Hello, this is Aaron in Kyoto, Japan bringing you the latest news from Flipnote Hatena. There were many amazing circus Flipnotes posted this past week, and we would like to thank everyone who posted. This week we have a fun new topic about…

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 18, 2012 from approximately 05:00 to 08:50 (JST) it was difficult to connect to all of Hatena's online services due to a network malfunction. This problem has now been fixed and we are currently investigating the cause of this mal…

Hello, this is Aaron in Kyoto, Japan bringing you the latest news from Flipnote Hatena. Today we added a 'News' button to the main menu of Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi. If you tap on the 'News' button you can read important announcemen…

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 bringing you the latest in news at Flipnote Hatena. The weather has gotten warmer in Japan and the cherry blossom trees ('Sakura' in Japanese) are now in full bloom in Kyoto. During the first few wee…

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 with a brand new edition of the Flipnote Hatena weekly news. The channel system on Flipnote Hatena is designed to allow everyone to organize their Flipnotes by theme. There are currently over 200,000…

As we previously announced, starting from 30 March, 2012 at 11:00 JST Hatena Color Stars removed from entries can no longer be reused. For more information about the reason for this change please see our previous announcement. We look forw…

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 with a brand new edition of the Flipnote Hatena weekly news. On average we receive about 800 - 1,000 emails a month from Flipnote Hatena users, and one of the common questions we receive is about the…

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 with another edition of the Flipnote Hatena weekly news. Starting this week we have made some improvements to the ranking system used for Flipnote Hatena, and we will also be making some changes the …

We have improved the calculation of stars and downloads for Flipnotes in the ranking section on Flipnote Hatena. We now count the number of stars and downloads for Flipnotes in the same way as views are counted (by calculating from the IP …

Currently color stars that are removed from entries (such as Flipnotes and comments) are credited back to user accounts and can be reused. After 3/30/2012 color stars that have been removed from entries can no longer be reused. The reason …

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 with another edition of the Flipnote weekly news. Last week many of the Hatena staff visited a town called Minamisanriku in northeastern Japan which is about 650 km (400 miles) from our …

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 with another edition of the Flipnote weekly news. We have received a lot of feedback about the Flipnote Hatena 2.5 update that was released last Friday. Here are some answers to common q…

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…

Today we are pleased to announce the release of some major improvements to Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi. This update is called Flipnote Hatena 2.5, and is a change to the functions of Flipnote Hatena, the online portion of Flipnote Stu…

Hello, this is Aaron at Hatena headquarters in Kyoto with another edition of the Flipnote weekly news. This week we are pleased to release an update for Flipnote Hatena called Flipnote Hatena 2.5. Many new features have been added that we …

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 with another edition of the weekly news. Recently the Flipnote team has been hard at work on an upgrade to Flipnote Hatena that we are calling Flipnote Hatena 2.5. This upgrade will include a variety…

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 with another edition of the weekly news. Today there is a festival in Japan called Setsubun, which marks the coming of spring. On Setsubun people wear demon masks and throw soybeans to ward off evil …

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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 with another edition of the weekly news. It seems like 2012 has just begun, but the year is already 1/12th of the way finished. We hope that January has been a good month for all of you, and that it …

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…