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Nebuta, Neputa, and Tachineputa are summer festivals held in the Aomori Prefecture. However, many people are confused about which is which. In this article, I…

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Take part in this special mystery tour game around Osaka which is being held to celebrate 50 years since the opening of the Kita-Osaka Express…

With less than a week left before the newest installation to the Crash Bandicoot game series, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, there have been…

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During the NieR Presentation from TGS this past Friday, we’ve received word that another YoRHa stage play is in the works for later this year!…

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The illustration we used for this article depicts three women which the stock photo service PIXTA has captioned “fashionably dressed mothers.” This reveals a certain…

With its very own okonomiyaki, Tamagotchi, and even a chewing gum case modeled after Nezuko’s bamboo muzzle, it would almost seem that hit anime Demon…

Aniplex Inc. has announced that a new anime project based on Reki Kawahara’s “Sword Art Online: Progressive” light novels is currently under production. The announcement…

One of the mysteries surrounding Studio Ghibli’s classic film Spirited Away has to do with the identity of the delicious-looking food in the scene where…

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