Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, skipped the deadline for several issues of his popular manga earlier this spring due to illness. It seems he is still recovering. According to the latest issue of Shonen Jump, One Piece will once again be missing an issue. Originally, Oda was hospitalized in May for a tonsil…
Starting this week, if you head down to Hong Kong’s Time Square Shopping Center, you’ll see more than chic retailers. You’ll see giant mecha. The “Gundam Docks at Hong Kong” exhibit kicked off on July 26 and will run until the beginning of September. In front of the Time Square Shopping Center, you can see…
Custom Maid 3D, the erotic computer game with a cock controller, is grinding out a historic update: Oculus Rift support. VR gaming with things people put their penises in will never be the same! Thanks to a new beta patch, now players can enjoy virtual reality head-mounted gaming as they enjoy controlling the game with…
Sweet Fuse, the dating game with game designer Keiji Inafune (Dead Rising, Mega Man), will be out on the PSP this August in North America. In the game, you are Inafune’s niece (no, you don’t date him). Along with seven sexy bachelors, you must save the fame game creator from being held hostage. As Siliconera…
Westerners often say Japanese TV is “odd.” It’s not, really—even less so once you understand what people are actually saying. That doesn’t mean that peculiar or unexpected things don’t sometimes happen. The Japanese word “hapuningu” (ハプニング) uses the English loan word “happening” to refer to unexpected events. It could be the TV producers who don’t…
When Zone of the Enders HD Collection was released, it did not look good. It looked so bad that Z.O.E. creator Hideo Kojima said plans to make a new Z.O.E were shelved. But take heart, the HD version just got patched. Game developer Hexa Drive did the patch for Konami, and it seems to have…
You mad? Really ticked off? Effing pissed? There’s a difference, you know. Online for the past few months, there have been humorous degrees of being angry in Japan. The meme was originally based on the Japanese “gal” subculture slang for angry, “oko” (おこ). The internet then spun off that slang into one angry meme that…
This is Glorious Mission Online. An upcoming update for the online first-person shooter allows players to defend the Senkaku Islands (aka “Diaoyu Islands” in China) from Japan. The ownership of these islands is a hotly contested issue in Asia, with Japan scrambling fighter jets yesterday after Chinese vessels approached the islands. As South China Morning…
If you’ve ever wondered how addictive cigarettes are, look no further than this turtle. Various Chinese TV news programs are reporting that a man in Changchun owns a turtle that smokes ten cigs a day. The turtle even makes chirping noises when it wants smokes or walks over to its owner when he’s puffing away.…
Folks smuggling things in their bottoms is nothing new. Bungholes have seen this kind of action for years. But this latest crackdown shows how alleged criminals almost got away with nearly $3 million in gold. According news site Xinhua, South Korean custom officials have nabbed nine Taiwanese nationals for allegedly smuggling 134 pounds (60.75 kilograms)…
Hollywood is doing a big budget version of the Forty-seven Ronin, a famous historic incident of samurai honor , loyalty, and revenge. The big screen version seems different. While there really were forty-seven ronin that lived in the 18th century, the movie’s set “in a world of witches and giants”. According to Variety, it will…
Hate small spaces? What about crowding? Does that make you break out in cold sweats? If so, then the Beijing Subway’s Line 13 at morning rush hour certainly is not for you. Or anyone else, for that matter. Just a little crowded [BeijingCream@YouTube via あまえび] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com…
In South Korea, PC bangs (net cafes; “bang,” or “방” stands for “room” in Korean) are a big part of the country’s gaming scene. And for better or worse, so is smoking. Lots of Korean gamers smoke. Many don’t! But those who do are now finding themselves unable to enjoy a cigarette while enjoying a…
Trysts. Young lovers. Parents who want to get away. “Love Hotels” offer short stays and some truly off-the-wall rooms. Love Hotels, or “rabuho” (ラブホ) for short, began in Osaka during the late 1960s. Japan’s version of the “no-tell motel”, they became big business, and even Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi opened one. At that time, the…
On August 1, Capcom is announcing 13 new games that range from smartphone titles to next-gen games as part of its streaming “Network Game Conference”. There’s also expected to be news regarding Monster Hunter Frontier G and Onimusha Soul.
There’s a new Pokémon game. It’s called Pokémon X/Y and recently gameplay was showed off on Japanese television. Don’t worry; the game doesn’t appear to have ridiculously long load times. The above GIF is a fake! This is gameplay footage that has been given a long “Now Loading…” screen. As several Kotaku commenters have pointed…
Last year, Konami showed off images created using its upcoming game engine, the Fox Engine. Over on the CryDevforums, modder Gametime decided to recreate that demo with current gen tech. The result isn’t next gen, but damn, it sure is amazing. “While the Fox Engine is very impressive, especially the E3 2013 Trailer, I felt…
A new plastic model for a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force escort vessel is raising eyebrows in China. The model’s box art seems to feature the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning engulfed in flames and sinking. Japanese fighter jets fly overhead. Originally a Soviet carrier, the Liaoning is known for its curved incline to, as South China…
Japan has a small, yet thriving indie game community. But does Nintendo want any part of it? Nintendo is trying to be more welcoming towards indie games than it has been in the past. At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Nintendo revealed Unity for Wii U and Nintendo Web Framework. These tools should make the…
You know the coolest scene in the classic 1988 anime Akira? It’s when Kaneda slides his motorcycle to a halt. Haven’t you wanted to do that? Well, you’re not the only one! Recently, a slew of homages have popped online in Japan; however, the GIFs are courtesy of Tumblr from a while back. The dog,…
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