Brian Ashcraft

Japanese Cosplayer Doesn’t Want To Hide Her Plastic Surgery

Cosplayer Meiji will be the first one to say she used to look very different. It’s not something she wants to hide. “If you make a [side-by-side] comparison like this, I became a totally different person,” Meiji wrote on Twitter. According to her, she worked hard to eliminate complexes she had about her looks and…

Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler Won’t Have DLC Because It’s ‘A Finished Product’

Octopath Traveler, the Nintendo Switch exclusive from the team behind Bravely Default, will not have any DLC. Why? Because it’s already a complete game, says Square Enix. In an interview with Dengeki Online, Square Enix producer Masashi Takahashi said that it should take about fifty to sixty hours to complete the main story. “It took…

Panic Buying In Osaka After Today’s Earthquake

This morning, Osaka was rocked by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake. There have been at least three casualties, including a 9-year-old girl who was killed while walking to school, and according to The Guardian, hundreds of people were injured in the quake. Below are clips of Osaka and Kyoto when the earthquake hit In Osaka Prefecture and…

Johana Hikiyama Matsuri. Nanto-shi, Toyama, Japan. By Judd Abramson. 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: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend | Artist: The Ramones | Album: Hey Ho Let’s Go Anthology Disc 1 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Poor Waluigi, Nintendo Is So Cruel

It’s early Friday morning. E3 is over. Yet, I still cannot stop thinking about how Nintendo treats Waluigi. Super Smash Bros. Ultimatewas announced with the tagline “Everyone Is Here.” Kotaku previously posted how the internet reacted, but the one that continues to linger is how Waluigi has been wronged. Again. Now, Waluigi is in the…

Pikachu and friends want the World Expo to come to Osaka in 2025. Here is the concept video pitch for Osaka’s bid to host the expo.

Live-Action Anime Adaptations Might Be Getting Better

There’s a Jin-Roh movie. It’s based on the 1999 anime version of Mamoru Oshii’s Kerberos manga. And damn, it looks pretty good! The movie was announced back in 2012 and is slated for release this summer in South Korea. No word yet on an international release. Kim Jee-woon, who helmed The Last Stand with Arnold…

Sun Lit Bridge. Kyoto, Japan. By ShuYung Wu. 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: Lippy Kids (Live at Blueprint Studios) | Artist: Elbow | Album: Build a Rocket Boys! Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Mother Buys Weekly Manga In Memory Of Her Deceased Son

On March 11, 2011, Yuko Tanno lost her son in the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The city she calls home, Natori in Miyagi Prefecture, was ravaged. In memory of her son, she has continued to buy Weekly Shonen Jump each Monday. According to Asahi, Tanno’s son Kota loved manga. He’d buy the latest Jump and…

Inazuma Eleven: Balance Of Ares has been delayed to fall 2018 in Japan. It’s slated for PS4, Switch, iOS and Android. A Western release date has not yet been announced.

Taste Test For Coca-Cola Clear And More

Recently, Coca-Cola Japan released a clear Coke. But it’s not the only drink maker in the country that is going see-through. Anyone who remembers the 1980s and 90s can recall how clear—and white—drinks became en vogue. In Japan that meant, vodka, shochu and white wine. In America, clear liquor was popular, but we also got…

Crayon Shin-chan’s new voice has been selected! Long-time voice actress Yumiko Kobayashi will be bringing Shinnosuke to life starting July 6. Earlier this month, voice actress Akiko Yajima announced she was leaving the role, which she had held since the anime debuted in 1992.

Falling With Style. Siquijor Island, Philippines. 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! 

Man And His Anime Hug Pillow Graduate From College

Graduating from school is a big moment in any student’s or hug pillow’s life. While this is making the rounds on Japanese websites, it was originally spotted by Twitter user Amanojaku Respecter, who was watching the Cal Poly Pomona commencement: Let’s see how this all went down. The two make their entrance. Both are congratulated…

Huge Chewbacca-Themed Statue In Japan

Is this the biggest Chewbacca-themed statue in the world? Today in Nagoya, a tall Chewie was unveiled. This is for Solo’s Japanese release The statue, however, is always up, but not decked out like Chewbacca. Called Nana-chan ningyou (“Nana-chan doll”), this is a huge mannequin located in front of Nagoya’s Meitetsu Department Store Since 1973,…

When Anime And Photoshop Meet The Real World

There’s something oddly haunting about putting anime characters in real-world environments. A few years back, a 4chan thread featured a slew of Photoshops showing anime characters added into real-world locations. The images ended up on numerous Japanese websites. However, most of the photos were made by the MS Insanity collective on VK.com, which is akin…

Four Arrested In Japan For Running Illicit Video Game Bars [Update]

The proprietors of four video game bars have been arrested for allegedly violating Japanese copyright law. According to Yomiuri Shimbun, these arrests are being called the first of their kind in Japan. Update June 13 – 7:30am: An earlier version of this story said there had only been one arrest. There have been four, and…

Two Paths. Tokyo, Japan. By Fahnon | 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!