love Live! School Idol Project anime this January comes a new live wallpaper app named Love Live! Mizugi De Touch Umi & Eri & Maki.This app is a must-downlo...
When you send a message using LINE, it lets you know whether your friend has seen the message or not with a little "Read" notification next to your message. It's useful for knowing whether your message has been seen or not, but on the flip side, you can't...
According to Toyokeizai Online, Sony's President, Kazuo Hirai, has gone on record stating that there is a (slight) possibility that the Playstation OS will find its way onto a smartphone in the future.As it stands now, Apple's iOS and Google's Android pla...
She's such an angel, ain't she?Hello and welcome, moe fans from around the world. Enjoying your new(ish) smartphone? I'm sure you've all taken advantage of the myriad wallpaper apps available on Google Play to gussy up your homescreen with.But what's that...
Square Enix has just released the newest Final Fantasy game aimed at iOS action-RPG fans, Final Fantasy: All The Bravest (download it here; price: 350 yen).Well, it certainly looks pretty awesome. Look at all those classic FF characters fighting for you, ...
I thought it would be a trading card game.It's what usually happens when publishers port action-heavy, made-for-console franchises to smartphones. They turn it into a trading card game.And with Dynasty Warriors' (known as Sangokumuso in Japan) heavy focus...
Starting around the second half of last year, that free chat and talk app LINE has been all over the world of Android with a plethora of sticker packs, tie-ins, and numerous related apps. The stickers and all their unique and funny illustrations especiall...
Legend Toys, makers of the ultra-real Steve Jobs figurine, have recently started taking preorders on their website. It's remarkable (and a little creepy) just how detailed this figurine is.Reenact those famous iPhone presentationsThe level of realism in s...
Just in time for the release of the Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge film on January 12, 2013, a new official Hunter x Hunter has been released for Android.The app has a bunch of different features, but naturally the most interesting is the Aura (Nen) Deter...
According to Symantec Japan's Official Blog, a fake and potentially dangerous version of the Google Play app market has been discovered. At a glance, the market looks identical to the real Google Play, but if you look closely, the first "o" in "Google" is...
The Satch Viewer (iOS version here) AR (augmented reality) app has been around for a while, but I'm here to let you know about all the new goodies they added in the most recent update.The biggest news is the release of Hatsune Miku DLC, so I downloaded me...
Intrepid DIYer Chad Boughton has come up with the ingenious idea of turning a classic Gameboy body into an all-in-one controller for his Galaxy Nexus smartphone. With emulators available that let you play classic Nintendo games on your phone, what better ...
Eight new sets of stickers were recently released for that ever-popular voice and text chat app LINE. The lineup includes Disney New Year, Hatsune Miku, Ping-Pong Club, Evangelion Vol. 2, Kiki & Lala, Rune Naito (Panda & Girl), Salaryman Kintaro, and Haro...
The LINE official blog has announced a shutoff of ID search capabilities for users under 18 years of age in Japan. Protecting minors appears to the purpose behind the announcement.The restrictions started on December 20th, with users on the AU mobile netw...
Welcome, peasants of the Earth, for your yearly peek at how the other half lives. Today's target of jealousy and oggling eyes is the world's most expensive smartphone.As introduced on TechBlog and shown in the image at top, it's an iPhone 4S covered in go...
Maybe I've just gotten so used to smartphones that not much impresses me anymore. I'm not saying to myself, "Wow! Look how far smartphones have come!" as much as I used to. It feels good to say it again. Playing Ren'ai Replay has definitely reinspired a l...
Snake has finally made his way onto the Android platform. It's been 25 years since the first installment in Konami and Kojima Productions' superfamous Metal Gear Solid series. MGS was an important game in establishing the ever-popular gaming genre of stea...
Don't let the cute pictures fool you; this game sports some serious, high-speed action.Mandora is a new fast-paced action game (iOS version here) where you're set with the task of harvesting multitudes of cute little mandora plants (? vegetables? what are...
It's finally happened: Siri has made her CD debut!Available starting December 8th, Siri's first single "Oshiete, Siri-Sensei" is on sale in doujin shops around Japan and at the IOSYS Shop for the price of 1,260 yen.The album was produced by IOSYS, a music...
There are a ton of photo touch-up/editing apps out there, but few that match the quality and quantity of the features found in Pixlr Express (God I'm getting sick of these vowel-less app names).Pixlr Express may be a bit daunting at first for those with l...
