Look, I’m not here to judge. People can do whatever they want with their bodies, er, billboards. Earlier this month, a billboard was erected in front of Akihabara Station for TV anime High School DxD BorN. As you can see in these photos dating from March 1, it originally looked like this. [Photos: honya_akiba] A…
Now you can relive Yamcha‘s death over and over again with this upcoming collectible statue. Don’t forget the apple pie, though! Wait. What? In Dragon Ball Z, Yamcha is killed by a Saibaman, certainly not the most difficult foe, after he grabs onto him and self-destructs. If you’ve never seen the scene, watch it below.…
Yesterday, Konami gave a statement via the Japanese Metal Gear Twitter account to attempt to clear the air on what’s going on with Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions. As Kotaku previously reported, the Kojima Productions brand has been dissolved and even removed from upcoming title Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. It seems “A…
You may think because you’ve logged impressive viewing hours, you know everything about anime. Sorry, you don’t. There’s more history to be discovered. Since this past February, Twitter site Anime in History has been unearthing historical images from the National Anime Archives. These are rare and unseen photos that show just how important anime has…
Service for the first Nintendo 3DS free-to-play game is ending in Japan on June 30. Dubbed Initial D Perfect Shift Online, beta testing began back in 2013, with service beginning in April 2014.
This is not an endorsement or recommendation for trolling. If anything, it’s simply an explainer to let you know what’s going on. Because trolling is bad poi. What’s “poi”? In Japanese, “poi” (っぽい) means “apparently,” “supposedly,” “seems like,” or even “~ish.” It’s a pretty common and basic word. But many fans are using it without…
It really hasn’t. Twitter user Tachibana 11111 created this “fantasy Japanese style” village. The design is modeled after a Japanese village filled with traditional inns. Tachibana 11111 spent one year and eight months to complete this work, using a self-made custom texture pack to capture that Japanese feel. The result is truly spectacular. [All photos:…
Have you seen this man? His name is Hideo Kojima and he makes video games. And since March 19 he seems to have vanished. Of course, he hasn’t vanished from the internet. There have been various stories about Hideo Kojima and how his production company seems to have vanished. Then, there was, in my opinion,…
No, no. Not every burger restaurant in Japan is like this. Too bad, huh? The Lotteria in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro is… different. One floor of the restaurant is reserved for anime collaborations and covered in whatever show (or game) is being promoted, whether that’s Sword Art Online, Fate stay night, or The Idolmaster Not only are…
Tomo Tanaka is a “miniature artist.” That doesn’t mean he is of small stature. Oh no, but his art certainly is. Tanaka, who lives in Osaka, works with very small scales—such as 1/12 and 1/24 scale—and makes items for small-scale display. Tanaka creates everything from glasses to samurai swords and from cookware to meals (though,…
There already are Naruto manga, an anime, and numerous video games. Be happy with those. Because from the looks of it, staging Naruto fights in real life is hard. As previously reported, a live-action stage version is being performed in Tokyo. Parts of the production do look cool, and I’m sure they’re doing the best…
Finally! As anyone with facial hair will tell you, it grows. Except in video games, where beards seem suspended in time. Not anymore. In Witcher 3, the beard of series protagonist Geralt grows in real time. According to Eurogamer, the game’s developer, CD Projekt, said that the beard grows “as time passes” and when the…
Never mind that there was already an Astro Boy reboot in 2009. Or that the previous reboot was not so good. They’re giving it another shot, calling it, wait for it, Astro Boy Reboot. It looks very green. As reported last year in Variety (via IT Media), the series is from Monaco’s Shibuya Productions and…
You are looking at someone wearing a Baymax costume while learning how to be a flight attendant. As one does. Via Sina, the training went like this in the simulation plane: [Photos: Sina] A flight attendant trainee from Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Aviation was apparently stuffed in a Baymax costume. Here you can see…
Speakers give inspirational talks. There’s clapping. Words of wisdom. Nostalgic looks back on the time passed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz… Wake me up when they start passing out diplomas. It’s time to spice things up with cosplay. The vast majority of students still wear suits or kimono, but in Kyoto,year after year, some students ditch the standard attire…
One pair to rock, and one pair to stock, right? Sneakerheads might amass a large collection of shoes, with some pairs not aging like fine wine, but rather, falling apart. Above, you can see a pair of twenty-year-old Air Max 95s. Recently, Twitter user Nagomo Ojitried them on for the first time in twenty years,…
We really don’t know much about Nintendo’s new hardware. It’s codenamed NX. It’s from Nintendo. And…well…That’s about it, really. However, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently offered what could be vague hints. Or not. In an interview with Nikkei, Iwata briefly mentioned the hardware, saying he wouldn’t go into particulars about the NX. “However, if you…
Smoking is bad. Don’t do it! But that’s not why the new Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime is being censored. It’s because this is underage smoking In the most recent Japanese broadcast of the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime, the face of Jotaro Kujo is covered in blackness to censor the cigarette in his mouth. This is…
Over the weekend, Osaka’s geek district of Nipponbashi was closed to cars, with the main drag turned into a giant gathering of cosplayers, photographers, and fans. March 21 was the 11th annual Nipponbashi Street Festa, and some of the photos don’t give a very good idea of just how crowded the day gets. For example,…
The Korea Ratings Board, always a good source for leaks, has approved Gravity Rush Remaster for PS4. Hrm… (Thanks, Sang!)
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