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Comments · 64
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Re: Circular problem ...
Think about what you are trying to do - buy a Japanese MP3 from a US version of Amazon. If you instead search on the Amazon Japan page, you can indeed download the album. This is almost certainly due to copyright restrictions.
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Re:I'm OK with this...
* Amazon could have done this better (say, similar to Google or Bing's SafeSearch functions, where you have to opt-in before seeing adult material)
Amazon.co.jp carries some adult goods. It displays an age confirmation page when you try to view them.
Here's one for example: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0...
They have a whole category of adult stuff: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/be...
captcha: frigid
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Re:I'm OK with this...
* Amazon could have done this better (say, similar to Google or Bing's SafeSearch functions, where you have to opt-in before seeing adult material)
Amazon.co.jp carries some adult goods. It displays an age confirmation page when you try to view them.
Here's one for example: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0...
They have a whole category of adult stuff: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/be...
captcha: frigid
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Re:I don't get it
I don't know about Megabots but Kuratas actually sells their robots on Amazon for about 1 million dollars. https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%2...... [amazon.co.jp]
Are there people willing to pay $1 million for that robot?! Wow!! In any case, this does seem like a reasonably profitable business model. Just building the robots which you can sell sounds still a bit weird but at least makes some sense.
I can see them renting their robots for various shows, I think Megabots and Kuratas both do this. The duel is just advertisement.
I visited the Megabots website, their Kickstarter page and did a quick research and couldn't find any reference to sales; they are mostly referring to the future of robot fights, videos and merchandising. I don't know how things are in Japan, but it doesn't seem that this kind of product (at $1 million!!) has an actual market in the USA (or almost anywhere).
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Re:I don't get it
I don't know about Megabots but Kuratas actually sells their robots on Amazon for about 1 million dollars.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B...I can see them renting their robots for various shows, I think Megabots and Kuratas both do this. The duel is just advertisement.
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Re:illogical summary
You mean, http://www.amazon.co.jp/
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Re:Units!
"The 10.5-inch device weighs just 467g and measures a mere 6.6mm in thickness"
Not really that amusing. Screen sizes in even the most solidly metric countries are often measured in inches.
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Re:Not the first RPG in Japan
This, pretty much. The Black Onyx was a 1984 game, but it's well known that 1981's Wizardry had a much bigger impact in Japan.
They even made DS games on the Wizardry franchise because it's so famous over there
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Re:Criminal copyright in Japan
You're willing to go to jail rather than pay $13.21 (approx)? Are you insane?
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Re:Useless
Tentacle Fuck Bundle only ¥300
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Re:"the competition heats up..."
There is definitely competition out there, but it is minimal. If you check out Amazon's Japan best seller page for portable media players you get:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/electronics/140474011/ref=zg_bs_nav_e_3_3371411
The top 3 items are Apple iPod touch. 9 out of the top 10 items are from Apple. 17 of the top 20.
In any case, part of my point is not Apple's dominance, but the lack of anything much happening in this market.
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Re:"Stop, my brain hurts!"
thats not the argument the pro- yaoi people are using - they didnt mention which specific titles are banned.
RTFblog post instead of ranting wildly then. DMP named names, they are where I got the descriptions from. And yes, even though the titles involve 20+ year olds, they are still yaoi, because yaoi as a genre is not "about child molestation". Some yaoi titles include child molestation (of adolescents, to separate this discussion from the people pointing out that yaoi using prepubescent kids exists but is a separate genre), but guess what? The US publishers don't want to be sued any more than amazon wants to be sued, so they don't publish those titles here. The closest they'll come will be "high school" where the character is probably a senior and therefore at least possibly legal. For more information on the subject of what can get published in the US, look at the drama surrounding the license and cancellation of Kodomo no Jikan (which would have been named "Nymphet" here in the US, which can probably be made into a much safer and more on-topic search, or you can just read through the associated news entries here). The license was announced shortly after the series began in Japan, while it was still relatively tame. By the time the main character (a 3rd grade girl) pretended to give a phallic-looking water fountain a blow job, the US publisher had given up. Not even a single volume was published here, and that was loooong before the story got to the point where an older man was spreading vapor-rub on the little girl's chest, or the girl was learning how to insert tampons. (BTW, the author of Kodomo no Jikan is a woman. No clue where you've gotten your conceptions of the impeccable purity of the female kind that you demonstrate throughout your rants. Your inability to imagine them schlicking to gay porn is your own problem, not everyone else's.)
