Weekly Brief

~ Screen shots of Studio Ghibli’s game, ‘Ni no Kuni: The Another World‘ that’s being made by Level-5 is now available. It’s almost like you’re playing through one of Miyazaki’s animated films! [Kotaku]


~ An animated film of the popular ‘Professor Layton’ puzzle games, will be released in Japan, called “Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva“. Screen shots are available on Kotaku. [Kotaku]


~ Takeru Kobayashi, the self-proclaimed Japanese food fighter has regained his title at this year’s Krystal Square Off World Hamburger Eating Championship by gobbling down 98 hamburgers! [Japanator]


~ A ‘Death Note‘ incident took place in a Sydney, Australia high school. The ‘Death note’ was found in the bag of a boy in 8th-grade. Harmless adolescence rebellion? [ANN]


~ The Tokyo Game Show, Japan’s largest video game festival ended earlier this week! It drew in about 185,000 visitors and many cosplayers! You can marvel at the beauty of these magnificent cosplays at mainichi japan. [Mainichi Japan]


~ Here’s a way to kill two birds with one stone! You can now read manga while studying Molecular Biology with ‘The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology‘. The manga is written by Dr. Masaharu Takemura, of Tokyo University of Science and drawn by Sakura. [Neatorama]


~ This year’s Ig Nobel Biology Prize has been awarded to researchers from Kitasato University in Tokyo for their research into using Panda feces for disintegrating garbage and for hydrogen fuel cells. [Pink Tentacle]


~ Hiroya Oku is finally back from his three month break and has again started doing Gantz as the successful manga series heads into its final arc. The manga will now be published on a monthly basis on the Weekly Young Jump. [ANN]


That’s the week in Asia!


Picture courtesy of Konami’s Love Plus

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