Brian Ashcraft

Brock From The Pokémon Anime Might Have A Girlfriend

In the recent Pokémon Sun & Moon episode, Brock is back! And after getting turned down for years, he might finally have a girlfriend. During the show, Brock seems to have hit it off with Olivia. *Brock’s name is Takeshi in Japanese. Like, really hit it off Hope this works out because…

Poop Emoji Reborn As Soft Serve Ice Cream

While poop ice cream isn’t new, here’s the poop emoji turned into soft serve ice cream. As Wired points out, Japanese telecom company KDDI first pushed out the unchi (poop) emoji in September 2000. And this month, IT Media and PR Times are reporting that snack shop SweetXO Good Grief in Tokyo is launching Unchi-kun…

TV Series 24 Is Getting A Japanese Remake

Titled 24 Japan, it’s set for broadcast during the 2020 fiscal year. The drama will be a remake of season 1 but adapted for its new setting. Livedoor is reporting that TV Asahi is handling the remake, which will follow the same real-time format of the American series. TV Asahi negotiated with 20th Century Fox…

Pink Boat Towards Happy Beach. Mactan, Cebu. By Martin Tan. 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: Wintertime | Artist: Noah Jones with Jeff Tweedy | Album: Wintertime single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. 

Work has begun on the new anime for battleship girl browser game KanColle (Kantai Collection). According to an official tweet, Studio Engi is handling the 2D and 3D animation. ANN adds that the anime sequel series was announced back in 2015.

Game Console Modding Illegal In Japan, Punishable By Prison And Fines

It is illegal to mod game save data and game consoles in Japan. Both are punishable by up to five years in prison and fines up to 5 million yen ($46,000). According to the official site for Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software, modding game save data and game consoles violates the country’s Unfair…

The Climb. Bonn, Germany. By Aria Khoshsirat | Instagram 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: Linger (Acoustic Version) | Artist: The Cranberries | Album: Something Else Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Deadly Japanese Food That Kills At New Year’s

During the New Year holidays, Japanese people traditionally eat mochi, which is typically translated as “rice cakes” and is incredibly dangerous for older folks. In the West, people might know mochi ice cream, which uses thin pieces of mochi, but in Japan during the New Year’s holidays, people might put bigger (and stickier) pieces of…

A Live-Action One Piece Movie Might Look Like This

This isn’t a trailer for a One Piece movie trailer, but if a made-in-Japan version ever gets greenlit, it could like this. Earlier week, Oricon posted this Indeed job recruit spot with actor Takumi Saitoh as Luffy, model Rika Izumi as Nami, comedian Daigo Yamamoto as Usopp, actor Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Zoro and actor Yosuke…

Marina Bay Sands. Singapore. By Andy Go | Facebook 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! 

Artist: Towa Tei with Ringo Sheena | Track: Apple | Album: Lucky Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Japan Hasn’t Given Up On The Mini-Disc Just Yet

The Mini-Disc never caught on in the U.S. But during the 1990s, the format did in its native Japan, where MD isn’t yet dead. Launching in 1991, MD was the coolest format. It was like a compact disc, but smaller (hence, Mini-Disc). Unlike CDs, it didn’t skip. You could also chuck Mini-Discs in your bag…

South Korea’s Biggest Gaming Giant Is Suddenly Up For Sale

In 1994, Kim Jung-ju founded Nexon, South Korea’s largest gaming juggernaut. He now owns NXC, Nexon’s holding company, and is putting up 98.64 percent of the stocks up for sale, worth an estimated ten billion dollars. Nexon made its name with wildly popular online games like Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds and KartRider. When…

Close to the Tracks. By Aaron Baggett | 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: Love Is Blindness | Artist: U2 (Edge Solo Performance) | Album: NA (From The Sky Down doc) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Tokyo’s Best Winter Cosplay

The winter Comic Market just wrapped up in Tokyo, bringing 2018 to an end with some excellent cosplay. There was a mix of incredibly accurate and incredibly creative cosplays. Everyone who participated braved cold temperatures, so kudos to them. Have a look at some of the standouts And finally… There’s always summer Comiket!

Akira Sakuma, creator of the Momotetsu train games, was rushed to the ER on New Year’s Day after suffering a heart attack. His familyposted this image to Twitter, saying he’s still in the ICU, but is conscious and doing “very” well. We wish him a full recovery.

Inside Hong Kong’s One Piece Restaurant

If you like One Piece and are ever in Hong Kong, you might want to swing by this One Piece-themed eatery. Fittingly, it’s located in the city’s Whampoa area, a former dockyard. Not only is the decor One Piece themed, but so are the food and drink. While not the world’s only One Piece restaurant…