As for the portrayal of rape, Japan's view of it is no less disturbing than the American view that prison rape is funny and/or deserved. If you don't think so, think again, because kids go to prison (or "juvenile detention facilities") too.
Finally, as for the "Boy's Love" or "BL" title for the wider genre (including the non-pornographic titles, which is generally implied to be excluded from "yaoi") in Japan, they use english like we use japanese: excessively and incorrectly. "Boy" only refers to the gender, not the age. Amusingly enough, amazon.co.jp includes all manga, anime, and "BL" as a single category, which leads to rather bizarre emails from them: "You bought and liked Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Here's some gay books from the same department that are pretty popular!" (I've mostly trained that out but recently I've been getting an onslaught of recommended radio play/drama CDs that look gay as hell)
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Re:Let me get this straight ...
Obviously you have never bought music by Ever Anime or Son May.
http://stason.org/TULARC/art/anime-music/24-Are-Son-May-Ever-Anime-Cds-Bootlegs.html
They were just about the only way to get Japanese CDs in the US for a while, but you can now order discs from Amazon:
Sadly, even with as much as Amazon discounts stuff, Ever Anime discs are usually still cheaper.
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Translation
FWIW it says take a photo with your cell phone, send it in and the response arrives.
They have variations in sepia, wine red, midnight blue, and a puzzle game -- but all are sold out.By the way JIGAZO actually is how you read the three character name, which means "your own image" or maybe "self portrait image".
Here is what the separate white panel looks like:
hereAnd here is a blog, showing the process: "I made the Jigazo puzzle!"
I'm not going to translate it entirely, but he says the pieces are nice and thick, and well formed. Also there is a guide image on the back of each piece and also, a light version of it is shown on the front of the piece as well so it's easy to understand.
It comes out looking quite good, the key is to look at it as if looking far away, with squinty eyes.
It took him 90 minutes to make his first one, then the second time he got faster.Translation..
Use the 300 pieces in the box and you can make anybody's face.
First in the World, a jigsaw puzzle that can do your face!
Jigazo PuzzleCan you believe it?!
All the sample images shown here were made with the same 300 pieces.
In order to make your own face...
When you send a photo by cell phone email a response image will be sent back immediately.
Just put the pieces together the way it shows and voila!By repositioning the same 300 pieces you can make images as varied as these!
1. Send your image to the email address printed in the included instruction manual
2. A response image with the answer arrives in your cell phone
3. When you line up the 300 pieces according to that, then your face is complete. You can use anyone's face!(small print)
Sending your photo, and receiving the response image will incur packet communications charges according to your cell phone service provider's contract.
If you are going to be using it repeatedly, we recommend you use your service provider's fixed price unlimited packet plan.
Note that the creation of the response image by our company is without cost no matter how many times you use it.Set contents
300 piece puzzle. Color of pieces differs depending on the set type.
Piece set-up tray
Starch adhesive and applicator spatula (or something like that)
Manual. Includes instruction images for the Mona Lisa, Girl with Pearl Earrings, Natsume Soseki (the author), Kennedy (JFK), President Obama, Beethoven's face. You can immediately start playing with these faces without using a cell phone.Other things you need:
A cell phone with camera functionality, from NTT DoCoMo, AU, Softbank Mobile (Disney Mobile and iPhone also included).
* When displaying your finished puzzle, please use separately sold 300 piece (white) panel specially for JIGAZO puzzles.Price is 1890 yen, a bit over 20 bucks.
