Toho is making a new Godzilla film. Hooray! It will be directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. Toho hasn’t released an official poster yet. But hopefully, the official one will be a wonderful as this. Twitter user and professional illustrator Taiki Kaneko created this terrific faux Godzilla poster. The cameo with Hayao Miyazaki, Anno’s…
Tokyo-based Imageepoch made its name with role-playing games like Arc Rise Fantasia, Luminous Arc, and Last Ranker. This week, Imageepoch’s websites went offline, and no one can find company president Ryoei Mikage. Imageepoch was founded in 2005, and as this 2009 GameSetWatch interview shows, the company had ambitious plans. Above, you can see a photo…
China’s Ministry of Culture is investigating and punishing some of the country’s biggest internet companies for hosting anime the government has deemed unsavory. According to China Digital Times, the Japanese animated series in question “lure minors to delinquency and glamorize violence, pornography, and terrorist activities.” The ministry cited three anime series: Blood-C, for showing severed…
Earlier this year, Kotakuposted an image showing different the eyes of different anime characters. Maybe you thought that test was too hard. Perhaps you’ll find this one easier. Maybe not! Below, you can see an anime eye test that recently popped up on Japanese bulletin board 2ch: In the comments below, go ahead and list…
Yes, yes, April Fool’s Day is over. So over! But please, allow this one last gag: Avengers-inspired shaving from Gillette. This appeared on Gillette Korea’s YouTube site and shows an array of razors I wish were real, but sadly will never be. Or will they? [Thanks, Sang!] To contact the author of this post, write…
Curry rice is one of Japan’s most popular—and beloved—dishes. On one side, there’s rice. On the other? Curry. But in some parts of Japan, you can order “dam curry.” You heard me, dam curry. The dish can be found at some sightseeing spots near major Japanese dams, hoping to cash in on both people’s love…
Today is April 1. I recently read someone somewhere saying that April Fools’ Day is not a thing in Japan. Oh how wrong is that! It’s been around for decades and is very much a thing online. In Japanese, April Fools’s Day is called 4月馬鹿 (Shigatsu Baka or, literally, April Fool) or エイプリルフール (Eipuriru Fuuru…
Toho is planning a new Japanese Godzilla movie. That’s exciting! But before you get depressed and start worrying if it’s going to stink or not, here’s some good news. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion is going to helm and write the picture. Ho ho ho ho! That’s right, Hideaki Anno is slated to write…
After a popular idol group’s blackface controversy this past February, somebody still thought it would be a good idea to put a TV personality in blackface to promote Will Smith’s new movie. If you go to the official Japanese site for Focus, you will see this: This is Warner Bros. Japan’s April Fools’ Day joke.…
This is not a fake April Fools’ Day joke. You can actually buy Burger King cologne today in Japan. Promise! As previously reported, the “flame-grilled” scent is a special one-day only affair. It’s an April Fools’ gag made real. In the video below, you can see an unboxing from Kotaku reader Corbin, who said the…
Up until now, all we have heard or seen about Final Fantasy XV’s party was that it was filled with dudes. That, however, might change, Square Enix says. It’s possible a female character could join the game’s four-character, all-male party as a guest. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime…
A new billboard went up in Tokyo’s Shibuya Station. It’s of a giant black cat. It seems you can pet the giant cat. That, or stick your fingers in its nose. All your fingers. The billboard is for Kuroneko Yamato (Black Cat Yamato), a Japanese shipping service. This is certainly an arresting billboard! [Photo: da_rinsan]…
This is Josie Rizal. The recently revealed character is Tekken‘s first Filipino character. For some, she’s not Filipino enough—or rather, Filipino at all. Josie Rizal is named after one of the country’s most important national heroes José Rizal—something Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada confirmed. Her outfit is red, blue, yellow, and white, which mirrors the…
Deadline reports screenwriter Jay Basu is now writing the years-in-development Metal Gear Solid movie.
There’s a new Dragon Ball Z movie. And it won’t be in theaters until April 18, but yesterday, there was a preview screening. Details are leaking out, but what most people probably want to know is whether or not there is new Super Saiyan hair. Note: Don’t like spoilers? At all? Well, don’t read this.…
Think a smitten, Japanese schoolgirl version of Patrick Bateman. That should give you a vague idea of of what indie sandbox game Yandere Simulator is about. Yandere is a Japanese character type that can be willing to kidnap or kill for the one she loves. Yandere Simulator is created by a programmer under the name…
Nothing stays the same. As time passes, we change. And if you are a manga artist, that could mean the way you draw does, too. Manga artist Yu Yabuuchi published her first manga Boin de Gomen! in 1983 issue of Ciao magazine when she was only thirteen years old (just 13!). Since then, Yabuuchi has…
To be honest, I kind of like it. As noted on Figsoku and Famitsu, this is the “Variant” line of Square Enix’s collectible Play Arts figurines. “Variant” means the design has been slightly changed or modified, as in these Star Wars figures. The tweaks to these characters, along with the battle-worn appearance, work well—a lot…
This past Saturday, Frieza held a meet-and-greet at a shopping mall in Shiga Prefecture, Japan to promote the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie. A Frieza cosplayer showed up and things got awkward. Not awkward in a bad way! But awkward in a very good one. See how Frieza reacted to seeing a fan, Twitter user…
New release Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter is based on an urban legend that a Japanese woman thought Fargo was real and travelled to America to find the money Steve Buscemi’s character buried. The real story, however, is far more depressing. The urban legend started in 2001 after a Japanese woman in her late 20s named…
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