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…

Let me preface this article by disclaiming that I teach part-time at an eikaiwa (English conversation school), and bet that some of you reading this…

Whether it’s creating a Giant Ultima Weapon Fork from Final Fantasy or having seven armor-clad samurai show off extreme sports skills, Nissin Cup Noodles never…

Japanese commercials have a reputation for being rather…creative, so when the task of advertising a means of risk prevention and coupling it with inspiring enthusiasm…

You probably don’t need a reminder that Japanese television commercials can range from incredibly badass to bizarre and eccentric, so it’s always a testament to…

Depending on the country you live in, you have a different name for the popular but unsourced tune that Japanese people refer to as “Neko…

You might be familiar with the reputation of Japanese television commercials–eccentric, fast-paced, and a brand of humor that you may or may not get. The…

For many, the only comparable experience to the opening rounds of the U.S. Presidential Election trail, particularly the saga of Donald Trump, has been a…

We’ll be honest, the “omfg wacky Japan lol” narrative gets overstated a bit too much sometimes, and as much as we’d like to not feed…