Brian Ashcraft

How To Make a Great Wedding Invitation: Add Dragon Quest

If you ever need inspiration for wedding invitations and like JRPGs, here’s a good place to start. According to Buzz News, some folks named Kenta and Ayano sent out Dragon Quest themed wedding invitations in PlayStation 2 boxes. This images were originally uploaded by Twitter user NobuChinShoki. As pointed out on 2ch, the art takes…

Next year is Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. To mark the event, the card game’s first starter pack is getting a re-release. Originally, the card game first went on sale in October 1996, and this reissue will be out next February in Japan for 1,300 yen (US$10.80).

Around the Neighborhood. Chiba, Japan. By Luca Eandi 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: Train in Vain | Artist: The Clash | Album: London Calling Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Gundam Breaker 3 wasn’t the only Gundam game Namco Bandai revealed today. It also announced SD Gundam G Generation Genesis for the PS3, PS4, PS Vita and those who like alliteration. It’ll be out in Japan next year. No word yet on an international release.

Ready for more Gundam Breaker? Well, that’s exactly what you’ll get, then. Today, Namco Bandai announced Gundam Breaker 3 for PS4 and PS Vita. It’ll go on sale next year in Japan. no word yet about an international release.

Sometimes, Pokémon Are Too Big for Your Room

Like, literally, too damn big. Twitter user BMCrecently got an inflatable Lugia… [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] As well as an inflatable Dialga. [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] [Photo: BMC] Both are too very large. BMC’s room is not. [Photo: BMC] Top photo: BMC To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or…

Tetsujin 28. Kobe, Japan. By Johann Affendy Mahfoor 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: The Drugs Don’t Work | Artist: The Verve | Album: Urban Hymns Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Poll: The Ten Best Anime of 2015

It’s December. This year is almost over. Now is a good time for people to look back and recount their favorite anime series of 2015. In Japan, website Goo Ranking polled 500 men and women in their 20s and 30s, asking them which anime series they liked best this year. Here are the top ten:…

Final Fantasy Cosplayers Have Fun Weddings

Not all of them, mind you! But this couple sure did. Because, really, if you are going to dress up as Final Fantasy VIII characters, you must cut the wedding cake with a Gunblade. As you can see the above photos by Twitter user Knkmgnm, the groom dressed as Squall Leonhart, while the bride was…

Anime-Style Sex Scenes Can Make Good Meme Fodder

Fate/stay night has spawned several mainstream console games and anime, such as above. The original visual novel, known for its engaging story, does have sex scenes. One Twitter user decided to one moment in particular would be perfect for a Photoshop meme. In this scene from the visual novel, the character Sakura Matou lifts up…

Dude, you bought too much Pokemon stuff. Spotted in Osaka by Twitter user Toraneko Top image: Toraneko

Studio Ghibli Is Making a New Animated Movie. Well, Sorta. 

Worried about Studio Ghibli? Previously, Kotaku reported that the studio’s youngest director had quit and that it was taking a break. Good news! Studio Ghibli is co-producing a new feature. Titled The Red Turtle, the film is a joint-production with European film distributor Wild Bunch and Studio Ghibli. According to Cinema Today, award-winning Dutch-British animator…

Arashiyama Bamboo Grove. Kyoto, Japan. By Shaun Roberts. 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!

Hyperreal Art That Will Blow Your Mind

This is not a photo of Sir Ian McKellen. It’s a painting by a young Korean artist named Joongwon Jeong, and it’s incredible. A few years back, Jeong started making waves on the art scene with his incredibly real drawings and paintings. His work is truly remarkable. Naver has photos of the artist’s process, if…

Japanese game company Agatsuma Entertainment announced that it’s closing down. The company, known for publishing titles like 3DS game Code of Princess and the Sayonara UmiharaKawase series, was dissolved today, and according to Famitsu, it will be fully liquidated by March 31, 2016.

University Gets a Hello Kitty Themed Cafeteria

It’s official. Your school’s cafeteria sucks. According to China News, China.com and Hangzhou News (via ShanghaiIst), Zhejiang Gongshang University in China recently opened a 37,674 square-foot cafeteria, able to seat 800 patrons. [Photo: Zjol] As you can see in this photo via Zjol, the cafeteria is colorful. [Photo: Zjol] ShanghaiIst notes that the cafeteria severs…

Taito Hey, the wonderful Akihabara arcade, is getting an automatic foreign currency changing machine, Famitsu reports. You won’t need i.d. like a passport, and can easily change U.S. dollars, euros, Chinese yuan, Korean won, Taiwanese dollars, Hong Kong dollars, and Thai baht. That’s pretty cool! This is the first Japanese arcade to get an automatic…

An Isolated Japanese Island. Aogashima, Japan. By Jens S. 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!