JIGAZO FAQ
Q1. When I send in a portrait photo with my cell phone, do you mail me back a finished puzzle?
A. No, that is incorrect. Your face is created only out of the 300 pieces in the box.Q2. How do you do that?
A. There are 300 pieces in the box with slightly different tones.A program finds the tones closest to those of your face and sends back to your cell phone a response image specially for your face.Q3. How quickly does the response image get sent back?
A. It depends on the state of the communications network, but in about 10 seconds it should be sent back and then you can immediately start playing.Q4. How do you put the puzzle together?
A. Each of the pieces has a hint image on it, so you position the pieces as shown by the response animation. Enjoy watching your face gradually start to appear.Q5. Can I only put the pieces together once?
A. No, you can redo it any number of times, and make anyone's face.You can pl -
Re:Just what I was waiting for
Careful what you wish for- The Manga Guide to Systems Administration
A search on amazon pulls up over 300 Manga de Wakaru (Understand with Manga) books, we could be seeing a lot more of these here soon.
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And Amazon Japan is for pedophiles
I wonder how Amazon would filter this shit? This http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B000N2CXFU?ie=UTF8&redirect=true is one step closer to fulfilling a particular desire, you think? And you do not even want to know the other crap that Amazon sells. I am absolutely convinced and cautious that the consciousness of the people in this world and their respective "business's" are confused. In the end your sanity and safety will always fall second to greed and profit. I look at my son and daughter and do my best for them.
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Re:Another Bomb Here to Stay
That isn't true.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
http://www.amazon.de/
http://www.amazon.fr/
http://www.amazon.co.jp/
http://www.amazon.ca/I only checked the first few, but they all have music stores.
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Re:Official Secrets Act != Terrorism Charge
Meanwhile, in Japan, they publish
Airport watching guides for obsessed plane nerds, covering most of the country's airports. I've seen ones for the US airbases there, though I can't find on Amazon atm.Quite a different attitude than India or Greece, where people have been arrested for taking pics of military bases.
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Re:Official Secrets Act != Terrorism Charge
Meanwhile, in Japan, they publish
Airport watching guides for obsessed plane nerds, covering most of the country's airports. I've seen ones for the US airbases there, though I can't find on Amazon atm.Quite a different attitude than India or Greece, where people have been arrested for taking pics of military bases.
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Re:Larry Gonick ...
Indeed, it's been translated great while ago.
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Don't say I never did anything for you
I spent a little while and found it. The title translates to Analysis Magic Schoolgirl Misaki Magical Open.
There was even a slashdot.jp article on it back in 2004. I'd tell you what the conclusion of the comments was, but there weren't any posters both technically capable of understanding the book and interested in it, so almost all of the comments were off-topic. I'm glad the English version of slashdot isn't like that...
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Re:Fortran Coloring Book?
Your Japanese-reading kids can enjoy learning Squeak Smalltalk: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798104809
Other than that, searching for "manga guide to" in Japanese on amazon is... pretty interesting. Not all of the results involve "scantily-clad teens" (some of them involve scantily-clad well-endowed women
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Re:Fortran Coloring Book?
Your Japanese-reading kids can enjoy learning Squeak Smalltalk: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798104809
Other than that, searching for "manga guide to" in Japanese on amazon is... pretty interesting. Not all of the results involve "scantily-clad teens" (some of them involve scantily-clad well-endowed women
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Re:Fortran Coloring Book?
Your Japanese-reading kids can enjoy learning Squeak Smalltalk: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798104809
Other than that, searching for "manga guide to" in Japanese on amazon is... pretty interesting. Not all of the results involve "scantily-clad teens" (some of them involve scantily-clad well-endowed women
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Re:Fortran Coloring Book?
Your Japanese-reading kids can enjoy learning Squeak Smalltalk: http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4798104809
Other than that, searching for "manga guide to" in Japanese on amazon is... pretty interesting. Not all of the results involve "scantily-clad teens" (some of them involve scantily-clad well-endowed women
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Re:I wonder if...
