SpongeBob SquarePants As An Anime Is Pretty Dramatic
With a little creative imagination, it’s been shown that talented fans can create some pretty great would-be anime openings, even if they don’t have a…
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No Face Soy Sauce Bottle And Rice Paddle Are Here To Spirit Your Cooking Away
You can always count on Japanese Studio Ghibli goods store Donguri Kyowakoku for some cool and quirky Spirited Away themed goods, including a No Face…
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[Part 5] Professional Anime Artist Turns His Sons’ Sketches Into Amazing Anime Characters
By now you may be familiar with the work of Tokyo-based French anime artist Thomas Romain (Symphogear, Space Dandy, Aria, Macross Delta, and Basquash!), who…
1,500 Pikachus Invade Yokohama For The Annual Pikachu Festival–This Time With Boats And Blimps!
In what has become an annual event in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai area, the The Pikachu Outbreak Festival runs for nearly a week long (8/9-8/15 this…
Long-Necked Exeggutor The Latest In Comically Big Pokemon Goods
When it comes to eccentric Pokemon merchandise, Snorlax seems to run a monopoly over it. The lethargic Pokemon’s most popular goods include slippers that snore…
Tokyo’s New Life-Size Gundam Will Be Bigger And Better, And Even Has A Moving Head
You might remember the bittersweet end to the 18 meter tall landmark Gundam statue in Tokyo’s Odaiba last march. The nostalgic life-size statue of the…
Japanese Fried Chicken Chain Releases Idol Girl Sweat-Flavored Sauce Karaage
The world of Japanese Japanese idol and pop groups, driven by very passionate fans, is pretty congested at the moment. So in order to stand…
Japan Opens “YouTuber Academy” Training Courses For Elementary School Students
In 2016, Japanese newspaper Mainichi News, reported the results of a poll conducted among fourth grade boys at an elementary school in Osaka that showed…
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Welcomes Akira Comparisons With Projection Mapping Event
Whatever the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony turns out to be, it would be hard to imagine the proceedings not highlighting the many aspects of…
Hit Manga And Anime Series One Piece Is Getting A Hollywood Live Action Television Series
Eiichiro Oda’s record-shattering manga and anime series, One Piece, is getting its very own live-action television series overseas. The announcement was made by Hiroyuki Nakano…
This Cosplaying Aunty Will Never Be Too Old To Dress Up
At first glance, cosplay can seem to be a hobby for the young, but as we’ve seen in the past with a cosplayer’s grandmother lending…
Japan’s Latest Idol Unit Is A Group Of 60 Miner Mannequins
When it comes to regional promotions, Japanese towns in search of escaping the shadow of the bigger cities in the country and showing off their…
Creepy Evolving Japanese Baseball Mascot Hunted Down And Stripped By Other Mascots At All-Star Game
You may remember that the latest in Japan’s long line of bizarre but adorable mascots literally “evolved” on the baseball field. The newest mascot for…
Foxy Kitsune-Mask Band Rocks Out To Utada Hikaru, Lupin, Arrietty, and More On Traditional Japanese Instruments
We’ve seen the wonderful sounds of traditional Japanese instruments fuse old and new in fantastic ways before, with several artists treating us to traditional Japanese…
Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Makes Vogue Debut With The Most Relatable Makeup Video Ever
Having made her mark in the world as a Japanese plus-size comedian (who does a mean impression of Beyoncé, by the way), Naomi Watanabe isn’t…