NHN Japan has just announced that the popular sticker characters from omnipresent free voice & chat app LINE are headed to manga stands and TV screens around Japan! TABROID attended the live announcement in Shibuya and we will do our best to relay the exc...
Ever heard of the TOKYO OTAKU MODE fan page on Facebook? TOKYO OTAKU MODE (or TOM, for those in the know) is a website specializing in bringing all the best in anime, cosplay, Akihabara, manga and all things otaku to a global audience. It's got 8.7 millio...
LINE POP is the puzzle game based on the super-popular LINE free voice/text app. While this game doesn't offer a global leaderboard, it does let you broadcast your scores to your LINE friends.If you're looking to impress your friends with sky-high LINE PO...
This isn't the Professor Layton I'm used to.The Professor Layton series has seen global success through it's winning combination of mystery and brain-teasing puzzles. With Professor Layton and the Century of the Seven Phantom Thieves, the series finally a...
For all you fans of the popular YuruYuri anime and manga, good news! A new app is out full of the actual storyboard drawings and original artwork used in making the anime!It's got all the storyboards used to make episode 1 of season 2, giving you an unpre...
Miteru Onna Yasakai (or "Watching Cute Girl" as stated on the official site. I take no responsibility for that translation) just debuted on the iTunes Store a few days ago. Start up the app, and you're greeted with a full screen picture of a cute girl. Wh...
A big new update was recently released for the popular launcher app ADW.Launcher, and I'm here to tell you all about it. Nearly every part of the app has been improved in this enormous evolution of the ADW experience.I am a user, nay, apostle of the popul...
There is a wide variety of external iPad keyboards out there, many of which are integrated into the iPad's case to cut down on bulk when carrying. The problem here is that the keyboard ends up being the same size as the iPad, which makes typing a bit cram...
Night Shift Nurses. Go ahead, read the Wikipedia page, I'll wait here.Ok, you're back? Sound interesting? Yes?May I politely suggest a visit to your local psychologist? Well, I suppose if you've found this article by yourself, you're interested in this se...
Japan Display, Inc. just debuted their ultra-slim Innovation Vehicle displays. A glance at the image up top shows just how incredibly thin these new displays are.These displays additionally offer touchscreen functionality while still remaining a ridiculou...
Cubie Messenger is a new chat app (iOS version here) that "borrows" a lot from the popular LINE chat client and adds a couple really useful features.The first LINE-like app you might think of is comm, but what makes Cubie different is that it focuses sole...
Scope is an app out for Android that takes all of your social media news from Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram, and Tumblr and packages it all into a smooth, easy-to-read format.Sure, there are a number of other apps that combine SNS news feeds, b...
There are plenty of apps that add special effects to your camera pics, and now we've finally got one that will convert your images into first-gen NES-style 8-bit images. Let me introduce you to nes camera.
Headphones come in a surprisingly wide range of quality and price, starting with those crappy ones that get handed to you on an airplane, all the way up to super-premium, super-expensive studio monitors. Audiophiles are famed for their obsessiveness over ...
Today we're going to take a look at the new otome romance game Seifuku no Ojisama. All of your potential suitors in this game are over 40 years old and constantly wear the uniform they wear to work. This game is aimed at something of a niche market...And ...
Square's classic SNES RPG, Chrono Trigger, has arrived on your smartphone (here's the iOS version). I'm old enough to remember the marketing blitz that built up the buzz around this game when first released on the Super Nintendo.Chrono Trigger has been av...
It's finally here: the app version of Google Calendar!For me, the calendar is one of the most important features on my smartphone. Being a heavy user of Google Calendar, I'm going to give an in-depth look at how the Google Calendar app stacks up with the ...
Hey, Android users! Everyone's favorite free voice and chat app LINE has unveiled their next set of stickers featuring the one-and-only Mickey Mouse! And the best news is that we got them first and iOS users have to wait! Heh heh heh...These new stickers ...
As the third game app installment of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime series (the movie version is in theaters now!), Puella Magi Madoka Magica TPS Featuring Sayaka Miki & Kyoko Sakura has been released on the Yahoo! Market.The price: 630 yen. You can ...
That classic masterpiece Cyborg 009 is back in the updated remake 009 RE:CYBORG featuring brand new looks for all the characters. 009 RE:CYBORG is set to hit theaters throughout Asia on October 27, 2012. Some of the distinct style of the original Cyborg i...
