Red carpet show at the opening ceremony of the 14th Pusan International Film Festival, which kicked off last Thursday (Oct 8) in Korea’s City of Busan…
Ha Ji-won
The first official trailer for Chinese movie Confucius, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Chen Jianbin and Zhou Xun etc. has been released…
Another Choseuk Hanbok special, individual gallery for actress Kim So-eun; the girl is so cute she deserves an independent showcase lol…
Korean celebrities don in traditional Hanbok to greet the fans on Chuseok, Korean harvest festival. Some pretty women, a few hunks and a little kid in beautiful costumes; can’t remember everyone’s name regrettably…
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Korean pop group SNSD performing their old debut song Into The New World at SBS Idol Bigshow, a special gig over the weekend to celebrate Chuseok…
The nine girls released their first single in August 2007; and despite various controversies (for example), they rose to fame gradually and became one of the top female pop groups at the moment.
[video via nasasapce@Youtube]
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K-pop special! Korean songs from Drunken Tiger, Sandara Park, Lee Seung-gi, and HAM. All MVs are pretty new, released in the past month or two…
Drunken Tiger – Welcome to the World, Lil’ Homie
A cheerful song from Drunken Tiger, and a real-to-life music video starring his wife Tasha and son Jordan…
After the highly popular life-size 18-metre Gundam model in Tokyo, another giant Japanese robot statue, the Tetsujin 28-go (lit. Iron Man #28), is set to welcome its visitors in Kobe following its completion earlier this week.
Tetsujin 28 was created in 1956 by Kobe-born Mitsuteru Yokoyama; it was one of the earliest giant robot characters in Japanese manga. The comic was later adapted into anime series and was aired in US as well, retitled as the Gigantor.
The Tetsujin 28 statue is located at Kobe’s Wakamatsu Park. It’s similar in height with the Gundam statue, but doesn’t have moving parts like the Tokyo counterpart. The Kobe robot is built as a permanent structure though, whereas the Gundam was disassembled after two months of exhibition.
If the trend keeps going, we might be seeing dozens of giant robot models across Japan in future… pretty fitting tourist attraction for the #1 robotic nation lol.
[image from the project's official website [Jp]]
Video game developer Square Enix has released a seven-minutes long Japanese trailer for Final Fantasy XIII at the Tokyo Game Show 2009…
The Final Fantasy console game series was revolutionary in the 80s and 90s, popularising the role-playing-game (RPG) genre with its well written plots and high quality visuals & soundtracks.
Not sure if the game will appeal to younger generation these days; but for RPG gamers who grew up in that era, it’s a highly anticipated game for sure.
FFXIII will be released in Japan in December 2009 on PS3. Xbox and international versions estimated to be available in spring 2010.
[video via qarisu@Youtube]