To Celebrate Mobile Suit Gundam’s 40th Anniversary, Zaku Pool Floats And Haro Beach Balls
Seiko’s luxury Gundam watches and the surprise release of Gundam vs. Hello Kitty have marked some fun ways to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Mobile…
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Japanese CG Crime Reenactment Maker App Released, Hilarity on Twitter Ensues
If you’ve ever watched Japanese news, you may have seen CG crime reenactments using cookie-cutter humanoid forms in blue for men and pink or red…
Man Tries Out One-Punch Man Training Routine And Shares Ripped Results
One-Punch Man’s Saitama possesses one of the most comically dominant levels of power seen in an anime, but his spartan training regiment of 100 sit-ups,…
Manga Artist Reveals Why Shiba Inu Are Misunderstood By Other Dogs
Sekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu to 世界の終わりに柴犬と (literally, “Together with my Shiba inu at the end of the world”) is Japanese manga artist Yū…
Seiko Celebrates Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary With Limited Edition Watches
Perhaps as compensation for anyone duped by their April Fool’s rice cracker watches, or simply just tapping into the popularity of stylish anime-themed watches as…
Peculiar Collaboration Teams Idolmaster Game, Horror Manga Artist Kazuo Umezu and Snickers
The Idolmaster franchise is no stranger to strange (or at least, unexpected) collaborations, having already tag-teamed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, for example, and partnered with…
The Heisei Era’s Best Anime Songs In One Album: Heisei Anisong Taisho Mixed By DJ Kazu
The Heisei Anime Song Grand Prix The winners of the Heisei Anisong Taisho 平成アニソン大賞 (Heisei Anime Song Grand Prix), an award to decide on the…
Photographer Captures Cherry Blossom Path “Suddenly Appearing” In The Middle of Tokyo
The end of March and beginning of April was one of the most eventful few days in recent memory here in the Tokyo area. Not…
New DBZ Cushion From Japan Imagines Frieza As Your “Ideal Boss”
Premium Bandai has quite the variety of cute PC cushions to rest your arms on while you work at your computer, most notably a Pokemon…
Funniest and Weirdest Japanese April Fools Day Joke Products 2019
Although you don’t hear about so many April Fools Day pranks being pulled by the general public in Japan, companies see it as a great…
Coca-Cola Japan Assembles Avengers: Endgame-Themed Limited Edition Cans
Depending on the season or the region, grabbing a Coca-Cola in Japan means you can treat yourself to a shakeup in style or flavor. Last…
PSYCHO-PASS Collaborates With Pioneer On Bluetooth Wireless Hi-Res Headphones
With a theatrical film series still playing in Japanese movie theaters (inspiring a pop-up cafe, as we reported earlier) and a third anime season slated…
Sample Food from Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away at Awesome Exhibition and Cafe in Tokyo
In January, the first Studio Ghibli exhibition in Tokyo for 3 years was announced to open in April. It’s a collaboration between the powerhouse animation…
Japanese Voices: @17 no Gokitaku Shimasenka? #49: “Taking a Vacation From The Airwaves”
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
Fantasy Artist SHU’s Alice In Wonderland-Inspired Paintings Showcased In New Exhibition
Ever since Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865, characters and scenes from the book have inspired people around the world. Today…