“A man destroyed a game console and escaped by car,” the caller told cops. What started as a routine police call turned into much more, with the suspect evading thirty patrol cars. All over a broken game machine! Thirty-five year old Yoshihiro Kubota, who works as a car salesman, apparently took off after smashing a…
Anime Lupin the Third, one of the greatest things ever, is returning to television with a new series. It’s the first new Lupin anime series on TV in 27 years. Dubbed Lupin the Third: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine, the anime follows the exploits of Fujiko Mine, the anime’s iconic female character. This new episodes…
There are Japanese websites. There are Japanese blogs. But at the heart of the country’s internet and internet culture, one destination stands alone: 2channel. In Japan, the vast majority of game related culture and news first appears on 2channel, the country’s largest bulletin board, and then disseminates to other Japanese sites and blogs. And it’s…
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San Francisco’s 4th Street is covered in Gabe Newell. The Game Developer’s Conference is in full swing, and the iconic Valve boss’s mug is splashed on poles, garbage bins, and newspaper stands. It’s like gaming’s own version of the Obey sticker campaign, but Gabe’s either saying Half-Life 3 or Steam console. I can’t tell which.…
The photo was snapped in Tokyo’s hipster neighborhood Harajuku. I haven’t seen anyone dressed like this in Japan (and most people online in Japan also seemed surprised). The photo is making the internet rounds with some people saying this get-up looks cool. The guy might even be wearing a hug pillow! The look is interesting,…
To mark the 25 anniversary of Metal Gear, Konami is teaming up with Uniqlo for a line of Metal Gear t-shirts. They’ll go on sale Apr. 16 at Uniqlo stores across Japan. This isn’t a first for Metal Gear. During MGS4‘s release, there was a line of Uniqlo shirts. Have a look at some of…
PlayStation Suite is Sony’s concept that “certified” PlayStation games will be available on Sony’s mobile devices. Today, Sony revealed that it “will offer a more streamlined content development environment for content developers—from large game development companies to small, independent shops.” A closed beta launched last fall, and the upcoming open beta will incorporate feedback to…
Japanese pop singer and AKB48 member Miku Tanabe loves cosplay. Some characters are a snap to dress up as. Others are not. “I love doing it,” blogged Tanabe, “but cosplaying large-chested characters is so tough!” Tanabe is dressed as notoriously curvy One Piece character, Boa Hancock. One cosplayer had better luck. Last fall, a Macau-born…
In Japan, Colonel Sanders is an iconic part of pop culture. There are Kentucky Fried Chickens across the country. In front of each shop, there’s a glasses-wearing Colonel Sanders statue. And boy, can they ever look scary. Don’t believe me? Above is the Colonel from the Akihabara KFC. When it recently snowed in the geek…
Rather, make that, “Sol”. Dubbed Sol Trigger, this Japanese role-playing game is Imageepoch’s upcoming title. It features character design from Shuji Sogabe of Persona 4 (the comic) and God Eater fame and a game scenario from Kazushige Nojima, who wrote Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts. Big names! Sol Trigger is slated for the PSP…
Men aren’t the only ones reading adult comics and watching adult videos. (Shocking, I know!) In Japan, there are mature manga and porno flicks for females. Yet, women might feel reluctant to walk into their local convenience store and flip through dirty mags or rent X-rated DVDs at the video store. Good thing there are…
Now they don’t want to really marry 7-Eleven, but they’re more than happy to sing about going there—and wanting to marry it. Made by a bunch of foreign exchange students, the song is called “Konbini Ikou” (“Let’s Go to the Convenience Store”). In Japan, the vid went viral, racking up well over 100,000 YouTube views.…
Remember a decade ago? Heck, remember six or seven years ago? I do. I remember telling Japanese gamers that Western games were great and seeing the wry smiles. I remember hearing that the Xbox didn’t have any games on it Japanese people wanted to play—a polite way of saying Western games stink. How things have…
The Legend of Zelda is great. And if somebody compared your game to Zelda, then you’d be pretty happy, no? No? While he is a Zelda fan, Darksiders II Creative Director Joe Madureira apparently doesn’t want his game, with its dungeon-based gameplay, compared to Zelda. That’s understandable, I guess—he wants Darksiders to have its own…
Holy crap, I love plastic models. I’m not very good at them, but ever since I was a kid, I adored building them. My favorites growing up were airplanes (I blame Top Gun) and World War II tanks (I blame cool tanks). Models and Japan are a perfect fit, especially with the country’s history of…
Rororian Fryxell, the main character of Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland, is getting a figurine. Have a look. The in-store promotion for the sculpture promises “angel cheeks”, “angel thighs”, and “angel chest”. Amen? The figure is slated to go on sale this June in Japan. Read more about Rororina (and Atelier Rorona) over on…
Kotaku’s featured Hikakin before with his Street Fighter and Super Mario renditions. Both times were amazing. He’s back with a Donkey Kong Country beatbox. Likewise, it’s amazing. Meet Japanese “human beatboxer” Hikakin [Boing Boing]
Who knew orange peels could have sex, let alone have orange peel penises? The above photos appeared online in Japan. While not as amazing as the banana sculptures, they are, well, something else. An enterprising individual made orange peel dudes from mandarin oranges. Then, had them do it. Naturally, the Yarnaika Guy popped up in…
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