Tomy

...merchandise and entertainment company created from the merger of two companies: Tomy (founded in 1924 as Tomiyama, changing the name to Tomy in 1963) and long-time rival, Takara (founded in 1955), on 1 March 2006. The decision to...

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...it?! We're giving away two copies of Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 for Nintendo DS, just in time for its release on September 15. TOMY continues the Shippuden story arc in this brand new 3D fighter. In addition to a copy of the game,...

In this article: Naruto, MadWorld, Sega, Nintendo DS, and Japan

...director, acquisitions and co-productions, Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group. Laura Yoshioka, director of consumer software for Tomy, which owns the "Naruto" game rights for all Nintendo platforms, said, "'Naruto' has always had a large...

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Well, sort of. Tomy, the Japanese toymaker best known for its robots, video games, and tactile children's toys, has released a device that supposedly translates your dog's barks into emotions that are expressed through a built-in voice...

In this article: Dog, Chihuahua, and Japan

...around the dog's collar. The original version had no voice synthesizer. Bowlingual Voice recognizes six basic canine emotions. Tomy says it can simultaneously translate the woofs of about 50 breeds of dog into Japanese. Not...

In this article: Dog and Japan

...are not barking up the wrong tree when it comes to their pets needs. Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy, makers of the Bow lingual Voice device, say it can detect a dog s emotions from its bark and then translate them into human language. The...

In this article: Dog, Japan, and US

...frustration ? alongside a recorded repertoire of spoken phrases Photo: AFP The Bowlingual Voice, produced by Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy, is a talking gadget which analyses the acoustics of a dog's bark and translates the findings into...

In this article: Dog, Japan, and Takara Tomy

...make his debut online for the first time. We don't have too many details right now on how the Wi-Fi will work, but a representative from Tomy did stop by our office to give us an overview of what to expect in this upcoming Wii game. Flash...

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Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy said on Thursday that it would launch a talking version of its Bowlingual gadget that can "translate" dog barks into the human language. The new model analyses six emotions, including joy, sadness and...

In this article: Dog, Nobel Prize, Ig Nobel Prize, and Japan

Japanese company Tomy will sell what it says is the world's smallest humanoid robot. Toy robots have been in the dog house since the demise of Sony Corp.'s Aibo, but another Japanese company, Tomy Co. Ltd., hopes to change all that. In...

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