Last year, a picture was floating around the newswires of Kirsten Dunst, all dolled out in an anime-inspired outfit, wandering Tokyo. Back then, we guessed it was her attempt at going undercover, following a stint in rehab. But it turned out she had just been snapped in full-costume, performing her

This is very cool. In this "NIKE music" ad, when a DJ twists a shoe hooked up to speakers, it changes the sound -- sort of like a turntable... In Japanese, "run = hashiru" and "mush = gunya gunya". NIKE's official site has better sound. Don't miss it. This one is an anime spot: A...

First there were microphones. Then there were reverb effects. Then there was autotune. Now, the latest in voice manipulation technology is Vocaloid, a computer software program that synthesizes voices and lyrics into a robotic, squeaky track. It's been around for about five years, but recently, a

Have you ever read Japanese sports manga like "Captain Tsubasa", "Slam Dunk" or "Kyojin no Hoshi"? Most Japanese sports manga are stoic and serious. In them, a main character usually works hard to make his dream come true, but he encounters troubles on the way. Sometimes a protagonist may cry after