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Get a better job.
But prices for CDs are still cheaper than other countries.
Japan: 3100yen ($31) http://www.amazon.co.jp/CANT-BUY-MY-LOVE-%E9%80%9A%E5%B8%B8%E7%9B%A4/dp/B000MZHT7U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206475131&sr=1-2
Germany: 13.95 EUR
http://www.amazon.de/Spirit-Leona-Lewis/dp/B000ZNW6VS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206475335&sr=8-1
UK: 8.99 BRP
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Re:Definitely The Pr0n...
There's a ton of blu-ray porn.
Here you go (definitely NSFW):
Amazon Blu-Ray JP pr0n
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Re:They have been abusing albums for years
You're not the ones being screwed, we are.
Hmm that's interesting, I guess I didn't see it from that view point.
Decided to fish around for an example, here's one: Iced Earth's The Glorious Burden. The "Imported" edition has two extra tracks, the same as the Limited edition. I will number them below to avoid confusion.
Album #1: US version from Amazon USA: $16.98
Album #2: Imported edition from Amazon USA: $38.99 . Note the Japanese left side of the cover which "proves" that it is an import.
Album #3: US version from Amazon Japan: 2313 yen ~= $19.61. This is titled "[From US][Import]"
Album #4: US limited edition from Amazon Japan: 3130 yen ~= $26.54. This is titled "Limited Edition[From US][Import]"
Album #5: US limited edition from Amazon US: $22.98.
Confused yet? Alright, in terms of content. #4 = #5 = #2. And #1 = #3. The only difference #2 has from #4 and #5 is that its contents are split onto two cds, which hardly justifies the price premium
Now who in their right mind would buy #2 when #5 was available? Simple, #5 was released 2 months later. The $38.99 version was a complete scam - you will note that Japan has no equivalent (even though #5 has a Japanese cover!). Loyal fans/collectors who *had* to have every song ended up paying more than double the album price for two extra tracks. To pour salt onto the wound, the "limited edition" released later has those tracks for a much lower price.
This practice further complicates things because now Amazon (US) has to have 3 pages for different CDs, each with their own set of reviews (although some reviewers copy-paste their review to every edition). Tagging music becomes confusing because of the proliferation of very similar albums with subtle differences. And of course buyers will have to do extra research to make sure they're getting what they want.
We have to put up with all these inconveniences so that the record industry can price discriminate.
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Re:They have been abusing albums for years
You're not the ones being screwed, we are.
Hmm that's interesting, I guess I didn't see it from that view point.
Decided to fish around for an example, here's one: Iced Earth's The Glorious Burden. The "Imported" edition has two extra tracks, the same as the Limited edition. I will number them below to avoid confusion.
Album #1: US version from Amazon USA: $16.98
Album #2: Imported edition from Amazon USA: $38.99 . Note the Japanese left side of the cover which "proves" that it is an import.
Album #3: US version from Amazon Japan: 2313 yen ~= $19.61. This is titled "[From US][Import]"
Album #4: US limited edition from Amazon Japan: 3130 yen ~= $26.54. This is titled "Limited Edition[From US][Import]"
Album #5: US limited edition from Amazon US: $22.98.
Confused yet? Alright, in terms of content. #4 = #5 = #2. And #1 = #3. The only difference #2 has from #4 and #5 is that its contents are split onto two cds, which hardly justifies the price premium
Now who in their right mind would buy #2 when #5 was available? Simple, #5 was released 2 months later. The $38.99 version was a complete scam - you will note that Japan has no equivalent (even though #5 has a Japanese cover!). Loyal fans/collectors who *had* to have every song ended up paying more than double the album price for two extra tracks. To pour salt onto the wound, the "limited edition" released later has those tracks for a much lower price.