With the impending release of Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo, lots of Evangelion-themed merch and promotions are hitting the streets. We've covered a few, like an Asuka Wallpaper app, a search widget, and new Evangelion-themed stickers for LINE.While ...
Everyone's favorite free voice and chat app LINE added 8 new series of stickers this fall.Famed TV personality Becky gets her own set of stickers now, plus some cute bunny stickers produced by Becky herself.In addition to this are stickers featuring Ojaru...
Koi Hime Musou: Doki Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi with Voice (check out the iOS version here, also, these long ass names are killing me) arrives on Android in this sensationalized and sexy take on the classical Chinese Three Kingdoms period of history....
I know there are those of you out there that think "smartphone app equals game," but let me introduce you to a must-have app that is actually quite useful: Nova Launcher Prime.As with Chrome, you can only install Nova Launcher Prime on devices with Androi...
The nights are getting cooler and the leaves are starting to turn. Now's the perfect time of year to experience the great outdoors.And now there's a new piece of outdoor equipment to pack when you head out to the campsite: the BioLite CampStove. This nift...
Back from CEATEC 2012, Asia's largest tech conference, I'm proud to say I had the opportunity to try out Docomo's latest "i beam" tablet (lawsuit from Apple in 5...4...3...) that you move with your eyes.The Grip UI system that I reviewed a little bit ago ...
That hardest-to-get-your-hands-on smartphone, the iPhone 5, has now been even further rare-ified thanks to a 24-carat gold coating courtesy of Gold & Co.The gold iPhone 5 is available for purchase in such havens for rich dudes as Dubai, Hong Kong, Russia,...
Once upon a time, there was a super popular app for iOS called Manga Camera (download it here). This app could turn ordinary pictures into ultra-realistic manga drawings, to the delight of iOS users around the world. But the Android users felt left out. H...
All you lonely boys out there in Android-land, your days of loneliness are finally over. That's because you've got Nagai Kurokami no My Kanojo keeping you company on your smartphone.Sure, there are a ton of apps out there that let you "talk" with a cute g...
We've reviewed the Hazuki Runa's Moe Weather Alarm Clock app, now it's time to take a look at the male version.Welcome to the Sou Asaka's Ikemen Weather Alarm Clock (its got the same over-long title), where the blonde dreamboat Sou Asaka-kun tells you the...
Puzzle & Dragons, that hit app originally for iOS that made it big and recently topped 1.2 million downloads finally makes an appearance on the Android platform. I'm sure plenty of Android gamers have been waiting patiently for P&D to make the jump!Let's ...
イヤホンジャックが下になったら絶対出るであろうジャック twitter.com/butcha_u/statu...— ブッチャーUさん (@butcha_u) 9月 12, 2012We've covered other cat-shaped headphone jack covers and Doala-shaped headphone jack covers that, born of the Twitterverse, began as a simple sketch and went ...
From those masters of dumb (but fun!) rhythm games and the makers of the Zettai Ryouiki series comes Boing-Boing Bra!Hearing there was a new Zettai Ryouiki game out there, I thoughtlessly whipped out my phone and downloaded this app before I realized what...
(Unrelated to other mushroom-related offerings)Nameko Saibai Battery Widget is a widget app featuring a log (It's big, it's heavy, it's wood!) that gets covered in mushrooms as your battery gets drained. It wants nothing to do with that other famous mushr...
Pickie is an Android app that finds apps that you might like for you.As you all know, Google Play displays apps in the same way to everyone, but Pickie helps you find apps according to keywords. While Google Play works the best to know what kind of apps p...
PayPal Here is an amazing device you can put into your iPhone's earphone jack that allows you to use your phone as a credit card reader.The blue little triangle is PayPal Here. In order to use this, you need to have an PayPal account, iPhone with PayPal H...
Smartphones have become a must-have item for teenagers. The research by CyberAgent, Inc., one of the Japan's leading internet media companies, shows that 23% of junior high and high school girls use the smartphones over 10 hours a day! 10 hours! What?? Ho...
This week's article view ranking has turned out to be a cut-throat competition because we've had two big names in the game; Lum-chan from a famous Japanese manga classic, The Return of Lum and Mami Tomoe from another popular Japanese animation, Puella Mag...
This is a perfect solution for heavy smartphone users/ outdoor lovers who are away from the electricity grid for extended periods of time.GREEN HOUSE CO., LTD. is well-known for its computer peripherals and households goods. They recently released an LED ...
