Maybe the graphics are currently a little jaggy and the frame-rate not yet totally smooth. Does that stuff really matter when the in-game food looks this friggin’ good? Yes, yes it does. But damn, Final Fantasy XV food is making me hungry. Ever since the game’s meals werefirst shown off earlier this year, some fans…
Surely you can see the similarity to Attack on Titan Below, of course, is an image from the Attack on Titan anime, featuring a Titan about to tear down the wall, so other, smaller Titans can enter and eat all the villagers. Spotted by Twitter user Minami_Carapare, this giant Super Lucky Cat has been compared…
There are lots of visual gags in anime. Some are funny! Some are not. But few are this biting about the anime industry itself. Here, you can see frames from a recent episode of Shirobako, an anime about, well, making an anime. Shirobako gives an inside look at how anime is made. The most recent…
LEGO bricks are blocky. So are old video games. You know what that means? It means this. Twitter user Ryusen is good at building LEGO creations. Really good. Just look as he recreates everything from Super Robot Wars‘ Billbine to first-gen Pocket Monster sprites. In particular, the shading on that Billbine is superb. [All photos:…
You didn’t ask for this, but here you go: a Japanese sickness mask that looks like a woman’s face. In Japan, people try to combat pollen—as well as sickness—with masks. When you get sick, the proper thing to do is wear a mask so you don’t get others sick. If you are worried about getting…
Akira is wonderful. The Simpsons is wonderful. Put them together and you get something pretty special. This is Bartkira. As Kotaku first mentioned when the crowd-sourced project first launched, Bartkira is inspired by artist Ryan Humphrey‘s art (see below) and spearheaded by cartoonist James Harvey With over 500 hundred artists worldwide, each contributor works in…
I would call this the most gorgeous PlayStation 4 released so far, but I prefer the 20th Anniversary model. That being said, this looks nice. Real nice. Konami has announced a special Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PlayStation 4. The color combination is patterned after Snake’s bionic arm. Pretty slick! The console—and controller—both…
What kind of ramen do you expect from a game that revels in ridiculous breast physics? I guess you’d expect something like this. Ah, Senran Kagura. If you haven’t been keeping abreast, the game originally debuted on the Nintendo 3DS because its creator wanted some 3D boobs. Yes, that game. To date, there have been…
Lots of Korean food is both healthy and delicious. While delicious, these meals are certainly not healthy. Nor are they recommended for regular consumption! As recently noted on Korean website Instiz, last year some schoolgirls put their own unique spin on the traditional dish bibimbap Here is a nice photo of bibimbap before it’s mixed.…
Forget the controversy over Frieza’s new colors. That’s not that important. What is important is that Dragon Ball Z‘s bad guy would be a good time at a club. Here, you can see Frieza get down in an ad for Japanese beverage Mets (yes, an ad, blergh). Turns out, Goku and co. can get down,…
Previously, Kotaku reported that a Godzilla hotel was opening in Tokyo this April. Next to the hotel, a huge ‘Zilla head was slated to appear, but all we’ve seen were computerized concept images. Until now. Today, the actual Godzilla head was unveiled for the first time. It towers over Shinjuku, making a very cool addition…
Do you have a favorite female character in anime? Maybe you’ll find her in the results of this Japanese poll. Maybe not! Website Charapedia recently published the results of its questionnaire that asked ten thousand anime fans which woman in anime they thought was cool. This wasn’t a poll for cutesy anime characters! But rather,…
It’s not that uncommon for video games to seek inspiration from a variety of places. But the usual suspects are other visual mediums like movies, art and photos. But Japanese comedians? Now that’s unusual. Magical girl anime Yuki Yuna Is a Hero got a PS Vita game late last month in Japan. As Twitter user…
Nintendo issued a statement saying it was ramping up Amiibo production for the Japanese market. In particular, there has been a shortage of Little Mac, Captain Falcon, and the Animal Crossing Villager Amiibos. Remember this is for Japan and no word on how it impacts other regions.
There’s a new Dragon Ball movie coming out. Dubbed Dragon Ball Z: The Resurrection of F, the movie features the return of Dragon Ball’s greatest villain, Frieza. A new trailer reveals the character’s new form—something that is dividing Dragon Ball fans. The new form is being called “Golden Frieza.” Design-wise, it looks similar to white…
What is it with this administration? First the President goes on an anime-is-real crusade, and now Vice President Biden is invading the personal space of anime girls. Sheesh! Twitter user @neontaster recently uploaded these images, showing the V.P. getting a little too close: [Photo: neontaster] [Photo: neontaster] [Photo: neontaster] Of course, a couple of images…
We’re not just talking about an airplane, but an entire airport that’s named after the famous manga and anime character Detective Conan. The character appears in the series known by the same name (though, in North America and the UK, the manga and anime are called Case Closed). [Photo: singo0822] Websites AnimeAnime, Natalie, and ModelPress…
It’s not always exciting to be a superhero. There’s downtime, when superheroes go back to their daily lives, screw around, play jokes on each other, and pass the day. Finally, we get to see all this recreated in collectible figures and slick photography. Using Hot Toys figures and little toy props, photographer Edy Hardjo recreates…
Technology! It does good things like make our lives better. You know, like making things such as computers, smartphones and talking hug pillows possible. As noted on Japanese site Weekly ASCII, a researcher named Kouchi Uchimura pitched his idea for a talking hug pillow platform called Itasupo on crowd-funding site Makuake (think Kickstarter), with the…
Google Street View is filled with all sorts of strange things. But one of the less odd things is the Google car getting stopped by the Japanese police. If you’ve ever driven in Japan, you’ll know that the speed traps often include unmanned radar guns stationed somewhat away from the actual police. There will be…
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