Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena in Kyoto, Japan bringing you the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. This week marks the 11th anniversary since Hatena Co., Ltd. started in Japan. We would like to thank everyone for helping make the past 11 y…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena in Kyoto, Japan bringing you the latest news about what is happening in the Flipnote Hatena community. This week in Kyoto there is a festival called the Gion Matsuri, which is one of the biggest festivals in …

Today Hatena Star is celebrating its 5th anniversary. The Hatena Star service began on July 11, 2007 and marked the milestone of 10 billion stars being used in February 2011. As of May 12, 2012 the total number of Hatena Stars that exist e…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena headquarters in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. Many people check the "Most Popular" section to find interesting Flipnotes. However, in our experience a great deal of the best content…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena headquarters in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. There were so many amazing "Fish" Flipnotes posted last week, and we had a great time watching them all. We appreciate everyone who too…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena headquarters in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. June 21, 2012 was the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. This day has the m…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena's office in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. One of the best ways to create animation is to experiment. If you are stuck for new ideas try an animation or drawing style that you have n…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. There were so many amazing 'Cheese' Flipnotes posted last week and we would like to thank everyone who took part the weekly topic competition. This …

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about Flipnote Hatena. The "Puzzle" themed Flipnotes from last week were a lot of fun to watch and we would like to thank everyone who took part. This week we have a new food-relate…

As previously announced, we are no longer be accepting credit cards for purchases of Hatena Color Stars on Hatena.com. From now on you can purchase Hatena Color Stars with Rixty, the leading cash-based payment platform for games and digita…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron in Kyoto, Japan with the latest news about the worldwide Flipnote Hatena community. On early Monday morning there was a great view of an annular solar eclipse here in Japan. During this time the moon passed in front of…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena in Kyoto, Japan with some excellent animations posted by Flipnote artists from all around the world. Every week we create a new weekly topic to help our community improve their animation skills, and allow eve…

After May 31, 2012 (Thursday) we will no longer be accepting credit cards for purchases of Hatena Color Stars. From now on you can purchase Hatena Color Stars with Rixty, the leading cash-based payment platform for games and digital conten…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena in Kyoto, Japan and I'm happy to present some of the most brilliant animations posted on Flipnote Hatena by users around the world. It's nice to be back after taking one week off from posting the Weekly News.…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

On May 7, 2012 (Monday) from 05:17 JST to 06:52 JST it was difficult to connect to Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi. This error was caused by the failure of an authentication server that has now been fixed. Access to Flipnote Hatena has no…

Hello, this is Aaron in Kyoto, Japan bringing you the latest news from Flipnote Hatena. Next Friday will be a national holiday here in Japan, so we will not be posting the next edition of the Flipnote Hatena Weekly News until May 11, 2012.…

Welcome to the Hatena Featured Artist section of our blog, where we introduce Flipnote creators from around the world. We post the Hatena Featured Artist every week on Wednesday, and hope to introduce a variety of different artists that wi…

On April 23, 2012 (Monday) from 14:39 JST to 15:29 JST it was difficult to connect to Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi as well as Hatena's other online services. This error was caused by the failure of an authentication server that has now…