The newest issue of Josei Jishin reports that singer Hikaru Utada (26) has a new man in her life. He is said to be a 34-year-old artist whose works include “Nihonga,” or Japanese-style paintings.
According to the magazine, the man has frequently been seen visiting Utada’s apartment in Tokyo. The pair have also been spotted on various dates, such as a trip to the ongoing “Ancient Egypt in Torino” exhibit at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
Utada married filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya at a young age in 2002, but they divorced in 2007.
Here are some picture’s of the Master Grade Blue Frame! This is an amazing looking Gundam, I already own the 1/100 HG and this isn’t just slighty improved it’s complety redone I think this is one best looking Suits period and im glad to see a Master Grade version definately a must buy!
A link to an official 「Ladies versus Butlers! / れでぃ×ばと！」 website, which is currently under construction, was posted on several 2ch threads earlier today. A light novel receiving an official website very much indicates that a new anime project will be formally announced soon…
「Ladies versus Butlers! / れでぃ×ばと！」 is originally a shounen light novel series from author Kouzuki Tsukasa — with illustrations by Munyuu. A manga adaptation is also available from the pages of Dengeki Moeoh.
Hino Akiharu lost his parents when he was an elementary student and was taken in by his uncle’s family. One day, he sees on the news about the newly-established Hakureiryou Gakuin, a school which was re-built from an elite girls’ school. He decides to take the exam for that school and succeeds in entering the House Management Department (the place to train maids & butlers). He wants to become a butler, although his appearance scares the ladies. Akiharu has a sinister look in his eyes, a scar on his right eyebrow, and bristled up hair. Add 3 piercings on his ears and he indeed has a typical bad boy look on him.
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He meets his “nemesis” at that school, Saikyou Tomomi, a girl with a two faced character who traumatized him many times since they were kids. Another girl named Cernia Iori FlameHeart chases after him because of his looks and calls him suspicious. Still, Akiharu starts finding his feet at the school and his relationships with the girls also get better…
Sales of the PS3 Slim in Japan have hit record levels, with the console selling 150,000 units in four days, 50% more units than the Xbox 360 sold in the entirety of the 2009 financial year.
The figures show the PS3 Slim to have sold 150,252 (the old model sold an additional 500 units in the same period) in the four days after its release, the highest since the console’s release.
This brings the Japanese PS3 sales total to 3,431,964 units, with the Xbox 360 trailing with 1,113,372.
Of course, the real question is how much this release will do to close the global 10 million unit gap between the Xbox 360 and the PS3, although just how many of those units are still working is open to question…
Official confirmation (by way of extravagant YouTube ads) of the release date of Final Fantasy XIII is finally forthcoming; the Japanese PS3 release will just scrape in before the end of 2009 as promised, coming out on December 17th, with pre-orders opening shortly.
The title is a “PS3 exclusive” in Japan, but else where both PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are due, with some suggesting that the late Xbox 360 port is contributing to the delayed international release, due in 2010.
The issue with the lack of Blu-ray on the Xbox 360 has also apparently been tackled, with the game promised as fitting on 3 DVDs, although understandably the developers are not forthcoming on whether anything significant will be changed between the two editions.
The trailer in case you need to be reminded just how pretty it looks:
