Track: Wild Is The Wind (Live) | Artist: David Bowie | Album: Glastonbury 2000 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan for allegedly customizing and selling an unauthorized customized anime figure. According to The Sankei Shimbun and Mainichi (via ANN), the man allegedly took the head from a Love Live figure of character Nico Yazawa and put it on the body of a Darjeeling figure from…
Now there are officially licensed Pokémon hats for your cats. Cute, right? The only trick is getting your cat to wear one! Each Pocket Monster hat is priced at 400 yen ($3.66). They are very, very cute. Here and here are the different cat hats for Pocket Monster cosplay. They are sold via capsule toy…
Earlier this year, Suntory announced that it was pulling Hakushu 12 and Hibiki 17 off the market. Now the Kirin Distillery is yanking one of the best Japanese whisky deals from shelves: Kirin Sanroku Cask Aged Spirit. Update January 22 – 6:00am: The Japanese whisky shortage won’t stop! According to Asahi News, sales of Suntory’s…
Boats in the Harbor. Varanasi, India. By Juan Antonio Segal | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Jói & Karen (Ryuichi Sakamoto Rework) | Artist: Jóhann Jóhannsson | Album: Englabörn & Variations Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Manners in Japan are tricky, complex and sometimes hard to follow—even for Japanese people. Over the weekend, I flipped through a book on Japanese manners I purchased here in Osaka. The book is divided into several sections, such as the correct way to perform rituals at Buddhist funerals (as well as Christian and Shinto services),…
This is Taka. He’s really into fighter planes and has figured out how to up the immersion factor in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Taka turned his PS Vita headset into a Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System and mounted it on a helmet Brilliant! According to Taka, he spent around 200,000 yen ($1,825) ordering the gear…
Since 1996, when Pokémon debuted, I have not once wondered whether or not a Pikachu can fart. Then I watched the latest Detective Pikachu trailer. The film is the first live-action Hollywood adaptation of the world of Pokémon, fart jokes and all. Is this movie canon? I’m not anti-fart joke! Not at all This trailer…
A Small Town With An Old Canal. Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. By Christian Amthor. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Series of Dreams | Artist: Bob Dylan | Album: The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
Wonder what Switch games were downloaded the most last year in Japan? How about which download-only games did well? Let’s find out! Nintendo has released its 2018 Switch download rankings. There are no publicly revealed figures so we don’t know how many times the games were downloaded, but Nintendo did put them in order. Here…
Here is the first look at the cast in costume for the upcoming Devil May Cry stage adaptation. Called Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker, the production runs from March 1 to March 10 in Tokyo. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Two former Bandai employees have been arrested on suspicion of swindling the company out of 200 million yen ($1.8 million) between July 2013 and November 2016. According to The Tokyo Reporter and ANN News, the ex-employees, 44-year-old Takashi Udatsu and 66-year-old Takao Kurokawa, have been accused of faking documents. Specifically, Nifty News adds that in…
Meet Imma. On her Twitter page, she describes herself as a virtual model and proudly declares, “I want to attract humans to the fashion show.” Sounds good to me! Her name Imma is a wordplay on the Japanese word “ima” (今) meaning “now.” According to IT Media, she was created by Tokyo-based CG company Modeling…
Late Night Eats. Tokyo, Japan. By Anssi Määttä | Instagram | Official Site JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Incinerate | Artist: Sonic Youth | Album: Rather Ripped Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
This is the Darth Vader we all know. But the character might not have been the same if famous Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune had taken the role. The Japanese influence in Star Wars is no accident. George Lucas’ hero is acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and he was inspired by the Japanese director’s films, such as…
Pokémon starters are so cute. But which ones are the cutest? In a recent poll, fans in Japan voted for the most adorable ones. Japanese polling site Goo Raking posed the question last month and 2,613 votes were cast. Here are the top 21 cutest starters. 21. Chespin – 13 votes 20. Treecko – 23…
Namco Bandai is making a Dragon Ball Z action role-playing game, magazine V Jump announced. More details will be revealed in the publication’s March issue.
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