Don't waste rice until the very last bite!This Boku No Imouto Wa Hoppe Ni Gohantsubu Ga Tsuiteiru (Rice On My Sisters' Cheeks) is a game you as a brother of 3 sisters Komachi, Kirara and Hikari, simply pick rice from their faces. How would they get rice a...
Smartphone created "Smart Children"?!According to the marketing research site called Mindshare, 44.7% of parents let their children use a smartphone or tablet at the tender age of one. And one in three of these children start using it voluntarily by their...
Yahoo! JAPAN has just released the new Evangelion Search Widget. It's a little hard to figure out the relationship between Neon Genesis Evangelion and web searching, but I'm sure diehard fans will be happy with this high quality app.When you use the widge...
This is totally awesome!!Fly around the dark skyscrapers in a blue luminescent fighter jet and shoot down the enemy aircraft with cool background music. How can you not get excited?MOKMOK is similar to SEGA's great shooting game title AfterBurner in its s...
The star of this app, Hazuki Runa, is an moe anime character that can take on a wave of different personalities, from innocent little sister to a curt but sneaky flirt, her next mood swing will leave you guessing. You can actually choose which personality...
First appearing as a sound novel on the Super Famicom, then being released on other consoles like the Playstation and Gameboy Advance, Kamaitachi no Yoru (literally, "The Night of the Sickle Weasels") is finally here for your smartphone.According to the g...
BANDAI's HYBRID GRADE is a series of capsule toy figures. Its feature is the combination with an AR (augmented reality )app HYBRID GRADE AR, which gives visual and sound effects to the figures through the camera.Following the first release of Kamen Rider ...
Several watch companies have recently announced the release of new smartphone-compatible wristwatches (for example, Xperia SmartWatch and i'm Color).Casio, a leading company of this field, has also revealed that they will release two smartphone-compatible...
Have you checked out the side scrolling action game Two brains, which has been slowly getting popular on Google Play?At first glance, you might think it is like any other simple action game, but actually the screen is split in half and you have to maneuve...
I think I have finally figured out the golden rule here. The keys for an article to get many views are pet mushrooms, anime girls, or Japanese anime/game in general.I know a lot of you guys usually just skip this first few paragraphs and scroll down to se...
Kamijigen App Neptune, a spin-off app of the PS3 game Hyperdimension Neptunia, is out now. The package of Hyperdimension Neptunia might be too provocative to buy at a real shop (so I ordered it at Amazon), but you can download the app via Google Play with...
Undo (iOS ver.) is a simple yet educational app that teaches you how to do zazen, Zen sitting meditation. If you are a beginner, go to "設定(setting)," and then"準備音(sound)," to choose "解説あり(with voice guide)." You will hear three gongs, and a monk starts to...
A new way to wait for instant noodles to cook draws near!CupRaumenQuest allows you to spend the waiting time playing a mini game. It takes three minutes to finish the game, which means you can eat justly-cooked noodles after the gameplay.The title of the ...
Final Fantasy Legends has been ported to smartphones. Android version can be downloaded from SQUARE ENIX MARKET and iOS from iTunes.The prologue can be downloaded for free. The first chapter is 250 yen. The rest up to the fourth chapter is 850 yen each. T...
There are many funny games in the world, but this one, Growing Strange. might be the funniest of all. In this game you pluck out strange organisms, which continuously come out from all over the room, and throw them outside of the screen.Seeing the illustr...
This'll make a good present for my dad.An article on the Apple-related links blog Apple Channel about an iPad intro level user's guide taught by the self-styled "Computer Grandma" is being discussed quite a bit.The iPad guidebook is edited by one Kayoko O...
Feeling like eating something sweet for a change, I bought a flan, on whose cover was printed the words: "The original app is available!" So I checked the Google Play Store."The original app" is Anata no Hisho Morinaga Karin (which can be translated as "Y...
I still remember that every Sunday when I was a kid, I used to join the cleaning event with my neighbors. That was such a nice community event for kids. But now, we, as adults, don't pick up trash any more. Even when we noticed it on the street, most of u...
Have you ever wondered about what is the real hottest trend right now?Snapette is the perfect app to get the latest trend in 7 major hottest cities around the world, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and London. You can find ou...
Feel and act like a very smart person!One of the best things about playing games is that you get to become someone very special. It could be a hero who saves the world, world's best athlete, detective with an eagle eye, mighty solider, and so on.This Dang...
