[furtivefelon]

It's all games, western games are also much more graphically intensive: http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3 http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ http://www.callofduty.com/mw3

Not too sure why this surprises anyone...

[btn]

Indeed. Comparable sites (video games, video game companies, and TV shows) in English follow very similar design patterns.

That said, there are some major Japanese sites with absolutely mind-boggling design ("Rakuten" springs to mind...)

[valgaze]

Interesting samples & discussion on (sometimes "busy" & hectic) Japanese web design: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/25/1712256/the-puzzle-o...

[jakerocheleau]

This is a really great comparison. I would love to write an article on this someday comparing the Eastern/Asian media websites along with Western/American media.