This is apparently virtual idol Hatsune Miku. Other than the pony tails and blue eyes, the drawing looks nothing like Hatsune Miku. It does look like Louis Vuitton’s 2013 spring collection, though. At least they got that right! Hatsune Miku originally debuted as a character for Vocaloid software, but has since gone on to become…
Binge drinking. Jerking off. Squids. It’s just another wild night in the world of Final Fantasy That’s because someone, let’s call that person a genius, decided to combine screenshots from Japanese role-playing games Final Fanatasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 with Texts from Last Night. Texts from Last Night, of course, is a website that…
Akihiro Hino, the guy who runs game maker Level-5, usually looks like he does in this Game Watch Impress photo. Or sometimes, he looks like complete hell. That’s why Hino was quick to jokingly ask for forgiveness because his manga counterpoint looks “way too handsome”. He also added that he was “a little happy” about…
This is Mimei Sakamoto. She’s a manga artist, a model, an author, a singer, and an awful-sounding person. Sakamoto, best known for her Rapunzel manga, is opinionated. Back in 2006, she blasted otaku for idolizing young girls. It was a fair argument to make, and one worth making. Her latest rant, however, seems insensitive and…
In years past, you’d always see them outside convenience stores and in parking lots, coping a squat next to their Subarus and Hondas, smoking cigarettes. They were tough looking. They were thugs. And they’d sit like they’re squeezing out turds. In Japan, there’s a style of squatting called “yanki zuwari” (ヤンキー座り) or “Yankee sitting”. Here,…
PS Vita’s 2.0 System Update hit, adding PC style email, PlayStation Plus, WiFi transfers with a PC, better browser functions, weather for Maps, and easier usability, among other features. Above is a Japanese promotional clip for the update, which should be hitting all Vitas. PS Vitaシステムソフトウェア2.00アップデート [YouTube] Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…
On the biggest shopping day of the year, Nintendo is launching a limited edition Flame Red 3DS bundle, the company announced today. Out November 23, the bundle is priced at US$169.99 and comes with Super Mario Land 3D pre-installed in the system.
3DS game Inazuma Eleven 1・2・3!! has been delayed from late Nov. to “winter” in Japan.
The Wii U isn’t getting Mass Effect 3‘s forthcoming Omega DLC.
When the latest Neon Genesis Evangelion flick hit theaters this weekend in Japan, the next Evangelion film was revealed. And at first look, its title appears annoyingly pretentious. It is. But it’s also interesting. The teaser webpage this appears on has the world “final” in the URL. The text says, “Next time, a new Evangelion…
Sega is teasing its latest, unannounced game with this site. Full reveal later in the week.
The Tetsuwan Dash is a long running Japanese series that features boy band (and former Xbox 360 spokesmen) Tokio. On the show, the group tries to pull off a variety of feats, like building a foam house or seeing who can last longest on the least amount of money—stuff like that. This weekend’s show had…
To help launch the all new A-Class in Japan, Mercedes Benz is releasing an animated short in which the car chases after a noodle truck. One of the country’s biggest studios, Production I. G, carries out the animation duties, while Yoshiyuki Sadamoto of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame does the character designs. Miyuki Sawashiro lends her…
This weekend, when folks settled into dark theaters across Japan to watch the new Evangelion anime, they were, as with most movies, bombarded with previews. Sandwiched betweem the ten or so trailers, was a short, 15-second clip that probably made the audience’s collective mouth drop. Most people probably didn’t know what the hell they were…
Some gamers are very good at video games. Some are just awful. And that’s okay! Still, there must be common traits of crummy gamers, and that’s what a recent thread of Japan’s largest bulletin board, 2ch, tried to pin down. The name of the thread was “Common Traits of Zero Gaming Aptitude”, and the forum…
In Japan, Morinaga Milk Caramel has delighted sweet tooths for over a hundred years. Dragon Quest has delighted gamers for decades. And now, both come together in this yummy fan creation. Twitter user Cencho recreated DQ enemy Golem using the soft candy. Below is an image after the Golem has been defeated—and devoured. Since Golem…
Manga artist Pyocotan might be best known for signature illustrations in Japanese game magazine Gamelabo or CoroCoro Comic. His work is anything but cute. It’s actually both wonderful and creepy—kind of like Robert Crumb Pyocotan, a hardcore Nintendo fan, recently picked up a copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and is passing the time by…
While Resident Evil 6 might not have been the best survival horror game, it sure did have nice hairdos and cool looking firearms. That’s probably why Airsoft gun maker Tokyo Marui is releasing a customized version of the SIG P226 that Leon Kennedy wields in the game. This isn’t a first: Tokyo Marui has collaborated…
Popstar Utada Hikaru was taking time off. She hadn’t put out a new song since 2010. Until now. Utada is lending her talents to the new Evangelion feature film, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Q 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. She’s such a big fan of the series, that she couldn’t turn down the offer to do…
In Japanese, they’re called “dakimakura” (抱き枕). In English, they’re “hug pillows”. In short, hugging them while you sleep can either given a greater sense of security or even help with back problems. The insinuation, however, is that hug pillows are otaku girlfriends. This is even a joke in Japan, tinged with irony—and most certainly not…
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