"Koro Koro" is a genius Japanese invention. It's a handy cleaner, which has strong adhesive tape to capture dust, lint, and hair on clothes and carpets. Hugely popular amongst pet lovers and house wives in Japan. "Koro Koro" literally means to roll over ...
The futuristic dream has become reality.Home appliances have added so many features each passing year, and this day has finally come at last. Now, they can all be remotely controlled via an Android app.Panasonic Corporation has recently announced to relea...
Even if you think you're not fit for this game from above title, just give it a try.Choose from the stories of the dark side, and the royal road of demolishing the dark side. Localized version of the smash hit defense game Dark Saint can be downloaded for...
Now that the boy-friend tracker service Kare Log has closed its doors, how is a nosy girlfriend to keep tabs on her untrustworthy boyfriend? Have no fear, ladies!Kare Piko is here! It's a new service from Manuscript, the developers that brought you the or...
"Hello, Alice. Let's go after the white rabbits, shall we?"This app brings back those scary memories.We reviewed a smash hit app Yugami no Kuni no Alice in the past. Here's an AR camera app based on it and called Yugami Camera.The original app was so scar...
Welcome to Dapan Rikujo 2012, where you step into the shoes of Dapan the panda, who's got his eyes on the stars. Your goal? Become the bestest running panda and represent Earth in the Galaxy Track Games (whatever those are)!All this plus irresistibly cute...
I have to admit. I was a little too spacy this week because the English translation of my Japanese article about Gal PON (mihiro), was going to be released. Did I expect it to be the top 1 of our weekly English article ranking? Absofreakinlutely. Before I...
Maybe you've heard of the cat-shaped earphone jack covers that took the Twitter-verse by storm and became a hit item. Some of you reading this might already be using one.And, as you might expect with super-popular, easy-to-make toys, copies are already hi...
Bijin Birthday is a website for smartphones by Darwin Company where beautiful ladies celebrate your birthday with you. Even though it says for smartphones, it doesn't have to be. You can enjoy their company on your computer as well. If you don't need fake...
You won't find anything that'll make you happy in your girl/boyfriend's phone. Absolutely nothing. If you do go snooping around and find anything of interest, chances are the news ain't good.Some people just can't get over the desire to peek at other peop...
There is something about blowing bubbles that makes us become kids again. Pashan is a very creative photo app featuring bubbles that brings you back memories of your childhood.It's very simple to use. All you have to do is blow on the camera screen. Then ...
A cute widdle kitty for your homescreen is what Nuko Battery brings to the table. Nuko Battery is a basic Android widget that tells you how much battery you have left. But this is no ordinary widget, as your nuko (a common and cute typo of the word "neko,...
Nyaruko Dentaku is sent to the earth by the Space Defence Agency. It is a calculator app featuring the characters of Haiyore Nyaruko-san. So much for the review!...Wait a minute, why are you holding a fork? No, don't stab me!
Nikon's new point-and-shoot camera "COOLPIX S800c" was announced to release. It's scheduled to be released in the end of September, and the price is open. The main feature is that it is an Android-powered camera. Andoird-powered camera enables users to up...
The art of emoticon craftsmen is packed in this app.There are over 10,000 emoticons pre-installed in this SmilyBOOK and more added every day!We love emoticons because they sometimes represent our feelings and emotions better than the actual words. Or some...
Everything is in 3D, these days, and now a 3D feature comes to Facebook as well. LG recently released the Facebook app LG 3D Studio which enables you to surf the Facebook Newsfeed in 3D. As seen above, normally your Facebook Newsfeed posts are shown in ...
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo will be a blockbuster anime movie in the second half of 2012. As its release, November 17th, draws closer, the information about the movie is being revealed little by little, but it is still unclear how the story will un...
Even if you are not good at drawing, you can enjoy creating mangas with MANGAkit, which lets you make manga-like images out of your photos.You can either take a picture via the app or select one already saved in your phone.After cropping the photo into a ...
iPhone 4S Lock Screen Theme is an app for Android phones that makes your lock screen look like that of iPhone.From UI to the camera menu, everything looks like iPhone. The date and time display is a little bit off, but that's acceptable.I know it's a litt...
Do you remember a puzzle game on PlayStation called XI[sai]? Yes, it's the one where you roll a dice.This is from the same publisher. It was accessible, but something you get hooked on.I was looking for a good puzzle game which you can play even when offl...
