Last weekend, a Japanese man named Sal9000 got married to a video game character that appears in a video game published by Konami on the Nintendo DS. It is the first time that a real person marries a virtual character in Japan. In this ItMedia article there are some pictures of Sal9000 enjoying a relaxing day in Disnay Land with his wife.
Vía Boing Boing.
Since Dragon Ball Kai started to be broadcasted in Japan, it seems like Dragon Ball is becoming superpopular again like in the 90s. This weekend the most advertised video game in Akihabara was Dragon Ball Raging Blast for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was showcased at the entrance of almost every shop and the only other game that seemed to overshadow it was Winning Eleven 2010.
Dragon Ball Raging Blast everywhere.
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Komatsu is a kid with a great music talent and a special hability to play video game music, specially the music in Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Japanese people love the video game series Dragon Quest which is almost unknown outside of Japan, but here is even more popular than Final Fantasy. I really like Dragon Quest melodies and I have recently started playing Dragon Quest IX, which has been recently released in Japan.
Komatsu started putting his videos in YouTube but he became so popular that eventually he was on television playing music from his favorite video games:
More videos of Komatsu in action.