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Track: Ohayou Culture | Artist: Go! Go! Vanillas | Album: Ohayou Culture Single  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Check out these Final Fantasy XV food recreations! Twitter user Setsu has done a wonderful job of bringing FFXV food to life.

Chris Brown Has A Goku From Dragon Ball Lamborghini

Well, it does go with his Goku tattoo. That’s right, pointed out by Hot New Hip Hop, Brown’s Lamborghini Aventador has Goku’s face on the hood. Brown bought the $400,000 car sans Goku. But later had it customized, and last fall, he uploaded photos of his Gokumobile online. Which go with his Goku tattoo and…

Hayao Miyazaki Wants You To Know Why Nausicaä Has Large Breasts

By anime standards, Nausicaä from Hayao Miyazaki’s classic does not have a ridiculously large chest. But Miyazaki has said that the size of her bosom does have meaning, it seems. Miyazaki brought up the character’s chest size in a previously published interview that is once again circulating online. Here is the exchange in which he…

Mirror Gundam. Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. By Aaron Baggett. 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: Filed Under X | Artist: Bugs | Album: Audio Alchemy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Your Winter 2017 Anime Guide 

Who’s ready to watch some anime? You? Yes, that’s right, you It’s winter, which means it there is a new anime season with new anime to watch. This time, there are over forty shows to check out. Have a look and hit us up in the comments about which ones you are keen on. ACCA:…

Korean Military In Trouble Over Battlefield And Ace Combat Footage 

The South Korean military has a new program to co-develop fighter planes. To show off the project, a web video was created with tax payers’ money. Oh, and unauthorized video game footage. The Korea Times (via tipster Sang) report that the country’s Ministry of National Defense released the ten minute clip, which features a few…

Hollywood is keen to do its own version of Attack on Titan. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is currently negotiating for the rights. In case you missed them, read Kotaku’s reviews of the first and second Attack on Titan movies. [Update – Jan. 18 7am: Kodansha tells ANN the Deadline report is “incorrect.]

Isle of Skye. Scotland, U.K. By Steve Stanley. 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!

Your Name Is The Highest Grossing Anime Worldwide, And It Deserves To Be

There is a new anime box office champ. It’s Your Name, one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. As Comicbook.com points out, Your Name is now the highest grossing anime film ever, earning US$281 million worldwide and surpassing Spirited Away’s $275 million gross. Your Name has been a smash hit in Japan, but…

Track: There She Goes | Artist: The La’s | Album: The La’s Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Snow Makes Kyoto Even More Beautiful

Kyoto is one of the most beautiful places in the world. It’s been even more lovely this week thanks to a few days worth of snow. Via Twitter, here is a collection of lovely winter wonderland Kyoto photos: Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan,…

Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé recently said Switch has a “robust, online environment” that works for games “like Splatoon and Mario Kart and Smash Bros.” Smash Bros.? Hrm…

Beardcicle. Illinois, USA. By Mike Calabro.  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!

After stepping away from game development, Hidetaka Suehiro (aka Swery) of Deadly Premonition and D4 fame is back. He has set up a new, small studio called White Owls.

The King of Fighters is getting a MMORPG. Called The King of Fighters: World, it will launch in China next spring on iOS and Android. 

It’s Like Westworld, But For Real

There’s an old abandoned theme park a few hours north of Tokyo. And it’s creepy as hell. Photographer Lee Chapman from the Tokyo Times visited the site, snapping several terrific haikyo (廃虚 or “ruins”) photos. The park opened in the 1970s under the name Kinugawa Family Ranch and expanded over time, rebranding itself as “Western…

Very Suspicious Man Spotted At Nintendo’s Switch Presentation

At the recent Nintendo Switch event in Tokyo, there was some guy walking around and taking photos of various things. He seems rather familiar, no? Of course, this sure as heck looks like Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida, who often goes to all sorts of gaming events, whether that’s to check out the competition or just…

Shanghai Market Mongkok, Hong Kong. By Nick O’Malley 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!