Thanks to Google's impending removal of their Reader sservice (RSS feed reader), plus my impending travels around the planet, I may be slow to update here. 

Google Reader has be really helpful and useful for me, insofar as tracking updates by Japanese freebie content creators is concerned.  For the time being, I am trying out Feedly as a replacement, so we'll see how that works out.

Meanwhile, everyone is free to post news about Japanese freebies here, so long as Renderosity's Terms Of Use are followed, of course (it would be a pity if Renderosity had to take down this thread !). 

Eternal Hobbyist