Maybe you were too bored. Maybe you were tricked by the word "sexy." Or maybe you are a closeted fan of Tabroid weekly article rankings. I don't know why you opened this page but you won't be sorry you did because this week's ranking has a wide variety of...
If you have ever taken a class of Japanese calligraphy, this earphone jack of inkbottle and wipe cloth might bring you back the memories of "oops" moments. It's named Bokuju to Zoukin, meaning Ink and Wipe Cloth. It's from Retro Plug series by Strapya, wh...
Everyone's familiar with peekaboo, that simple yet enthralling game that's a hit with babies everywhere. Babies can't get enough of it, and that makes grownups keep playing. I've also heard that it's actually beneficial to the babies' brains as they are d...
Goldfish scooping is a game and a symbol of summer at the festivals or community events. Most kids in Japan have enjoyed this game and have fun memories of it. This app, Goldfish Catalog Best 100, compiled all the info about goldfish. It comes with variet...
Who'da thunk such a tiny tweak would be so darn convenient?The first line of privacy defense on your phone is the lock screen. Most people lock their screens with passwords or patterns, which can get a little tedious to undo each time you want to use your...
hoop cat is a simple yet very adorable widget app, in which an animated cat hula hoops on every tap. The style is very much like the illustration in a picture book and very heart-warming.It's also very easy to use. Simply select hoop cat from the widget s...
The English version of the originally Japanese game Be My Princess romance game was released recently. Be My Princess lets you act out romantic fantasies with 6 different princes you meet by chance at a party. The royalty bit of its story is popular with ...
Although the sleep mode is necessary to prevent burn-in and to reduce battery consumption, it sometimes annoys us, for instance, by suddenly turning off the screen while reading a website.NerunaDroid is a solution for such problems. It detects subtle move...
This app is a total stud. If I knew this app before a party, I would have been way more popular with the ladies. I wished PIYOMORI would have been released in Android market, but it was only compatible with iPhone and iPad back then, so I couldn't get it....
I found an app called Sticker Maker. As I am a heavy user of LINE and its Sticker function, I couldn't help downloading it.It lets you create Stickers for LINE easily and instantly; what you do is choose a frame, input text, select a font and touch "save"...
By now people must know that the Japanese have a thing about weird pets. Some of you might remember our report of an app where you raise a pet poop. I am going to add another app to the list of weird pet apps made in Japan. Ijitte! Chinanago gives you an ...
Battery+ is a battery power saving app which automatically turn off 3G and wifi networks when the screen is off. As you may know, 3G uses a lot of battery, so you can efficiently save battery with the app. Let's look at how to use it. After the installati...
Upside-down Frog is a game for Android phones where you play with frogs. Your objective is to land the frog upside down on the ground. You can change the gravity of the frog's world by tilting your phone. Gameplay is very simple yet very subtle at the sam...
Many smartphone users are dependent on Wi-Fi connections. But it is a boring task to find, set up and configure them.If you're willing to make you Wi-Fi connections look cute and lovely, this is it. Wi-Fi Rabbit is a widget which will let you toggle and c...
Good. This is an interesting app.It is common to put application shortcuts on the home screen. But if you're the master of JoJo Stands then do try this launcher widget Moving JoJo's Bizarre Adventur.With this app, you can put JoJo style title on the appli...
You feel motivated to begin something new in the coming of fall? How about reading an article you would usually skip? Here's Tabroid's latest weekly article ranking. As usual, Japanese subculture shows a strong presence. Let's see what wins the first plac...
Once you get the smartphone, you can't stop thinking to get fancy accessories as many as possible. There are so many nice cases in the store with such wonderful functions, like waterproof, with external speaker, etc... It's irresistible to ignore them. Th...
Hey, here's Sonic, which is synonymous with the high-speed, action game.From a wide variety of smartphone games, today we picked an exhilarating action game for our review.This SONIC 4 Episode II is from SEGA's best-known action game series. We reviewed E...
nnf... nnf...! This is not the last update! Yay!Mushroom Garden Seasons has updated for August edition. This time, it is themed on "Four Seasons". I guess most people were expecting it's going to be a summer themed, but it was four seasons instead.
Knock 'em out and be a hero!Punch Hero is a simple and easy 3D boxing game. It is downloaded more than 100,000 times from Google Play and has 4.5 rating. As it turns out, the rating is not bogus and I played it for close to 3 hours straight. Very addictiv...
