For the past twenty years, Ash has been losing. To date, he’s never won an official Pokémon League, but that could change this month. Ash might finally win his first one.

But you know what, for an amphibious mobile suit with iron pinchers, MSM-07 isn’t too shabby at model making.

Every August, the twice-yearly Comic Market gets underway in Tokyo. Besides fan-created comics, it draws numerous cosplayers who brave the heat to show off their outfits.

A new series of Parappa the Rapper spin-off animated shorts are coming to Japanese TV this year, MoCA (via ANN) reports. The anime stars a chill teddy bear named PJ Berri and also features Parappa and Chop Chop Master Onion. Each episode is around 96 seconds long.

No Filter Needed. The View from Machu Picchu, Peru. By Diego Santos.

Ever wondered what Star Wars vs D-Day would look like? Rogue One’s got your answer.

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There is nothing funny about the real Donald Trump, a raisin company mascot channelling the spirit of an internet commenter. What is funny is the voice actor behind Futurama’s Zapp Brannigan reading some of Trump’s dumbest quotes (from 2016 and beyond) in character.

D.Va’s mech is cute, I guess, but she’d do more damage in something out of Gundam.

Overwatch’s Reaper sure uses up a lot of guns. This SFM short by ArcadeCloud explores where his guns might come from and why he doesn’t just, you know, keep them. It made me laugh.

You may have missed the release of Eisenhorn: XENOS on PC this week because, despite being an official Warhammer 40K game, it doesn’t say that in its title. You may also have missed it because it is a very bad video game.

DOTA 2's $20 million International tournament is in full swing, and so far, it’s delivered.

I can’t believe it’s been 14 years since 2016, a year I’ve decided to fixate on for no particular reason. The only thing more surprising than how things have changed is the way they’ve remained the same. Whoa.

Weird tropes find their way into anime, and I’m not just talking about tentacle porn. Judgment aside, cat girls, superpowered transfer students and Vespa-riding aliens are objectively a little eyebrow-raising as television plot hooks. To be an anime fan, you get used to things you wouldn’t normally poke with a…

Some highlights from this afternoon’s staff Q&A: Stephen Totilo’s description of the history of Kotaku, and Stephen Totilo’s highlights of Kotaku’s best work, both written while he was starving himself in preparation for a blood test. Read’em here: