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It is not already unusual that the job fair is held in virtual world.
But, are there the company holding a serious job fair in the "cute" 2D
virtual world? CyberAgent utilizes their virtual world "AmebaPigg" for job fair.





Now, CyberAgent strengthens overseas development, andpush forward the
employment of the engineer for the development of the Android
application. However, all niversity student may not live in the
metropolitan area(CyberAgent holds a "real" job fair only in Tokyo and
Osaka).



Last
month, they held job fair in AmebaPigg for the university students who
graduate from a university in spring, 2012. Then about 1,000 students
gathered there. 40% logged in among them from country area and the
foreign countries.



This cute avatar is CyberAgent CEO Susumu Fujita(Himself operates it properly!)



Then avatars of five employees appeared and did Q&A session with students.



As for job fair, the examples that used 3D virtual world and a virtual
event system were found till now. Most of them are serious. All the
participants wear suit and avatars are real graphic... But, CyberAgent
and AmebaPigg proved that job fair could hold even cute 2D virtual
world.
  

Are you interested in the virtual world and Japanese anime film? Then, let's check the "Summer Wars". "Summer wars" is a Japanese anime film shown in 2009 summer. As for it, the screening begins in U.S.A. on December 24.





Story...
Kenji is a teenage math prodigy recruited by his secret crush Natsuki for the ultimate summer job – passing himself off as Natsuki’s boyfriend for four days during her grandmother’s 90th birthday celebration. But when Kenji solves a 2,056 digit math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars, handling everything from online shopping and traffic control to national defense and nuclear launch codes. Now a malicious AI program called the Love Machine is hijacking Oz accounts, growing exponentially more powerful and sowing chaos and destruction in its wake...

via GKIDS,tv
See Also:
Summer Wars official North American website

Summer Wars Japanese offisial website

Various elements are included in this movie. 3D Virtual World(like a Second life), Japanese mobile internet, Avatar communication, Nintendo DS, Artificial intelligence, spoofing, Cyber-bullying, scenery of the Japanese country and big family.

This movie mobilized spectators more than one million in Japan and it won in a lot of Awards. In addition, Summer Wars is nominated for this year 's Best Animated Feature Oscar.

If you has iPhone or Android mobile, check this game apps.

http://swkoikoi.indexweb.co.jp/s-wars.ap/ [J]

You can experience the Hanafuda game of "Koi Koi" that appears in the movie.

What's hanafuda? via Wikipedia