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How These Mind-Controlled Cat Ears Almost Didn't Become A Reality

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 10.05.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Otaku, Anime, Necomimi, Necomimi Cat Ears, Neurowear, Neurosky, Eeg, Inventions, Cosplay, Japan Anime, Japan, Weird Inventions, Technology News

As NeuroSky Vice President David Westendorf tells it, it was a shy product planner at a Japanese high-tech fashion company,who came up with the idea. ...

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Taming Mind-Controlled Cat Ears: A Firsthand Experience

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 11.13.2012 | Technology
Read More: Video, Necomimi, Necomimi Cat Ears, Neurowear, Necomimi-Cat-Ears, Neurosky, Japan Anime, Tech Gift Guides 2012, Neurowear-Cat-Ears, Technology News

Before I put on the cat ears, NeuroSky publicist Kendall Hurley tells me a story. Wearing the cat ears at a product launch party in LA, she was embarr...

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Revolutionary Girls

Susan J. Napier | Posted 11.14.2012 | Arts
Read More: Cartoons, Manga, Viki, Anime, Japan Manga Comics, Versailles, Rose of Versailles, Japan Anime, Arts News
Susan J. Napier

Why would a series set in 18th century France appeal so widely to Japanese and Western audiences in the 20th century? The answer is actually quite easy: Rose of Versailles is unprecedented in many ways among the manga and anime of that time.

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Japan: 2-D Romances With Comic Book Characters A Thriving Subculture Phenomenon

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Comic Books, Computer Games, Anime, Comics, 2-D Romance, Foreign Affairs, Comic Book Characters, Japan Anime, Japan, Advocacy, Nemutan, World News

The New York Times magazine has an interesting story this week by Lisa Katayama on what is described as a "thriving subculture" whereby comic book fan...

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Japan Looks To Comic Books To Rescue Economy

Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Japan Comic Book, Comic Books, Japan Economic Stimulus, Anime, Japan Manga Comics, Manga Comics, Foreign Affairs, Japan Economy, Japan Anime, Comic Book, Japan Economy Shrinks, Japan, Advocacy, World News

While other countries bail out banks, slash interest rates and prop up struggling industries, Japan is pinning its hopes for economic recovery on a le...

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