Hasta La Creative!

The layoffs came as a result of Disney’s decision to combine two businesses: booming mobile games and sagging social games.

L’artiste japonais Jun Kitagawa installe des fermetures à glissière géantes dans des lieux publics à travers le Japon. Les œuvres d’art en 2D et 3D sont apparus dans les bâtiments, sur les murs, et dans les étangs révélant un coté mystérieux de ce qui se trouve sous la surface de ces fermetures éclaires entrouvertes.

NHK is under criticism amid signs it is hewing to an agenda approved by the rightist government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

After being called racist for portraying Westerners as big-nosed blond men who aren't afraid of hugs, Japan's All Nippon Airways has promised to edit the offending scene out of its commercial. 

In the original spot, shown below, an All Nippon pilot (played by a popular comedian) attempts to "change the image of Japanese people" by donning a long, fake nose and a blond wig. The airline began receiving complaints in social media that this portrayal was insulting to Westerners.

What's more apparent to me is the self-deprecation on display here ("such a Japanese reaction"). In fact, I'd dare to say this ad isn't particularly offensive, especially when compared to all the other stuff one could say about Americans. Hell, the fact that we aren't being depicted as fat oafs who smell like grease and milk is a step toward progress.

Mother Monster has created her own monster clones. That's right, Lady Gaga has created a line of life-size real dolls of herself, hand crafted in Japan, experts in all creepy, real-life doll things.

Though the replicas are not yet available for sale, they might someday be. They're currently designed for a Japanese promotion of her new album that points fans to Gaga's Japanese Facebook presence. But English speakers can watch the video where they mold and make her naked body, paint the nipples and dissect her to add a special set of musical organs that play Gaga's hit songs when you hug the doll and place your head on her chest.

The end of the video shows an eager, adoring fan doing just that, pressing his face into GagaDoll’s bosom with a look of orgasmic release. The doll is so lifelike, it's hard to tell which one is Gaga in a picture she sent out from her Twitter account (it's the middle one). It makes a lot of sense given the strong pop art connections with her new album Art Pop. I mean, you know Andy Warhol would have been all over this kind of thing.

Situé dans le quartier de Setagaya-ku à Tokyo, ce Cafe Ki au design épuré a été pensé par les équipes du studio de design japonais Id. De superbes espaces blancs, proposant en son sein des portes-manteaux noirs ressemblant à des arbres. Plus d’images de ce projet dans la suite de l’article

Focus sur 2veinte, un studio de conception graphique et de motion situé à Buenos Aires, qui a présenté cette vidéo d’animation « Looking for a Fight ». Inspiré par les codes de films de type Kaiju Eiga et les dessins animés japonais, cette vidéo colorée nous invite à découvrir un grand combat entre deux robots.

The father is a human in a dog's body (for reasons "you're too young to understand," he once barked at his daughter), the son is a black American, and their maid is an alien incarnation of Tommy Lee Jones. They are “The White Family,” a staple of telecom Softbank’s marketing, and they have become the most popular recurring commercial characters in Japan. The family is made up of a father (Otosan), a son (Kojiro), a mom (Masako) and a daughter (Aya). Telling you much more about their family dynamic would require me actually knowing Japanese, since few of the many YouTube clips from the campaign have been subtitled, though you can read a great profile on the Whites' commercial success in The Japan Times. Like me, you may have stumbled across their ads before and been too distracted by the craziness of their antics to actually recognize it as an ongoing campaign—one that has been tallied as the nation’s favorite for six years running. The sprawling series of more than 130 spots, credited with vaulting SoftBank from industry newcomer to one of Japan's top mobile providers, have even featured cameos from Quentin Tarantino, Tommy Lee Jones and a real Japanese astronaut filming his appearances in space. For my fellow uninitiated, I’ve compiled some of the more interesting clips from the campaign after the jump. Disclaimer: Seeing more of these ads doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll understand them any more. Hat tip to WTF Japan Seriously.   

Le réalisateur japonais Darwinfish105 a imaginé cette impressionnante et hypnotique vidéo prise à bord de Yurikamome, la ligne de train entièrement automatisée de Tokyo. Utilisant différents effets de miroirs avec Adobe Premiere, cette superbe vidéo intitulée «Yurikamome Hyper Drive» est à découvrir dans l’article.

Situés dans le quartier de Roppongi à Tokyo, les bureaux japonais de Google ont été pensés par les équipes de Klein Dytham. Mélangeant avec talent les influences occidentales à celles du pays du Soleil levant, des images de cet environnement aux multiples ambiances sont à découvrir dans la suite.