SOICHA is a multi-functional Twitter client app first released in 2011. Featuring convenient functions such as a Google/Wikipedia search, connections with social networking services and a Google Calendar sync, its PC version has been gaining popularity am...
It's free only for 90 days.NHN Japan's free calling and messaging app LINE released the new stickers which are themed 'Dragon Quest X', the legendary role-playing video game which gained huge popularity since '80s. It's free now but it will be distributed...
PLANETES is a game featuring simple controls and a warm-and-fuzzy but somewhat surreal world.You control a boy who runs around on a small planet leaving a line of blocks behind. Make him step aside or jump to avoid the blocks.The boy runs automatically, s...
A traditional summertime activity in Japan is watermelon smashing. Who started this strange tradition? I've no idea. I've never been a big fan of this "game". Why does the smasher need to be blindfolded? Smashing it makes it awfully difficult to eat, does...
Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magica TPS Featuring Tomoe Mami, a new spinoff game from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, is finally out now. The heroine of this version is Mami Tomoe, a blonde girl who loves tea. Although the basics of the game are the same as those of the ...
To all those boys (at heart) who have spent hours and hours holed up in their rooms playing with their toy car and train sets, it's your lucky day: the Tomica & Plarail Catalogue Android app is here! (there's also an iOS version)This app lets you browse t...
CARP-girl-CARP is a live wallpaper for Android phones. I don't know what exactly the CARP girls are, but I'm guessing the CARP comes from the baseball team Hiroshima Toyo Carp. You'll see beautiful girls wearing Carp caps and uniforms. I'm sure that's pre...
It's a basic rule with RPG gamers: the strongest, scariest, most powerful in-game characters are played by the palest, scrawniest (or fattest) real-life players. For you gamers that want your real-life body to more closely resemble your in-game character,...
Setsuden Nagamochi Battery is an energy-saving app for Android phones. What separates the app from other energy-saving apps is its cute panda. Maybe I should stop explaining here because "cute panda" is pretty self-explanatory. But I can be wrong. Also th...
Stamp! Anyone ready to clean up some zombies?Zombie Overdrive is a game with simple objective where you drive a car and run over the zombies. You might want to stay away if you don't like zombies and blood splattering around.Contrary to the game's appeara...
It's always fun to know how people abroad see Japan differently from the way we see it. Our article view ranking never fails to make me re-think about my country, especially when the most popular article is about poop. Oops, it's not about poop. It's abou...
It's as easy as ABC.Elecom has just put a very innovative smartphone keyboard TK-FNS040BK on sale. Surprisingly, you just need to place the smartphone on the center of this keyboard. No cables. No Bluetooth pairing.What's the trick? It's using NFC (Near F...
You can't help screaming when you actually see it. Japanese smartphone accessary shop, strapya.com, released 2 crazy things recently. One is an earphone jack plug, which is frighteningly similar to the shape of human finger, and the other is a smartphone ...
You will start loving your favorite tunes more than ever!This is a revolutionary app as the title of this review suggests. Music Hero reads in any music file and converts into a rhythm action game.Many of you should be familiar with rhythm action games fr...
Lum-chan Otenki App is a weather forecast app which features the legendary manga/anime Urusei Yatsura and its popular characters. When it thunders, the heroine Lum-chan will warn you like the picture above. It makes the fans cry with happiness.
Awesome, right? I want to sit on this chair for hours (and I am assuming it wants to be sat on for hours too)! nnf... nnf...! Mushroom Garden Deluxe has just come out recently. I'm sure that you as a dedicated Mushroom Garden buff have already tried it an...
This is really interesting! According to Rocket News 24, each smartphone device has a hidden mysterious image. But it's easy to find, so let's check out how to do it!From the Setting menu, select the device information and continue tapping the "Android v...
Welcome to the review for the new pattern-making puzzler Box Combo. The game is similar to the game Zookeeper released for Nintendo DS and smartphones, but what makes this game good is how even beginners to this kind of puzzler can string together tons of...
A Hong Kong-based cycling goods manufacturer Tigra released BikeCharge Dynamo, a stylish and efficient pedal-powered dynamo system that can produce 3W/5.0V DC power to charge any USB powered devices. It can fully charge most smartphones with 2-3 hours' r...
Girls and guns: an irresistible combination!Let's take a look at the newly released Happy End Trigger, a fast and fresh 3D shooting game from ILLUSION.Happy End Trigger is an easy-to-learn speed shooter where you take the role of a young girl mowing down ...