Brian Ashcraft

Comparing The Pokémon Anime In Japanese To Its English Dub

If you’ve ever wanted to know how the latest Pokémon anime stacks up to the Japanese original, here’s your chance to find out. Besides the language and the voices, the biggest difference appears to be that the English dub lacks much of the audible oomph that the Japanese original has, especially when the soundtrack cuts…

Bonsai Tree. Tokyo, Japan. By Stefan Laketa 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: One Way Road | Artist: Oasis | Album: Who Feels Love? Single Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Ash Could Finally Win A Pokémon League

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. Increasingly, Ash has upped his game and has been more formidable in the anime than in year’s past. This season, Ash and his Greninja…

Making Gundam Models Is Hard Even For Gundam Models

You know what, for an amphibious mobile suit with iron pinchers, MSM-07 isn’t too shabby at model making. Twitter user TKvirtualworld created this brilliant diorama with MSM-07 sitting at a desk, reading through an instructional manual. A look at MSM-07’s handiwork. Can you imagine picking up those little pieces with those pinchers? Or creating something…

It’s Summer And Time To Cosplay In Japan

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. Tokyo gets incredibly hot in August, so big respect to the cosplayers in the heavier outfits. Comic Market cosplay is always a good gauge to see what’s popular in…

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. 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: Olsen Olsen (Live) | Artist: Sigur Ros | Album: Heima DVD Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Raichu’s New Form Already Has Fan Art 

Surfing Raichu! Today, we got confirmation that Raichu’s Alola incarnation is real in Pokémon Sun and Moon, but ever since the leaks hit, people have been fascinated with the character’s new surfing form. Okay, okay. It looks more hovering than riding the waves, but who cares? This is ELECTRIC SURFING. And surfing on its tail!…

The Birth Of TV Anime In Japan

We take it for granted. Each season, anime studios churn out new episodes on a regular basis. But at one time, a weekly TV anime was seen as an impossibility in Japan. Osamu Tezuka changed that forever. Hailed as the “God of Manga,” Tezuka was also the man who made anime what it is today.…

The Making Of Godzilla Resurgence‘s Special Effects

The computer graphics in Godzilla Resurgence are quite good. Let’s see how they all came together. While I have mixed feelings about the film itself, I loved the look of it, the camera setups, and the CG. The CG felt tactile and heavy like the models and miniature sets of the past. As Kotaku previously…

Studio Ghibli. Nagoya, Japan. By Nelson Diaz. 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!

Latest Pokémon Sun and Moon Leaks Confirmed In New Trailer

Is Pokémon Sun and Moon the leakiest game of 2016? Not sure, but for the past few days, Sun and Moon leaks have reportedly shown new characters. Today we can confirm that those leaks were true. Team Skull is Sun and Moon’s antagonist organization: This is Plumeria. Guzma is Team Skull’s leader. New Pokémon include…

Track: Lonely Soul | Artist: UNKLE (with Richard Ashcroft) | Album: Psyence Fiction Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

That’s One Big Plushie

Damn, that stuffed bear is effing huge. San-X is once again rolling out a life-sized version of its popular lazy bear character Rilakkuma. The plushie is 5.4 feet tall and weighs 19 pounds. Which means in real life Rilakkuma is not some small, cute bear, but more like this: The plushie is priced at 66,434…

Matt Damon Isn’t Whitewashing The Great Wall, Says Director

Next February, Matt Damon stars in a movie centered around the Great Wall of China. According to the film’s director Zhang Yimou, there’s a reason for that and it’s not whitewashing. This comes in the wake of the surrounding decision to cast Scarlett Johansson as augmented-cybernetic human Motoko Kusanagi in The Ghost in the Shell…

DeNA, the Japanese company making upcoming mobile apps with Nintendo, today said it “can’t update you today about progress on our work with Nintendo.” According to WSJ, work is continuing, but DeNA doesn’t currently have any info to share.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics Were Predicted 30 Years Ago by Akira

Cyberpunk manga Akira debuted in 1982—over thirty years ago. The manga, and subsequent anime, are set against the backdrop of the forthcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Er, I mean the 2020 Neo-Tokyo Olympics. The impending games and Neo-Tokyo Olympic Stadium do factor into the plot (for example, Akira is housed in a cryogenic chamber below the…

Morning at Burton Island. St. Albans, Vermont. By Tony Bilodeau 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!