This practice further complicates things because now Amazon (US) has to have 3 pages for different CDs, each with their own set of reviews (although some reviewers copy-paste their review to every edition). Tagging music becomes confusing because of the proliferation of very similar albums with subtle differences. And of course buyers will have to do extra research to make sure they're getting what they want.
We have to put up with all these inconveniences so that the record industry can price discriminate.
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Bluray porn on amazon.co.jp
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Re:Comparison....
This is patently false, as a quick search on amazon.co.jp will show you...
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Re:Comparison....
This is patently false, as a quick search on amazon.co.jp will show you...
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Re:Comparison....
This is patently false, as a quick search on amazon.co.jp will show you...
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Re:Comparison....
This is patently false, as a quick search on amazon.co.jp will show you...
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About $210 less than that
Not as expensive:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000U1DJ 2
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Re:Why put a fake horse in front of the automobile
In Japan paperbacks are smaller and thinner than American versions. Perhaps this is to make them easier to read on the packed trains? For example, LOTR is published on in 3, but 10 volumes: http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/45660237
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Microsoft's aim is simple...
To stop alienating gamers in Japan they'll start alienating American ones! Japanese people are used to paying $60 for games, so the tables are finally even, winning Microsoft some favor on the other side of... the other pond. Actually, (I'm my own insightful reply) Japanese 360 games are $10 more too (ignore the discount thing), which probably provides twice the alienation doing nothing would have... I wonder how Microsoft possibly could hope to do well in Japan with games that cost more than a used Xbox 1, and no Kasumi-shaped pillow.
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Microsoft's aim is simple...
To stop alienating gamers in Japan they'll start alienating American ones! Japanese people are used to paying $60 for games, so the tables are finally even, winning Microsoft some favor on the other side of... the other pond. Actually, (I'm my own insightful reply) Japanese 360 games are $10 more too (ignore the discount thing), which probably provides twice the alienation doing nothing would have... I wonder how Microsoft possibly could hope to do well in Japan with games that cost more than a used Xbox 1, and no Kasumi-shaped pillow.
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Take my money, please!
My wife's Japanese, and I like J-Pop. But, iTunes Japan won't be getting my money, since we live in the U.S. and you have to have a Japanese credit card to download from their site.
It's actually easier for us to buy a CD from Japan and get it shipped to us, than try and send money to her Japanese bank account, etc.
You can buy a money card from http://amazon.co.jp/ (it's on the front page) ONLY IF you are in Japan. They think of everything...
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Re:No surprise here
Check out amazon.co.jp's best-selling games. Tack on 5% sales tax. They're all over $60.
Selling games for $60 is not a new thing in Japan. They'll still sell them in the US for $50. The Nintendo 64 proved that $60 is too much money for an American consumer to spend on one game. -
Re:What in the world!!!
Man, first I quit taking methamphetamines, and now this... If it wasn't for my talking sofa and the giant fat men, I don't think I'd make it through some days...
Oh, so you live in Japan now? Oh, wait, you didn't say talking toilet or talking toaster... (^^;)
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Re:$820? Can we please stop advertising Ripoffism?
Amazon.co.jp has the SL-C3000 listed for ¥74,800. At the latest US Dollar/Yen exchange rate, that's $729.01. Given the system's specs, that sounds like a fair price.
That leaves Dynamism $89.99 for:
- Per-unit tarriffs and shipping costs.
- Localization, including both translation and regression testing.
- Operating costs for a tech support department that, if they were just a grey-market box shifter, they wouldn't have to provide.
Only after all that do they get whatever profit the free market will bear.
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Re:The biggest gaffe of 2004....
Strangely, only the American retail price for Katamari Damacy was $20. The Japanese original retailed for about 4000 yen (about $38), a discount from the normal 6980 yen price (about $66) (really) for new games. It's now available in a best sellers edition for about 2400 yen, bringing it closer to the American retail price.
In fact, Katamari Damacy now costs less in Japan than the Katamari Damacy Soundtrack CD, which amazon.co.jp will sell you for about 2900 yen or $28 American.